I was told yesterday by someone in the club that the current figure was just over 8000. I asked how many were sold in Phase 2 and told "not so many". They were warned but their arrogance meant they wouldn't listen.

He did play at Accrington for 45 minutes in pre season and went off injured (I saw him post match in a protective boot - really over the top). He scored in the first game against Derby after coming on as a substitute and started against Stockport scoring twice. In both appearances he was the fully committed player he always was. To compare him to Gestede is totally unfair in my view.

The email reads: Look at the 25/26 Home Kit As a valued 25/26 Season Ticket holder, you're invited to an exclusive launch event for our brand-new home kit, so you can get your hands on it before anyone else. Details: Monday 16 June, from 5:00PM Ewood Park – '95 Club Lounge, Jack Walker Stand Multiple time slots available Be among the very first to see the new 25/26 home kit in person, and buy before it goes on general sale (on Tuesday 17 June). All sizes from infant - 5XL will be available to purchase on the night.

As you say Tyrone the internet is to today's generation what Shoot, Goal and Charles Buchan was to us. Newspapers were the nearest thing to real time information we had most of the time. I vividly remember when Rovers played away in midweek waiting up to watch News at Ten to get the result. Invariably it was right at the end of the programme too. Then the meat was out on the bones by Alf Thornton in the following days Evening Telegraph. I used to buy the Rothmans Year Book every season and built up knowledge by poring over that. MOTD and The Big Match were other sources and the occasional live game on TV.

It's a free hit for him too. If he reads the posts from wilsdenrover and IraC it will save him trawling through documents. Hell fire he could actually join this forum and pm and ask them for information. He is either lazy or there is some kind of veiled threat to his employers from Pasha.

Thanks wilsdenrover and IraC for your efforts and patience in searching through documents to keep us updated. There is plenty of debate about the potential signing of a player nobody has heard of but this topic is far more important for the future of Rovers.

Stuart Parker is a good shout. I don't think it's Comstive.

It looks like Mick Wood.

Japan lost 1-0 to a 90th minute Australian goal.

He got several positive mentions in the text commentary although one mentioned a shot that was 'high and wide' and another where he was caught offside.

It might be more now but when a close friend was the Chief Executive there that was the charge.

Yuki is starting at number 9 for Japan in a World Cup qualifier against Australia. Kick off is 12.10 pm our ime.

In this whole sorry saga I wonder if they have got a ground to play their home matches on. Last season Ewood was used (I'm sure I read there was a financial inducement to do so) but I can't see it being used now given the status they have been dropped to. Hiring another ground can be expensive. I know that a few years ago it was £2k per match to use the LFA facility in Leyland. I genuinely wouldn't be surprised if it's something they hadn't thought of.

The sponsor of the Rovers women, Dakota Biotech are apparently the business who offered to fund the running of the women's team. The company is owned by an ex Darrener and keen Rovers fan.

I have been told that Suhail is back in India but I don't know why.

Bolton have appointed a new CEO who has joined from Plymouth - I wonder if a certain hack has been mixed a bottle? 😂 They have also reported that 15000 season have been sold.

It's incredible to say but Dembele at centre forward was arguably PSG's best defender. Inzaghi had no answer to PSG and if ever a manager had to revert to a back up plan this was it but like so many of the modern day managers Inzaghi was unable/unwilling to do it.

I only watched the PSG v Inter final because it was free and I'm really out of touch with regard to European football but I have to say that the PSG performance was as near to perfect that I have seen. Inter just couldn't live with them and couldn't get close to the pace and intensity of PSG. They were relentless. As the commentators were talking about individual players what struck me was how young the PSG players are. They could really dominate European football for some time to come.

And that was one of the more polite things he said. 😂 It's fair to say he neither rated me nor liked me and that's how it was - it went with the territory.

It must be the 'homer referees' quote you refer to Ian. 😂 To be fair though he didn't like me when I refereed his team at Millmoor. 😂

I refereed McGrath towards the end of his career when he went to Sheffield United. During a break in play I had a chat and I could smell the alcohol on his breath. Despite that he was the best player on the pitch and his natural athleticism was apparent.

I watched the excellent Cause of Death yesterday (recorded from Sunday) and it featured four people killed by being run over (one casualty was from Langho). What was alarming was that the three drivers who were responsible all failed basic eyesight tests carried out by the police and when the police obtained their medical records it was recorded and they had been told. One of them could only see a number plate clearly from 2.5 metres away. The real worry was that there is no mechanism to stop them - essentially they have to self report themselves to the DVLA and have their licence revoked. The Coroner has written to the Minister of Transport to highlight the anomaly and hopefully something is out in place to prevent and other unnecessary deaths.

Me neither Carl. I was really surprised when I read it and to me it makes no sense. Given our suspicions about the club I feel there could be some ulterior motive not necessarily football related.

I was at Wembley yesterday for the League Two playoff final and I bumped into an ex refereeing colleague from Birmingham. He is a Birmingham fan and we discussed ownership and he couldn't give their current owners enough praise. After many years of poor ownership (I recall being at a game there when the fans tried to get into the Directors area) he told me the supporters are delighted. In the past he said they have struggled to sell twelve thousand season tickets but now have a waiting list of twelve thousand. The owners spends every home game in the fanzone pre match and put £10k behind the bar in a local pub recently. There is serious talk about a new ground too. I honestly never thought I'd be jealous of Birmingham.

In my opinion keeping the likes of Wood and Stritch just creates a bottleneck which reverberates through the under 21's and 18's. I think they will be loaned out again (Woods couldn't cut it at Annan last season) which makes their signings even more pointless.