Match Time Machine

[arbitro]

From the front to back.

David Hargreaves

John Ramsbottom (?)

Don't know (could be surname Moran)

Simon Garner

Royston Taylor (?)

Brian Morley

Noel Brotherston

Paul Round

Tim Parkin

John Bailey

Stuart Metcalfe

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

From the front to back.

David Hargreaves

John Ramsbottom (?)

Don't know (could be surname Moran)

Simon Garner

Royston Taylor (?)

Brian Morley

Noel Brotherston

Paul Round

Tim Parkin

John Bailey

Stuart Metcalfe

Good knowledge. I only knew a few, bit before my time. Is that just before H Kendall came in?

[arbitro]

9 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Good knowledge. I only knew a few, bit before my time. Is that just before H Kendall came in?

I think the game was against Accrington Stanley and playing against them was part of the deal which saw David Hargreaves sign for us. A quick search shows he signed for us in December 1977 so it appears he was a Jim Smith signing. He was only with us for a couple of years so it looks like you are right about it being slightly before Kendall.

Maybe Parsonblue can but a bit more meat on the bones.

[DeeCee]

Super Haggis!

[Waggy76]

4 hours ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

Who can name them all and is that keeper still available!?

There are 4 players , that would walk into the present team but not sure goalkeeper  Neil Ramsbottom would ...

This photo puzzles me , this must be the team that got relegated ???

Surely Hargreaves had gone back to Stanley by then...

[Hoochie Bloochie Mama]

3 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

There are 4 players , that would walk into the present team but not sure goalkeeper  Neil Ramsbottom would ...

This photo puzzles me , this must be the team that got relegated ???

Surely Hargreaves had gone back to Stanley by then...

I take it that's Stanley's ground?

[Waggy76]

9 minutes ago, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

I take it that's Stanley's ground?

Well the truth is never been on any ground of theres ..think it could be Livingstone road Accy though ....maybe wrong

[arbitro]

9 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

Well the truth is never been on any ground of theres ..think it could be Livingstone road Accy though ....maybe wrong

 

9 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

There are 4 players , that would walk into the present team but not sure goalkeeper  Neil Ramsbottom would ...

This photo puzzles me , this must be the team that got relegated ???

Surely Hargreaves had gone back to Stanley by then...

I could be wrong but looking at some of the players it's more of a reserve team. If I get chance later I'll check in one of the history books. 

[Waggy76]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

 

I could be wrong but looking at some of the players it's more of a reserve team. If I get chance later I'll check in one of the history books. 

Definately not a first team , a lot young lads in the team  ..Stuart metcalfe , John Bailey and Noel were regulars in the first team and so was John Butcher , I remember Ramsbottom being signed around the time of Duncan Mckenzie but I could be wrong , a long time ago..

Edited August 20, 2020 by Waggy76

[arbitro]

Speak of Butcher is that him peering over some players in the middle of the group?

[Waggy76]

Just now, arbitro said:

Speak of Butcher is that him peering over some players in the middle of the group?

I think so..

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

It looks to be the sort of line up you'd send to play in a pre-season friendly at a non league team. One or two first team regulars and the rest mostly reserves.

[arbitro]

2 hours ago, Waggy76 said:

Definately not a first team , a lot young lads in the team  ..Stuart metcalfe , John Bailey and Noel were regulars in the first team and so was John Butcher , I remember Ramsbottom being signed around the time of Duncan Mckenzie but I could be wrong , a long time ago..

The game was played on May 4th 1978 which was after the season had finished. The match was a 3-3 draw. For the league games we used the following players:

 Bradshaw, Curtis, Bailey, Metcalfe, Fazackerley, Hawkins, Brotherston, Hird, Mitchell, Parkes, Waddington, Svarc, Lewis, Taylor, Wagstaffe, Keeley, Butcher, Round, Wood, Fear, Hargreaves and Radford.

So essentially a reserve team.

 

 

 

 

[A Northern Horde...]

Surely Simon Garner fourth from front?

[Waggy76]

7 hours ago, arbitro said:

The game was played on May 4th 1978 which was after the season had finished. The match was a 3-3 draw. For the league games we used the following players:

 Bradshaw, Curtis, Bailey, Metcalfe, Fazackerley, Hawkins, Brotherston, Hird, Mitchell, Parkes, Waddington, Svarc, Lewis, Taylor, Wagstaffe, Keeley, Butcher, Round, Wood, Fear, Hargreaves and Radford.

So essentially a reserve team.

 

 

 

 

Thanks for the info ...Is the goalie Neil Ramsbottom ??

No

[A Northern Horde...]

Would have loved to have met and watched Bob Crompton in action.

[arbitro]

17 minutes ago, Waggy76 said:

Thanks for the info ...Is the goalie Neil Ramsbottom ??

No

I thought it was but honestly not 100% certain.

[bazza]

A time machine could take you back to before world war 1 to see Crompton's Rovers winning the title with Eddie Latheron and Danny Shea.

Or to see Harry Healless, Roscamp, Puddefoot etc. I would love to have seen Ted Harper and some of the goals he scored.

But the games I would love to re-watch ( I saw them as an 11 year old) is Rovers 9 Middlesbrough 0 in 1954 I think and Rovers 8 Bristol Rovers 3 when Briggs scored his 7.