Interesting read about  Robin Friday who played for Reading

https://football7080.com/2022/08/the-greatest-player-you-never-saw/?fbclid=IwAR3y488xGz7x6jEOExX_Bi_6Gva8CZH2m9dDPh-4Egk4_P5tDD1w-qSLtfE

Not much help to you Ricky but ESPN+ is showing Rovers at Blackpool on August 31st.

1 hour ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Put a cover on the pitch then! No excuses!

(If it was up to me I'd also play on a pitch like Luton 1976 when Killer Keeley nearly broke Fuccillo's neck but standards are different now obviously)

I remember that game well. The highlights were shown on Match of the Day as most of the Division 1 (in old money) games had been called off. Not much of a story in today's world of football coverage but it was a big deal back then. Well, it was for me at the grand old age of 11!

16 hours ago, Gav said:

@L.A.Rover Cheers for the reply, it’s hard to believe now that it was hard to see games in US at one point. The pub used to charge $20 to get in and I ended up in the car park listening to a radio for Rovers live commentary as the local feed had Spurs on most weekends……

 

Spurs or Man Utd. Felt like I was the only Rovers fan this side of the Mississippi! 

20 minutes ago, Gav said:

Are The Cock n Bull in Santa Monica still showing games L.A?

Spent many hours in that place at 6am watching us in the Premiership years? 

Gav,

Sadly it closed during the pandemic. Not sure if it is going to re open again. 

Went to watch a few Rovers games in there early 2000's when that was the only way to see the games. English Premier League started to become more popular and eventually you could have a choice of games to watch at home.

30 minutes ago, LordBaltimore said:

Reading 20pages of comments here makes up for me not being able to watch the games here in the USA.  

ESPN PLUS showed today's game and the West Brom game is also being shown. 

Great to see so many Rovers games being on ESPN+. It's been a while prior to the Hull game.

I fondly remember matches being videotaped over here in the States and then being posted to us. Once we'd watched it we posted it on to the next person on the list.

2 hours ago, DeeCee said:

Is DL stood in a hole?

In the words of Father Ted ... "These are small… but the ones out there are far away. Small… far away…"