BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

56 minutes ago, rigger said:

I was at that end it was total confusion. I thought the ball went through a hole or a gap in the net, which is what the officials are meant to check for pre kick-off.

I heard a fan went up to the back of the net, pulled the ball out and threw it back on the pitch.

I used to watch the ‘Dale a lot then if Rovers weren’t playing and I remember going to a league 4 game against Brighton ( yes that Brighton ) and there was a melee after a corner. The ball ended up in the back of the net and the ref gave a goal but the Brighton players claimed the ball had fallen in through a hole in the roof of the net. They demanded he consult his linesmen.

So he goes over to the linesman, they have a chat, then the ref comes back and gives a penalty ! Cue more mayhem. Somebody had pushed the ball over the bar with their hand and it’d dropped into the goal through the hole apparently.

Edited November 9 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[DeeCee]

Great anecdote 👍

[Bronzed A Donis]

As its 30 years I've been digitising the old LET match reports from the commemorative release. Few attached apologies text quality isn't clearer.

I have the whole 50 page document but it was too big to upload.

[MarkBRFC]

It's a shame that in todays ridiculous technology/digital age that the above couldn't be re-released in some sort of magazine/bound booklet.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

It's a shame that in todays ridiculous technology/digital age that the above couldn't be re-released in some sort of magazine/bound booklet.

My wife bought me - “ Football History told through Newspaper Headlines - Blackburn Rovers “ for Xmas a few years ago. It’s a similar sort of thing. It wasn’t cheap though. At the moment it’s £54.99 less 25% discount. It’s not worth that. £25 would be about right.

Edited November 18 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Upside Down]

10 hours ago, MarkBRFC said:

It's a shame that in todays ridiculous technology/digital age that the above couldn't be re-released in some sort of magazine/bound booklet.

The club have probably ordered the LET to destroy all evidence they have on our successes.

[Mattyblue]

They already have in Blues Bar… when’s the next LFC night in there, by the way?

[Herbie6590]

30 years ago today…

 

[Gav]

@Tyrone Shoelaces one for you here, not football related but pulled from the excellent ‘Nowt but a lad’ Twitter feed, Rochdale town centre 1970’s:

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 hours ago, Gav said:

@Tyrone Shoelaces one for you here, not football related but pulled from the excellent ‘Nowt but a lad’ Twitter feed, Rochdale town centre 1970’s:

Yes, Yorkshire St. You can’t drive up that bit any more.

[Herbie6590]

Let's remind ourselves of this ahead of Saturday... #DifferentTimes 

 

 

[rigger]

18 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Let's remind ourselves of this ahead of Saturday... #DifferentTimes 

 

 

Jimmy Hill never did like us.