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Title: Ian Snodin
Post by: DonnyBiz on March 15, 2023, 09:19:00 pm
Just watched a nice piece with Ian Snodin. Fantastic to hear.

https://youtu.be/ku_V3GulkAs
Title: Re: Ian Snodin
Post by: drfchound on March 15, 2023, 09:33:06 pm
Great interview.
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Post by: niteowler on March 15, 2023, 09:43:33 pm
Absolutely brilliant, top man ! (and his brother)
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Post by: Chris Black come back on March 15, 2023, 10:26:41 pm
Good interview spoiled only by the interviewer, and Snodin being a Chelsea fan.
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Post by: hamiltonrover on March 15, 2023, 10:29:07 pm
Enjoyed that,
Not great with his numbers, but a top guy.
Gates of 400, not quite
Took 1500 to Dover, not a chance.
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Post by: Chris Black come back on March 15, 2023, 10:32:32 pm
That Dover game was about as wild as it’s been for many a year. It all went off there.
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Post by: anton123 on March 16, 2023, 06:27:31 am
I went to the dover game and it was a good following , mental in ground with a pub at the side of the pitch
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Post by: hamiltonrover on March 16, 2023, 08:37:56 am
I went to the dover game and it was a good following , mental in ground with a pub at the side of the pitch

Good following but nowhere near 1500, the actual attendance was only 1517, so unless Dover only had 17 fans in attendance it’s way off the mark. I was there too and would probably say around 4-500 from Donny, but it was over 20 years ago so a bit vague in my memory banks.
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Post by: Campsall rover on March 16, 2023, 09:04:24 am
Lowest gate Rovers had in 97/98 was around 800 i think.
Ave gates that season over 1.700

Slight exaggeration from Ian saying we were only getting 400

Great Interview. Still as enthusiastic as ever.
He and brother Glynn will always be Rovers legends to me. Not only great players but both are fantastic blokes as well.

2 of the best players we have had in my 47.5 yrs supporting the Club.
2 of my favourite players also.
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Post by: Chris Black come back on March 16, 2023, 09:46:16 am
I went to the dover game and it was a good following , mental in ground with a pub at the side of the pitch

Good following but nowhere near 1500, the actual attendance was only 1517, so unless Dover only had 17 fans in attendance it’s way off the mark. I was there too and would probably say around 4-500 from Donny, but it was over 20 years ago so a bit vague in my memory banks.

Didn’t someone run on at one point and shove a pie in the face of the Dover keeper? Or have I got that game mixed up.
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Post by: Sammy Chung was King on March 16, 2023, 11:08:24 am
Dean Williams got one shoved in his face at one of our games, can’t remember which. At home I think.
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Post by: roversdude on March 16, 2023, 11:52:35 am
Hartlepool
Title: Re: Ian Snodin
Post by: hamiltonrover on March 16, 2023, 02:20:51 pm
I went to the dover game and it was a good following , mental in ground with a pub at the side of the pitch

Good following but nowhere near 1500, the actual attendance was only 1517, so unless Dover only had 17 fans in attendance it’s way off the mark. I was there too and would probably say around 4-500 from Donny, but it was over 20 years ago so a bit vague in my memory banks.

Didn’t someone run on at one point and shove a pie in the face of the Dover keeper? Or have I got that game mixed up.
There was a mini pitch invasion in the second half and one of our fans did try and give the oppo keeper a bit of verbals from close range.
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Post by: Branton Rover on March 16, 2023, 04:30:13 pm
I can’t knock him for a bit of hyperbole.
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Post by: Lesonthewest on March 16, 2023, 07:04:33 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
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Post by: German Rover on March 16, 2023, 09:02:09 pm
Utterly bizarre to say the least. I'm not a fan of Farage by any stretch of the imagination but this is a good interview, quick question and let him go with the anecdotes.
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Post by: Avsuptem on March 16, 2023, 09:11:00 pm
Enjoyed that,
Not great with his numbers, but a top guy.
Gates of 400, not quite
Took 1500 to Dover, not a chance.

I was at that game. I think we probably took 15 not 1500 and those fifteen were the players.  I spoke with Glynn who promissed me it would get better.
Top blokes both of them.
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Post by: The Beast on March 16, 2023, 09:31:30 pm
Enjoyed that,
Not great with his numbers, but a top guy.
Gates of 400, not quite
Took 1500 to Dover, not a chance.
Top man Snods but not great at numbers like you say, better at numbers than Farage to be fair though.
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Post by: Campsall rover on March 16, 2023, 09:45:59 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.
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Post by: turnbull for england on March 17, 2023, 09:19:02 am
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Enjoyed that,
Not great with his numbers, but a top guy.
Gates of 400, not quite
Took 1500 to Dover, not a chance.

I was at that game. I think we probably took 15 not 1500 and those fifteen were the players.  I spoke with Glynn who promissed me it would get better.
Top blokes both of them.




We went to Dover too was a decent turnout
considering . That first year in conference was crackers . Moving ends at half time, and buying raffle tickets from the forest green chairman in  clubhouse who were advertising the game like were Barcelona
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Post by: Sprotyrover on March 17, 2023, 11:43:17 am
My mate went to Dover there were a lot of Rover fans there, the best way to look at it is find Dovers average gate that season take it away from the Gate and you have a good picture of how many we took,
We were the Glasgow Rangers of the Conference our away support nearly alway outnumbered the Home Crowd. Our home gates were in the region of 2400.
Title: Re: Ian Snodin
Post by: keyser_soze on March 17, 2023, 12:25:49 pm
Good post. Nearly turned it off when I saw Farage but nice to hear from Snodin and some great anecdotes. He didn't mention the game against Frickley (i think) when he subbed himself on with the sole intention of busting as many heads as possible on the other team until he got booked.

Good modesty when asked if he 'saved Rovers' - he certainly didn't but he left us in a better state than he found us, two of our own were a good choice to get the fans back in the door after the Richardson years and were guaranteed the support of the fans.
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Post by: Chris Black come back on March 17, 2023, 01:56:51 pm
That otherwise low grade cup win at the end of the season was in same league as Stoke, Wembley and Brentford. What a night.
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Post by: EasyforDennis on March 17, 2023, 03:08:08 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
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Post by: belton rover on March 17, 2023, 05:01:09 pm
I seem to remember a 400ish gate in an LDV (or it’s equivalent) Trophy game the season we went down.
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Post by: mugnapper on March 17, 2023, 05:14:24 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
His (much) younger brother was called Terry and he ran the Yankee Burger bar in Bradford Row before moving to Middlesbrough, if memory serves me.
Also wasn't Le Bistro in East Laith Gate, opposite the Coach and Horses?
Then after it closed, didn't Kevin Keegan buy the Building and his brother opened a restaurant that I cannot remember the name of. (Pepper Jacks??)
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Post by: EasyforDennis on March 17, 2023, 06:29:43 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
His (much) younger brother was called Terry and he ran the Yankee Burger bar in Bradford Row before moving to Middlesbrough, if memory serves me.
Also wasn't Le Bistro in East Laith Gate, opposite the Coach and Horses?
Then after it closed, didn't Kevin Keegan buy the Building and his brother opened a restaurant that I cannot remember the name of. (Pepper Jacks??)

You are obviously too young to remember the original Bistro.
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Post by: silent majority on March 17, 2023, 06:58:29 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
His (much) younger brother was called Terry and he ran the Yankee Burger bar in Bradford Row before moving to Middlesbrough, if memory serves me.
Also wasn't Le Bistro in East Laith Gate, opposite the Coach and Horses?
Then after it closed, didn't Kevin Keegan buy the Building and his brother opened a restaurant that I cannot remember the name of. (Pepper Jacks??)

You are obviously too young to remember the original Bistro.


The one on Bradford Row was quite an institution.
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Post by: scawsby steve on March 17, 2023, 06:58:47 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
His (much) younger brother was called Terry and he ran the Yankee Burger bar in Bradford Row before moving to Middlesbrough, if memory serves me.
Also wasn't Le Bistro in East Laith Gate, opposite the Coach and Horses?
Then after it closed, didn't Kevin Keegan buy the Building and his brother opened a restaurant that I cannot remember the name of. (Pepper Jacks??)

The original Le Bistro was in Bradford Row. You're right that it then moved to East Laith Gate, but you've got the wrong pub opposite; it was the Horse and Groom. The Coach and Horses is in Scot Lane.

I spent many drunken nights in the Le Bistro. Dennis was a great host, and a great guy.
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Post by: Bentley Bullet on March 17, 2023, 07:03:42 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
His (much) younger brother was called Terry and he ran the Yankee Burger bar in Bradford Row before moving to Middlesbrough, if memory serves me.
Also wasn't Le Bistro in East Laith Gate, opposite the Coach and Horses?
Then after it closed, didn't Kevin Keegan buy the Building and his brother opened a restaurant that I cannot remember the name of. (Pepper Jacks??)
Pepper Joe's
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Post by: essexrover on March 17, 2023, 08:50:01 pm
Both my mum & my nan worked at the bistro in Bradford Row. They loved working for him.
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Post by: EasyforDennis on March 17, 2023, 08:51:19 pm
Great interview.  Spoke to Dennis & Carol Moullali this morning, lovely people.
My step son Neil used to go to Dennis restaurant in Middlesbrough when he played up there.
Think Dennis was from Middlesborough. Not sure if it was his brother or his father who had the restaurant up there come to think of it.  Family business’s anyway.

It was his brother. Denis had the Bistro in Bradford Row where I spent many a late night and had my first chicken Parmo.
His (much) younger brother was called Terry and he ran the Yankee Burger bar in Bradford Row before moving to Middlesbrough, if memory serves me.
Also wasn't Le Bistro in East Laith Gate, opposite the Coach and Horses?
Then after it closed, didn't Kevin Keegan buy the Building and his brother opened a restaurant that I cannot remember the name of. (Pepper Jacks??)

The original Le Bistro was in Bradford Row. You're right that it then moved to East Laith Gate, but you've got the wrong pub opposite; it was the Horse and Groom. The Coach and Horses is in Scot Lane.

I spent many drunken nights in the Le Bistro. Dennis was a great host, and a great guy.

In those days Bradford Row was, the Silver Link, Le Bistro and Penny Farthing. Happy days.
Title: Re: Ian Snodin
Post by: ravenrover on March 18, 2023, 08:58:29 am
Siver Link was in the corner of Bowers Fold wasn't it?
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Post by: tommy toes on March 18, 2023, 09:25:55 am
No Bradford Row.
Wellington Vaults was Bowers Fold.
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Post by: ravenrover on March 18, 2023, 11:16:19 am
Yep you're right, my mistake. I often couldn't remember coming out of there!
Brew10 with lime yuk now but the only way Brew10 was drinkable