Mattyblue

As an example, Wolves have dozens of affiliated branches in this country, loads abroad too. Now Wolves do have a very big fanbase across the midlands, but there is no reason why we can’t replicate it on a smaller scale - have a Darwen Branch, Ribble Valley, South Ribble etc. https://www.wolves.co.uk/fans/supporter-clubs/#

Of course they could. I thought we had a canny PR operation these days? They could’ve even helped his new approach, I.e pre match interviews with fans outside the ground, by inviting him to Ewood/Brockhall to do a few interviews for the channel. Costs nowt, but shows the club in a good, open light.

All very Trelleborg-esque for me...

As does Rich Sharpe going by his 'Talking Points' article...

The fact he is now behind Nuttall says Mowbray has been scrutinising his form too...

Come on S8, 'he's great in training', has been rolled out for every struggling player since day dot, means nowt.

Exactly right, if it wasn’t for the price tag he’d be in the U23s already. Obviously the last few months have only reinforced the strangeness of this signing. But no shame in that for the lad, he is where he is development wise. Sitting on the first team bench will do little for him, he needs to work on his game by playing 90 minutes every week in a positive environment like Johnno’s team - Nuttall is the ready made example for its merits, so make the switch immediately and we’ll see him next season.

BB would’ve been ambling about on the right wing

The EFL clubs need to look at their own ridiculous decision to allow so many matches to be shown on red button/ifollow, that is the real threat, not some lad posting a shaky 5 minutes of footage after a match... usually with the main action like goals missed to boot.

Notice how he didn’t announce the gesture beforehand, bet there would’ve been more than one coach then! Canny Scot

I enjoyed his Ewood videos from the Wigan, Shrewsbury and Peterborough games, they really captured the charged atmosphere in the stands as we headed for promotion.

It’s not just him, there a girl who sits not far from me that films and uploads too. Think there’s another lad in the JW too. Every club has fans doing it, seems very petty.

Works for Flitcroft as a ‘consultant’, by the looks of it. Oh, and an agent too...

I read that we still need to ‘get real’ if we think we were entitled to get at Kean during games. End of scrolling.

There was a marked drop in crowds starting in the 2002/03 season, I remember the opening game of the season around 2005 against Fulham had around 16,000 on. Then the ‘Taking Back Ewood’ campaign of 2008 saw season ticket sales soar and hit around 20,000. Though sales declined a little in subsequent seasons, we still generally had 20,000+ home fans in the ground each week until the relegation season - not sacking Kean immediately after surviving at Wolves obviously not helping season ticket sales. A further steep drop in season ticket sales occurred after relegation, after the scumbag was inexplicably kept on. It is fair to say we lost ‘10,000 season ticket holders’, as sales of 17,000/18,000 or so from pre Venky 2010, hit a nadir of 8,000 or so under Coyle.

I thought up to 3 over aged players could play in the U23s, Mowbray just chooses not to.

Your last sentence is key. More and more of our support now lives outside the town of Blackburn, ignore it at our peril.

Local supporters groups are fantastic things for football clubs. They keep folk involved, especially outside the borough of BwD. They can sort home travel, away travel, Q&As, prize nights etc. Most clubs of any average size have many active groups. Ours have largely withered on the vine. All part of the general malaise and complacency around the club, that I think was noticeable even before Venky’s. The ones that have survived are usually down to the independent drive of certain individuals - Birdy and the Ewood Blues, as an example.

You look back to the club in the 90s and yes having a truly great side ensured they were often pushing an open door, but they never rested on their laurels. Supporters clubs set up outside east Lancs, links to schools across the region, school tickets, buses put on, Saturday clubs, soccer schools and on it went. We will never get close to replicating the numbers of that period purely because of the product on the pitch. But that doesn’t mean we just give up and hope the 8-10,000 just renew their season ticket, whilst pushing up prices and chasing sponsors, which seems to be the overriding approach at the moment. Accy Stanley are proactive, we seem anything but, we have 20,000 empty seats, what’s to lose?

1875 has two main ‘benefits’ 1) Priority on away tickets for season ticket holders who buy additional 1875 membership. Now moot as we are back in a league where every away game reaches general sale. 2) Savings on home tickets - £3 off, plus no surcharge. I imagine season ticket holders taking advantage of 1) made up the bulk of the membership. Most didn’t bother with it this season. So, if the club isn’t going to really push its benefits as a cost saver for home matches, just scrap it.

Reading the latest FF minutes, Waggott obviously expected the surcharge to encourage early purchases, he is ‘surprised’ that it hasn’t, so it’s a failed policy and should be scrapped. Doesn’t look like those present picked him up on that. What I don’t get is how poorly they promote the 1875 Club, as a member not only do you not pay a surcharge if you turn up at 2pm, you also get £3 off the standard price. They bury that fact in the small print of the advertisements, when it should be the 1875 price they actually promote, reel folk in.

Oh I agree DE, just trying to take CP to task. I assume founder members and all round proper club Derby County are another of these ‘also rans’.

Think Blueboy is yanking yer chain! As far as I’m aware any bus that gets put on from Darwen, Accy, Rishton etc. is independent, usually from a pub. I believe Waggott is ‘looking into’ club run buses.

I think it’s a good system, the club is actually getting with it, cup tickets on season cards, contactless payments, whatever next? But an auto confirmation email or receipt should be sent out, for you own records as much as anything else.

Come on Stu! I know it’s early Frank Lampard’s Derby County were superb down there, christ knows how we scabbed a draw. Leeds, outplayed them at Ewood and well we know about Boxing Day.