It's great that MPs are onboard with this. It's a huge issue for the town. The detrimental impact that venkys have had on the town both economically and in terms of our world wide representation are immense. This is much much bigger than just a bunch of football fans complaining about a shit team. This needs government intervention to protect all football clubs, not just ours, and the community that surrounds them. This is our national cultural heritage we're talking about here. Long term I think a coalition of many fan groups of many clubs is needed to force change on this issue.

Open supporters meeting on the agenda (possibly July) and MPs to bring things up in Parliament once again. Tim Farron and Adnan Hussein already had a couple of meetings, are on same page and very much supporting the coalition and seeking answers. Possible documentary on the agenda (can't say too much more on this). Press efforts continue to share wide and far.

Joe South - Hush

The Carpenters - There’s a Kind Of Hush

Out of left field this one, but for the joy of transfer window gossip I had a WhatsApp about Alvero from werder bremer being a loan option

Noticed how many names of the Div 3 goalscorers I can remember!

Arguably 3

Our game was the only 0-0.

It helps they have Ryan Grant, wherever he goes he seems to make a success of the marketing. Used to be at Rovers.

What an imaginative and monumental way to celebrate 15 years.

We’ve sacked one manager in a decade. The rules of football don’t apply here.

Now that I’ve paid attention to the source of the figures, could Rachel Dugdale have based her figure on the fact Venkys London Limited costs (year to 31/3/24) were £43 million?

Fair point actually. Although that does just remind me what a shitshow Venkys have reduced us to 😕

Attendances in the mid 1980s were dire and weren’t much better in the late 70s, especially in the old First Division..Three weeks after the Grimsby game, I was a married man..😳

I can remember two managers leaving of their own accord, with reportedly the club receiving compensation in each case. But who were the two who were sacked ?

You still going to these mate

So she's just over 10% off. I'm not sure that warrants questioning her sanity.

You think £6.4m isn’t realistic? If we include events since those accounts were finalised, including the sacking of two managers and a DOF, as well as multiple backroom staff, and around £1.8-2m in agent fees alone, then I think we could hit that additional figure reasonably quickly.

I did a walk at the nearby saltpans last year and must have driven a couple of hundred yards from the training complex without realising it. We also do a walk at the nearby Cabo Roig. The club mention Benidorm in the report but Benidorm is some 80 miles (or 128 kms) to the north. I know you’ll know that but I’ve mentioned it in case folk are thinking of staying in Benidorm.

Per the 2024 accounts costs were £38.6m which includes non cash items like depreciation and amortisation of player contracts. To suggest that there will be millions of pounds on top of that as a budget flies in the face of what we know to be the case.

That will more likely include wages and other running costs, but don’t let that get in the way of an instant dismissal.

The way he plays. Full of showmanship but 90% of the time no end product. He IS a legend in his own mind!

She refers to a £45m budget for the men's team at the club which suggests that her grasp on reality is at best tenuous.

Well unless you ignore facts most if not all clubs in the championship are better than us if we are going off any useful metric like professionalism or ambition. I think the word educated guess rather than assumption is a good way of putting we haven't offered enough wages. Whilst no pme knows for sure - although that uncertainty can't be used as a defence of the club - all the evidence suggests that they won't have. You have to ignore a lot of facts and history to imply the club is not messing up on this one.

https://www.theguardian.com/football/2025/jun/03/inside-the-plight-of-blackburn-rovers-this-is-a-call-for-football-to-do-better?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other Made the national news today.