Any chance we could be one of said clubs? https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/43955431

Short has also sorted out their debt prior to his departure. You can imagine a reinvigorated Sunderland next season - so another good reason to have escaped League 1.

Every week around 2008 with the 'Taking Back Ewood' campaign - we had around 20,000 season ticket holders back then.

My view too, Waggott will be rubbing his hands with the £30 tickets he can flog to big away support.

Saw a rumour on Facebook that Rovers are planning to have away fans in the top tier of the Darwen End next season. Might be rollocks, but if they did you imagine they must have some imaginative pricing up their sleeve if they are intending Rovers fans to be across the whole lower tier. Interesting that it looks as they are selling tickets in the entire lower tier for Oxford...

Pretty sure Evans has another year on his deal...

I was. Not particulary arsed about the title, I'm happy to slip out of the third division, so get Travis, Tomlinson et al in the side.

I hope if we do get it done tonight, I hope we’ll see a few for the last two matches...

Like last season it looks as if we are going to be prone to collapses - but at least we had a good start last time.

The 2001 ceremony was a great day from what I remember of it, though it did have the extra boost of it being a promotion to the PL.

Reach for them stars Tony lad! “Where does it stop? It probably stops, hopefully for us, just outside the top six of the Premier League and there’s no reason why with the infrastructure this club can’t get back to the Premier League and not be a team fighting to get out of the bottom three. “At this moment, the top six have money the rest don’t have but I don’t see why Blackburn Rovers can’t get to a stage in the near future where they can compete in the Premier League with 14 clubs to stay there and be competitive.” “There are some success stories around us, and with all due respect if Burnley can achieve the season they are having in the Premier League then I’m very sure Blackburn Rovers, if we can get it right on the grass and create the right environment and culture around the football club then there’s no reason we can’t be competing with them.”

Back to back relegations for Sunderland, that even beats Venky’s for ineptitude...

West Ham bought that Hugill from Preston for £10 million. Hardly prolific in the Championship and hasn’t had a kick down there.

Interesting quote from Mogga: The boss said of Dack: “The last two games he’s been pretty poor and we have had a good chat about it. “His performance level, how he’s got to look after himself, but he’s a great kid. He's obviously well aware that he's been spending a bit too much time in Essex nightspots these past few weeks

Have any of your pals now found an undying love for Stanley, K-HOD?

Really? We do get up, but Mogga loses his marbles and goes to Ipswich, I hope he’s near the top of any list of replacements.

Oh I agree, but you can certainly see WHY managers stick to ‘proven pros’, the stakes are that high for managers these days. If Mowbray had flopped this season, that was probably it for him at a decent level - and the earning power etc that goes with it.

Then on the flip side, the owners may think why keep a Cat 1 Academy going? Though, these days a lot of managers may think; why do long term planning/take a risk, i.e blooding youngsters in a promotion hunting campaign when they’re a run of bad results from the sack?

Though he did have money, he spent well over a million quid on Dack, Samuel etc.! That's the problem when you nick a song from Sheff Wed!

Of course, there is still BAE, Samlesbury site has a BB2 postcode, you know!

As ever, most other clubs have had theirs out for weeks, if not months - even if they are unsure of what league they’ll be in next season. Cynic in me says they are holding off because they have two substantially different prices up their sleeves - i.e a price hike on promotion.

Just for Gav http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/16133225.Comment__Are_Rovers__and_Tony_Mowbray__getting_the_credit_they_deserve_/

Sounds about right, quite a few Hyndburn based folk on my Facebook who I know were Rovers fans have suddenly found an undying love for Accrington Stanley.

Ginola?

Who are these 'lower league fans', Rovers fans? Are you still even a Rovers fan?