BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Upside Down]

Just think, 60 years ago you lot would have been told that you know nothing and that team is nothing compared to the likes of Crompton...

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 19/08/2023 at 00:52, Upside Down said:

Just think, 60 years ago you lot would have been told that you know nothing and that team is nothing compared to the likes of Crompton...

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I’ve seen every Rovers side since 1960 and I know which one was my favourite.

[Upside Down]

  On 19/08/2023 at 07:29, renrag said:

One old chap on our street told me Bryan Douglas would never be as good as Jocky Simpson. To be fair he did eventually admit he was wrong

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In all fairness he'd probably have seen us win two league titles and the F.A. Cup.

Not a single one of us can say we've seen that.

We just have to settle for the one Premier League trophy and the League Cup. 

[wilsdenrover]

  On 19/08/2023 at 09:25, renrag said:

He certainly had! having been a fan since Bob Crompton’s days. He was the key holder for the air-raid shelter and seemed to be permanently sat at his front door, on the lookout, when I was coming home from school as a 6 or 7 year old. He always had a different tale to tell and I often think of him and, how between us, we probably have at least 120 years of Rovers memories

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And he would probably have talked to someone with memories of the other 28 (ish) years.

[Darrenbot]

Just watched The Big Match Revisited on ITV4,they had us on away at Blackpool from Feb 1978 ,Not a great game as we lost 5-2 with Hatton scoring 4 and he had  2 others ruled out for offside for them.

[rigger]

  On 26/08/2023 at 10:23, Darrenbot said:

Just watched The Big Match Revisited on ITV4,they had us on away at Blackpool from Feb 1978 ,Not a great game as we lost 5-2 with Hatton scoring 4 and he had  2 others ruled out for offside for them.

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It's the first time I have seen us on "The big match revisited".

[Gav]

I’m sure it’s been shared before, but thanks to uncle jacks blue n white army:

 

 

[simongarnerisgod]

  On 26/08/2023 at 10:23, Darrenbot said:

Just watched The Big Match Revisited on ITV4,they had us on away at Blackpool from Feb 1978 ,Not a great game as we lost 5-2 with Hatton scoring 4 and he had  2 others ruled out for offside for them.

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is that when naughty rovers fans threw ammonia at blackpool fans

[Waggy76]

  On 26/08/2023 at 14:48, simongarnerisgod said:

is that when naughty rovers fans threw ammonia at blackpool fans

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No , that was 9 or 10 years before ..

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  On 26/08/2023 at 14:48, simongarnerisgod said:

is that when naughty rovers fans threw ammonia at blackpool fans

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No that was in the late 60's

[Herbie6590]

Big Match Revisited yesterday was *that* game at Blackpool in February 1978 if you can face it…😳

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  On 27/08/2023 at 18:51, Herbie6590 said:

Big Match Revisited yesterday was *that* game at Blackpool in February 1978 if you can face it…😳

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A bit of a scuffle after this game

[Gav]

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23781240.nelsen-tugay-kean-voicemail-ended-rovers-career/

I'm going to put this here, Ryan Nelsons departure is a hard read, but nothing we didn't know already.

[47er]

  On 12/09/2023 at 06:37, Gav said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23781240.nelsen-tugay-kean-voicemail-ended-rovers-career/

I'm going to put this here, Ryan Nelsons departure is a hard read, but nothing we didn't know already.

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He's pretty restrained there really, I'd have hit the roof in his circumstances.

Deliberate destruction of a successful team.

[Tugayisgod]

  On 12/09/2023 at 06:37, Gav said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23781240.nelsen-tugay-kean-voicemail-ended-rovers-career/

I'm going to put this here, Ryan Nelsons departure is a hard read, but nothing we didn't know already.

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What a top guy. Like you say a hard read when you hear how his departure was handled so disgracefully. 

Yet his affection for the club and fans still shines through. What a side that was under Sparky as well. 

Thanks Ryan, Rovers legend 💙🤍

[Gav]

Barry Chuckle the former programme editor was the CEO at the time, useless ****, feathered his own nest then pissed off. 

He even phoned Nelson up when he moved to Spurs complaining we hadn't received a fee......

Scandalous. 

Edited September 12, 2023 by Gav

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

What a great guy with a great attitude to life. I’m sure he’ll do well out of football.

Edited September 12, 2023 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[den]

1969. 

[smiller14]

  On 12/09/2023 at 06:37, Gav said:

https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23781240.nelsen-tugay-kean-voicemail-ended-rovers-career/

I'm going to put this here, Ryan Nelsons departure is a hard read, but nothing we didn't know already.

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Great to get an insight into life under the various managers.

His departure another sorry tale in the levelling down of this football club.

[LeftWinger]

"I would've played for free. I'd have paid to play," he insists. "To have that amount of time playing for them in that era with those players and the fans. So many good people there, a great family club. It was incredible"

Makes me even more angry at what Venky's have done to this great club. To have a brilliant servant like that and treat him which such disdain is disgusting.

[Exiled in Toronto Mk2]

  On 12/09/2023 at 12:20, den said:

1969. 

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Is that a young Shilton being rounded by John Connelly?

[jim mk2]

Looks like it .

We beat them 3-1 at Ewood on October 25,1969. Shilton was playing that day

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

  On 12/09/2023 at 13:14, LeftWinger said:

"I would've played for free. I'd have paid to play," he insists. "To have that amount of time playing for them in that era with those players and the fans. So many good people there, a great family club. It was incredible"

Makes me even more angry at what Venky's have done to this great club. To have a brilliant servant like that and treat him which such disdain is disgusting.

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Hurt's so much when you read things like this,the Club and fans have been put through the Meat Grinder by Venkys.

😠

[den]

  On 12/09/2023 at 13:41, Exiled in Toronto Mk2 said:

Is that a young Shilton being rounded by John Connelly?

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It is.

[simongarnerisgod]

  On 12/09/2023 at 07:45, Tugayisgod said:

What a top guy. Like you say a hard read when you hear how his departure was handled so disgracefully. 

Yet his affection for the club and fans still shines through. What a side that was under Sparky as well. 

Thanks Ryan, Rovers legend 💙🤍

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nelsen and samba,as good a defensive partnership we`ve ever had