Quote Originally Posted by GlennMiller View Post
With the hiatus caused by the fantasy world cup, I thought it might be interesting to discuss the first famous footballer people remember seeing play against Rotherham.

My FFF was Jimmy Melia, playing for Southampton against the Millers at Millmoor in '65. Although only 28, he looked ancient with his bald head and comb-over, but he was a hell of a player. He played alongside Terry Paine and in their 3-1 victory Martin Chivers scored twice. Chivers repeated that feat (I think) when I went down to White Hart Lane to watch Spurs beat us in the FA Cup when he played alongside that other great comb-over, Ralph Coates!

Any other FFFs out there?
I've had to wrack my brain on this one as either I've forgotten or I simply haven't seen us play against 'famous' players. I think it might be someone as 'un-famous' as Peter Ward when he came to Millmoor with Brighton in the mid to late 70s when he was on the up to gaining his ONE England cap. Looks like after a 'failed' move to Forest he spent most of the rest of his career here in the US.

Also I think you could class Brian Kidd and Peter Barnes as famous when they came with Man City in the FA Cup in 1979. Kidd had a European Cup Winners medal and TWO England caps but I suppose Barnes with his 22 England Caps takes the famous trophy from my perspective (although that City side might have had others that I'm forgetting).

I missed out on the Arsenal League Cup win the year before where that side was all (except one) full Internationals.

PS Martin Peters and Alan Gilzean scored the goals against us at WHL.