Well they should pay other players in Euros millions to sit out as well. Name their price.

Hopefully the City players in the England squad get paid millions to withdraw from the squad. See how the FUP lovers would like that.

Corporate puppets. Just be on the damn pitch by kickoff.

That would date back to around the early 70's. On the web archive for early BRFCS there was a music file and surprisingly the download worked but this was a few years ago. They played it at the stadium then? It was probably about 40 years out of date in 70's though. Bring it back if the goal is to make Ewood as uncool to younger fans as possible. EDIT-No download needed. Go site index and the exact link is there. https://web.archive.org/web/19970701202345/http://www.brfc-supporters.org.uk/

Brockhall. Yes that's right.

For goodness sake I know there's not much to the ACV other than 6 months notice. The point YET AGAIN is how did Villa do it when there was no notice to the community at all? Trying not to be patronising but people sure make it difficult.

Well Derby County/Villa managed it. Still waiting for an answer on that which perhaps nobody knows but the Rovers Trust should have looked into it right away. It does seem however that there will be notification here if the club chose to take that route. Who would be able to stop Venkys selling it to themselves anyway and who would want to given the situation? Fake bidding war?

Derby County's supporters put an ACV on Pride Park as did Villa's on their own stadium. That didn't stop the "sales" so to speak. So obviously if Venkys are to sell to what is effectively themselves (who else would feasibly buy it besides new owners for this reason?) the issue might not even come up. I'm sure there was little advance warning of the Villa/Derby examples. I've asked this question before and it wasn't expanded on unfortunately. Here's a paragraph from stadiumdb.com. Even if they don't, there's one more issue: facing the fans. Back in 2011 the Localism Act was introduced, which allowed communities (football supporters included) to list buildings as Assets of Community Value (ACV). Villa Park is among stadia which were listed as an ACV. Such move means precisely that the owner cannot sell the stadium without giving the local community a chance of placing a counter bid. And the community, represented by Aston Villa Supporters Trust, was not informed of the transaction until weeks after it was completed. The law has been broken. “The Trust is concerned to read the news today, that despite the recording of an Asset of Community Value on the stadium, a transfer of ownership may have taken place. We are attempting to clarify the details. When they are available we will seek an urgent meeting with the club.” the AVST have written on June 28. If Venkys want to sell it to themselves and it's an effective way of getting round FUP could the ACV hold things up? It was recently noted by the club itself wasn't it?

What do you think? My only real hope is that numerous clubs file a joint lawsuit (perhaps headed by Manchester City) and crush UEFA in court. When they drop it the EFL will drop it.

Also perhaps it's time the coward who leaked the 2004 sacking comes forward or gets outed. I've narrowed it down to two people though and neither have a conscience.

Any mention on Soccer Saturday or did Anderson's mate not allow it? Am I correct in saying Tony's had other health issues in recent years? Sure I can recall someone saying so but not recent enough to suggest same thing.

I know who the characters in my script would be.

As far as I know Clayton never asked for a transfer and prior to doing the ground tours probably wasn't offered a job. He's certainly on a par with Parkes for longevity though in all due respect it's not like people were kicking Tony's door down. So really that gives Clayton the edge for me.

I don't really see much point for the petition other than "backslapping self credit". The club don't do many decent things but the Clayton/Douglas ends are there so why would be any objection to Parkes. Sometimes all people need to do is ask or bring it up at the fans forum.

Good to see some people have decent children.

He knew full well who it was.

I don't believe for a moment that's what Jack Walker thought. Neither am I saying it's what the vast majority thought.

"Saving" is a bit over the top. 1996 the club was rock bottom of the table when Harford left but that squad was capable of much better. Eriksson ? and Hodgson both agreed to join when the club wasn't mathematically safe so there wasn't too much concern. Some of those players were still around in 1999 but the number of injuries was ridiculous. Chris Sutton said in his book that the players "virtually managed themselves" without coming across spiteful towards Parkes. 99-2000 if anyone thinks that squad was gonna go down in that league they are mad. Would have stayed up easily even if Kidd stayed.

I know people in Sheffield may refuse to call it anything other than Hillsborough but they must tire of it being a byword for disaster.

Wasn't sure where to put this but Singh did an interview weeks back that has just been released. Obviously mentions Rovers. https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/16-shebby-singh/id1482741659?i=1000463229162&fbclid=IwAR3wUjO0uIKAfV4urr4BgBAmmvvQ44Fb9tP1_kK9_wIkIeqsJij5NaAUaBc

Not sure Jack would have wanted that either. ?

According to "4000 holes" on Twitter this year will see the induction of Jack Walker.

Cowards.

Wasting my time suggesting this but would have been nice if fans of both clubs got together and organised an anti-FUP demonstration. If the EFL complained then throw their mental health "concern" back in their lying faces. If Rovers fans can get together with Blackpool fans to protest lousy ownership then they could do this as well. I'm too stubborn to not suggest this even though nobody is going to back me up.

People are saying complaints from Steve Gibson prompted this. It wasn't Jack's fault that they were deducted 3 points so if this is a way of getting back at him that's pathetic. Maybe he should have blamed his arrogant (and incompetent) manager at that time and ask if he would have done the same to Man United. I doubt it. Not to mention employing an absolute racist thicko like Jonathan Woodgate. So who the hell is he to tell people how to run things? Jackass.