I am not sure what happened above KH (B) must be my IPAD! Apologies! Anyway, a very disappointing result. Predictable given the season I suppose. The sooner we have a new Manager the better given that we might want to keep some of the players whose contracts are expiring. That said, the size of the player budget may put some off. Money is so important these days. It is no fault of Mark and Nicola who saved the Club. The problem is that Rovers are not a business proposition for the hard headed so we are really hoping for another for whom the money is surplus to their needs! The predators are to be avoided or we will end up like Bury!
I take your point re the 60s and 70s. There were a lot more local players then playing for the shirt. It was a different game. Pitches were poorer, training regimes were not as intense, players were less fit and substitutes were only just being introduced. I know I am probably being nostalgic but the game was a more exciting experience. There was not such a financial gulf in the game so top players often ended up in L4 for financial reasons, crowds were bigger,under 10k was poor, and more tribal, with many standing. It was a working class game whereas at the top level today only the more affluent can afford to go. In the 60s only 400/500 supporters at Rovers had season tickets despite the crowd sizes. And goals were scored - the whole point of the game! Between 1958 and 1969 the lowest number of goals scored by Rovers in a season was 70, In 1964-5 we scored 99 and still missed promotion! Over 2 a game! Manning and Dyson scored 51 between them!
I take your point re the 60s and 70s. There were a lot more local players then playing for the shirt. It was a different game. Pitches were poorer, training regimes were not as intense, players were less fit and substitutes were only just being introduced. I know I am probably being nostalgic but the game was a more exciting experience. There was not such a financial gulf in the game so top players often ended up in L4 for financial reasons, crowds were bigger,under 10k was poor, and more tribal, with many standing. It was a working class game whereas at the top level today only the more affluent can afford to go. In the 60s only 400/500 supporters at Rovers had season tickets despite the crowd sizes. And goals were scored - the whole point of the game! Between 1958 and 1969 the lowest number of goals scored by Rovers in a season was 70, In 1964-5 we scored 99 and still missed promotion! Over 2 a game! Manning and Dyson scored 51 between them!