Thanks for the positive comments.
I said in the article that I couldn't identify the Rovers player who missed that great chance in the 1952 semi-final replay, but now I'm pretty sure that I can.
I'm almost certain it's inside right Eddie Crossan.
Here's that moment again:
What a fine goal that would have been, waltzing through the defence like that. In fact, the film appears to have captured only the very end of his run. This is the Yorkshire Post report the day after the game:
Here's Eddie:
I found an old brfcs thread about him just atter he died in 2006 which said:
His brilliant close control enabled him to mesmerise opponents with his silky skills. Yet, sadly, Crossan was a flawed diamond. As with so many other brilliant individualists, lack of consistency proved to be his Achilles’ heel. Although he scored 73 League goals , many of them outstanding efforts, Crossan is still remembered as the man who missed most frequently from close range.
That moment in the semi-final must have been one of the most famous of those misses from close range.
His younger brother was Johnny Crossan, whose career was fascinating. Both of them played for Northern Ireland.