BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

14 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

did`nt rovers take west ham to court and get some money back,the resulting court case brought in compulsary medicals,or so i have read

That was with Alan Gilliver.

[oldjamfan1]

9 hours ago, bazza said:

Wasn't his first name Paul or am I mixing him up with someone else.

His full name was Pasquale (Lil for short)

[bazza]

Mixing him up with Paul Futcher

[aletheia]

On 10/03/2024 at 23:03, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah, his knee was bad. Same again, no medical. Britt was signed before Gilliver but they were at the club briefly at the same  time. He was a youth team world beater at West Ham before the injury. Scored a hat trick playing directly against Liverpool’s Tommy Smith in the youth cup final. He could only jump off one leg after the injury !

Not surprised after playing against Tommy 🙂

[Gav]

Admission prices and season tickets 80/81 - CRAZY!

[Darrenbot]

 

[simongarnerisgod]

buzzing time to be a rovers fan then,we were beating everybody and went top of the table,only for the wheels to fall off after christmas😩

[oneandycrawford]

16 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

buzzing time to be a rovers fan then,we were beating everybody and went top of the table,only for the wheels to fall off after christmas😩

Was a great season for a while - particularly remember the Wolves and Carlisle away games pre-Xmas. Last game of season hoping City would slip up only for them to win 5-1

[oneandycrawford]

Sorting out some old papers and came across this. Not sure of exact date - 1977'ish? - and can't recognise some of the signatures.

[GURNOS]

[GURNOS]

[Gav]

Great picture of Oldham fans in Darwen End mid 80’s.

[oldjamfan1]

18 hours ago, Gav said:

Great picture of Oldham fans in Darwen End mid 80’s.

We had some great rivalries in the early/mid 80s that you wouldn’t necessarily expect. Oldham, Portsmouth and Oxford immediately spring to mind. 

[rigger]

6 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

We had some great rivalries in the early/mid 80s that you wouldn’t necessarily expect. Oldham, Portsmouth and Oxford immediately spring to mind. 

Oldham was my first  away game. Our coaches arrived early and we got on their bouncy end. My fuzzy memory seems to recall Tony Parkes scoring for us.

Edited March 31, 2024 by rigger

[simongarnerisgod]

8 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

We had some great rivalries in the early/mid 80s that you wouldn’t necessarily expect. Oldham, Portsmouth and Oxford immediately spring to mind. 

portsmouth were a right bunch of dirty barstools at that time

[oldjamfan1]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

portsmouth were a right bunch of dirty barstools at that time

That 1984 game on YouTube where Jim Branagan gets his shorts ripped off and Killer twats Noel Blake is brutal and a different game than what is played these days. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, oldjamfan1 said:

That 1984 game on YouTube where Jim Branagan gets his shorts ripped off and Killer twats Noel Blake is brutal and a different game than what is played these days. 

Yeah, it got a bit lively for sure.

[simongarnerisgod]

branagans kung fu kick on o`callaghan🤣

[AllRoverAsia]

This just came up on my YouTube. I had not seen it before or, quite probably these days, forgotten.

A chance to see Shearer's and Sutton's first goals for Rovers plus more....

To pre empt any living in 1995 slurs my answer is FO

 

[Upside Down]

17 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

This just came up on my YouTube. I had not seen it before or, quite probably these days, forgotten.

A chance to see Shearer's and Sutton's first goals for Rovers plus more....

To pre empt any living in 1995 slurs my answer is FO

 

The best thing about it is that we took on the big boys at their own game and beat them.

That will never be repeated by anyone.

[Gav]

Super Simon Garner

[Upside Down]

On 05/04/2024 at 08:07, Gav said:

Super Simon Garner

Fuck me that is funny. 

[windymiller7]

On 04/04/2024 at 20:07, Gav said:

Super Simon Garner

There IS......only one.....Simon Garner!!

[simongarnerisgod]

i was there that day,absolute hoot seeing thick dingles throwing bits of the roof on their own fans😂

[AllRoverAsia]

19 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i was there that day,absolute hoot seeing thick dingles throwing bits of the roof on their own fans😂

Me too and still convinced I saw a Dingle fall through a hole they made in the roof. I was up in the Nuttall St stand and had a good view of all that happened.

Edited April 9, 2024 by AllRoverAsia