It’s one year since the re-launch of BRFCS.com, when a new team formally took ownership of the website and expanded its offering to Rovers supporters. Below is a brief review of the key developments and a teaser for some of the plans for the future.

BRFCS is a project which demands a lot of voluntary time to keep things running smoothly and improving the site and so thanks go out to everyone who has helped, including the technical team, content editors and forum moderators.

If anyone is keen to get involved in any way, for example by writing the occasional article for the front page, then please get in touch on social media @brfcsdotcom or by emailing [email protected]

Nine successes from the last year

• ∙ Comprehensive Match Centre in place
• ∙ Over 200 published articles ranging from light-hearted, statistical to more serious
• ∙ No unplanned downtime on the Forum
• ∙ Crowdfunded giant 25-foot Chile flag which was seen in stadiums last season
• ∙ ‘Enter your own’ Player Ratings and Man of the Match awards
• ∙ BRFCS interviewed by Finnish & Chilean newspapers
• ∙ Player of the Season Award given to Scott Wharton, with BRFCS donating £100 to a cancer fundraiser chosen by Scott
• ∙ Continued partnership with Radio Rovers to produce ‘Sound Of The Season’ episodes
• ∙ Ad-free subscription service - just gone LIVE!

Six popular articles on BRFCS 

• ∙ Reflections on the Return to Rovers – by Ian Herbert
• ∙ Fan Feedback for the Marketing Team – by Kamran Inayat
• ∙ Twenty20: Cardiff Revisited – 20 bits of trivia about the League Cup win – by Scott Sumner
• ∙ Magnificent McEvoy – Profile of the legendary Andy McEvoy – by Fred Cumpstey
• ∙ The Deeper Meaning of (Rovers) Liff – by Ian Herbert
• ∙ I'm a Substitute for Another Guy – A BRFCS dig into the sub stats!

Five things in the pipeline (hopefully!) that will launch in the next year

• ∙ Match Predictor
• ∙ Memorabilia Archive
• ∙ The return of ‘The 92 Club’
• ∙ Stats section with player comparison and ‘Starting 11’ creator
• ∙ Rovers themed online games - including the long-awaited ‘Ashley Wardle’

Two of the best BRFCS podcasts

• ∙ EP 144 - WE NEED TO TOUR CHILE NEXT SUMMER – a first class, in-person interview with Blackburn’s own Tez Ilyas
• ∙ EP 147 - BIRYANI & WORTHY'S – a lovely old chat with Yasir Sufi about the Ewood Express, biryani & much more