Re: Pre season. : Wed Nov 30, 2022 4:35 pm  

Mild Rover wrote:

I remember seeing a ‘did you know?’ thing in a football magazine (possibly Shoot!) when I was a lad that the player with the shortest name in Football League history was Ian Ure. They also gave the player with the longest name but I’ve forgotten that… also I just looked up Ian Ure on Wikipedia and he was actually John Francombe ‘Ian’ Ure. He might have succeeded Alex Ferguson as Manager of East Stirlingshire though.

Quite notable (to a trivia dullard like me, at least), therefore, that you have had Sam Moa and Tex Hoy within a few years of each other.

We also had Setaimata Sa around 2014-15. Presumably you still had to pay full price for his name on your shirt.

Re: Pre season. : Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:12 pm  

And in another dimension -
‘shabby sheek’
What a laugh that gave me

[Mild Rover]

Re: Pre season. : Thu Dec 01, 2022 2:42 pm  

Tarquin Fuego wrote:

And in another dimension -
‘shabby sheek’
What a laugh that gave me

Love it though. I cannot fail to hide my excitement. A full blown Smailes and Boon piece… but on a Rovers figure rather than Pearson. I never thought I’d see the day. I haven’t even read about Pearson looking out wistfully but with enthusiasm across the verdant fields of Hull FCs training grounds in years. Truly, this must be a different dimension.

Re: Pre season. : Fri Dec 02, 2022 2:38 pm  

Tex is in the UK

Re: Pre season. : Mon Dec 05, 2022 11:50 am  

Tex looking the part at training this morning.

Re: Pre season. : Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:35 pm  

Poor fella looks frozen on the photos on twitter

Re: Pre season. : Mon Dec 05, 2022 1:53 pm  

Anyone know who this is on the right of Hoy? https://twitter.com/stevem6858/status/1 ... D0o0A&s=19

Anyone know who this is on the right of Hoy? https://twitter.com/stevem6858/status/1 ... D0o0A&s=19

Re: Pre season. : Mon Dec 05, 2022 2:44 pm  

Dave K. wrote: Anyone know who this is on the right of Hoy? https://twitter.com/stevem6858/status/1 ... D0o0A&s=19 Is it Gardiner?

Dave K. wrote: Anyone know who this is on the right of Hoy? https://twitter.com/stevem6858/status/1 ... D0o0A&s=19 Is it Gardiner?

Re: Pre season. : Mon Dec 05, 2022 4:58 pm  

mwindass wrote:

Is it Gardiner?

Yeah it is, it will be interesting to see how he gets on now he is a full-time pro.

Re: Pre season. : Mon Dec 05, 2022 7:16 pm  

Anyone doing the members Zoom call this week?