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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Colin C No.3 on January 26, 2023, 04:19:54 pm

Title: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Colin C No.3 on January 26, 2023, 04:19:54 pm: He wasn’t a naturally gifted footballer but he made up for it with his grit, determination & leadership qualities:-

Adam Lockwood.
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Branton Rover on January 26, 2023, 04:20:32 pm: Paul Green
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Post by: Branton Rover on January 26, 2023, 04:21:38 pm: Lockwood would argue he’s strawberry blonde but Greeny is definitely a ginger nut.
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: nice one rovers on January 26, 2023, 04:32:13 pm: I never saw him play live, but was billy bremner any good by the time he appeared for us?
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: DN8ROVER on January 26, 2023, 04:44:09 pm: Steve Nicol
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Post by: adamtherover on January 26, 2023, 04:44:30 pm: Careful about praising minorities!!! You will offend someone!!!!!

Does anyone remember when Ian wright told a joke about a ginger, on talksport and someone rang in and called him racist!! Ffs,.
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Jonathan on January 26, 2023, 04:54:17 pm: Do we really need to stoop to the pettiness of this thread just to prove a point?

I’m sure the thread in question wasn’t intended to be offensive, nor is it necessarily offensive to discuss a person’s colour, but in 2023 is it really necessary to be drawing the distinction between black players and white players? All it does is exactly what it’s done - create a load of points scoring and grandstanding that benefits nobody.
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Post by: obeonesarover on January 26, 2023, 05:05:37 pm: Ian (windy) Miller, superb winger
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Post by: DonnyBazR0ver on January 26, 2023, 05:09:33 pm: And absolutely no relevance to football ability.
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Post by: Alickismyhero on January 26, 2023, 05:37:07 pm: Charly Williams?
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Post by: Colemans Left Hook on January 26, 2023, 05:43:06 pm: NOT ......Watson but I will mention that he had ginger hair he was the one that went to Rotherham with Dennis Leigh when "we won the lottery" was he called Andy Watson ?
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on January 26, 2023, 05:45:42 pm: Graham "Willie" Watson
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Colemans Left Hook on January 26, 2023, 05:49:54 pm: Quote from: Bentley Bullet on January 26, 2023, 05:45:42 pm
Graham "Willie" Watson

ta didn't think we was an Andy ...."andy watsons" are common as muck

just remembered Alfie Hale probably was ?
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Bentley Bullet on January 26, 2023, 05:50:25 pm: https://staceywest.net/2022/10/11/looking-back-at-graham-watson/
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Colin C No.3 on January 26, 2023, 08:18:34 pm: Quote from: Jonathan on January 26, 2023, 04:54:17 pm
Do we really need to stoop to the pettiness of this thread just to prove a point?

I’m sure the thread in question wasn’t intended to be offensive, nor is it necessarily offensive to discuss a person’s colour, but in 2023 is it really necessary to be drawing the distinction between black players and white players? All it does is exactly what it’s done - create a load of points scoring and grandstanding that benefits nobody.

I've sent you a pm.
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Butchers Red on January 26, 2023, 08:42:36 pm: Billy Bremner by a mile
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Jonathan on January 26, 2023, 08:47:34 pm: Quote from: Colin C No.3 on January 26, 2023, 08:18:34 pm
Quote from: Jonathan on January 26, 2023, 04:54:17 pm
Do we really need to stoop to the pettiness of this thread just to prove a point?

I’m sure the thread in question wasn’t intended to be offensive, nor is it necessarily offensive to discuss a person’s colour, but in 2023 is it really necessary to be drawing the distinction between black players and white players? All it does is exactly what it’s done - create a load of points scoring and grandstanding that benefits nobody.

I've sent you a pm.

Read and understood. I had not realised that the (deleted) original thread was not simply “best black player to play for Rovers” which, without the additional context you’ve now explained, would have appeared needlessly divisive to me.

Fair play.
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Chris Black come back on January 26, 2023, 08:54:42 pm: Mid-1990s invisible striker Simon Black is surely the answer anyway.
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Post by: normal rules on January 26, 2023, 09:06:21 pm: Greeny. Although he may argue he is strawberry blonde
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Post by: DonnyAps on January 26, 2023, 09:55:20 pm: Didn’t Tony Woodcock have a ginger tinge?
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Post by: Campsall rover on January 26, 2023, 11:06:52 pm: Quote from: Butchers Red on January 26, 2023, 08:42:36 pm
Billy Bremner by a mile
Although his best performances were not playing for Rovers. Understatement.
Title: Re: Best ginger haired player ever to have played for the Rovers.
Post by: Bailey Vickerage on January 27, 2023, 02:14:34 am: Got to be greeny imo, another player who hasn’t been mentioned but shown glimpses during his time with us is Ali Crawford.