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Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:45 am
by Colburn_Claret
Sky news saying this morning that Ipswich are buying a Brazillian off Norwich, the first direct transfer between the clubs for 24 years.
It got me thinking of our dealings with Bastards. I know we have had many ex Bastards in the club, some very successful, but none that I can recall that came direct, I have been known to be wrong though. So the question is when did we last buy a player direct from each other, bought and sold.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:48 am
by Awayfromburnley
Was the GK Paul Robinson one, or was he on a free?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:51 am
by Colburn_Claret
Awayfromburnley wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:48 am
Was the GK Paul Robinson one, or was he on a free?
Gut feeling was , he was out of contract, but again might be wrong.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:05 am
by wilks_bfc
Stan signed Andy Todd on loan from them
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:15 am
by clarets1978
wilks_bfc wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:05 am
Stan signed Andy Todd on loan from them
And Jay McEviley. David Jones last club was them too before he signed for us
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:25 am
by Goody1975
clarets1978 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:15 am
And Jay McEviley. David Jones last club was them too before he signed for us
David Jones only played on loan for Blackburn, he was never their player.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:37 am
by sjb
Peter Devine in 1984.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:39 am
by claretburns
Burnley to Blackburn - Adam Blacklaw 18k 1967
Blackburn to Burnley - Peter O'Dowd 1930
Those are the last two permanent transfers between the clubs I can find.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:02 am
by claret5
claretburns wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:39 am
Burnley to Blackburn - Adam Blacklaw 18k 1967
Blackburn to Burnley - Peter O'Dowd 1930
Those are the last two permanent transfers between the clubs I can find.
Keith Newton, Kevin Hird?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:05 am
by Colburn_Claret
Newton came from Everton and Hird came from Leeds
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:08 am
by Colburn_Claret
Peter Devine definitely crossed the water, but he hardly played for Bastards, so don't know if a fee was involved?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:24 am
by MarkGreen
Tyrhys Dolan was recently bought by our owners
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:32 am
by KellyClaret
MarkGreen wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:24 am
Tyrhys Dolan was recently bought by our owners
Don't think he was bought - didn't his contract expire at B*st*rds and he signed on a free?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 11:54 am
by JR1882
I thought Andy Todd was brilliant at the time for us.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 11:58 am
by MarkGreen
KellyClaret wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 9:32 am
Don't think he was bought - didn't his contract expire at B*st*rds and he signed on a free?
Good point, you are right.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:16 pm
by Zom Zom
David May came at the same time as Andy Todd I recall. Two great loan signings.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:46 pm
by Holmechapel
Did Jonny Price and Marshall Burke go straight to Rovers?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:00 pm
by Targetman
Holmechapel wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 12:46 pm
Did Jonny Price and Marshall Burke go straight to Rovers?
Didn't Marshall Burke go to Leeds when he left us?
He married a girl who lived across the road from us.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:23 pm
by Holmechapel
Targetman wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:00 pm
Didn't Marshall Burke go to Leeds when he left us?
He married a girl who lived across the road from us.
Yes your right but apparently never played for DL according to Wikipedia.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:32 pm
by Targetman
Holmechapel wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:23 pm
Yes your right but apparently never played for DL according to Wikipedia.
Dont blame him!
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:33 pm
by Foshiznik
Won’t be long before we are sending them our second string players from the U23 team
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 1:43 pm
by Murger
Pretty sure David May was a freebie, not a loan.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:02 pm
by ClaretTony
In all my years of watching Burnley (from 1960) the only first team players who have moved directly from one to the other are
Burnley to Blackburn
Walter Joyce
Adam Blacklaw
Blackburn to Burnley
Peter Devine
Andy Todd (loan)
Jay McEveley (loan)
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:41 pm
by Colburn_Claret
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:02 pm
In all my years of watching Burnley (from 1960) the only first team players who have moved directly from one to the other are
Burnley to Blackburn
Walter Joyce
Adam Blacklaw
Blackburn to Burnley
Peter Devine
Andy Todd (loan)
Jay McEveley (loan)
Did we pay a fee for Devine CT?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:58 pm
by ClaretTony
Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:41 pm
Did we pay a fee for Devine CT?
I would bloody hope not.
I can't say for certain how we signed him, whether it was a free from them or whether they had released him and we picked him up.
I do remember him scoring a screamer at Colchester to earn us a 2-2 draw in the final game of the 1985/86 season. It proved to be the last time he kicked a ball in league football; he suffered a serious injury in a road accident on holiday that summer.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 4:09 pm
by gc14
Mark Paterson ... Oh yeah ,never actually signed ..
Didn't Pearce live on the street next to Ewood when he played for us ?
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:53 pm
by Culmclaret
ClaretTony wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 2:58 pm
I would bloody hope not.
I can't say for certain how we signed him, whether it was a free from them or whether they had released him and we picked him up.
I do remember him scoring a screamer at Colchester to earn us a 2-2 draw in the final game of the 1985/86 season. It proved to be the last time he kicked a ball in league football; he suffered a serious injury in a road accident on holiday that summer.
That shot was a pile driver. At the old Layer Rd end if I remember correctly. A Tuesday night game in the days well before the final game blanket finishes we have today!
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:00 pm
by ecc
Colburn_Claret wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:45 am
Sky news saying this morning that Ipswich are buying a Brazillian off Norwich, the first direct transfer between the clubs for 24 years.
It got me thinking of our dealings with Bastards. I know we have had many ex Bastards in the club, some very successful, but none that I can recall that came direct, I have been known to be wrong though. So the question is when did we last buy a player direct from each other, bought and sold.
This from a friend who supports Norwich:
"As if the start of this season isn't depressing enough, NCFC have now sold their best midfielder (Marcelino Nunez) to f--king Ipswich Town ..... they may have got a hugely inflated fee for him (£10m) but selling him to Ipswich is not good from a PR perspective ..... let's hope that this deal doesn't come back to bite NCFC on the arse."
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:03 pm
by sjb
Culmclaret wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:53 pm
That shot was a pile driver. At the old Layer Rd end if I remember correctly. A Tuesday night game in the days well before the final game blanket finishes we have today!
Last minute equaliser. He broke his leg in a road accident in Corfu.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 7:51 pm
by sjb
When we signed Devine he was actually a part time player with Rovers and he worked as an engineer at Blackburn Town Hall whilst on a dual registration with Chorley. He agreed to join us in April 1984 but had to give a month's notice at his job. I think he actually made his debut for us against Rovers in the Norman Bell Testimonial at Ewood.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:31 pm
by Fretters
clarets1978 wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:15 am
And Jay McEviley. David Jones last club was them too before he signed for us
I'm sure Stan went in for Matt Jansen at one point too, when he'd come back from that horrific scooter accident abroad.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:32 pm
by ClaretTony
Culmclaret wrote: ↑Thu Aug 28, 2025 5:53 pm
That shot was a pile driver. At the old Layer Rd end if I remember correctly. A Tuesday night game in the days well before the final game blanket finishes we have today!
It was at that end and it was a pile driver, on the Tuesday after the season officially finished.
Re: Buying from t'Rovers
Posted: Thu Aug 28, 2025 8:59 pm
by Spike
Devine was a shockingly bad player