The first time I saw us play Blackburn Rovers

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    Was in a preseason friendly in 1969 (I think!). The reason it's always stuck in my mind was that they had a player called Keith Newton playing for them, a full back. He'd been selected to play for England on a few occasions. It was the first time I'd ever seen a current full England international play against Barnsley. Sadly, we lost the friendly 3-0.
     
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    did he end up at everton ?
     
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    Noel Brotherton was the scourge of our team in my day, by the time our lads had done laughing at his hair he was in on goal
     
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    He certainly did, old mate, and was part of the England World Cup squad of 1970.
     
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    Yup, him and Simon Garner.
     
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    is it really 40 years ago, gosh just read on Wikipedia that Noel became a painter and decorator after retiring and died of a heart attack aged 38,imagine still needing a job after years of pro football, todays players wont need that and how sad to pass so young RIP he was a character of the game
     
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    Flipping heck! I didn't know that. I agree with your comments, too.
     
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    First time i saw us play Blackburn Simon Garner scored against us, and the second time, and the third time................... Or at least it seemed that way.
     
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    I know we're at home tonight, but the first time I travelled to see us play Blackburn away was just after my driving test and I naively parked outside someones house on a kind of slip road just up the hill near that main road.

    Came back to my first parking notice. That was ten hours of Argos Customer Service time I never saw again :(
     
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    First time... 1990 the win at Ewood
    The best time... 2000 when we smashed them 5-1 at Oakwell
     
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    Like a young Herbie Kane.

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    Sorry mate, but I was still in nappies in 1969 :D:D:D
     
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    I just hope the stick I gave the Rotherham fans over Blackburn getting me a football bet up doesn't come back to bite me :eek::confused:
     
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    The first time I went to Blackburn, we won 2-1. Rammell came on and scored the winner on is debut :)
     
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    I have the same memories of Blackburn too. Another nemesis was Simon Garner. How many goals did he score against us!!?
     
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    Absolutely ludicrous bonce. By all accounts an excellent player though. Sadly he died a few years ago at a very young age of a heart attack.
     
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    1979. Ronnie Glavin winner at Ewood Park. :)
     
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    Lil - I vaguely remember the first time I saw Blackburn they had someone playing for them that seemed extraordinarily short!
    Must have been 70`s or very early 80`s I think but I remember thinking whoever it was couldn`t possibly play men`s football.
     
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    Il bet Simon bloody garner got a hat trick! :)
     
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