Rovers Heroes

[Goole Rover]

Laurie Sheffield and Alec Jeffrey ( cant make mind up which).

Exactly my choice Wild Rover but I would have to give it to Laurie, he was a lovely friendly person who would always give you his time.

[Wild Rover]

Most of my "Heros" came in pairs. The Jeffrey Sheffield was my first, Then Kitchen Ocallaghan, Then Elwiss And Curran and so on through the eons of time. Strange how most were attackers / Goalscorers.

[Bentley Bullet]

There's a story about Laurie Sheffield that I've told before.

Back in the '60s, my brother and I, and a few friends were watching Rovers training on the wasteland behind the Kop end at Belle Vue, where Asda is now. King Alick was there, along with Laurie Sheffield and the rest of the first team. The language was a bit strong, to say the least, and Sheffield said to his teammates "steady on lads, there are kids here". The rest of the players responded and toned their language down immediately. They clearly showed their respect for Sheffield by such a collective response.

That has left an impression to this day of what a decent, stand out and highly respected bloke he was.;

Bloody great footballer too.

[richtherover]

King Alick for me but as above the partnership between him and Lawrie Sheffield was just awesome. A decade later the front 2 of Big Brendan and Kitch was brilliant, with Ian Miller supplying the ammunition. Great memories.