KSN - Fans Forum Furore

[Herbie6590]

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The Kidder Street Noise show is back with the real discussions around the latest fans forum & this week we're delighted to be joined by Jakob Ward (@PropaNortherner) who has all the insights from the latest instalment.

 

Join Rob & Jakob as they discuss the timeline around the latest fans forum, some of the things that were actually discussed & the atmosphere in the room with some of the discussions getting a bit tense!

 

[GHD]

Excellent podcast with plenty of insight, the only disappointment was  after about 22 minutes Jabob stated as a fact that an all white shirt was our first colours. He was not challenged on this, despite there being no evidence to support it, and more to suggest otherwise

Edited Thursday at 14:16 by GHD
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Well done on spreading this across the pods think it just needs to be out there. 

[Herbie6590]

4 hours ago, GHD said:

Excellent podcast with plenty of insight, the only disappointment was  after about 22 minutes Jabob stated as a fact that an all white shirt was our first colours. He was not challenged on this, despite their being no evidence to support it, and more to suggest otherwise

I genuinely think we should let this go for the sake of our collective mental health 😆

The shirts will be sold by Rovers at some point irrespective of what we think. As stated multiple times there are minutes backing it up…but obviously no photos.

We have looked at perhaps doing our interpretation of the shirt as a casual wear item (& for a fraction of the price) but sourcing something of requisite quality is challenging. 

I need 45 more people to pledge to buy a “Bob Crompton” shirt & I’ll investigate that as our next retro 😉

[Herbie6590]

On 12/11/2025 at 11:10, GHD said:

Excellent podcast with plenty of insight, the only disappointment was  after about 22 minutes Jabob stated as a fact that an all white shirt was our first colours. He was not challenged on this, despite their being no evidence to support it, and more to suggest otherwise

He wasn’t corrected re Gary Aspinall either 😆

[Tomphil2]

Only got halfway through it so far but they need to brush up how water flows and the fact you can't fit a full pint into a half pint glass.

The river is the councils dept not Rovers and far be it from me to defend the Ewood regime but it's better to deal in facts.

[Bethnal]

6 minutes ago, Tomphil2 said:

Only got halfway through it so far but they need to brush up how water flows and the fact you can't fit a full pint into a half pint glass.

The river is the councils dept not Rovers and far be it from me to defend the Ewood regime but it's better to deal in facts.

Ewood Park existing and needing to drain into the river isn't a choice made by the council, though. It's not causing an environmental hazard when the water level is high.

As I understand it, there were enquiries made by the club for an alternative (viable) solution and were presented with one. Guess the "who" and "why" those enquiries weren't pursued?

[Tomphil2]

18 minutes ago, Bethnal said:

Ewood Park existing and needing to drain into the river isn't a choice made by the council, though. It's not causing an environmental hazard when the water level is high.

As I understand it, there were enquiries made by the club for an alternative (viable) solution and were presented with one. Guess the "who" and "why" those enquiries weren't pursued?

I was more referring to them pooh poohing the issue of more and more things being built on or near the rivers course and the run off and extra things drained into it.

Definitely a real issue and something i flagged ages ago and definitely not the clubs fault.

 

[RoversClitheroe]

@Herbie6590 are you able to actually sell Rovers shirts with the 'actual' original Blackburn Rovers badge? I would 100% buy, the club don't deserve a penny.

[Herbie6590]

3 hours ago, RoversClitheroe said:

@Herbie6590 are you able to actually sell Rovers shirts with the 'actual' original Blackburn Rovers badge? I would 100% buy, the club don't deserve a penny.

We’ve avoided anything with a badge that is trademarked…club has copyright protection agents prowling eBay, Etsy, Facebook etc.

The Maltese cross is interesting as it’s quite difficult to say it’s identified with Rovers given its origins. 

[KidderStreetNoise]

On 13/11/2025 at 11:22, Herbie6590 said:

He wasn’t corrected re Gary Aspinall either 😆

Could not confirm or deny the pseudonym given the sensitive nature of the topic

[KidderStreetNoise]

22 hours ago, Tomphil2 said:

I was more referring to them pooh poohing the issue of more and more things being built on or near the rivers course and the run off and extra things drained into it.

Definitely a real issue and something i flagged ages ago and definitely not the clubs fault.

 

You seen Everton's new stadium?

[Herbie6590]

19 minutes ago, KidderStreetNoise said:

Could not confirm or deny the pseudonym given the sensitive nature of the topic

It didn’t come across as Jakob was hiding the name, more that he misremembered it.

Gary has been mentioned many times on this Forum for his role with adidas & the whole Spezial thing…not a major point in the scheme of things. 👍

[Tomphil2]

2 hours ago, KidderStreetNoise said:

You seen Everton's new stadium?

Yeah, now google the word 'new' then google sea and tides, then google 'skint football club run by morons with drainage system laid 35 years ago'.

Finish off by googling the new drains and new estates, roads, motorway and industrial estates built on or near the course of the river Darwen in the last 30 years.

All the answers are in there somewhere although iv'e left out the words 'climate change'.

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

On 12/11/2025 at 15:46, Herbie6590 said:

I genuinely think we should let this go for the sake of our collective mental health 😆

The shirts will be sold by Rovers at some point irrespective of what we think. As stated multiple times there are minutes backing it up…but obviously no photos.

We have looked at perhaps doing our interpretation of the shirt as a casual wear item (& for a fraction of the price) but sourcing something of requisite quality is challenging. 

I need 45 more people to pledge to buy a “Bob Crompton” shirt & I’ll investigate that as our next retro 😉

I have an idea for you, it’s a bit late now but what about a Rovers Christmas jumper? Classic football shirts has some amazing ones but amazingly they seem to have most clubs apart from ourselves. They could have done a really smart 1995 one. The one on the Rovers website this year is naff

[Herbie6590]

20 minutes ago, Tugayslongwalkoff said:

I have an idea for you, it’s a bit late now but what about a Rovers Christmas jumper? Classic football shirts has some amazing ones but amazingly they seem to have most clubs apart from ourselves. They could have done a really smart 1995 one. The one on the Rovers website this year is naff

It’s on our list for next year…we needed to have designed & ordered by September for this year.

I have a design in mind…more of a sweatshirt than a sweater but it will hopefully work. 
 

We have a Christmas tee shirt design coming next week 😉

[Tugayslongwalkoff]

17 minutes ago, Herbie6590 said:

It’s on our list for next year…we needed to have designed & ordered by September for this year.

I have a design in mind…more of a sweatshirt than a sweater but it will hopefully work. 
 

We have a Christmas tee shirt design coming next week 😉

Good idea. The one Rovers did a few years ago was great, I’m taking it to the Berlin Christmas markets in a couple of weeks. 🍻

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23 hours ago, Herbie6590 said:

We’ve avoided anything with a badge that is trademarked…club has copyright protection agents prowling eBay, Etsy, Facebook etc.

The Maltese cross is interesting as it’s quite difficult to say it’s identified with Rovers given its origins. 

Pretty sure you can't trademark a Maltese cross lol

[wilsdenrover]

On 13/11/2025 at 21:38, Herbie6590 said:

We’ve avoided anything with a badge that is trademarked…club has copyright protection agents prowling eBay, Etsy, Facebook etc.

The Maltese cross is interesting as it’s quite difficult to say it’s identified with Rovers given its origins. 

Have you seen their most recent trademark application?

(UK00004264329)

 

Edited 13 hours ago by wilsdenrover

[Herbie6590]

9 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Have you seen their most recent trademark application?

(UK00004264329)

 

looks like the badge on next season’s away kit is sorted then…

 

[wilsdenrover]

1 minute ago, Herbie6590 said:

looks like the badge on next season’s away kit is sorted then…

 

It reminded me of something I’d seen somewhere before 🤔

[Upside Down]

10 hours ago, wilsdenrover said:

Have you seen their most recent trademark application?

(UK00004264329)

 

Why is one of them white?

Fucking brain dead.

[Herbie6590]

1 minute ago, wilsdenrover said:

It reminded me of something I’d seen somewhere before 🤔

Making this more contemporary & therefore protectable from now on…

[Herbie6590]

2 minutes ago, Upside Down said:

Why is one of them white?

Fucking brain dead.

To use on a black away shirt in monochrome format as is trend these days…🤷‍♂️

[Mattyblue]

Shame a small Mediterranean state and/or St John’s Ambulance hadn’t trademarked that cross…

Edited 3 hours ago by Mattyblue