Tyrone Shoelaces

You’ve got to fight for the right to play your football. It’s always been that way.

The Dingles didn’t fancy having to go toe to toe with a fully fired up Luton so soon in the season. Better to play them later on in the season when the shine has been knocked off them.

Jimmy Radcliffe - Long After Tonight Is All Over

Robbie Robertson, never heard of him ? ! “ I don’t believe you “.

The Soul Brothers Six - Some Kinda Wonderful

Then we got Alan Hunter. Now he was a real player.

I beg to differ Parson, the pitch wasn’t that bad. We got a penalty at the Darwen End if my memory serves me well. Coddington, who to my knowledge had never taken a penalty for us before put the ball on the spot and set off walking back to begin his run up to the ball. He must have gone about 20 yards at least. I’ve never seen any other player go back half as far ! He ran up like Jimmy Anderson and then gently side footed the ball straight into the keepers arms. The keeper never moved. Unbelievably the ref said “ take it again “. Why, I don’t know. So back goes Coddington to his original mark. Runs in like Jimmy Anderson again, and gently side foots the ball straight at the keeper again ! If I hadn’t have seen it with my own eyes I wouldn’t have believed it. Later on in the second half the ref gave us another pen. This one was dispatched easily by either Mike Ferguson or Eamon Rogers, I can’t remember which one. We eventually won 2-1. John was an old fashioned centre half brought in to bring some height to the back four after we’d been playing Ronnie Clayton and George Sharples in there, neither of those were really centre halves. He was a no nonsense guy whose strengths were in defending. How he’d have gone on “ playing it out from the back “ I shudder to think. Thanks for the memories John, especially that never to be forgotten penalty.

I used to come over on the train with a young lad from Manchester who was a mad Rovers fan. He had the crest tattoo etc, he went everywhere. All his family were real City fans. We they got relegated to the old Div 3 and Rovers got promoted back to the Prem he packed Rovers in and became a City fan ! Maybe he knew something ?

We gave them a goal start in their first attack. After that it was downhill all the way. We felt sorry for ourselves instead of getting stuck back in. JDT’s biggest task will be getting rid of the “ loser “ mentality that pervades Ewood Park. I think he’s made a start but there’s a long way to go.

Greaves played and scored one of their goals.

Is John Stead still involved there ?

Good time to play City, before they get into their stride.

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Imagine being able to sub Santa Cruz on nowadays !

Los Bravos - Black Is Black.

There’s no excuse for it either. All it takes is lots of practice.

They’re the “ added degree of difficulty “.

Yes, some great attacking play there. Super passing. However the defending was woeful, especially down our left hand side.

The Sir Douglas Quintet - She’s About A Mover

Pickering got us off to a great start with one of the worst passes I’ve ever seen.

Luxury player. He’ll do the damage when you’re on top but he’ll never get you on top.

I remember when the latest edict was - penalties to be given for defenders holding on at corners or free kicks. Andre Oojer did it in his first game and gave away a pen. After that weekend it was business as usual and I never saw another player penalised for that offence again.

The first time I saw him in the flesh I was surprised how small he was. Of course there have been lots of brilliant small players but they were all much more difficult to knock off the ball.

“ Decision making at speed under pressure “ is what separates the good players from the average ones. Some players learn from their mistakes and some don’t.

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