Vintage Rovers Picture quiz

[Bentley Bullet]

Name the ground
Name the Rover's striker
name the former Rovers player
Name the year
 

[Old Popsider]

[Donnywolf]

I will start it off by saying Bradford Park Avenue (it was the shirt that gave it away)

I was there that day and I believe extended highlights were on YTV

1965/6 ?

[Bentley Bullet]

It was Bradford park avenue, but the year is wrong!

[Old Popsider]

Old Popsider wrote:

Sorry about the blank - don't know why, but I was going to say 1967/68 season.

[Bentley Bullet]

Old Popsider wrote:

Old Popsider wrote:

Sorry about the blank - don't know why, but I was going to say 1967/68 season.

Oooooooh, nearly mate!

[Alonzo Drake]

Fantastic Picture Bentley!

Name the ground: Park Avenue
Name the Rover's striker: John \"Pancho\" Regan
name the former Rovers player: Phil Robinson
Name the year: December 21, 1968.

We lost 2-1 in front of the YTV camera. Webber scored our goal in front of 3,911 fans!

We did not taste defeat again until April 14, 1969. We lost 1-0 at Brentford that night, ending the 20 game unbeaten run that gave us the D4 Championship!

Happy, carefree days!

Great memory about Gilfillan at Lincoln, Donnywolf. I was there too!

More pics like this please!

[Dutch Uncle]

1968-9
John Regan
Norman Sykes?

Edit: Echo Alonzo and everyone else's comments - great picture and great memories

[Alonzo Drake]

Fantastic Picture Bentley!

Name the ground: Park Avenue
Name the Rover's striker: John \"Pancho\" Regan
name the former Rovers player: Phil Robinson
Name the year: December 21, 1968.

We lost 2-1 in front of the YTV camera. Webber scored our goal in front of 3,911 fans!

We did not taste defeat again until April 14, 1969. We lost 1-0 at Brentford that night, ending the 20 game unbeaten run that gave us the D4 Championship!

Happy, carefree days!

Great memory about Gilfillan at Lincoln, Donnywolf. I was there too!

More pics like this please!

[Bentley Bullet]

Alonzo Drake wrote:

Fantastic Picture Bentley!

Name the ground: Park Avenue
Name the Rover's striker: John \"Pancho\" Regan
name the former Rovers player: Phil Robinson
Name the year: December 21, 1968.

We lost 2-1 in front of the YTV camera. Webber scored our goal in front of 3,911 fans!

We did not taste defeat again until April 14, 1969. We lost 1-0 at Brentford that night, ending the 20 game unbeaten run that gave us the D4 Championship!

Happy, carefree days!

Great memory about Gilfillan at Lincoln, Donnywolf. I was there too!

More pics like this please!

Well done Alonzo! You know more than me!! I've got quite a few photo's given to me around that era by my uncle who worked at the Doncaster Evening Post. One photo I was given was used for a 'spot the ball' competition, but my dad refused to enter that week  because he said it would be cheating, and my Uncle might get the sack.....Straight as a die he was, like most people in those days!

I'll dig some more out and post them.

[Dutch Uncle]

Dutch Uncle wrote:

1968-9
John Regan
Norman Sykes?

Edit: Echo Alonzo and everyone else's comments - great picture and great memories

Well done Alonzo

In my defence Norman Sykes did go to Bradford and I was looking at that gangly number 5  

[Wellred]

I remember it well, somebody ran into the back of our car just outside Wakefield (no m62 then) so we got a lift off some other rovers fans.
I was also at Griffin Park to see that 1-0 defeat.
Good old British Rail in those days.

[Alonzo Drake]

I've just found this. It's Alick just before he broke his leg in 1956. Can anyone identify the ground?

[Old Popsider]

Alonzo Drake wrote:

I've just found this. It's Alick just before he broke his leg in 1956. Can anyone identify the ground?

The King at Sincil Bank

[Alonzo Drake]

I've just found this. It's Alick just before he broke his leg in 1956. Can anyone identify the ground?

[VikingJames]

Looks like this...

[Donnywolf]

Alonzo Drake wrote:

Fantastic Picture Bentley!

Name the ground: Park Avenue
Name the Rover's striker: John \"Pancho\" Regan
name the former Rovers player: Phil Robinson
Name the year: December 21, 1968.

We lost 2-1 in front of the YTV camera. Webber scored our goal in front of 3,911 fans!

We did not taste defeat again until April 14, 1969. We lost 1-0 at Brentford that night, ending the 20 game unbeaten run that gave us the D4 Championship!

Happy, carefree days!

Great memory about Gilfillan at Lincoln, Donnywolf. I was there too!

More pics like this please!

...AND yes it was on TV as I say and if I remember correctly they tried Danny Blanchflower (ex Spurs player for those under 50) as commentator and he littered his commentary in that game and most others with CHANCE theres a CHANCE its a CHANCE

I would like to see and listen to Bradford highlights to see how many times he actually said it

...and again for the nippers I believe it probably say Yorkshire or Bradford CC on the stand it being a home venue of the MIGHTY Yorkshire CCC as was Bramall Lane

[Bentley Bullet]

Ey, Danny Blanchflower was pretty poor at commentating wasn't he!

As for the Alick Photo, Alonso, I'm stuck as to what ground it was taken on....Give us a clue!!!

Here's some more pics from the same game at BPA meanwhile.

[Bentley Bullet]

And another;

[Alonzo Drake]

James spotted it above Bentley. It was at Brisbane Road.

[Bentley Bullet]

Name the players & the year

Apologies for the lack of clarity, it 's a photo of a photo!