BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, BlueNWhiteArmy said:

100% correct good old Roy. Wonder where he is now....

the last i heard of him when he finished playing he was a scratch golfer and had a go at the pga(not sure if he ever got his card to play on the tour)

[BlueNWhiteArmy]

56 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

https://sportsedtv.com/coach/roy-wegerle#:~:text=Roy now directs the instruction and content development efforts for SportsEdTV.

https://youtu.be/8Qzd6wXU4Qw?feature=shared

[Herbie6590]

30 years ago today… where are Vinny & Jonathan I wonder? 🤔⚪️🔵

[den]

The Man City FA cup game ‘69 from a City viewpoint. 42000 attendance.

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/blackburn-away-fa-cup-5th-round-196869/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ozVKwD0eAZ8THzSANdKWzChYiFoZGZI-mFXdXXfi0H-C9fApkkIzUniM_aem_CchG-xS-Uz5Q5Qr5Du2chw

[rigger]

16 minutes ago, den said:

The Man City FA cup game ‘69 from a City viewpoint. 42000 attendance.

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/blackburn-away-fa-cup-5th-round-196869/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR2ozVKwD0eAZ8THzSANdKWzChYiFoZGZI-mFXdXXfi0H-C9fApkkIzUniM_aem_CchG-xS-Uz5Q5Qr5Du2chw

Those black and red stripped shirts  still send a shiver down my spine, what a team city were.

Edited December 13 by rigger

[den]

City Dowd, Book, Pardoe, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Young, Coleman – sub Owen(unused)

Blackburn Blacklaw, Newton, Calloway, Mulvaney, Coddington, Sharples, Metcalfe, Darling, Fryatt, Martin, Connelly – sub Douglas(70)

[Claytons Left Boot]

I started going to the Rovers in 1966 with my uncle, my dad having no real interest in football. I can only assume that both my uncle and my parents deemed it too risky for a ten year old to attend a game with such a high crowd, thus I missed out. One of my few regrets following the Rovers over the years, as I would have loved to have been there.

Great little write up den, even if it is from a City perspective. The photos look superb. When there are massive crowds, games look so much more atmospheric when they are played in the evening.

[Mattyblue]

League crowds are higher now across football than they were in the 60s… however the FA Cup was something else entrirely, a phenomenon that younger folk just wouldn’t believe.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

3 hours ago, rigger said:

Those black and red stripped shirts  still send a shiver down my spine, what a team city were.

That was the best City played throughout their cup run.

[simongarnerisgod]

i cannot believe they shoehorned 40000+ into the old ewood,granted it was before segregation but i`ve been at old  ewood when there was  25000+ on and it was like being in a sardine can,anyone  that night must have been absolutely crammed in,i bet there we`nt many trips to that digusting toilet on the blackburn end😄

[den]

14 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i cannot believe they shoehorned 40000+ into the old ewood,granted it was before segregation but i`ve been at old  ewood when there was  25000+ on and it was like being in a sardine can,anyone  that night must have been absolutely crammed in,i bet there we`nt many trips to that digusting toilet on the blackburn end😄

I think they closed the turnstiles with people locked outside? Might have got that wrong.

I went to Old Trafford one year to watch Man U against PNE in an FA cup replay. Must have been the 60’s. Pay at the turnstiles that day. Joined the huge queues and just as we got to the turnstiles they all slammed shut virtually at the same time. Thousands locked outside including me and my mates. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

57 minutes ago, den said:

I think they closed the turnstiles with people locked outside? Might have got that wrong.

I went to Old Trafford one year to watch Man U against PNE in an FA cup replay. Must have been the 60’s. Pay at the turnstiles that day. Joined the huge queues and just as we got to the turnstiles they all slammed shut virtually at the same time. Thousands locked outside including me and my mates. 

Unlikely Den, it was an all ticket game.

[den]

36 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Unlikely Den, it was an all ticket game.

Something just tells me some didn’t get in. Probably wrong TS.

[wilsdenrover]

[arbitro]

There have been some great pictures of Rovers supporters queuing outside Ewood (I'm sure it was a Sunday morning) for tickets for the cup match against City. I remember going down with some friends and thinking it would be great if most of these turned up for more home games. I also remember that Rovers put out a plea in the local media for people to go down and help clear the snow off the pitch. I think (although I can't be certain) that there were braziers around the pitch to try and thaw the frost which was well set into the pitch. A local referee came and said the pitch wasn't playable but by way of a thank you to the volunteers the first team had a training session on the pitch which we were allowed to watch. Being in such a big crowd at.Ewood of was exhilarating and Jim Fryatt's goal sparked wild scenes in the Blackburn End. Strangely one abiding memory I have is of one poor Rovers fan who had a heart attack and sadly died. I remember we had to pass the stretcher with his body on over our heads as we were packed into the corner of the Blackburn End (by the Riverside) like sardines in a tin.

[Herbie6590]

14 minutes ago, arbitro said:

There have been some great pictures of Rovers supporters queuing outside Ewood (I'm sure it was a Sunday morning) for tickets for the cup match against City. I remember going down with some friends and thinking it would be great if most of these turned up for more home games. I also remember that Rovers put out a plea in the local media for people to go down and help clear the snow off the pitch. I think (although I can't be certain) that there were braziers around the pitch to try and thaw the frost which was well set into the pitch. A local referee came and said the pitch wasn't playable but by way of a thank you to the volunteers the first team had a training session on the pitch which we were allowed to watch. Being in such a big crowd at.Ewood of was exhilarating and Jim Fryatt's goal sparked wild scenes in the Blackburn End. Strangely one abiding memory I have is of one poor Rovers fan who had a heart attack and sadly died. I remember we had to pass the stretcher with his body on over our heads as we were packed into the corner of the Blackburn End (by the Riverside) like sardines in a tin.

 

[Herbie6590]

I once contacted Blackburn Museum to see if they could host an exhibition of these photos…they replied to say that Getty wanted something like £400 per photo for the privilege…🤨

 

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/by-w-h-talbot-archivepopperfoto

[arbitro]

18 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

I once contacted Blackburn Museum to see if they could host an exhibition of these photos…they replied to say that Getty wanted something like £400 per photo for the privilege…🤨

 

https://www.gettyimages.co.uk/photos/by-w-h-talbot-archivepopperfoto

Some excellent photographs there Ian - they should really appeal to some of the older posters.

Thanks for posting.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

17 hours ago, den said:

 

City Dowd, Book, Pardoe, Doyle, Booth, Oakes, Summerbee, Bell, Lee, Young, Coleman – sub Owen(unused)

Blackburn Blacklaw, Newton, Calloway, Mulvaney, Coddington, Sharples, Metcalfe, Darling, Fryatt, Martin, Connelly – sub Douglas(70)

The saddest thing for me was seeing an ageing Bryan Douglas come on as a sub and being unable to influence the game in any way. At one time he would have run City ragged. On the other team you had the emergence of the new style of midfield player in Colin Bell. He was running the show. Bryan was a ball player, Bell was an athlete.

Stuart Metcalfe was our outstanding player, he gave Glyn Pardoe a bit of a chasing.

Edited December 14 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[had.e.nuff]

this just came up on my youtube page a good watch

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

9 hours ago, had.e.nuff said:

this just came up on my youtube page a good watch

 

It could have been 10. The games you remember all your life.

[Herbie6590]

10 hours ago, had.e.nuff said:

this just came up on my youtube page a good watch

 

See also…watch right to the end 😂

 

 

[Herbie6590]

30 years ago today…⚪️🔵

[oneandycrawford]

Another amazing attacking display from 1989 (season after the City game). How the hell did we not manage to get promoted in the late 80's??? Considering how little money we had, to get as close as we did was an achievement in itself.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

33 minutes ago, oneandycrawford said:

Another amazing attacking display from 1989 (season after the City game). How the hell did we not manage to get promoted in the late 80's??? Considering how little money we had, to get as close as we did was an achievement in itself.

If only we had a Time Machine. Garner and Sellars in the current team and we’d be playing in the Prem next season.