Crimpshrine

I might nip down to Spud Bros, I need a new squeaky chicken

Generally works from home in Brighton !

I read somewhere that the club ( Pasha ) decided not to issue a new 150th shirt while there were still lots of stock of the gold and green shirts left to sell. I just checked on line and the only sizes left of the gold are Small, 4XL and 5XL. The green has Small and 5XL I suspect there won't be any special 150th shirt now because they don't want to pay for anything that may be seen as a partial risk during this period of cost cutting. Maybe the book hasn't sold well and they are taking the hint. 135/15

Current bid £354 which rises to £437 with fees - no mention of it being for charity. Imagine paying that for a shirt with Venky's logo on it !

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Its like the punishment of Sisyphus

The sudden lack of games for Ribeiro is odd too. Did we sign him on a free with the intention of selling at a profit in January ?

Cantwell probably in the same boat

This is a big worry for me. If the glorious day ever comes when Venky's sell the club, they could keep the training ground and dust off those planning permission applications.

Sky commentator yesterday: "The hierarchy wanted to reduce the age of the squad to create saleable assets" There was then a short silence - he was probably just contemplating that statement and thinking: "is that a sensible approach for a football club with any ambition whatsoever ?"

Lengends ? is this Call My Bluff ?

I am not even sure the players are going to wear it tomorrow or if they ever will.

They may have some ready for sale after Christmas - or so I have heard. So the 2026 151st anniversary ?

Yes. You are right. I have an old souvenir print that states "BLACKBURN ROVERS DIVISION 3 CHAMPIONS 1974/75 In their centenary year." I see it is referring the the calendar year 1975 rather than the season 74/75

It's all a bit confusing. From this it looks like the 50th season was 1924/25 and the centenary season was definitely 1974/75. So the 150th season was 2024/25. So we have switched from celebrating the number of seasons played to the number of years since formation ? Presumably the club played a season before its 1st birthday and we are now in season 151 ?