150th Anniversary kit/celebrations

[JamieUK]

The fit on Castore sportswear is terrible. They produce Lancs & England cricket stuff - I've spent near £500 over the past 18 months and sent all bar a pair of Lancs training shorts back. I'm a medium, I've kept a size small and have to turn them up at the waist so they're an ok length. 

The Umbro quality next season will not be the same as it was pre Macron.

[StHelensRover]

6 hours ago, Cuppliance said:

I’ve heard this too. Castore had a rough start with botched up kits like the wolves badge being upside down. Currently, the Everton kit looks pretty smart but don’t forget, the dingles have this manufacturer too.

I follow Republic of Ireland and Castore have been their supplier for the last few years, the prices are awful and the quality and appearance of the kits is even worse.

Apart from this season's home jersey which was a bit disappointing, I've generally been happy with Macron's designs over the last few seasons. The fact that last season's kits were the best sellers we've had in years reflects that IMO. Even this season's gold kit is okay, just think they could have used better landmarks than Blackburn train station on it, etc. 

Edited yesterday at 19:21 by StHelensRover

[Tom]

Are they presenting a replica FA Cup on Sunday?

Saw this posted about the wrong date being engraved but can’t see anything from the club 

 

Edit - seems they deleted the tweet, probably scrambling to change the 0 to an 8

Edited yesterday at 19:27 by Tom

[KentExile]

3 minutes ago, Tom said:

Are they presenting a replica FA Cup on Sunday?

Saw this posted about the wrong date being engraved but can’t see anything from the club 

 

Edit - seems they deleted the tweet, probably scrambling to change the 0 to an 8

Jesus Christ

[Tom]

This was a snip from the initial tweet 

shambolic as ever, literally incompetent 

[Mattyblue]

I wouldn’t mind but it’s literally on a board slap bang in the middle of the Blackburn End

 

[JHRover]

They've taken it off twitter but it is still on their Instagram reels from earlier, so I've saved it.

Can't do anything right can they?

[wilsdenrover]

53 minutes ago, JHRover said:

They've taken it off twitter but it is still on their Instagram reels from earlier, so I've saved it.

Can't do anything right can they?

They don’t even try to.

[Dreams of 1995]

😂😂😂😂😂

You have to laugh. In no other industry would such rank incompetence go unpunished. We can’t go anywhere else - this is our club. That is the only reason this lot are still running

They make a mistake in practically every single announcement they make. It’s beyond a joke to be honest. There’s a very real part of me that thinks this is on purpose because it is too much. It is such a show of contempt 

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

😂😂😂😂😂

You have to laugh. In no other industry would such rank incompetence go unpunished. We can’t go anywhere else - this is our club. That is the only reason this lot are still running

They make a mistake in practically every single announcement they make. It’s beyond a joke to be honest. There’s a very real part of me that thinks this is on purpose because it is too much. It is such a show of contempt 

I’m starting to consider how strict this rule is.

[RevidgeBlue]

What's so annoying is that I think every supporter knows we last won the Cup in 1928, you don't even have to think about it, basic fact.

The Club's run by people who obviously have no interest in it whatsoever and couldn't care less.

[Roverthechimp]

1 hour ago, Dreams of 1995 said:

😂😂😂😂😂

You have to laugh. In no other industry would such rank incompetence go unpunished. We can’t go anywhere else - this is our club. That is the only reason this lot are still running

They make a mistake in practically every single announcement they make. It’s beyond a joke to be honest. There’s a very real part of me that thinks this is on purpose because it is too much. It is such a show of contempt 

Very much this. I mean if i can check it and corroborate it from multiple sources in 3O seconds on my phone…

Still - present a replica of a cup and then get beat. Wonder whose kit we’ll be wearing for this one 🤔

[Herbie6590]

20 hours ago, ... said:

This better you think? 

I have quite a bit of Castore golf & cricket gear & I really like it. I only buy from their outlet as their head up retail prices are ridiculously high. I go into the shop in Meadowhall & then wait for it to come into the online sales to buy 😉

However, I know many Villa fans who were very unhappy with their kits, quality & design wise. Perhaps it’s different folks who design/manufacture their football stuff? 

Castore have the licence to produce Umbro now so I’d expect us to be badged Umbro but I’m guessing they are all made in the same factory. 

Umbro historically was a great brand for Rovers until they started dicking about with not reversing the halves. They were the first to do that & for that alone I will never forgive them…😆

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7 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

I have quite a bit of Castore golf & cricket gear & I really like it. I only buy from their outlet as their head up retail prices are ridiculously high. I go into the shop in Meadowhall & then wait for it to come into the online sales to buy 😉

However, I know many Villa fans who were very unhappy with their kits, quality & design wise. Perhaps it’s different folks who design/manufacture their football stuff? 

Castore have the licence to produce Umbro now so I’d expect us to be badged Umbro but I’m guessing they are all made in the same factory. 

Umbro historically was a great brand for Rovers until they started dicking about with not reversing the halves. They were the first to do that & for that alone I will never forgive them…😆

That's fair enough PNE are Castore branded and their kits I thought were quite smart. Apart it being 90% red and yellow 😆

 

Meadowhall is a maze, a treat to go there according to the Mrs (a treat! 🙈)

I can just about endure a regular  Trafford Centre providing I get to eat at a place of my choosing 😆😆  terms and conditions.....

Edited 13 hours ago by ...

[Herbie6590]

7 minutes ago, ... said:

That's fair enough PNE are Castore branded and their kits I thought were quite smart. Apart it being 90% red and yellow 😆

 

Meadowhall is a maze, a treat to go there according to the Mrs (a treat! 🙈)

I can just about endure a regular  Trafford Centre providing I get to eat at a place of my choosing 😆😆  terms and conditions.....

Meadowhell. 

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40 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

Meadowhell. 

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-01-02/huge-fire-breaks-out-close-to-meadowhall-shopping-centre

 

Was this your wallet Ian? 😁😆😆😆

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

14 hours ago, Tom said:

This was a snip from the initial tweet 

shambolic as ever, literally incompetent 

And we continue to fall that bit further...absolute Clunks.

[StHelensRover]

16 hours ago, Tom said:

Are they presenting a replica FA Cup on Sunday?

Saw this posted about the wrong date being engraved but can’t see anything from the club 

 

Edit - seems they deleted the tweet, probably scrambling to change the 0 to an 8

I truly loathe the people running this football club they deserve chasing out of the town with pitchforks. Shower of bastards.

[Mattyblue]

The shirt will be in the shop tomorrow… the ‘very limited numbers, exclusive ST Holder offer’ didn’t go too well then.

Edited 9 hours ago by Mattyblue

[StHelensRover]

They'll be firing them out of those t-shirt cannons at the Charlton game and I'll be ducking out the way

[Guy N. Cognito]

15 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

What's so annoying is that I think every supporter knows we last won the Cup in 1928, you don't even have to think about it, basic fact.

The Club's run by people who obviously have no interest in it whatsoever and couldn't care less.

Exactly right. If the club was run by people who took pride in their role or had an affinity with the club, such a blunder would be inconceivable, but it's par for the course now. The fish rots from the head down.

[Ferrit]

Who on earth wants to buy one of those shirts? Absolutely dosghit, fair play at least it mirrors the performance from the one time we will (thankfully) wear it.

Get it framed, should be a good conversation piece "This is the shirt we wore and we were absolutely wank"

[Herbie6590]

5 hours ago, ... said:

https://www.itv.com/news/calendar/2026-01-02/huge-fire-breaks-out-close-to-meadowhall-shopping-centre

 

Was this your wallet Ian? 😁😆😆😆

Wife’s credit card melting…😉

[Tom]

The FA cup thing is doubly bad because they did it, filmed it and posted it and not one person checked it, within minutes fans spot it and they delete without acknowledgment.