150th Anniversary kit/celebrations

[RevidgeBlue]

12 minutes ago, chaddyrovers said:

Not a fan of the shirt tbh. I hope its not 150th shirt. After reflection, I probably wouldn't buy it. Not down to Price but the look

Think the polo shirt posted by @StHelensRover is smart and that would be a much better anniversary shirt.

 

 

A remarkably abrupt U turn. Has Mrs Chadster put her foot down and said "You're not spending £90 on that pile of crap!" 😉

The Polo shirt is 1000 per cent better but still smacks of doing it at minimal cost and without a great deal of thought. I'm not keen on anything with a cheap transfer instead of the proper badge with the red rose

 

[JHRover]

So the Maltese cross is an ironed on felt patch? Not a good look

[Upside Down]

6 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

They DID consult…I was at the meeting…I took a suitcase full of shirts to give styling cues to previous kits. I wrote up the notes (I think they’re higher up this thread…). 

The first point the consultation group made was that shirts had to have reversed halves to be genuine Rovers kits…

The only thing they took on board was a change shirt using the green from the town badge…

Waste of time…the whole exercise. 

The fact they even need to be told to do reverse halves totally sums them up.

[Mattyblue]

If you ever wanted an example to how we ,the fans, are the club then look no further than Ian’s post.

The club badge tie wearers and those administering things lower down the chain have the foggiest about Blackburn Rovers, its heritage and traditions.

[Upside Down]

If ever anyone needed proof then this is it. Blackburn Rovers ceased to exist in November 2010. 

This shirt is absolutely fitting for the 15 year anniversary of Venky FC. It's cheap, shit and was done with as little effort as humanly possible. 

Anyone who spends money on this deserves a punch to the face.

[chaddyrovers]

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

A remarkably abrupt U turn. Has Mrs Chadster put her foot down and said "You're not spending £90 on that pile of crap!" 😉

No chance rev. 

2 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

The Polo shirt is 1000 per cent better but still smacks of doing it at minimal cost and without a great deal of thought. I'm not keen on anything with a cheap transfer instead of the proper badge with the red rose

 

Fair points there

[Torgeir]

Where was it on sale? Macron website?

[Torgeir]

It'll be around £120+ total to get one shipped over here.

[Ricky]

Will we also wear the black trousers and little blue hats? 

[Herbie6590]

6 minutes ago, Ricky said:

Will we also wear the black trousers and little blue hats? 

I want a belt…😆

[roversfan99]

4 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

Not a fan of the shirt tbh. I hope its not 150th shirt. After reflection, I probably wouldn't buy it. Not down to Price but the look

Think the polo shirt posted by @StHelensRover is smart and that would be a much better anniversary shirt.

 

 

What an incredible change of mind.

[rigger]

25 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

I want a belt…😆

There  will be a long queue to give you a belt.

[Cuppliance]

19 hours ago, Polky said:

 

What are the sizes like for this one? is it the same skin tight sizes that Macron normally make?

I fit into a large but prefer a shirt to be a bit baggy so I get XL. With Macron however, I need an XXL in order for it not show off my belly. I'm hoping this material fits more like a normal footy shirt.

[j166429]

Are we even sure that it has been proven beyond doubt that the white shirt with a maltese cross was our first ever shirt? (i know what it says on the rovers' website, but do we have any factual evidence?)

[joey_big_nose]

It's very weird the club have not announced it but third parties are selling it? Anyone know what is going on?

[MarkBRFC]

6 minutes ago, joey_big_nose said:

It's very weird the club have not announced it but third parties are selling it? Anyone know what is going on?

Nobody does.

Including those at the club.

[smiller14]

22 hours ago, StHelensRover said:

Just had a quick look on the Rovers site to see how the crowd was shaping up for Saturday by seeing where tickets were available and sadly the £18 tickets don't seem to have put a dent in what will be pretty much a bog-standard attendance for us these days. We're a husk.

When we played Wolves in 2000, we were in the same division we're in now, except we were trying to compete to get out of the division and were run by competent people. The argument about it being the Jack Walker era can't be levelled because by that point the great man had passed on.

The attendance for that game was 20,400. I'm guessing Wolves at the time would have brought about 2k? What do we think for Saturday? 15,000 'officially' announced but nearer 11 or 12k? Sad 

I read somewhere we had sold 17,000 home tickets and that was a week or so ago. Maybe that includes away fans. Blackburn End lower nearly sold out, Jack Walker sold pretty well apart from the two outer wings. Definitely a higher attendance than most home games by a clear margin. 

[Herbie6590]

1 hour ago, j166429 said:

Are we even sure that it has been proven beyond doubt that the white shirt with a maltese cross was our first ever shirt? (i know what it says on the rovers' website, but do we have any factual evidence?)

Page 3 of this very thread has a couple of sources. The lack of cameras in the era leaves room for debate. 

[davulsukur]

23 hours ago, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Just got my Anniversary Book.

Good content but the two pages dedicated to the Rao's can go and get fooked,puts a real downer on it...the full page picture of the Brothers Grimm stood laughing cuts deep like a knife for me personally.

This is what I've been waiting for, how bad is it with regards to the Roa's? 

It's the one thing that's stopped me buying the book. If it's full of praise for them, it was a pass from me. 2 pages, could possibly handle but it depends.

[JHRover]

Even so much as a passing reference to that family in India negates any positive there may be about that book and prevents me from buying it.

They have brought nothing but shame and damage upon this club and do not deserve to be part of it.

[AllRoversGirl_]

Very distasteful that the owners are included in the history book.

I think I would rather burn it. 

[J*B]

On 04/11/2025 at 16:10, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

Just got my Anniversary Book.

Good content but the two pages dedicated to the Rao's can go and get fooked,puts a real downer on it...the full page picture of the Brothers Grimm stood laughing cuts deep like a knife for me personally.

Can you upload pictures of the two pages?

[davulsukur]

21 minutes ago, AllRoversGirl_ said:

Very distasteful that the owners are included in the history book.

I think I would rather burn it. 

If it was an honest account of their 15 year disastrous reign of terror, then fair enough.

but yeah, anything else and it should be on the bonfires tonight.

[JHRover]

I see the '150 range' is now on sale in the club shop.

Deary deary me. Zero effort or imagination gone into that lot.

But we still have the White Rose of Yorkshire adorning everything. I get that monochrome is cheap and that's what BRFC is these days but surely they could do it at least in black or gold rather than white?

[Mike Graham]

On 04/11/2025 at 16:29, SIMON GARNERS 194 said:

BBE upper tier Seats on sale.

BBE upper tier seats now OFF sale. 😭

Someone probably bollocked for selling them too soon.