Kelly Somers managed to get RVN's Leicester, Wayne Rooney's Plymouth and Frank Lampard's Coventry into consecutive sentences there. Stop all that bollocks and have some fucking respect for them.

Third round draw and there's been an interview with new Man United fella and now Mark Hughes and Dion Dublin asked their opinions on him pre draw. Get those fuckers away to a European Super League and leave us all be.

I have wonderful memories of my grandad writing down the FA Cup draws as they happened, live from FA HQ in Soho on a Monday lunchtime. I suppose it is better now than it has been at points over the past decade, I can recall when it was exclusively on ITV and all the draws were done at odd points between the two Sunday fixtures, like 1445 and what have you. For all the inane gibber Kelly Somers and co will serve up tomorrow, at least it gives it a sense of place and distinction again. Just a shame we'll have no 'x OR y' ties in it...

I may be missing something or someone obvious, but would this be the most times Rovers have played an opponent but only ever at two venues?

I love old stories like this! I dread to think how many programmes I have had over the years thay have turned to mulch by the time I get home. Very oddly, part of the romance of it all I suppose. I have yet to get a 'digital matchday supplement' water damaged however.

Bank Holiday Monday 26 May apparently.

I was at Morecambe v. Port Vale on Saturday with a Valiant mate. Not the best game of football ever, but I have and will see worse. The ends justified the means for Vale eventually, which I suppose will do for them after their recent blips in form. Jordan Slew and Yann Songo'o were on the bench for Morecambe (neither came on), and Sam Hart and Jason Lowe came off the bench for Vale. I think I have just about recovered from reading those names on a teamsheet once more, though in fairness Sam Hart looked good.

Fail to see what the issue is with that David Coote video doing the rounds. All he says is Klopp is a c***, and that is, without any doubt, qualification or caveat, entirely true. Edited to add video. Be aware it has very strong language and references to Burnley.

Not literally of course (my emotional involvement with football ends usually when I leave the ground), but it was bloody daft and an example I think of the wider malaise and indiscipline at the club.

I'm still fuming at the booking JRC picked up last year when he threw the ball back to the opposition player at a freekick, but deliberately higher than they could reach. As I recall the freekick wasn't even past the halfway line and there was no danger whatsoever. I know it's the heat of battle but how bloody dense can you be?

I'm mot watching but the fan's groans were unhelpful, according to RoversTV's radio commentary. I get the sense those boys would fiddle whilst Rome burns.

Part of me is still watching that effort from Gally (?) deep into the second half strike one post then roll along the goalline to strike the other. Should have known from then on we weren't destined to win!

Had to double check this and it turns out their paths never crossed at Rovers - Clarkson returned to Liverpool early just as the Jan 2022 window opened and Hedges came in right at the end of it. Clarkson didn't join Aberdeen - initially on loan - until summer 2022. Still, if Aberdeen can get a tune out of Clarkson perhaps a few more players need a spell in the Granite City!

Can join up with ex teammate Leighton Clarkson!

A league where if you finish top you aren't champions yet, and if you finish bottom, should your ground be snazzy enough and your social media lad on form, you won't get relegated.

Those first two Maiden albums are perfection. I was lucky enough to see him on tour last year and he about to hit the road again just next week. Just as the wonderful Clive Burr from the same lineup, gone too soon and deserved such a kinder life. RIP.

Ah, the League 1 play off... where you can lose a game and still go up!

With their takeover, I fear Everton may now see a light at the end of the tunnel. Which is a damn shame, as their plight has been fucking hilarious. Next 'big' team horribly elongated death spiral please.

Where does all that come from? One bloke in particular towards the back of the stand was keen on that and the 'There's hole in your trainers' haha Mind you, not our brightest moment as a fanbase at the end shouting 'champions of England, you'll never sing that', at the team whose only real claim to fame is the being the first ever champions of England... at least they've never been in the Premier League, when 'even fucking Wigan have'. That made me laugh.

Out of interest re. the PA system etc., is the same equipment used for emergency announcements, or is there a different means for that? If it is the same, I am amazed it has passed the inspections it presumably gets!

It's the North Sea by then surely? Good shout though. Demolished when it shut. I still remember it feeling like you were on top of the world when you got up there as a little kid! Would that have been the highest point in Blackburn, or were the houses on Revidge Road higher still?

My usual haunt down here in lieu of the Wolves Civic or the big jobs in Birmingham is KK's Steel Mill in Wolves. Geared towards rock and metal (it is sponsored by the ex Judas Priest guitarist KK Downing, whose cousin is Rovers' assistant manager!) and though not the best layout/acoustics, it is cheap, cheerful, feels 'real' and gets decent names on. Not the flashiest of joints but offers a space for punters to have a proper experience and relevant bands of all shapes and sizes a stage. Night and day compared to the trek to the O2 jobs in Birmingham with their 'wedge 'em in, bleed 'em dry' approach as an attendee.

On the other hand, it's a bit shit for the mid-range bands who aren't going to attract 100,000-strong queues. Best part of £80 or £90 to see the Damned or Anthrax at the Wolves Civic when I checked. Status Quo (I forget the venue) cost similar. These days I am down to keeping an eye on the local venues and theatres and only looking periodically for when five or six 'big' bands tour. Simply can't afford to be a casual concert goer for the bigger bands these days. (One of the joys of the smaller venues is being able to afford a pint, should you so wish. Was just shy of a tenner for one at Wembley Arena back in March and the O2 venues are £8.50 I think... I tend to be teetotal for those occasions!)

I don't know. Presuming the full 90 is still up from when Rovers broadcast it on Youtube during Covid I may have to rewatch it in full to be sure. What a pity!

I don't, never have and never will want Man United to do well, but I especially want them to make a godawful hash of it at the moment to get it right up that reprehensible prick Ratcliffe.