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Viking Chat => Viking Chat => Topic started by: Herman Hessian on January 30, 2025, 10:09:16 pm
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...not remotely dull, of course - but when did Rovers first wear shirts with badges on 'em ?
a quick and not very in-depth search takes me back to 1950/51 - anything earlier ????
(https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/475840064_4051182895157604_8682376668492074833_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=-4reVxlvR0MQ7kNvgFodXrR&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&_nc_gid=AqzG7lB-47oCK0EDxt0fJWI&oh=00_AYBie01ony2Q-NOsSEQfjCx9oaYGQbakS5PSZxqhNqBqqg&oe=67A1BC5C)
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...and I'm not counting the 1911.12 shirts with 'DRFC' written on the front ;)
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Not as legit as a photo, but Historical Kits reference a line drawing with a badge for 1948.
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tricky stuff, this - here's what i've got for 48/49....
(https://scontent-bos5-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t39.30808-6/475439428_4051194965156397_2847818286685252711_n.jpg?_nc_cat=102&ccb=1-7&_nc_sid=127cfc&_nc_ohc=20ROSjjZFFMQ7kNvgHiTsbL&_nc_zt=23&_nc_ht=scontent-bos5-1.xx&_nc_gid=Ay9TWgXJEKsDsNIjMulILHy&oh=00_AYCvPUWxX-R09BYYjtx6vR5FvAI2A_T4cyFg30crckuJnQ&oe=67A1CFDB)
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....even the Mainstand Gobshites of the day were terribly dashing :lol:
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Clearly no badge in sight. I get a feeling, 1950 was probably the first ever outing of the coat of arms crest, Hess.
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I guess you’ve probably seen it but the text from the Historical Kits page describes crests. 1948-49 season is maybe the key one of change as they swapped between hoops and white shirts and crest or no crest:
“In the 1948-49 season, the team often wore white shirts at home during the autumn while their normal hooped tops were used at other times. The new shirts had "DRFC" embroidered onto a black shield edged in red. In 1950 Rovers adopted white shirts as their official first choice but with the lettering appearing out of a red shield edged in black. This was briefly replaced in 1952”.
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How I wish we would include those stockings in our modern kit options
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Think Syd bycroft and Ken hardwick in the picture shown.
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Back row: left to right:Len Hainsworth (RB), Syd Bycroft (CH), ?, ?. (Lawlor perhaps one and I expect I’d remember the names)
Front row; Alf Claverley (RW) Peter Doherty (IL or IR), ?, Tommy Martin (IL or IR), Dubois* (LW). *from Northern Ireland - didn’t play all that regularly, but distinctive appearance.
As for the bottom photo, I think I saw them in 1948/9, and there are some of the later team on that photo, but I can’t remember what most of them looked like - obviously.
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Back row: left to right:Len Hainsworth (RB), Syd Bycroft (CH), ?, ?. (Lawlor perhaps one and I expect I’d remember the names)
Front row; Alf Claverley (RW) Peter Doherty (IL or IR), ?, Tommy Martin (IL or IR), Dubois* (LW). *from Northern Ireland - didn’t play all that regularly, but distinctive appearance.
As for the bottom photo, I think I saw them in 1948/9, and there are some of the later team on that photo, but I can’t remember what most of them looked like - obviously.
I missed out Ken Hardwick (GK) on the back row next to Bycroft!
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I can spot BB and Wolfie in the stand.
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Is that you holding their hands?
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Is that you holding their hands?
Yes, I was in between them both looking up at them.
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I can spot BB and Wolfie in the stand.
Strange that because BB recalled the tale that he was around in 1948 and "badge-ered" the Club for that upgrade to the Shirts