2-2 27th July 1986. Rovers Team O’Keefe Branagan, Keeley, Fazackerly, Rathbone Miller, Barker, Sellers, Patterson Quinn, Garner. subs not used Gennoe, Mail, Ainscow, Brotherston, Diamond Scorers Quinn 2.

Yeah, get that striker from Fulham at the same time and the job’s a good ‘un.

We dodged a bullet with Obafemi.

Sounds like there’s a lot of good work going on with the young players.

I thought we bought Duncan Shearer as a replacement when Mike Newall broke his leg.

And a few we wouldn’t want. I would have thought £25 million could get you two out field players good enough to make a difference if it’s spent wisely. If we’re talking strikers it may take £25 million to get a good striker in. I think Newcastle paid well over the odds for Wood but that might now be the going rate. Keep signing Championship players and ultimately you end up with a good team - in the Championship.

Paul Downing - remember him ? Supposed to be signing on loan at Rochdale from Portsmouth. Making way for Carter going there on loan ?

I can’t see that happening, they couldn’t afford the fee now. It’d be a hard decision to make though - the Dingle dome or the Nou Camp ?

Get in the queue behind Real Madrid and Barcelona. That’s what the papers say.

We’ll have to get a bit further on in the season before I feel the need to pray at a football match.

Lawrenson had pace to burn, not many beat him in a foot race.

They could buy Wood to play in the reserves just to get him away from Burnley. I reckon the Dingles did well to get their money back, to get a bit more is a good result.

Why’s that Chaddy ? We didn’t.

Say what you want about Lawrenson but he was a class act as a defender.

All part of Tony’s master plan.

If they don’t back us now they never will. It’s as simple as that really.

We used to have a saying - “ You need to win at United to get a draw “.

Maybe we need a plan B for the strikers when the “ false centre forward “:plan isn’t working.

Not a position we’re looking to strengthen unfortunately. When you’ve got Ayala on the bench.

Under the old rules the offside would have been immediately obvious.

Good footballing centre half. Not the finished article yet but one for the future.

I could understand us taking him on loan in the first place but signing him after the injuries he had was foolish. Having said that he did have a very noisy fan club at the time.

I don’t know mate but as far as I could see he penalised the Villa player for his involvement with Cavani in back play as the free kick was taken. Watkins didn’t touch the ball on it’s way through so Ings couldn’t be off side and Ings put the ball in with his thigh and not his hand.

Best team lost. United are shapeless at the moment.

Nobody. They disallowed it for a collision in back play.