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We played them in the Conference in 1998-99, but their last visit for a Football League match was on 8th January 1972.

Pretty sure Neville Southall was in goals for them in 98, Tuesday night game at the start of the season

Paulmichael wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:45 am Pretty sure Neville Southall was in goals for them in 98, Tuesday night game at the start of the season

Yes, he was, and I remember him making one hell of a save to keep Niel Morton from finding the back of the net.

Does anyone know what year the place the referee came from was dropped? I always liked the quaint idea that the officials would only be biased in favour of their hometown team.

AyrToBarra wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:32 am Does anyone know what year the place the referee came from was dropped? I always liked the quaint idea that the officials would only be biased in favour of their hometown team.

That has prompted me to look through some more old programmes, though can't find a definitive answer - I got out of the habit of buying them regularly when we went out of the League. However I did find another match that I attended featuring Mr McNally - the final Division 2 game of the 1973-74 season, between Orient and Aston Villa. Orient needed a win to get promotion to Division 1, but the match ended 1-1, which gave our friends from Carlisle their one and only year in the top flight.

Cup Tie Mackay! A legend for a brief 2 months in 1970 for Aberdeen.

Terrible for Barrow by all accounts

barrowaberdeen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:47 pm Cup Tie Mackay! A legend for a brief 2 months in 1970 for Aberdeen.

Terrible for Barrow by all accounts

Yes, he's one that doesn't stick in my memory, unlike many of the other players of those days. Apparently he played 18 games for us that season without scoring.

barrowaberdeen wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 1:47 pm Cup Tie Mackay! A legend for a brief 2 months in 1970 for Aberdeen.

Terrible for Barrow by all accounts

He was terrible. That 11 should have Morrin in for McKay. Would then be a classic BAFC side

I think Kevin McNally went on to ref in Div 1.

Last game I saw at Holker Street before I joined the Army on 12th January 1972

Suffolk Blue wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 3:21 pm I think Kevin McNally went on to ref in Div 1.

Used to arrive at the grounds in his Rolls Royce!

mall wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:02 am

Paulmichael wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 10:45 am Pretty sure Neville Southall was in goals for them in 98, Tuesday night game at the start of the season

Yes, he was, and I remember him making one hell of a save to keep Niel Morton from finding the back of the net.

He'd completely fill the goal these days. Have you seen the size of him now.

Falstaff wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 6:58 pm

mall wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 11:02 am
Yes, he was, and I remember him making one hell of a save to keep Niel Morton from finding the back of the net.

He'd completely fill the goal these days. Have you seen the size of him now.

Huge.

xerxes wrote: ↑Mon Sep 12, 2022 9:42 am We played them in the Conference in 1998-99, but their last visit for a Football League match was on 8th January 1972.
Doncaster72.jpg

I was at this game and remember it for 2 reasons in particular, the first was Doncaster's awful away kit.
The second, much more significantly regarding the ground, was that the old Steelworks End roof had been removed (or a major section of it) prior to the demolition of that fine terrace.
Personally I've loathed that debacle of a building that replaced the old 'away end' ever since!

Glen Johnson the Doncaster keeper in the 1972 game was a Barrow lad.