Well, that was phenomenal. As expected the corruption goes right to the top. No surprise the F.A wanted nothing to do with this as it implicated their official partners. I can remember the manager merry go round but as I said before I had already walked long before that. I have been out of the loop for the last 10 or 11 years so a lot of this is new to me, although I had heard a lot of the rumours going around at the time. I also remember that a lot of our big players like Dunn were not being played for some reason. There is still a lot to be explained. Where did the money originally come from for the club purchase? Why did the Venkys even want to buy the club in the first place? What happened to Anderson et al, there is still a lot of suspicion that there is still something fishy going on at the club in that regard. Most importantly, what can we do as fans in all of this? That cliff hanger at the end has left me clamouring for more.

Actions speak louder than words.

Apparently that's what everyone thought we should have done at the cup final too.

There is not a single team I would wish that upon. I wouldn't hire him as a bog cleaner.

So glad we got to see that down at Ewood. Souness was a the perfect manager for us at that time. I recently watched the League Cup final on YouTube as I hadn't actually seen it since the day we were there. Can't believe what a great game it actually was. The only thing I remember from the day was that most of the Spurs fans had left with 10 minutes still to play. I couldn't believe it since we were only one goal ahead and it was a close game. Souness also let Tony Parks lead out the team. Top bloke. The atmosphere at Ewood back then was absolutely amazing.

To charge more than £20 for any football match is an absolute rip off. Especially for a club that is doing everything it possibly can to ensure mid table mediocrity in the second tier of English football.

How does it work with away games? You could take her there maybe? It's a real shame that you can't take your kids to a match because of this shyte. Unfortunately it's the only way you can have any power in this situation as a fan. I can't imagine what it would be like for younger people who will have never known what things used to be like.

Absolute belter

To be honest 75% of the love I had for football was stripped away the year that West Ham fielded ineligible players and were rewarded with Premiership Football and a free stadium a few years later. The Venkys takeover was what took the last 25%. It fucks me off when people say you're a fair weather fan or some bollocks like that. When we were relegated to the first division the first thing me and my dad did was renew our season tickets. I will not however participate in the club being used as a tool for a cabal to extract money from or use as a way to rearrange your debts or whatever they are doing. I won't be going back until they are gone. Sadly I can't see that being anytime soon. A football club is so much more than a sports team it is a community, especially in a place like Blackburn where there isn't much else going on. Venkys have destroyed this and for that they will never be forgiven. The saddest part of it all is that we are not the only club in this predicament.

This certainly makes the most sense when it comes to explaining our situation. The one thing that a football club has is a guaranteed high rate of turnover. This way they can transfer all their debts to the football club and make their other businesses look far better on the balance sheet. That would make the share price of the other companies more valuable, paying higher dividends blah blah blah. Assuming of course that is what they are doing. It does almost seem that our position in the football league is more so by design than anything else. Venkys don't give a fuck about the club. As long as there is some turnover and they have someone in charge who can keep things idling away whilst turning a blind eye to whatever else may be going on then they are happy. Is it corruption, incompetence or both?

That was excellent as well as hilarious. Is there anything similar out there for the time period between then and now? I remember we were going through a manager a week at one point and there seems to be some suspicion from a few that the club is still being controlled by an agency to some degree. I decided to vote with my feet the day that coward was announced as the manager full time. I feel that is the only power I still have in this situation as a fan. I'm very proud of the fans for making his position untenable. However, the real cancer that is draining the life out of the club is the owners. I have not nor will I attend a match or give a single penny to the club as long as they are involved.

Can someone please link me to the research that people did about how all of this transpired? I left England not long after seeing the chicken on the pitch on telly. This is the first year I've taken any interest in football since then.

History repeating? One can only hope.

Absolutely. You can bomb schools, hospitals and cause the biggest humanitarian disaster on earth and still be "fit and proper "

How do. Was a season ticket holder in the Blackburn End for about nine years. Been a Rovers fan since being an embryo. Not taken any notice in football for about ten years, walked away in disgust after the club was completely destroyed from the inside out. Moved to New Zealand in 2013 and have only just started to take notice again this season. Hope everyone is well.