Season Tickets 2025/26

[JHRover]

Really is incredible to consider that Rovers have simply washed their hands of vast swathes of Lancashire which for generations have been hotbeds of support due to one, or both, of laziness and not wanting to upset Accy Stanley/PNE/Bolton.

This is not the club I once knew and keep this up within another decade or two self-destruction will be complete.

[Mattyblue]

‘Think big 1970s civil servant drawn line around Blackburn and Darwen’

[Tomphil2]

The postcode thing is bizarre it really warrants further investigation and explanation from those who allegedly dreamt it up.

Where i hail from Rovers was always the main team, the 'local' team as Ewood is about 3-4 miles away as the crow fly's and a 15 min car journey straight there. Yet we had a Chorley address and obviously PR postcode but a Blackburn phone code so now i presume these albeit small but staunch Rovers strongholds don't matter any more ?

Oh let PNE flog their cheap season tickets around there instead and round up the kids or maybe Horwich Wanderers if they fancy it after they've had free reign over Chorley in recent years.

The contempt these lot at Ewood have shown to the general fanbase it's no wonder they get it in return.

I'm beginning to think the plan now is to have a very small club very cheap club operating at whatever level it can and that only appeals to those few who refuse to give it up whatever the cost and a 'new' tiny generation of fans from Blackburn.

Why would that be ?

[Mattyblue]

I used to think they were just being disingenuous with this ‘BwD focus’ as their own database would tell them that the majority of fanbase certainly now resides outside the town of Blackburn if not the borough as a whole… but that post from Mike about them not knowing which post codes are even in BwD sums up what we are dealing with

[RevidgeBlue]

28 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

I'm beginning to think the plan now is to have a very small club very cheap club operating at whatever level it can and that only appeals to those few who refuse to give it up whatever the cost and a 'new' tiny generation of fans from Blackburn.

Why would that be ?

Less hassle for them and the local Police?

Certainly seemed to be Waggott's MO and the trend hasnt been reversed since he left.

[47er]

38 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

I'm beginning to think the plan now is to have a very small club very cheap club operating at whatever level it can and that only appeals to those few who refuse to give it up whatever the cost and a 'new' tiny generation of fans from Blackburn.

Why would that be ?

They've realised they made a huge blunder buying the Club and were robbed blind by advisors, they are no longer interested in the club but won't face the reality of their stupidity and sell.

So we carry on with them hoping to break even by selling our best players and gambling on covering the losses cheaply.

That's the only explanation I can come up with.

What could go wrong?

[M_B]

14 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

What’s that? The non-existent boycott?

I don't know what a real one would look like then, probably much like this.  

[Mattyblue]

Low crowds due to years of going nowhere due to poor ownership and management coupled with high prices is not a boycott.

[GHR]

I wonder what will happen when BwD is scrapped and the councils of there, Hyndburn, Burnely, Rossendale and Pendle (and perhaps bit of Ribble Valley) get sqished together as is proposed. We'll probably abolish marketing altogether.

Edited 21 hours ago by GHR

[Mattyblue]

Yeah Blackburn and Darwen obviously now Burnley marketing territory - they are a PL club, after all.

[JHRover]

I'm surprised we still make any effort in Darwen. What do Darwen FC have to say about us encroaching on their patch?

[Upside Down]

5 minutes ago, JHRover said:

I'm surprised we still make any effort in Darwen. What do Darwen FC have to say about us encroaching on their patch?

There's a 5 a side team from Mellor that play on Wednesday nights. Best not encroach on their territory.

[Mattyblue]

Ribble Valley, that. Clitheroe FC’s patch.

[chaddyrovers]

10 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

...And all was well in chadster world.

Never said that did I Simon but Shirt sales aren't one of those issues

10 hours ago, Tomphil2 said:

12.30 kick offs are the pits.

Care to explain why? 

[M_B]

6 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Never said that did I Simon but Shirt sales aren't one of those issues

Care to explain why? 

It's the 12.30 kick offs which are the worst for me,they can clash with the grandkids footy. 

[chaddyrovers]

29 minutes ago, M_B said:

It's the 12.30 kick offs which are the worst for me,they can clash with the grandkids footy. 

fair enough. 

I'm not fan of midweek evening games given I work nights but I knew that when I started working nights some years ago

[roversfan99]

Obviously it doesnt affect the man who has absolutely no other committments.

But 12.30 kick offs are certainly a huge inconvenience for many. Kids playing football in a morning will be a huge one where subsequently it is impossible or at least incredibly difficult to then get to Ewood by half 12.

Its absolutely ridiculous that there are now 8 games (1 Premier League, 3 Championship, 2 League 1 and 2 League 2) all on in that time slot. Its a total disregard shown by clubs for agreeing to this and then obviously Sky for arranging them. Why do people need so many games in that time slot when you can only watch 1 at once? You see random games like Wimbledon v Lincoln, Stanley v Salford, Norwich v Preston etc just as add ons, I would love to know how many neutrals will choose games like that out of a choice of 8.

[chaddyrovers]

10 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Obviously it doesnt affect the man who has absolutely no other committments.

Midweek evening games are inconvenience to me but one I accepted given its my choice to work nights. It's suits me and my family to work that shift pattern. Try working a night shift off 5 hours instead 8 hours. 

10 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Its absolutely ridiculous that there are now 8 games (1 Premier League, 3 Championship, 2 League 1 and 2 League 2) all on in that time slot. Its a total disregard shown by clubs for agreeing to this and then obviously Sky for arranging them. Why do people need so many games in that time slot when you can only watch 1 at once? You see random games like Wimbledon v Lincoln, Stanley v Salford, Norwich v Preston etc just as add ons, I would love to know how many neutrals will choose games like that out of a choice of 8.

Still banging on about this after a year. PL is different League competition so has no baring of EFL games

[roversfan99]

7 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Midweek evening games are inconvenience to me but one I accepted given its my choice to work nights. It's suits me and my family to work that shift pattern. Try working a night shift off 5 hours instead 8 hours. 

Still banging on about this after a year. PL is different League competition so has no baring of EFL games

Sorry, fans should just accept the disdain showed to them without question. My mistake.

[chaddyrovers]

38 minutes ago, roversfan99 said:

Sorry, fans should just accept the disdain showed to them without question. My mistake.

You still don't get why there is 7 league games from 3 leagues do you? 

You just keep going on and on. Why don't you take stand against it and don't watch any of them? 

[Mattyblue]

No I don’t get seven TV games kicking off at half 12 either, can you explain the rationale?

[K-Hod]

It's just absolutely rubbish having a 1230 kick off, it's a proper faff getting over and just ruins the day.

Shite.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

6 minutes ago, K-Hod said:

It's just absolutely rubbish having a 1230 kick off, it's a proper faff getting over and just ruins the day.

Shite.

Unless there is a large away following there is more Atmosphere on the Moon at these early kick off's...just awful.

[arbitro]

1 hour ago, K-Hod said:

It's just absolutely rubbish having a 1230 kick off, it's a proper faff getting over and just ruins the day.

Shite.

For our 12.30 kick off Millwall fans will have to leave at some unearthly hour. Although they aren't the best away supported club it will deter some from travelling (as it will Rovers fans too).

There is zero consideration for travelling fans for games which, on paper wouldn't be attractive to a neutral. I haven't seen anywhere that Sky have published viewing figures for some of their red button choices.