Huge thanks to Bruce Wilkinson for thoroughly researching the inconsistencies about the birth year of Rovers and putting together this comprehensive article, which has been published today. Mystery solved then....😆 Please visit: https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/blackburn-rovers-the-origins/578

Some random bits of trivia after the weekend's action: https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/norwich-city-v-blackburn-rovers-in-numbers/558

Compiled a few interesting facts and figures about the Derby match in this article… https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/blackburn-rovers-v-derby-county-in-numbers/556

Happy 90th Birthday to the one and only Bryan Douglas. Please enjoy an account of one of Duggie's wondergoals by Fred Cumpstey, which has been published on the site today: https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/101-great-goals:-bryan-douglas/547

Jim Branagan did manage 5 goals in 337 appearances - so not exactly a Ryan Nyambe! Scored against: Rotherham (A) 5/2/80, Newcastle (H) 1/5/82, Wolves (H) 15/1/83, Oldham (H) 20/10/84, Shrewsbury (H) 7/2/87. For reference, here's the one he's not been credited with against Bury:

Simon Garner HITS BACK at any plans to take away one of his goals😆

Spotted the 95/96 away shirt inside a pub in Porto San Giorgio on the east coast of Italy. Summer 2006.

Fascinating bit of Rovers trivia here about Simon Garner's club record 192 Rovers goals. As revealed by 4,000 Holes this season, it appears that one goal in 1980 was incorrectly credited to him – so should the true record be 191 goals? Full details in this article: https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/the-phantom-garner-goal/546 It's not quite "were Rovers actually founded in 1874?!" but any information, explanations or opinions about this mystery would be greatly appreciated!

Semir Telalović to compete at Paris 2024?! Not quite... article here to dispel any lingering claims that he might be running the 100m... https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/blackburn-rovers'-first-olympian/54

Fantastic article here about one man's love of collecting Rovers videotapes and DVDs - a comprehensive review of the archive! https://brfcs.com/magazine/articles/a-love-of-the-tape/533

Thank you to everyone who has contributed and bought fanzines this season. Another 4 issues committed to the archive🔵⚪️ From money made: £100 going to Diabetes UK (for our regular contributor Glenn Entwistle, who very sadly passed away in January) and £100 to Blackburn Foodbank. Issues are still available to buy here: https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com

A Leicester supporter has come forward and submitted a wonderful long read about Rovers ahead of Saturday's match. Lots of trivia and obscure facts which perhaps some Rovers fans do not even know about. Please give it a look! https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/an-outsider's-view-of-rovers-history/532

The sixth and final part of Ian Herbert's epic ‘Kits Through the Decades’ series is in the brand new Issue 112. There just might be the odd mention of the requirement for a Rovers shirt to have “reversible halves”... ORDER HERE: https://roversfanzine.bigcartel.com/product/4-000-holes-issue-112