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Title: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: Boomstick on December 02, 2018, 11:59:13 am
Just wondering ....
Title: Re: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: Dutch Uncle on December 02, 2018, 12:02:04 pm
5th round, or last sixteen, four times in the 1950’s
Title: Re: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: Boomstick on December 02, 2018, 12:04:45 pm
Thanks.
I know rovers have done well in reaching the 3rd round often in recent times, but there can't be many clubs with as poorer record in the fa cup !
Title: Re: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: sheffield exile1 on December 02, 2018, 02:29:46 pm
Thanks.
I know rovers have done well in reaching the 3rd round often in recent times, but there can't be many clubs with as poorer record in the fa cup !

Yes occasional days such as QPR D1 v Rovers D4 don't come around too often- and the newspapers hadn't a clue who David Harle was, wasn't it Duggie they had the photo of saying "David Harle goalscorer?" Also the 2-2 at Anfield same gap but 1st against 92nd I believe, with Kitch hitting the crossbar?.. lets hope this season we can have a good un... 
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Post by: IDM on December 02, 2018, 02:46:39 pm
Weren’t we in the 3rd division when we played QPR.??
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Post by: Jim Dobbin on December 02, 2018, 03:15:20 pm
Four, fourth round games in 62 years. As Dutch says last reached the 5th in 1956.
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Post by: Campsall rover on December 02, 2018, 03:18:33 pm
Weren’t we in the 3rd division when we played QPR.??
Yes we were. League 1 as it is now
Title: Re: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: sheffield exile1 on December 02, 2018, 04:21:17 pm
Weren’t we in the 3rd division when we played QPR.??
Yes we were. League 1 as it is now

Sorry was equating us with the other shock of the day Orient from D4 beat WBA D1, memory not what it was...
Title: Re: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: Donnywolf on December 02, 2018, 05:17:19 pm
Thanks.
I know rovers have done well in reaching the 3rd round often in recent times, but there can't be many clubs with as poorer record in the fa cup !

Yes occasional days such as QPR D1 v Rovers D4 don't come around too often- and the newspapers hadn't a clue who David Harle was, wasn't it Duggie they had the photo of saying "David Harle goalscorer?" Also the 2-2 at Anfield same gap but 1st against 92nd I believe, with Kitch hitting the crossbar?.. lets hope this season we can have a good un... 

Not forgetting Liverpool 2 Rovers 0 68/69 and Everton 4th Round 85 ? at Goodison
Title: Re: What's the furthest rovers have got in the fa cup?
Post by: Herbert Anchovy on December 03, 2018, 08:10:36 am
Thanks.
I know rovers have done well in reaching the 3rd round often in recent times, but there can't be many clubs with as poorer record in the fa cup !

Yes occasional days such as QPR D1 v Rovers D4 don't come around too often- and the newspapers hadn't a clue who David Harle was, wasn't it Duggie they had the photo of saying "David Harle goalscorer?" Also the 2-2 at Anfield same gap but 1st against 92nd I believe, with Kitch hitting the crossbar?.. lets hope this season we can have a good un... 

Not forgetting Liverpool 2 Rovers 0 68/69 and Everton 4th Round 85 ? at Goodison

Anyone who thinks that players diving and collapsing like they’ve been shot is a modern phenomenon should have been at Goodson that day. Andy Gray fell on his arse every time a Rovers players went anywhere near him.
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Post by: BillyStubbsTears on December 03, 2018, 01:23:42 pm
To be fair, he did get put into Row D of the Bullens Road stand by a slide tackle from Stevie Lister after about 15 mins.
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Post by: Barmby Rover on December 03, 2018, 02:44:31 pm
That's when we had proper football!
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Post by: andysly on December 05, 2018, 07:15:31 pm
Andy Gray got dogs abuse off 8,000 for 90 minutes that day.