And your membership pack is..................

One wash bag, one pair socks, one key ring. Not even a cheap bottle of wine from Whalley 😩

Coral have us at 13th. They actually have Ipswich and Sheff Wed above us. I think we'll finish top 6 providing we get a good CF or two.

My problem is every time I forecast Rovers to do well they always let me down.

So my final word is bottom 6. Does that make sense?

4 hours ago, R0verb0y said:

If the weather at the Wham Stadium's anything like it is in BB2 at the moment, serious respect to anyone who's there.

(I would have been; but I'm 77 and recuperating from surgery.)

Hope you are ok. Get well soon, Fella.

Mowbray did his best for us but, in the end, it wasn't good enough. Glad we have GB and JDT now.

Armstrong looks great in that video but what happened to him at Southampton?

1 minute ago, rigger said:

aren't the Peacocks the whites ?

I'd call 'em "the shites" myself.

My prediction for the final league table of 23/24

Foxes

Rovers

Saints

Boro

Hornets

Peacocks

Potters

Throstles

Sky Blues

Black Cats

Tractor Boys

Lions

Swans

Canaries

Robins

Owls

Lilywhites

Tigers

Big Club

QPR

Terriers

Bluebirds

Pilgrims

Millers

Potter would be a hell of a lot better than Ince

I agree with Miller. I've signed up and it's such a pleasure to have no annoying ads.

9 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

The cracking boozer that is the Black Horse in Preston often has it on. Had a pint of it post PNE away… that deadened the pain a little.

I was about to recommend The Black Horse, Friargate, Preston. Not only is it a Robinsons pub but it is well worth visiting for the nostalgia of what a pub of yesteryear was like. It's a superb preserved building both inside and out.

Not to be confused with The Black Bull which is opposite Greyfriars Wetherspoons.

The French, Italian and Mexican national anthems are great to dance to. But our anthem has dignity. So does the anthem of Japan.

My favourite is Hungary.

That's the one! Thanks.

There was a recent game (I say "recent", must have been in the last 10 years) when Rovers were away and scored a glorious team goal. The commentators counted the number of passes that Rovers made before scoring. Can't think who it was against. Maybe a Yorkshire team?

1 hour ago, Mattyblue said:

I was talking about a pretty bland tune to have pre a football match, not exactly the La Marseillaise, is it?

😁

Ours is a superb national anthem. It's not an entry for the Eurovision Song Contest.

Home again on Good Friday. ☹️ Why can't we be away for once.

Is it worth discussing Britain's Got Talent on here? I have only ever voted in the final twice.

The first time I was determined to vote Susan Boyle but instead voted for the superb dance troop known as Diversity and they won.

This year the final was made up of really good acts but this fella with the balloon had me laughing all the time. I saw his audition but missed the semi final. So, not expecting him to win, I voted for him. I was quite shocked when he won. Since then I keep watching on You Tube his three performances and cannot stop laughing. What will he do next?

I'm obviously not in the minority because he won but people like Graham Liver on Radio Lancs don't agree.

On 07/06/2023 at 22:38, alcd said:

When is the trip to India taking place? 

When is the trip from India to Lancashire taking place is more the question for me.

On 08/06/2023 at 16:34, tomphil said:

Friedel v Spuds league cup final.

The whole squad v Spuds get my vote. Tiny Taylor as an attacking right wing back. Berg and NEJ at centre back. Jansen & Cole, Duff, Dunne and Gillespie. Not forgetting Bjornabye, Yordi and Hignett. Of course Friedel and Hughes were the mainstays but what a performance.

Bellamy beat Pompey on his own.

New one. MGP v Fulham to volley in, from such an acute angle, Kuqi's cross and later to put a pin point corner for Tugay to volley home. Also when he scored both goals for us to beat Man Utd at Old Trafford.

How I miss those days; probably more than when Dalglish was in charge.

15 hours ago, Ulrich said:

I'm Scottish, I like the other side in the city so I meant ante pottygol. Big leap to spuds, no 2 horse race here so I am happy to see him join them.  Mid table beckons, Kane will leave and it's a big rebuild against stronger teams and managers.

It may have been better to call him Ante Pottyloo. The letter g in Turkish is silent. So Tugay's surname would be pronounced Ker  im  oloo, with the emphasis on "im".

I was educated on this by Kevin Livesey, a tennis coach in Malaysia, who claims to have played for Rovers reserves in the early 1950s. He never got a first team chance so cannot be found in the history books.

It's the swaggering arrogance of Manure over many decades that gets me. I've seen City almost always in their shadow. So I'm glad they won.

I think City have a superb player in every position. The odd one out to me is Grealish. He doesn't fit their style. He should be at another club.

When you are defending in your own penalty area you must do everything with both hands shoved up your arse.

I'll stick my neck out now. United to win on penalties.

City score after 18 seconds

8 hours ago, bluebruce said:

Fergus Suter only played one game for us in the Football League. Because it only formed about a year before he retired. But he played for us for 9 years, including playing in 4 FA Cup finals. It was all about the FA Cup back then, even for a little while after the league started.

Yes. Thanks. I realise that now. It was a league match at the end of his career.

On 27/05/2023 at 19:00, rigger said:

I remember, Muffin the mule.

Anyway, back to JDT.

I remember Muffin the mule too, with Annette Mills at the piano and Ann Hogarth pulling the strings. Do you remember Saturdays......Whirligig with Humphrey Lestoq and Saturday Special with Peter Butterworth. Mr Turnip and Hank Rides Again. Most on this board haven't a clue what we're on about.

Should I book myself into a care home?

26 minutes ago, Ulrich said:

Herby Arthur

Fergus Suter, Hugh McIntyre, Jimmy Forest, Joe Beverly.

Joe Lofthouse, Jimmy Douglas, Jon Hargreaves, James Brown.

Joe Sowerbutts, Jon Inglis.

Great team 👍 remember seeing them in my teenage years.

Where did you buy the elixir from? Does that shop still exist?

Do you realise Fergie Suter only plated one game for us?

Where is Jack Southworth in that team? I think he scored more goals per game than Shearer did.