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Post by aghast on Nov 7, 2015 17:42:13 GMT
Not sure if this has been posted on here before, but I was interested to see this old Pathe movie from 1954, which features (from 1:45) a short piece on Rovers and their eccentric training methods. Given that we were about to embark upon the most successful period in the club's history, Bert Tann obviously knew what he was doing. My grandad used to talk about those glorious years in the mid-1950s. I wonder if they'll ever return?
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Post by RetroGamer on Nov 7, 2015 17:45:27 GMT
Fantastic find! Thanks for sharing.
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Post by Strange Gas on Nov 7, 2015 17:49:54 GMT
Quality, "a week in Weston if you don't win at home" might be the threat DC needs to use :-)
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Post by pirateman on Nov 7, 2015 17:51:24 GMT
Brilliant. Thanks for sharing. Can you imagine some Premier stars living under canvas as part of their training.
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Post by Staffordshire Gas on Nov 7, 2015 17:54:52 GMT
Jack Pitt much in evidence.Also Georgie Petherbridge.The pre season 'Under canvas' thing was a regular under Bert Tann a very dapper Londoner who converted Josser Watling from left wing to left back.
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Post by pirateman on Nov 7, 2015 17:58:46 GMT
Josser was a mate of my uncle. He also worked with my mate's mum as an NHS storeman after he retired (Useless info I know)
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Post by pirate49 on Nov 7, 2015 18:01:01 GMT
Thanks for posting this. As SG says, this was a regular thing for Rovers...did them no harm!
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Post by Dirt Dogg on Nov 7, 2015 18:16:20 GMT
Some of those training exercises would be against health & safety these days!
And is is just me or did every footballer have a name like 'Dixie' back in the day?
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Post by Staffordshire Gas on Nov 7, 2015 18:24:48 GMT
Thanks for posting this. As SG says, this was a regular thing for Rovers...did them no harm! Josser,back row extreme left( i.e on left of the players not the photo.)
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 7, 2015 19:43:35 GMT
Not sure if this has been posted on here before, but I was interested to see this old Pathe movie from 1954, which features (from 1:45) a short piece on Rovers and their eccentric training methods. Given that we were about to embark upon the most successful period in the club's history, Bert Tann obviously knew what he was doing. My grandad used to talk about those glorious years in the mid-1950s. I wonder if they'll ever return? Must be similar vintage because I remember my grandad telling me that Bert Tann and his methods were considered advanced for the age. That he lasted so long probably means he must have been pretty good. Great viewing, thanks.
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Post by pirateman on Nov 7, 2015 19:49:06 GMT
Mind you, there wasn't the managerial merry go round that there is now. These days he would have probably gone to a top flight club, got sacked etc etc.
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Post by warehamgas on Nov 7, 2015 19:58:29 GMT
Mind you, there wasn't the managerial merry go round that there is now. These days he would have probably gone to a top flight club, got sacked etc etc. Yes, you are right but I seem to remember that he had chiropodist's shop in Muller Road or locally and he would have had to get rid of it!! Big change of course is then there was no social media.... Barely had telephones and certainly not mobiles. Can you just imagine the players then wi all this stuff nowadays! Makes me laugh just to imagine it. UTG!!
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Post by aghast on Nov 7, 2015 21:27:31 GMT
I like the Bristol Rovers badge on Bert's blazer. I had the same one from the 50s, given to me by old Grandad, sewed by Mum onto my school backpack, which I carried with pride as I trekked each day from Staple Hill to Mangotsfield.
Shame that City seem to have hijacked all things Bristol nowadays, including the city (ie City of Bristol) crest. The old camp pirate is OK, but I prefer the badge in the clip.
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