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If Ewood is award-winning these days god only knows what finished second, third, etc.

No that's helpful thanks, wasn't so much me expexting a Rovers farce as it just being a bit close to the wire, especially when it usually goes through the various tiers of sale based on points too - not that it will be a sell out!

Anyone know when Swansea tickets go on sale? Just a couple of weeks away now and not a word on the website. Unless they also went off sale before Christmas...

Oh absolutely, much the same as Birmingham City going down a couple of years back. However, again as per Blues, it will be very funny whilst it lasts. We must cherish such moments. Mind you, I appreciate that if you are down in Kent you will have it worse in the West Ham stakes. For similar reasons, I am desperate for Villa's form to drop off as the season progresses!

I was at Altrincham v. Morecambe today. Not a peep of any bother with the pitch from either team on their social media accounts, nor at the ground when I arrive. Got there about 1430, players warming up on pitch, players disappear inside, PA announces at about 1450 that the game is off due to concerns about the pitch from both managers. How I adore this time of year.

West Ham are horrid, a thoroughly dislikeable club. This feels like a once in a decade chance to flush them down to a diddy league in their nice big, soulless council house. Cry about Moyes winning you a European trophy in a manner not to your suiting whilst you grind out a 0-0 away at Derby, fuckers.

JRC with the equaliser for Charlton at home to Frank Lampard's Coventry City.

Back in my day that operational constraint was called 'Being run by useless gobshites who don't know their arse from their elbow'.

Typical Rovers approach: ascertain the bare minimum they can get away with, shave a bit more off and crack on with the resultant husk. Surprised at not being open at all before Tuesday... we must be the only business not doing a post-Christmas sale. Could have had one big messy one-off sale and tickets job at Roverstore today... kids with Christmas money, little to no other local matches on, etc., etc. Ho hum. It must be those pesky fans not cementing their plans a week out in the busiest and most expensive time of year that are to blame.

Stig Inge Bjornebye has temporarily joined the upstairs staff at Rangers. Not heard that name in a while!

Bet the lads and lasses in Adelaide and La Paz can't wait to settle down to watch Hull and Rovers slog it out. The magic of the Cup... Can anyone remember / does anyone know if the FA Cup ties are officially audio broadcast by Rovers? Don't have TNT and not in Lancs...

Dicked by the title competitors, gubbed in Europe, lose a cup final. Proper start. Delighted for St Mirren. Finally a positive to living in Paisley.

It would be tremendously funny if Edwards is shown the door before or once Wolves go down.

Back before these bastards darkened our door we had guaranteed annual trips to Old Trafford, Anfield, Goodison, White Hart Lane, the Emirates and Eastlands.

I did have a look at going today but they play out in the back of beyond near Emley Moor and I don't drive so that put paid to that. Hopefully get to see them at Stockport in January.

Given what allegedly happened in summer, so was he.

Just the 3-2 loss away at Huddersfield Town Women today. 59 in attendance apparently.

Might as well hand them out like the national team ones at this point.

Way back when I would stop and see my grandad on the way home from school as he wrote the draw down as it happened (live from Soho of course!) and he would give me the list to mull over as I walked back. Wonderful memories. I remember posting on here a few days before our fateful QF at Bramall Lane a couple of years ago that I was literally bouncing around with excitement. It may be old and weary these days but my god when it sparkles it is utter magic.

(I will whisper it, I am pleased Bratfud got promoted. If we are going down this silly grading road, at least it is a proper, historic team to benefit. Plenty more blood and thunder derbies in there now which may be what SL needs to spurn a touch of interest. Hudds may even get 700 on the gate!)

That's Salford gone. I just don't understand, they had so many Instagram followers and a nice, modern stadium. That's how League now works, right?

175 pages of this thread... imagine how much lower that would be if we could only state fact! For what it's worth, Daniel Sturridge, and most other pundits, are absolute dirge. I find football on TV immeasurably better on mute. I don't have someone at Ewood or wherever else I end up in person telling me what I just saw, why do I need it for watching it on TV? Half of it is just pandering for social media clicks later... G-Nev OUTRAGED by VAR call... Roy Keane TEARS INTO West Ham left back... Micah Richards AMAZED by concept of gravity. Get it all to launched into orbit.

Brings a new meaning to 'Looks like we got him from Pleasington'... Deserves one of those caps for booting Duggary up the arse.

He's a bit older than that these days 😁

£10 entry tonight down in Tamworth. Ye gods.