The bad old, good old days. Now there's a contradiction if ever there was one.

Keep 'em coming.

you forgot the hooligans who would fight anybody, the baiting of black players with monkey chants, wading through stinking rivers of **** in the toilets, metal cages around the stands to keep the fans apart, no beer at half time, ploughed fields of mud to play on during the winter months .... aye it was great.

PS why have Morgan and Arnason got black arms and legs?

Love the photoshopped old kits at NYS!

The BBC article to this, the bloke at the end probably hit the nail on the head. Even though there are a lot of things good / bad about football being better in the past, it's more to do with that those who look fondly back at it really crave our youth back - for me anyway it's utterly right.

I grew up with hero's such as Kelham O'Hanlon, Billy Mercer, Tony Cunningham, Hot shot Bobby, John Buckley (1st time round), Shaun Goodwin & Tony Grealish. By the time Jemson came along I was already 16 and girls & school had taken over and that magic started to disappear.

Since Alan Lee, there has only been one player who I really got that connection with & that was Tavs, funnily enough not even Alf did it - dunno why.

I'm not sure that the kids these days have that tie that we did. Players were more of a permanent fixture back then rather than the loan merry go round we see today. Its players that the youngster connect with the club and create that unwavering devotion for, when that erodes (as it has been doing for years in this country), it becomes a problem, and more of a job for us parents to get them engaged.

My lad has his favourites, indeed his Exeter Panthers shirt is number 8 as homage to Frecks, and he sees himself as that type of player. But as for kicking a ball about and pretending to be him as we did on the parks of Rotherham growing up - I don't think he goes that far & I find that quite sad

S8Miller wrote:

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you forgot the hooligans who would fight anybody, the baiting of black players with monkey chants, wading through stinking rivers of **** in the toilets, metal cages around the stands to keep the fans apart, no beer at half time, ploughed fields of mud to play on during the winter months .... aye it was great.

PS why have Morgan and Arnason got black arms and legs?

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 Supporters tchhh!

BradtheMiller wrote:

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S8Miller wrote:

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you forgot the hooligans who would fight anybody, the baiting of black players with monkey chants, wading through stinking rivers of **** in the toilets, metal cages around the stands to keep the fans apart, no beer at half time, ploughed fields of mud to play on during the winter months .... aye it was great.

PS why have Morgan and Arnason got black arms and legs?

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Unless he's shrunk, it's not Morgan, it's David Worrall!!! 

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 haha!  Thought it was just a bad Photoshop, got mi specs on now though.

towd codger wrote:

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Was football better in the old days? Answer from a Towd Codger, no only different. Comparing the modern game with the past is like comparing chalk with cheese. Everything evolves, everything changes even football. There is a tendency to view the past through rose tinted glasses, only remembering the good points and forgetting the bad. I have a lot of memories from watching the Miller's for over 60 years, some good , some bad. Can I pick out the highlights from the different eras, yes of course I can. But I could also pick out an awful lot of bad times. But that's what you get supporting one club for all these years. But once a Miller always a Miller, that much never changes.

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 towd codger I have watched the Millers for 50 +yrs,what I find today is that I don't feel close to the team like I used to do.That could be an age thing,I don't have favourites any more.Clish,Rabjohn,Galley ect.Ronnie,Gow,Towner.Players I wanted to watch.I feel sometimes like I am watching a patched up pub side,too many players in & out.My dad used to say,son they will build you up they will let you down,well I can say that's not bl@@dy changed.

I reckon the greatest change in football over the past few decades is the ball. I recall cold, wet winter's mornings, playing for the school team and, if you were unlucky, heading the casey on the lace - agony! Professional games in those days appeared a lot slower - probably a result of less fit players and muddier pitches but contributed to by the speed the ball could travel. I wonder how today's players would fare if they were playing with the old style football? I'm sure we wouldn't see the thunderbolts scored by the likes of YaYa Toure? Having said that, there was a Millers' player in the 70s (I think) who hit the ball harder than anyone else I saw playing in a Rotherham shirt. Not convinced I have his name right but I think it was David Lil - anyone else remember him?

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Thats very interesting because I had 'connection' to Tavs too and meeting him just reinforced it. The Guy must be magnetic!

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 Hey up s.c.u.m.

-- Edited by GlassHalfFull on Tuesday 10th of February 2015 09:56:40 AM