[Albion] Albion 2 Bristol Rovers 8

[portlander]

Sat with my grandad in the South stand with the Rovers fans celebrating (often) in front of us. Was indeed a chastening experience for a ten year old.

 

[Mo Gosfield]

Weekend AFTER

24 Nov 73 v Walton & Hersham A 0-0
28 Nov 73 v Walton & Hersham H 0-4
1 Dec 73 v Bristol Rovers H 2-8

Not our best week

Didn't get any better immediately after.......
8 Dec.....Tranmere ( A ).......1-4
22 Dec...Watford ( A )..........0-1
26 Dec...Aldershot ( H ).......0-1

Clough and Taylor weaving early magic!!!

 

[Gregory2Smith1]

this was the first time I stepped on the hallowed ground

with the rest of the North Stand

on the 110 yard sprint to the South

 

[The Mole]

Wasn’t that match the weekend before we lost 4-0 at home to Walton &Hersham in the FA Cup during the miners strike?

This fed into a joke on the next Morecambe and Wise show

 

[Return of the Rev]

Wasn’t that match the weekend before we lost 4-0 at home to Walton &Hersham in the FA Cup during the miners strike?

 

[Blue3]

I was there.

As was I and then Walton and Hersum and their keeper Guy Davis I remember a photo of his hands in the paper the next day

 

[Return of the Rev]

Weekend AFTER

24 Nov 73 v Walton & Hersham A 0-0
28 Nov 73 v Walton & Hersham H 0-4
1 Dec 73 v Bristol Rovers H 2-8

Not our best week

Went to all three

 

[Chief Wiggum]

My first ever game. I’ve been hooked ever since.

 

[Bwian]

Yes, indeed it was!

I have spent decades trying to forget those two games.

Me too. Welcome to Brighton Cloughie. Three shocking games in a row.

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[rocker959]

Believe we were the only team to score 2 against Rovers that season ...maybe wrong but will check asap , just checked ...up until that game .

 

[Return of the Rev]

Believe we were the only team to score 2 against Rovers that season ...maybe wrong but will check asap , just checked ...up until that game .

We were the first team to score two against them which clough mention on the big match. I recall them showing all 8 goals 3 times on the big match.

 

[Return of the Rev]

Believe we were the only team to score 2 against Rovers that season ...maybe wrong but will check asap , just checked ...up until that game .

Close, Aldershot, Plymouth, York, Cambridge, port Vale, Walsall and Oldham also scored 2 against Rovers in the league.

 

[BLOCK F]

Watched those games all those years ago.
Now look at the relative positions of Albion and Rovers.
Funny ol' game!