Mattyblue

Me Grandad is, and still a regular at Ewood! I’ll ask him on Saturday.

Thanks for this Stuart. My Grandad and Great Grandad were literally yards away when it collapsed. It’s a tale I’ve heard many times, but certainly lost in the annals of time for most.

Mulgrew lives in Lancs anyway, kids at Kirkham Grammar, why would he be having a boys sleepover at Scott Wharton’s gaff?

Knows his audience this lad!

Never quite sure with Lenihan, been a few occasions when what seems like a niggle stretches out for weeks.

Crack on, continue, tell us more, let’s have an 11 o clocker! Just keep the titbits coming!

Who knows what the team will be... https://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/17194853.tony-mowbray-gives-update-on-eight-rovers-injury-concerns/ Definitely no Raya. Possibly no Dack, Graham, Lenihan, Mulgrew. Rodwell, Nyambe wil be available.

You’ve been on here on and off with juicy bits of gossip for years (if I’m remembering the right person), so crack on, just don’t get arsey if folk want to question you...

What the hell would have been the price if they weren’t happy to sell?!

Don’t disagree. But by the same token, if the market says he’s worth £7million...

If you can’t beat ‘em... ignore ‘em!

I can only bow down to your ITK-ness We obviously must have a crack wage negotiation team that can sign up a £7million man on a fraction of the wages of someone plucked out of League 1. Shame they couldn’t do it for the fee too...

The likes of Nugent, Huddlestone, Scott Carson et al will be on serious money for this league. So no doubt they’d beat us on wages. I’m just not having that Brereton has come here for peanuts.

Brereton, the £7million man, must then be on a wage akin to the first contract that’s signed as an Academy graduate? Needs to sack his agent if thats the case...

Speaking of summer transfer targets. It’ll be interesting to see that Luke Freeman in the flesh on Saturday, thought he was excellent against Villa last week, he was playing some kind of antiquated ‘winger’ role...

Aye, Boxing Day could’ve been a cracking following. But I imagine it will be £40-ish, so no chance.

Probably because he knew a few good results and they’ll be up at that figure anyway. Never any flies on owd Ken.

Wonder how many you’ll ?

Before this season? Yes, usually around 10/15,000 empty seats. Our last 3 league visits to Elland Road. September 2016 - 19,006 October 2015 - 19,666 April 2015 - 25,493 You have a massive catchment area, fans across Yorkshire, so when things are going well the place is packed out, but plenty soon vanish when it’s a mid table season. Whereas we have a core of 10/12k that turn out year on year, but we just don’t have the floating support you have to substantially boost the crowd when it’s a good season.

Sure I remember a story of him being hung up from a coat hook in the changing rooms. Though I could have just dreamt that... it was a near nightly occurrence in that era! (Rovers related dreams that is, not being strung up!)

I’d like to think that it would be brfcs that I would turn to!

Just been knocked down.

‘Pathetic away support have t’Bastards’ ’You’d never see us not selling out in the Prem’ ’We are known for our support on the road’ Etc Etc Etc

Can we afford not to play him. Serious stature...

I can separate the two, but it is anything but a spectacle outside the top 6. Half the league hanging on for dear life year after year. Those 6 are now that strong that even the cups offer few surprises either. There’ll be a Chelsea V Arsenal or a Liverpool v Man City final over and over. Now they have good players so you might not be arsed about seeing them on repeat, but as someone who loves the heritage of the game in this country I find it very sad.