Fixtures 25/26

[MarkBRFC]

4 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

 

Edit: Dire fixtures over Christmas. Middlesbrough and Sheff Wed away. Have to wait until Jan 1st for a home game.

I'm not sure if I can ever remember that happening before.

Two years ago, we played Huddersfield and Hull away 26th and 29th and played Rotherham at Ewood on 1st Jan.

[CrouchingNunhiddenCucumber]

41 minutes ago, ... said:

That final run does NOT look fun.

Terrifying.. we may drop from 12th to 15th 

[RevidgeBlue]

6 minutes ago, MarkBRFC said:

Two years ago, we played Huddersfield and Hull away 26th and 29th and played Rotherham at Ewood on 1st Jan.

Ah OK-thanks.

Without checking I would say it's very much the norm to get one home game on the 26th/27th or 29th/30th though.

Edited yesterday at 11:51 by RevidgeBlue

[simongarnerisgod]

they don`t seem to schedule local derbies at christmas or easter anymore,i remember playing pne on a boxing day once (in a snowstorm!!!) and we always used to play bolton or burnley on the 28th 

[Blue blood]

28 minutes ago, RevidgeBlue said:

The first 4 fixtures look pretty rough to me.

Don't fancy us against WBA/Birmingham/Norwich.

Hull, it depends how well they take to their new manager I suppose.

Edit: Dire fixtures over Christmas. Middlesbrough and Sheff Wed away. Have to wait until Jan 1st for a home game.

I'm not sure if I can ever remember that happening before.

I'm less worried by our start. Hull were poor last year and Norwich and West Brom have under achieved the last few years. Whilst bigger names in this division and historically they've challenged well thru haven't pulled up any trees the last couple of years. 

It's the finish that worries me. Can't see us getting much out of it and they're teams that likely will be around the top. 

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150th anniversary game will be a belter anyway! Derby county

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[RevidgeBlue]

2 minutes ago, ... said:

150th anniversary game will be a better anyway! Derby county

I couldn't care less about it being Derby.

Shame it wasn't against Preston. That would have made it a bit more of an occasion.

[Mercer]

A tough start and a tough finish to what increasingly looks like being one feckin hellish season.

Not seen any relegation odds for Championship yet but think Rovers and Sheff Wed will make a tasty and profitable double!

[sharpysharps86]

That's a rough start and an even rougher finish. 😂

Good luck to them!

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

2 hours ago, ... said:

150th anniversary game will be a belter anyway! Derby county

The Snakes will be coming out again.

Pathetic.

[oneandycrawford]

3 hours ago, Groundhog said:

Playing Brum at home, second game in, is a real banana skin - they'll be raring to go and have a big following. 

Edit: blimey that run-in is the thing of nightmares.

BIg Club's first away game - will have large following. Wait for club announcement we're giving them the Riverside as well 😉

[superniko]

I've found the bit where we're on the edge of the playoffs and then implode in February / March across a load of winnable fixtures after not spending anything in January.

 

 

[superniko]

It all feels a bit 'meh' with no Dingles, Bolton, even Wigan and Blackpool.

PNE away in the middle of the most depressing month of the year.

Two midlands clubs at Easter, Yorkshire and Humber over Christmas. They could be worse trips, but it's still just a bit shit.

[Ianrally]

Leicester st home on the last day. Remember two seasons ago when we avoided the drop with a totally unexpected away win at Leicester. Rolls reversed this season then, they win at Ewood and avoid the drop but we go on and get promotion. 
Well you have to dream positively!

[chaddyrovers]

decent enough first game and not a long travel for fans, a couple of hours. 

8 hours ago, RevidgeBlue said:

Edit: Dire fixtures over Christmas. Middlesbrough and Sheff Wed away. Have to wait until Jan 1st for a home game.

I'm not sure if I can ever remember that happening before.

This happens every year, you either have the game at home before Christmas and New Year day or you have Boxing day game and the game between Christmas and New Year. Been like that for a while 

7 hours ago, ... said:

150th anniversary game will be a belter anyway! Derby county

very interesting game for the anniversary game. One to look to with former Rovers head coach in the dugout and some former Rovers players on their team

[Mattyblue]

Surely January and February are the most depressing months of the year, no?

[MarkBRFC]

11 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

This happens every year, you either have the game at home before Christmas and New Year day or you have Boxing day game and the game between Christmas and New Year. Been like that for a while 

This isn't true.

It has been like that the past two seasons, but before that it was how Rev described for the previous 4 seasons, 19/20, 20/21, 21/22 & 22/23.

 

[superniko]

2 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Surely January and February are the most depressing months of the year, no?

It's a fair argument....February is short, seems to go quickly (albeit depressing as it's when we usually have a death spiral), January perhaps, but there's all that 'new year new me' optimism, everyone's in the same boat.

November is just crap though, clocks have changed, it's starting to get dark, it rains every day, the dread of months of cold, wet, dark days ahead. It has a rubbish International break in the middle of it too.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

47 minutes ago, superniko said:

It's a fair argument....February is short, seems to go quickly (albeit depressing as it's when we usually have a death spiral), January perhaps, but there's all that 'new year new me' optimism, everyone's in the same boat.

November is just crap though, clocks have changed, it's starting to get dark, it rains every day, the dread of months of cold, wet, dark days ahead. It has a rubbish International break in the middle of it too.

I look forward to the international breaks. At least my weekends aren’t spoiled then.

[USABlue]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Surely January and February are the most depressing months of the year, no?

June and July, no footy.

[Riversider28]

3 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Surely January and February are the most depressing months of the year, no?

Any month of the year can be depressing following Rovers under those clowns.

[Exiled_Rover]

21 hours ago, Mercer said:

A tough start and a tough finish to what increasingly looks like being one feckin hellish season.

Not seen any relegation odds for Championship yet but think Rovers and Sheff Wed will make a tasty and profitable double!

As always, I hope you lose your shirt.

[Exiled_Rover]

 

I try not to give the social media team grief, but c'mon. A stunning pass and a sublime finish from two players who are no longer here anymore - and the tens of millions of pounds we got for them haven't been reinvested into the playing squad.

 

[CA1Rover]

On 23/06/2025 at 12:17, MarkBRFC said:

Yeah the TV deal is still the same so all first day, last day, midweek and bank holiday games will be live.

That means no Saturday 3pm kick offs for the opening day for the Championship.

lol, they got us here anyway pal!

[bluebruce]

18 hours ago, Ianrally said:

Leicester st home on the last day. Remember two seasons ago when we avoided the drop with a totally unexpected away win at Leicester. Rolls reversed this season then, they win at Ewood and avoid the drop but we go on and get promotion. 
Well you have to dream positively!

Yeh it's much more likely the roles are just reprised.