Vs a team playing in what looks like a replica Everton home kit...for all I know it looks like we provided both kits
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royvernon39
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you sure that's Mick Lyons, Joey?
royvernon39
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hi joey,
where do you find these great old pictures? Its so much fun going back in time to when EFC were the business.
Purchased far too many books. Used to be a car boot fanatic - plus shop around on the net for books etc, unfortunately a lot are out of print now ..... I just keep on looking - purchased 3 books of the same ilk my memory must be going lol- my son is an IT engineer he sorts out the quality of the photo upload for me
Not always the case though ..... lol
A young Fred Pickering, in the middle of the photo - who started as a full back before being converted to a free scoring no 9 at Blackburn training centre of the group -
Joe Royal famous debut at Blackpool aged 16 - The GV dropped HC hustled in the car park - a certain Alan Ball ran the game that day ..... we got beat, Geoff Barnet stood in for Gordon West, & had a nightmare of a game, but that season onwards we won the FA Cup in 1966 -
10th January 1970 Joe Royle out-jumps Ipswich defender, Derek Jefferson, to meet an Alan Ball free kick and head his first - in a 3-0 win for the Blues - 4 years later Joe had established himself as a young top goalscorer, & we had purchased Bally from Blackpool -
27th September 1969 John Hurst meets a free kick from Alan Ball to crash a header into the Southampton net via the underside of the Southampton crossbar - in a 4-2 win for the Blues -
11th March 1970. Everton centre forward Joe Royle in action against Spurs home in a 3-2 win - Joe was the top scorer that season -
Ming the merciless
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An old pal of mine, Tony Street, played inside left for England schoolboys against Scotland schoolboys in the mid to late 1950’s. Jimmy Gabriel marked him. He also played in a match Manchester schools v Lancashire schools. He was playing forManchester schools. He still had the little programme in his scrap book. Fred Pickering was playing on the right wing for Lancashire #chools.
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Ming the merciless
Player Valuation: £750k
That’s an old Fred Pickering after he re-joined Rovers in about 1970. He was a pale shadow of the great player that left Ewood Park. Injuries had told the tale. Terry Eccles on his right and Don Martin on his left.