Viking Supporters Co-operative
Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: podrover73 on June 11, 2018, 12:06:28 pm
-
https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1812565788786834&id=191941167515979
-
A well liked manger and had success taking Rovers to quarter final of League cup against Spurs.
-
RIP Stan, a nice man and a good manager. He made his home in Doncaster when he left the club too.
-
R.I.P Stan , he was the manager at Rovers when I started watching them back in 76.
-
Genuinely sad news.
I know we have seen some great times in recent years and some sublime football, but when Miller/Kitchen/O'Callaghan clicked it was as good and exciting as anything I've witnessed.
He didn't see the fulfilment of the promise that side showed but the dramatic pull away from the re-election zone when he arrived was vital. We'd been bottom 4 so regularly those re-election votes were getting increasingly nervy.
-
RIP Stan Anderson,He was manager when I started watching Rovers in the mid 70s RTWD
-
RIP Stan great manager for us he should of been here for many yeard for me
-
Rovers on song at his best were a great side to watch. He always seemed a very decent honest man as well.
-
Rovers on song at his best were a great side to watch. He always seemed a very decent honest man as well.
RIP Stan great manager for us he should of been here for many yeard for me
I'm sorry to hear of his passing. I loved the way he galvanized the team in 1974-75 when he took over. It was great to watch some real attacking football after the turgid fare served up under Maurice Setters.
The 1975-76 season was a rollercoaster. We played some superb football in the early part of the season, not just in the League Cup. However after we were knocked out our defensive problems became apparent. 76-77 was another exciting season and I really thought we should have got promotion but inconsistency let us down.
Once Peter Kitchen left Stan had a problem in that he was unable to replace the goals we had lost. He also had a crop of what seemed promising youngsters but none of them really kicked on (Glynn Snodin didn't do so until after Stan had left). So he ended up relying on old hands like Bobby Owen and Joe Laidlaw. I thought he was right to take the opportunity to go and work with Ian Greaves at Bolton because we were back near the foot of Division Four when he left. And his successor wasn't too bad, was he?
A decent manager and from what I've been told about him a really good man. RIP Stan.
-
Sad to hear. Like many others on here, he was the manager when I first started going (Aug '76 in my case). Well-liked it seems.
-
Gutted to hear this news, not heard of anyone with a bad word for him RIP Stan
-
Gutted. Genuinely nice guy & always time for a chat about his times in football when I delivered to him & his wife in Cantley occasionally. As has been said he did a great job under his leadership at Rovers. RIP Stan.
-
Spurs was my first year at university in London, and we were ahead if I recall for about 2 minutes 2-1, before a ghastly defensive error. Came up from London for the Hull night match before. Remember good football under Big Laurie, then as TRB says turgid stuff, followed by Stan. Certainly think he got the best out of Kitch and Bren but finances were always going to hamper creating a true winning side with promotion potential. Enjoyed attending as many matches as I could under his reign while living in London. RIP Stan.
-
Gutted. Genuinely nice guy & always time for a chat about his times in football when I delivered to him & his wife in Cantley occasionally. As has been said he did a great job under his leadership at Rovers. RIP Stan.
Was that Cantley or Bessacarr Les.
-
Good player as well , saw him play a few times for Newcastle and maybe he should have played more for England
-
Like others have posted on here he was the manager when I first went to Belle Vue . In his playing career he’s the only man ever to captain Sunderland,Newcastle and Middlesbrough.
RIP Stan
-
To this day I still recall seeing "Stan Anderson's red & white army" graffitied on the wall of the cricket ground in Bentley (on The Avenue), when I was a nipper. It was the first football related graffiti I remember & It made me think wow, who is this man & his army & triggered my interest in Rovers.
RIP Stan 😢
-
Think that was there for years essex
-
Really sad news. He came to last season’s supporters club dinner dance and I had the privilege of meeting him there. A thoroughly nice guy - witty, knowledgable and loved sharing stories with the fans. I’m too young to remember his time with us, but my dad speaks very highly of him, as does everyone else that watched us then.
-
Sad news. He was manager when I first started watching Rovers.
Miller, Kitchen and O’Callaghan were awesome to watch.
Great memories. R.I.P Stan.
-
Think that was there for years essex
Yeah, that's right It lingered on the wall for quite a while after he'd left Rovers.
-
Like many others, Stan was manager when I first started goint to the Rovers, RIP Stan
-
Stan was the manager when I first really started getting into the Rovers. That front three... I was hooked for life. R.I.P.
-
It could be argued that Stan Anderson had better foresight than Brian Clough if there's any truth in the story that Clough offered Tony Woodcock to Rovers for a nominal fee, but Anderson told Woodcock that he was wasted at Rovers and should fulfil what will be a great future at Forest.
R.I.P.
-
Stan was the manager when I started watching Rovers in August 1974 as a wee nipper with my Dad and his mate Don Cook. Rest in Peace sir.
-
Gutted. Genuinely nice guy & always time for a chat about his times in football when I delivered to him & his wife in Cantley occasionally. As has been said he did a great job under his leadership at Rovers. RIP Stan.
Was that Cantley or Bessacarr Les.
Yes drfchound, definitely Cantley.
-
RIP Stan. Barely a mention on Social media from DRFC. Plenty of mentions for Steps and Aha though. Poor show.
-
R.I.P. Stan, and condolences to the family. Many thanks for all the memories you gave us at DRFC.
-
Remember going to Luton after Stan had been here for about 8 games and we'd been unbeaten, winning most of em.
We gave him a great reception as he took his seat which he played down modestly.
Needless to say we got tonked with Malcom McDonald getting a hat trick.
-
RIP Stan. Was also the manager when I first started going on my own with my mates, and enjoyed the attacking football. Not so keen on the defence although Brian Taylor was a tryer! Great memories of an improving team that just missed out on promotion after a great run of six straight wins around 1976?
-
Brian Taylor, always gave 100% can’t ever remember him wearing shin pads
-
Brian Taylor wasn't the best of defenders but boy, did he have an eye for goal. During that 76-77 season I think he scored 9, a huge number for a centre back.
For me, defence was Stan's Achilles heel. He had two decent centre backs - Steve Uzelac and Steve Wignall - when he joined the club but for whatever reason he didn't fancy either. However the players he signed to replace them were not as good and we were always vulnerable at the back.
That said, thinking back to some of the turgid fare on offer last season, it was great to see Stan's Rovers when they were on song.
-
Brian Taylor came from Middlesbrough with Peter Creamer who was a full back and rubbish,think the latter became a policeman and was involved with Penrith FC
-
Brian Taylor wasn't the best of defenders but boy, did he have an eye for goal. During that 76-77 season I think he scored 9, a huge number for a centre back.
How does that compare to other defenders since then? I know (or rather I'm fairly sure and can't be arsed to look it up) Rob Jones scored 9 in 2012/13 (and should've been more, was it Walsall or Yeovil he shat the bed against about 8 yards out).
-
Remember going to Luton after Stan had been here for about 8 games and we'd been unbeaten, winning most of em.
We gave him a great reception as he took his seat which he played down modestly.
Needless to say we got tonked with Malcom McDonald getting a hat trick.
Think you've got your wires crossed there Tommy, we didn't play Luton in Stan's time.
-
Yes I have. Must be me age....
It was at Cambridge I think where we lost 4-1.
The Luton game was about 5 years before that!
-
Brian Taylor wasn't the best of defenders but boy, did he have an eye for goal. During that 76-77 season I think he scored 9, a huge number for a centre back.
How does that compare to other defenders since then? I know (or rather I'm fairly sure and can't be arsed to look it up) Rob Jones scored 9 in 2012/13 (and should've been more, was it Walsall or Yeovil he shat the bed against about 8 yards out).
I think Jones scored 7 in the league and 8 in all competitions in 2012-13, compared with Taylor's 9 in the league and 10 in all competitions in 1976-77. The only other defender I can remember in my time scoring that many was Les Robinson with 8 in the league, 9 in all competitions in 1989-90 - although 7 of those were penalties.
This is of course not considering Glyn Snodin, who was also sometimes a left back rather than midfielder. Glyn's most productive season was 1984-85 when he scored 18 (19 in all competitions).
John Haselden, normally a centre-half, scored 10 in 1972-73, but he was played as a centre-forward for much of that season.
-
Nearly all Brian Taylors goals were from corners where he was always stood on the line and headed them in.
-
sent a letter to Stan when he was manager of the Rovers recommending a young lad from Bentley for a trial, got a hand written reply within three days saying bring him down , he went down and within a few weeks was in the first team and played a few games before going to play in Australia, still got that letter it gave me great admiration of Stan as a manager.
-
Stuart Cannell ???
-
Stuart Cannell ???
Came from Bentley and later moved to Australia so that sounds like him.
-
yes it was Stuart, played together quite a bit, good lad.
-
Obituary now on the Official Site:
https://www.doncasterroversfc.co.uk/news/2018/june/stan-anderson-1933-2018/
There's also a tribute from Gavin Baldwin.
-
It's not really a tribute from Baldwin, just offering condolences.
He couldn't be expected to offer anything else in fairness as he wasn't around when Anderson was.
The other piece looks as if it's been lifted from other sources.
There are better tributes in the Free Press today from Peter Kitchen, Glynn Snodin and Peter Catt.
-
sent a letter to Stan when he was manager of the Rovers recommending a young lad from Bentley for a trial, got a hand written reply within three days saying bring him down , he went down and within a few weeks was in the first team and played a few games before going to play in Australia, still got that letter it gave me great admiration of Stan as a manager.
I remember him asking in the programme for people to contact him about any young players the club should be taking a look at so I sent him a letter about a friend who was having trials with the two Sheffield clubs. He was playing with the Juniors within a couple of weeks (simpler times eh?) and spent a season and a half playing alongside Dave Wignall and others under the guidance of Laurie Sheffield. He didn't quite make the step up to the seniors but I ended up with a very nice letter from Stan Anderson,which I still have, and got to sit in the home changing room at BV.
-
It's not really a tribute from Baldwin, just offering condolences.
He couldn't be expected to offer anything else in fairness as he wasn't around when Anderson was.
The other piece looks as if it's been lifted from other sources.
There are better tributes in the Free Press today from Peter Kitchen, Glynn Snodin and Peter Catt.
No, it's all my own work, although I did use an article I wrote about Stan Anderson several years ago as a basis.
I have to admit that although I enjoyed watching his teams I didn't know Stan personally, so in that sense the authors of the tributes in the Free Press have the advantage on me.