ROGUES vs STOMPERS, MAY 17, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Burns, Faulkner Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, O'Neill, Field, Husband, Birchenall, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
Thomson, McCully, Houska
STOMPERS LINE-UP:
Messing, Pavnovic, Enders, Atuegbu, Wegerle, Ban, Atack, Lindsay, Rosenthal, Mrosko, McCullough
SUBS USED:
Graham, Robostoff, Moore
SCORE:
Stompers-1 (Shootout)
Rogues-0
ATTENDANCE:
6,162
GROUND:
Oakland-Alameda County Stadium, Oakland, CA

ROGUES vs KICKS, 1979

The Rogues' John Faulkner and Jorge Berrio double team Minnesota's Ace Ntsoelengoe in the final regular season game of the 1979 season. Memphis came up short, losing 5-2 at Minnesota.

ROGUES' TALENT SEARCH, 1978

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

All the best to everyone!
Merry Christmas!

ROGUES vs SAN JOSE ARTICLE, 1978

ROGUES vs DALLAS PROMO, 1978

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

John Houska, goalkeeper for the Loyola University Maryland Greyhounds.

BOBBY THOMSON, 1978

"THE BIRCH," ALAN BIRCHENALL, 1978

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Team photo of the 1977 Clemson University men's soccer team, featuring future Rogues Ben Popoola and Chris Nwokocha (back row, second and third from the right, respectively).

ROGUES vs TIMBERS, MAY 13, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Burns, Faulkner, Beal, Smillie, O'Neill, Field, Husband, Birchenall, Stride, Hourne, Holder
SUBS USED:
None
TIMBERS LINE-UP:
Poole, Gant, Charles, Bain, Conway, Best, Scullion, Anderson, Howard, Day, Flater
SUBS USED:
None
SCORE:
Timbers-1 (Flater)
Rogues-0
ATTENDANCE:
6,955
GROUND:
Civic Stadium, Portland, OR

ROGUES vs EXPRESS, 1978

SAVE BY HOUSKA!

John Houska makes a save during the 1979-80 NASL indoor season.

TONY FIELD vs THE ROWDIES, 1978

Tony Field goes airborne at the hands (feet!) of Mike Connell at Tampa Stadium in 1978. The Rogues' Chris Bennett (C) looks on as the referee (extreme right) appears to have his back to the action.

HAIR-TEK, 1978

The official hair shops of the Memphis Rogues.

ROGUES REPLY, 1978

I wrote a fan letter to the Rogues after they got their first win against the Dallas Tornado. I received this reply from Kevin card, "The Voice of the Rogues." He was also involved in public relations for the team and was a great guy. If anyone knows where Kevin Card is now, please let me know. I would really like to get in touch with him.

LIBERTY BOWL MEMORIAL STADIUM, 2010

Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium as it looks today (Really, I took the picture this morning!). It has changed a bit since the Rogues called it home. The original seating capacity was just over 50,000 but it was expanded to 61,000 a few years ago in another failed attempt to lure the NFL into Memphis. It now has a blue and gray color scheme for the main tenant, the University of Memphis football team. During the Rogues days, it was mainly just concrete with yellow benches and red box seats.

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

John Faulkner (middle row, 1st on the left) in the Leeds United team photo for the 1971-72 season.

ROGUES vs KICKS, MAY 10, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, Smillie, Bennett, O'Neill, Field, Husband, Birchenall, Stride
SUBS USED:
Hourne
KICKS LINE-UP:
Barnett, Merrick, Twellman, Ntsoelengoe, Hamilton, Willey, Twamley, Litt, Price, West, Futcher
SUBS USED:
Morgan
SCORE:
Kicks-2 (Ntsoelengoe, Willey)
Rogues-1 (O'Neill)
ATTENDANCE:
22,856
GROUND:
Metropolitan Stadium, Bloomington, MN

ROGUES vs EXPRESS, 1980

Paul Cannell (R) comes to the rescue as Paul Child (12) and John Faulkner (L), clash with Detroit's Gary Bannister and Jim Holton at the Liberty Bowl on June 21, 1980. Cannell scored twice but the Express still topped the Rogues 3-2 in overtime.

HENRY McCULLY, 1978

Henry "Mad Dog" McCully fends off the Rowdies' Tony Crudo in the Rogues' first game at Tampa on April 1, 1978. Final score: Rowdies-2, Rogues-1.

EDDIE McCREADIE TESTIMONIAL PROGRAM, 1974

This is the programme from Eddie McCreadie's Testimonial Match against Manchester United played May 1, 1974 at Stamford Bridge. Eddie led the team out as captain. Final score, Chelsea 1, Manchester United 2.

ROGUES vs STRIKERS, MAY 6, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, Smillie, O'Neill, Field, Husband, Birchenall, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
None
STRIKERS LINE-UP:
Cano, Whelan, Whittle, Piper, Hudson, Dewsnip, Irving, Fowles, Rolland, Hickton, Ridley
SUBS USED:
Aguirre, G. Nanchoff
SCORE:
Strikers-3 (O.G., Dewsnip, Hickton)
Rogues-2 (O'Neill, Field)
ATTENDANCE:
7,547
GROUND:
Lockhart Stadium, Ft. Lauderdale, FL.

TONY FIELD, 1979

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Phil Holder

"BRING BACK THE BIRCH: THE ALAN BIRCHENALL STORY," 2000

Former Memphis Rogue Alan Birchenall published this autobiography in 2000. I recently obtained a copy and found it very entertaining. I wish he had included more information from his time with the Rogues but he was only in Memphis for one season (1978). The book does have many great stories from Alan's career in England and in America. He was a huge fan favorite in Memphis and everybody remembers what a great character he was, and still is!

SEASON PREVIEW 1980

ROGUES vs ROUGHNECKS, APRIL 29, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, Smillie, O'Neill, Field, Husband, Mohrmann, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
Bennett
ROUGHNECKS LINE-UP:
Boulton, Waldron, O'Riordan, Mitchell, Caskey, Zec, Redfern, Skotarek, Nikolic, Moreland, Sautter
SCORE:
Rogues-0
Tulsa-2 (Sautter,2)
ATTENDANCE:
13,222
GROUND:
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN

BOB STETLER, 1980

Bob Stetler sign autographs at the Rogues' Team Shop in 1980. The shop was located at Goldsmith's Department Store (now Macy's) at Oak Court.

ROGUES vs FURY, APRIL 22, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Morhmann, Birchenall
SUBS USED:
Stride, Hourne
FURY LINE-UP:
Cryder, Dempsey, Straub, O'Brien, Byrne, P., Glavin, Byrne, E., McCurdy, Osgood, Reice, Bragg
SUBS USED;
Fidelia
SCORE:
Philadelphia-2 (Glavin, McCurdy)
Rogues-1 (Field)
ATTENDANCE:
6,177
GROUND:
Veteran's Stadium, Philadelphia, PA

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Bobby Thomson

ROGUES PRESS RELEASE, 1979

Thanks again Bill!

ROGUES AUTOGRAPHS, 1980

Very special thanks to Bill for this great photo!

ROGUES vs COSMOS ARTICLE, 1978

MALCOLM ALLISON, 1927-2010

Malcolm Allison, the first Rogues coach, passed away today at the age of 83. He was truly, "Larger than life."

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Steve Lovell

ROGUES vs HURRICANE, APRIL 14, 1978

ROGUES Line-up:
Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, O'Niell, McCully, Husband, Mohrmann, Birchenall

Subs used: Bennett, Rosul

HURRICANE Line-up:
Van Eron, Magaloudis, Jump, Stefanovic, Anderson, Orhan, Lindsay, O'Sullivan, Marasco, Lennox, Stremlau

Subs used: Russell, Morielli, Charbonneau

Score:

Rogues-0

Hurricane-3 (Lindsay, Marasco, Lennox)

Attendance: 10,523

Ground: Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN

TONY BURNS, 1978

Tony Burns was on loan to the Rogues from Crystal Palace FC for the 1978 season. He was the # 1 keeper. He suffered a leg break early in the season forcing rookie John Houska to take over. He returned later and got a couple of starts. After the 1978 season he returned to Crystal Palace. He is currently the goalkeeping coach at Milwall FC in England.

ROGUES BOX SCORE, JUNE 17, 1978

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Phil Beal (L, then with the Aztecs) pressures Seattle's Jim McAlister during the 1977 season.