Players from 97/98 season

[keyser_soze]

Interesting that the same site through this up involving Reece Wabara, who has now retired from football. Wonder if this Esdaile is a relation?

https://www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk/news/local-news/ex-manchester-city-starlet-faces-being-860927

[Draytonian III]

That newspaper report about David Esdaille is from April 2013 so he might have moved jobs

[Herman Hessian]

say what you like about that season, there were some moments that'll stay with me for ever - that win at peterborough was one of the funniest things i've ever seen - that and hull at home...

[Jim Dobbin]

I was at Cardiff when Utley scored from 50 yards out then the following summer I was in Ibiza about 3am and saw that goal in a bar - it was a compilation of great goals from the previous year

I was there as well, bit misty if I remember, the goal is still on youtube I believe. Wasn't he a local lad? Also at Cardiff when we shipped in 7!!

He's from Wombwell, made the mistake of signing for Leeds when they had just won the title upon leaving school. He didn't really have a look in there, he got the chance at Donny but afterwards fell down the leagues - Gateshead, Ossett etc. When he finished his career he worked at Safestyle windows and now works as a window fitter, he recently got married and lives in Brampton.

[BillyStubbsTears]

say what you like about that season, there were some moments that'll stay with me for ever - that win at peterborough was one of the funniest things i've ever seen - that and hull at home...

Agreed. One Tuesday night early in the season, I sat in the Main Stand for the first time in my life for the home match against Orient. Just so I could vent my spleen at Weaver in the Directors' Box. It is THE closest I've ever come to vomiting through physical exertion. I got three lifetimes worth of bile out of my system that night and I've been Zen-like ever since.

[roversdude]

One of my memories of the season was Begara shouting out orders - in a nigh on empty ground his voice travelled, not sure anyone ever understood a word.
That and like others have said the win against Ull, wasn’t Lee Warren actually from Hull

[keyser_soze]

One of my memories of the season was Begara shouting out orders - in a nigh on empty ground his voice travelled, not sure anyone ever understood a word.
That and like others have said the win against Ull, wasn’t Lee Warren actually from Hull

We definitely signed him from Hull a couple of seasons prior. Seem to remember him being a Geordie though originally.

[keyser_soze]

Funny i seem to remember him as a veteran that season, he was only 31 and according to Wikipedia played for another 7 years in non league!

[BigH]

Funny i seem to remember him as a veteran that season, he was only 31 and according to Wikipedia played for another 7 years in non league!

One of the rare bits of quality we had that season.

If we'd had 11 of him we'd have stayed up!

[selby]

  Once watched a programme on TV about Steve Stone and Paul Gascoine how they had both been coached by the same teacher and went to the same school. When they interviewed him he said the best player he had had at the school was Lee Warren who he thought was a certainty to go on and play for England.

[roversdude]

Adie Mike was another who stood out ang gave his all

[turnbull for england]

One of my memories of the season was Begara shouting out orders - in a nigh on empty ground his voice travelled, not sure anyone ever understood a word.
That and like others have said the win against Ull, wasn’t Lee Warren actually from Hull

Remember  Wardy (jnr)  shouting abuse at him in Spanish from away end somewhere too , that got his attention good and proper, the look on his face was priceless
 

[Al4475]

Lee Warren deserves a sainthood and immortalising at rovers- had it not been for him getting a few lads together after relegation to the conference to try and get ready for the season ' there'd have been no rovers for the snods to try and sort out and certainly no JR - lee Warren- the glue that stuck drfc together when everyone felt that was it!

[keyser_soze]

Adie Mike was another who stood out ang gave his all

Perhaps a little too effective in attack, so they stuck him in defence! Danny George was an honest trier too.

[elmsallrover]

Ian gore as well