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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Herbert Anchovy on December 13, 2023, 02:36:24 pm
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Chatting to some of the lads yesterday about opposition players who always have a blinder against your team. That name you saw on the opposition team sheet and thought...oh Christ!
Back in the 1980's there was a player for Reading called Trevor Senior who, without fail, would tear us apart at every given opportunity. I remember one game at Belle Vue when I actually felt like applauding him at the end as he'd made our defence and midfield look like kids. He did the same (not sure if the same season) when we played them away too. Literally took us to pieces. There was also a striker at, I think, Blackpool called Paul Stewart around that time who, if he didn't score against us, would create chances for his team mates too. He always played really, really well against us.
Which opposition players do you remember like this?
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Tony Cunningham was always brilliant until we signed him. He utterly battered Russ Wilcox at Milmoor then when he came to Belle Vue he was more like John Inman.
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
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Phil Stant and Leroy Lita both always seemed to score against us
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Came here to say Phil Stant, it was like he had curse on us
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Dave Kitson deserves a special mention for getting away with cheating by conning officials every time he played against us.
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Reading keeper Steve Death always played like Lev Yashin against us.
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Lee Trundle
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Reading keeper Steve Death always played like Lev Yashin against us.
I was just going to offer him up as an example BB
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Remember wishing we could sign Jamal Campbell-Ryce at one time because he always caused us problems.
Leroy Lita as mentioned above was always a nightmare for us.
I think big Matt Smith is a modern day player who makes the list now as well!
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There was a Grimsby/Lincoln?player late 70s early 80s. Forde?
Also Kitch gave us a horrible time when he came back with Orient .
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Remember wishing we could sign Jamal Campbell-Ryce at one time because he always caused us problems.
Leroy Lita as mentioned above was always a nightmare for us.
I think big Matt Smith is a modern day player who makes the list now as well!
Yes, MM. Big Matt Smith has scored against us for Bristol City, Leeds, and Salford.
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Remember wishing we could sign Jamal Campbell-Ryce at one time because he always caused us problems.
Leroy Lita as mentioned above was always a nightmare for us.
I think big Matt Smith is a modern day player who makes the list now as well!
JCR did dine out on THAT goal against yourselves in a John Barnes v Brazil kind of way to be fair MM .
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Akinfenwa!
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Paddy Madden always seems to score against us.
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I give you the ultimate example of God to Dog when joining us.
Fatboy Fat, Carl Awful.
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Matt Smith, Leroy Lita, Paddy Madden and ……. Jordi Hiwula !!
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David McGoldrick.
8 wins in 11 games v Rovers and 6 goals to boot.
Can't wait for him to retire!
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McIndoe played well against us and absolutely brilliant for us.
Davis at Chesterfield when only a youngster smashed us a couple of times before moving to better things.
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Got to be Tommy Tynan , 18 goals against us for 5 of his 6 clubs , only failure for Lincoln City
Did he manage 1 for us ?
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
Apart from the very very unfortunate O.g v Spurs at WHLane that pulled it back to 2-2 and the rest is history
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Got to be Tommy Tynan , 18 goals against us for 5 of his 6 clubs , only failure for Lincoln City
Did he manage 1 for us ?
Yeah ball hit him on his arse
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Kitson!
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Remember wishing we could sign Jamal Campbell-Ryce at one time because he always caused us problems.
Leroy Lita as mentioned above was always a nightmare for us.
I think big Matt Smith is a modern day player who makes the list now as well!
JCR did dine out on THAT goal against yourselves in a John Barnes v Brazil kind of way to be fair MM .
There weren't many bad days watching Rovers back then, that was certainly one of them. Miserable day.
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There was a Grimsby/Lincoln?player late 70s early 80s. Forde?
Also Kitch gave us a horrible time when he came back with Orient .
Tony Ford, one of very few players to play 1000+ competitive games, so a fair chance he was a pain in the neck for us with about 11 years at Grimsby. Think he’s an MBE too.
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There was a Grimsby/Lincoln?player late 70s early 80s. Forde?
Also Kitch gave us a horrible time when he came back with Orient .
Tony Ford, one of very few players to play 1000+ competitive games, so a fair chance he was a pain in the neck for us with about 11 years at Grimsby. Think he’s an MBE too.
Thanks RIS.
Thought my memory was playing tricks on me.
I'm sure there was a Cunningham(mentioned above) at Lincoln who was also a real pain in the rectum, but one you'd love playing for you.
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Remember wishing we could sign Jamal Campbell-Ryce at one time because he always caused us problems.
Leroy Lita as mentioned above was always a nightmare for us.
I think big Matt Smith is a modern day player who makes the list now as well!
JCR did dine out on THAT goal against yourselves in a John Barnes v Brazil kind of way to be fair MM .
There weren't many bad days watching Rovers back then, that was certainly one of them. Miserable day.
It was all going well till Lewis Guy broke free looking to put us 2 up
Then I semi jest he slowed down so D Moore esq could catch him and bring him down which he did and got a Red Card
So instead of maybe making it 2-0 it stayed 1-0 and 11 v 10. The rest descended into a complete horror show played out with 11000 plus singing " we've only got 10 men"
Gggrrrrrrrrrrrrr
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Remember wishing we could sign Jamal Campbell-Ryce at one time because he always caused us problems.
Leroy Lita as mentioned above was always a nightmare for us.
I think big Matt Smith is a modern day player who makes the list now as well!
JCR did dine out on THAT goal against yourselves in a John Barnes v Brazil kind of way to be fair MM .
There weren't many bad days watching Rovers back then, that was certainly one of them. Miserable day.
It was all going well till Lewis Guy broke free looking to put us 2 up
Then I semi jest he slowed down so D Moore esq could catch him and bring him down which he did and got a Red Card
So instead of maybe making it 2-0 it stayed 1-0 and 11 v 10. The rest descended into a complete horror show played out with 11000 plus singing " we've only got 10 men"
Gggrrrrrrrrrrrrr
I remember Brian Stock trying to take him out close to the touchline...and missed him!
Made a very quick escape from Oakwell that day to avoid stick from the Barnsley fans.
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Reading keeper Steve Death always played like Lev Yashin against us.
Played in my 1st ever Rovers match in Nov 1975.
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
Played for Rovers against his old club Reading in my first ever Rovers match in Nov 1975
If I recall correctly he scored our goal in a 1-1 draw.
The score is definitely correct.
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
Apart from the very very unfortunate O.g v Spurs at WHLane that pulled it back to 2-2 and the rest is history
And that was my very first Rovers away game.
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
Apart from the very very unfortunate O.g v Spurs at WHLane that pulled it back to 2-2 and the rest is history
And that was my very first Rovers away game.
Haha, me too. Rovers went ahead only to fall behind 2-1. Rovers dominated and thoroughly deserved the equaliser to make it 2-2. We really did match up to them
Then the O.G, can’t for the life of me remember what happened but it was an odd one and completely knocked the stuffing out of us.
Then Spurs just seemed to score for fun.
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The late Keith Walwyn was always a thorn in our side.
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
Apart from the very very unfortunate O.g v Spurs at WHLane that pulled it back to 2-2 and the rest is history
And that was my very first Rovers away game.
Haha, me too. Rovers went ahead only to fall behind 2-1. Rovers dominated and thoroughly deserved the equaliser to make it 2-2. We really did match up to them
Then the O.G, can’t for the life of me remember what happened but it was an odd one and completely knocked the stuffing out of us.
Then Spurs just seemed to score for fun.
I wrote this for the fanzine for the series 'favourite defeats':
Tottenham 7 Doncaster Rovers 2
It may seem strange but by far my favourite Rovers defeat was one where we lost by five clear goals. It was however a very special occasion as it was the first time Rovers ever reached the quarter final of a national cup competition.
I had recently left the country for a job in Aachen in what was then West Germany, and I travelled back specially for this match played which was played at White Hart Lane on 3 December 1975,
I started from Aachen-Hauptbahnhof and from Aachen to Ostend I boarded the famous Vienna-Ostend express for the last three hours of its marathon journey, followed by a boat to Dover. I remember fantasising that the train was the fabled Orient Express and we were about to murder Spurs. Actually I was partially correct in that the train actually had through-coaches which were part of the real Orient Express and which joined my train in Vienna. Also it could be said we murdered Spurs in everything but the score.
I stayed with a college friend, a lifelong Sours supporter. In riposte to his pre-match banter I suggested to him how could anyone respect a team with a player called (John) Pratt.
Rovers played Spurs off the park for nearly an hour and my friend was deathly silent. An early Rovers lead thanks to Alan Murray was cancelled out by Pratt. Silly me for challenging the fates. The Daily Telegraph report I still have reported:
‘If Pat Jennings had not been at his most agile and Les Chappell not put the ball in his own net Tottenham might not now be in the semi-finals of the League Cup. These may seem strange observations to make of a match Spurs won with their biggest score for more than four years, yet it cannot be stated too emphatically that Jennings made world class saves at crucial periods during a game Tottenham won not nearly as easily as statistics suggest’.
Approaching the hour the score was 2-2 with Kitchen inevitably having scored our second, when a bizarre own goal by Les Chappell from the most acute of angles turned the game on its head. Immediately afterwards Jennings made a world class save (he had an absolute blinder throughout), and Spurs suddenly believed they could walk on water. Four more goals followed in 20 minutes, John Duncan scored a quickfire hattrick and the final score was possibly the most misleading I have ever seen – even my friend agreed. I was so proud of my team.
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I thought Peacock was poor for us that night. At least 4 of those goals should have been saved.
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The late Keith Walwyn was always a thorn in our side.
and John Bryne
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Dean Windass was always a bugger against us.
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Steve Uzelac scored for us that day Camps and ironically the opposition player I always feared most was playing for Reading - Robin Friday. What a player. He didn't score that day but there were a few players around that time who seemed to love playing (and scoring) against us. Anyone remember Brian Yeo (Gillingham), John O'Mara (Brentford), Percy Freeman (Lincoln) and Colin Garwood (Colchester), to name a few. In my 60 years of watching football I don't think I've seen a more gifted player than Robin Friday. Self destructed at the age of 38. So tragic. I was privileged to see him a few times. Nearest thing to King Alick.
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Scarborough had a striker back in conference day that scored a worldy against us at bell view , sure he went on to sign for a league club , any1 remember his name ?
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Reply to Dutch Uncle's #33 above ( saves Quotes )
The Pat Jennings one you refer to was probably the one I think I remember
Chris Balderstone hit ( in my memory ) an absolute cannonball of a Volley. He could not have caught it sweeter or with more power.
Immediately ( in memory ) I though GOAL
Pat Jennings however dived to his left and not only pulled off a brilliant , wonder save he actually had the audacity , brilliance etc ( in my memory ) actually caught and held the bloody thing
I've never seen anything like that , neither before nor since
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Scarborough had a striker back in conference day that scored a worldy against us at bell view , sure he went on to sign for a league club , any1 remember his name ?
That would be Chris Tate, scored a great goal against us in a game. Did nothing else in the game apart from that if I remember right. What a goal it was.
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Reply to Dutch Uncle's #33 above ( saves Quotes )
The Pat Jennings one you refer to was probably the one I think I remember
Chris Balderstone hit ( in my memory ) an absolute cannonball of a Volley. He could not have caught it sweeter or with more power.
Immediately ( in memory ) I though GOAL
;)
Pat Jennings however dived to his left and not only pulled off a brilliant , wonder save he actually had the audacity , brilliance etc ( in my memory ) actually caught and held the bloody thing
I've never seen anything like that , neither before nor since
Pat Jennings is one of the best UK born goalkeepers I have ever seen.
Along with Banks, Southall, & Shilton he would be in my top 4
He was even capable of taking crosses one handed. Hands like buckets. Fantastic goalkeeper.
When I mention Southall I refer to him at his peak while at Everton in the 80’s and not his time at the mighty Rovers. Just in case anyone thinks I have lost my marbles.
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Steve Uzelac scored for us that day Camps and ironically the opposition player I always feared most was playing for Reading - Robin Friday. What a player. He didn't score that day but there were a few players around that time who seemed to love playing (and scoring) against us. Anyone remember Brian Yeo (Gillingham), John O'Mara (Brentford), Percy Freeman (Lincoln) and Colin Garwood (Colchester), to name a few. In my 60 years of watching football I don't think I've seen a more gifted player than Robin Friday. Self destructed at the age of 38. So tragic. I was privileged to see him a few times. Nearest thing to King Alick.
Right I will take your word for it that Uzelac scored v Reading in Nov ‘75’
I remember all those players you mentioned above. Happy days. Well some of those players made us miserable. Percy Freeman comes to mind. Scored a hat trick at Belle Vue for Lincoln didn’t he.
Some great memories from the 70’s it was so different from the previous 12 years I spent at Elland Road where I was watching a team that consistently finished in the top 4 of the 1st division to watching an ave Div 4 team.
I just fell in love with Belle Vue that Nov 75 day and was hooked from then on.
That match v Hull City with 20,000 + in attendance that took the Club into the Qtr final of the League Cup was fantastic. The atmosphere was amazing.
It was that day that I could see the potential that DRFC had as a club and the underachievement it had sustained over almost 2 decades and continued to sustain until JR came along and gave the club the impetus and drive to get the club back to the level it should be at.
Will we see those heady days again I ask? With an another JR at the helm a man or woman who is happy to invest heavily without a return on that investment then we have a chance.
In todays world without a hefty sum spent on players wages then it is almost impossible to sustain Championship football.
Rotherham and Barnsley are consistently showing that is the case since we left the 2nd tier in 2014.
Yes it’s 9 & half years can you believe it.
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Goalkeepers who have blinding games against us always stick in the mind. The one that comes to mind straight away is the Greek guy who used to play for Hartlepool in the mid 2000's (Konstantopolous?) who always seemed to make save after save when we played them.
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Played in my 1st ever Rovers match in Nov 1975.
Didn't know you played for Rovers Campsall!
You kept the quiet
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Scarborough had a striker back in conference day that scored a worldy against us at bell view , sure he went on to sign for a league club , any1 remember his name ?
That would be Chris Tate, scored a great goal against us in a game. Did nothing else in the game apart from that if I remember right. What a goal it was.
Think we tried to sign him at one point. A bit further back was Jason White, he always caused problems for us.
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Before that Les Chappell always seemed to score against us, and although he was OK he never scored anything like as many when he played for us.
Apart from the very very unfortunate O.g v Spurs at WHLane that pulled it back to 2-2 and the rest is history
And that was my very first Rovers away game.
Haha, me too. Rovers went ahead only to fall behind 2-1. Rovers dominated and thoroughly deserved the equaliser to make it 2-2. We really did match up to them
Then the O.G, can’t for the life of me remember what happened but it was an odd one and completely knocked the stuffing out of us.
Then Spurs just seemed to score for fun.
I wrote this for the fanzine for the series 'favourite defeats':
Tottenham 7 Doncaster Rovers 2
It may seem strange but by far my favourite Rovers defeat was one where we lost by five clear goals. It was however a very special occasion as it was the first time Rovers ever reached the quarter final of a national cup competition.
I had recently left the country for a job in Aachen in what was then West Germany, and I travelled back specially for this match played which was played at White Hart Lane on 3 December 1975,
I started from Aachen-Hauptbahnhof and from Aachen to Ostend I boarded the famous Vienna-Ostend express for the last three hours of its marathon journey, followed by a boat to Dover. I remember fantasising that the train was the fabled Orient Express and we were about to murder Spurs. Actually I was partially correct in that the train actually had through-coaches which were part of the real Orient Express and which joined my train in Vienna. Also it could be said we murdered Spurs in everything but the score.
I stayed with a college friend, a lifelong Sours supporter. In riposte to his pre-match banter I suggested to him how could anyone respect a team with a player called (John) Pratt.
Rovers played Spurs off the park for nearly an hour and my friend was deathly silent. An early Rovers lead thanks to Alan Murray was cancelled out by Pratt. Silly me for challenging the fates. The Daily Telegraph report I still have reported:
‘If Pat Jennings had not been at his most agile and Les Chappell not put the ball in his own net Tottenham might not now be in the semi-finals of the League Cup. These may seem strange observations to make of a match Spurs won with their biggest score for more than four years, yet it cannot be stated too emphatically that Jennings made world class saves at crucial periods during a game Tottenham won not nearly as easily as statistics suggest’.
Approaching the hour the score was 2-2 with Kitchen inevitably having scored our second, when a bizarre own goal by Les Chappell from the most acute of angles turned the game on its head. Immediately afterwards Jennings made a world class save (he had an absolute blinder throughout), and Spurs suddenly believed they could walk on water. Four more goals followed in 20 minutes, John Duncan scored a quickfire hattrick and the final score was possibly the most misleading I have ever seen – even my friend agreed. I was so proud of my team.
Cheers Dutch, what an adventure you had just to get there.
You confirmed what I had in my memory that the O.G was at such a strange angle as I couldn’t understand why the Spurs fans were cheering as the ball seemed to run across the goal in front of Dennis. Didn’t realise it had bobbled in.
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Les Lawrence of Torquay in the mid 70’s always seem to make life uncomfortable for us.
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Andy Flounders used to always score against us. Also any player representing Reading used to play well against us.
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Scarborough had a striker back in conference day that scored a worldy against us at bell view , sure he went on to sign for a league club , any1 remember his name ?
Was it Darren Freeman or something like that?
Dave Bamber - Blackpool
Andy Flounders - Scunthorpe
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Keith Walwyn always seemed to have a field day when he came up against Rovers.
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Reply to Dutch Uncle's #33 above ( saves Quotes )
The Pat Jennings one you refer to was probably the one I think I remember
Chris Balderstone hit ( in my memory ) an absolute cannonball of a Volley. He could not have caught it sweeter or with more power.
Immediately ( in memory ) I though GOAL
;)
Pat Jennings however dived to his left and not only pulled off a brilliant , wonder save he actually had the audacity , brilliance etc ( in my memory ) actually caught and held the bloody thing
I've never seen anything like that , neither before nor since
Pat Jennings is one of the best UK born goalkeepers I have ever seen.
Along with Banks, Southall, & Shilton he would be in my top 4
He was even capable of taking crosses one handed. Hands like buckets. Fantastic goalkeeper.
When I mention Southall I refer to him at his peak while at Everton in the 80’s and not his time at the mighty Rovers. Just in case anyone thinks I have lost my marbles.
Banks is my No1, Camps. My No2 played for the Rovers, but a bit before your time.
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Reply to Dutch Uncle's #33 above ( saves Quotes )
The Pat Jennings one you refer to was probably the one I think I remember
Chris Balderstone hit ( in my memory ) an absolute cannonball of a Volley. He could not have caught it sweeter or with more power.
Immediately ( in memory ) I though GOAL
;)
Pat Jennings however dived to his left and not only pulled off a brilliant , wonder save he actually had the audacity , brilliance etc ( in my memory ) actually caught and held the bloody thing
I've never seen anything like that , neither before nor since
Pat Jennings is one of the best UK born goalkeepers I have ever seen.
Along with Banks, Southall, & Shilton he would be in my top 4
He was even capable of taking crosses one handed. Hands like buckets. Fantastic goalkeeper.
When I mention Southall I refer to him at his peak while at Everton in the 80’s and not his time at the mighty Rovers. Just in case anyone thinks I have lost my marbles.
Banks is my No1, Camps. My No2 played for the Rovers, but a bit before your time.
Harry Gregg.
You old bugger SS
I was in nappies when he played for Rovers.
I do remember him playing for Man Utd though only just.
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Keith Walwyn always seemed to have a field day when he came up against Rovers.
He certainly did Branton. KW remains one of the best lower league strikers that I've ever seen.
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Scarborough had a striker back in conference day that scored a worldy against us at bell view , sure he went on to sign for a league club , any1 remember his name ?
Was it Darren Freeman or something like that?
Dave Bamber - Blackpool
Andy Flounders - Scunthorpe
Dave Bamber! I was trying to think of his name. I tall, lanky player if I remember rightly who always had a great game against us!
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A real walk down memory lane reading this thread and the many players mentioned have given ourselves a torrid time too .
I'll add from the 70's Bradford City's Joe Cooke , Terry Eccles Mansfield Town , Ernie Moss at Chesterfield , Fred Binney Reading , George Riley Northampton , Alan Biley Cambridge , Alan Cork Wimbledon and Steve Philip's Brentford and Northampton .
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I love these threads about players especially from the 70's when I was a schoolkid cutting my teeth on the terraces at Oakwell watching fourth division football .
It was only at the back end of the 70's when my club started getting it's act together and woke from it's 20 year slumber of the odd third division campaign but mostly fourth division struggle with gates of less than 3k .
That's what I was brought up on until a certain striker bought from Leeds United called Allan Clarke changed everything at that time .
Those fourth division days and the struggles have never left me , if we came away from Hartlepool , Darlington or Aldershot with a point it was considered over achievement .
Everyone seemed to have better players than us and played in more fashionable strips , Mansfield Town looked proper footballers in yellow and blue in a way that we didn't in red and white .
Reading were QPR in disguise and because Belle Vue had the widest pitch in the football league that meant our trundlers stood no chance and that's how it worked out for many years , if Kitchen or Miller didn't score then big Brendan would .
My old man took me to local away games , Stockport on a Friday Night , Valley Parade , Belle Vue , Leeds Road , The Shay and Spotland .
One of my abiding memories of the mid 70's was winning our first two games of the season and 7k turning up at Oakwell to see us continue the good start against Chester .
To this day I've never seen a better goalkeeping display than I did that day in September 1974 , the Chester goalkeeper Grenville Millington was unbeatable , he saved everything , he was unbelievable .
Chester scored on the break and won 1-0 and we slipped down the league from that point , fell away and that was that .
Greenville Millington you broke my heart that day .
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Steve Uzelac scored for us that day Camps and ironically the opposition player I always feared most was playing for Reading - Robin Friday. What a player. He didn't score that day but there were a few players around that time who seemed to love playing (and scoring) against us. Anyone remember Brian Yeo (Gillingham), John O'Mara (Brentford), Percy Freeman (Lincoln) and Colin Garwood (Colchester), to name a few. In my 60 years of watching football I don't think I've seen a more gifted player than Robin Friday. Self destructed at the age of 38. So tragic. I was privileged to see him a few times. Nearest thing to King Alick.
Brilliant book about Robin Friday shows that footballers were prone to the same mistakes as us all but had more time to indulge
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The late Keith Walwyn was always a thorn in our side.
He was certainly a thorn in Big Den’s side. Being a mate of Dennis I was with him in the players bar at Boothham Cres., after one match. Something went off and there was a verbal exchange between big Keith and big Den who unbuttoned his shirt and revealed patches of fresh bruising, Mr Walwyn had certainly given him some elbow. A few years later I reminded Dennis of this his remark was “he wasn’t in the same league as that nutter Whitehirst”. Happy days.
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Steve Uzelac scored for us that day Camps and ironically the opposition player I always feared most was playing for Reading - Robin Friday. What a player. He didn't score that day but there were a few players around that time who seemed to love playing (and scoring) against us. Anyone remember Brian Yeo (Gillingham), John O'Mara (Brentford), Percy Freeman (Lincoln) and Colin Garwood (Colchester), to name a few. In my 60 years of watching football I don't think I've seen a more gifted player than Robin Friday. Self destructed at the age of 38. So tragic. I was privileged to see him a few times. Nearest thing to King Alick.
Right I will take your word for it that Uzelac scored v Reading in Nov ‘75’
I remember all those players you mentioned above. Happy days. Well some of those players made us miserable. Percy Freeman comes to mind. Scored a hat trick at Belle Vue for Lincoln didn’t he.
Some great memories from the 70’s it was so different from the previous 12 years I spent at Elland Road where I was watching a team that consistently finished in the top 4 of the 1st division to watching an ave Div 4 team.
I just fell in love with Belle Vue that Nov 75 day and was hooked from then on.
That match v Hull City with 20,000 + in attendance that took the Club into the Qtr final of the League Cup was fantastic. The atmosphere was amazing.
It was that day that I could see the potential that DRFC had as a club and the underachievement it had sustained over almost 2 decades and continued to sustain until JR came along and gave the club the impetus and drive to get the club back to the level it should be at.
Will we see those heady days again I ask? With an another JR at the helm a man or woman who is happy to invest heavily without a return on that investment then we have a chance.
In todays world without a hefty sum spent on players wages then it is almost impossible to sustain Championship football.
Rotherham and Barnsley are consistently showing that is the case since we left the 2nd tier in 2014.
Yes it’s 9 & half years can you believe it.
Rich is correct Campsall but Chappell did score v Reading that season down at Elm Park the following March in the return fixture when he netted the only goal of the game. It was Reading’s first home defeat of the season.
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A rare win for Rovers v Reading
They remain to this day our biggest bogey team for anyone we have played over 30 time.
I am sure DU will correct me if I am wrong. :)
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I can remember Graham Taylor bringing his top of the table and unbeaten team to Oakwell for an early September fourth division game in 1977 .
I'd never seen a team like them before , they were all bloody huge and powerful , we were like dwarfs at the side of that lot .
Up front they had a young Luther Blisset who just basically ran with the ball at speed and our defenders just bounced of him and an absolute giant of a forward called Ross Jenkins .
Blisset must have missed a dozen easy chances , he was Luther Misit before he ever played for England .
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A rare win for Rovers v Reading
They remain to this day our biggest bogey team for anyone we have played over 30 time.
I am sure DU will correct me if I am wrong. :)
Without detailed checking that just has to be correct I reckon. I Think Yeovil threatened to rival that for quite a while, but then we started beating them quite a few times as they slumped.
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When I was a teenager I used to have nightmares of us facing Keith Walwyn, he always used to score against us from memory.
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I can remember Graham Taylor bringing his top of the table and unbeaten team to Oakwell for an early September fourth division game in 1977 .
I'd never seen a team like them before , they were all bloody huge and powerful , we were like dwarfs at the side of that lot .
Up front they had a young Luther Blisset who just basically ran with the ball at speed and our defenders just bounced of him and an absolute giant of a forward called Ross Jenkins .
Blisset must have missed a dozen easy chances , he was Luther Misit before he ever played for England .
Pedantic point of order, Tyke. It must have been a Third Division game. Taylor's Lincoln were promoted from the Fourth Division in 1975/76, and stayed there for 10 seasons.
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Phil Stant,Keith Walwyn,Worrrell Sterling,Gary Penrice,Dean Windass,Billy Sharp oh how I wish he played for us OH wait a minute,Ivan Toney,they may not all have been prolific scoring against us but they would atleast be a nightmare to defend against and I would sigh at the sight of their names and the opposition squad list.
Although they did'nt play many times against us,I was impressed with Kenwyn Jones and Cameron Jerome when they played against us,I thought they looked the complete all-round striker,although they went on to have pretty good careers,I though Jerome did'nt do quite as good as I expected.
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When I was a teenager I used to have nightmares of us facing Keith Walwyn, he always used to score against us from memory.
Yeah,Although I remember him being sent off at Belle vue once for Blackpool,1987 I think,it was late in the game,he should have got sent off much earlier,the dirty get that night.
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I can remember Graham Taylor bringing his top of the table and unbeaten team to Oakwell for an early September fourth division game in 1977 .
I'd never seen a team like them before , they were all bloody huge and powerful , we were like dwarfs at the side of that lot .
Up front they had a young Luther Blisset who just basically ran with the ball at speed and our defenders just bounced of him and an absolute giant of a forward called Ross Jenkins .
Blisset must have missed a dozen easy chances , he was Luther Misit before he ever played for England .
Pedantic point of order, Tyke. It must have been a Third Division game. Taylor's Lincoln were promoted from the Fourth Division in 1975/76, and stayed there for 10 seasons.
It was Taylor's Watford team Steve , 1977/78 fourth division champions .
John Toshack's Swansea team went up with them and both went through the leagues to the old first division .
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Les Chappell scored for us away at Elm Park.He didn'tcekwbeare very much. It was a cold day and there were few away fans there. But my memory says Rovers won - and that the celebrations were prolonged.... Only time, I think, I've ever seen Rovers win at Reading.
BobG
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Thought I’d reignite this rather than make a new thread (seen as he’s already mentioned).
Our old nemesis Paddy Madden has just signed on loan for Stanley. Nailed onto score Tuesday.