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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 6, 2017 10:42:21 GMT
Yeah another old fart here, 76, 77 78 till i joined up, good times but scary as well. saints fa cup fantastic afternoon i will never forget. What a state that pitch was in. A few prods with a pitchfork and by April it was all lush again. That pitch was a good leveller for us against better teams could you imagine our current squad playing on that there are moans about the state of the pitch at the mem
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Post by francegas on Dec 6, 2017 11:01:42 GMT
I was in the north enclosure as a child with my dad 1966-74 then i started playing and only went when possible,but then it was always in the tote end. The game that stands out sadly was a 5-1 thrashing from wolves maybe on boxing day with steve kindon having a field day and totally taking apart the usually reliable phil bater. Also recall us beating leicester city in the cup 2-1 when they were a top division team from the tote end. The Wolves game was 27th December 1976. It was my second ever Rovers game. Was watching from the stand with My Dad. We were totally ripped apart by Kindon and probably would still have lost if we were just playing against him he was that good! This match was the last time Rovers had a home attendance in excess of 20K for a league game. Remember the Leicester City FA Cup match standing on the Tote for this one. Other games which I remember well were the 5-5 draw with Charlton and the 3-2 defeat against Spurs. Other games I remember (not the scores though) were against West Ham and Derby County probably due to the trouble on the Tote. Against West Ham I remember standing on the Tote and not realising I was surrounded by West Ham fans until the teams came out. One last game that stands out for bizaar reasons was a cold febuary day against Cambridge United. The crowd was sparse, Cambridge fans literally could have come in a taxi. The match was boring despite us winning 2-0. There was snow on the Tote and at half time the best entertainment was throwing snow balls at the brass band trying to get one into the tuba!
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Post by Marshy on Dec 6, 2017 11:13:44 GMT
I was in the north enclosure as a child with my dad 1966-74 then i started playing and only went when possible,but then it was always in the tote end. The game that stands out sadly was a 5-1 thrashing from wolves maybe on boxing day with steve kindon having a field day and totally taking apart the usually reliable phil bater. Also recall us beating leicester city in the cup 2-1 when they were a top division team from the tote end. The Wolves game was 27th December 1976. It was my second ever Rovers game. Was watching from the stand with My Dad. We were totally ripped apart by Kindon and probably would still have lost if we were just playing against him he was that good! This match was the last time Rovers had a home attendance in excess of 20K for a league game. Remember the Leicester City FA Cup match standing on the Tote for this one. Other games which I remember well were the 5-5 draw with Charlton and the 3-2 defeat against Spurs. Other games I remember (not the scores though) were against West Ham and Derby County probably due to the trouble on the Tote. Against West Ham I remember standing on the Tote and not realising I was surrounded by West Ham fans until the teams came out. One last game that stands out for bizaar reasons was a cold febuary day against Cambridge United. The crowd was sparse, Cambridge fans literally could have come in a taxi. The match was boring despite us winning 2-0. There was snow on the Tote and at half time the best entertainment was throwing snow balls at the brass band trying to get one into the tuba! I was at that Wolves game and your right they did rip us a new one! I always respected Wolves after that a very good side at the time.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 6, 2017 11:59:50 GMT
I believe the Aston Villa game was a replay possibly quarter final m we were the better team and should have won but in the last minute Dick sheppard made a fantastic full length save to turn the ball past the post but from a ridiculous angle I believe Pat Mahan or something like that put it in, If I am right the Everton game was in the 5th round or 4th round of the FA Cup after we had beaten Bolton 2-0 away or maybe 2-1 with Wayne Jones scoring both goals. The Everton game although I didn't attend was a fantastic game and we were very unlucky to lose and had a really youthful side with players like Vic Barney and Bobby brown in midfield. The Arsenal game was a 0-3 defeat at home with an attendance over 36,000 and a very young Laurie Taylor in goal- had an excellent game that day and kept the score down with some magnificent saves. His problem was his height and poor kicking. I remember being on the front of the Evening post that day and the headline was "Arsenal fans run riot but these fans were orderly" I would have been either 12 or 13. The Villa player was Pat McMahon. The Bolton result was 1-2, after we went 1-0 down. I was 15 at the time and remember chatting to a Bolton fan a couple of years older than me, before the game. He was most amicable. However, at the end, I said good game to him and he taught me a lot of words I never knew Wayne Jones got both goals in the second half; kicking towards the end we were in. Both stuck in between the right hand stanchion and the net of the goal I was stood directly behind. Like someone else who has posted in this thread, I was not allowed to go to the rearranged Everton game due to school Yes Pat McMahon that's the sod who scored, well remembered.
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Post by kernowtoteend on Dec 6, 2017 13:24:46 GMT
1957 (I think!) was the year but I can not remember the match - post Christmas......
Loved the tote end - full of characters but could be a bit fausty at times!!
Ahhhhh those days will never be repeated but perhaps that is not a bad thing in some ways.
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Post by inee on Dec 6, 2017 14:48:21 GMT
What a state that pitch was in. A few prods with a pitchfork and by April it was all lush again. That pitch was a good leveller for us against better teams could you imagine our current squad playing on that there are moans about the state of the pitch at the mem Proper real football, imagine todays players having to go through those tackles ,shoulder barges, semi frozen pitch, snow etc, real shame the modern game cant go back to those days and rules
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Post by swissgas on Dec 6, 2017 15:06:52 GMT
What an enjoyable read this thread is, thanks for starting it midlandgas.
I am another who was all set for that Everton cup match on the Saturday but was not allowed to go to the rearranged game because of school.
On a similar forum thread years ago I mentioned a fire extinguisher being launched through the train window as the Rovers football special passed through Derby station on the way back from either Leeds United or York City. But I was quickly hushed up by a friend of the perpetrator who still feared the long arm of the law after all those years.
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Post by northseagas on Dec 6, 2017 17:23:49 GMT
Hooked from the 28th Sep 1974 first game, first time on the tote lost 3.1 to Blackpool
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Post by dickiedamsell on Dec 6, 2017 18:34:16 GMT
me and kevin Bennett used to go to the tote end in 1968-69, always got in for free by climbing gates at concord cinema entrance or by pulling back the corrugated sheets. Good old days, hope benji Bennett, or bins as he was called by my mrs, is still around.
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Post by Newton Abbot Gas on Dec 6, 2017 19:45:51 GMT
Add me to the list .UTG
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 7, 2017 14:46:15 GMT
Going on from this how about the home end we invaded some of the good ones I remember were Obviously the east end at trash ton gate North bank wolves The kop Birmingham city The holt villa Schoolboy end Man U The kop Blackpool The shed chelsea
Also can't remember the ends but Newport Coventry West brom Reading Swindon
All good fun there must have been more but to be honest I did not go to many away games in the days funds would not allow Although saying that the back seat of the unofficial supporters club coaches were a sight to remember
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Post by Marshy on Dec 7, 2017 14:59:52 GMT
Going on from this how about the home end we invaded some of the good ones I remember were Obviously the east end at trash ton gate North bank wolves The kop Birmingham city The holt villa Schoolboy end Man U The kop Blackpool The shed chelsea Also can't remember the ends but Newport Coventry West brom Reading Swindon All good fun there must have been more but to be honest I did not go to many away games in the days funds would not allow Although saying that the back seat of the unofficial supporters club coaches were a sight to remember I’m not surprised you didn’t go to many away games Midland, because if you invaded all those ends you were either in hospital or locked up most of the time! You rebel you, lol.
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Post by aghast on Dec 7, 2017 15:19:15 GMT
For reasons I do not wish to remember, I lived in Liverpool for nine terrible months many years ago.
I went to see Liverpool a few times and always stood in the Kop. All went well until the Ipswich game, where a group of scousers mistook my sophisticated Bristol burr for an East Anglian tractor boy accent. They enquired politely what the f*ck I was doing in the Kop.
I had a hard time convincing them I came from the other side of the country until I reeled off the names of the current Rovers team, which they seemed happy with.
Mind you, for all they knew about the Rovers players, I could have said Pugh, Pugh, Barney McGrew, Cuthbert, Dibble and Grub and I would have been fine.
True story.
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Post by midlandgas213 on Dec 7, 2017 16:40:07 GMT
Going on from this how about the home end we invaded some of the good ones I remember were Obviously the east end at trash ton gate North bank wolves The kop Birmingham city The holt villa Schoolboy end Man U The kop Blackpool The shed chelsea Also can't remember the ends but Newport Coventry West brom Reading Swindon All good fun there must have been more but to be honest I did not go to many away games in the days funds would not allow Although saying that the back seat of the unofficial supporters club coaches were a sight to remember I’m not surprised you didn’t go to many away games Midland, because if you invaded all those ends you were either in hospital or locked up most of the time! You rebel you, lol. Ha ha I got away quite lightly at most of the grounds worst was getting back to the railway station in Manchester after a united game we were chased and attacked all the way it was good fun at the time but looking back now I must have been nuts (well nothing has changed there before anyone else says so lol)
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Post by francegas on Dec 7, 2017 17:09:29 GMT
Going on from this how about the home end we invaded some of the good ones I remember were Obviously the east end at trash ton gate North bank wolves The kop Birmingham city The holt villa Schoolboy end Man U The kop Blackpool The shed chelsea Also can't remember the ends but Newport Coventry West brom Reading Swindon All good fun there must have been more but to be honest I did not go to many away games in the days funds would not allow Although saying that the back seat of the unofficial supporters club coaches were a sight to remember Plough Lane Wimbledon was entertaining. Although did they really have an end ?
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Post by William Wilson on Dec 8, 2017 7:48:07 GMT
I was in the north enclosure as a child with my dad 1966-74 then i started playing and only went when possible,but then it was always in the tote end. The game that stands out sadly was a 5-1 thrashing from wolves maybe on boxing day with steve kindon having a field day and totally taking apart the usually reliable phil bater. Also recall us beating leicester city in the cup 2-1 when they were a top division team from the tote end. I`ve got a feeling I was standing next to you. Were you wearing a blue and white scarf?
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Post by e4bandrobinstubbs on Dec 8, 2017 15:33:11 GMT
Speaking of Alfie Biggs anyone remember when he worked as a Car Salesman for that dealership on Stapleton Road just before the Station? Can still see him now sat on the car bonnet, hair brlycreamed and winkle pickers, the epitome of 60s rock!!! I can, bought my first bike in the shop opposite, forget the name I can remember him there too. I never saw him myself, but remember the adverts for the garage featuring him (maybe in the programme ?).
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Post by e4bandrobinstubbs on Dec 8, 2017 15:56:54 GMT
Me Tote End boy from 1968. First match was 1967 standing on the South Stand terracing (near the Tote). Moved to North Stand enclosure on the centre line in my early 20s being squashed and breathing in factory quantities of 2nd hand fag smoke, as well as being gassed !! On the way in used to turn left at the Concord Cinema, past the blue door on the right (Beware of the dog crossed out and beware of the Tote painted in) then into the carpark. Always the same old chain-smoker selling rosettes for Rovers, the opposition and other teams. Along the car park fencing on the right was always a poster - "Read David Foot in the Daily (Sunday ?)Express" Running up the steps behind the Tote and getting the rush of excitement as we entered the terracing. Incidentally, I stand with my two mates again, those same 2 who were with me at that first match in 1967 after careers & marriages/kids kept us apart for a bit. Does anyone else still stand/sit with the same Gashead(s) as they did 50 years ago ?
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