World Cup Rovers

[DonnyBazR0ver]

Memory might be off here, but wasn’t there one called Terry Cooper.?

Did he play for England while on Rovers books?

[VivaRovers]

Colin Miller?

This is a very good call. Miller was definitely in the Canada squad for the 1986 World Cup but I think we only signed him a few weeks after this. Could be slightly out on this though. We would need one of our resident historians to tie down the exact dates. I suspect we are very close to finally finding our first player.

Miller would've signed for us just after the 1986 World Cup... he's still listed as a Rangers player on squad lists for the tournament.

[Draytonian III]

Habib Beye played in 2008 , but it was 4 years before he signed for us

[IDM]

Memory might be off here, but wasn’t there one called Terry Cooper.?

Did he play for England while on Rovers books?

No, but he was one who played at a World Cup (1970) then played for us circa 1982..

[wilts rover]

Is Les Cocker the only World Cup winner to have been at Rovers? Trainer with the 1966 Squad and Assistant Manager under Bremner (when he sadly died in their first season).

[Herbert Anchovy]

If I remember correctly Hugh Dowd was a surprise inclusion in Northern Ireland’s pre-cup squad of 40 but didn’t make the final 22 that went to Spain. Not a big surprise when he was cut. From memory he hadn’t played for NI for several years and although he was great for Rovers under Bremner he was at the tail end of his career at that time.

This is a great shout. I seem to recall Bremner pushing for Dowd to be recalled to the NI squad during the season that we were promoted. He was outstanding for us that season, then succumbed to a bad injury that finished his career unfortunately.

[Herbert Anchovy]

Colin Miller?

This is a very good call. Miller was definitely in the Canada squad for the 1986 World Cup but I think we only signed him a few weeks after this. Could be slightly out on this though. We would need one of our resident historians to tie down the exact dates. I suspect we are very close to finally finding our first player.

Miller would've signed for us just after the 1986 World Cup... he's still listed as a Rangers player on squad lists for the tournament.

Didn’t Miller come to us as part of the Neil Woods transfer to Rangers? If so it was definitely after the ‘86 World Cup. He was a decent player in a terrible Rovers team as I recall.