I've had a dream

[Bentley Bullet]

Dead vivid it was. I was in the doctor’s waiting room sucking a fisherman’s friend when my name was called out.
“What’s the problem?”  enquired the doctor.
“Nowt really doc, but I’ve got a bit of a sore throat and I’m off to Barnsley on Saturday and I’m expecting quite a vocal time.”
“I really don’t know why you people put yourselves through such trauma, aren’t there safer places to go to carry out your desire for missionary work?” Asked the doc.
“I’m not going there to do missionary work, although I might take the odd food parcel for bargaining purposes to stave off risk of attack. I’m going to see the mighty Rovers play there.”
“Oh I see, said the doctor, so it’s just a matter of the inoculations, and some throat tablets then.”......
Next thing I was there, witnessing a fabulous Rovers display. Hayter opened the scoring after 12 minutes. Barnsley equalised soon after. Sharp made it 2-1 on 36 mins.
HT 1-2
Hayter made it 3-1 on 51 mins. Sharp made it 4-1 in the 66th. Hayter completed his hat-trick on 77 minutes.
Can’t recollect much detail, but  it was a resounding  victory, and Rovers avenged last season fluke result.

Dingles 1  Rovers 5

[idler]

I remember winning there 5-1 on a Friday night in 1965. Their manager John Steele had been bragging about their loyal supporters. We got 3 goals in the last 10 minutes and the home fans were going out in droves much to our amusement.
I'd been working at Wadworth church that day and the sparky was a mate of Roy Ironside the Barnsley keeper and said we'd never beat him.
I hope that history repeats itself.

[Bentley Bullet]

idler wrote:

I remember winning there 5-1 on a Friday night in 1965. Their manager John Steele had been bragging about their loyal supporters. We got 3 goals in the last 10 minutes and the home fans were going out in droves much to our amusement.
I'd been working at Wadworth church that day and the sparky was a mate of Roy Ironside the Barnsley keeper and said we'd never beat him.
I hope that history repeats itself.

that's the game I've based my dream on!  

[RoversDave]

From Northbayviking's scrap book.

[ScillyRover]

I remember it well  

[Al4475]

You joining us on Thursday BB for Mr Ryan's show?

[Bentley Bullet]

Yes mate, Sue got the tickets today. See you Thursday.

[Donnywolf]

ScillyRover wrote:

I remember it well  

Me too ... we went by train - a \"special\" I believe

One of those games such as Dover 5-4 that was just \"memorable\" and how the ground has improved ! My heart was thumping for a different reason that night :

would we get a thumping on the way to the station rather than will the final whistle come soon enough ?

I will be blowing up the press cutting for a real blast from the past - one thing for sure is in 40 odd years time those there yesterday will struggle to remember anything  bar the result - but at least it was a positive one !