Belgian Rocker, Guy Swinnen, says "Please include my double - Tugay."

Jack Southworth - statistically Rovers most prolific goalscorer. Skimmy Southworth - Rovers' Musical Goal Machine

Sunderland was a town up to recently when they won 6 League titles, along with 2 FA Cups. Plus Blackburn is a city in all but name. There's only two real cities in what was Lancashire - Liverpool and Manchester. Lancaster is a small town, Preston a big town and Salford is a suburb.

Stoke have appointed a bloke named after a Supremes song (not Love Child).

Another new pub opens in Blackburn town centre. Rock Box opens in Blackburn town centre

Doing a better job than this bloke Nero of the Rovers - A Funny Thing Happened in the Forum

They had a feature on Duane Eddy in the Lancs Telegraph this week. I will always remember him from the journey to Cardiff, when we beat Spurs in the League Cup. From the Severn Bridge to Cardiff, the coach driver must have played one track after another. The most irritating aspect of this journey was Duane Eddy. I used to like his records, despite their age. But when they were played over and over again I began to hate the guitar man. All I remember from this coach journey was “Dang De De Dang De De Dang De De De De De De. Dance to the Guitar Man. Can you hear me?” Yes I bloody well could! I just wish he’d broken his strings. Thank goodness we won the cup!

He wasn't the only one. A Real Tall Story

Is Mrs Desai a Thunderbird? Read Here: The Sample Pirates

Switchblade Nightclub. Didn't last very long. So much for their security arrangements.

One for the guitar people Jo Jo Gunne - Run

An ode to Mrs. Desai Oh Mrs. Desai

Venky's too busy feathering their nest. Venky's Knocked Down By A Feather

Shame on you (Bolton) cos you couldn't get Two Shame On You

This is good and cheesy. https://youtu.be/sTiZh6BcauY

Are you not the seller?

Might as well slip this one in. Anger Over Bring Your Pets To Ewood Park

Souness would have sorted him out. Anger Management

'Thieves Like Us' seems very appropriate in some quarters.

When England played Scotland there in 1887, they called it the 'incline'. 12,000 turned up for that match.

This is supposed to be an attempt at satire, poking fun at Love Island. Sex Doll Factory For Blackburn?

Behind Dukes Brow, to the left of the Meadows, is an old hidden street actually called Gawthorpe. All this area was taken up by quarrying and the quarries had their own names, i.e. Wagtail, where the Leamington Street ground was located. Gawthorpe was probably named after the nearby quarry. But there were a lot of handloom weaver's cottages in this area too. These were often in little colonies, having their own names.

One for the anoraks. Rovers' two former grounds - shown on the Map above (sited at Wagtail and Grammar as reference points), both hosted England full International matches. Could they be the nearest two grounds to each other to have hosted England matches? Leamington Street and Alexandra Meadows are barely 100 yards apart.

The significance of Rovers' first match might have been lost in translation. The webmaster thinks we played a church team, without realising it was the old Church F.C. from down the road. I must admit for many years I thought the West End cricket ground, where Church and Oswaldtwistle C.C. now play, was where Rovers played their first ever game. But it turns out it wasn't the original home of Church C.C. This was on the recreation ground owned by Captain Pickup (no relation) of the local militia, at the point where Church, Ossie and Accy all merged. The webmaster's other historical stuff is quite amusing to read.

Wait until Wetherspoons turn the top of the Postal Order into a hotel. Very handy indeed. Blackburn to have its own Postel