v Accrington Stanley (a) - 12/7/25 - Friendly

[Herbie6590]

Place for comment & observation for our 1st pre-season run out…

[philipl]

Accy's biggest crowd of the season?

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I like that trip to Accy. It’s usually a good day out visiting a friendly local club.

[Mattyblue]

Might be one of their biggest crowds this season, as much smaller away followings in L2 compared to L1 as they’ll have noticed last season.

No Bradford filling two stands either… bet Oldham fetch plenty there though.

Edited July 6 by Mattyblue

[arbitro]

The forecast is a hot, sunny day with temperatures of 25° by kick off. Factor 25 might be the order of the day for Rovers fans on the open end or IMEP Stand.

The upside is that Stanley should sell plenty of beer.

[Mattyblue]

That’s Stanley selling it, not Sodexho.

[arbitro]

3 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

That’s Stanley selling it, not Sodexho.

It is. They will be operating the 'pop up' bars with a selection of beers.

The season before last the took £27k in bar sales from the Rovers friendly.

 

[Mattyblue]

Yet obviously a club that is a giant in comparison couldn’t possibly offer something similar, because, well, ‘we can’t’ ©️Fans Forum minutes since c2012.

[chaddyrovers]

Looking forward to this friendly, I am attend and not far of the start of season now. 

Should be good weather with a good crowd in the Stadium 

[arbitro]

 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

5 hours ago, arbitro said:

The forecast is a hot, sunny day with temperatures of 25° by kick off. Factor 25 might be the order of the day for Rovers fans on the open end or IMEP Stand.

The upside is that Stanley should sell plenty of beer.

I like a pint normally but I’ve never had a beer at a football match ever. Before yes, after yes, but I like to concentrate on the game.

[Gav]

Not sure if Accy are running corporate hospitality for the match, but it’s first class, really good value and puts many clubs higher up the league to shame. 

[Ossydave]

1 hour ago, Gav said:

Not sure if Accy are running corporate hospitality for the match, but it’s first class, really good value and puts many clubs higher up the league to shame. 

What’s so good about it? Was pretty basic when I went?

 

[TheRovers1994]

Tickets still not on sale 

[Wheelton Blue]

5 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Tickets still not on sale 

The website is naff still, took me a while to find them just now.

Click 'Single tickets' then 'Men's away matches'

[chaddyrovers]

6 minutes ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Tickets still not on sale 

link for you 

Event Tickets List - eTickets

[arbitro]

11 hours ago, TheRovers1994 said:

Tickets still not on sale 

This is from June 20th.

https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/2025/june/20/ticket-news--accrington-stanley-v-rovers/

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I got mine last week.

[M_B]

On 06/07/2025 at 11:18, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I like that trip to Accy. It’s usually a good day out visiting a friendly local club.

5 minutes walk local. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

12 hours ago, M_B said:

5 minutes walk local. 

I just get the bus. A nice ride through some pretty bits of Lancashire.

Edited July 8 by Tyrone Shoelaces

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Is there going to be a flat Cap whip-round amongst our fans to go towards transfer fees?

[JPTSwindon]

On 06/07/2025 at 12:08, arbitro said:

It is. They will be operating the 'pop up' bars with a selection of beers.

The season before last the took £27k in bar sales from the Rovers friendly.

 

It makes a huge difference to smaller clubs when they get a bigger team friendly.  I do think more of the PL clubs should make the effort - a sell out, secondary spend and a chance to show locals the ground is often the biggest cash injection of the season.  It is a credit to Rovers that they have always been good to do this.

[arbitro]

12 minutes ago, JPTSwindon said:

It makes a huge difference to smaller clubs when they get a bigger team friendly.  I do think more of the PL clubs should make the effort - a sell out, secondary spend and a chance to show locals the ground is often the biggest cash injection of the season.  It is a credit to Rovers that they have always been good to do this.

As you know the vast majority of PL clubs are globetrotting for big bucks. Four are playing in a Premier League cup competition in America and Man Utd are playing Leeds in Stockholm. 

If they do play a lower/non league team they send the kids. 

I was at Chorley on Saturday against Wigan and there were around 2200 on. They play Nobbers tomorrow and expect a similar sized crowd. To a club like Chorley that is a God send.

[Cherry Blue]

We've 2,117 travelling fans (😉) in the stand and behind the goal. Don't forget your sunscreen 😎!

Expect there'll also be a few mixing with the Accy fans.

[Cuppliance]

I've mixed with the Accy fans before for this friendly but whenever I've gone to Stanley as a neutral I see people wearing Rovers and Dingle gear with the home fans. A lot of people to watch Stanley as their 2nd team in all honesty. These days I'd say that fans that turn up to Ewood are from the surrounding towns of Blackburn like Darwen or Accy rather than the town itself.