BRFC - The Nostalgia Thread

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, oneandycrawford said:

The old Railway Embankment was an amazing place to watch football from. Double jeopardy from the Bolton fans and the state of the higher up terracing (deep wooden steps IIRC).

Not as amazing as the popular embankment at the old Huddersfield RL ground (Fartown). I went there once with my dada and, although that bit was closed, a steward took us up for a look.

@Tyrone Shoelaces - I'm guessing you've been on there as your Hornets history is longer than mine!

Yeah I’ve been on Fartown. The embankment was absolutely huge. 

I remember Hornets playing there in a Challenge Cup tie. We were right by the right hand corner flag at the end we were attacking. Hudds were on the attack on the far side from us and they threw out a pass to their winger almost on our line. Our centre intercepted the ball and set off for the try line. He made a bee line for where me and my mate was stood. He was weaving around as he ran in a diagonal from one corner to another. It seems like half the Hudds team were chasing him. They caught him just as he made the try line and he carried a couple of them over when scored. He was gasping like a landed fish right in front of us.

[oneandycrawford]

14 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Yeah I’ve been on Fartown. The embankment was absolutely huge. 

I remember Hornets playing there in a Challenge Cup tie. We were right by the right hand corner flag at the end we were attacking. Hudds were on the attack on the far side from us and they threw out a pass to their winger almost on our line. Our centre intercepted the ball and set off for the try line. He made a bee line for where me and my mate was stood. He was weaving around as he ran in a diagonal from one corner to another. It seems like half the Hudds team were chasing him. They caught him just as he made the try line and he carried a couple of them over when scored. He was gasping like a landed fish right in front of us.

Great to have such memories 🙂Think it must have been 85-86 season I went as seem to remember Phil McKenzie was playing.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, oneandycrawford said:

Great to have such memories 🙂Think it must have been 85-86 season I went as seem to remember Phil McKenzie was playing.

It was in the Kel Coslett era, I think the centre was called John Hughes ? We signed him from Bramley.

[oneandycrawford]

25 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

It was in the Kel Coslett era, I think the centre was called John Hughes ? We signed him from Bramley.

That was in the time I'd just started going with my dad. We only went to home games then. My earliest memories are of the run to the John Player Trophy final. Beating Leeds I remember was an amazing result. Shame we only started playing at half-time in the final!

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[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, oneandycrawford said:

That was in the time I'd just started going with my dad. We only went to home games then. My earliest memories are of the run to the John Player Trophy final. Beating Leeds I remember was an amazing result. Shame we only started playing at half-time in the final!

I was in that scratching shed in front of the railway line. I can still see the Billy Holiday drop goal going over and it gets from further out every year.  Up there with Rovers thrashing of Spurs 7-2 in my book. The final was lost in team selection., picking Nipper Harris instead of Peter Clarke at hooker.

My mate shouted out to Alex Murphy at half time - “ What do you think of our hooker Alex ? “  Murph shouted back - “ He couldn’t get a ball out of Woolworths “.

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[oneandycrawford]

10 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I was in that scratching shed in front of the railway line. I can still see the Billy Holiday drop goal going over and it gets from further out every year.  Up there with Rovers thrashing of Spurs 7-2 in my book. The final was lost in team selection., picking Nipper Harris instead of Peter Clarke at hooker.

My mate shouted out to Alex Murphy at half time - “ What do you think of our hooker Alex ? “  Murph shouted back - “ He couldn’t get a ball out of Woolworths “.

That drop goal - still one of my greatest sporting memories. Walking off with Leeds fans who, although disappointed they'd lost, were saying what a great moment that was! One bloke said to my dad words along the lines off "well if you have to lose that's the way to lose!"