Anyone recall the Doncaster Panthers

[eastender]

I went quite a few games in the late 70's , i can remember 2 Americans were in the team.
One had black curly hair and i think his name was Wayne Metzger , the other was a blonde lad called Brian Dunn.

[weststander]

Ian day ,thanks for that as I have been kicking me sen all afternoon trying to recall this former panthers player.

He was the most talked about player on the team when I watched them

Iam sure mr day played for England's basket ball team,hence why I was drawn to him ,but I could be wrong on that

You not wrong Ian did play for England and my favourite English player with Jimmy Guymon my favourite American

[BobG]

There was a lad in the year below me at Danum who was a regular in the Panthers team. I've been struggling for his name for ages though. He wasn't very tall though so I think that held him back in the end.

BobG

[Bentley Bullet]

I was USELESS at School at Basketball - so it was ironic that as I kept growing and became 6' 5 tall

 It was the other way round for me. I was good at Basketball but too short! We'd have been great with me sat on your shoulders!

[not on facebook]

When I played for st Peters at basket ball doing all that zoneally marking b*llocks ,it was my job to do my best to zoneall mark this bird out of the game .

Could not stop at her little tits bouncing about all over the place,they was like two puppies fighting to get out of the coal sack as it was thrown into river don.

She roasted me all way throu the game,still have nightmares today.

[roversontheup]

I played for Panthers Women's team in the mid seventies. We often played the warm up game to the men's first team matches at Adwick Leisure Centre.

I've probably still got my Wilson Panthers holdall up in the loft somewhere!

[roversontheup]

There was a lad in the year below me at Danum who was a regular in the Panthers team. I've been struggling for his name for ages though. He wasn't very tall though so I think that held him back in the end.

BobG

Not sure how old you are Bob but I wonder if you are talking about Mike Davies?

[roversontheup]

How many fans are Danum eagles getting for a typical home game?

Also what numbers of away support follow basketball teams around the country?

That Doncaster panthers v sunderland game i was at back in early 1980s had a section of Sunderland fans at adwick

....and (Tony ?) Jacques as Panthers star supporter .... the Paul Mayfield equivalent

No scratch that there is only one Mr Rovers ! (mines a Ginger Biscuit Paul)

It was Pete Jacques. He used to be a teacher at Edlington Comp.

[Dagenham Rover]

How many fans are Danum eagles getting for a typical home game?

Also what numbers of away support follow basketball teams around the country?

That Doncaster panthers v sunderland game i was at back in early 1980s had a section of Sunderland fans at adwick

....and (Tony ?) Jacques as Panthers star supporter .... the Paul Mayfield equivalent

No scratch that there is only one Mr Rovers ! (mines a Ginger Biscuit Paul)

It was Pete Jacques. He used to be a teacher at Edlington Comp.

 Another little story about Pete Jacques apart from being a teacher that related with us lot of Edlo reprobates, was half a dozen of us 5th formers that were leaving sodded of to the Greyhound one lunchtime and were sat drinking half apiece Pete walked in looked over and clocked us, we thought oh shit, he walked over to us said hmnn your all leaving in the next day or two went to the bar and bought us all half apiece

[roversontheup]

What year were you in 5th form DR?

[Dagenham Rover]

Joined the Army May 74

[roversontheup]

I was a fifth former in 1972. Knew quite a few people in your year though. Probably all from Tickhill though as that was where I was from.

[BobG]

Roversontheup. You and I look like we're exactly the same age. So yes. Davis definitely rings a bell. Not sure about the Christian name but that's senility catching up with me. He was a year younger than you and I. He was at Danum. And he was a nice lad too.

Bob

[roversontheup]

Hi Bob. Mike Davis was a really nice guy and a very good basketball player.  In those days Panthers had a very good team.  I played basketball with his sister Pam and his mum Julie.

[colfromdonny]

There was a lad in the year below me at Danum who was a regular in the Panthers team. I've been struggling for his name for ages though. He wasn't very tall though so I think that held him back in the end.

BobG

Was he called Fred??

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

I was lucky enough to have occasional coaching from Ian Day at Hallcross from U14s upwards and when I played in the senior league for Hallcross Hornets.  He was a great bloke. Mind you, he was coaching an exceptional team (if I say so myself) - we lost to Campsmount in our very first game and then never lost again in 4 years. Between '83 and '87, basketball was a massive sport at Hallcross

Trying to find out about Ian Day's career since, there is very little on the net, although it seems he may be teaching psychology at Hallcross now

[Crowle Rover]

I remember Channel 4 showing quite a few live games in the 80s.

Me too. Weren't Doncaster called Doncaster Ziebart during this period?

[Donnywolf]

Certainly rings a bell with me. Came straight from memory bank when I saw it !

[Dr Fundlekrotch]

They did take on sponsors names and Ziebart rust-proofing was one of them.  They were John Carr Panthers for most of the period that I watched them

[BobG]

Wilson Panthers is the name I remember most though Ziebart does ring a very faint bell too.

I wonder who set them up and who had the drive and the ambition to make them the side they became?

Cheers

BobG

[roversdude]

It's a shame that they disappeared- it was always good that whilst Rovers seldom got a mention in the sporting world (at that time) Panthers and Belles were at the top of their game and flew the flag for Doncaster sport

[idler]

Didn't Maurice Wordsworth have a lot to do with them at the start?

[roversdude]

That's a name I've not heard in a long time Idler

[winegums]

They were also sponsored  by John Carr for a while and had Anthony "juice" Joseph and another guy called the Hollywood hoopster playing for them.he was called this because he played a waiter in a Lethal Weapon film. Think it was the second one.

You must have gone to watch them at the same time as me in the early 90s. The guy that was in the film was a short arse for a basket ball player but I can't remember his name. Dave Middleton I think it was, was the coach

[roversdude]

I think he was a teacher at DGS in my time there

[eastender]

Wilson Panthers is the name I remember most though Ziebart does ring a very faint bell too.

I wonder who set them up and who had the drive and the ambition to make them the side they became?

Cheers

BobG

Here you are Mr Bob. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doncaster_Panthers

[BobG]

I really didn't know they were established so long ago Eastender. Thank you.

BobG

[knockers]

They were also sponsored  by John Carr for a while and had Anthony "juice" Joseph and another guy called the Hollywood hoopster playing for them.he was called this because he played a waiter in a Lethal Weapon film. Think it was the second one.

You must have gone to watch them at the same time as me in the early 90s. The guy that was in the film was a short arse for a basket ball player but I can't remember his name. Dave Middleton I think it was, was the coach

He was a small guy for a basketball player and  the games I mainly saw were at the Dome

[Pancho Regan]

Roversontheup. You and I look like we're exactly the same age. So yes. Davis definitely rings a bell. Not sure about the Christian name but that's senility catching up with me. He was a year younger than you and I. He was at Danum. And he was a nice lad too.

Bob

Hi Bob, I was in the year below you at Danum and the lad you're thinking of was my classmate Mick Davies.
A great guy, always had a smile on his face, and an excellent basketball player despite the fact he wasn't tall.
His parents had a corner shop / off license on the junction of Beckett Road and ..... that road that led up to the hospital.

I went right through school with Mick, at Kingfisher then Wheatley Hills High School for Boys then Danum Grammar.

I was always in awe of Mick cos his school sports bag was a Doncaster Panthers hold-all!

 

[BobG]

Well, well Pancho Hello. I'm very glad to make your acquaintance. I had no idea. I presume you will remember Harry Gledhall? I think it was Kingfisher he was head of - though it might have been Nightingale! Anyway, if it was Kingfisher you'll remember him and his very memorable arm. Did you know Denis Healey while you were at Wheatley Hills? I'm not sure if he'd left by that time and moved to the Education Office in Princes Street but he was the head at Wheatley Hills for a good while.

What happened to Mick? I've not seen sight nor sound of him since I left.

If you'd care to use PM's or email just let me know

Cheers

BobG