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On 15/02/2025 at 11:39, arbitro said:

Rovers are on the Big Match Revisited next Saturday in a game against Huddersfield from 84-85. It's on ITV4 at 10.30 am.

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Watched this last night,  very nostalgic, pausing it to look at the old Blackburn End etc. 

 

On the same prog was Chelsea v Man Utd, which was a perfect example of how far the current state of football differs from mid 80's version.

Violent tackles and scuffles unpunished, an old terraced stadium crammed with 40,000 people mostly on terraces, a remarkably bad pitch-just mud and sand everywhere, and very tight shorts!

 

Fantastic.

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9 minutes ago, Ozz said:

Watched this last night,  very nostalgic, pausing it to look at the old Blackburn End etc. 

 

On the same prog was Chelsea v Man Utd, which was a perfect example of how far the current state of football differs from mid 80's version.

Violent tackles and scuffles unpunished, an old terraced stadium crammed with 40,000 people mostly on terraces, a remarkably bad pitch-just mud and sand everywhere, and very tight shorts!

 

Fantastic.

It's almost like watching two separate sports now with how the modern game has evolved. There are some aspects I wish we could go back to such as allowing a higher degree of contact. 

I do wonder where the game will be in another couple of decades.

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41 minutes ago, arbitro said:

It's almost like watching two separate sports now with how the modern game has evolved. There are some aspects I wish we could go back to such as allowing a higher degree of contact. 

I do wonder where the game will be in another couple of decades.

Heading the ball will be gone by then.

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On 15/02/2025 at 11:39, arbitro said:

Rovers are on the Big Match Revisited next Saturday in a game against Huddersfield from 84-85. It's on ITV4 at 10.30 am.

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Well worth a viewing result notwithstanding for the preamble piece in the boardroom.

My wife’s cousin scoring one & making one made it personally quite interesting 👀

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1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Well worth a viewing result notwithstanding for the preamble piece in the boardroom.

My wife’s cousin scoring one & making one made it personally quite interesting 👀

I have it recorded so will have a watch later.

I'll take particular interest in the player you mention 😁

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Rovers 2 Liverpool 1 FA CUP 1958 - 52,000 packed into Ewood

I may need to look at the options to view the small newspaper print.

 

 

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