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A good read especially if one particular paragraph is corrected to read:\"With Stockport playing on Friday evening and beating Northampton Town by 1-0, Rovers knew just what they had to do as they entertained Bradford City at Belle Vue, a game which featured the debut of Rosso Exile Deux.\"
Ray- great memories. Thank you. I can remember that season well and I thought after Stan Anderson took over we played some tremendous football. I never liked Maurice Setters much as a manager, although he deserves credit for the number of young players- Kitchen, Elwiss, O'Callaghan, Curran, Steve Wignall etc- who came through under his tenure. We ended that season thinking Rovers were on the upward curve at last, after a number of years in the doldrums. Sadly it didn't work out like that and it wasn't until Billy Bremner came in that we finally got out of the basement.On the Exeter home game, Stan Brookes took over in goal when we were 0-2 down and only let one more in. It was a fantastic game, but very typical of the sort of excitement we got in the early days of Anderson's reign.With two games left to play it looked as if Rovers were home and dry, but what a shock Rovers and their fans would get the following Tuesday as on home soil again the visitors to Belle Vue Exeter City almost did a smash and grab raid.In an exciting game Rovers were 2-0 down in the first half. Rover’s keeper Brown was hurt in a collision in a goalmouth melee and had to spend four minutes of the pitch while being attended to. When he returned he was still groggy and both of Exeter’s first half goals were scored during this period firstly a goal from Hodge and then Beer scoring the second.In the second half Curran pulled a goal back in the 72nd minute but Rovers joy was short lived as Robertson put Exeter 3-1 ahead.Rovers dug deep and their fighting spirit showed through as goals from first Chappell and the Kitchen earned them a share of the spoils.The game had been a fantastic advert for fourth division football and the crowd of 4,251 had been entertained royally.