Certainly do. The most uncomfortable things ever. Leather was Rick hard. *rock hard.

I believe the North End player is Bill Cranston. Tommy Hutchinson was MOTM.

Another one. PNE vs Blackpool 1970. Blackpool promoted, North End relegated. Who scored a hat trick for Blackpool in a 3/0 win?

😀 well football obviously. I don’t see why we can’t expand a bit. If mods aren’t happy, then please remove. Here we go. Pitches that yesteryears footballers had to contend with.

Is there any objection to opening this up to non rovers related nostalgia?

I don’t really agree with that OJF. I think the entertainment level depends on the closeness of the game, the wicket etc like it does in any format. I watched a Lancs 50 over game last season where over 700 runs were scored in the day. Which other format gives you that? Unlike the T20 it allows for the hard hitting alongside the need to build an innings. All I would say is that if it’s a crap game then it’s a longer day to suffer. There again Test matches used to provide 5 days of suffering when scoring rates rarely got above 2 per over.

I would argue that not one player - batting or bowling- has been anything but poor or worse in every game. Maybe Rashid has done the best. How often do you see that throughout a series? Something is very wrong. The team is ageing but I don’t see the replacements anywhere. We are in for a long spell in the wilderness I reckon.

I would suggest that what we have now is a large chunk of cricketers who have become individual freelancers who simply follow the money. They play for anyone anywhere to the highest bidder. I’ve been a member at LCCC for the last couple of seasons. Don’t get me wrong I’m thoroughly enjoying it. However it’s so very obvious that the only players playing county cricket nowadays are the young lads making their way in the game, or -and this might sound cruel - those that can’t get on the money go round. The fans realise it and just don’t turn up for county games. The players they want to see, those contracted to LCCC who should be representing their counties are anywhere but at those counties. Cricket started to follow football quite some time ago. maybe some of these bigwigs have lost all sense of direction. Maybe they’ve got dizzy on that money go round. Or maybe they’ve just run out of time and can’t do it now. I don’t know what the answer is. There isn’t a quick answer though.

I doubt anyone can say definitively because we still have a lot of top players but not necessarily world class players nowadays - as we did under Eoin Morgan. Morgan is the difference. We miss his leadership, his batting and his insight. We also don’t have the Hales or the Roys and a number of others around the squad that we used to have. The bowling is much weaker and Stokes not bowling is another big loss. Livingston isn’t good enough. That doesn’t really explain why we’ve dropped off so badly, so quickly. I think it’s the end of an era.

England are completely shot. No leaders, no confidence. In all honesty the cracks were showing just before the World Cup.

Diabolical 124/7

Every credit. Rovers had to work hard for that and they did.

https://x.com/brfcsdotcom/status/1716895290912129411?s=46&t=wT27yUdXILU0s10X6MNvTQ millwall goal

Totally disjointed

Thanks for that oldjamfan. I wasn’t aware it was on there.

https://x.com/kieranmaguire/status/1716472141812551695?s=46&t=wT27yUdXILU0s10X6MNvTQ

If this has been posted, my apologies https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/23850894.blackburn-rovers-entangled-venkys-indian-government-row/

Photo from outside the BBE Ewood Park 1929. Rovers record crowd of 62,522 FA cup vs Bolton.

Everyone will be behind you and your mum. I’m certain of that. Best wishes to you both roverandout..

JDT has been done over by the owners. That’s the bottom line. They just don’t understand the dangers of doing nothing.

We have no presence in the area. None at all.

I keep reading that the score line flattered Leicester. Im not sure about that. They weren’t four lucky goals were they? Like I said that was classic relegation football from rovers. Teams with leaky defences and no strikers always struggle.

Sound on, watch this…… https://x.com/mrdanwalker/status/1708739779326603551?s=61&t=FPxP9rw03Z61jd2pGmotEQ

The bottom line really is that the club is in completely the wrong hands. Venkys, Waggott and Broughton should be nowhere near Ewood Park. None of them have anything in common with either the town or the club and none of them have any record of success. Why are they here?