Damien Johnson is NOT a manager. We'd be better sticking with Mowbray than offering Johno the job! Suggestions that he is are absolute bonkers!

From those that know what they are talking about, that was the suggestion. It was refused by 2 individuals who know fuck all about anything that matters!

I'm pissing myself now!!

It's off piste and not in Darren Mark, we both know that!

Sorry Tyrone but I'm smiling just a touch! I thought you always said you had quick feet? 😉

It was proposed at the end of season before last, what the pitch would be like now, if proposals weren't actioned. The cost was £1.5 million to have the best pitch, technologically, fabric etc in the country. The proposal was refused before it got to India, I believe. Look at the bloody result! Who is to blame?

We're all like caged animals straining to get out at the moment. The next opportunity to purchase a season ticket is going to be this summer. I'll throw this out for debate as a starter for 10:- Get season tickets on sale by the end of February at the latest, priced irrespective of division we find ourselves in. What do people think the take up would be in terms of numbers if the following applied? £275 per adult ticket in all sections of Riverside, Blackburn End, Darwen End and Jack Walker Lower. £375 per adult ticket for Jack Walker Upper 'wings' and £450 per adult ticket for Jack Walker Upper Central (exclude corporate seats) Under 7s free with a full paying adult. 7-16 year olds £90 per junior ticket if with a full paying adult. £140 per ticket for young adults 17-23 year olds with a 4 year record of being a junior season ticket holder. Over 60s season ticket 10% reduction from full adult priced season ticket..........

Feck all other than piss off supporters season after season! Leading to ever dwindling numbers I hasten to add. He's the Owen Coyle of the boardroom in my opinion!

Always absolutely gleaming at all times too! Great fun jumping off at 30mph too. Imagine Elf and Safety of today contemplating that in a risk assessment?!

😉😃👍🤞🤞🙏🙌🙌,🙌🙌🙌,🙌🙌🙌🙌 ROVERS!!!" WE ARE THE ROVERS!!!

That’s an extremely selfish and shortsighted viewpoint Ben. Could I respectfully suggest you go and give yourself a shake!

I cannot argue with a single word Mercer (not that I’d wish to do so) BRFC is soul less, rudderless, managed by passionless, unprofessional incompetents, who wouldn’t know how to relate to Blackburn public if Birdie smacked them in the gob! I’m sick of it, we’re all sick of it, WE ARE BLACKBURN ROVERS ffs, let’s bloody well believe it matters!!!

No Mercer, Fuck Off!! Forget the pleasantries!!!

X 100% Just clear the fucking swamp!!!

You don't say?!!! Sorry I'm just fuming, I've already killed the cat, so looking for sommat else to kick!!!

Waggott, Cheston, Mowbray, Venus: Just fuck off tomorrow!!! Useless, passionless, unprofessional, no idea what makes Blackburn folk tick and couldn't give a shit. Please just fuck off!!! Another vital revenue stream up the shitter! Can you sign another cheque please Madame? It's disgusting and disgraceful and in honesty, I'm no Venky apologist, but it's just not fair either!!! We can do so much better than this gutless, clueless shower! Aim High and you may reach the stars, watch this space!!...... WE ARE THE ROVERS!!!

Chance to leave UK in past 12 months would be a fine thing rigger! Should have been in US in March and September: no fecking chance! I bet it's another 6 months at least too! Best keep mi 'ed down, just in case, now I've offered mi sen up!

I used to catch The Ribble Bus back home to Darwen after school from the shelters at the top of the Boulie: Preston to Bolton bus (244 I think), next to the Rossendale bus where all The Convent girls seemed to congregate. Anyone else used to ask the toffee shop owner on the railway station for a quarter of whatever from inside his stall, then when he went inside, helped themselves to all the chocolate bars of choice from the rack outside, next to where you were queuing? I can't still get done from plod for that after 48 years, can I?

Dutton's Brewery then rigger, I suspect.

Whenever I went to t'Turf, I always made damn sure the car I was in had a CW or HG reg.!

...Dad darrenrovers on a roll, totally unsolicited, I've just had the text message, "Have you written up my next 2 big paragraphs then?" Well I haven't, so again in my Dad's own words aged 82 (yep I got it wrong and mum's 84 not 85, so I suffered the virtual tongue lashing from both! 😛) "Stopped watching Rovers as regular in 1953 and joined Bolton Harriers and later, Blackburn Harriers. I had a bit of success winning Lancashire 100 yards, second in 220 yards and also won the long jump. I came second in North v South. I was then second to Alf Meakin in the first ever track meeting at Witton Park. I packed up athletics after, mainly due to courting. Went to Ewood again with your Grandad (Grandad blackburnrover) in 1956. He was to become my father in law in 1959 when I wed your Mum. Good, in fact great times, I forgot to mention signing Eddie Quigley from Preston: everyone moaned he was lazy, maybe he was, but he didn't need to run, he made the ball do his talking. He was the best passer of a ball I've seen, apart from Ronnie Clayton. Start of one season, we'd just been promoted I think, we won the first 3 games 5-0, 5-1 and 5-0; one of which I think was Tottenham. On to the 1958 FA Cup semi-final at Maine Road against Bolton. Your Grandad and me climbed off a crash barrier and into a roof strut to escape the crush. Sad but we lost 2-1. For the 1960 FA Cup Final and run up, Mum and I were living in Stirling, Scotland. Having just got wed, we moved up there because I worked for Duttons, stock checking in all their tied houses in Scotland. I learned some tricks of the trade I'll tell you. Week before final, our old tv set on fire. Panic stations set in and had to get a new telly in time, which we managed to do. Bastard Jocks didn't show the match live, so had to listen the radio and was almost in tears when Whelan broke his leg. Dougan might have well not been on the pitch, he didn't give a shite. After the game we found out he had asked for a transfer the night before the Final. There was a real souring of the fans over tickets too. Tickets were really in short supply but yet all the players were given 150 tickets each, I know because Ronnie told me. He said that he kept 10 for Val and other friends and family but gave the rest back to the club to sell to fans. Many tickets were sold on black market at 10 times face value. Big loss to fan base for many years after. Your Grandad went to every game home and away and replays too but he didn't get a ticket for the Final." To be continued into the sixties and my personal introduction aged 5 in 1966........ (Images below: 1958 FA Cup Semi-Final, all 1960 FA Cup matches including replays, which Grandad blackburnrover attended (except Spurs which I presume he missed) to our defeat in the Final v Wolves (I picked up the programme on eBay)

I think Dad is probably getting his fixtures mixed up: in 1952 he'd be 14, so I doubt his Dad would be lifting him into a window space out of the way then( He's still over 6 foot now at 82). He will undoubtedly have been present for the 5th Round Tie v WBA though (51,177 on Ewood for that match!) In 1946/7 he'd be 8 or 9, so in all probability he's got the year about right but not the opponents.

....and then there was always Peepers off King William Street on a Friday night! Loadstar on Thursdays, Shepherd's Rest........

Tosser! Robbie Savage I mean!!

I can still smell those smells too, bloody marvellous. I can also relate to The Vulcan too: As 2 sixteen year olds, myself accompanied by someone who is now one of, if not the, most eminent solicitor in Blackburn, used to think nothing of going in for a pint in our school uniforms! Can you imagine that now?🤣