Thank you to everyone who has contributed and bought fanzines this season. Another 4 issues committed to the archive🔵⚪️

From money made: £100 going to Diabetes UK (for our regular contributor Glenn Entwistle, who very sadly passed away in January) and £100 to Blackburn Foodbank.

Issues are still available to buy here: https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com

A Leicester supporter has come forward and submitted a wonderful long read about Rovers ahead of Saturday's match. Lots of trivia and obscure facts which perhaps some Rovers fans do not even know about. Please give it a look!

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/an-outsider's-view-of-rovers-history/532

The sixth and final part of Ian Herbert's epic ‘Kits Through the Decades’ series is in the brand new Issue 112. There just might be the odd mention of the requirement for a Rovers shirt to have “reversible halves”...

ORDER HERE: https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-issue-112

Thank you to everyone who picked up a copy of Issue 111 this month. The 'Decades Trilogy' is now complete!

Plenty more spares of the Noughties and Nineties Specials (Issues 107 & 111) are still available to buy via the link, but Issue 103 is now completely sold out.

https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/

4,000 Holes

Special edition looking back on 1990 to 2000 in 99 tales. Unmissable review of the decade – loads of niche stories! Order ONLINE HERE or on EBAY HERE.

Read about Chicken & Beans, the Collybobble, Simply The Best, Rubber Dinghy Men and the misadventures of Tim Flowers. Find out who the surprise keeper was who made the save of the decade, which rare condition sidelined a Rovers star for months and what David Batty’s bizarre secret was. Relive Witschge, Ward and Wegerle! And that memorable Jack Walker era...

Please join the applause at 37 minutes on Saturday in tribute to Glenn Entwistle, a huge Rovers fan and regular contributor to the fanzine. Glenn very sadly passed away this month, aged just 37, and our thoughts continue to be with his family and friends. He will be missed massively. 

Meanwhile, enjoy reading ‘Confessions of a Teenage Mascot’ – one of our favourites from the fanzine archive. Glenn’s tremendous personality shines through. 

2 hours ago, elwaxo said:

Apologies for posting this here. Does anyone have/ know where I can get a copy of the 4000 holes fanzine issue 109? It's the one with the 90s kits in. I can't find it on the site or on ebay. Cheers

Issue 109 was part of the 'Fan Takeover' for the Girona friendly and proved very popular, selling 460 copies. The last few spare ones have recently been sold so unfortunately it is no longer available. 

3 hours ago, damo100 said:

The 7th club to have reached this incredible milestone, but thanks to the poor marketing we see from Rovers these days, have we missed a trick here to celebrate this achievement?

Mentioned in 4,000 Holes before the season started😉

Fantastic article on site today about the importance of home pre-season friendlies. This was actually written last summer and called for some kind of 'fan takeover day' with a match against European opponents. Prophetic!

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/a-homage-to-the-home-pre-season-friendly/419

4,000 Holes is returning in 2023/24 with four new issues planned. Subscriptions are now available.

For just £10 (which includes UK postage), you will receive the next four issues (109 to 112). 

Issue 109 will be a Special Edition as part of the 'fan takeover day' for the Rovers v Girona pre-season friendly on Saturday 29th July. Previous subscribers are already due to receive Issue 109 - therefore there is the option to get a reduction on the subscription for anyone renewing for this season.

Meanwhile Issue 111 is due to be a 'Nineties Special', to follow on from the hugely popular 2000-10 Special and 2010-20 Special from the last couple of years. 

Please use the following link to order:

https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-subscriptions-2023-24

51 minutes ago, wilsdenrover said:

Is there a way of getting a programme whilst neither attending nor being local?

Just getting this set up today but it's possible to pre-order now here.  As above, subscriptions are also available. Note that the issue is included in the previous subscription from last season too.

https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-issue-109-girona-special

On 11/07/2023 at 22:30, Herbie6590 said:

The oldest accounts at Companies House are from May 1986…those were the days…

I read the news today, oh boy, 4000 shares in Blackburn Rovers...

Small tribute on site today!

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/you-are-my-turkish-delight/413

Great to see Coley back at Brockhall reliving a couple of his famous Rovers goals here:

Thank you to everyone who has bought Issue 108 over the Easter weekend - subscribers should also have received their issues in the post, despite the bank holidays.  More copies will be available before the Hull match on Saturday and they're still online below.  Hopefully this front cover won't have expired by then!!  Thanks for supporting the fanzine this season - it's really appreciated by all of the contributors.

https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-issue-108

Final shout for Issue 107 as we need to focus efforts on a 'Wembley Special' soon!😆 A few handfuls will be on sale before the match today and it's still online here🔽 Thanks to everyone who's got a copy so far... 

https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-issue-107-special-edition

Thanks for all the positive feedback - it's really appreciated!  Reminder that Issue 107 will be available on Kidder Street for £2 before the match today.

Alternatively order online by clicking here. More details on site here:

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/4000-holes-fanzine-noughties-special-edition/367