BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[47er]

  On 04/11/2023 at 09:41, bazza said:

That's 400 more than the Oxford game in League 1.

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Ha! Some special circumstances there. You have to remember that attendances plunged at Ewood after that Cup Final disaster. We were building them up again  with that 1963 team.

[47er]

  On 03/11/2023 at 19:21, den said:

Was anyone on here at that semi final?

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Me again!

[Mattyblue]

The huge gates folk always remember from the 50s and 60s were for FA Cup ties, a national phenomenon in that era.

Our top flight league gates were largely similar to what we had in the 90s/2000s

[wilsdenrover]

  On 04/11/2023 at 10:23, 47er said:

Me again!

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What was the very first game you went to?

[den]

  On 04/11/2023 at 10:37, Mattyblue said:

The huge gates folk always remember from the 50s and 60s were for FA Cup ties, a national phenomenon in that era.

Our top flight league gates were largely similar to what we had in the 90s/2000s

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Yeah, you’re right Matty. The only thing I would add is that in the fifties rovers were mainly a second division club.

 

attendances from 1889. No idea how accurate they are.

http://european-football-statistics.co.uk/attnclub/league/blar.htm

Edited November 4, 2023 by den

[jim mk2]

  On 04/11/2023 at 10:21, 47er said:

Ha! Some special circumstances there. You have to remember that attendances plunged at Ewood after that Cup Final disaster. We were building them up again  with that 1963 team.

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Then came the shock FA Cup defeat away to Oxford United, captained by one Ron Atkinson IIRC. And it was a shock - scarcely believeable at the time. A sign of the decline to come unfortunately 

[den]

  On 04/11/2023 at 10:23, 47er said:

Me again!

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I’d be interested to hear your experience of the semi final 47er.

[47er]

 

  On 04/11/2023 at 11:01, wilsdenrover said:

What was the very first game you went to?

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Rovers v Man City-- 1952 I think. I have no recollection of the game at all as I was 2 years old and sitting on my Dad's shoulders!

He told me Trautman was in goal for City, we had 3 penalties and missed 2! But really, on the day I was probably busy teething or wondering where my Teddy was!

[wilsdenrover]

  On 04/11/2023 at 11:24, 47er said:

 

Rovers v Man City-- 1952 I think. I have no recollection of the game at all as I was 2 years old and sitting on my Dad's shoulders!

He told me Trautman was in goal for City, we had 3 penalties and missed 2! But really, on the day I was probably busy teething or wondering where my Teddy was!

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Great stuff!

My first game was Rovers vs Liverpool in the PL winning season.

I’d just moved up north to go to college - a decision which was based solely on football 😁

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 04/11/2023 at 11:09, jim mk2 said:

Then came the shock FA Cup defeat away to Oxford United, captained by one Ron Atkinson IIRC. And it was a shock - scarcely believeable at the time. A sign of the decline to come unfortunately 

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That’s when the rot set in for sure. We really could have won it that season, as it was West Ham and second division Preston played it out. Next thing you know we’d sold Fred Pickering, wasted the money trying to replace him, and it was slowly downhill after that.

Edited November 4, 2023 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[47er]

  On 04/11/2023 at 11:28, wilsdenrover said:

Great stuff!

My first game was Rovers vs Liverpool in the PL winning season.

I’d just moved up north to go to college - a decision which was based solely on football 😁

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I got the date wrong---1949!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 04/11/2023 at 11:24, 47er said:

 

Rovers v Man City-- 1952 I think. I have no recollection of the game at all as I was 2 years old and sitting on my Dad's shoulders!

He told me Trautman was in goal for City, we had 3 penalties and missed 2! But really, on the day I was probably busy teething or wondering where my Teddy was!

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3 penalties in game back them ! That was something. You had to be caught taking the lace out or cutting somebody in half to get a penalty then.

[simongarnerisgod]

  On 04/11/2023 at 11:01, wilsdenrover said:

What was the very first game you went to?

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can`t remember tbh,dad used to take me and my sisters all over lancashire on a saturday afternoon following chorley,when i got a bit older it was just me,him ,his mates and rovers,first rovers game i can recall is coventry at home in the cup circa 1980,andy crawford banged in the winner,to my horror we would`nt let me go to the next round against villa,citing the big crowd and possible trouble,i think it was just an excuse so he could so on a session before the match🙂

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

My first game was Rovers v Sheff Utd at Ewood. It was a beautiful autumn Saturday afternoon and Ewood looked great. Unfortunately we lost 1-2 and it wasn’t a great game but I was hooked.

Sept 30th 1961. Rovers 1 - Sheff Utd 2. Scorer- Ian Lawther

Att. 16,677

Rovers Team

Else.

 Bray, Newton.

Clayton, Woods, McGrath.

Crowe, England, Lawther, Douglas, Haverty.

Edited November 4, 2023 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[bazza]

First game I remember (my dad had taken me on before then) was 1st game of the season Rovers 1 Sheff Utd 5.   1951?

First team I remember was:-  Patterson; Suart, Eckersley; Campbell. Holt, Bell; Graham, Crossan, Harris, Todd, Wharton.

[den]

[den]

Bert Trautman. George Hudson 1959.

 

[Ianrally]

Bert must have felt close to home when he played at Ewood, given his experiences as a POW. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 05/11/2023 at 10:41, den said:

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The Cup Final squad. I hope they didn’t play in those new boots.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 05/11/2023 at 10:44, den said:

Bert Trautman. George Hudson 1959.

 

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We let George go to Accy for peanuts then watched him make a good career working his way back up the leagues as an excellent centre forward.

[wilsdenrover]

Did anyone attend Rovers vs Leeds in December ‘64? - I have a programme for this match which I’m trying to find a good home for.

[Herbie6590]

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 06/11/2023 at 06:56, Herbie6590 said:

 

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Rogers and Knighton - two top players there. Funny Sheff Wed kit. It brought back some memories though. I used to play for a team that wore that kit.

[bazza]

Blue shirts with white sleeves was Cardiff City in those days. May also have been Ipswich Town.

I wish I could show this clip to Eamonn's son. He'd love it. How can I save it for posterity?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

  On 06/11/2023 at 20:42, bazza said:

Blue shirts with white sleeves was Cardiff City in those days. May also have been Ipswich Town.

I wish I could show this clip to Eamonn's son. He'd love it. How can I save it for posterity?

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Ours was supposed to be an Ipswich Town replica.