BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

 

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Remember this Game like yesterday,a Liverpool side including Rush and Barnes we tore them a new one!

 

[Mattyblue]

It was ‘live on Norwegian TV’, ergo all the Scandinavian advertising. It was all very exciting!

[oneandycrawford]

1 hour ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

 

Brings back memories. Particularly nice to see the Darwen End roof before it's 'refurbishment' in 1982, courtesy of the six-fingered roofers.

[simongarnerisgod]

1 hour ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

 

there must have been someone going round every ground in the country that summer,there are loads of these on the net,from parkhead to plainmoor (torquay),fantastic imo

[den]

2 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Remember this Game like yesterday,a Liverpool side including Rush and Barnes we tore them a new one!

 

Fantastic. Such quality.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, den said:

Fantastic. Such quality.

Too much passing of the ball forward for my liking. I found myself  missing the regular interplay between the centre halves

[speeeeeeedie]

4 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

It was ‘live on Norwegian TV’, ergo all the Scandinavian advertising. It was all very exciting!

Piling into a random pub that was packed to the rafters with people who would usually never set foot in there to watch Rovers play on a dodgy feed. Those were the days.

[Upside Down]

46 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Too much passing of the ball forward for my liking. I found myself  missing the regular interplay between the centre halves

I don't understand why the wingers crossed the ball into the box. They could have lost possession there. What they should have done was stopped and passed back 5 yards to the nearest player. 

[wilsdenrover]

10 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

I don't understand why the wingers crossed the ball into the box. They could have lost possession there. What they should have done was stopped and passed back 5 yards to the nearest player. 

What was that nonsense with Mimms catching the ball?

[Upside Down]

9 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

What was that nonsense with Mimms catching the ball?

Thankfully we now have top tier coaches like Russell Martin who can show us the right way to play the game. Hopefully we never have to return to the dark days of crossing wingers, tackling defenders and the dreaded two up front.

[wilsdenrover]

2 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Thankfully we now have top tier coaches like Russell Martin who can show us the right way to play the game. Hopefully we never have to return to the dark days of crossing wingers, tackling defenders and the dreaded two up front.

I know!

Did you see Le Saux make a tackle? Ridiculous.

And only three subs on the bench, how on earth are you supposed to completely disrupt the second half??

Thank god things have progressed. 
 

[oneandycrawford]

47 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

I know!

Did you see Le Saux make a tackle? Ridiculous.

And only three subs on the bench, how on earth are you supposed to completely disrupt the second half??

Thank god things have progressed. 
 

And having the right footed winger on the right wing - what were they thinking. How on earth did they expect him to cope with cutting inside onto his weaker foot?

[Upside Down]

17 minutes ago, oneandycrawford said:

And having the right footed winger on the right wing - what were they thinking. How on earth did they expect him to cope with cutting inside onto his weaker foot?

That's just disgusting. 

I hope we never have to see such barbarian tactics again.

[wilsdenrover]

5 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

That's just disgusting. 

I hope we never have to see such barbarian tactics again.

Why aren’t they waiting 5 minutes for a twat with a tele to confirm the goals should/shouldn’t stand??

…and don’t get me started on this 1-11 shirt number bollocks. 

 

Edited Monday at 22:45 by wilsdenrover

[Upside Down]

Just now, wilsdenrover said:

Why aren’t they waiting 5 minutes for a twat with a tele to confirm the goals should/shouldn’t stand??

 

It was the stone age wilsden, thankfully we are spared from such horrors in the modern game. 

Dark times indeed.

[wilsdenrover]

3 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

It was the stone age wilsden, thankfully we are spared from such horrors in the modern game. 

Dark times indeed.

It’s staggering really, not one player going down as if he’d been shot either.

[den]

9 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Why aren’t they waiting 5 minutes for a twat with a tele to confirm the goals should/shouldn’t stand??

…and don’t get me started on this 1-11 shirt number bollocks. 

 

Twat with a tele! 😀

[wilsdenrover]

4 hours ago, den said:

Twat with a tele! 😀

I was proud of that one 😁😁

[K-Hod]

Was talking about this at work yesterday, but I was saying that when I was a kid, if football was like it is now, with the slow play and aimless sideways passing- I probably wouldn't be a fan of football.

Certainly not like I am, anyway.

[wilsdenrover]

29 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

Was talking about this at work yesterday, but I was saying that when I was a kid, if football was like it is now, with the slow play and aimless sideways passing- I probably wouldn't be a fan of football.

Certainly not like I am, anyway.

Add in how Rovers is now run and I’m guessing that probability drops even further.

 

[K-Hod]

Just now, wilsdenrover said:

Add in how Rovers is now run and I’m guessing that probability drops even further.

 

Bingo. I actually said the same at the last Fans Forum.

I used to religiously watch Match of The Day, every Super Sunday, all Champions League etc.

Now I barely even bother.

[MarkBRFC]

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

Bingo. I actually said the same at the last Fans Forum.

I used to religiously watch Match of The Day, every Super Sunday, all Champions League etc.

Now I barely even bother.

I think a lot of that is just moving on with life/getting older etc.

What adult with family/work commitments etc has the time or can be arsed to watch every MOTD, Super Sunday, Champions league etc plus going to Ewood every other week, a few aways etc.

I certainly don't.

But at one time I was exactly the same, but like you don't watch much neutral footy at all these days.

It's an interesting thought though about being a kid now, my lad at 15 is absolutely Rovers obsessed, and loves playing too, yet he wouldn't even think of sitting down and watching say Liverpool vs Man City or whatever.

He takes in his viewing from short video's on youtube, tiktok or whatever, and loves playing Football Manager and Fifa, if I ask him about most players he will know about them through those means.

Even Dion De Neve caught him out though, hadn't a clue who he was!

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

15 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

I think a lot of that is just moving on with life/getting older etc.

What adult with family/work commitments etc has the time or can be arsed to watch every MOTD, Super Sunday, Champions league etc plus going to Ewood every other week, a few aways etc.

I certainly don't.

But at one time I was exactly the same, but like you don't watch much neutral footy at all these days.

It's an interesting thought though about being a kid now, my lad at 15 is absolutely Rovers obsessed, and loves playing too, yet he wouldn't even think of sitting down and watching say Liverpool vs Man City or whatever.

He takes in his viewing from short video's on youtube, tiktok or whatever, and loves playing Football Manager and Fifa, if I ask him about most players he will know about them through those means.

Even Dion De Neve caught him out though, hadn't a clue who he was!

My grandson is the same. I thought I knew a lot about football and players as his age. However with all the information available on the internet he would leave me trailing in his wake.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, K-Hod said:

Was talking about this at work yesterday, but I was saying that when I was a kid, if football was like it is now, with the slow play and aimless sideways passing- I probably wouldn't be a fan of football.

Certainly not like I am, anyway.

I was at the Rovers v Norwich game recently and that very same thought went through my mind.