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Correct. Nothing about the team is good enough from the Chicken Chokers down. Tony Mogadon has numbed me completely. When we lose now I no longer feel any pain.

Definitely our best ever kit. Everything about it is perfect. Even the " Puma " boots. For all the technicolour boots today they can't hold a candle to Sir Keith.

How about Rashford ? He knows where the goals are.

I remember Bob Hatton playing for Bolton at Ewood in the late 60's. They were losing 2-0 I think and they wanted to sub Hatton for another forward. This was in the days before holding the number up for substitutions. Hatton was waiting to take a throw on the Riverside near where I was stood when Francis Lee came over to tell him to get off. The two of them had a row about it with plenty of effing and jeffing at each other. Hatton eventually went off but not before he'd given Lee a mouthful which mentioned the facts that he wasn't the tallest man in football and his mum and dad may not have been married ! I remember thinking what a good player Lee was and within the week he'd signed for City.

Me too. I've loved a beer most of my life but I gave it up last birthday and it'll be twelve months in March since I last had a drink. The pubs being shut most of that time has helped but I can honestly say I haven't missed alcohol. All this about " You'll feel great once you give up " is a myth though.

555 is a good score. I can't believe Buttler thought that one was missing the wickets. I felt sorry for Archer, that would have got anybody out first ball. It's great to be able to watch Test Match cricket again.

I take my hat off to anyone who went to watch that team. Never mind 5 at the back that looks like 6 at the back Hird, Fazackerly, Keeley, Hawkins, Waddington, Wood.

5th Rnd, Feb 26th 1977 Rovers team- Bradshaw Fazackerly, Keeley, Hawkins, Wood. Hird, Metcalfe, Waddington, Parkes. Byrom, Mitchell. Sub - Taylor. Goal - Colin Todd og What a strange team - full of centre halves - looks like we went for a draw.

16th Nov 1968. lost 1-0. Blacklaw Newton, Coddington, Sharples, Wilson. Metcalfe, Martin, Rogers, Connelly. Fryatt, Darling. sub for Darling - Calloway.

We played Watford away on the 27th of Sept 1969, shortly before Keith left for Everton. Team that day - Blacklaw. Newton, Coddington, Mulvaney, Wilson. Metcalfe, Rogers, Knighton, Hill. Connelly, Martin. Connelly got both goals in a 2-0 win

We play Hull away in 1966-67, 67-68 and 68-69 whilst Keith was at Ewood.

Proper " short " shorts as well Jim. How players play these days in the beach wear style shorts I'll never know. We used to laugh at the old photos of players like Stan Mathews wearing shorts down to their knees, I never dreamed players would be wearing them again ! At least the women players today have more sense.

The shirt Ronnie is wearing was the first one I ever had. Xmas present at Xmas 1962. I think I slept in it for a while !

I think the photos are 1) Metcalfe, Wood, Atherton, Eccles. 2) Fazackerly, Jones. 3) Jones, Whalley.

I recognise the boots, I had a pair just like them. That's our best ever kit.

Mike Harrison - Thunder Thighs.

I'd be less angry about it all if they came out in person and admitted they'd ballsed up big time. if they spilled the beans as to just what has gone on in the past. They then need to show up in person to face the music and they need to be seen to be giving the club and the fans the respect we deserve.

Just another example of the perils of signing players well into their thirties. They can be here today, gone tomorrow, in terms of playing ability. I can't fault what he did for Rovers though.

You can have any odds you like but that won't be our starting line up next August.

Dietmar Bruck. He been giving Fergie some stick right from the off. The ref didn't seem to be too bothered. Then after another kick on the back of the ankle Fergie swung his arm around and caught Bruck in the face. Nowadays it would be a straight red but in those days most players would have just shrugged it off. Bruck made a meal of it and went down like he'd been shot. That was the first time I saw a player deliberately make a meal of a foul to get an opponent sent off, but unfortunately not the last. What I learnt from that was don't retaliate right away, wait for a later opportunity to even things up a bit. That and throwing your arms around is pointless. The first sending off I saw was Mike England at the dingledome, He'd been having a running battle with Andy Lochead all the game, eventually England lost his rag with the constant roughing up and retaliated like Fergie and got the early bath. Lochead was a notorious animal to play against, if he'd have been a boxer he would have had a glove on his head. A very physical player who would leave something in every time there was a coming together. After that it was the famous Harry Gregg/Mike England incident at Old Trafford. The Trevor Hockey one must have come the season after Fergie getting sent off.

I think he's a better all round centre forward.

Good little player though. I remember him getting sent off at Ewood when a sending off had to be earned. He'd kicked everybody at least once in a really feisty game. Jan 20th 1968. Rovers 1 Big Club 2. Att 17,934 Rovers Blacklaw Newton, Coddington, Mulvaney, Wilson Ferguson, Rogers, Hole, Connelly Gilliver, Darling. Scorer - Connelly.

When I first started watching there was only one - Jimmy Hill.

I'd say so. He was another class act who hardly got a cap.

Matt Derbyshire against City was the most stupid thing to do on a football pitch I've seen for a long while. That was a really brain dead play. Many years ago Stoke City were playing at Leeds in the FA Cup. Stoke played really well but fell behind 1-0 right at the death. Stoke threw everything at Leeds in an attempt to get an equaliser. Stoke had a real dafty playing at full back called Mike Pejic, a good player but one not to be provoked if you could help it. He'd chased down a long bouncing no hope ball down field but the Leeds goalie, Gary Sprake, just got there first. He caught the ball and shook it in Pejic's face. Pejic just pretended to try to head the ball but went over the top and nutted Sprake properly. He was laid out. Now that was stupid.