Just now, Hoochie Bloochie Mama said:

I'm on my third 2 litre bottle of White Lightning. 

is that wine too?

2 minutes ago, Paul Mellelieu said:

Wine update: I've moved onto a Cabernet franc.

macedonian vranec here😁

Just now, OldEwoodBlue said:

New erm...formation

ffs - douglas should be off off 3 at back downing left wing back - keep round pegs in round holes - - he is the most bizarre tactician

2 minutes ago, simongarnerisgod said:

bring back jim iley

that may be a step too far....😏

2 minutes ago, StevenSK said:

We want sounes back settle for Hughes happy clappers have made us what we are 

I'd have Eddie Quigley back at this stage....

Im probably the only person on here who:-

• thought it was a penalty
• thought it was a crap penalty 

anyway I eagerly await plan B

We have been totally worked out - press us stop the sideways pitty patty and there is no plan b c d e f g h etc - hang on eait for 5 subs at 60 mins....

10 minutes ago, jim mk2 said:

 Yes definitely. Beards were an oddity in those days. Very good player and driving force behind that great Villa team that won the European Cup. 

yes I remember him as seriously good player in an excellent Villa team - the only other beards that come to mind immediatelyaround then  were Frank Lampard and Bob Latchford - im sure there must have been others..

7 hours ago, WIR Second Coming said:

That one got me ejected from the Turd, the day Keith Fear scored and Rovers won a nervy end to end match many years ago...Big police inspector collared me and shouted "what did you say?" and I was stupid enough to repeat it, which gave him licence to have me thrown out..

Them were the days!

The Keith Fear thing always makes me smile - got on to the Longside 20 mins late Rovers 2 up - no one could see much and everyone around saying Jack Lewis is unrecognisable today - they hadn't realised we had signed Fear on loan - from that  distance they looked similar !

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

5th Feb 1980. Nearly 40 years ago ! That makes me feel old. 1-1 draw

There was 29, 468 on.

Our team -

Jim Arnold

Jim Branagan, Glenn Keeley, Derek Fazackerley, Mick Rathbone.

Noel Brotherston, Howard Kendall, Tony Parkes

Duncan McKenzie

Andy Crawford, Simon Garner.

Alan Evans og was our scorer. Andy Crawford had scored in all 5 previous ties that season.

If we had that back five today I'd fancy us to go up. If they played the current team the current lads would need a goal start. How many of those would you drop for a current player ? Crawford for Armstrong ? Parkes for Dack ? After that it's a struggle.

We were really unlucky to lose the replay.

 

Not sure about Dack on the left of a 3 there - doesn't have Tony Parkes' work rate - not sure how he would gel with Mckenzie either. Kaminski might be as good as Arnold and Nyambe v Branagan might be close. Mick Rathbone - yes every time!

3 hours ago, Claytons Left Boot said:

Great photo this. Must have been the FA Cup game v Villa with the crowd at a touch under 30k. McKenzie looking on.

Is the bearded Villa player Dennis Mortimer? there weren''t as many beards around in those days!

On 31/01/2021 at 21:46, Claytons Left Boot said:

But we had one for Steve Kindon, John.....’Kindon’s wife is on the game again!’ Think there was another about him but can’t remember it. 😆

Wasnt that Stevie Kindon walks on water tra la lala lah the b*****d sank ?

On 31/01/2021 at 20:16, simongarnerisgod said:

who can forget the inimitable "you`re gonna get you`re ****** head kicked in" or the gentle ditty "you`re going home in an east lancs ambulance"i miss the days when you could remind the opposing player that his wife was rumoured to be  a bit of lady of easy virtue,remember the blackburn end giving the west ham striker tony morley loads of abuse after  his wife stabbed him in the backside over some alleged affair🤭

I think that was before the reorganisation of the NHS - I always heard it as F******g ambulance though I prefer your version - just needs a mission statement after along the lines of 'patient professional and caring ' or some such twaddle

With apologies to our younger viewers and acknowledgement to Victorian musical hall ditties...

Oh Mr Mowbray what shall we do

We are in need of a decent left back

But we have loaned him back to Crewe

If you need an explanation Im sure Tyrone or some of our senior members will explain...

For me I always thought he was slightly better than Shilton - more athletic and quicker though Shilts went on too long -lots of You Tube Vids for those that havent seen him

About 10s in....RIP no age

What I cannot cannot cannot understand is that I rememberMowbray as a tough uncompromising centre half - no nonsense no messing yet in his time here he has not engendered that into any of his defenders - its almost as if he wanted to be something else and can't accept it - totally weird....

3 hours ago, Dreyski said:

Honourable mentions from the same game:

Pedersen vs Fulham

Tugay vs Fulham

 

The Pedersen strike was technically excellent - the Mk 1 version was a more than useful player....

We could have a separate thread for Tugay all on his own........

5 hours ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

It's a shame his name became synonymous with missing sitters-it began that season after promotion-because he scored plenty to help us win promotion under Gordon Lee!

True but my other abding memory was him heading over from underneath the crossbar at the BBE but cant remember who against.....

That could be another thread - biggest misses by a Rovers player.......

53 minutes ago, Leonard Venkhater said:

We often reminisce about this fantastic goal. A wonderful, flowing move. The only bit where my memory differs from yours  is that I am sure that Beamo finally put the ball in with his head, when it looked easier to use his foot?

I was in BBE at the time and was fairly sure he sliced it in off his foot but could be mistaken - with Beamo you were never sure which anatomical part it was coming off other than the likelihood of it missing by some distance........ ?

I throw this one in for the 70s crowd

Ken Beamish v Luton 76

From memory Faz ? won ball somewhee near Rovers goal line at Darwen end- passed to Metcalfe - passed to Parkes took it over half way line passed out to Kevin Hird storming up right wing - clipped cross in met by Beamo on the voley into the top corner at BBE - (ok it may or may not have sliced off his foot being Beamo ?)

Whole move was probably less than 10seconds

Am I the only one that remembers this??

5 hours ago, Oldgregg86 said:

Eyal berkovic

john Curtis 

lee carsley 

I know the latter left under a cloud , but they all put in solid performances on a consistent basis and never really get mentioned . Just first three that came to mind 

david Thompson was another 

Berkovic definitely Thompson too really good for us - carsley maybe but played out of position sometimes. I'll throw in Tony Parkes and at risk of board meltdown Grabbi who was never played in his best position or maybe managed optimally... 

Might be a bit controversial but I thought he was a more natural foil for Shearer than Sutton who used sometimes played into Shearers space. Newell was more of a poor mans Teddy Sheringham but actually a pretty good player. Didnt he get a European hatrick or is my memory playing tricks?

Since this is Sports books not just football books and the topic of mental illness has already been aired

Coming Back To Me - Marcus Trescothik - the cricket fans on here will have already read it - if you havent its worth a couple of days of lockdown time.....

2 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

Oh dear I was hoping nobody would ask me that. The last time I had to deal with these was in 1970 for three months. Most of my time then was spent removing and replacing broken loom crank shafts and not actually working on running machines. Here I go making a fool of myself. The diagrams you are looking at are an actual cross section of the weaving process.  As I remember it the " Sley ", carrying the " Reed ", rocks back and forth off a lower pivot tightening up the cloth as it goes. The Reed itself is a frame carrying lots of vertical wires, the threads ( warp ? ) goes between the wires. The " Healds" shoot up and down in conjunction with the sley allowing the shuttle carrying the weft to weave the cloth. I'll ask my mum next time we speak for the real info. She ran a dozen " Northrop " Automatic Battery looms which were actually made in Blackburn, I believe the late Fred Pickering started out as an apprentice at " Northrop's ".

I can't be the only one on here who's seen a loom working surely. Blackburn was a textile town with lots of weaving sheds back in the day.

 

Very impressed Tyrone- I'll need to read my book more closely - remember Dad talking a lot about warps and wefts - sad fact of how little of this knowledge remains in what was once a textile town, still have a few of his designs though

There are some videos on British Pathe too including Dad in the design studio - albeit in Burnley........

3 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

In the article it refers to " Harry Oates & Sons " being the makers of " Reeds & Healds ". I worked in a weaving shed during my engineering apprenticeship for about 3 months repairing looms so those are some of the terms I recall from long ago.

From my Dads 'Modern Textile Design and Production' 1949 Edition 42 Shillings !!....... Maybe Tyrone can explain - I haven't  a clue !