Gary Rowell - 66 today

[70YearsOfHurt]

I feel old. But Happy Birthday to Gary Rowell. Imagine scoring a hat-trick at the the landfill….and I was there to see it.

Me too. Absolute heaven.

After the game I left wearing my scarf. A car full of unhappy Mags chased me down the pavement in their car. I had the nous to jump behind a thick, tall lamp post. They hit it. Smoke and steam everywhere. Laghter from me. I have never forgotten it. Thanks Gary

 

[Sandman]

Bedroom wall, Kate Bush, Debbie Harry, Rowell , Arnott, Elliott. Happy days. Where do the years go?.

 

[si73]

Met him in a Plymouth niteclub before an away when he he did the radio. Asked him how it felt when he scored the hattrick. Said, "I was a Sunderland fan before I played for the club. How would you have felt?"

Happy Birthday Sir Gary Rowell

 

[jcrossan]

Played against him about 50 years ago - Chester le Street boys V Seaham boys.

We had Bryan Robson as captain of our lot.

 

[alanturing]

saw his first goal away at Hull. Me and about 10000 other Sunderland supporters. Hell on inside the ground, coppers on horses riding up the terraces. All to protect the Hull fans.

 

[pixie345]

A very happy birthday to Lord Rowell

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Had that full kit. I doubt Gary will want to remember that particular game.

 

[Sneech]

Met him in Windmills one time when his sons band were playing. Nick Pickering was with him and they were both absolutely mortal.

So was I to be fair, in fact it might not even have been him looking back, just some random fella who looked like him. If it was a randomer he must have thought I was a bit weird asking to get my photo took with him and holding 4- 1 fingers up

 

[Butcher's Coat]

saw his first goal away at Hull. Me and about 10000 other Sunderland supporters. Hell on inside the ground, coppers on horses riding up the terraces. All to protect the Hull fans.

The Hully Gully's were chucking coins and even golf balls at us that day.
@Sons of The Wear has a pic of the police horse on the terraces trying to keep us back.

 

[Barrow-in-Furness-Mackem]

Men have been 67 for a few years. My dad turned 67 last year and got his pension then.

Think it goes to 68 in 2027

Wrong, When can I claim my State Pension? The State Pension age is currently 66 years old for both men and women but will start gradually increasing again from 6 May 2026

 

[The Hunter]

I feel old. But Happy Birthday to Gary Rowell. Imagine scoring a hat-trick at the the landfill….and I was there to see it.

...and I was there, in their old crow's nest press box to report on it as a young sports journalist. Top lad...well, he would be - like me, he's from Seaham.

 

[BobSAFC]

saw his first goal away at Hull. Me and about 10000 other Sunderland supporters. Hell on inside the ground, coppers on horses riding up the terraces. All to protect the Hull fans.

This was a typical game showing how versatile he was as a player. I think he played centre midfield in place of an injured Tony Towers. He scored and controlled the midfield. Then over the next few seasons he went onto to play wide left midfield, as a number 10 and as a striker.

An absolute legend.

The game before he got injured we played Palace at home and Terry Venables was their manager. He had Kenny Sansom man marking him the whole game, and if I remember correctly Venables said after the game it was the first time he had instructed a player to man mark an opposition player - he saw Rowell as such a threat.

 

[Ghfd]

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[Sandboy]

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