Bury FC and AFC Bury had to merge to get £4 million worth of funding from their local council. It took 3 or 4 votes to get there but there was a lot of animosity between the 2 groups. They are already out of this years FA Cup amd missing out on much needed revenue and prize money. They like Macclesfield need promotion every year to progress as 1 bad season they'll stagnate and the fans who turn up now will end up losing interest in this novelty and then the road back to the football league becomes even more distant for them

5 hours ago, AllRoverAsia said:

With it being a late transfer did Rovers use the "deal sheet" approach or try and rush everything through before 11pm.

The deal sheet would have provided a further 2 hours in which to submit all other requirements 

The deal sheet is a simple form which even the likes of Sylvester could fill in.

I'm sure it was reported on deadline day that the deal sheet only applied to the Premier League clubs so it wouldn't have been an option for anyone in the Football League to use

19 hours ago, Mike E said:

But it's not OURS, it's the England team's. Otherwise we might as well nick Blue Moon from City before games.

I'd much rather have something that's ours for victories.

Any of Enter Sandman, The Boys are Back in Town, or Simply the Best all get my votes from the classic rock genre. And everyone knows those as well.

That Blue Moon that Citeh nicked off Crewe Alexandra all those years ago!!!

17 hours ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I agree, that’ll be great business for the club shop putting that name on the replica shirts. How much is it per letter ?

Probably cheaper getting a season ticket!!!

4 hours ago, Exiled_Rover said:

Mercer must have a lot of disposable income because I've yet to see him win a bet. 

Probably never lost 1 either but wants you to believe he's a bookies nightmare!!!

12 hours ago, LeftWinger said:

I've read it numerous times and I'm not sure whether it's a quote from now or then. It's not very clear.

It's his answer to a question from a question from Andy Bayes at Thursday's press conference

12 hours ago, yankfan said:

If the deals aren’t signed because they players believe they can get more, isn’t that the definition of the deals not being good enough? 

Not really its called having a wage structure that you are not prepared to exceed. If they believe their agent will get a better deal elsewhere then fair to them but thats the risk they take!!

Blackburn Away - Sold Out (sufc.co.uk) Maybe this answers the question of not opening up another stand for Sheffield United fans 

4 hours ago, BRFC_Polky said:

I guess it could be worse, Preston have just announced a striker they’ve signed from Bamber Bridge 🤣

Tyrese Dolan was signed from Preston but the reality was his last footballing action before signing for us was spending a couple of months on loan at Clitheroe who are in the league below Bamber Bridge

RIP Kelvin and condolences to his family and he also be sorely missed on here as he was a quality poster!!

Stood in the kitchen at work listening to Talksport when the tone of the voice of the presenter changed as he said we now go over to our news desk for some breaking news, and when his tone of voice changed you knew it was tragic but never would i have thought that it would be a bloke who seemed content in life (just look back to yesterdays football focus and the quotes since) would have taken his own life.

Asking for help sometimes is the lowest of the low for some unfortunately and it would appear this as been the case now. Stan Collymore as tweeted his latest cry for help in my opinion and i would encourage everyone to read it regardless of your feelings about him as he posted this before this tragic loss of Gary Speed and if only Gary had the chance to read it he might have seeked help.

Mental illness affects people in different ways and people are subjucted to different treatment amongst peers because of a lack of understanding. I work in mental health nursing as a support worker and believe me events like this shows even i have a lack of understanding of this illness despite attending various courses. Hopefully the loss of Gary Speed will help others to come out and seek help. RIP Gary Speed!!!

If the stories are true in his time there he incurred fat fines of around £200,000 and yet some want him back ha ha!!

RIP Ronnie. A True Rovers Great!!

Utter rubbish if he really cared about BRFC or South Africa then he would have done everything he could to get fit but didn't end of!! If as he says representing your country is the pinnacle in a world cup or words to that effect then why not put the effort in. I'm sure most of us in his position no matter who we played for and was failing to meet fitness targets would accept being told to come in early to get fit but realistically hes waiting for the go ahead to earn more money and who's to say that if they bring in this stellar signing on hundred grand a week and with Carlton Cole coming back from injury that he'll actually get a game. His head was turned with Chelski and turned yet again. As far as i'm concerned he can stay away for as long as he wants as hes not worthy of wearing the blue and white halves ever again. Fine him and hold out for the cash the longer this goes on the more he'll oanic as he'll have nowhere to turn and his so called world cup will be spent not on the pitch but propping up a bar somewhere telling everyone "that should have been me" Goodbye and good riddance Benni this time you really have made a fool of yourself!!

I've already done the opposite of condoning his current behaviour a few posts up. Please learn to read and understand.

Whatever state he came back in, he's managed to stay in our top 3 goalscorers list this season, despite being last in the managers pecking order of 4 crap strikers + a fat injury prone free running midfielder (who also wants to escape the Allardyce regime).

That speaks volumes for Benni Mac's ability, despite his fitness levels. More worryingly, it speaks volumes about where Allardyce is taking this club. Away from its traditions and values, and away from what supporters want. Benni Mac -> Beattie (or similar) = 19,000 ST holders -> 15,000 ST holders. At any price.

I'm sure you'll be the first to complain when the only forward option off the bench this time next month is some talentless lump with a worse scoring record than Di Santo. We can't afford new talent like McCarthy, so we had to keep the McCarthy we already owned.

After talking to a mate of mine last night who was there with his 2 kids and is united through and through he said it was the younger element who caused the trouble and says this lot only get tickets for away games when they get a large allocation ie Barnsley cup game 5-7000 Rovers 7800 and they are rarely seen at any away game when they get their usual 3000 allocation. In my opinion after what happened with the Darwen End allocation against our claret friends i'd do the same for this game but not only do i think it wont happen i think that they will still travel in numbers without a ticket and still cause problems. Last season i had he unfortunate pleasure of witnessing some teenagers 5/10 of them 20 mins before walking past the Jack Walker Stand singing united songs whilst intimidating others by bumping into them obviously looking for a fight/argument/trouble. If we limited their tickets for 1 season only and made an example of anybody found in the home ends ejected then maybe games in future seasons might not be as bad as most wont bother travelling without a ticket even if it does mean we have to reduce our capacity as we had to do in the scumley game.