Rovers recently lost a supporter of nigh on 70 years, a dear friend, who has watched Rovers through thick and thin.
Overnight journeys to the south following Rovers in the days of arduous rail travel.
Long road trips, ever optimistic of a result, camaraderie, lifelong friendships, forged through pride in a club that knew its place.
The halcyon days of Jack Walker, living a dream, yet always remembering the days of less fortuitous times.
European adventures good and bad, winning at Wembley, semi-final heartaches.
Hopes of revival after relegation, and then the realisation of the reality, of football owners purchasing a club, not understanding the weight of moral responsibility, a plaything that has now been discarded and left to it's own devices.
We will carry on this responsibility, as my generation ,our children. grand- children will in turn wait to see a return to owners that value the responsibility that ownership of the Rovers deserves.
Shame on you Venky's.