Buying from t'Rovers

[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.

[Awayfromburnley]

Was the GK Paul Robinson one, or was he on a free?

[Colburn_Claret]

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.

[wilks_bfc]

Stan signed Andy Todd on loan from them

[clarets1978]

Stan signed Andy Todd on loan from them

And Jay McEviley. David Jones last club was them too before he signed for us

[Goody1975]

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.

[sjb]

Peter Devine in 1984.

[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.

[claret5]

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?

[Colburn_Claret]

Newton came from Everton and Hird came from Leeds

[Colburn_Claret]

Peter Devine definitely crossed the water, but he hardly played for Bastards, so don't know if a fee was involved?

[MarkGreen]

Tyrhys Dolan was recently bought by our owners

[KellyClaret]

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?

[JR1882]

I thought Andy Todd was brilliant at the time for us.

[MarkGreen]

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.

[Zom Zom]

David May came at the same time as Andy Todd I recall. Two great loan signings.

[Holmechapel]

Did Jonny Price and Marshall Burke go straight to Rovers?

[Targetman]

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.

[Holmechapel]

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.

[Targetman]

Yes your right but apparently never played for DL according to Wikipedia.

Dont blame him!

[Foshiznik]

Won’t be long before we are sending them our second string players from the U23 team

[Murger]

Pretty sure David May was a freebie, not a loan.

[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)

[Colburn_Claret]

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?

[ClaretTony]

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.

[gc14]

Mark Paterson ... Oh yeah ,never actually signed ..
Didn't Pearce live on the street next to Ewood when he played for us ?

[Culmclaret]

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!

[ecc]

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."

[sjb]

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.

[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.

[Fretters]

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.

[ClaretTony]

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.

[Spike]

Devine was a shockingly bad player