BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Mattyblue]

I remember those Gerald Sinstadt round up packages that wouldn’t even show all the goals! 🤷‍♂️

[Herbie6590]

 

[Herbie6590]

 

Ahead of this evening…

[Herbie6590]

 

Classic Tony Field...sadly for Sheff Utd...

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

19 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

 

Classic Tony Field...sadly for Sheff Utd...

A quicker Bradley Dack. How did we manage to pick both of them up so cheaply. It just shows there are undiscovered gems out there.

[MarkBRFC]

On 14/12/2022 at 13:49, Herbie6590 said:

 

Look at that huge Geordie support in the Darwen End 

[rigger]

On 18/12/2022 at 14:13, Herbie6590 said:

 

Classic Tony Field...sadly for Sheff Utd...

I seem to remember him scoring a similar goal in the Blackburn end.

[oldjamfan1]

1 hour ago, rigger said:

I seem to remember him scoring a similar goal in the Blackburn end.

I think it might have been against Watford?

[iacok]

Was def Watford. About 74/75. First half? 

Think we won 4-0 or 4-1.

If only we had coverage of it!!! 

[Gav]

Some decent Rovers footage at the start  of this, away to Watford 73 with 600 Rovers fans who travelled on the league liner name checked and filmed, were you one of them?

Apologies if it’s been posted previously. 

 

 

Edited December 22, 2022 by Gav

[Herbie6590]

14 hours ago, Gav said:

Some decent Rovers footage at the start  of this, away to Watford 73 with 600 Rovers fans who travelled on the league liner name checked and filmed, were you one of them?

Apologies if it’s been posted previously. 

 

 

Those shorts… (anyone who read my piece in the last 4000 Holes will understand…😉).

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Those shorts… (anyone who read my piece in the last 4000 Holes will understand…😉).

 

I preferred those shorts for playing in. I’d hate to play in the modern ones flapping around my knees.

[pentelrobot]

17 hours ago, Gav said:

Some decent Rovers footage at the start  of this, away to Watford 73 with 600 Rovers fans who travelled on the league liner name checked and filmed, were you one of them?

Apologies if it’s been posted previously. 

 

 

I was at the game, though not on the league liner. I was living in London at the time and remember getting absolutely drenched on the way to the ground. My hair was as long as Hutchins's but I am now almost bald..Happy days!!

[Upside Down]

7 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

Those shorts… (anyone who read my piece in the last 4000 Holes will understand…😉).

 

Retro shorts to match the retro shirts?

[Mattyblue]

From 1949… what are those Rovers shirts again? 👀

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

From 1949… what are those Rovers shirts again? 👀

 

Did you mean “ Shorts “ ? If you did we used to laugh at them, just like I do now. 

[Mattyblue]

No shirts, definitely time to get that age old brfcs argument going again! 😁

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

No shirts, definitely time to get that age old brfcs argument going again! 😁

Not again !

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I see George Cohen has died. An ever present in the 1966 World Cup team. I always though Keith Newton was a better all round right back but George Best thought Cohen was the best right back he ever played against. Who am I to argue ? Sir Alf was an ex right back and he picked the players. Drawing the short straw in marking Jimmy Johnstone in the Scotland v England match just prior to that World Cup did for Keith unfortunately. Jimmy was unstoppable that day. One of the best wingers I ever saw.

[Ianrally]

Two of my all time hero’s Duggie and Jinky. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Ianrally said:

Two of my all time hero’s Duggie and Jinky. 

Yeah Johnstone was something else on his day. Unbelievably tricky and with amazing pace from a standing start. Unusually for a right footed player he was completely one footed. Normally that would give you a chance but with Jimmy it didn’t help much. He was really on song that day and Keith got a bit of a chasing.

As a result Alf chose Gerry Byrne as Ray Wilson’s stand in for the 22 man World Cup squad. Gerry was a decent pro but not in Newton’s league. I think he ended up with one England cap. Ray Wilson was a class act and a better defender than our Keith.

Edited December 23, 2022 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Herbie6590]

 

[Gav]

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

 

We had just played United in FA Cup live in BBC, hence all the flags on the railings. 

Mate if mine sent me this a few months back, City fan, it was his first visit to Ewood watching City, he's certainly had mixed results since he pointed out.

 

 

[broadsword]

Just seen this shot of the Riverside, mind boggling

[Nuttall is lost]

6 minutes ago, broadsword said:

Just seen this shot of the Riverside, mind boggling

Is that stairwell still there on the back of the new Riverside?