BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[rigger]

12 minutes ago, JacknOry said:

That's how I remember those days too. The little Juninho fella at Boro, Klinsman, Di Canio, Asprilla, and Kanu could add to your list above. The Premier League did create the best league in the world but back then it was a splattering of the best foreign footballers. Preferred it then to how it is now by a country mile.

From my younger days it would be George Best, Rodney Marsh, Tony Curry, Frank Worthington, even our own Tony Field.

[JacknOry]

26 minutes ago, rigger said:

From my younger days it would be George Best, Rodney Marsh, Tony Curry, Frank Worthington, even our own Tony Field.

Unfortunately/fortunately (whichever way you look at it), I was still learning how to shit in a potty and walk without falling over when most of those were playing. 

[rigger]

1 hour ago, JacknOry said:

Unfortunately/fortunately (whichever way you look at it), I was still learning how to shit in a potty and walk without falling over when most of those were playing. 

I am back to that stage.

[bazza]

On 14/09/2021 at 11:02, rigger said:

From my younger days it would be George Best, Rodney Marsh, Tony Curry, Frank Worthington, even our own Tony Field.

There was another player with Marsh and Curry. Was it Stan Bowles?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, bazza said:

There was another player with Marsh and Curry. Was it Stan Bowles?

Yes it would be Stan Bowles. Another two in that class of Mavericks were Alan Hudson and Charlie George. Class players but not favoured by England very often.

[Gav]

Bristol Rovers v Blackburn 1981 - Yes that game when Preston ****** it up!

 

 

[simongarnerisgod]

as young as i was i can still remember the last stretch of that  season,we simply did`nt score enough goals,not sure if it`s true but kendal wanted to sign bob latchford before he went to swansea but the board refused to spend the money🤨

lol@the police dog,an alsation a day keeps the yobs at bay,dem things are vicious!!!!!!

[perthblue02]

Not sure if this as been posted before but its the hovis crackers advert filmed a Ewood 77/78

LINK

[Gav]

I've never seen that before, great find perth.

Bit upset its about bloody United, Rovers would have sold more crackers!

[rigger]

54 minutes ago, perthblue02 said:

Not sure if this as been posted before but its the hovis crackers advert filmed a Ewood 77/78

LINK

That advert is were I got my nick-name of Hovis, when I was in the RAF. 

[GURNOS]

Outside pages and middle page of programme v Norwich, August 26th 2000.

[oldjamfan1]

For anyone interested Mark Patterson’s book is being published next week. Available from here https://www.verticaleditions.com/

[simongarnerisgod]

bloody hell he aint looking to good for his age🤨,should be a good read,proper old school pro was patto,never hesitated  to get stuck in when the match got tasty!!,would have lasted about 10 minutes in todays game,in garners autobiography he stated everyone was a bit careful of patto  in training he could put a right ripe tackle in if you got the better of him,what he lacked in ability he made up for in heart

[K-Hod]

I played football against him a few years ago at The Soccer Dome.

Lad’s still got it!

[Mike E]

3 hours ago, K-Hod said:

I played football against him a few years ago at The Soccer Dome.

Lad’s still got it!

Patterson could be like looking at you in your 70s!

[oldjamfan1]

When he showed me the cover of the book I said “Glad to see you’ve had your Ready Brek Patty”.

[Sparks Rover]

8 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

For anyone interested Mark Patterson’s book is being published next week. Available from here https://www.verticaleditions.com/

I used to go get his pie and bottle of milk from Leavers when the players came back from Pleasy in their mini bus....bunch of us hanging around the old players entrance on our summer holidays and he would tip 10p for a mix up...Friday it was chips and gravy from Lings on Ewood.....used to get his and barkers.👍 

[oldjamfan1]

7 hours ago, Sparks Rover said:

I used to go get his pie and bottle of milk from Leavers when the players came back from Pleasy in their mini bus....bunch of us hanging around the old players entrance on our summer holidays and he would tip 10p for a mix up...Friday it was chips and gravy from Lings on Ewood.....used to get his and barkers.👍 

Did your mate get his fags from the paper shop? 😂😂😂

[Sparks Rover]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Did your mate get his fags from the paper shop? 😂😂😂

Nah, we were only about 8 or 9.😅

Few years later we moved into the shop on nuttall street....its not there now, just an house now and they all came in for butties at dinnertime.....Lennie, Dave May, all the apprentices lived across from us in digs on nuttall street.......Happy days.

Lennie and Dave used to pick me up every week and take me to Rovers centre of excellence training.

[DeeCee]

9 hours ago, Sparks Rover said:

Nah, we were only about 8 or 9.😅

Few years later we moved into the shop on nuttall street....its not there now, just an house now and they all came in for butties at dinnertime.....Lennie, Dave May, all the apprentices lived across from us in digs on nuttall street.......Happy days.

Lennie and Dave used to pick me up every week and take me to Rovers centre of excellence training.

When I was born (QPH) my parents had the shop at the junction of Bolton Road and Longshaw Street. Just higher up than the pub. I was the stereotypical "kid passed over the turnstiles" my father used to take me every week, firsts and reserves, even though he was from Derby originally and a County fan. '58 - '61 moved to Ossy then, Cornwall since ''92.

Rovers till I die 😁

[Sparks Rover]

21 minutes ago, DeeCee said:

When I was born (QPH) my parents had the shop at the junction of Bolton Road and Longshaw Street. Just higher up than the pub. I was the stereotypical "kid passed over the turnstiles" my father used to take me every week, firsts and reserves, even though he was from Derby originally and a County fan. '58 - '61 moved to Ossy then, Cornwall since ''92.

Rovers till I die 😁

Ye, I went to every reserve game at home for years when I was about 11....they only opened the nuttall street stand and I used to go to the tuck shop in the back and buy a roll of boiled sweets lasted me the whole game.....Wilcox,  Skinner, Hill,etc...

[Claytons Left Boot]

On 04/10/2021 at 23:59, Sparks Rover said:

I used to go get his pie and bottle of milk from Leavers when the players came back from Pleasy in their mini bus....

Me and a mate did the same when we had a summer job at Ewood in July 1974. We had a great time painting the crush barriers and repainting some of the adverts that had got worn. Didn’t see many of the first team, it was mainly the apprentices and I can remember John Bailey being a right character. Can also remember a decent stash of porn mags. You don’t forget those things when you are sixteen.

I’ve told this story before on some other nostalgia thread but, one day, there was a yellow JCB digger on the pitch near the half way line. The nets had been removed. My mate got in and started it up. It must have been in gear because it shot off heading for the Darwen End. My mate panicked, couldn’t stop it as it weaved its way towards the perimeter wall, behinds where the nets would have been. It left big tyre marks in the turf and finally stopped when it rammed into the wall with its back wheels spinning on the shale track. Under normal circumstances, we would have been sacked on the spot (and probably taken a couple of back handers) but my mate was the son of the then Commercial Manager and we (or at least he) got off lightly. Great memories.

[davulsukur]

New phone case just arrived.

The Mrs said it was awful, so i had to do the honorable thing and bin it. It'll be a shame to throw away 11 years of marriage but it had to be done.

[Gav]

 

Edited October 24, 2021 by Gav

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Nicked a copy from a skip outside Ewood park club shop circa '85!