BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Leonard Venkhater]

2 minutes ago, arbitro said:

John Waddington on the left and Faz on the right but who is the one in the middle?

Smash and Grab playing for the Gas are also in the picture.

I thought it was Mick Heaton?

[arbitro]

Just now, Leonard Venkhater said:

I thought it was Mick Heaton?

I'm not sure Lenny. It looks like we were playing flying goalkeeper though 😁😁

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

I thought it was Mick Heaton?

I thought that as well. Trying the new technique of flying towards the ball.

Here's your choices -

Bradshaw

Heaton, Waddington, Fazackerly, Hutchins.

Metcalfe, Martin, Parkes,

Napier, Endean, Field.

Sub - Not used.

Edited February 23, 2021 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I thought that as well. Trying the new technique of flying towards the ball.

Pretty sure it is him now...

[rigger]

18 hours ago, perthblue02 said:

Was looking for something else (see Watford game thread) and came across this picture which I have not seen before. A beauty of a away kit with the white patch red rose badge.

link :

Bristol Rovers away 12/3/ 1974 Lost 3-0

Was that the era of Smash and Grab (Warboys and Bannister) for Bristol ?

[rigger]

12 hours ago, arbitro said:

John Waddington on the left and Faz on the right but who is the one in the middle?

Smash and Grab playing for the Gas are also in the picture.

Mick Heaton.

 

[arbitro]

47 minutes ago, rigger said:

Was that the era of Smash and Grab (Warboys and Bannister) for Bristol ?

It was Jack. I used to be so envious of them for having two regular goal scorers like them. They always seemed to score against us too.

Edited February 24, 2021 by arbitro

[arbitro]

Just now, arbitro said:

It was Jack. I used to be so envious of them for having two regular goal scorers like them. They always setup score against us too.

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

39 minutes ago, arbitro said:

 

I spotted him as a young player when he was starting out at Bradford. He played at Rochdale one night and you could see he was a cut above the usual huff and puff of Div 4 football.

[Gone to seed]

On 23/02/2021 at 14:29, perthblue02 said:

Was looking for something else (see Watford game thread) and came across this picture which I have not seen before. A beauty of a away kit with the white patch red rose badge.

link :

Bristol Rovers away 12/3/ 1974 Lost 3-0

Looks like the current Ewood pitch, only a bit better.

Mick Heaton. Mighty dynamo - about 5'3" at full stretch.. Faz looking suitably shocked...

Edited February 24, 2021 by WIR Second Coming
Dopey bastard

[rigger]

31 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

Looks like the current Ewood pitch, only a bit better.

Mick Heaton. Mighty dynamo - about 5'3" at full stretch.. Faz looking suitably shocked...

5'3" of winning mentality.

[Gone to seed]

27 minutes ago, rigger said:

5'3" of winning mentality.

For sure! And before anyone says we are looking at past players through gimmer-rimmed rose tinted specs, Mick Heaton could have played our current first team squad single handed, and beaten ten balls of sh1t out of the lot of em, just with his attitude and gumption.

Sounds like an idea for a gloom lifting thread coming on - smallest players to play for Rovers' first 11...

Andy (I'll knee you in your bollox when you're 90) Crawford springs to mind - all 3'7" of him ...

[Leonard Venkhater]

1 minute ago, WIR Second Coming said:

For sure! And before anyone says we are looking at past players through gimmer-rimmed rose tinted specs, Mick Heaton could have played our current first team squad single handed, and beaten ten balls of sh1t out of the lot of em, just with his attitude and gumption.

Sounds like an idea for a gloom lifting thread coming on - smallest players to play for Rovers' first 11...

Andy (I'll knee you in your bollox when you're 90) Crawford springs to mind - all 3'7" of him ...

Johnny Price is still one of my all time favourites!

[rigger]

10 minutes ago, WIR Second Coming said:

For sure! And before anyone says we are looking at past players through gimmer-rimmed rose tinted specs, Mick Heaton could have played our current first team squad single handed, and beaten ten balls of sh1t out of the lot of em, just with his attitude and gumption.

Sounds like an idea for a gloom lifting thread coming on - smallest players to play for Rovers' first 11...

Andy (I'll knee you in your bollox when you're 90) Crawford springs to mind - all 3'7" of him ...

Alan Wright, Ben Arentoft 

Edited February 24, 2021 by rigger

[simongarnerisgod]

ronnie hildersley

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I remember us having Dougie ( 5ft 7ins ), Chris Crowe ( 5ft 8ins ) Joe Haverty 5ft 3ins ) in the same forward line. Bobby Craig was playing around that time as well, he was 5ft 6ins.

How big was Alan Judge ? 

[Gav]

3 hours ago, simongarnerisgod said:

ronnie hildersley

That headed goal at Welling in the cup  👍

[darrenrover]

6 hours ago, rigger said:

Alan Wright, Ben Arentoft 

Jonny Price

[darrenrover]

6 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

Johnny Price is still one of my all time favourites!

If he had his feet together, you could still nutmeg him between his knees!

[rigger]

David Batty

[bazza]

Bobby Svarc

[den]

On 23/02/2021 at 13:05, bazza said:

John Byrom is a legend to Bolton supporters, too. One of their greats.

Unfortunately.

[jim mk2]

On 23/02/2021 at 19:07, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Well we had Martin Britt, who had been a top prospect, who we'd signed the previous season but he came with a serious knee injury which finished his career before Xmas of that year. We signed Alan Gilliver, who came with a big reputation, but unbeknown to Rovers he had disc problems. To sign Gilliver we sold Byrom. Neither of Britt or Gilliver hit the heights, all the while Byrom was banging them in for Bolton. He was past his best when he came back to Rovers.

West Ham knew Martin Britt was a crock, and I think Rovers did too, but we still signed him, £25,000 IIRC though I might be wrong, a fortune at the time.  He'd obviously done his cruciate (a wonky knee they used to call it) which was career ending then but would be routine surgery now. Britt was a good player. I remember seeing Gilliver sitting in the Nuttall St stand injured more often than he played.    

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

11 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

West Ham knew Martin Britt was a crock, and I think Rovers did too, but we still signed him, £25,000 IIRC though I might be wrong, a fortune at the time.  He'd obviously done his cruciate (a wonky knee they used to call it) which was career ending then but would be routine surgery now. Britt was a good player. I remember seeing Gilliver sitting in the Nuttall St stand injured more often than he played.    

Martin Britt was destined for the top. He'd scored a hat trick in the youth cup final playing against Livepool when Tommy Smith was his direct opponent. He'd done his knee before he came to Rovers otherwise West Ham would have never let him go. Apparently it was so bad he could only jump for headers off one leg. There's a very sad photo of Britt stood with a walking stick in Blackburn Town centre looking completely lost. It must have been a soul destroying experience for a young bloke.

Gilliver had a disc problem that eventually needed a disc fusion. Not really recommended for an athlete but it was a last resort. Even after that he always gave 100% and compared with the two strikers Mowbray has bought he was another Marco Van Basten.

 

[jim mk2]

8 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Martin Britt was destined for the top. He'd scored a hat trick in the youth cup final playing against Livepool when Tommy Smith was his direct opponent. He'd done his knee before he came to Rovers

The question must be why did Rovers sign him?