5000th game !!

[damo100]

The 7th club to have reached this incredible milestone, but thanks to the poor marketing we see from Rovers these days, have we missed a trick here to celebrate this achievement?

[1864roverite]

The main man was away sunning himself!

[arbitro]

  On 15/09/2023 at 11:03, damo100 said:

The 7th club to have reached this incredible milestone, but thanks to the poor marketing we see from Rovers these days, have we missed a trick here to celebrate this achievement?

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It only appeared on Rovers twitter earlier this week which indicates to me that it almost fell through the cracks at Ewood and perhaps a third party brought it to their attention. It's another rush job, get a few players to say a few words and roll out some old players. And Rick Parry is making a presentation presumably to Waggott (the man I just don't see representative of our proud club) at half time. It would be right and fitting if Waggott was roundly needed from the stands.

[rigger]

  On 15/09/2023 at 11:47, arbitro said:

It only appeared on Rovers twitter earlier this week which indicates to me that it almost fell through the cracks at Ewood and perhaps a third party brought it to their attention. It's another rush job, get a few players to say a few words and roll out some old players. And Rick Parry is making a presentation presumably to Waggott (the man I just don't see representative of our proud club) at half time. It would be right and fitting if Waggott was roundly needed from the stands.

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Present it to Waggot in front of the Blackburn end.

[matt83]

The last 500 ish under the Venkys have been fairly unmemorable 

[4,000 Holes]

  On 15/09/2023 at 11:03, damo100 said:

The 7th club to have reached this incredible milestone, but thanks to the poor marketing we see from Rovers these days, have we missed a trick here to celebrate this achievement?

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Mentioned in 4,000 Holes before the season started😉

[JHRover]

  On 15/09/2023 at 14:17, 4,000 Holes said:

Mentioned in 4,000 Holes before the season started😉

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Inconvenient for the 'natural level is mid 2nd division because that's where we were in the 80s' brigade.

[unsall]

Great milestone to reach 5000 league games, done well to get many ex players ( legends) to  say a few words, regardless of our ups and downs ex players really did enjoy themselves at Rovers.

[Andy]

  On 15/09/2023 at 15:26, JHRover said:

Inconvenient for the 'natural level is mid 2nd division because that's where we were in the 80s' brigade.

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Exactly this.

As the stats show, we’ve spent - by far - the majority of our time in the top tier.

[TugaysMarlboro]

Out of interest, who are the other 6 clubs before us?

Edited September 15, 2023 by TugaysMarlboro

[chaddyrovers]

  On 15/09/2023 at 16:14, unsall said:

Great milestone to reach 5000 league games, done well to get many ex players ( legends) to  say a few words, regardless of our ups and downs ex players really did enjoy themselves at Rovers.

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Great to see so many former players commentated on it. Some of my all time favourite players are in there like Alan Shearer, Mark Atkins and Craig Conway,

[davulsukur]

Cracking achievement for the club to reach 5000 games 👏

[Upside Down]

  On 15/09/2023 at 21:12, renrag said:

Preston, Bolton, Burnley, Wolves, WBA, Derby

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I figured it would be them.

The fact we've spent the MAJORITY of our time in the top division where there were fewer teams has put us in 7th place.

[bluebruce]

  On 15/09/2023 at 14:07, matt83 said:

The last 500 ish under the Venkys have been fairly unmemorable 

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I wish I couldn't remember them.

[TonyM]

Full page feature on Rovers, and the 5000th game, in today's Daily Telegraph...

 

Edited September 16, 2023 by TonyM

[bazza]

  On 15/09/2023 at 21:12, renrag said:

Preston, Bolton, Burnley, Wolves, WBA, Derby

Notts County will be next later this season

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Why are Everton, Villa and Stoke not in there? Does the 5000 not include any Premier League games? Silly statistic if so.

[bazza]

  On 16/09/2023 at 13:20, renrag said:

It does include Premier League. Everton and Villa have spent more years in the top flight with fewer fixtures per season. In the early days, Stoke had two spells out of the league including 7 years just before the First World War

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Thanks for that info., Wikirenrag. 😃 I'm sure others are grateful for that information as well.

[doctorryan]

  On 16/09/2023 at 13:04, TonyM said:

Full page feature on Rovers, and the 5000th game, in today's Daily Telegraph...

 

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Nice of them to include the chicken pic.

[Ianrally]

Ok so who’s on here. Forget Waggot he doesn’t deserve to be there. 

[Upside Down]

Big Chris Samba, Colin Hendry, Tony Parkes, Bryan Douglas. 

No idea on the others. 

[Tyrone Shoelaces]

Gordon Taylor ? Kevin Gallagher ?

[wilsdenrover]

Gestede?

[Cherry Blue]

Malcolm Darling

[bazza]

Duncan Mackenzie, John Byrom?,  Stuart Ripley?

[bazza]

Keeley?