Lancashire Telegraph BANNED.

[RevidgeBlue]

2 hours ago, ... said:

And that isn't to say people can't support someone else. People do it for different reasons social aspect, feeling of involvement etc many reasons. I just couldn't personally 

Same.

Rovers or nothing for me.

That would also rule out any phoenix Club if it set up whilst we were still in existence.

As tor Lancashire United.....pfftttt.

[Ricky]

I’ve mentioned before that I live in Hereford and sometimes attend their games. I do it to catch up with friends and have a beer. If a goal goes in I’ll applaud it and if it’s a screamer out of nowhere I might even break a cheer. I certainly don’t get the same buzz as I do watching rovers. I usually manage 4 or 5 games a season and this season will be no different. I’ll be at Preston in November and will also hopefully be at the 150th match.

It certainly seems much harder to get excited for a rovers game at the moment though. 

[K-Hod]

If Rovers are away, I'll sometimes wander down and watch Clitheroe.

There's a lot I like about it tbh- having a bev in the stand, the rough and tumble of the non-league and the throwback nature of it all. 

But, I don't know whether this is due to semi-pro nature of it all or not, but I just can't take it that seriously and when they score, it's a mild clap really. I don't get anything like as enthused as I do with Rovers.

[Devon Rover]

I'm now based in Somerset. I get to 4 or 5 Rovers games a year. For convenience and, to be honest, increasingly due to disassociation with what Rovers has become, I attend a few Exeter City and Bristol City home games each year. Neither feels anything like the same as watching and supporting Rovers. The Bristol City games in particularly make me feel like I'm cheating on a lover!! I'll never feel the same emotion at any other club I watch but, to be honest, the less and less that Rovers feels like "my" club, the less that extra buzz really matters. Its sad but I feel like I'm fighting, with diminishing success, the loss of love for something that used to matter so much to me. One day, I suspect that politely clapping a local team that I don't love as much but who's ownership doesn't treat me, as a supporter, like an idiot will be enough for me to just stop going to Rovers, altogether and to simply listen out in hope for news of ownership change, but little more in the meantime.

[47er]

I'm like every one else, I feel like a vital part of my life has been stolen from me. There's a huge void which nothing else can fill.

It's like bereavement. 

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[jim mk2]

There’s a group of us that’s been attending longer distance away games for many years - not all games by any means but picking the ones where we enjoy going or maybe a new ground where we’ve never been before. Probably 7 or 8 games a season. It’s always been a fun day out for a few old codgers, on the road or by rail,  even in the worst times.

We’ve been to one game this season, and I can’t see us going to another one. The feeling has gone, killed off by the constant mismanagement of the club and feeling that it is all so pointless (literally). The relegation last time was bad enough but this coming one feels terminal and one that the club will not recover from

It’s sad but all good things come to an end I guess. Maybe it is old age but we’ve come to an agreement - we don’t enjoy it any more. The problem is there’s more and more of us drifting away, and the fanbase gets smaller with each passing year. The missing fans won’t be coming back - and they’re not being replaced by younger ones who probably think they’ve better things to do with their time and money than support a failing and most likely dying club 

[Upside Down]

I can accept the club failing and the team performing poorly.

I can't and won't accept when those things are done deliberately by choice.

Edited Friday at 08:19 by Upside Down

[Mattyblue]

Can’t say I’ve seen many goals this season but even the ones I have it has been verging on polite applause from me.

Not because my passion for Blackburn Rovers as a ‘thing’ is waning, the opposite, it’s just a visceral dislike of what the regime is providing - no pressure to achieve and the resulting poor players with a poor manager in a soulless, decaying ground.

The soul of BRFC now resides elsewhere and we need to fight for it, unfortunately that won’t happen with the Ewood attendees, so it’s Glen’s campaigns or it’s nothing.

Edited Friday at 08:45 by Mattyblue

[den]

Support 2 clubs? Never. I could never do that.

Venkys killed it for me and all the guys I travelled with from Leyland. Under their tenure, long hard supporting fans fell away one by one over the last ten years or so. It finished up where I was driving to Ewood and walking down to Ewood to night matches in the dark, in the rain, on my own. I was in the riverside on the ground at one game where the stewards were wading into the D.E. To tackle demonstrating Rovers fans. That was at the club that I loved. I think the love ended there.

I started to fall away at that point. I didn’t renew my season ticket and never heard a thing from Rovers. My attendance is limited now but I still watch every game I can on TV, follow everything in the media and “enjoy” the discussions on here. However the anger I have towards the owners currently dominates my feelings. 
 

I would love them to leave because we will never recover while they’re still here. Unfortunately the future post Venkys cannot be guaranteed either.

[47er]

I think most of us realise a critical point is approaching from which Rovers may never recover. It seems inevitable.

Never thought it would happen in my lifetime.

There's enough love around for Rovers that may see a "Phoenix Club" arise but it will be a long, long battle.

Don't think I'll be around to see it. Agree Glen must be supported to the hilt but so many dopes can't see it.

[because of boxing day]

The blue and white shirts on match day are My Team but BRFC is not my Club under this ownership.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

18 minutes ago, 47er said:

I think most of us realise a critical point is approaching from which Rovers may never recover. It seems inevitable.

Never thought it would happen in my lifetime.

There's enough love around for Rovers that may see a "Phoenix Club" arise

No "Phoenix Club" for me personally NO NAY NEVER!..there will only ever be one ROVERS CLUB in this Town.

Being brutally honest what hurt's me the most is our inability to come together as a united Fanbase and fight the B'stards ruining our Town's Ancient and Storied Club.

Massive frustration.

Edited Friday at 11:39 by SIMON GARNERS 194

[Mike Graham]

3 hours ago, den said:

Support 2 clubs? Never. I could never do that.

Venkys killed it for me and all the guys I travelled with from Leyland. Under their tenure, long hard supporting fans fell away one by one over the last ten years or so. It finished up where I was driving to Ewood and walking down to Ewood to night matches in the dark, in the rain, on my own. I was in the riverside on the ground at one game where the stewards were wading into the D.E. To tackle demonstrating Rovers fans. That was at the club that I loved. I think the love ended there.

I started to fall away at that point. I didn’t renew my season ticket and never heard a thing from Rovers. My attendance is limited now but I still watch every game I can on TV, follow everything in the media and “enjoy” the discussions on here. However the anger I have towards the owners currently dominates my feelings. 
 

I would love them to leave because we will never recover while they’re still here. Unfortunately the future post Venkys cannot be guaranteed either.

Den.  This is so sad.  Take care pal and I hope to see you at Ewood again soon under new owners.

[Mike Graham]

I go to Chorley occasionally.  I was brought in up nearby Leyland and my brother played in goal for Chorley for a short time.

I don’t support them but it is a great atmosphere.  A loud home crowd, plenty of novel supporters flags, a good Fanzone and a new club shop.  They are pulling in a lot of former Rovers attendees these days and recruiting loads of young fans who may otherwise have gone to Rovers.*
 

*Rovers Community Trust no longer do any activities in Chorley.  I had arranged for the Council Leader to attend a Rovers home game but Rovers never followed up the contact despite promises.

[KentExile]

 

 

If Elliott can save us on football manager, does he get unbanned?

[Upside Down]

10 hours ago, den said:

Support 2 clubs? Never. I could never do that.

Venkys killed it for me and all the guys I travelled with from Leyland. Under their tenure, long hard supporting fans fell away one by one over the last ten years or so. It finished up where I was driving to Ewood and walking down to Ewood to night matches in the dark, in the rain, on my own. I was in the riverside on the ground at one game where the stewards were wading into the D.E. To tackle demonstrating Rovers fans. That was at the club that I loved. I think the love ended there.

I started to fall away at that point. I didn’t renew my season ticket and never heard a thing from Rovers. My attendance is limited now but I still watch every game I can on TV, follow everything in the media and “enjoy” the discussions on here. However the anger I have towards the owners currently dominates my feelings. 
 

I would love them to leave because we will never recover while they’re still here. Unfortunately the future post Venkys cannot be guaranteed either.

As long as we're around there will always be a Rovers den.

[Penwortham Blue]

I thought with the Elliott / LT ban that there would be some fightback from the paper. I had hoped that this would give them the conviction to unleash historical and current day stones that could be thrown at the club, shine a spotlight on everything wrong with our club and align with the downtrodden supporter base in the battle to save our once great club.

[BRFC.]

23 minutes ago, Penwortham Blue said:

I thought with the Elliott / LT ban that there would be some fightback from the paper. I had hoped that this would give them the conviction to unleash historical and current day stones that could be thrown at the club, shine a spotlight on everything wrong with our club and align with the downtrodden supporter base in the battle to save our once great club.

Exactly, they’ve done nothing but accept it and also bizarrely claimed that Ismael is the right man for the job. They need to show a backbone 

[Mattyblue]

Unfortunately the local press is now on life support and the football club of their patch is one of the only drivers of clicks (and ergo advertising income) left, so no chance they’ll go after the regime.

[London blue]

We had this discussion when the ban happened, though.

They've already been banned from the stadium. Surely there's nothing to lose with going after the club now and, additionally, I can only see that kind of journalism driving traffic to the site.

[Mattyblue]

Then why hasn’t it happened?

Campaigning journalism was bread and butter to local papers for decades, not any more - they get clicks or they die and the Editor/publisher obviously doesn’t want to take the financial risk that having no access to the club long term would bring.

[chaddyrovers]

1 hour ago, Penwortham Blue said:

I thought with the Elliott / LT ban that there would be some fightback from the paper. I had hoped that this would give them the conviction to unleash historical and current day stones that could be thrown at the club, shine a spotlight on everything wrong with our club and align with the downtrodden supporter base in the battle to save our once great club.

why would they go Rovers when its one of the main reasons visit and read the LT in the first place? 

what stories did you expect them to unleash that we don't already know? 

[London blue]

15 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Then why hasn’t it happened?

Campaigning journalism was bread and butter to local papers for decades, not any more - they get clicks or they die and the Editor/publisher obviously doesn’t want to take the financial risk that having no access to the club long term would bring.

It's a good question, I don't know.

I'm saddened there hasn't been a more cutting response. Maybe there will be.

[Dreams of 1995]

18 hours ago, chaddyrovers said:

why would they go Rovers when its one of the main reasons visit and read the LT in the first place? 

what stories did you expect them to unleash that we don't already know? 

It isn't about going after the Rovers. It is about dependable, local journalism.

The LT have to make sure they aren't seen to fight a war but there could still be a better form of journalism on offer now that their ability to report and enter the home facilities has been taken from them.

Can the LT begin to highlight the facility management? I bet they could. Look at Ewood now and think back to 2005. I bet you will struggle to notice any betterment. The general state of Ewood's grounds has been unappreciated

If I was in the LT circles I would begin to compose items of Club promises which have been broken - fan engagement being one.

A good article could be now holding Madam to account. On our 150th anniversary we can celebrate the life of the greatest owner the Club ever had - the Venkys, upon acquisition, promised honour his legacy. It would not be a difficult write up to suggest the legacy has not only not been honoured, it has been trodden on. That would be such an easy article to write. From the top of my head - we have had to sell the training ground, we attempted to sell the training ground land in order to build houses, we have suffered relegation, SEM, Kentaro, the state of Ewood, the dwindling fan base, the condition of Brockhall, community cohesion & staff relationships broken, Shebby Singh, Steve Kean, the Coyle appointment....the list goes on

Overall I think the LT have done a terrible job in holding the Venkys to account. This is what it should be about - accountability. It may mean absolutely nothing to the Venkys themselves, they obviously don't care, but to supporters of Rovers some honest and well-researched journalism would go a long way to maintaining engagement with the Club