Tyrone Shoelaces Posted Sunday at 20:24 Posted Sunday at 20:24 1 minute ago, Gav said: @Tyrone Shoelaces or anyone for that matter, name this ground: It looks a lot like Rochdale’s old main stand. If it is I’ve stood where that couple of fans are many times 2 Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted Sunday at 21:30 Posted Sunday at 21:30 57 minutes ago, Gav said: Yes an old picture of Spotland, good effort. The main stand roof was a give away. You can see where it was repaired at the far end after it had collapsed due to a heavy snowfall. 1 Quote
GHD Posted Monday at 11:06 Posted Monday at 11:06 16 hours ago, oneandycrawford said: Bearing in mind general crowd levels around that period those gates show how important the FA cup was then. I'm guessing that most of those clubs had higher gates for that match than their league games. The FA Cup certainly drew bigger crowds than league games back in the day. In the 1952 run to the semi final, I well remember nicking off school (and happily taking the inevitable punishment), for a 3rd round replay against Forest. It was before floodlights, so an early Wednesday afternoon kick off, and the gate was around 35,000. The 4th round attracted a home gate of about 45,000 against Hull. That was followed by home games against West Brom and Burnley with full houses of over 50,000 5 Quote
aletheia Posted Monday at 17:13 Posted Monday at 17:13 (edited) 1952. Semi-final against Newcastle 0-0. Lost the replay. Newcastle went on to beat Arsenal. Pathe https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/53460/ Edited Monday at 17:17 by aletheia 3 Quote
den Posted Monday at 18:34 Posted Monday at 18:34 1 hour ago, aletheia said: 1952. Semi-final against Newcastle 0-0. Lost the replay. Newcastle went on to beat Arsenal. Pathe https://www.britishpathe.com/asset/53460/ Brilliant. Don’t think I’ve seen those before. The crowds ! Wow. Quote
bigbrandjohn Posted Monday at 19:41 Posted Monday at 19:41 Funny old world. Our old winger pulling the strings at United and our pointy midfielder pulling up trees at Brentford. Who would have thought it? 2 Quote
KidderStreetNoise Posted yesterday at 07:41 Posted yesterday at 07:41 Has anyone got a large collection of old Rovers VHS or DVD's? Anything from season reviews to the 'bring on the clarets' dvd, would like some pictures & stories around how they came about if possible. Quote
Herbie6590 Posted yesterday at 08:02 Author Posted yesterday at 08:02 21 minutes ago, KidderStreetNoise said: Has anyone got a large collection of old Rovers VHS or DVD's? Anything from season reviews to the 'bring on the clarets' dvd, would like some pictures & stories around how they came about if possible. I did have - digitised most of them now though & long since thrown away… Quote
KidderStreetNoise Posted yesterday at 08:14 Posted yesterday at 08:14 11 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said: I did have - digitised most of them now though & long since thrown away… Do you have any pictures or an itemised list of each one? Quote
Herbie6590 Posted yesterday at 10:15 Author Posted yesterday at 10:15 2 hours ago, KidderStreetNoise said: Do you have any pictures or an itemised list of each one? I’ve just gone back through my photo albums but sadly it appears not, sorry… Quote
SuperBrfc Posted yesterday at 11:27 Posted yesterday at 11:27 3 hours ago, KidderStreetNoise said: Has anyone got a large collection of old Rovers VHS or DVD's? Anything from season reviews to the 'bring on the clarets' dvd, would like some pictures & stories around how they came about if possible. A poster from America asked a similar question a few years back and got some useful feedback. He managed to put together a good collection of Rovers VHS/DVDs. SanDimas (Rick) may be able to provide you with some pictures. The following links might help. The second one is an article where he writes more about his collection: https://www.brfcs.com/articles/a-love-of-the-tape 2 Quote
SanDimas1988 Posted yesterday at 13:05 Posted yesterday at 13:05 Per MarkBRFC, here’s a list of every VHS that was released. The article that was linked to is probably the best photos you’ll get of them. Scott put together a collage of all of the ones between our collections. Here’s a link to my YouTube playlist. I indicate in the description about quality and how much was edited out (Premier League made me edit out a lot of goals). They are all uploaded in full to Internet Archive, so you can find anything there too https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtuDaTcUHHNwdfLKJiOtNGfcoQ3rh0ksV&si=tZyOk_tn4eUv_hcx 2 Quote
Ianrally Posted yesterday at 16:49 Posted yesterday at 16:49 22 hours ago, den said: Brilliant. Don’t think I’ve seen those before. The crowds ! Wow. I got bored waiting for the rolling around feigning injury like you’ve been shot but there wasn’t any. How the game I grew up with and loved with a passion is now completely knackered. The modern game is played by overpaid and over hyped nancys 1 Quote
den Posted 22 hours ago Posted 22 hours ago 2 hours ago, Ianrally said: I got bored waiting for the rolling around feigning injury like you’ve been shot but there wasn’t any. How the game I grew up with and loved with a passion is now completely knackered. The modern game is played by overpaid and over hyped nancys Yep. and the game is now run entirely for the benefit of those with the most. 1 Quote
Gav Posted 21 hours ago Posted 21 hours ago On 05/01/2026 at 19:41, bigbrandjohn said: Funny old world. Our old winger pulling the strings at United and our pointy midfielder pulling up trees at Brentford. Who would have thought it? Jason Wilcox, also know as Handbag if you stood on The Riverside, where he was given dogs abuse early in his career. Keith Andrews is one of the only players booed when announced in the starting lineup! Not heard that to often at Ewood thankfully. Tough being a football at times. Quote
... Posted 20 hours ago Posted 20 hours ago Look at this gem I've never seen it before. Bobby Moore - Fulham FC 1977 A great picture Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 19 minutes ago, ... said: Look at this gem I've never seen it before. Bobby Moore - Fulham FC 1977 A great picture That was his last professional game apparently. 1 Quote
... Posted 19 hours ago Posted 19 hours ago 2 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said: That was his last professional game apparently. Oh really? What an honour to be born 5 years later lol Quote
bigbrandjohn Posted 17 hours ago Posted 17 hours ago 4 hours ago, Gav said: Jason Wilcox, also know as Handbag if you stood on The Riverside, where he was given dogs abuse early in his career. Keith Andrews is one of the only players booed when announced in the starting lineup! Not heard that to often at Ewood thankfully. Tough being a football at times. Indeed. It turned out alright for those two although the Guardian did a take the piss piece on Wilcox today. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-jason-wilcox?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other 1 Quote
oneandycrawford Posted 8 hours ago Posted 8 hours ago 8 hours ago, bigbrandjohn said: Indeed. It turned out alright for those two although the Guardian did a take the piss piece on Wilcox today. https://www.theguardian.com/football/2026/jan/06/ruben-amorim-manchester-united-jason-wilcox?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Tbf to Wilcox he must have some backbone as he suffered so much abuse early in his career. Ditto for Andrews as he never hid despite the abuse he received. I always blame Ince for buying Andrews and playing him when he clearly wasn't good enough. 2 1 Quote
Herbie6590 Posted 6 hours ago Author Posted 6 hours ago 13 hours ago, ... said: Look at this gem I've never seen it before. Bobby Moore - Fulham FC 1977 A great picture I post this occasionally on social media from BRFCS...I was lucky enough to be at this game... 2 Quote
... Posted 6 hours ago Posted 6 hours ago (edited) 29 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said: I post this occasionally on social media from BRFCS...I was lucky enough to be at this game... That's excellent 👏 lucky you got to see them play (Best and Moore) Edited 6 hours ago by ... 1 Quote
Tyrone Shoelaces Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 2 hours ago, Herbie6590 said: I post this occasionally on social media from BRFCS...I was lucky enough to be at this game... Rodney Marsh on the back row I think ? 1 Quote
oneandycrawford Posted 4 hours ago Posted 4 hours ago 1 hour ago, ... said: That's excellent 👏 lucky you got to see them play (Best and Moore) I was at the game but was only 11. My dad let me know how big a deal it was to see Moore's last game in English football! 1 Quote
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