BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, jim mk2 said:

The question must be why did Rovers sign him? 

I don't think clubs did medicals then. I read somewhere that it was after the Gilliver fiasco that the Football League made medicals an essential part of any transfer deal.

[Exiled in Toronto]

Some players just seems to hit it off everywhere. Who can ever forget his perfect cross that MGP volleyed in.

[Gav]

 

This was taken in the dressing room after the FA Cup win over Coventry in 1980

 

[simongarnerisgod]

11 hours ago, Exiled in Toronto said:

Some players just seems to hit it off everywhere. Who can ever forget his perfect cross that MGP volleyed in.

i liked kuqi,he was an effective target man who always put 100% in,my mates dad though absolutely detested him for some reason,he called him an slow,clumsy pudding (that`s the printable version!!)

[Gav]

Modern day or 70’s football?

 

[simongarnerisgod]

somebody buy me a time machine,i want to go there😁

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

Rare Rovers pics on Ebay - For Sale and Wanted - BRFCS.com - By Blackburn Rovers fans, for Blackburn Rovers fans.

Thread there ^ with old Rovers pictures for sale on ebay.

This one is an absolute belter....

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

13 hours ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Rare Rovers pics on Ebay - For Sale and Wanted - BRFCS.com - By Blackburn Rovers fans, for Blackburn Rovers fans.

Thread there ^ with old Rovers pictures for sale on ebay.

This one is an absolute belter....

I think that's in the first season back in the old First Division. Arsenal at home Oct 25th 1958.

Players from the bottom - Matt Woods, Mick McGrath, Ken Taylor, Harry Leyland, Ronnie Clayton.

Att 37,747. Won 4-2,  scorers - Dobing 3, MacLeod 1.

Team -

Harry Leyland.

Ken Taylor, Bill Eckersley.

Ronnie Clayton, Matt Woods, Mick McGrath.

Bryan Douglas, Peter Dobing, Tommy Johnston, Roy Vernon, Ally MacLeod.

Those were the days, it seems light years away from where we are now.

Edited March 1, 2021 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

11 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I think that's in the first season back in the old First Division. Arsenal at home Oct 25th 1958.

Players from the bottom - Matt Woods, Mick McGrath, Ken Taylor, Harry Leyland, Ronnie Clayton.

Att 37,747. Won 4-2,  scorers - Dobing 3, MacLeod 1.

Team -

Harry Leyland.

Ken Taylor, Bill Eckersley.

Ronnie Clayton, Matt Woods, Mick McGrath.

Bryan Douglas, Peter Dobing, Tommy Jognston, Roy Vernon, Ally MacLeod.

Those were the days, it seems light years away from where we are now.

What was the crowd? 

[oldjamfan1]

1 minute ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

What was the crowd? 

I'm guessing - 37,747 😁

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

48 minutes ago, oldjamfan1 said:

I'm guessing - 37,747 😁

Ha, it was a genuine question. There's 37k on the Riverside alone! 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Ha, it was a genuine question. There's 37k on the Riverside alone! 

You're sounding like a dingle now.

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

1 minute ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

You're sounding like a dingle now.

There were 25k locked out

[darrenrover]

"Hark now hear THE Rovers sing, the Burnley ran away and WE will fight for ever more because of Boxing Day!"

Not seasonal granted but those that know will get the message!

WE ARE The Rovers!!!

[darrenrover]

One of my favourite sporting images from an almost namesake.

It embodies everything that I consider to have been sorely lacking at Ewood Park for years: "Look like you want to play for THE Rovers!!" 

[darrenrover]

1975, CHAMPIONS!

Note Derek Keighley in the background, his son is one of US.

I'm in the melee somewhere, can you spot yourself?.....

Edited March 5, 2021 by darrenrover

[rigger]

2 hours ago, darrenrover said:

1975, CHAMPIONS!

Note Derek Keighley in the background, his son is one of US.

I'm in the melee somewhere, can you spot yourself?.....

I am at the corner of the Blackburn end.

[oldjamfan1]

3 hours ago, darrenrover said:

1975, CHAMPIONS!

Note Derek Keighley in the background, his son is one of US.

I'm in the melee somewhere, can you spot yourself?.....

I was chatting to Gordon Lee's son the other day. Gordon is still alive and well into his late 80s and itching to get on the golf course. He has very fond memories of his time at Rovers.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

4 hours ago, darrenrover said:

1975, CHAMPIONS!

Note Derek Keighley in the background, his son is one of US.

I'm in the melee somewhere, can you spot yourself?.....

I was on the Riverside that night. I had to leave at the final whistle to catch my last bus home.

It still irks me that Mowbray thought scenes like this weren't worth playing for and the title of " Champions " wasn't worth trying for.

I knew then he wasn't the man to lead my team into the future.

Edited March 5, 2021 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I was on the Riverside that night. I had to leave at the final whistle to catch my last bus home.

It still irks me that Mowbray thought scenes like this weren't worth playing for and the title of " Champions " wasn't worth trying for.

I knew then he wasn't the man to lead my team into the future.

Yep it crossed my mind then too, although to be fair it took another 12 months before I had decided for definite that he wasn't the right man.

It might have only been the third division, but unless you are one of the elite clubs, how many times do you get to see your team win a league title? It should have been pursued and cherished.

[simongarnerisgod]

8 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I was on the Riverside that night. I had to leave at the final whistle to catch my last bus home.

It still irks me that Mowbray thought scenes like this weren't worth playing for and the title of " Champions " wasn't worth trying for.

I knew then he wasn't the man to lead my team into the future.

my thoughts exactly, should have annihilated league 1 by 10/15 points,we had by far the best squad in the division,we played with the choke in though all season,i first started to have doubts when pne beat us 4-1 and we looked completely unprepared,the final straw was at huddersfield christmas 2019,bullied off the park by a limited but determined side and we did nothing to try and match them,there is nothing more annoying to a fan as lack of effort,both player and manager have been guilty of both,multiple times

[Gav]

OCTOBER 25 - 1969: John Connelly of Blackburn Rovers (right) goes past Leicester City goalkeeper Peter Shilton during a Football League Division Two match at Ewood Park.

[Gav]

Love this pic, you don't see many pics from this side of the ground, Infirmary in the distance also. 

Blackburn Rovers supporters queueing for tickets outside Ewood Park for the FA Cup 5th Round tie between Blackburn Rovers and Manchester City in Blackburn, England, circa February 1969

 

[Gav]

Blackburn Rovers footballer Don Martin takes a walk to the shops with his child on December 31, 1968

 

[Gav]

Blackburn End during the Football League Division Two match between Blackburn Rovers and Carlisle United at Ewood Park on October 12, 1968