ROGUES AWAY GAME TICKET, 1980

Sorry for the extended vacation, I got VERY lazy this summer.

ROGUES vs SAN DIEGO, JUNE 10, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Houska, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Birchenall, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
None
SOCKERS LINE-UP:
Mayer, Harsanyi, Nover, VanDerVeen, Nusum, Veee, Willrich, Neumann, Mielke, McCall, Smethurst
SUBS USED:
Bachnel, Demling
SCORE:
Sockers-4 (Nover, Veee, McCall (2))
Rogues-3 (McCully (2), Birchenall)
Overtime
ATTENDANCE:
5,423
GROUND:
Jack Murphy Stadium, San Diego, CA

ROGUES vs SURF, 1979

The Rogues' Henry McCully (R) tackles California's Steve Moyers at Anaheim Stadium May 5, 1979. The Surf took the game 1-0 on a goal by Steve David.

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Paul Cannell (9), then with the Washington Diplomats, puts pressure on the Minnesota Kicks.

DANNY VAUGHN, 1980

The Rogues' Danny Vaughn (14) charges LA's Luis Fernando in a match played on August 9, 1980 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. The Aztecs got the win 3-2.

MIKE STANKOVIC, 79-80 INDOOR

Mike Stankovic takes on Tulsa's Alex Skotarek.

ROGUES' FANS, 1978

MIRANDINHA, 1979

ROGUES vs SAN JOSE, JUNE 7, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Houska, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Birchenall, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
None
EARTHQUAKES LINE-UP:
Gizzi, Mitic, Kemp, Lukic, Child, Ressel, Demling, Wood, Spann, Chapman, Vooys
SUBS USED:
Kodelja
SCORE:
Rogues-1 (Husband)
Earthquakes-0
ATTENDANCE:
13,249
GROUND:
Spartan Stadium, San Jose, CA

DAVID STRIDE, 1980

ROGUES vs CARIBOU, 1978

ROGUES vs COLORADO, JUNE 3, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Houska, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Birchenall, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
None
CARIBOU LINE-UP:
Mausser, Bahr, Makowski, Radovic, Tinnion, Rohrbach, Sono, Nanchoff, Ralbovsky, Blair, Lamptey
SUBS USED:
Susic
SCORE:
Rogues-2 (Field, McCully)
Caribou-0
ATTENDANCE:
6,890
GROUND:
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN

TONY FIELD, 1978

Tony Field holds his son Anthony after the Rogues 1-0 win against the New York Cosmos.

ROGUES NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, 1978

ALAN BIRCHENALL, 1978

Alan Birchenall (R) gets tangled up with the Fury's Pat Fidelia as Memphis' John Faulkner (5) looks on. The game was played at Veteran's Stadium in Philadelphia, April 22, 1978 and saw the home side defeat the Rogues 2-1.

PHIL BEAL, 1978

Phil Beal sends the ball up field in the Rogues 2-0 win against the Caribou of Colorado on June 3, 1978.

MIRANDINHA, 1979

CHARLIE COOKE, 1978

Sorry for the lack of regular updates, things have been rather hectic around here lately.

ROGUES BIO: EDDIE McCREADIE

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES, SORT OF

This photo shows the Rogues Roman Rosul and future Rogues goalie Gene DuChateau. As far as I know this picture was taken before the Rogues vs Oakland Stompers game played May 17, 1978 at Oakland Coliseum. The Stompers defeated the Rogues 1-0 in a shootout.

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

Phil Beal (third from left), protects "the family" during his days with Tottenham Hotspur.

PAUL CHILD, 1980

Paul Child does his patented goal celebration during the 1980 season as Paul Cannell looks on.

JOHN FAULKNER, 1978

Rogues' captain John Faulkner at "Fan Photo Day" in 1978.

ROGUES INDOOR UNIFORM, 1979-80

Thanks Logoshak.com.

EDDIE McCREADIE NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, 1978

ANTONIO "TONI" CARBOGNIANI

Toni directs traffic during the 1979-80 NASL indoor season.

ROGUES vs DETROIT, MAY 28, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Houska, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
Morhmann, Birchenall, Rosul
EXPRESS LINE-UP:
Hardwick, Hunter, Oates, Seargeant, Davies, Moffat, Bradford, Leach, Furphy, Colquhoun, Francis
SUBS USED:
David
SCORE:
Express-3 (Leach, David, Francis)
Rogues-2 (Rosul 2)
Overtime
ATTENDANCE:
9,649
GROUND:
The Silverdome, Pontiac, MI

ROGUES MEMORABILIA

Jeff answered my plea for Rogues' treasures and sent along this photo of his silk-screened Rogues ' banner. It is in excellent condition and looks great. Thanks Jeff, I really appreciate your sharing this with the blog!

CALLING ALL ROGUES, VOGUES, AND FANS!

I am making a plea for material related to the Memphis Rogues. If you have any photos, stories, memorabilia, etc. related to the Rogues please consider contributing it to the blog. Please send me photo scans, stories, or comments so I can keep the Rogues memory alive. If you are or know any of the former Rogues' players, Vogues dancers, ballboys, ballgirls, front office staff, executives, owners, and players from the 1979 strike game against Detroit (most of them were local players) then PLEASE contact me at gorogues@gmail.com. Your help is very welcomed and appreciated!

THE ROGUES TEAM STORE, 1980

JIMMY HUSBAND NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, 1978

ROGUES BIO: CHRIS NWOKOCHA, '79

ROGUES vs TREVOR FRANCIS, 1978

Detroit's new star Trevor Francis is surrounded by Rogues at the Silverdome on May 28, 1978. The Express won 3-2 with Francis scoring in his NASL debut. The photo is from the archives of MirrorFootball.com.

PHIL HOLDER TO THE ROGUES, 1978

ROGUES vs NEW YORK COSMOS, MAY 24, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Houska, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
None
COSMOS LINE-UP:
Yasin, Smith, Alberto, Morais, Formoso, Bogicevic, Chinaglia, Hunt, Roth, Tueart, Dimitrijevic
SUBS USED:
Etherington, Davis, Grgurev
SCORE:
Rogues-1 (Field)
Cosmos-0
ATTENDANCE:
11,222
GROUND:
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN

JIMMY HUSBAND, 1979-80

Jimmy Husband scores during the 1979-80 NASL indoor season.

BEFORE THEY WERE ROGUES

ROGUES MINI-BALL, 1979

During the 1978-80 indoor season, the Rogues cheerleaders, the "Vogues," would throw these out to the crowd each time the Rogues scored a goal. I caught this one at a game in late 1979. It was autographed by Jado Hasanbegovic but unfortunately the signature has faded away.

ROGUES vs DALLAS, MAY 20, 1978

ROGUES LINE-UP:
Houska, Thomson, Faulkner, Beal, D'Agostino, Smillie, Field, McCully, Husband, Stride, Holder
SUBS USED:
Birchenall
TORNADO LINE-UP:
McDonnell, Cohen, Pecher, Kewley, Hope, Ryan, Rote, Bourne, Thompson, Kettle, Cantello
SUBS USED:
Bellinger, O'Hare
SCORE:
Rogues-3 (Smillie, Field, McCully)
Tornado-1 (O'Hare)
ATTENDANCE:
8,102
GROUND: 
Liberty Bowl Memorial Stadium, Memphis, TN

"PSYCHIC" ROGUES PREDICTION, 1978

This appeared in the May 19, 1978 edition of the Memphis newspaper. She was right!