BRFCS - Gratitude Corner

[Herbie6590]

BRFCS - gratitude corner...??????

 

At the end of a long, hard season, it’s something of a tradition to hand out awards and such like and to reflect on what has just concluded. Well, we may not have any trophies to hand out but we sure have plenty of plaudits...so bear with me in this self-indulgence if you would be so kind...

 

BRFCS has for a while been in need of some behind the scenes tinkering, a lot of which you don’t see; more often than not, the site just being up means people have “done stuff” and neither you nor I would have a clue but it keeps the engine revving.

 

We are lucky to have our own “geek squad” in Glenn, Biddy, Stuart & Phil who tinker here & there and truly speak an impenetrable language of their own in pursuit of IT perfection. Phil has also done some sterling work this season in refreshing the page and creating a new home page which has brought us bang up to date and for that we thank him. 

 

We also thank him by asking him then to do some other stuff which hopefully soon will create a wonderful new section on the site which we are really excited about. Sadly Phil also insists on having a life and a real job that pays him money and sometimes these have to take precedence. However, thanks to Phil for endeavours past, present & hopefully future..and to all of our IT gurus, may your TLAs always be unintelligible to us non-gurus.

 

The forum can be quite the enigma. Sometimes there is some lovely stuff on there, sometimes there isn’t. Overseeing it is a thankless task that is guaranteed to bring only opprobrium. Why anyone wants to volunteer to do it is beyond me but we are grateful that they do. It doesn’t win you many friends or put you on the VIP guest list at film premieres but heartfelt thanks to K-Hod, Tom & True Blue for helping to moderate the site.

 

Podcasts next...these truly are a labour of love. We produce them, put them out there and then simply hope that someone listens and enjoys...

 

Sometimes we get feedback, sometimes it’s positive, sometimes it’s constructive. We are proud of them notwithstanding. This season we were invited to Brockhall, we interviewed Don Mackay, John Nicholson from Football 365 we had help & assistance from various journalists including Rich Sharpe, Andy Bayes, Conor Pope, John Duerden and of course from erstwhile Rovers social media manager Ryan Grant. Let us also acknowledge the hard work of Kamy in keeping lines of communication open with the club. 

 

We had a podsquad of panelists willing to give up time & energy to contribute and we had a new executive producer and host for one truly memorable episode in the indefatigable Linz Lewis who created the terrific International Women’s Day edition.

 

One of our panelists went on to create the “Ginger Ninja Appreciation Society”...it wasn’t a BRFCS initiative as such that’s true, but we would just like to bask in the reflected glory of Jen Bellamy who always is er... “forthright” and makes editing out swears quite the art form ! 

 

Another in Michael Taylor, reassessed Graeme Souness and persuaded a Scottish colleague to act out the role of Souness, which it has to be said he did with some uncanny accuracy making for a memorable episode.

 

We have had help from Tom at our good friends at the 1875 Podcast, Scott from our favourite fanzine 4000 Holes, we have our very own Canadian corespondent in Bill Arthur who somehow managed to interview a former Burnley player yet make it about Blackburn Rovers ! He was also trying to line Brad Friedel up for an interview but Brad then got himself sacked so...another time perhaps ! 

 

We have recorded face to face at Christmas and put it on YouTube, we recorded our last episode in a real studio...all of this, constantly trying new things to make vibrant and hopefully enjoyable listening. Remember, all this is in spare time and for free.

 

Thank you therefore to Michael, Linz, Jen, Mike, Stuart, Matt, Louis, Millie, Hollie, Lucy, Josh & Duncan who have all helped along the way.

 

COYB

 

[Giant]

Hear, hear to all you say, Herbie. We owe a great deal of thanks to the folk who keep this site running.

[mhead]

The site is a fantastic resource for all Rovers supporters. Sometimes controversial....always argumentative.

Where is Hughesy now?

[Oldgregg86]

Thanks to all involved.

Tremendous effort

[Mattyblue]

This has been my go to site for 20 years and the quality of the podcasts etc are the best they’ve ever been.

 And I can imagine for those outside Lancs this place is a fantastic way to really feel part of the Rovers conversation.

Even though we are the ‘biggest load of negative bastards on the Internet’

(We are usually right though )

[Paul Mellelieu]

Well done, except for my first ever ban

[des]

Thanks to all for all the work you do

 

 

[Cherry Blue]

Thanks to all involved in bringing views, reviews, reports and the rest that mean so much to us.

Fantastic message board !

[Stuart]

I’ve only been here for just short of 11 years but the site has coped admirably with huge changes, both at the club and on the site admin.

Still the go-to site to share info and a passion for Rovers, even if that passion overspills every now and again.

(I’m not the Stuart being thanked by the way - to avoid any unwarranted credit!)

Keep up the good work.

[Atko's Engine]

Well done all. I'm quite new on here & am still finding my way around what's available on here outside of the forums (fora? forae?), but it's clearly well produced & well thought of by so many for all its content; so cheers those involved & in the know for taking the time to give the rest of us a platform to show our varied shades of love, support, frustration, annoyance & downright peed-offness with our beloved BRFC. 

[Mike E]

This place is somewhere I come everyday without fail, and have done since early 2009!

I’ve been banned and I’ve been a mod. I’ve made friends and an occasional nemesis.

When I ran Edinburgh marathon for ProstateCancerUK and OCHRE, BRFCS members contributed £315.20 out of the £1,210.50 I eventually raised. Over 25%

In a nutshell, this place is brilliant and those who keep it running, keep it engaging, and keep it safe deserve a more credit than we generally give them.

Well done folks!

[Gone to seed]

Hear hear! Excellent job done chaps and chapesses, a thankless task behind the scenes, but much appreciated by us mere mortals who use the forums alternately as a bog and a soapbox. Keep going!

[K-Hod]

It’s always nice to be appreciated! 

For real though, it’s a pleasure to post and help keep this place running.

My contribution is fairly minor though in the scheme of things and certainly compared to some others!

Edited May 13, 2019 by K-Hod

[tomphil]

Well done to everyone i'm sure it's enough to make your heads spin at times.

Also nice to see that finally some of the regular stirrers and those who seek to smear the site elsewhere on social media have been reigned in a bit like the rest of us mortals who sometimes bite a bit too easily ?

[DeeCee]

As all the above, superb. Thank you.

[Give 'Em the Axe]

Yeah, it is clear that a lot of effort goes into the running and maintenance of this place. It has become part of my daily internet ritual since discovering it in 2011. Cheers to all involved. ?

Edited May 14, 2019 by Give 'Em the Axe

[philipl]

Huge well done and thanks to one and all!

[tonygreenbank]

Great work by all of you keeping us Rovers exiles in touch with events on and off the pitch.

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Kudos to all concerned.

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

I agree with all the previous posters, this is an essential site for all Rovers fans wherever you are. Keep up the good work lads.

[arbitro]

Well done and thanks to everyone who gives up their time so most of us can discuss, debate and disagree about all things Rovers. Ultimately we all want the same thing though.

[bazza]

My only social media (apart from an email list). I visit usually daily. (Since 2001)

Great work by the admin and mods. Much appreciated. 

Thanks to all contributors, particularly for so little swearing. This shows class.

I love the podcasts.