Leonard Venkhater

Maybe that is why he was top of the class in Year 7!

You are not kidding. I think he refereed 3 more Rovers games after Palace, awarding us 4 (maybe 5 pens)

So did Derrick Williams lol

I see Kiddo, as a Mancunian Jack Hawkins in The Cruel Sea.. And get on with your work!

Haha..connectivity...and what on earth did those, who appointed a certain, outstanding candidate in 2016 have to do with JA and greasy spivs from a previous era?

How could I forget!!

He had one in Billy Smarts Circus, as a shaved monkey. What's worse is that the eldest son of a friend of mine was jilted by a girl, who left him for said shaved simian!

Just wondering, if you could have guest appearances from other eras- like overage players in the Under 23's etc- would there be places for John O'Mara, John Coddington and Richard Brown?

Quite. But we have had far too many folk devil/ hate figures over the last 10 years. Once upon a time, it was only a poor headmaster from Spennymoor, County Durham. Lest we forget!

No, his real achievement was to keep Big Club in the Championship!

God, there are some rank bad 'uns there. I think it is better to forget!

Eek!

Hahahaha

Really? The Full Members was a very proud moment, as was 1975. For that matter,I always used to tell Utd and Arsenal fans that a 2-1 away win at Port Vale mattered just as much as a win at Highbury

Just remember we bravely kept them out until the last few minutes and Rovers fans chanting "We're proud of you, we're proud of you" at the end. The following day, when I got into work, I looked in the message book to see a message, left by an unknown client, called Mr. Proudview. Little things etc

But that was the bit of the post that I liked!

D.R.I.T.

Alibi is my bet..

I lived on that CHAMPIONS moment for years. The job was done AND we should have gone all out for the title. Either/ or is just a false ...er..dichotomy...there ..said it! By the way, Arbitro, you were one of the only sober people I saw that day at Charlton!

Agreed. I have got over it, but we shouldn't pretend. Denial, selective memory and all that! Four of us travelled down to London and we were more than disappointed, when we saw that team selection. Maybe, we would have understood, if TM's reasons were explained. Of course, once you have won the Premiership, people can argue over the prestige of a Third Division Championship etc. Well, it certainly mattered to me in 1975, as it did to my own kids, who had suffered all the Venky crap, when they could and should have been enjoying the JW long term legacy!

At times like this, I keep reminding myself that bygones really are bygones...so last years embarrassment should have no bearing on Monday lol

This is now. That was then and, make no bones about it, my lads and I were pretty peeved that we didn't go for that title!

Let's hear it for the elephant's memory. Glad to hear I am not on my own!

Was he really ever ok in League 1 though?