Sounds like the bell has tolled for KS Cracovia.

I went to a pre-season friendly years ago - Rochdale v Man Utd Reserves. They had all the kids playing , Beckham , Scholes, Butt, the Nevilles. Gillespie was head and shoulders better than all of them. He was unplayable that day. Real pace and he could go either way. He reminded me of George Best on a good day ! Eamon Rogers should have gone on to be an all time great at Rovers.

Eamon Rogers, Malcolm Darling. Dwight Yorke, Martin Dahlin.

Yes, and " Ask not for whom the bell tolls, it tolls for you ".

That's how I read it also.

Yes, I read that on holiday a couple of years ago. It's very good.

Anybody who wants to read the Robert Enke book, I'd be glad to post my copy to anyone interested FOC once this crisis is over and there's no danger of me passing anything on.

Get the Dahlin shirt, it won't need washing !

Even if he was having a quiet game Whittingham could usually do something out of ordinary, a nice cross field pass etc.. Lowe was just ordinary all the time.

There's a shop near me that specialises in framing sporting memorabilia. Usually it's Utd, City, Liverpool. stuff. 99% of the signatures on the shirts and football boots are just scribbles and are pretty well undecipherable.

" Flat Back Four " by Andy Gray is on a similar theme and is better than you'd think given the author. A really good old one if you can find it Is " Soccer for Thinkers " ( I think It's called ) by Malcolm Allison.

Yes, I've read that. Very good. That England opening batsman who also had mental issues wrote a very good autobiography. Just can't recall his name. Trescothick ?

" Inverting The Pyramid " about the evolution of football formations.

We didn't have many Scots in the 1960's but one I thought was going to make it in a big way was Malcolm Darling. He had it all apart from maybe temperament. He was quick, tricky, had a good shot in both feet and for a smallish guy he had a good leap and he was a good header of the ball. We had three really good young home grown players in that era - Eamon Rogers, Billy Wilson and Malcolm Darling and all three were allowed to just drift away from the club for some reason.

That's one of my claims to fame - I saw Stuart Monroe play ! How many other Rovers fans can say that !

Andy had an equally prolific partnership with John Byrom when he replaced Fred Pickering. Andy in two seasons. - 36 goal from from 41 games in season 63-64. ( 3 hatricks plus 4 goals in 2 games ). 32 goals from 42 games in season 64-65. ( 2 hat tricks ). All playing at the top level.

Pedersen instead of Duff ? Not fit to lace his boots.

If you never saw Eamon Rogers play he was a David Dunn who could tackle. He could play anywhere apart from centre half and frequently did. Mainly in centre midfield but he played out wide some of the time and full back.on a few occasions. All the time looking a natural in whatever position. He had that priceless ability carry the ball from the half way line to the penalty box. He didn't take a backward step either. He missed his way and just allowed his career to fizzle out after a badly advised move to Charlton. Andy Mac fell out of love with football when he still had plenty left in the tank. He packed it in to go driving trams in Dublin allegedly !

I'd have Mick McGrath in there instead of Reid. He was very much in the David Batty mold of a gritty, hard working unspectacular player who was more skillful than he was given credit for. He suffered in comparison from playing in the same team as Ronnie Clayton. He holds the record of being the first Rovers player ever to be subbed. Against the red rats at Old Trafford. I was there.

He was some player on his day. I remember Northern Ireland playing him in a deeper role for the home international championship . More midfield than out on the wing and he was outstanding. I think like a lot of players - the more you could get him into the game the better he was.

Bohinen was good in midfield for a while. I liked Santa Cruz and Benny but Bellamy was in a different class for me.

Easy. Freidel USA, Neil Aus, Henchoz Swiss, Nelsen New Zealand, Bjornaby Norway. Donis Greece, Nzonzi France, Tugay Turkey, Duff Eire. Shearer Eng, Bellamy Wales. You could have Emerton or Diouf on the right wing.

Allan Hunter would get in it, with Kevin Moran. Dougan shouldn't be selected for disciplinary reasons. Keith Gillespie ?

Savage ? Not fit to lace Batty's boots, or Flitty's for that matter.

Ally Mac Leod back in the day. Christian bloody Dailly. Barry Ferguson , Callum Davidson.