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[Tyrone Shoelaces]

2 hours ago, Mercer said:

I do indeed!

If I recall correctly, signed from Grimsby for £10k and drove over to Blackburn to sign in a hire car as he didn't have his own car!

He got 2 of the goals against Plymouth at Ewood and that might have even been his debut (51 years ago so having to dig deep into the memory bank for the smaller detail).

Hickman did score two goals that day but he’d signed a few weeks earlier . He’d had 1 game as sub and then the game before the Plymouth game when he made his full debut against Bury away in a 2-1 win for Rovers. He scored his first goal in that game.
I remember seeing Andy Burgin at Halifax before he signed for Rovers. He’d played against my second team , Rochdale, quite often and being a full back myself he always impressed me. The ‘Dale had a really good right winger at the time. When he felt like it he was devastating, but Andy always kept him relatively quiet. I knew we’d signed a good ‘un when he came to Rovers.

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1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Hickman did score two goals that day but he’d signed a few weeks earlier . He’d had 1 game as sub and then the game before the Plymouth game when he made his full debut against Bury away in a 2-1 win for Rovers. He scored his first goal in that game.
I remember seeing Andy Burgin at Halifax before he signed for Rovers. He’d played against my second team , Rochdale, quite often and being a full back myself he always impressed me. The ‘Dale had a really good right winger at the time. When he felt like it he was devastating, but Andy always kept him relatively quiet. I knew we’d signed a good ‘un when he came to Rovers.

You Owd gits 😉 

I love hearing older tales like these I try to form a mental picture with the all.

Bet it was weird everything in Black and white back then ...

[bazza]

5 hours ago, Torgeir said:

 

Ismael is blaming injuries but the game last night was dead and gone and the two subs he made were youth players. Why isn't he letting Ohashi rest for 15-20 mins when he's highly ineffective? Toss Pratt up top, who cares... if we're waiting for everyone to come back from injury in order to be able to win games, Ismael should ensure we don't take maximum risk of suffering further injuries

So I'm not the only one to think of this. The game v Ipswich which was lost, at 60 minutes I'd have taken Ohashi off and asked Georgie to go up front with Jorgensen and "make a nuisance" of himself. At least it would have been a try at something.

[Andy]

18 minutes ago, ... said:

You Owd gits 😉 

I love hearing older tales like these I try to form a mental picture with the all.

Bet it was weird everything in Black and white back then ...

That'll be our generation in 30/40 years, talking about the olden days of 'Super Atko signing for next to nowt from Scunny', or 'Jason Wilcox, took some stick that lad', or 'Ryan Nelsen, big Kiwi literally on a free', or 'eee, who remembers Michel Salgado'...

You get the idea (pass the Worthers Originals).

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9 minutes ago, Andy said:

That'll be our generation in 30/40 years, talking about the olden days of 'Super Atko signing for next to nowt from Scunny', or 'Jason Wilcox, took some stick that lad', or 'Ryan Nelsen, big Kiwi literally on a free', or 'eee, who remembers Michel Salgado'...

You get the idea (pass the Worthers Originals).

Haha and the dark days, who could forget those.... *takes off flat cap and hands walking stick on the bar

"Two more pints please love"

"That'll £25.80 please...  "

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

29 minutes ago, ... said:

You Owd gits 😉 

I love hearing older tales like these I try to form a mental picture with the all.

Bet it was weird everything in Black and white back then ...

People still talk about the Plymouth game 50 years later. The atmosphere was tremendous that day. The place was jumping. It was all end to end stuff, not like today’s sideways and backwards play. Two good teams going at it hammer and tongs. ‘‘Twas good to be young “ back then.

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11 minutes ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

People still talk about the Plymouth game 50 years later. The atmosphere was tremendous that day. The place was jumping. It was all end to end stuff, not like today’s sideways and backwards play. Two good teams going at it hammer and tongs. ‘‘Twas good to be young “ back then.

I'm genuinely struggling to recall the last end to ender when it was one team having a go, then the other... 

[Herbie6590]

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