The Racecourse Ground

[Filo]

Thats where we played according to Tony Woodcock 😂😂😂😂

[Mike_F]

Costs me an arm and a leg to get to Wrexham every other week!

[Colemans Left Hook]

he meant across from the racecourse  took a few seconds to twig it

[Donnywolf]

he meant across from the racecourse  took a few seconds to twig it

Sure he wouldn't take a fence ... not furlong anyway !

[Filo]

he meant across from the racecourse  took a few seconds to twig it

I know what he meant, but thats not what he said

[not on facebook]

I recall when he was on loan for rovers from notts forest .

He did quite well during his time with DRFC and sole reason why rovers did not splash out £15,000 transfer fee that was set for woodcock was that rovers had to spend that money on floodlights upgrade.

That's how I recall it after reading about it in the Doncaster evening press newspaper back then ( sure it was called that )

Now my memory is cloudy can someone 2nd or 3rd my claims.

After woodcock left rovers he went back to forest and then arsenal bought him and he ended up turning out for England.

[StocktonRover]

I thought it was £25k being asked for him?

[tommy toes]

I thought there was never a chance of us buying him

[idler]

There was mention of us never having a chance to buy him on a thread a couple of months or so. I think it might have been a Peter Catt story.

[selby]

He was offered to Chesterfield for £9000 who could not afford it and was part of the Tony Curren deal I think with a view to come to us if proving good enough as a winger replacement for Curren.
  After a couple of games Kitchen picked up an injury, and he was switched inside as a striker and started scoring,inflating the price Forest wanted for him.
  But he was recalled when Curren picked up a bad injury and did well when he went back.

[Lesonthewest]

Remember his time here & I also thought it was 25k we couldn't afford.

[ravenrover]

my memory is bad but I thought it was £10k

[not on facebook]

So the upgrade of new floodlights at BV were never in the equation of rovers been able to sign woodcock or not ?

It might have been that forest wanted 25k for woodcock ,but rovers had to splash out 15k on the floodlights so pulled out of the deal to sign woodcock for 25k.

If I was sat at a card table I go all in with my Chips > woooooossshhh> that the floodlights upgrade played a part in rovers not getting woodcock.

[since-1969]

I recall when he was on loan for rovers from notts forest .

He did quite well during his time with DRFC and sole reason why rovers did not splash out £15,000 transfer fee that was set for woodcock was that rovers had to spend that money on floodlights upgrade.

That's how I recall it after reading about it in the Doncaster evening press newspaper back then ( sure it was called that )

Now my memory is cloudy can someone 2nd or 3rd my claims.

After woodcock left rovers he went back to forest and then arsenal bought him and he ended up turning out for England.

[since-1969]

I recall when he was on loan for rovers from notts forest .

He did quite well during his time with DRFC and sole reason why rovers did not splash out £15,000 transfer fee that was set for woodcock was that rovers had to spend that money on floodlights upgrade.

That's how I recall it after reading about it in the Doncaster evening press newspaper back then ( sure it was called that )

Now my memory is cloudy can someone 2nd or 3rd my claims.

After woodcock left rovers he went back to forest and then arsenal bought him and he ended up turning out for England.

Your account was wrong Brian Clough said he was not for sale as he was going to be a big name one day .

[tommy toes]

Yes the above. The myth has grown over the years that we could have had him for peanuts.
No chance.

[selby]

 The price went up because of him scoring goals for us after we converted him to a striker from a winger.
  Forest recalled him because of an injury to Curren in their 2nd division promotion season I think it was.

[Bentley Bullet]

Brian Clough offered Woodcock to Rovers but then manager Stan Anderson advised him to stay at Forest because he had a great future and would be wasted at Rovers.

It proved in time that Anderson's judgement was better than Clough's on that occasion.

[tommy toes]

Brian Clough offered Woodcock to Rovers but then manager Stan Anderson advised him to stay at Forest because he had a great future and would be wasted at Rovers.

It proved in time that Anderson's judgement was better than Clough's on that occasion.

Did Stan phone and tell you that BB?
Or did the crystal ball mention it.

[POD]

He's still got the same hair style that he had at Notts Forest in the 1970's.  Great player though and knew where the goal was!

[Bentley Bullet]

Tommy, I can't remember whether someone told me, or I read it somewhere. I did, however, end up with Stan's Crystal Ball!

[Colemans Left Hook]

I thought it was £25k being asked for him?

and I thought it was £30,000 and a FREE bag of soft (not hard) humbugs from that old lady every match  as a sweetner.   Bless her.

[Donnywolf]

I thought there was never a chance of us buying him

Absolutely NONE - and we would have paid 15k it was rumoured at the time if mission impossible HAD taken place




PS  for TT Ground count 111 now - did you say same ?

[OurAlfsLad]

Speaking to Brian Clough in Calla Millor where he went every summer, he told me if they had come up with £10,000 they could have had him.

[since-1969]

Hear say 

[tommy toes]

109 John...all of them Rovers games.
Are any of yours Wolves related,

[Donnywolf]

Not all Rovers for sure probably 70 % - with a few Wolves 10% - and a quite a few probably 20% where I just Ground visited e.g. Darlo v Wycombe !

To get them all via Rovers is a great achievement !