150th Anniversary kit/celebrations

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46 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

We really should have got a group of enthusiastic fans together to suggest ideas to the club in a sort of…consultation type format…an opportunity missed…👀

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*waits for @Miller11* 😆

I know I can't believe we hadn't thought of it earlier. Stupid fans fault.

[arbitro]

Supporters will be able to drink alcohol in their seats for the Legends match. Has anyone seen this announced by the club yet?

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackburn-rovers-ewood-park-alcohol-32730810

[Herbie6590]

58 minutes ago, arbitro said:

Supporters will be able to drink alcohol in their seats for the Legends match. Has anyone seen this announced by the club yet?

https://www.lancs.live/news/lancashire-news/blackburn-rovers-ewood-park-alcohol-32730810

This is madness…if the away fans get tanked up on Pimm’s there could well be carnage…an Eton Mess even…

[AAK]

Just now, Herbie6590 said:

This is madness…if the away fans get tanked up on Pimm’s there could well be carnage…an Eton Mess even…

Bypassing all known English football laws, in a pro men’s competitive game, yeh sounds legit.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

25 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

This is madness…if the away fans get tanked up on Pimm’s there could well be carnage…an Eton Mess even…

All five of them take the BBE to the shout of HUZZAH,TALLY-HO!

Edited 23 hours ago by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Rogerb]

1 hour ago, Herbie6590 said:

This is madness…if the away fans get tanked up on Pimm’s there could well be carnage…an Eton Mess even…

Tad chilli for Pimm's need a hot toddie don't you know o er misses!

[GHD]

On 23/10/2025 at 22:39, had.e.nuff said:

is there a list of who are getting the caps i was just wondering if one of my relatives Harry Heallass was on the list i would have thought 360 games and captaining the cup winning side would warrant one , I was out with his grandson last year so he has relations around.

Sent you a pm

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2 hours ago, GHD said:

Sent you a pm

You know the full list? Be grateful of a pm also

[GHD]

9 hours ago, ... said:

You know the full list? Be grateful of a pm also

No sorry. Just sent a pm to had.e.nuff as he’s a relative of Harry Healless

[oneandycrawford]

20 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

All five of them take the BBE to the shout of HUZZAH,TALLY-HO!

While the tannoy plays 'Eton Rifles' I presume

[Crimpshrine]

On 24/10/2025 at 19:41, Parsonblue said:

See my point above Rev.  History evolves.

 

Thanks, I've read this book and its a very good work.  

As for the year - that's a whole other debate.  In the late 19 and early 20th Centuries it fluctuated between 1874 and 1875.  The debate finally ended - from the club's point of view - in 1924 when they stated 1875 was the date they recognized. 

In October 1924, the Blackburn Times began a weekly series of articles on the history of the club to celebrate its 50th Anniversary.  Those articles had 1874 as the date of founding.  After three weeks they included a footnote that the club would recognize 1875 as the date.

Charles Francis, who was involved with the articles in the Blackburn Times that quoted 1874 as the date,  was then asked the write the book to celebrate the 50th Anniversary and he in that book he went along with the club and stated the founding date was 1875.

It may be that informal talks took place in 1874 but the actual formation was in 1875.  Certainly, the minutes that I've referred to in earlier posts quote 1875.

The Blackburn Standard reported on the game between Rovers and Cob Wall in January 1876 and that quoted the 1875-76 season as being the first season for the club.

 

It's all a bit confusing.  From this it looks like the 50th season was 1924/25 and the centenary season was definitely 1974/75. So the 150th season was 2024/25.

So we have switched from celebrating the number of seasons played to the number of years since formation ?

Presumably the club played a season before its 1st birthday and we are now in season 151 ? 

[StHelensRover]

21 minutes ago, Crimpshrine said:

It's all a bit confusing.  From this it looks like the 50th season was 1924/25 and the centenary season was definitely 1974/75. So the 150th season was 2024/25.

So we have switched from celebrating the number of seasons played to the number of years since formation ?

Presumably the club played a season before its 1st birthday and we are now in season 151 ? 

I'm pretty sure the 125th anniversary was also commemorated the 2000/01 season. I can't speak to the earlier ones as I wasn't born. If we were formed in November 1875 then that would have been during the 1875/76 season which would mean that celebrating 00/01 and 25/26 makes the most sense. Thought I don't know whether they had official 'seasons' at that point as there was only exhibition games and the cup which was annual. We only formally existed for ~2 months of 1875, so it makes less sense to celebrate in the 10 months prior. 

Edited 2 hours ago by StHelensRover

[Parsonblue]

2 hours ago, Crimpshrine said:

It's all a bit confusing.  From this it looks like the 50th season was 1924/25 and the centenary season was definitely 1974/75. So the 150th season was 2024/25.

So we have switched from celebrating the number of seasons played to the number of years since formation ?

Presumably the club played a season before its 1st birthday and we are now in season 151 ? 

The club have recognised 1875 as the founding date.  Thus the 2025-26 season is the 150th Anniversary.  The Centenary game was in November 1975 against Bolton Wanderers. (1975-76 was the Centenary season).  The 50th Anniversary was celebrated in 1925-26 season and the club produced a book to celebrate that anniversary.  The 125th Anniversary was celebrated in 2000-01 with the Anniversary game being against Wolves on 18th November 2000.

The newspaper report in January 1876 reported the 1875-76 season as the club's first season.  Reproduced minutes of the first meetings are dated November 1875.  

Anything else is just speculation.