150th Anniversary kit/celebrations

[Herbie6590]

6 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Whatever it looks like just send Brittain and Travis (presuming they are still here) to pose in front of John Lewis’ grave, job done.

Never knowingly undersold…

[RoversClitheroe]

 

 

Different badge?

[Herbie6590]

15 minutes ago, RoversClitheroe said:

 

 

Different badge?

@rog of the rovers & me have been debating this for weeks 😆

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Where has the info come from that we wore a Maltese Cross on our first shirts?

[jodrell]

2 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Where has the info come from that we wore a Maltese Cross on our first shirts?

I think it's a site on the history of clubs shirts. rovers and others that Show it on early rovers shirts .

[chaddyrovers]

Very good to see the home shirt on sale so early in the summer, looking forward to seeing what design they come up with. 

Also like the offer from the club about STH seeing the shirt the day before and on sale to them the day before

[Upside Down]

4 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Where has the info come from that we wore a Maltese Cross on our first shirts?

If they've gone with that then it really does show just how lazy they are. 

There's no real evidence that the club wore a Maltese cross. That comes from a book that was written about football in general years after the foundation of the club. Numerous sources closer to the time mentioning that we wore the famous blue and white from the very beginning with no mention of a Maltese cross.

Given there's a debate as to whether the initial foundation of the club was 1874 or 1875, there's a lot we don't know about the very early days.

With the level of effort that they put into everything else they've no doubt just gone on that historic football shirt website and taken that as gospel.

Edited 17 hours ago by Upside Down

[Herbie6590]

We’re revisiting old debates…😉

[Herbie6590]

http://dev.historicalkits.co.uk/Blackburn_Rovers/Blackburn_Rovers.htm

[Lancaster Rover]

1 hour ago, chaddyrovers said:

Very good to see the home shirt on sale so early in the summer, looking forward to seeing what design they come up with. 

Also like the offer from the club about STH seeing the shirt the day before and on sale to them the day before

That’s an almighty bit of fishing there, cast that one right out into the lake 

[wilsdenrover]

It says season ticket holders can see the kit a day earlier, it doesn’t say they can buy it a day earlier. 

[JHRover]

I really think that it needed to be something unique that shouts '150th anniversary Blackburn Rovers' 

If they want to use the Maltese Cross.....ok......but it really needs something above/below/around it as well to tell people the point behind it

Not many people outside of our support base are going to have the foggiest why we have a cross on our shirts or what the relevance of it is. 

Now put it in a gold circle/shield with a ribbon beneath saying 'Blackburn Rovers 150 Years' and that does the trick.

[wilsdenrover]

I particularly like how the article on the website saying when the kit will be on sale contains a link to a form to fill in if you want be told when the kit goes on sale. 🤦‍♂️🤦‍♂️

[wilsdenrover]

135 years of pride, 15 years of shame.  

Edited 16 hours ago by wilsdenrover

[chaddyrovers]

45 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

It says season ticket holders can see the kit a day earlier, it doesn’t say they can buy it a day earlier. 

It's does in the email I've received 

[Upside Down]

3 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

We’re revisiting old debates…😉

As the sources closest to the time make absolutely no mention of white shirts or Maltese crosses then airing on the side of caution would make the most sense and leave it out. 

Why not just have a blue and white shirt with no badges or sponsorship or anything? Surely that would be the most authentic?

[Herbie6590]

5 hours ago, Upside Down said:

As the sources closest to the time make absolutely no mention of white shirts or Maltese crosses then airing on the side of caution would make the most sense and leave it out. 

Why not just have a blue and white shirt with no badges or sponsorship or anything? Surely that would be the most authentic?

There will be an anniversary shirt…when we had the focus group meeting this was one of the most popular requests…

[Herbie6590]

For the record - these were the ideas collected by the focus group…whether anyone progressed them we will find out in due course…🫣

[arbitro]

8 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

It says season ticket holders can see the kit a day earlier, it doesn’t say they can buy it a day earlier. 

The email reads:

Look at the 25/26 Home Kit

 

As a valued 25/26 Season Ticket holder, you're invited to an exclusive launch event for our brand-new home kit, so you can get your hands on it before anyone else.

 

Details:

Monday 16 June, from 5:00PM

Ewood Park – '95 Club Lounge, Jack Walker Stand

Multiple time slots available

 

Be among the very first to see the new 25/26 home kit in person, and buy before it goes on general sale (on Tuesday 17 June). All sizes from infant - 5XL will be available to purchase on the night.

 

[Forever Blue]

8 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

135 years of pride, 15 years of shame.  

That would make a fantastic banner to be held up on the BBE….

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

 

A Simply fictional Kit.

 

I will qoute from my Grand Bazaar ( an official club publication) book dated 1895..

"It is to know that the pretty and becoming dress which has caused the Rovers appearance to be admired on every ground in Britain remains the same today as originally chosen,except that the Blue of the quatered jersey is of a lighter shade"

 

[wilsdenrover]

1 hour ago, arbitro said:

The email reads:

Look at the 25/26 Home Kit

 

As a valued 25/26 Season Ticket holder, you're invited to an exclusive launch event for our brand-new home kit, so you can get your hands on it before anyone else.

 

Details:

Monday 16 June, from 5:00PM

Ewood Park – '95 Club Lounge, Jack Walker Stand

Multiple time slots available

 

Be among the very first to see the new 25/26 home kit in person, and buy before it goes on general sale (on Tuesday 17 June). All sizes from infant - 5XL will be available to purchase on the night.

 

Thanks, much clearer than the web link then.

[rigger]

12 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

135 years of pride, 15 years of shame.  

The last 15 years, Rooted in Bullshit.

[Parsonblue]

According to an extract from the early minutes - published in a programme dated 9th November 1909 - a meeting held on the 9th November 1875 states the following:

4. That the colours be : White jersey, blue and white skull cap, trousers optional.

      Proposed by H. Greenwood.

      Seconded by R. Higson.

a meeting held on the 15th November 1875 states the following:

1. That a Maltese cross be on the left breast in blue.

      Proposed by W. Baguley.

      Seconded by A. Constantine.

At the second meeting it is noted that a total of 15 caps were to be ordered.

 

Of course, this is all so long ago and, sadly, the original minutes are no longer around to confirm any of this.

[Jackh]

I clearly remember an AGM when Chairman Bill Fox, in an answer to a shareholder, clearly stated that there was evidence to show that Rovers had never changed their colours. He went on to say the only variation had been the shade of blue, and the founding colours were Cambridge blue and white quarters, or halves in modern parlance.

I do wonder if the pictures showing a white shirt are in fact a very pale blue and white shirt which the quality of photography in the day, has has  not picked up.