150th Anniversary kit/celebrations

[DeeCee]

4 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

150th year and it appears our Club is falling further apart.

Fixed that for you.

[Upside Down]

7 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

15th year and it appears venkys Club is falling apart.

Fixed it properly.

[Mike Graham]

This is what Birmingham City are doing.  Puts us to shame when all we are aware of are a few cloth caps (not Peaky Blinders), some additional display cases, and a home game v Derby with no fireworks.

https://www.bcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/blues-launch-keep-right-on-campaign-to-mark-150th-anniversary

[StHelensRover]

3 hours ago, Mike Graham said:

This is what Birmingham City are doing.  Puts us to shame when all we are aware of are a few cloth caps (not Peaky Blinders), some additional display cases, and a home game v Derby with no fireworks.

https://www.bcfc.com/pages/en/media-article/blues-launch-keep-right-on-campaign-to-mark-150th-anniversary

Bonkers that we'll be massively outshone/outdone here by a club who are the same age as us and would sell their own grandmothers for a hint of the success we've had across three centuries. 10 major honours to their 1. They've basically got nowt to shout about, but they'll still do it better than the donkeys running our club. Our marquee friendly was against Everton, a club we have no connection with other than the short distance and an away game that fans were banned from attending. We then got a 150th anniversary kit that had halves done incorrectly, the one thing fans asked them to do. We're probably gonna get a voicenote from Alan Shearer and an AI deep fake of the Venkys singing No Nay Never on the club's social media or something.

I'm really not looking forward to that Derby game, I think it's going to be a sour, dark day in the history of the club when it should have been brilliant. 

Edited Saturday at 12:07 by StHelensRover

[lraC]

I was looking at the ladies fixtures this morning. There is a home game at Clitheroe on 02/11/25. Why not make this the focus of a fans 150th celebration and fill the ground.

Maybe get some media coverage and perhaps produce a 4,000 holes special edition. 
No one can argue about being negative and not getting behind the lads, it’s a win, win if we do this. 

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https://rovers.co.uk/news/2025/august/20/blackburn-rovers--150-years/

 

 

 

 

[StHelensRover]

13 minutes ago, ... said:

https://rovers.co.uk/news/2025/august/20/blackburn-rovers--150-years/

 

 

 

 

I read through the whole article and thought actually that sounds quite good, I might order it. Expected it to be about £20.

It's £40! 

[StHelensRover]

4000 holes should just charge an extra £2 to have your name in their 150th anniversary edition, I'll get that instead. Still a souvenir.

[wilsdenrover]

34 minutes ago, ... said:

https://rovers.co.uk/news/2025/august/20/blackburn-rovers--150-years/

 

 

 

 

Are the halves reversed on the back?

[wilsdenrover]

Not mentioning the most recent 10% of our existence then? - I wonder why 🤔

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Give it a few months and It'll be falling to pieces.

Like everything else connected to the Club.

Edited 4 hours ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[arbitro]

I quite like memorabilia like this but aside from a few words on the announcement there is no indication as to the content or contributors. 

Having anything to do with owners will go down like a lead balloon.

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31 minutes ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Give it a few months and It'll be falling to pieces.

Like everything else connected to the Club.

I might buy it, then sell it, then replace it with the hungry caterpillar and say I tried to buy a better one.

[GHR]

Might deed poll my name to Fuckoff Venkys and see how far I get.

[rog of the rovers]

1 hour ago, StHelensRover said:

4000 holes should just charge an extra £2 to have your name in their 150th anniversary edition, I'll get that instead. Still a souvenir.

@4000Holes and @Herbie6590 👀🤣

 

[RevidgeBlue]

Underneath the ad for the book another message informing us "Club shop to close early  at 12p.m tomorrow for "staff event".

Yep celebrate Blackburn Rovers in it's 150th year folks!

[windymiller7]

1 hour ago, StHelensRover said:

I read through the whole article and thought actually that sounds quite good, I might order it. Expected it to be about £20.

It's £40! 

It's actually essentially £30 with a £10 charge per name. I looked at the 2 & 3 name options for myself and my daughter and then thought about my Dad as well, they're both £50 & £60 respectively! FOV

[GHR]

4 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Underneath the ad for the book another message informing us "Club shop to close early  at 12p.m tomorrow for "staff event".

Yep celebrate Blackburn Rovers in it's 150th year folks!

Reckon that's where the staff will be told to bring torches, soap, water and a coat in future as we've switched off utilities to save money.

Edited 2 hours ago by GHR

[Mike Graham]

57 minutes ago, GHR said:

Reckon that's where the staff will be told to bring torches, soap, water and a coat in future as we've switched off utilities to save money.

Don’t forget the loo paper.

[Mike Graham]

If the book is a limited edition it is normal to state how many are being produced for sale.

A little birdy at Ewood tells me they are doing a “gold trimmed edition for special guests”.  I guess the club executives are expecting us to subsidise these.

Edited 1 hour ago by Mike Graham

[Tomphil2]

How many staff events does the club shop host ?

Edited 1 hour ago by Tomphil2

[RevidgeBlue]

Is it hard back or paperback?

Difficult to tell from the photo.

[RevidgeBlue]

1 minute ago, Tomphil2 said:

How many staff events does the club shop host ?

A lot recently.

If there is an actual event taking place presumably they'll all be going off elsewhere.

[Tomphil2]

They'd be better just allocating a permanent lounge for leaving do's !

[Tom]

I think the book is a nice idea but given the amount of AI used in recent comms they could do with sharing more about the content