BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Gav]

1 hour ago, lraC said:

I remember both of those games, very well.

Both definitely in the 80’s

The Villa went to a replay, I don't remember the match, but that Villa side won European Cup the season after, beating Bayern Munuch in the final

16 February 1980

Score 1-1

Competition FA Cup 5th round

Venue Ewood Park

Attendance 29,468

[rigger]

2 hours ago, den said:

I was on the riverside for that game too. 40,000 packed into Ewood. Imagine it with 61,000 on!

I was on the Blackburn end, with my mum.

[Gav]

4 hours ago, 47er said:

The last time the old Ewood was packed to the rafters was v City 1969(?)

https://www.citytilidie.com/latest/blackburn-away-fa-cup-5th-round-196869/

Write up of the game here @47er and some comments at the bottom from Rovers fans who attended. 

[arbitro]

Rovers are on the Big Match Revisited next Saturday at 10.30 am. It's a game against Oldham from August 1975.

[Gav]

One for our vintage supporters:

 

 

[arbitro]

35 minutes ago, Gav said:

One for our vintage supporters:

 

 

And not a prawn sandwich in sight. 😂

 

[oneandycrawford]

On 23/05/2025 at 13:08, lraC said:

I remember both of those games, very well.

Both definitely in the 80’s

Two of my favourite games ever. 3rd Div Vs 1st and really felt like the whole team, fans and club pulling together in the same direction.

And don't let anybody tell you a cup run damages league form. 5 FA cup ties plus a replay (roughly) coinciding with, IIRC, 15 wins and a draw in the league.

Great days to be a Rover.

[Claytons Left Boot]

Bryan Douglas, one of the best and 91 years old today. Cartoon strip nicked from a Blackburn Facebook page..

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Bryan Douglas, one of the best and 91 years old today. Cartoon strip nicked from a Blackburn Facebook page..

In the 1963-65 era he was the best attacking midfield player/ playmaker in the country and he was criminally ignored by Sir Alf.

[A Northern Horde...]

On 23/05/2025 at 14:55, Gav said:

The Villa went to a replay, I don't remember the match, but that Villa side won European Cup the season after, beating Bayern Munuch in the final

16 February 1980

Score 1-1

Competition FA Cup 5th round

Venue Ewood Park

Attendance 29,468

Is there no footage of this game Gav?

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, A Northern Horde... said:

Is there no footage of this game Gav?

i`ve been looking for footage of that game for years,but have never found any,can`t find any of the coventry game the round before either

[Neil Weaver]

1 hour ago, simongarnerisgod said:

i`ve been looking for footage of that game for years,but have never found any,can`t find any of the coventry game the round before either

If it helps, I think it was on Match of the Day that night.  Was the equaliser an Allan Evans og from a Brotherston corner?  Don't think I'd seen Ewood as full before

[simongarnerisgod]

13 minutes ago, Neil Weaver said:

If it helps, I think it was on Match of the Day that night.  Was the equaliser an Allan Evans og from a Brotherston corner?  Don't think I'd seen Ewood as full before

yes,last minute i think,dad would`nt take  six year old me to the match,stating it would be to busy and full in the blackburn end,he went with his mates and i ended up going bloody shopping with my mum and sister😠

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

10 hours ago, Neil Weaver said:

If it helps, I think it was on Match of the Day that night.  Was the equaliser an Allan Evans og from a Brotherston corner?  Don't think I'd seen Ewood as full before

We scored very near to the end of the game if I remember rightly. I went over with a mate of mine who’s a Villa fan.

[Herbie6590]

 

[A Northern Horde...]

Professional Men who had the best interests of The Rovers at Heart indeed.

Guided the Club through financial hard times as we watched other local Clubs tumble down the Leagues.

I yearn for a return to those Days.

Edited yesterday at 08:23 by A Northern Horde...

[Herbie6590]

On 24/05/2025 at 11:21, arbitro said:

Rovers are on the Big Match Revisited next Saturday at 10.30 am. It's a game against Oldham from August 1975.

Oh this is a joy…great cameos from Don Martin & Tony Parkes 🤍💙

[simongarnerisgod]

no fences and seemingly rovers fans in the darwen end🙂before my time this!!!!!

some "whole hearted" tackles going in  as well

Edited yesterday at 12:21 by simongarnerisgod
missed word

[rigger]

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Oh this is a joy…great cameos from Don Martin & Tony Parkes 🤍💙

 

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

Oh this is a joy…great cameos from Don Martin & Tony Parkes 🤍💙

Plenty on the Riverside.

Edited yesterday at 12:52 by rigger

[Herbie6590]

One for @arbitro here…& anyone who listened to the episode of the podcast where we interviewed Tony will get the reference. 
 

Check biggest drag in soccer answer…😁

[Herbie6590]

Here’s the podcast link…

 

Still to this day one of our most popular episodes…

[arbitro]

7 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

One for @arbitro here…& anyone who listened to the episode of the podcast where we interviewed Tony will get the reference. 
 

Check biggest drag in soccer answer…😁

It must be the 'homer referees' quote you refer to Ian. 😂

To be fair though he didn't like me when I refereed his team at Millmoor. 😂

[funny-old-game]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

It must be the 'homer referees' quote you refer to Ian. 😂

To be fair though he didn't like me when I refereed his team at Millmoor. 😂

Seem to remember him saying something on the lines of " no not you fucking refereeing us" when you bumped into him before a game.

I could have just made that up Tony, this aging things a bugger 🥴

[arbitro]

5 minutes ago, funny-old-game said:

Seem to remember him saying something on the lines of " no not you fucking refereeing us" when you bumped into him before a game.

I could have just made that up Tony, this aging things a bugger 🥴

And that was one of the more polite things he said. 😂

It's fair to say he neither rated me nor liked me and that's how it was - it went with the territory.

[Colt Seavers]

On 31/05/2025 at 12:49, Herbie6590 said:

Oh this is a joy…great cameos from Don Martin & Tony Parkes 🤍💙

Fantastic to watch. Just three years before I started going. You can hear the chant of "Rovers" (clap, clap,clap) throughout this broadcast. Does anyone know when this chant changed to  "THE Rovers" (clap, clap, clap)?