Blackburn match day thread

[meetoo]

What about the 74/75 season when we had 28,000 at HP beating Blackburn 2 v 1, but lost 2 v 5 away in the same month, both vying for the championship of Div 3. Those were the days .

They renamed the town Greenburn. .. Can't remember why?

 

[gaspargomez]

Obviously a relative youngster.

I wish that were the case.

I started watching Argyle in 1983 so that's when history starts for me- and Blackburn were nothing special until Jack Walker came along. Their time in the Premier League was funded out of his pocket, not because they are a big club.

Plenty of teams have spent many years in the top flight but the pre-war and immediate post-war eras bear little resemblance to modern football. The Royal Engineers may be considered a big team on that basis.

In the modern era, Blackburn are an Argyle sized club with a bit more cash thrown at them. Nothing very remarkable.

 

[Ponty]

What about the 74/75 season when we had 28,000 at HP beating Blackburn 2 v 1, but lost 2 v 5 away in the same month, both vying for the championship of Div 3. Those were the days .

Remember the Home game well, a midweek game and Home Park rocked.

I was too young to travel away in them days but remember there was major trouble which covered the local papers, had it all in my scrapbook I was compiling at the time. Wish I had kept hold of that.

 

[mongoose jnr]

I appreciate where you are coming from Ade, but the factors maketh that they are a far more successful club than we are historically.

Absolutely and given the option all of us would have wanted the chance to have a little of what they had.

Blackburn (at home though) was my first game watching Argyle and we were well beaten 1-3 I think. Revenge for that would be perfek.

Remember it well, my wife was in early stages of labour with our first child and Argyle needed to win to stay up. Only one place to be Home Park. Thankfully my daughter did not arrive until later

 

[signalspast]

Stationed at Blandford at the time came down for match back to camp after match and on guard duty at six in the morning.

 

[The Doctor]

It's my birthday today (52 if you must know) so perhaps Argyle will be able to give me a present of 3 points. Let's hope so.

 

[Steve Evans]

i think at least a draw tonight and if this is so we will follow that with two wins in the next two matches.

 

[moles40]

Good chance tonight.Blackburn not so good at home and only 10th in table,they were pre season fav for promotion.lost their last game,so under bit of pressure .

Blackburn 2 Argyle 3

385 Argyle to witness it

:scarf:

 

[TimPAFC]

who is number 33?

 

[TimPAFC]

sangster on the bench?

 

[Pilgrim28]

Think its S. Church

 

[TimPAFC]

jervis up top.... not blisset or fletcher............hmmmm

 

[Cobi Budge]

Good feeling for some reason

 

[Steve Evans]

i think it's very harsh on fletch to be dropped.

 

[TimPAFC]

only thing i can guess is were gonna play defensively, and try and play on the counter ?