She played Alf Garnet's daughter and her boyfriend was Tony Blair's father-in-law, Anthony Booth.

Absolutely, Den. It's the ownership that worries me most. They still haven't got a clue what they are doing. I've seen us with various boards of directors that seemed to do their best for the club. I've seen them stick with Jackie Bestall as manager when we were bottom of Div 2 at Christmas, spend a lot of money bringing in experienced players that he wanted like Quigley, Elvy, Langton, Briggs, and Kelly to make us into a super footballing team. Boards that have appointed Carey, Smith, Saxton, Kendall and Mackay as well as mistakes like Iley and Ince. These boards and owners ( Uncle Jack and the Walker Trust) always did their best for the club and had knowledge of football or appointed people who had that knowledge. The club was run properly. Now, sadly, it isn't and it hasn't been since Venkys forced John Williams out. Yes, Den, my heart is broken. It's like a living hell really. There must be an end to it sometime but it may not be in my lifetime which is rather sad.

I'm not surprised he has turned us down. Any decent footballer in his right mind wouldn't touch this basket case of a club. Mowbray and his entourage out.

Is the Rovers game on 95.5FM? Really? Yep it is.

I cannot get the Radio Lancashire 104.5 FM frequency. I can just make out voices through the incessant crackle. Anyone else having trouble?

Wasn't that Tommy Lawrence of Liverpool?

We have to play most of our first team starters. If we play our under 23s we will get hammered. Morecambe are a pretty good side. They are no push-over. I want Rovers to have a good cup run, just for a change. I'm sick to the teeth of being shunted out of the competition year after year because we field a weak side. Rest Ayala and Gallagher only.

I make sure I've eaten at home and I bring a small flask of coffee. I refuse to pay rip-off prices anywhere, not just Ewood.

Same seat STs worked for my mate. I had a paper ticket because I changed seats. The new plastic season tickets are not available until the next home game.

Agree but have Carter in for Ayala. Morecambe won't be doing tippy tippy around the back. Give Gally a go in the middle with Dolan on the right wing. It's time we started winning cup ties.

The one I look at wasn't. I went to the back at half time, not very far I must admit, but I didn't see one screen working.

Is the Grey Mare in Daisy Hill, Westhoughton? Also the TV screens the back of the Riverside are caput. Nice that the club really try to make match day experience the best for the fans.

I hope he doesn't.

Sloop John B by The Beach Boys. Last line should really rhyme with "loan".

Underperforming?? Chris Brown holds a record at the Rovers that will probably never ever be beaten..........a CF who has played the most minutes without scoring a single goal. Now that's a record of underperformance.🤢

Had to read the open letter to fans in the LET because the sheet on the Rovers official site was blank. I thought Venkys still not talking to me personally then.

How do you know there is much petty squabbling back in India. I don't even know if the Raos are still alive. What a shocking mess they've made of our beloved club.

Ah. A paper ticket has just arrived with apologies for the plastic card season ticket which, they assure me, will arrive before the next home game.

I've renewed but changed seats to the one next to my previous seat. They said they'd send a new season ticket. I'm still waiting.

And this is our current problem. Tony Mowbray will soon knock the ability and zeal of this young lad out of him. We really do need a change of manager and his staff. I am firmly convinced that, if we had a good manager, this squad of youngsters could be moulded into a terrific team; a team to be proud of and a team that would bring the fans flocking back to Ewood, despite Venky ownership; a team that would become a promotion-challenging force within one or two seasons.

Personally I prefer the adverts as they are now, rather than a small monthly fee. It's not that I can't afford it but I enjoy new posters coming on here for a short time like ffan, that nobbender bloke, longsiders and others from other clubs. People like that and Rovers fans who read but don't post are not likely to pay and therefore we miss out on contribution and lose members of BRFCS. Keep it as it is for me.

You bastard!!! I'm laughing now but my heart missed a beat at first.

And, if he did leave, the loons in Pune wouldn't even know who Ainsworth is.

Ainsworth?

So. McBride replaced Buckley. Vale on for Armstrong. Cirino on for Pickering. Pike on for Nyambe.