It will all be on the minutes but I see no reason not to list them now. The top 6 attend most meetings these days. Steve Waggott Chief Executive Suhail Shaikh Chief Operating Officer Lynsey Talbot Head of Operations Christina Haines Admin., Access and Inclusion Officer/Supporter Liaison Officer Rudy Gestede Head of Football Operations Yasir Sufi Head of Commercial & Partnerships Adam Owen Head of Technical Development Anna Melia Head of Marketing

I think this time it was because there had not been a Forum for longer than usual and there was clear unrest from the fan base. Although we have also seen more people attending from the club in general over the last year or two. Rudy Gusted has attended pretty much since he was appointed, Suhail Shaikh has been a few times etc.

The minutes are agreed jointly between the club's management and the Forum members, effectively myself as Secretary and Mark as Chair. On the club side anyone who came to the meeting I assume sees any sections referring to themselves but ultimately it is Steve Waggott. For the last meeting there were a lot of attendees from the club which inevitably slows the process down a bit. Us agreeing to the minutes does not of course mean that we agree with all they say, only that they are an accurate record of what was said. For Old Codger on the season ticket thread the minutes are sometimes changed after the meeting to reflect updated information. If this happens I clearly mark it as such. There is as far as I know no intention to do that this time.

I expect them to be out early next week.

Northcote has finally been sold and Lisa Goodwin-Allen has come back as a result - https://www.northcote.com/northcote-announces-new-owners-alf-and-clare-ellis-as-lisa-goodwin-allen-returns-as-chef-patron/?utm_source=revinate&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Announcement E-Shot April 2025-714027 It looks like the long planned changes will also now happen.

It's built in with the comments on the right hand side arbitro.

Batty picked up an injury in the warm up, hence the confusion.

That’s no good as the lights are on the roundabout - you have to go through them to get to Cherry Tree.

There was a story in the LEP a few months ago saying that Pinocchios' reopening had been put back until early 2025 due to problems with delivery of some kitchen equipment. As I understand it, it is planned to reopen some time but not as yet. Personally I have always liked their other restaurant, San Carlo at Much Hoole.

Anyone coming in from Blackburn Old Road should know that there are 3 way traffic lights at the roundabout next to the Fielden's Arms - expect long delays.

I've done the draft minutes and they are with the club. Obviously the Easter weekend with two games as well will slow things down a bit but I would expect to see them published by the end of next week.

But the real crunch question is - is Jim going?

It's on Tuesday, not Monday.

Fraser was one of the good guys, who did a lot of good in the short time he was at Ewood.

Wednesday night to Sunday lunchtime is plenty long enough a gap for me for them to start both. Especially given they haven\'t been playing recently. They might not be ready or the manager might choose not to start them but I would be inclined to think at least one will start on Sunday.

They were Phillip - they have lost their last 2 games.

Not according to this Chaddy - https://www.efl.com/news/2025/january/07/itv-to-broadcast-live-sky-bet-championship-fixtures/

Edit: maybe it was the Burnley game!

Were they the same group who came to the Leeds home game? There was a group in the JW Upper who started the same chant and also a song about Siggurdson.

The agreement is for two games to be shown live. The Leeds Utd v Sheff Weds game a couple of weeks ago was the first and Monday's game the second.

Last night's gate was 447 more than the gate at Deepdale. They had about 1,300 more than we did there, so the gap in home fans was maybe 850. Given the negativity around Ewood (look at comments earlier in this thread about people not bothering) and how they were in a run of form and looking forward to a win, I'd say about the same crowds.

He was pretty much as good last week at Bristol City.

Christ Jim. Even Heckinbotham said that North End weren’t in the game for the first 75 minutes.

I booked mine last week and then realised a few days ago that the ticket hadn't come. Then I saw it in my Apple Wallet, which I had completely forgotten that I'd done.

Whiteman is definitely out injured, Stockley left some time ago and Evans hasn’t made the squad in the last two games - may have been injured, I don’t know, but he doesn’t often feature. Of course they have plenty of others in a similar mould though.