BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

6 minutes ago, Ianrally said:

Other than Duggie who was born on the doorstep, there are three England players in that team who were born within 15 miles of Ewood Park. Who are they? 

Ronnie, Tom Finney, Eddie Hopkinson ?

[Ianrally]

3 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Ronnie, Tom Finney, Eddie Hopkinson ?

Sorry Tyrone 2 out of 3

Eddie was born in Peterlee

[oldjamfan1]

12 hours ago, Ianrally said:

Other than Duggie who was born on the doorstep, there are three England players in that team who were born within 15 miles of Ewood Park. Who are they? 

Bill Slater would be the missing one - Clitheroe born if I'm not mistaken?

[Gordon Gekko]

FFS Sky are showing this game again! it’s constantly on, have horrible memories of this final game of the 2000 season, especially as I have two brothers who are City fans! Lol 

[Riversider28]

4 hours ago, Gordon Gekko said:

FFS Sky are showing this game again! it’s constantly on, have horrible memories of this final game of the 2000 season, especially as I have two brothers who are City fans! Lol 

At least you have a nice looking TV unit.

[rigger]

6 hours ago, Gordon Gekko said:

FFS Sky are showing this game again! it’s constantly on, have horrible memories of this final game of the 2000 season, especially as I have two brothers who are City fans! Lol 

Top Tip, don't watch it.

[Leonard Venkhater]

Has anyone else seen the interview, where a rotund Benni McCarthy says that he was so disappointed, gutted, "killed" by the club's refusal to let him join Mourinho at Chelsea.In fact, he says his performances and career went downhill from that point.

He says Rovers turned down £20 million from Chelsea! I'd never heard that before.

He also says that his main motivation for playing so well in his first Rovers season was to prove he still had it to Mourinho, his old boss!

He even says he began thinking it was some kind of racism and euro-centricity on the part of the club. They would not have stood in the way of a European player like they were doing for an African....

Very disappointing!

[Ianrally]

13 hours ago, oldjamfan1 said:

Bill Slater would be the missing one - Clitheroe born if I'm not mistaken?

Spot on. It always anoyed me that a bloke from Clitheroe lifted the cup in 1960. To be fair I wrote Bill a letter some years ago and he sent me a gracious reply. A lovely man. 

[bazza]

On 16/02/2022 at 19:59, Ianrally said:

Your correct here are the relevant facts

That team would have lined up in a 2-3-5 formation as follows:

Hopkinson; Howe, Langley; Clayton Wright, Slater; Douglas, Charlton, Kevan, Haynes, Finney.

Hopkinson from Bolton W, Langley and Haynes from Fulham, Wright and Slater from Wolves, Clayton and Douglas  from the greatest football club in the world and Finney from PNE.

Not sure about Howe. Did Kevan play for WBA?

Actually, looking at that line-up, no wonder they beat Scotland.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

1 hour ago, bazza said:

That team would have lined up in a 2-3-5 formation as follows:

Hopkinson; Howe, Langley; Clayton Wright, Slater; Douglas, Charlton, Kevan, Haynes, Finney.

Hopkinson from Bolton W, Langley and Haynes from Fulham, Wright and Slater from Wolves, Clayton and Douglas  from the greatest football club in the world and Finney from PNE.

Not sure about Howe. Did Kevan play for WBA?

Actually, looking at that line-up, no wonder they beat Scotland.

 

Both Don Howe and Derrick Kevan both played for West Brom.

Langley was a nasty piece of work. I remember seeing him kick Barry Ratcliffe out of a game at Ewood. Barry had been giving him a chasing so Langley finally leapt at him with both feet,  landing on Ratcliffe’s leg. It was a booking then, today it would have been an instant red card. That was Barry out of the game with no subs.

[bazza]

I thought Langley was a good player. He was all legs. I remember a Rovers fan near me say, "Look at Langley. He's like a spider."

[1874]

Still my favourite even though we lost. 

Part one

 

Part two

Jimmy Hill Verdict

 

Edited February 22, 2022 by 1874
Better links

[simongarnerisgod]

keeleys gonna get ya

[Herbie6590]

Rovers "entertain" Sunderland at Ewood in September 1989...

 

 

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

18 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Rovers "entertain" Sunderland at Ewood in September 1989...

 

 

 

Not a classic.

[Gav]

It’s funny, I often can’t remember what I did last week, but I recall that game like it was yesterday. We had ‘posh seats’ from local sponsorship, but I’d much rather have stood on Blackburn End. 

Marco Gabiadini was Sunderland’s answer to Simon Garner, but not as good. Andy Ritchie was another, Tommy Tynan at Plymouth, Bernie Slaven at Boro, all prolific goal scorers. 

[simongarnerisgod]

i miss the times when the teams ran out of the tunnel separately,nicky reid used to charge onto the pitch like he was going to attack someone🙂

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

28 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i miss the times when the teams ran out of the tunnel separately,nicky reid used to charge onto the pitch like he was going to attack someone🙂

Ronnie Clayton was the same.

[Mattyblue]

Booting those balls that some ran on with into the crowd…

[rigger]

12 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Booting those balls that some ran on with into the crowd…

Beamo booting the match-ball into the crowd (during the game).

[had.e.nuff]

13 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Booting those balls that some ran on with into the crowd…

you mean these balls

[Gav]

I found this Plymouth season review from 74-75 - Sadly no footage of the game at Ewood, but Rovers feature at Home Park 28mins 30 seconds.

A young Jim Furnell training at the end of the footage also @bob fleming

 

 

[Exiled in Toronto]

Amazing to see that the two matches between us and Argyle a couple of weeks apart were watched by over 45,000, in the 3rd division!

[Claytons Left Boot]

Found this on a Blackburn Facebook site. Car parking behind Bolton Road, Ewood, late 1920s, early 1930s.

[USABlue]

On 17/02/2021 at 04:11, rigger said:

I just went with Ribblesdale. The RATC meant rules that had to be followed. Ribblesdale was a free for all. At Southampton our coach got bricked, the driver hit the brakes, opened the door and shouted, "get the bastards".     

I was on that, I got hit with the brick, had to go the hospital in Southampton.  Me and someother fella, he had glass in his foot.