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Post by ThisCharmingMan on Dec 23, 2015 22:06:23 GMT
Seeing some 'strange' Rovers memorabilia being sold by people over the Christmas period got me thinking;
What's the strangest bit of Rovers memorabilia you own?
For me I haven't got anything overly weird but I'm a big fan of my Rovers dart flights and pyjamas.
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Post by kabatiti on Dec 23, 2015 22:09:50 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about.
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Post by allgasandgaiters on Dec 23, 2015 22:13:53 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about. Exactly what I was going to say - it now seems like a bad dream. What would today's equivalent be? |
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Post by ThisCharmingMan on Dec 23, 2015 22:17:01 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about. I'm a young'un and have always wondered why on earth that came about. Any clue? |
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2015 22:17:56 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about. That....right there....is class. |
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Post by pirateman on Dec 23, 2015 22:19:02 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about. My mate bought it and I must admit, I laughed at him. |
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Post by nitrousoxide on Dec 23, 2015 23:30:30 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about. I'm a young'un and have always wondered why on earth that came about. Any clue? As I recall; Rod Hull and Emu, who were a big act at the time, were in pantomime at the Hippodrome so Rovers asked them to join them in making the record. Something at the back of my mind tells me that Rod Hull was actually a Coventry fan. |
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Post by Gas-Ed on Dec 23, 2015 23:45:30 GMT
Not a strange piece of memorabilia but I have an original photo of Stewie celebrating a goal at Brentford from the early 90's. It's my favourite Rovers' related item.
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Post by Thegasaregoingup on Dec 24, 2015 7:27:05 GMT
When the first Sunday games were allowed during the 3 day week miners strike back in 1974 it was illegal to charge for entry into a football ground. At that time Rovers played Aldershot away and Nottingham Forest away on Sundays and the way round not charging a gate fee was to sell a copy of the Team Sheet as an entry fee. I still possess both those Team Sheets.
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Post by grayraydon on Dec 24, 2015 8:00:18 GMT
Nothing too strange, but I have got the last shirt Gary Penrice ever played for the gas in somewhere, it was in a friendly/testimonial the season after we sold him, lovely white away design windows one.
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Post by stuart1974 on Dec 24, 2015 8:10:10 GMT
A football signed by the Rovers team at Blackpool in 1990.
Not unusual in itself but funny circumstances. My brother persuaded the local steward that he was best mates with Boris and he agreed to get the team to sign it. The pre match warm up was interspersed with him (the steward) wandering round each player and then returning the signed ball before kick off.
Got everyone except Brian Parkin.
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Post by 2nd May 1990 on Dec 24, 2015 8:49:02 GMT
Nothing too strange, but I have got the last shirt Gary Penrice ever played for the gas in somewhere, it was in a friendly/testimonial the season after we sold him, lovely white away design windows one. Apart from he played loads more games in his second spell at the club! Still a cool thing to have though. Penny was one of the very best that I saw for the Gas. It says a lot for the spirit of the club at the time that we sold him and Nigel Martyn and still went on to get promotion to the second tier. Shows that losing Taylor and Lockyer might not necessarily be a disaster if we were to get good money for them...... |
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Post by mjhgas on Dec 24, 2015 8:53:56 GMT
Mate of mine has a bit of Eastville grass still growing in his parents lawn!!!
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Post by chewbacca on Dec 24, 2015 9:47:19 GMT
I have five of last seasons squad in Matryoshka dolls.
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Post by onefindunford on Dec 24, 2015 10:00:45 GMT
I have some of the beard's hair, which I keep in a locket and wear around my neck.
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Post by Bill Bones on Dec 24, 2015 10:29:36 GMT
I have five of last seasons squad in Matryoshka dolls. Yeah I have some of these as well, think Harrold and Anyinsah were two of them, Virgo as well I think? Now that I think about it it might have been a bad dream... |
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Post by blueblood1883 on Dec 24, 2015 11:18:08 GMT
Rovers final matchday program at Eastville against Chesterfield would be mine.. A mate of mine also has the grass from Eastville, and I'm trying hard to get him to part with a row of three seats from the North Stand Eastville that they sold off as a job lot..
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Post by althepirate on Dec 24, 2015 11:41:08 GMT
Not that rare but the strangest Bristol Rovers item I own has to be my vinyl copy of "Singing Bristol Rovers" by Rod Hull and Emu. What the hell was that all about. Well it was the idea of a guy hired by and to promote us in the media, I think his name was Keith ?? perhaps someone else can remember his name? After he left us he went to York City to do a similar job there and he had large 'Y's put on their shirts and promoted them as the Y fronts! Seriously! At the time I was the sales/promotion rep for EMI so I made sure that the record was available in all the shops which was brilliant for me to promote my beloved team. I hope no one had trouble getting a copy! I have a Jackie Pitt badge and the original Rovers metal lapel badge. One of my favourite items of memorabilia is the Evening Post placard confirming that we were at Wembley for the first time against Tranmere.
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Post by althepirate on Dec 24, 2015 11:44:37 GMT
Oh yes and our stand seats, my Dads, my sons and mine from the North Stand, Eastville. Family treasures.
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Post by Gas-Ed on Dec 24, 2015 13:58:14 GMT
I have some of the beard's hair, which I keep in a locket and wear around my neck. Genuinely laughed out loud at that! |
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