Pinching themselves when you think about the fact that at about this time in 2005 we lost a heartbreaker to cas at their place in NL1, Then got knocked out of the playoffs by a Ben Fisher led Halifax, With us still playing on a postage stamp of a pitch that flooded if it even looked like rain, Just a big green hill where the golf stand is and floodlights that were pish poor
Now we are pretty much secure in 4th in SL.
Im still finding my head is spinning about it all especially when you consider that I though we would never get there when I heard the rumours back then that SL was going to become a closed shop (Which to a degree it has).

Cue the Gateshull fans ..most of you lot wont remember that etc etc etc..................

Good innit

The game where Mark Blanchard offloaded to Kane Epati who had the line at his mercy and knocked on with seconds remaining!!!

I thought it was Byron but yeah that was the one.

Nope, was definately epati. He also dropped the ball over the line in the same game. 35v32 or something i think it was.

Fair enough.
My memory is obviously slipping.
Everything else I posted is correct though.
It just puts a smile on my face looking back.

There was over 8,000 there that day too.

So you dont like byron,, get over it for f'''k sake.

Too true.

Yep it was a NL1 record at the time

Of course we should not forget the 2 wins we did get against Cas in 2005.

Firstly the Northern Rail Cup Final at Blackpool which for me ranks right up there as one of the most exhilarating occasions of recent times. OK it was only the Northern Rail Cup but it was still a bit of a landmark for Rovers.

And then a 40 odd point thrashing of Cas at Craven Park by a James Webster inspired Rovers. If Rovers could have maintained the form they had at that point I believe we would have got promoted a year earlier than we did.

In the end Rovers fell short in 2005 but for me it was the year when Rovers started to be taken seriously again.