Corona - Make us dance - not die! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M4rJdf97JbA

I nearly dropped someone in the sh~t with a particular Acid House party. Down Pump Street, around 1990 (From my book Blowing With The Blackburn Trades). The funniest thing which happened to George was when Walmsley and him nearly got themselves arrested in the early hours of a particular Sunday morning. It was the common practice for Walmsley to get drunk every Saturday dinner time and fall asleep in such a way as he would be dead to the world. Some rotten devil, usually me, would draw all over his face with a red or green felt tip pen until he looked a bit like a Maori from New Zealand. We wouldn't tell him what we'd done when he woke up and keep straight faces for the rest of the evening while he carried on where he left off boozing. If I was really cruel I would invite him to accompany me on a pub crawl without letting the penny drop. On one particular night Walmsley - face painted once again - supped in the club till four in the morning with George. They went for some supper down King Street afterwards. What they didn't know was an acid party had been taking place down Pump Street, the police were called to disperse the ravers. When the cops saw Walmsley they assumed like anybody else he was one of the acid kids and pulled him and George. Walmsley's luck must have been in as he came out with the all-time classic excuse for the police by saying: "How can we be acid kids? Look at us we're pissed. This lot are into drugs, we're into beer!" The police let them go, giving them five minutes to get home or they would be offered another bed for the night.

Remember the Vulcan? It's still pulling in the punters. Blackburn's Vulcan pub still packing them in.

Suter also played in the 1882 Cup Final when Rovers lost to the Old Etonians.

Fantasy Football 1883. Never let the truth get in the way of a good story Cyber Rovers

Sounds a bit like the Comic Strip's version of the Miner's Strike.

You don't have to go so far from here for a really good read. Check out the Player Archive. It's now reached the letter G. So much research and work has gone into this and it's obviously going to be such an important part of our club's culture. You can also try checking out my website. Loads of spoofs and silliness relating to our beloved club RovingMick.com

It even splits the team, never mind the fans. Blackburn Rovers' Last Battlefield

Last tram ran in Blackburn in 1949. You can still see evidence of tracks, but they look to be filled in. Plus no overhead lines on route. So early 50's looks favourite.

Scoring goals - it's as easy as falling off a log.

Is this the car park with the pigeon fouling? Gay pigeons stop Rovers fouling

When David Bellamy came to Ewood Park. Land of Dope and Glory

Could Steve Kean have been an Alien? Space Invaders

Sounds like the old club shop. Alice in Sports Wonderland

In 1970's the Blackburn End calling Chesterfield Dirty Yorkshire Bastards - It's in Derbyshire!

Not a bad start. Shame about the Squire across the road. Blackburn's Grapes Now Open Again

How Kean ended up on Tracy Island. https://www.rovingmick.com/venkys/sample-pirates/

It's the turn of the Grapes to re-open today - at 10.00am.

The Adelphi re-opens today. Hope it's not more of the same.

The Grapes will be opening as a pub again on 30th August. Four pubs on King William Street now - brilliant!

Some of their season ticket holders from last season are saying they are owed a match because of the Brentford postponement. They reckon they should get in free at their first home match. Seems reasonable to me.

That was his last boozer. Wonder if he paid the BILL?

It's still there. First time it's had a lick of paint too.

I wrote this story in April about the possibility of the Grapes becoming a pub again. This follows its present incarnation - Liz and Lil's - calling it a day. Now the manager of Blackburn Times says her friend has got the place and will be re-opening it as a pub. Hope she's right. Could Blackburn's Grapes Become A Pub Again?

You can see the old course of the River Darwen at the top of the photo. It used to flow through the car park and was diverted, probably to supply the mills around Hollin Bank.