harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on May 5, 2018 7:15:29 GMT
New Publication due out this Summer.
Bristol Rovers Players Who’s Who charts in great detail the respective careers of every footballer who played for the Club in the Football League and Conference from 1946-2018. Since the Club joined the League in 1920 there have been 911 players. We have chronicled the post War heroes of yesteryear some 667 players which include famous names such as Harry Bamford, George Petherbridge, Jack Pitt, Ray Warren, Geoff Bradford, Harold Jarman, Alfie Biggs, Bobby Jones, Frankie Prince, Stuart Taylor, Paul Randall, Alan Warboys, Vaughan Jones, Nigel Martyn, Marcus Stewart, Barry Hayles, Rickie Lambert, Jamie Cureton & Stuart Campbell etc.
As “Goodnight Irene” reverberates around the terraces, the players emerge from the tunnel, energetic and enthused, ready for the next Bristol Rovers match. This deep volume includes all of these players, from the one-game wonders to club legends and encompassing the halcyon days of the Fifties, the Smash and Grab era and the double-promotion side. Between these pages lie biographies of all the men who have worn the quartered shirt for a Football League fixture since World War Two. Stephen Byrne and Mike Jay have carefully and lovingly compiled career details and photos, crafting a text which offers the discerning reader a clear insight into the personalities and life at this well-loved east Bristol club.
Years race by as this thoroughly-researched book takes us on an epic journey through the most recent years of Bristol Rovers’ history. On the way we meet every player who has appeared for the club in a Football League fixture since World War Two, from the one-game hopefuls to club veterans and legends. Stephen Byrne and Mike Jay have compiled a detailed biography of every one of these men, complete with personal details, career information and photos, lending the reader an insight into countless memorable moments at one of the League’s more iconic clubs.
“Goodnight Irene” serves as an omnipresent backdrop as we surf almost three-quarters of a century of Bristol Rovers players. From those who made one substitute appearance to club legends, whose memory is an essential ingredient of east Bristol folklore, every man who played for Rovers in the Football League since World War Two is listed here in detail. And, oh, what detail! Personal information, career details, anecdotes and photos have been carefully compiled by Stephen Byrne and Mike Jay to offer the reader a fascinating insight into the club which plays in the famous quarters.
Blue-and-white quartered shirts can mean only one thing to any football supporter. The iconic Bristol Rovers, once located beneath a motorway, exiled to another city and then back home, has been well served by so many players. Everyone who represented the club in the Football League since World War Two is documented here in detail, from the unknown local to the World Cup winner, from the halcyon days of the Fifties, through the Smash and Grab era to the double-promotion side. Stephen Byrne and Mike Jay have compiled eloquent biographies of every one, cataloguing details and anecdotes, photos and memories for every fan of this well-respected east Bristol club.
Anyone who wishes to become an advance subscriber to this soon to be published limited book can have their name and location included in a subscribers list and they will receive the book signed by both authors prior to its general release. Cost will be £25. For full details about becoming a subscriber please email eastvillegas@live.co.uk. Closing date for becoming a subscriber is 31 May.
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Post by dido on May 5, 2018 7:27:33 GMT
Let's hope the proofreading in the book is better than this effort displays.
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Post by crater on May 5, 2018 7:35:09 GMT
Good luck with the book.
Sounds like another quality read
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Post by One F in Dunford on May 5, 2018 11:32:50 GMT
When were we located “beneath a motorway “?
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Post by Rex on May 5, 2018 12:29:40 GMT
When were we located “beneath a motorway “? Poetic licence, as in the famous lyric 'Under the shade of the M32' in that classic tune 'Follow The Rovers'. 2 points if you name the band  |
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Post by harrybuckle on May 5, 2018 15:56:13 GMT
When were we located “beneath a motorway “? Poetic licence, as in the famous lyric 'Under the shade of the M32' in that classic tune 'Follow The Rovers'. 2 points if you name the band the bollards ? |
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Post by Rex on May 5, 2018 16:27:52 GMT
Poetic licence, as in the famous lyric 'Under the shade of the M32' in that classic tune 'Follow The Rovers'. 2 points if you name the band the bollards ? I had it in my head that they were The Ballards, but you could well be right! |
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Post by The Concept on May 7, 2018 19:04:54 GMT
I had it in my head that they were The Ballards, but you could well be right! Yes, The Bollards, to the tune Waltzing Matilda:
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Post by Rex on May 7, 2018 19:38:35 GMT
I had it in my head that they were The Ballards, but you could well be right! Yes, The Bollards, to the tune Waltzing Matilda:
www.45cat.com/record/blo71I remember the tune alright, I haven't stopped bloody singing it since this thread started! |
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Post by davehuddscousin on May 8, 2018 13:43:24 GMT
'Follow the Rovers' was dire, I think the song was so bad it was good, and its a shame nobody has posted it to You Tube yet. When I first heard it over the Eastville tannoy I couldn't stop laughing!
I much prefer Tote End Boys, or even the OTT version of Goodnight Irene by Maximum Roverdrive.
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Post by davehuddscousin on May 8, 2018 13:43:47 GMT
'Follow the Rovers' was dire, I think the song was so bad it was good, and its a shame nobody has posted it to You Tube yet. When I first heard it over the Eastville tannoy I couldn't stop laughing!
I much prefer Tote End Boys, or even the OTT version of Goodnight Irene by Maximum Roverdrive.
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Post by The Concept on May 8, 2018 16:47:14 GMT
'Follow the Rovers' was dire, I think the song was so bad it was good, and its a shame nobody has posted it to You Tube yet. When I first heard it over the Eastville tannoy I couldn't stop laughing! I much prefer Tote End Boys, or even the OTT version of Goodnight Irene by Maximum Roverdrive. I remember the group miming to it on the pitch. FA Cup game in 1978? Southampton or Ipswich? |
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Post by Deleted on May 8, 2018 18:23:14 GMT
'Follow the Rovers' was dire, I think the song was so bad it was good, and its a shame nobody has posted it to You Tube yet. When I first heard it over the Eastville tannoy I couldn't stop laughing! I much prefer Tote End Boys, or even the OTT version of Goodnight Irene by Maximum Roverdrive. I remember the group miming to it on the pitch. FA Cup game in 1978? Southampton or Ipswich? Ipswich I think,I remember the bloke sat at the drums bouncing up and down on the dog track in front of the Tote end. Absolutely rubbish like most of the football club songs,Tote end boys is a proper dirge. The "best" one was that bloke with the emu puppet,Rod someone ? at least we could to sing along to that
Well there's emu and he's dressed in blue and white And he's going in the east end for a fight When the Rovers start the scoring and the Tote end boys are roaring And there aint a ******* city fan in sight
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harrybuckle
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Post by harrybuckle on May 10, 2018 7:37:04 GMT
Thanks to those who have subscribed to our book. Making good progress proof reading and making minor amendments.
For those who want to know what happened to players such as Andy Spring, Bob Newton, Stephane Leoni, Paul Miller etc this is the book for you.
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Post by biggsy on May 10, 2018 8:37:28 GMT
I remember the group miming to it on the pitch. FA Cup game in 1978? Southampton or Ipswich? Ipswich I think,I remember the bloke sat at the drums bouncing up and down on the dog track in front of the Tote end. Absolutely rubbish like most of the football club songs,Tote end boys is a proper dirge. The "best" one was that bloke with the emu puppet,Rod someone ? at least we could to sing along to that
Well there's emu and he's dressed in blue and white And he's going in the east end for a fight When the Rovers start the scoring and the Tote end boys are roaring And there aint a ******* city fan in sight
I,m glad I'm not the only one who thinks that, Its so bloody morbid. |
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Post by dido on May 10, 2018 17:31:17 GMT
Proper dirge, eh? - unlike Goodnight Irene.
They are both quintessentially Rovers. Isn't that the attraction?
I guess some would prefer "We're all going on a Gashead holiday" type-thing.
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Post by axegas on May 10, 2018 17:41:53 GMT
Thanks to those who have subscribed to our book. Making good progress proof reading and making minor amendments. For those who want to know what happened to players such as Andy Spring, Bob Newton, Stephane Leoni, Paul Miller etc this is the book for you. Stephane Leoni, didn’t he fall into a pane of glass? What a smashing chap. |
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Post by Deleted on May 10, 2018 20:03:49 GMT
Ipswich I think,I remember the bloke sat at the drums bouncing up and down on the dog track in front of the Tote end. Absolutely rubbish like most of the football club songs,Tote end boys is a proper dirge. The "best" one was that bloke with the emu puppet,Rod someone ? at least we could to sing along to that
Well there's emu and he's dressed in blue and white And he's going in the east end for a fight When the Rovers start the scoring and the Tote end boys are roaring And there aint a ******* city fan in sight
I,m glad I'm not the only one who thinks that, Its so bloody morbid. Morbid or maybe mawkish ? a Rovers version of Old Shep. |
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Post by biggsy on May 11, 2018 8:35:17 GMT
Proper dirge, eh? - unlike Goodnight Irene. They are both quintessentially Rovers. Isn't that the attraction? I guess some would prefer "We're all going on a Gashead holiday" type-thing. I just dont like the song, the fact that its Rovers related makes no difference, I,m not one to follow blindly just because its quintessentially Rovers but life is about opinions and that is mine. Utg. |
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Post by harrybuckle on May 11, 2018 19:23:21 GMT
Thanks to those who have subscribed to our book. Making good progress proof reading and making minor amendments. For those who want to know what happened to players such as Andy Spring, Bob Newton, Stephane Leoni, Paul Miller etc this is the book for you. Stephane Leoni, didn’t he fall into a pane of glass? What a smashing chap. yes he did have a glass accident ....saved by his girlfriend Alex he had 28 stitches in a head wound after falling down stairs at home .....also did Shaun Penny and indeed Nigel Martyn while at Rovers had serious glass accidents with windows . They thought they were all a cut above their team mates ! |
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