Tyrone Shoelaces

Allegedly they had to chose between Taylor or Ball about who to sign.

I don’t get carried away with young players shining initially in their careers. The history of football is full of kids who looked great for a game or two. They’re playing on pure adrenaline. When that wears off ? Remember Adam Henley ?

Bruce Channel - Mister Bus Driver

I wonder if that’s a real “ Rolex “ he’s wearing ?

James Brown And The Famous Flames - I Don’t Mind

I’m not his biggest fan but I wouldn’t sell him unless somebody came in with a really good offer. Unlikely I know. I don’t think there’s much between him and Ribeiro in terms of ability but I still think Pickering is handy as a stand in left sided centre half in a back five.

It was a really bad, out of control, tackle that put him out. Their guy didn’t even get booked, I’m not sure we got a free kick !

Joe South - Hush

Z Z Hill - The Chokin’ Kind

Jackie Ross - Foolish One

Rod Thomas for Watford. As a school boy he was going to be the next big thing. Ewan Roberts, another one of those scary centre forwards that played with their front teeth missing !

You been at a pro club since the age of about 8. You’ve had pro coaching for about 20 years. And you still have a “ weaker foot “ ? What do they do at training ? Practise falling over ?

It was really sandy with a strong wind blowing. Something you never see today- the ref stopped the game 3 or 4 times to help get sand out of some of the players eyes with his hanky ! It’s funny the thing you remember. Oh and centre forward Steve Johnson ( ex-Rochdale ) scored two really good goals for them.

That’s true but most strikers would benefit from a bit of support.

He stopped the rot and got going in the right direction eventually.

I had the same thing at a John Fogerty gig at the Manchester Apollo a few years ago. Some idiot sat right behind us was singing the lyrics that loud I couldn’t hear Fogerty. I asked him to pipe down but I was just wasting my breath. My mate was ready to plant him. Luckily there was a few empty seats a row or two further down and we moved.

At least they won’t be coming in for Ismael.

Some really good strikers goals in that video clip. What’d he be like with more service ? Plus he always gives 100%. A good signing for me.

Crawford got both goals in a 2-1 win, April 29th 1980. In front of 13, 369. Rovers - Butcher Rathbone, Keeley, Fazackerley, Branaghan. Brotherston, Kendall, McKenzie, Parkes. Crawford, Garner. Sub Thorley for Parkes. We played Bury again at home on the Saturday 3rd of May and lost 1-2 !

I think he got a bad injury a while ago. He’s hardly featured since.

John D Loudermilk - Tobacco Road

My expectations - same as this season - disapointment.

No, I was working on Saturdays back then. I was at Gigg Lane when we won promotion under Howard Kendall though.

Me too. Kissing the badge, fancy celebrations after scoring a goal, pre and post match interviews. It’s all bollocks. All that matters is winning the game.

Hard to say. Newton was back for the next game, then missed the next 6. He played in the Preston game you mention on Dec 13 th but never played another game for us before his record transfer to Everton. Maybe he was “ unsettled “ but that wasn’t really his style. So you saw him play his last game for Rovers.