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New article about long winning sequences in Rovers history.... could Eustace match Howard Kendall? https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/kendallian-times/627

For the last few years, 4,000 Holes has been establishing a ‘101 Great Goals’ collection. These have been put forward as fanzine articles by a variety of Rovers supporters – please email roversfanzine@gmail.com with a write-up to get yours included! The rules are very relaxed. It can be a Goal of the Season contender, a promotion-winning strike, a scrappy effort which broke a goalscoring duck, or one which is memorable for any other obscure reason. Some maverick has even added a couple of goals scored against Rovers into the list! On that note, here's Matt Le Tissier's induction from this day 30 years ago. The best goal Ewood has ever seen? https://www.brfcs.com/articles/101-great-goals:-matt-le-tissier/2097

Huge thanks to Bruce Wilkinson for thoroughly researching the inconsistencies about the birth year of Rovers and putting together this comprehensive article, which has been published today. Mystery solved then....😆 Please visit: https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/blackburn-rovers-the-origins/578

Some random bits of trivia after the weekend's action: https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/norwich-city-v-blackburn-rovers-in-numbers/558

Compiled a few interesting facts and figures about the Derby match in this article… https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/blackburn-rovers-v-derby-county-in-numbers/556

Happy 90th Birthday to the one and only Bryan Douglas. Please enjoy an account of one of Duggie's wondergoals by Fred Cumpstey, which has been published on the site today: https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/101-great-goals:-bryan-douglas/547

Jim Branagan did manage 5 goals in 337 appearances - so not exactly a Ryan Nyambe! Scored against: Rotherham (A) 5/2/80, Newcastle (H) 1/5/82, Wolves (H) 15/1/83, Oldham (H) 20/10/84, Shrewsbury (H) 7/2/87. For reference, here's the one he's not been credited with against Bury:

Simon Garner HITS BACK at any plans to take away one of his goals😆

Spotted the 95/96 away shirt inside a pub in Porto San Giorgio on the east coast of Italy. Summer 2006.

Fascinating bit of Rovers trivia here about Simon Garner's club record 192 Rovers goals. As revealed by 4,000 Holes this season, it appears that one goal in 1980 was incorrectly credited to him – so should the true record be 191 goals? Full details in this article: https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/the-phantom-garner-goal/546 It's not quite "were Rovers actually founded in 1874?!" but any information, explanations or opinions about this mystery would be greatly appreciated!

Semir Telalović to compete at Paris 2024?! Not quite... article here to dispel any lingering claims that he might be running the 100m... https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/blackburn-rovers'-first-olympian/54

Fantastic article here about one man's love of collecting Rovers videotapes and DVDs - a comprehensive review of the archive! https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/a-love-of-the-tape/533

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

Issue 112 of 4,000 Holes is now on sale for £2.00 and can be purchased ONLINE HERE or via EBAY HERE. It will also be available to buy on Kidder Street before the forthcoming home matches. All subscriber copies have been posted and should arrive before Easter - thank you to everyone who has subscribed this season. Includes the final part of the Rovers kits through the decades series (2010 onwards), Rovers Ruined My Life, Ewood Pie Crisis, The Peter Principle, Injury Time Own Goal, King Kenny Quizzed, Fleck Off, 101 Great Goals, Squad Number Crisis, Searching for a Rovers Shirt in Thailand, a tribute to Roy Vernon, lots of stats, plus loads more...

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/

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BRENT OR WAGGOTT. Are these quotes from David Brent or under-fire Rovers CEO Steve Waggott? One from the archive... https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/brent-or-waggott/492

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...

Issue 111 has now been posted out to all subscribers. It has hopefully been worth the wait - it's the Nineties Special which follows on from previous decades specials. More promotional details to come soon but here's a quick link for anyone who is keen to get an early order in: https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-issue-111-special-edition

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.

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.