Audio version available to enable listening whist you drive/walk the dog/Christmas shop/queue for your jab etc... https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/podcasts/ep-146-steve-waggott's-year-end-appraisal/4

Very much in the bank cash wise & in the books before 30/6/21 to enable the most favourable FFP calculations.

We mentioned in the video that the sale of Armstrong came after the 2021 financial year end & so will show in the June 2022 accounts. Because of this the sale of the STC was used as a sort of “bridging finance” mechanism to try avoid June 21 figures taking us outside FFP. Of course the June 21 accounts aren’t out yet so the impact is as yet unknown.

I attended a Zoom call last week at which some marketing creatives talked about this & the numbers they shared (not in the public domain) regarding engagement were staggering. https://www.campaignlive.com/article/stevenage-challenge-best-bk-campaign-cannes/1720747 Stevenage shirts were being sold globally as kids everywhere attempted the Stevenage Challenge & wanted to get them to Champions League. On social media, images of Messi & Ronaldo in Stevenage shirts in the FIFA game proliferated. The club sold out of merchandise… It was the most intelligent, stimulating and thought-provoking presentation I have attended in years.

TV is the single biggest contributor to income in the top two divisions. The question is how long TV would be interested in broadcasting if grounds were empty ? Well 2020/21 kind of proved that they can make it work, at least in the short-term. Be careful what you (humourously) suggest…😳

This sort of deal is very much the future… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/54279530

I’m a big fan of the Football Cliches podcast & there are a couple of historic episodes that are well worth a listen…highly recommended… Pt1 Pt2

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/steve-waggott's-year-end-appraisal/128 A video in which Glenn from RoversChat & me try to explain the finances over the last four years & offer some explanations & suggestions…

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/500-words-on-rovers-season-so-far/127

*checks prices for Huddersfield game* oh….🙁

Callum Davidson

McAvoy gone

I love this…really shows how the 3 at the back kept it solid

Giving this a bump…surely there are some budding writers out there ? 🤔

Don’t forget to vote for your MOTM https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/football/match/717037/blackburn-preston

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/500-words-on-the-final-whistle/124

Thank you…much appreciated 👍🏻

Match preview stuff here please…

New Podcast out now... https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/podcasts/ep-145-people-talking-about-stuff/3

I’m not the first to make this observation, but this kind of insight (whilst subjective) I find utterly fascinating 👍🏻

Guested on Radio Lancs earlier…45 mins in should you wish to listen… https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0b1sgkx

Exactly that, yes 👍🏻

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