Basement Jack Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 minute ago, Whitecap Owl said: Good old Eric England.... whatever happened to him? I was just going to post that 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitecap Owl Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 3 minutes ago, Whitecap Owl said: Still have the Calgary Sun and Calgary Herald newspapers from December 10th 1980 - Lennon assassination. Still seems like yesterday... like reading the old ads in the papers... One for a computer (ok not even as powerful as a calculator by today's standards.. but still).... $15,000 YIKES.... (today I have an Asus gaming machine, my wife and I both have Macbook Pros, we both have iPad Pros - that would have been silly money back then - Yes Macs are silly money now tbh) .... WAWAW or as they say about Macs ... "Best $4,000 I have ever spent on a $900 computer" 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sefton owl Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Completely forgot about Rushden and Diamonds. A club that existed for only 20 years, anyone know anything about them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooogs Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 7 hours ago, FinnishOwl said: I just noticed that in the team sheet, there is an auction winner there. I always thought it was only a joke for our current situation but you learn something new every day That would explain Ola Tidman... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dooogs Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, Sefton owl said: Completely forgot about Rushden and Diamonds. A club that existed for only 20 years, anyone know anything about them? I knew they went bust but didn't know there was a R&D phoenix club: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AFC_Rushden_%26_Diamonds Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Whitecap Owl said: Good old Eric England.... whatever happened to him? Think he retired in the early 80s to be replaced by ******** Chester. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 5 minutes ago, OhForAnotherShez said: Think he retired in the early 80s to be replaced by ******** Chester. Well he was commonly known as Dic& Chester, no offence, not 'Richard'!!!!!!!!! No need to delete!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 7 hours ago, Wolter said: Young Owls club scarf. My mate reckons it must be worth "pence". same era......... 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torryowl Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 Just now, Sefton owl said: Completely forgot about Rushden and Diamonds. A club that existed for only 20 years, anyone know anything about them? a bit as i lived there for 30 years ........2 nothing clubs merge under the ownership of the doc martens owner (max griggs) , he builds a complex incorperating shoe factory ,training ground and stadium ......gets em into the league , finds it cheaper to get his boots made in the far east and pulls the plug , some dubious types take over and it crashes and they drop out the league and eventually go bust ....kettering town rent the ground for a while but cant make it pay so move to burton latimer ......the complex is then sold ,demolished and is now an aldi superstore .......rushden reform and play at the dog& duck ground wellingboro for 2 or 3 years but have now gone back to hayden road the old ground of rushden town .......thats the short story . 3 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 14 minutes ago, OhForAnotherShez said: same era......... Brilliant, I remember it well. I don't think I managed to get many autographs in mine apart from Gavin Oliver's. Funny what you remember. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OhForAnotherShez Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 1 hour ago, Wolter said: Brilliant, I remember it well. I don't think I managed to get many autographs in mine apart from Gavin Oliver's. Funny what you remember. Think Gavin's at Man City now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
owls-swfc Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 10 hours ago, S36 OWL said: I've still got my ticket stubs from the 83 and 86 FA Cup semi's. "Any ticket stubbs matey?" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mole Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 10 minutes ago, owls-swfc said: "Any ticket stubbs matey?" Over 1300 stubs from different games now. If anybody has one from Basel away or Aarhus at home in the Intertoto Cup, I'd love to hear from you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. Tom Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 5 hours ago, Under the polce box said: My dad gave Me this fruit knife from the 1935 Fa cup final . His dad gave it to him so I'm going to pass it on to my son . Wonderful heirloom! Just please don’t do it Pulp Fiction style, I’m wincing just thinking about it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glynnb Posted April 23, 2021 Share Posted April 23, 2021 I put a quid in a bucket so technically ... Rotherham Utd 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JOCOWl Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 19 hours ago, gazzatheowl said: scored in his first start, 7-2 against Burnley. The first time we were relegated to league one. Lads been playing forever. Went to that game, similar to Cardiff, relegated but go and smash a team, more enjoyable back then though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wolter Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 10 hours ago, OhForAnotherShez said: Think Gavin's at Man City now. Worked out well for him then.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bulldog Posted April 24, 2021 Share Posted April 24, 2021 The 2 yellow ones are a bit special 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S1Owl Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 The Brazilian Eder from the great 1982 team was on our radar along with the Uruguayan Ruben Sosa back in 80s Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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