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darrenrover

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OnlyOneTugay said:
So this is where all the legendary posters from brfcs ended up . I was " resting " as the actors like to describe it , then returned ( after the Election was called yesterday ) to find everyone had " flit "..............Al, Steve Moss , Yoda , Abbey , SKH , Ottoman , Clayton's Left Boot - and others too numerous to mention . Took a bit of detective work and some time to work it out - gosh there was some "trouble at t'mill " You're a very naughty boy SKH !

Anyway just a bit about me . Rovers fan since my first game on 27th August 1966 v Crystal Palace ( isn't the web wonderful for the detail) , having been dazzled by what I believe is the greatest football kit in the world . My early heroes were Billy Wilson , Mike Ferguson Eammon Rodgers and Stuart Metcalfe

Born in Church , so come from a family of divided loyalties . My departed Dad and one of my brothers , both Clarets and my other two brothers are Rovers .

As other posters have commented , thanks for setting this up and I'll try to contribute as best I can.
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Unbelievable OOT, your debut at Ewood was the very same day as my own. I've still got the programme with the corner chewed off!
 
steve w

steve w

Senior Member
OnlyOneTugay said:
So this is where all the legendary posters from brfcs ended up . I was " resting " as the actors like to describe it , then returned ( after the Election was called yesterday ) to find everyone had " flit "..............Al, Steve Moss , Yoda , Abbey , SKH , Ottoman , Clayton's Left Boot - and others too numerous to mention . Took a bit of detective work and some time to work it out - gosh there was some "trouble at t'mill " You're a very naughty boy SKH !

Anyway just a bit about me . Rovers fan since my first game on 27th August 1966 v Crystal Palace ( isn't the web wonderful for the detail) , having been dazzled by what I believe is the greatest football kit in the world . My early heroes were Billy Wilson , Mike Ferguson Eammon Rodgers and Stuart Metcalfe

Born in Church , so come from a family of divided loyalties . My departed Dad and one of my brothers , both Clarets and my other two brothers are Rovers .

As other posters have commented , thanks for setting this up and I'll try to contribute as best I can.
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You inspired me to check when my first game was - 23 Nov 1968 v Charlton - not a great start - we lost 0-1
 
steve w

steve w

Senior Member
OnlyOneTugay said:
So this is where all the legendary posters from brfcs ended up . I was " resting " as the actors like to describe it , then returned ( after the Election was called yesterday ) to find everyone had " flit "..............Al, Steve Moss , Yoda , Abbey , SKH , Ottoman , Clayton's Left Boot - and others too numerous to mention . Took a bit of detective work and some time to work it out - gosh there was some "trouble at t'mill " You're a very naughty boy SKH !

Anyway just a bit about me . Rovers fan since my first game on 27th August 1966 v Crystal Palace ( isn't the web wonderful for the detail) , having been dazzled by what I believe is the greatest football kit in the world . My early heroes were Billy Wilson , Mike Ferguson Eammon Rodgers and Stuart Metcalfe

Born in Church , so come from a family of divided loyalties . My departed Dad and one of my brothers , both Clarets and my other two brothers are Rovers .

As other posters have commented , thanks for setting this up and I'll try to contribute as best I can.
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You inspired me to check when my first game was - 23 Nov 1968 v Charlton - not a great start - we lost 0-1
 
Drog

Drog

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yoda said:
Quite a few of us I remember,

My 1st game 7th May 1965 Rovers 1 - 4 Manure
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I was there too yoda.
No wonder they bloody won though we didn't even put out a bloody team according to this lot!:mad:
http://www.11v11.com/matches/blackburn-rovers-v-manchester-united-07-may-1966-78843/


Just a point and lest we forget...... 14500 and not a bloody Indian chicken farmer in sight! How weird's that when there was over 27000 on for the same fixture just two years previous? :confused: Town full of home grown folk with pink skins too. I guess Blackburn supporters never were the best eh? They didn't need much excuse to stay away back then either did they?
 
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Drog

Drog

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Staff member
yoda said:
Quite a few of us I remember,

My 1st game 7th May 1965 Rovers 1 - 4 Manure
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I was there too yoda.
No wonder they bloody won though we didn't even put out a bloody team according to this lot!:mad:
http://www.11v11.com/matches/blackburn-rovers-v-manchester-united-07-may-1966-78843/


Just a point and lest we forget...... 14500 and not a bloody Indian chicken farmer in sight! How weird's that when there was over 27000 on for the same fixture just two years previous? :confused: Town full of home grown folk with pink skins too. I guess Blackburn supporters never were the best eh? They didn't need much excuse to stay away back then either did they?
 
Drog

Drog

Administrator
Staff member
OnlyOneTugay said:
So this is where all the legendary posters from brfcs ended up . I was " resting " as the actors like to describe it , then returned ( after the Election was called yesterday ) to find everyone had " flit "..............Al, Steve Moss , Yoda , Abbey , SKH , Ottoman , Clayton's Left Boot - and others too numerous to mention . Took a bit of detective work and some time to work it out - gosh there was some "trouble at t'mill " You're a very naughty boy SKH !

Anyway just a bit about me . Rovers fan since my first game on 27th August 1966 v Crystal Palace ( isn't the web wonderful for the detail) , having been dazzled by what I believe is the greatest football kit in the world . My early heroes were Billy Wilson , Mike Ferguson Eammon Rodgers and Stuart Metcalfe

Born in Church , so come from a family of divided loyalties . My departed Dad and one of my brothers , both Clarets and my other two brothers are Rovers .

As other posters have commented , thanks for setting this up and I'll try to contribute as best I can.
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Greetings OnlyOneTugay. Fergy was summet else wasn't he?

But.... Perhaps we need to advertise a bit more? When we set up t'other lot applied roversfans.com to the swear filter so that no one could see it but I noticed that has been freed up now and Glenn even posted a link, although I feel that might have been down to embarrassment at the (unnamed) Mods actions..... if indeed it actually was done by a Mod. o_O
 
yoda

yoda

Senior Member
Drog said:
I was there too yoda.
No wonder they bloody won though we didn't even put out a bloody team according to this lot!:mad:
http://www.11v11.com/matches/blackburn-rovers-v-manchester-united-07-may-1966-78843/


Just a point and lest we forget...... 14500 and not a bloody Indian chicken farmer in sight! How weird's that when there was over 27000 on for the same fixture just two years previous? :confused: Town full of home grown folk with pink skins too. I guess Blackburn supporters never were the best eh? They didn't need much excuse to stay away back then either did they?
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I don't know about the attendance figure, I do know that I got passed over the heads of the crowd in the Blackburn End before sitting on the red track on the Riverside about 10/15 yards from the Blackburn end, as it was full.
 
yoda

yoda

Senior Member
Drog said:
I was there too yoda.
No wonder they bloody won though we didn't even put out a bloody team according to this lot!:mad:
http://www.11v11.com/matches/blackburn-rovers-v-manchester-united-07-may-1966-78843/


Just a point and lest we forget...... 14500 and not a bloody Indian chicken farmer in sight! How weird's that when there was over 27000 on for the same fixture just two years previous? :confused: Town full of home grown folk with pink skins too. I guess Blackburn supporters never were the best eh? They didn't need much excuse to stay away back then either did they?
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I don't know about the attendance figure, I do know that I got passed over the heads of the crowd in the Blackburn End before sitting on the red track on the Riverside about 10/15 yards from the Blackburn end, as it was full.
 
Robin

Robin

Senior Member
Hello
I'm a long distant Swedish Rovers fan who is residing in Finland. I grew up with English football in the late 80s early 90s which was shown on telly on Saturdays(only one game). I remember that i saw the team name Blackburn on the telly text and though it sounded a bit tough.....
Otherwise i do enjoy music, film and good pint of english ale or porter.
 
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ABBEY

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Pleasure to you on board Robin. My only swedish trip is trelleborgs .crap reult but what a trip.
 
AllRoverAsia

AllRoverAsia

Senior Member
Why not a separate thread with posters memories of their first ever Rovers game?

Then they could be preserved and easily accessible. I love Rovers history.

Some great stories to read on here already.

I would start it but on a mobile phone and with fat fingers would fuck it up.

As a taster my first game was at Ewood a 7-2 hammering of Spurs. Bryan Douglas the man himself told me years later it was the finest Rovers team performance he had ever played in.
 
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Drog

Drog

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And I bloody well missed that match! :mad:
That 2-8 at Upton park can't have been far off either! Only spoiled by the fact that they lost the return a couple of days later at Ewood. :(
 
Barmitzvah Boy

Barmitzvah Boy

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ABBEY said:
Pleasure to you on board Robin. My only swedish trip is trelleborgs .crap reult but what a trip.
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I went to Mypia in Finland to watch Roves, another good trip. Better than going to Ewood Park!!
 
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