https://www.instagram.com/tv/B6VrYlSIfBO/?igshid=1wr4q8y576war This is awesome!!

Firstly I'd like to wish all Rovers' fans a happy Christmas and a fantastic 2020. What's your best remembered Rovers Christmas fixture? After 55 years of watching Rovers, mine is 26th December 1977: nothing since has come remotely close... It's hard to smile when you're 3 nil down, The Rovers giving you the run around.....

Chaps please spread this far and wide for a fellow Blue:

The only preparation I'd make for this match is print out on paper 1-2 Luton and 1-2 Charlton and staple it to the backsides and foreheads of every one of our squad members. Double-staple them for good measure.

Surely if Dack is fit he should start. He's our best player and our talisman. Regardless of who the striker is Dack starts.

2 goals for Buckley 1 goal and 2 assists for Chapman Good times

Hark now hear the Rovers sing When Burnley ran away And we will fight for evermore Because of Boxing Day ?

Went on the pitch at ibrox against hearts in 2009. After herrick 9. Lost members of 45 commandos team thru injury/death. Contacted rangers and they couldn't do more Got shown round the training ground the day before. Free bar all day and night of the game. Fans stayed in there seats at half time to applaud. Was unbelievable to be honest. With my family being celtic they said they would be surprised if they would let us wear our green lids on the pitch. Lol. In fact most of the lads were celtic tbh. They was blown away. One of the boys was a hearts fan who tackled a hearts player and did keep ups in front of the hearts fans to then reveal his hearts top. A paper up here ran with the story commando jambo. Long story and I apologise but good good memories.

Agree that this is a game that we have to expect to win, but Wigan haven't been getting battered that often this year. I'd be more than happy with a win of any sort to keep the run going.

Looking forward to this match immensely.... it's a real test of our ambitions going into the new year. There can be no messing about, if we're serious about a top 6 place this has to be an emphatic win with a good performance. Coming over Merceresque here but it has to be a 3-0 or better. A draw or worse would be hard to take after the recent run raising our hopes (yet again)

Impressive. Having seen that I now understand Damien Johnson's role and the reason for his promotion. I will definitely not think of Mowbray as a dinosaur again ?.

I would expect we have one of the best senior and academy training facilities in the championship

Decent form and no work for many helps too. A good performance can easily swell the boxing day crowd further, fingers crossed.

Probably looking at 17-18,500. Lowering prices DOES work.

Leeds United we're coming for you!!!!!

I am not too sure we can exactly sit on the high horse with that one considering we bought somebody for 7 million who rarely makes the starting 11. In fact, can we just stop buying 'anyone' for 7 million. Seems to be our cursed number. Didnt we get Grabbi and Davies for 7 mil each?

So? Just because Birmingham was announced as Category A in the summer doesn’t mean it’s a good decision. It’s Cat A because usually you get a couple of thousand extra through the gate on Boxing Day. So instead of thinking, ‘traditional football day so how do we make that extra 2k, an extra 5/6/7k?’, the club just decides to milk that 2k at £27-£33. I’m not getting particularly annoyed about it, as it was always going to be Cat A and Wigan looks to be selling well, so we will see a bumper Xmas crowd at least once this year.

Rangers men lol ? the ugly sisters rangers and Celtic akin to Liverpool man utd

Probably the 1-0 win over Man United just before Christmas 2002.

Laughable but sadly typical of the kneejerk mentality in football. 1 good game in 20 and Bell’s suddenly the answer now.

Think you've been watching too many YouTube videos of Big Ben, and not what he's been doing on the pitch.

I remember in league one having to go in the home end of bury as we’d taken 4000 ish. At ten quid a ticket given they charge us far more I thought it was a low figure from them but your right it’s up to us to raise the roof indeed. A good early goal for us will turn the place electric. we are all Rangers pal! Had two old school pals down last week watching the gers game midweek! They both love rovers and the souness connection!

I'm coming down from dunfermline with 2 jocks who have never been to an English game. Hopefully they enjoy it

Cardiff against Preston was easily the worst game I have seen this season. Nobbers shaded it but the football was extremely poor.

Thinking on it my only worry about this one is its another game where Rovers are heavy favourites and we really don't do well in those situations. Our good run has come against teams who feel they could take something from the game rather than fearing Rovers. This game is a bit different - Wigan are on a horrendous run, we are in super form - I can see them sitting back and trying to hold out for the point. We really struggle with this. Hopefully our good form blows them away. on form and on quality of players we blow them away but still have that slight nagging feeling that this isn't our favourite type of game.

Only if he comes.with Brentford's keeper coach

That is one slow side.

Rovers win 3-2 tonight

Wilson Picket - In The Midnight Hour

Dont think theres any doubt that Raya isnt at times error prone and eccentric. That being said, hes certainly more talented than Walton and trading a permanent keeper for a loan keeper only compounds the situation. I think the quality of the Championship this season is low in general and thats certainly the case with the goalkeepers, theres some really error prone ones even at the top of the League.

Agreed about 1977. In the 1974/5 promotion season, Gordon Lee's championship winners thrashed PNE 3-0 and Palace 3-1 at Ewood over the Christmas period which gave the whole town belief that this was our season.

I have to agree with you Nick. It was a great day to be a Rovers fan over there on that day. I was in the Bee Hole with lots of other Rovers fans as we blew the Dingles away.

It was a good crowd and atmosphere in league 1 for this fixture despite tv and standard prices so hopefully a repeat of that. Wigan will bring 2-2.5k which is decent for them and about normal here. Hopefully we hand them their arses on the pitch.

Leeds' Christmas collapse continues on.

Every capacity is incorrect there. The Jack Walker holds around 11,000. Only the Blackburn End lower is in use which has a 5,000 capacity. Riverside holds around 4,000.

I thought that is what he was saying, to be honest...but I couldn't really care less lol

Wage considerations are a big part of it, I am sure you would have agreed had it been a Murphy or an Etuhu stuck on huge wages, that said Chapman was signed in January. I dont know how you could give Gallagher at least a 6. Hes our big money signing and has 2 goals in 20 games. More often than not he has been ineffective. Cunningham would get a 5 from me, his quality would have made him far higher than that had he not been injured shortly into his 8th game, including one major error at West Brom, this one is very unfortunate. Walton has made numerous major errors, and Johnson has arguably been the biggest disappointment considering his track record. Holtby is our highest calibre signing but still no closer to finding his place in our team for all of his quality. All 5's for me. As you imply, cant argue with the analysis on Adarabioyo and Downing.

The Clash - Armagideon Time

aye, sorry.

You will find that the only thing I said was that Dack plays at his best with Graham and not with our other strikers. If Graham is not selected, but Gallagher is, then Brereton would be a better partner for him, than Dack. Pick the best partnership that is available.

I thought he was absolute rubbish. Every time tried to run with the ball his legs got tangled up! Off the ball, he seemed always on the fringe of the action, looking on and wondering what to do. The way he moves is so ungainly, like a colt learning to run. There's a story here but I doubt we'll ever know. Sure he did a couple of good things in the game (who wouldn't?) but he was ineffective for the most part. We've signed some bad ones in the past, but this one, especially at £7M will take some beating. In terms of the fee paid, easily the worst signing we have ever made. Worse than Grabbi, worse than Davies, I'll stop there. And no-one WANTS to see him fail Eddie. Shameful of you.

Every club has its idiots and the like so I wouldn’t lose any sleep, it’s a bit sad to people post posts on Twitter, I’d have thought people would have better things to do. Didn’t realise it’s 20 years since Jack passed in the summer. What a fitting tribute it would be if we could get lucky this year.

I think it’s a really good idea and a nice gesture to give bury supporters tickets. who cares what the unwashed think

I'll never forget that one it was Radio Lancs phone in gold. 'If we were in Rovers position we'd.....' - STILL get smaller gates mate ?

Many more of those attendances at the mighty Turf that season.... legend has it though they had to terrace Pendle hill for the Orient game!

There should be a blue plaque on t turf with that on it

I thought he was totally decent. Too many people have their minds made up about him and it would take a run of 20 incredible performances to change that. I thought it was a good return from injury and, hopefully, he can keep improving. Not sure why so many want to see him fail. Will be end up justifying the fee? Don't know. Could we have done something better with the money? Probably. But does he look like he could be a useful player to have a round? Quite possibly.

7th March 1987, Burnley v Exeter City at t'Turf, attendance 1,792.

Despite having only seen brief glimpses of JRC I'd really like to see him given a spot on the bench and to come off it a couple of times before January. It what little I've seen I was impressed with his crossing in particular, less so his defending and if we are going to sub Armstrong off I'd prefer him over Buckley or Samuel/Brereton on the right. He does look like he has ability but at this stage unless he does get a couple of 20 minutes chances and impresses a lot the n he should probably be off on loan after we add another couple of years to his contract.