cheshire_red Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 LINK: http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=9...ytoid=533559318 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lita For Congo Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Links not working Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted October 10, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Sorry, I've fixed it!LINK: http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=9...ytoid=533559318 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dastardly and Muttley Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Sorry, I've fixed it!LINK: http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=9...ytoid=533559318Interesting, however I'm sure that if the FA do take any action, it will most likely be against individuals involved, as there's no mention of club officials being involved, just a player.Most likely though, as it's this far down the line, that the whole incident will be, for want of a more appropriate word, ignored. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slartibartfast Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I DO remember that game. It came off the back of a surprise(!) 2-1 win at Charlton to which virtualy ensured our survival anyhoo.Preston were crap, but as to bribes, who knows? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I DO remember that game. It came off the back of a surprise(!) 2-1 win at Charlton to which virtualy ensured our survival anyhoo.Preston were crap, but as to bribes, who knows? Although memory plays tricks ( I was only 6!) I seem to remember Chris Crowe running riot in this game, I think he even inadvertently broke someones leg! A guy tried to slide tackle him and missed, he continued off the pitch and into the wooden benches by the dugout and was carried off on a stretcher. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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headhunter Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 A guy tried to slide tackle him and missed, he continued off the pitch and into the wooden benches by the dugout and was carried off on a stretcher.I was at the Preston game but if my memory serves me correctly the guy who bust his leg in that manner was a left back for the Gas [must have been a GFA Final as they were in D3] named ALEC Munro. He was bald and looked a bit like our ex. Ivan Testimatanu.That Preston game was either followed or preceded by a 4-2 away win at Villa Park when I think Geoff Merrick made his debut. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Port Said Red Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 I was at the Preston game but if my memory serves me correctly the guy who bust his leg in that manner was a left back for the Gas [must have been a GFA Final as they were in D3] named ALEC Munro. He was bald and looked a bit like our ex. Ivan Testimatanu.That Preston game was either followed or preceded by a 4-2 away win at Villa Park when I think Geoff Merrick made his debut. Thanks HH, Like I said memory plays tricks, most of my memories from that time tend to compress into one 90 minute game.............I do remember Chris Crowe well though, he was my earliest hero. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Red Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Having said all that there was a bribery scandal a few years before this alleged incident and several Rovers players were implicated and suspended for life.Really? That must have been a quite a scandal in its day - does anyone else have any more info - who the players were etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tompo Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 Really? That must have been a quite a scandal in its day - does anyone else have any more info - who the players were etcThe main players who were involved played for Sheffield Wedneday, two of whom were english internationals.http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...~722523,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeovilred Posted October 10, 2005 Report Share Posted October 10, 2005 LINK: http://boards.rivals.net/default.asp?sid=9...ytoid=533559318Whoops, only viewed this cos I thought it was refering to the Swansea game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bangkok Red Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 The main players who were involved played for Sheffield Wedneday, two of whom were english internationals.http://www.bristolrovers.premiumtv.co.uk/p...~722523,00.htmlThanks for the info - I didn't know anything about Rovers players being banned. I remember my dad telling me about Peter Swan, who was one of the England internationals that were banned for taking bribes. I believe they were banned for 10 years and it was a huge scandal in its day. Sheff Wednesday retained the registration of Peter Swan and put him straight back in the first team when his ban ended. I think I am right in saying that the game I saw (City v Sheff Wed at Ashton Gate) was his first game back after completing the ban. Quite amazing to think that someone could walk back into the first team after being out for 10 years! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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december 1963 Posted October 11, 2005 Report Share Posted October 11, 2005 To be honest hardly anything gets put on this forum which is of much quality but that was a very interesting article sarasin. It just shows how someone can be heavily punished for nothing more than really poor judgement. Betting on your own team to lose does seem like the height of stupidity but we've heard tales of such things many times since and I don't recall anyone else ever going to prison for it. It would be nice to think that no-one from our club has ever got involved, notwithstanding the allegations about the 1968 match against Preston Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest ashtonyate Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 To be honest hardly anything gets put on this forum which is of much quality but that was a very interesting article sarasin. It just shows how someone can be heavily punished for nothing more than really poor judgement. Betting on your own team to lose does seem like the height of stupidity but we've heard tales of such things many times since and I don't recall anyone else ever going to prison for it. It would be nice to think that no-one from our club has ever got involved, notwithstanding the allegations about the 1968 match against PrestonBefore Johnson took over they would lose for free, after the Cardiff play offs it makes you wonder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CiderEagle Posted October 12, 2005 Report Share Posted October 12, 2005 Fascinating read. Interesting to note the harsh way these guys were dealt with compared to, say, cricketers Rodney Marsh and Dennis Lillee, who bet against their own team in the 1981 Ashes series WHILE THE GAME WAS IN PROGRESS ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cheshire_red Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Harsh indeed compared to two weeks wages! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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cheshire_red Posted October 13, 2005 Author Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Good point but why City? If I was looking fot local publicity then I'd be alledging a game against Blackburn, Blackpool, Burnley etc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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