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1.15 euro, makes it about 1 mill GBP?

£1.15million

I remember seeing a young lad called Dennis Rofe playing left back for Orient at Rochdale in the old third division. This would be about 1970. Rochdale had a really good right winger at the time, City were supposed to be signing him but it never happened. Rofe completely bottled the winger up, and then near the end he fan the length of the field to lay on the winning goal. I thought this lad looks a real prospect. So I wrote to the club scout. I got a letter back thanking me but saying that “ Rofe was already under contract to Orient “. Well I knew that. 2 years later Orient sold him to Leicester for what was then a record fee for a British full back ! He went on to have a long career at Leicester, Southampton and Chelsea.

Or the courtroom floods and it hast to be replayed

I read the other day Dennis is training with Brondby

"striker through the door, ready to announce" "Heard similar, but nothing concrete" So he's heard similar information that there's a player ready to announce, but there's nothing concrete? Dissonance at its finest, fud.

main name not fit Its Dennis again isn't it? 😞

Brilliant, an unfit striker! We've already got one of those

looking at signing another injured player?

The Beatles - A’int She Sweet

Me and my girlfriend of the time are in that photograph towards the back and in the centre. I’ve seen a better, clearer photo and I can pick us out. It was a top class performance on a really tricky pitch was beginning to become frozen after half time. Our future manager Gordon Lee was playing at left back for Villa and Mike Ferguson ran him ragged in a 5-1 win. January 2nd 1965. Crowd 18,292 Rovers Else Newton, Joyce Clayton, England, McGrath Ferguson, McEvoy, Byrom, Douglas, Harrison Scorers Byrom 3, McEvoy 2.

I wasn't aiming at anyone in particular.

Mercer's information he posts on here rarely checks out, but I do remember back in the summer when he said that two players were about to sign before anyone else had got hold of it and his contact did have that correct to be fair, one was the initial attempt to sign Baradji before the medical put pay to it, can't remember who the other was that we signed at the same time. Also said that Brittain's new contract was done too though! So who knows, maybe we'll unveil Paul Mullin later tonight.

I remember when the Rovers seemed to underestimate the crowds, rumor was, it was to lower their tax bill.

What an uncomfortable read some of their other threads are... Hate thy neighbour but love thy venkys

We've read a lot about this but where are the actual attendency figures as opposed to the club's numbers? I haven't seen them posted anywhere.

Iv no real issue with the rumour it’s just the two ‘updates’ contradict one and other so was asking about that

I'd forgotten that one! Bet he has too!

We desperately need someone through the door, so lets hope Mercer is right!

Defeatist mentality. Oh this is where we really should be so lets stay here in our zone forever. Meanwhile we'll watch other smaller and medium sized clubs regularly pass us on our journey to sit with the Oldhams and Swindons. Because they were once in the Prem as well ya'know.

There's a lot of bickering at the moment. Isn't there enough division between our fans? I don't mind the odd rumour--- distracts me from the reality. You don't have to believe it do you?

He wanted all the Lancashire clubs to join forces under a 'Lancashire United' banner at one point, if I remember rightly?

Quite right, Abbey was not fond of Chaddy its safe to say!

Abbey and chaddy used to go at with hammer and tongs on here till Abbey decided he'd had enough and left.