ROGUES NOVELTY LICENSE PLATE, 1978

TONY FIELD, 1978

PHIL BEAL, 1978

PETE MOHRMANN, 1978

TONY BURNS, 1978

Press photo from the Rogues 2-1 loss to the Minnesota Kicks on May 10, 1978.

ROGUES PRESS PHOTO, 1978

Memphis goalkeeper John Houska saves from the New York Cosmos striker Giorgio Chinaglia during the Rogues 1-0 win in 1978.

ROGUES PRE-SEASON vs COLORADO, 1978

Recently Dave Morrison at nasljerseys.com sent me this article about a Rogues vs Colorado Caribou pre-season game in 1978.  This game was played March 25, 1978 in Colorado Springs and saw the Rogues lose 2-0 to the Caribou.  During the season, the Rogues did the sweep of Colorado, beating them 2-0 at Memphis and 1-0 in Colorado.  Very special thanks to Dave Morrison for the article.

JOHN FAULKNER vs ALAN WILLEY, 1978

Press photo from the Rogues 2-1 road loss to the Minnesota Kicks on May 10, 1978

JOHN FAULKNER, 1978

Action from the Rogues 3-2 shootout win against the Chicago Sting, July 12, 1978.

TONY FIELD, 1978

Tony Field fires the winning shot past Chicago Sting goalie Mervyn Cawston.  The Rogues got the win 3-2 in a shootout, July12, 1978 at the Liberty Bowl. 

ALAN BIRCHENALL, 1978

CLEVELAND LEWIS, 1978

Cleveland Lewis was with the Rogues for the 1978 season.  He is the brother of Olympic gold medalist Carl Lewis.

ALAN BIRCHENALL, 1978

 

Thanks nasljerseys.com

ROGUES vs CHICAGO, JULY 29, 1978

 

ROGUES LINE-UP:

Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Smillie, Field, McCully, Birchenall, Rosul, Stride, Holder, Grimaldi

SUBS USED:

O'Neill

 

STING LINE-UP:

Cawston, Griffiths, Wilson, Spalding, Hasanbegovic, Szefer, Strenicer, Advocaat, Granitza, Kristensen, Steffenhagen

SUBS USED:

McCrudden

SCORE:

Sting-3 (Granitza, Steffenhagen 2)

Rogues-1 (Birchenall)

ATTENDANCE:

6,127

GROUND:

Wrigley Field, Chicago, IL

 

ROGUES PRESS PASS, 1978

Press pass issued for the first Rogues home game, April 8, 1978.

ROGUES PLAYER PROFILE

CHRIS BENNETT

BORN:

January 15, 1952, London, England

PLAYING CAREER:

1974  Vancouver Whitecaps

1976-77  Seattle Sounders

1978  Memphis Rogues

1979-80  Cleveland Force (MISL)

INTERNATIONAL:

1973-75  Canadian National Team (6 Appearances)

HENRY McCULLY, 1978

ROGUES vs FURY NEWS ARTICLE, 1978

ROGUES vs MINNESOTA, JULY 26, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:

Burns, Thomson, Faulkner, Smillie, Field, McCully, Birchenall, Rosul, Stride, Holder, Grimaldi

SUBS USED:

O'Neill, Lewis

KICKS LINE-UP:

Barnett, Merrick, Want, Twellman, Willey, Villa, Litt, Price, Morgan, George, Webster

SUBS USED:

Lettieri, Ntsoelengoe

SCORE:

Rogues-2 (Own Goal, Rosul)

Kicks-1 (Ntsoelengoe)

Overtime

ATTENDANCE:

8,076

GROUND:

Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN

35 YEARS AGO TODAY...

35 years ago today,  April 8, 1978, the Memphis Rogues played their first home game at Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, losing to the Philadelphia Fury 3-2 in overtime.  The photo above shows the Rogues' Neil Smillie moving past Fury defender John Dempsey.