@4,000 Holes Should be able to assist….now listen to the podcast 😆

Well…we may ultimately have some spares now so perhaps both..? 😉

Ribero are supplying the missing shirts asap, free of charge, in fairness to them. 💙 My main concern was folks who’d wanted them as Christmas presents & will now be disappointed. 👍🏻

**LATEST UPDATE** All orders that *can* be fulfilled are now packed & will be dropped off at the Post Office this week. [All packages will be sent "Signed For" & so you should look out for the 'Red Card of Doom' through your letterbox when the postman delivers at the precise point you go out for your essential groceries... 😆] Any customers whose order cannot be fulfilled; fully or in part, have now been contacted on the email address registered at the time the shirts were ordered. If you haven't received a mail - you will receive your order as specified. If you have received an email - we are offering an alternative for you to consider - please look out for these mails & let us know - it might be worth checking your spam folders just in case & remember - we've used the email address on our records. It appears that there are nine customers affected, so the vast majority will receive their shirts as ordered. Once again, we can only apologise humbly, we will work hard with Ribero to correct this as soon as possible. Thanks for your patience & understanding...it is appreciated.

*UPDATE* There is some good news & there is some sub-optimal news you might say…please read this carefully if you ordered a shirt. The correct number of shirts have arrived with me. They have induced a wave of nostalgia. The initiative generated £230 for Tony Parkes & BRFCS has rounded this up to £250 & paid over the money to Tony’s account & notified Natalie today. So very well done & thank you to all who helped us with this. You want the less-good news don’t you ? Now…it appears that the manufacturer misread the order form and has produced the sizes & quantities requested for long-sleeves as short-sleeved shirts & vice versa. This is less than ideal. I’ve done some quick analysis and it looks like I can’t currently fulfil roughly a dozen shirts based on what has been delivered. I’ve checked in with Ribero who are profusely embarrassed by the mistake and hugely apologetic. They have placed an urgent order with their manufacturer to deliver the missing shirts but the reality is that it will probably be at least 6 weeks to get them to me i.e. almost certainly after Christmas. I can only apologise for any Christmas gift impacts that this may have. What happens next ? I will review the orders over the weekend & pack up as many correct shirts as possible so that we deliver what we can as quickly as we can. For those who ordered multiple shirts, this may mean that you get one shirt now with one to follow. In these instances BRFCS will cover the postage costs of sending two separate packages. I will happily despatch a shirt of the correct size (with the “incorrect” sleeve lengths) if that is something you prefer. We have received more short sleeve shirts, so essentially this means if you ordered a long-sleeve for winter but now fancy a short-sleeved one for summer instead, we will sort that out for you. If you are happy to wait, once the correct ones arrive, they will be posted out to you & I will thank everyone in advance for their patience & understanding… If anybody for whatever reason is unhappy with any of these options, we will of course be prepared to offer a refund. All I would say, is that we can only refund what you paid, so that includes the donation element of £5. For absolute clarity, BRFCS has already paid the donation to Tony, so we will stand any loss arising - Tony will not lose out as a result of this mistake. What this also means is that we will have some spare shirts - so once the dust has settled we will look to sell these to raise a bit more money for Tony - more details on this to follow; but anyone who missed out, you may get a 2nd bite at the cherry so to speak & Tony may therefore get more donations which would be a terrific outcome. Apologies for all of this, the last few hours has been fraught trying to sort it out…especially when I thought it was my mistake that had caused this…😳 I hope you’ll bear with us whilst we resolve this - all customers affected will get an email from us in the next few days reiterating these options and asking for your choice. Hope that explains…many thanks in anticipation. 🤍💙

The 4000 Holes podcast has a new episode of its Round Table Show out now, in which host Ian Herbert chats with Blackburn Rovers record goalscorer Simon Garner about his new book “One Last Shot”. Also appearing in this episode are Dan Clough - former editor of 4000 Holes fanzine - who collaborated with Simon on this edition, including interviewing several former playing and management colleagues of Simon and Richard Slater, who as well as helping Simon to write his first book is also publishing this one. Listen to hear just some of the tales from Simon’s book and find out what life was like as a footballer in the 1980’s & 1990’s. To listen to the podcast CLICK HERE To buy the book CLICK HERE

For everyone that ordered a shirt we understand that delivery (to me) is likely to be by the end of this week. As it’s an international break weekend (timely)…an opportunity to pack & post perhaps 😀.

https://simongarnerbook.co.uk We’ll hear from Simon directly later this week on the 4000 Holes podcast…🤍💙

Thank you…🤍💙

Watch this site closely next week for a special 4000 Holes podcast with Simon…🤍💙

My take FWIW :- “We’ve been naughty but it was nothing to do with Blackburn Rovers & if you won’t let us do this then the club will be in trouble & nobody will come out of this with any credit - if we get a bank guarantee will you pretty please let us send them some money ?” That kind of thing…

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The team at BRFCS.com has just released the latest episode of the 4000 Holes podcast ‘What Now?’ Show intriguingly entitled “Never Wear A Jumper On A Night Out”! In it, Roger Whiteside hosts the panel of Matt Grimshaw, Ian Herbert & Linz Lewis and they consider these topics :- Part One - recent results, the panel adjudicates on red card decisions (badly as it turns out) Part Two - review of Who's Hot? & Who's Not? as we reveal the October BRFCS Player of the Month Part Three - a look forward to the Lancashire Derby against Preston and Part 3 (a) there are two (two...count 'em!) quizzes for you to test your Rovers knowledge and recall. To listen - CLICK HERE Check out the 4000 Holes merch in the photos by the way…

Listeners to that that may also appreciate this…🤍💙

PM me an email address that I can send it to…😉

Not my finest hour...

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October Player of the Month - supported by @RoversTrust is...James Hill MOTM template .mp4

Venture capitalists typically take equity stakes themselves so they can have a say in how the business is operated, as opposed to lending money to the current owners for them to issue more shares.

Remember the Duffy yellow card ? Took the ball clear as day then cleaned out Dolan…free kick & yellow. Taking the ball doesn’t mean “no consequences” in modern game. 🤷‍♂️