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At least Poland aren’t in our group. Shit group maybe but we still have to perform to qualify, England are past masters at showing that no international is a pushover.

I don’t like that cup final loss but at least Wolves were a top flight team. Harder to take for me as a 14 year old was the loss to fourth division Oxford Utd in the 1964 fifth round FA Cup tie at the Manor Ground. We were top of Division 1, I think, and we had a wonderful team. Oxford had been a non league team two years previously and worse still their captain was Ron Atkinson! I’ve hated them to this day. We lost 3-1 , I just could not believe it. They drew PNE in the 6th round and were beaten, Nob Enders went all the way to the final.

It’s a long way to Essex

Has Wayne Gill been mentioned? Midfielder I think but only made a handful of appearances for the first team. Fulham physio now

How Maguire is any where near that squad beggars belief. As far as international matches are concerned I feel he’s a red card waiting to happen, some of the late challenges he gets away with in the Premier League won’t be the case in the World Cup.

Blackburn lad Alan Bradshaw

A perfect summation in my opinion. One thing that might stand in his favour now is that he doesn’t have to deal with the loons of Pune anymore. Having said that I’ve no idea what the owners of Sunderland are like. They could well be as bad.

Couldn’t understand how Jack Ross kept Mulgrew sat on the bench throughout that mauling.

It’s live on Sky so I’m not expecting a win. Sky seems to be a dearth wish for Rovers. Still hoping though.

No need to be ashamed on my part ARA. I’m not a midget.

Midget? You mean “Person of short stature” can’t even call my favourite sweets midget gems anymore.

What ! No meat and potato pies?

He’s a Nobbend fan.

Great to see Grant McCann slashing it into his own net.

Strange choice of referee given that he’s from the other side of Preston.

Everybody sending screenshots of the table to their Dingle acquaintances, remember to point out to their Manc mates that we are only one place behind them 😀😀

Thank you everyone who has posted on this thread. I was having a heart attack but everyone saved me. What a performance from the team. Is this 1995 revisited. Scrappy wins make champions

He’s lucky not to be called Gerbil then 😀

As a young player what would you rather hear? The Mogadon outlook “Your good enough but your too young.”. Or the JDT outlook. “Your good enough and I have total faith in you, your playing”. which of those do you think would do more for the confidence of all the young players at Rovers.

BBC to bring back old childrens TV programme but renaming it as Rag,Tag, and Hag

Just think if todays refs did that. The nimbys of today would be complaining about ruining their mascara.

Everton fans wouldn’t know a player of potential if he hit them in the face, I think McNeil might be a a success, let’s wait and see. Good business for Burnley nevertheless. O’Hare talks fallen through according to Coventry press.

“They missed many glorious chances and Abbes leapt across his goal like a demented frog,” Try getting away with that comment these days.

Match Report by Mike Payne England came back from their home defeat against the Irish with a superb victory over France which sowed the seeds of promise for the following year's World Cup finals in Sweden. Everyone felt that this England team must surely provide the nucleus of the Party for that tournament unless there was a major lapse in fitness or form. The big success in this game was the outstanding play of Bryan Douglas. Since the great Stanley Matthews left the international arena there had been a void which nobody had yet been able to fill. But the great man himself would have been proud of Douglas' performance against the French. He teased and and tormented the visiting defenders from the start and in the first half England were able to build up an impregnable 3-0 lead, thanks mainly to the wing wizardry of the Blackburn star. It was worth recording that for the first time Douglas had a proper inside-forward alongside him and Bobby Robson's performance was almost as impressive. The partnership certainly promised a great deal. The rout began as early as the third minute. Robson fed Douglas and the winger cleverly went round Kaelbel to centre. Tommy Taylor, under pressure from Tylinksi, timed his jump perfectly at the near post to beat Abbes superbly with a looping header to the far corner. In the 24th minute England notched a second. Again it was Douglas the provider as he received a good pass from Don Howe and then jinked his way past several challenges before only Abbes blocked his path to goal. The 'keeper dived one way and Douglas went the other before pulling the ball square, giving Robson the easiest of chances to score. Johnny Haynes was also in top form and he sprayed passes all over the lush Wembley turf. On the half-hour he sent a glorious through-ball for Taylor to run on to and the game was virtually all over at 3-0 to England. The French tried bravely to rally themselves early in the second half and Wisnieski was unlucky with one effort which struck the base of Eddie Hopkinson's post. This attempt at a revival was short-lived, though, and England soon regained control to dominate the rest of the game. They missed many glorious chances and Abbes leapt across his goal like a demented frog, getting in the way of several close-range attempts. Taylor, Haynes, Tom Finney, Robson and Douglas all missed straight forward chances and Abbes was by far the busiest player on the field. In the last 23 minutes, no less than 18 shots rained in on the French goal but miraculously for them only one more counted. That came with five minutes to go and was the icing on the cake. A superb seven-man move began with Duncan Edwards. Eventually, and inevitably, Douglas made the final pass, once again setting up Robson for goal number four. A damp and grey November dy had definitely been brightened up by a splendid England performance that augured well for the future and excited the crowd.