Don Rogers 1973 Goal of the Season

Don Rogers winning Goal of the Season in 1973

[@eddieingalls534]

Those shirts just oozed the club and football. I tell ya, when they started to allow ads on those glorious shirts, that was the beginning of the end for football.

[@charlytaylor1748]

I believe they are used to promote gambling these days

[@ossyable]

@@charlytaylor1748 Footballers never looked so cool as in the early seventies

[@Kelly14UK]

@@ossyable Especially the Dutch. Cool Man Utd yellow and blue strip btw. One of their lesser known kits for some reason. Probably a one off season.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Around 77

[@Kelly14UK]

@@richardfinlayson1524 I remember the big news Liverpool were doing it for Hitachi, but it was banned in certain competitions. UEFA weren't having it. I think Kettering Town were really the first in '76.

[@raphaelrau1728]

Love Brian Moore. Brilliant commentator and multi tasked as a great presenter seen here. RIP Brian Moore. None of the commentators today are any where near as good as you were or Wollsenholme, Motty, Davies, Gubba or Sinstadt! All sorely missed!

[@jasonfernee2401]

Bless old Brian Moore, still miss his dulcet tones. A man who truly loved football.

[@ciaran5588]

Where else in life would you use phrases like "dulcet tones & how he conducted himself" other than football? It's a funny old game son!

[@bazoutofhell8293]

He was a top notch commentator and presenter unlike the striker turned far left winger Liniker who is more concerned with his pay check and been PC.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Lovedstan,when we had him at brentford he was adored by the fans,no characters around now like him,and if one emerged he would be stifled or shunted off to some clinic to “correct” him.

[@itellthetruth2314]

Brian Moore and Jimmy Hill - such pros - much better that the pundits today - you know who I mean

[@Seanc74]

Brian was second to none when it came to commentating on football. Unbiased, with such enthusiasm was perfection...No doubt today's commentators could learn from him. RIP Brian.

[@oddjobtriumph1635]

Brian was my Favourite Commentator of all time , and i 100% agree with your description . You never heard him criticise players on what they should or could have done differently if they messed up, Brian was pure class and sadly missed

[@joekavanagh7171]

Brian was great, but remember the awful Roger Malone, who commentated for ITV in the west country area? In Ireland we always missed the big teams on the Big Match because we only got the west country version of ITV, and we had to watch bloody Bristol City and Bristol Rovers every Sunday.

[@landb1884]

Absolutely, no one better than Brian.

[@Seanc74]

@@joekavanagh7171 I do remember him but seems you saw alot more of him than us/in london...

[@colinwilkes8957]

Well said Sean, sadly missed.

[@michaellynch3667]

Brian Moore, excellent, his commentaries gave you all you needed to know, without having another 4 no all’s in the studio and a mouthpiece alongside him. Footballs best ever commentator, sadly missed.

[@danyoutube7491]

He was great wasn't he. I cannot listen to the voices of most of the TV ones in the UK for the last decade or so, awful noise and as you say, so much superfluousness.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Great comments on here,who says footie fans are thick!thanks for making my day.

[@brobno9]

100% mate, Brian Moore was the Collina of commentators, always got the big games.

[@williamrance2587]

What are you smoking he spoke complete nonsense

[@mrknobchopps]

@@williamrance2587🐒

[@ewaf88]

There I was in 1973 watching this on a 22 inch colour TV set and here I am now watching it on a Samsung Galaxy S7. Technology has really advanced but sadly my hairline has done the opposite.

[@stujenner]

I´ve only ever seen it in B&W before

[@geraldhills41]

And football isn't as good ,entertainment wise !

[@markhiggins8315]

You had colour tv? We didn't get colour tele until 1978

[@ewaf88]

@@markhiggins8315 Well they were rather expensive

[@markhiggins8315]

@@ewaf88 Indeed they were. I remember the excitement when we eventually rented a colour television. It was great seeing the football and sport in general. The thing is I find that if I watch most programs after a while I'm not even aware that I'm watching in black and white or colour, it's the quality of what I'm watching that matters. I've seen many great films in black and white and I think colour would not have necessarily improved the experience.

[@garyowens1517]

Can you imagine Pep and Klopp seeing the pitch st Crystal palace.

[@nicholasrowe6031]

Looollll

[@otto_jk]

Sean Dyche would love it.

[@chrishart763]

bloody pansies

[@dave474c]

The way these guys celebrate goals is so much more classy than todays players. These days most of them act like they've just discovered life on Mars after they score.

[@meeluanistyn1644]

Brian Moore - he puts today's commentators in the shade. Great goals and Don Rogers doing bits.

[@davemiles1409]

yes the presenters were like our friends... I remember Rogers scoring against Arsenal for swindon in the league cup final late sixties,

[@zargonthemagnificent330]

Love Stan Bowles's reaction after his goal - 'yeah, no big deal, I do this every week'

[@davidpillinger2699]

The Good Old Days of football when I actually cared.

[@MELLYBOY58]

Here,here,to that ✌✌🇬🇧🇬🇧

[@ericgeorge5483]

I completely agree.

[@aldershot5100]

They might not having this super tournament but let's face it the top of the premiership is virtually it's own league .The days when a Derby could come up and win the league

[@ericgeorge5483]

@@aldershot5100 Won't ever happen again.

[@flyboy747uk]

Yes when football was good and not the bore fest it’s turned into!!!

[@alexmccrorie4195]

I know we all have to move on but I just loved the football from the 70s .the players , the muddy pitches , the fans standing I miss it .

[@kevinmassey7675]

It was spontaneous....Even trying to book a ticket now.... "what's ye name ,address, bank details etc..yes you can have a ticket , that's ye seat " it's all so robotic now . Like most games

[@mrrockerjim]

The shit stadium, the shit food, the shit toilets....but what I miss most of all is the hooliganism...just loved throwing bog rolls and invading the pitch !

[@mod7930]

Some great goals here. Plenty of muddy pitches and 1970's kits including the iconic Palace kit, reference 102. Don Rogers, cracking player.

[@drahcirnevarc9152]

He looks very big for a winger.

[@richardfinlayson1524]

Yeah I had one of those Palace shirts ,thanks Steven pagan, even though I'm a Liverpool supporter, one of if not the first soccer shirts I had.

[@ericgeorge5483]

I loved watching that. Back when football was so much more enjoyable and especially as pretty much all the players were British; how I miss those times.

[@colinwilkes8957]

How I miss the 70s,full stop.

[@ericgeorge5483]

@@colinwilkes8957 More of an 80's bloke myself.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Yeah Eric I’m a 63 year old fossil now so lived through both,with the benefit of hindsight(always useful) they were both great,even shit times seem blissful compared to current madness.

[@ericgeorge5483]

@@colinwilkes8957 The huge injection of money has killed the sport as we knew it.

[@stevecowdry]

Super Don - hugely under-rated - should have been an England regular!

[@samsonwilkinson8090]

The pitches in those days. Like playing on grass after a steeplechase.

[@dermot51]

Turf Moor was my favourite it was like a fucking marsh all year round not a blade of grass in sight

[@kevinmassey7675]

@@dermot51 worse than the Baseball Ground ? I remember someone running on in the middle of the game ( ON TV) with a tape measure and a paint pot and brush cos a pen had been awarded. He had to measure the spot and paint it onto the muddy quagmire..............brilliantly 70's

[@JC-hu1wd]

@@kevinmassey7675 Agree it was renowned as the worse pitch in 75 when they won their second title.

[@kevinmassey7675]

@@dermot51 quite an ironic name for the ground then ? Maybe Turf Less?

[@bazoutofhell8293]

@@kevinmassey7675 Yeah Kevin The Baseball ground was a mud bath. Footballers today couldn't cope😄I went to see Southampton vs Leeds in the 80's the pitch was not too bad but my God it had weeds near the corner flag, how on earth did the groundsman miss those I'll never know😄

[@piipown2710]

I was so impressed by Don Roger's skill when watching him as a kid in 73

[@LennyJohnson5]

As an Arsenal fan, I remember him ripping us apart, playing for Third Division Swindon Town in the 1969 League Cup Final... brilliant player.

[@evan8654]

Honestly I think these presenters are more skillful than their contemporaries.

[@mizofan]

Don Rogers- a blast from the past. I'm getting old- i'd forgotten about half these players!

[@TomClarkSouthLondon]

*Don Rogers* the greatest player of all time.👌🏼

[@charliemagri1669]

Don's goal was clearly the better and no explanation is required, because he and his team achieved so much and one mistake would have messed it all up, so consider that fact and the amount of skill which made that goal so much better to watch!

[@exex9378]

Better than today’s football , even the commentators were better, my personal favourite being Barry Davis

[@williamrance2587]

At last some one talking sense Barry Davis 1000 times better than that clown moore

[@SimonNoDigNeale]

Don Rogers - the best player to pull on the Palace shirt. A truly great player.

[@christopher6crawford]

OOOOHHH MY WOOORD!!!

[@davis7099]

Its beautiful to watch. So simple so good. No fx or babble.

[@RobertSmith-nv8gp]

it is reailly brillent just see those player form 1970s again on the big match just pure nostajal briam Moore true gentleman and great commatater

[@eddyvideostar]

Robert Smith: I enjoyed the way you expressed your thought with truth and your excellent choice of vocabulary; but, just check your spelling, otherwise you are on to a masterpiece.

[@celticwarrior1365]

Rob (hic!) you need to lay off the lager mate! Albeit, I still love you (hic!), The Cure and classics like (hic!) "A Forest!" "Same Deep Water!" So sad (hic!) yet so beautiful!

[@tonynell4661]

Don Rogers Swindon icon greatest robins player ever

[@darganx]

George Best of the West.

[@andrewmorley6369]

Wasnt around....been watching football since 87. However seen alot of older football. I reckon 69-75 were the golden years of football. Mavericks, rivals, loyalty and rock and roll football

[@robertmarsh3588]

Don Rogers - perhaps Swindon's greatest player? Fabulous record. I've lived a few doors away from him for the last 24 years but haven't ever really spoken at length with him sadly.

[@philcotswold5940]

Don was also known as the handless winger. Keeping his hands tucked away in his sleeves. Think Andy Partridge from XTC came out with this description many years ago on tv.

[@colinwilkes8957]

That does sound like a partridgeism,love him!

[@thebeatnumber]

Apparently grass was an after thought for groundsmen back then 😆

[@Johnstone72]

Back when winning pitch of the year was a big achievement.

[@michaelmcvey1442]

Don Rogers’ goal reminded me of Archie Gemmill for Scotland against Holland in 78.

[@owenthackeray798]

Don Rodgers a great player.

[@derrickfield8957]

Read my post : I watched him play for Swindon dozens of times and regularly score goals like that and better.

[@garyo4057]

Great days, every body would watch match of the day Saturday night and the big match on Sunday afternoon .

[@williamrance2587]

BIG MATCH ONLY IF U LIKE LONDON TEAMS PLAYING AT HOME

[@celticwarrior1365]

Cardiff sporting Red shirts and yellow shorts? Surely a crime against fashion even by today's standards 2018?

[@apmm4209]

When men in their twenties looked more like 40 year olds 😊

[@KK-zb3xc]

You said it men not half of these gobshites nowadays spending all their time on social media

[@robertkingston6164]

@@KK-zb3xc well it's not like they chose not to use social media back then

[@jonathanlfccortis5006]

Cracking goal by Don Rogers that👍

[@gray3553]

What a fantastic player Don Rogers was in his day, league Cup final example.

[@chalkywhite7482]

I picked Brian moore up in my taxi in the early 90s from Hartford train station in Cheshire, He was commentating on Northwich Victoria in the fa cup next day.

[@JC-hu1wd]

Tell us more then...

[@robertedwards5184]

These goals from over 40 years ago. How the years have flown. Good games to watch then.

[@samspade5824]

Those were the days.

[@deletebilderberg]

That Palace kit was mustard.

[@fegstachops6746]

Back in the day when practically everyone looked like noddy holder.

[@Dangermoose-rv6bb]

Hodler

[@fegstachops6746]

@@Dangermoose-rv6bb who ?

[@Dangermoose-rv6bb]

@@fegstachops6746 Noddy Hodler kzbin.info/www/bejne/m4jOpKmtprJmhc0

[@fegstachops6746]

@@Dangermoose-rv6bb 🤣🤣forget about that , I used to watch that back in the day.

[@KAF128]

Think Fegsta got it right first time. . . LOL !

[@debrageorgetti3981]

Charlie George's best celebration ever has been censored out - he casually strolls in front of the City fans, flicking a languid V sign.

[@twinoaks51]

I saw him do the same thing when playing against Derby County...he went over to the popside where I stood for many years...Then he played for Derby.

[@colinpumpernickel2605]

Jimmy Hill has an incredible insight into football. He was an innovator and guardian of the beautiful game.

[@aidenoleary7406]

The state of the pitch for Rogers goal😂 Brilliant

[@geoffpoole483]

That was pretty standard in those days.

[@fatbelly27]

Some great players there, including Don Rogers, who spent most of his career at Swindon.

[@ngc-fo5te]

Pele was a great player - Rogers wasn't. People throw around the word great too easily.

[@fatbelly27]

@@ngc-fo5te Pele never played for Swindon

[@gordonmathers6489]

"Pop" Robson, from an era when players in their 20s had some great comb-overs

[@colinwilkes8957]

Oi!My dad had one of those .when we played football with the local herberts they would call out”over here Bobby,cheeky bleeders-his name was frank!

[@nigefal]

They were all very serious in the studio... Anyway I think Don Rodgers deserved another award for that moustache.

[@stephenlang6015]

Totally agree, good old days loved football then

[@andrewcorrie8936]

Being able to dribble through the quagmire was an achievement in itself.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Sounds like a dodgy episode of family guy!

[@Ididntplayball]

Football league was so fluid these years. The gap between first division and lower division teams was not as wide as today’s.

[@tonybates7870]

That Palace kit is still the best I've ever seen. I'm a Tottenham fan but I had that top that Don Rogers was wearing when he scored that great goal. I'm sure he got a better goal, though, in the same shirt against Man United once.

[@charlie01546]

Your right, remember he scored twice when we beat United 5-0 in December '72. Alas we still went down that season.☹️

[@ciaran5588]

I'm watching Everton v Spurs as I type this on Friday 16th & the pitch is like a carpet

[@nicholaspappalettera1644]

Those were the days. Great players, great characters, normal hairstyles, all Brits. When Stan turned up he was one of the all time greats.

[@finnkdy]

Ye musta had a strange TV.

[@hanspeterpaternoster3867]

Every Player was a British Citizen !!! No Foreigners and lots of kick and rush Football, a Fabulous Time was That !!!

[@namesake-mx9nl]

Always looked forward to Brian Moore on sunday afternoon , graet prsenter , graet teams , graet football .

[@williamrance2587]

AND GRAET SPELLING

[@mikeenright8793]

Sir Don what a player.

[@63mckenzie]

I was only 10 that year but I can remember every one of these goals. Amazing.

[@mcsporran7228]

Proper players and proper pitches!

[@michaeljohnson5061]

I thought the first goal was the best one ⚽️🔝

[@steveosik7279]

Super ossie agreed

[@inchaoswetrust]

Such wonderful kits, beautiful images of an amazing bygone era of the beautiful game

[@joe-vl3nd]

Hugh Johns was a brilliant commentator Happy days

[@juliagriggs8256]

Stan Bowles a touch of class.

[@JC-hu1wd]

Is he still alive?

[@user-sw2lv3zp6o]

I suppose a lot of younger viewers would argue that there are lots of goals like that nowadays. The point to be made is that the pitches were heavier in the old days making football and the execution of chances much harder.

[@MMM18092]

Weren't the balls heavier as well? (I am not only referring to the players' here...)

[@robotusch]

Not to mention the standard of the pitches. Just look at the quagmire Don Rogers had to get through for his goal.

[@afc358]

That Palace kit was superb.

[@mkfloyd9131]

Hill and Moore legends of football...

[@timberwolf534]

Well there i was in 1973 running around a football pitch wanting to go home and watch Match of the Day. I got home to a 19 inch Black and White TV in the small living room. I now watch reruns on a 65 inch TV and can no longer run lol. Oh and i have no hair to speak of.

[@georgeknox1822]

Remember football before VAR destroyed the game?? Loved footy those days - proper mans game .

[@user-John666]

I know time marches on and all that....but this is the football I remember and used to spend all my time obsessing about- as did all my mates. I don’t even know who wins what these days and don’t even care.

[@colinwilkes8957]

Yep I’m a brentford fan so know a bit about heartache,but other than that I couldn’t care much these days.money has sucked the life out of the game.oh for the days of Bowles,Worthington,Marsh Lee ,the list is endless,sad but true.

[@user-John666]

@@colinwilkes8957 Not to mention them making football a political event now, not just a bit of escapism for working people.

[@Mod-rw9cw]

I wish we could go back to the 70s when football was exciting and the players cared about their clubs. Also we had a decent England team then.

[@tonyhaddock4699]

You do realise that the 70s were the only time we failed to qualify for the world cup twice in a row

[@ngc-fo5te]

England were crap in the 70s. The football was dire and the players wanted money just like today. You are very young aren't you?

[@Mod-rw9cw]

@@ngc-fo5te no I used to go to watch Newcastle when supermac was playing and it was exciting and the players were real men .

[@ga-ow7yf]

@@ngc-fo5te Rubbish. Don Revie's Leeds United were one of the best club sides in history.

[@ThePonko92]

Oooo my word! Best reaction to a goal I've ever heard 😂

[@carnalea2424]

Don Rogers was very loyal to Swindon. He was i believe very well-paid for a lower division player. Had he moved to a 'big' club earlier in his career, people who only followed 1st Div teams would have realized just how skilful he was. He wasn't actually that quick, but a brilliant dribbler and made finishing look so easy. Rarely missed when 1 on 1 with the goalie. Not unlike Jimmy Greaves (though not as fast) in his style, ball control and ice-cool finishing,

[@anthonyscott4270]

The Don Rogers goal was pretty good. It was a great pass by one of my heroes Alan Whittle.

[@iancurtis1152]

Growing up in NZ I would watch “match of the day” religiously every Sunday morning. Good o’l days before ‘ankle taps’ would have some rything on the ground clutching the face!

[@michaelkinsella8904]

Loved Stan the man.

[@masstransit2]

Not the last time Spurs had a pratt in their side

[@celticwarrior1365]

Masstransit2 You wouldn't happen to be a Yam-Yam would you?

[@derrickfield8957]

This was in the Ramsey era, simply refused to select individualists. When you consider some of the donkeys that have been selected for England since that time, it is bordering on criminality that, Rodgers, George, Bowles and Osgood only received a handful of England caps between them. How many international caps would these four have won if they had been born German, Dutch or Brazilian?

[@JC-hu1wd]

Err but he did win the World Cup!

[@derrickfield8957]

@@JC-hu1wd : Well Err he did have three world beating players, Banks Charlton and Moore as well as home advantage, and actually lost the World Cup in Mexico when a couple of individualists, as Brazil had, may well have made all the difference. In any case the post was about four players that I believe would have been given a shed load of international caps if they had been born German, Dutch or Brazilian.

[@walesdad]

It all seems like yesterday.

[@colinwilkes8957]

It all seems a v long time ago in a distant universe when I was still at school,the world was my oyster(that didn’t turn out too well),and my beloved parents were still here.thank god they didn’t live to see the shithole britain and the world has become.rip football as an entertainment,too!

[@iainstirling1475]

Loved that Crystal Palace top when I were a lad.

[@sjnealeservices8549]

What a player. The best I ever saw when I was following Palace. I remember this day as my father broke his glasses when the goal was scored. How good would he have been on todays pitches? So quick over 10 yards. An amazing burst of speed. I remember these times very fondly. A truely great player. One that was given the opportunity at the highest level he deserved. Thank you Don for all the great times.

[@francisng3149]

my favorite TV show when I was a F.3 student

[@JellyMonster1]

Great stuff.

[@steffanhoffmann8937]

Fantastic!

[@Johnnyjoe5]

Peter Osgood goal was pure class!

[@pachma405]

I've been a fan of Peter Osgood since 1969 and that's the first time I've ever seen that goal. Magic.

[@123topchef]

Well, Peter was class.

[@tomthomassony8607]

Sir Alf Ramsey should have picked Peter Osgood in the 1970 World Cup against Brazil and West Germany.

[@jeannotschumacher1024]

@@tomthomassony8607 and not the keeper against germany😒

[@tomthomassony8607]

@@jeannotschumacher1024 Alf Ramsey only told Peter Bonetti he was playing an hour before the game with West Germany. Bonetti was not match fit and looked totally lost during the game. Apparently Alf Ramsey did not understand how to properly use substitutes, and this was shown when he took Bobby Charlton off with England 2-0 up and only 20 mins to go. Hindsight is a wonderful thing! Thank you for discussing the issue. And I remember the 1972 England v West Germany game (2-3). Germany were a different class and I can remember thinking “Football has changed and English football must change” (it didn’t!).

[@valvlog4665]

The days when the football pitch wasn't surrounded by a Piccadilly Circus of flashing irritating advertisements.

[@danielpuntoriero9168]

Que bueno es ver goles "Vintage"!!! Me encantó!!!

[@tonybarnes3858]

At first I thought it was satire, then, because I'm 64, I remembered how in the 70's, we all looked like we were in a really good band, had a really good sense of humor, and knew the girls liked shorter shorts.

[@jassonsw]

The days of sideburns, moustaches and footballers who didn't fall over writhing in agony if you breathed in their direction.

[@valvlog4665]

and shirts were not billboards for gambling shops and airlines. And gotta dig Brian's massive tie knot. I could keep my mobile phone in it.

[@jassonsw]

@@valvlog4665 All true :)

[@agentolshki1690]

Don Rodgers pic looks like it was taken at 4am after a massive piss up.

[@johnsymons8246]

Don Rodgers Swindon's greatest player in the eyes of many

[@eyemoeba]

as a footy fan born in '69 this footage fills me with a confusing set of emotions, a deep nostalgia i can almost taste. most of the names i do not recognise, though eye have active recall of stan bowles' skills. QPR. the hoops.... i think i just temporarily turned into Ron Manager. i blame Moore.

[@oddjobtriumph1635]

imagine a Modern player being thrown back in time and ending up playing at a game like the Palace one , he would be pissing in his shorts , looking for his Moisturiser and Man bag , worrying that he might sprain an ankle or mess his hair up playing on a pitch like that with so many Rufty Tufty around him.

[@robertoc2485]

Great stuff

[@kenstubbs6878]

The days when man played football

[@barriniho]

90s football was the best era kzbin.info/www/bejne/hGXEiY2QZZ2ais0

[@edwardmorris728]

Some fantastic finishes there, some cultural icons there for different club supporters.

[@rosenpcj]

good times and goals

[@stuartmcmillan512]

I remember watching Leicester City at Filbert Street in the mid 70's. It was mud, sand and little or no grass.!!

[@shanedownes6430]

Anyone notice the camera panning back to Brian Moore after each goal and his look of delight at seeing each goal again?

[@Rufusdos]

Jimmy Hill's chin was fully emphasised.

[@UDumFck]

This style/format is too damn funny! I expect it to turn into a Monty Python sketch at any second!

[@sebastianschimek5729]

Lol, I really thought the same. Especially, when I saw the player pictures at the screen 😂