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Following Rovers away from home this season, Charlton apart, has been a real joy. We look solid at the back and swift in attack. I thought some of our football last night was a joy to watch. The interplay between Ohashi and Morishita really caused North End no amount of problems. Ohashi's workrate is unbelievable as was that of Tronstad and Hedges. These three players epitomise how Ismael wants to play and it's so enjoyable to watch. I thought young Pratt did ever so well on his debut and looked the part. Prior to the game I heard fans criticising his selection and saying what a state we are in when a kid has to play. Yet I remember other youngsters in the past being thrown in - England, Pickering, Metcalfe, Faz, Barker, Jones etc - and it proved the making of them. There is no point in having an Academy if these youngsters don't get a chance. Yes, they'll make mistakes but that's part of the learning process. The home form remains a conundrum, but if we can get that right we could have a more than decent season. This team is nowhere near as bad as some are making out.

If you read what the Heritage Lottery funds, it's clear that they are there to preserve heritage wherever they may find it. Sadly, they have a limited amount of money and an avalanche of worthy applicants. At the seminar I attended they made it clear that they welcomed bids from any sporting club - amateur or professional.

If memory serves me, it was for a portable Liverpool FC memory bus with various memorabilia inside.

The exhibition at the Museum was a Blackburn Museum event. The club did loan them a number of items which was acknowledged by the Museum at the time. The Museum plan events well in advance and the Rovers exhibition was always due to end when it did as the Museum had another event which directly followed it.

Went to a Lottery Fund seminar in the Summer. They stated that the Liverpool project was one of the most successful that they had funded in terms of feedback from the public.

Probably for the same reason that Liverpool FC were given money by the Lottery Fund.

He often works from Brockhall where he is based.

The Fans Forum page is still there. Just been on Rovers website and all the previous minutes are there.

A steep learning curve for some our younger players last night. The game was done and dusted after ten minutes. Three-nil down and the goalkeeper having a night to forget and at no stage did we look like making a comeback in a dismal first half. Derby added a fourth just before half-time and had completely dominated us in every area of the pitch. We did better in the second-half, but in truth, Derby had dropped off the pace with such a commanding lead. We had a few regular under-21 players missing last night - a combination of international call ups and injuries. It will be interesting to see how Vignal puts his stamp on this squad of players. It seems clear that the policy, at the moment, is to push the Under-18's into the Under-21 team as quickly as possible.

Thoroughly enjoyed the day apart from the result. It was great to see so many old favourites at the Old Etonians game and a wonderful gesture by the Old Etonians to make a presentation to the club. Thought the club did well in the end in terms of a celebration. The Legends game was a welcome addition and everyone around me enjoyed that one. A decent book produced and a programme on the day. I don't usually buy shirts but I'll definitely get one of the White boxed ones when they come out. As a celebration I thought it was a decent event - certainly, for me, better than the Centenary in 1975- the highlight of that one was the book Harry produced.

The evidence for the white shirt only came to light in recent years with the discovery of the minutes in a programme from 1909.

Surely it's a nod to those founding members in 1875. A celebration of the club's foundation and the men who gathered to form the club. The club have been aware of those original minutes and have acknowledged them with a kit that those original founders envisaged in 1875. Personally, I think it's a fitting tribute.

Agreed. Apologies for that. At the end of the day people will believe what they want. Personally, until I see evidence to the contrary, I'm sticking with the white shirt for the initial games and then at some point in the first two seasons it changed to a form of blue and white.

History changes as new primary source material comes available Rev. New things about our club's history continually come to light as we discover new primary sources. There is a huge amount of new things I've discovered about our club since that book was published. That is the continual fascination with history.

The book records the history of the club. How is the history of our club invalid?