| Former player photos 14:30 - Sep 3 with 14546 views | jamesisaburyfan |
Hi everyone, Bury fan in peace.
My uncle, Brian Williams, played for Rangers in the 70s after signing from Bury. It's his 70th this year and I'm collecting images of him throughout his career with us, you, Swindon, both Bristol teams and Shrewsbury.
Is there a Rangers fan, like I know there are Bury fans, who has a vast archive of pictures that might include some of him that I could use?
Any help in pointing me in the right direction of someone would be greatly appreciated, thanks. |  | | |  |
| Former player photos on 15:16 - Sep 7 with 1748 views | jamesisaburyfan |
| Former player photos on 22:07 - Sep 4 by langtoft |
I've been thinking about this post and enjoying reading the replies immensely. Its what makes football outside the top division so special.
Forgive me James but
"lower league player gets lucky playing against a team playing in a higher league…….. signs for them …….. plays a relatively small amount of games for them in a team that …….. to be fair ……. is very average despite being in the top league at the time.
Almost 50 years later a relative mentions that said player is approaching a milestone birthday …… and a dozen or more people post a variety of memories and photos about that player remembering pretty remarkable things (for a player that played less than 20 games for his new club) because he played for us and he cared"
Lovely. This club is ace and happy birthday Brian thank you for for being an R and being part of our history [Post edited 4 Sep 22:08]
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Out of all the heartwarming posts on this thread, this is my favourite. Thank you.
Thank toy everyone who has contributed and offered to scan pictures in from programmes. This is definitely the football family at its best.
Keep an eye out for us. We won an FA Trophy preliminary round tie 3-0 yesterday. Earlier this season, we won an FA Cup extra preliminary game 6-0, which means we are surely the only club to have won an extra preliminary round game and an FA Cup final by the same scoreline. | | | |
| Former player photos on 15:18 - Sep 7 with 1742 views | jamesisaburyfan |
Talk about a fashion leader in that pic outside the plane! | | | |
| Former player photos on 21:20 - Sep 8 with 1396 views | Hooping_Mad |
Keep up the good work all, interesting read. | |
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| Former player photos on 21:27 - Sep 8 with 1369 views | MrSheen |
| Former player photos on 10:56 - Sep 4 by DannyPaddox |
The Bury cup game in ‘77 that led to BWs transfer. Any excuse to rummage through the old 70s programmes. |
The 1970s...the age of the football Hoolickin. |  | | |
| Former player photos on 15:35 - Oct 13 with 497 views | jamesisaburyfan |
Hi all
Just wanted to bring this back up because, although it isn't Brian's birthday until November, we had a family party on Saturday nighht just gone at which we played him the video I made which used the stills I requested on here.
He loved it, so I wanted to pass on my thanks to you all for taking such an interest and especially to Wade, Ant (Luther) and Martin (CheshireR) who sent me some images that really brought the QPR section of the video - featuring Don Shanks, Peter Eastoe and Phil Parkes - to life. Wade's scrap book page in particular was amazing, not least because it was compiled in South Africa.
The other sections of the video (Bury, Swindon, featuring Chris Kamara, Bristol Rovers, featuring Ian Holloway, Bristol City, featuring David Moyes) also went down brilliantly.
A heartfelt thanks to you all for how you reacted to this first post. Cheers.
James
PS - if any of you are interested in football history in the mid-80s, maybe try a download of my book about the 84/85 season for a couple of quid on Amazon [ https://www.amazon.co.uk/Forgotten-Fifteen-Triumphed-British-Footballs/dp/178132 | | | |
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