Obviously a lot of early Christmas shopping being done…👀

Previous meetings & last match

The next instalment of 1994/5 programmes - Coventry City (h) 27/8/94

In this episode Alex Ireland makes a welcome return to the 4000 Holes Round Table to tell us all-out his new book chronicling the history of one of the UK's most iconic sports brands - Umbro. Double Diamond - 100 Years Of Umbro is out now - learn more its evolution & content with the author right here... Ian Herbert poses the questions and reveals a childhood desire to design kits and both of our panellists reveal their all time favourite Umbro football jerseys. https://www.pitchpublishing.co.uk/shop/double-diamond LISTEN HERE

Especially now he doesn’t need to keep the club onside…

https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/articles/where-we're-at.../571

This deserves a wider audience IMO

Define “lack of ambition”

@StubbsUK complimented your dress sense as I understand it…😉

We once had a kid who could spot those passes…*sigh*

Pears made 3 or 4 decent saves today in fairness.

Have your say in the POTM voting supported by @RoversTrust https://www.brfcs.com/magazine/football/match/1215944/plymouth-blackburn?tab=voting

Apparently @rog of the rovers knows the mascot...

Rovers v Leicester City 28/8/94

Merchandise… what a treasure trove… ⚪️🔵 🔴⚫️

Anyone fancy the new kit?

The 1994 Charity Shield

Yes, but it was the attempt by the club to get compensation from the player that started the whole thing… I suspect where this will end up will be pre-ordained compensation payments to leave a contract early & the player secures a signing on fee from the new club to cover the compensation paid…possibly…🤷‍♂️😆

Perhaps they could each play an ineligible player & both be docked points…😆

That’s how this case ended up in court…

You can vote for Rovers nominees in two categories, plus Sammie Szmodics… https://www.northwestfootballawards.com/public-vote-nwfa-2024/

WATR (as Rovers Trust) started out as a pressure group with the sole intention of having an infrastructure in place should the owners suddenly pull the plug. Once it became apparent that the Raos were in it for a longer haul than many envisaged, this gave the Trust an issue to confront, as the single purpose allowing members to align behind was proving to be irrelevant. What we have seen subsequent to the Wild/Grabko years is an organisation looking for a unified purpose & an approach - and in fairness the current leadership has transparently adopted the approach of cooperation to try & gain credibility and influence. What it is NOT now, clearly, is an action group. The challenge therefore that WATR has to wrestle with is whether to say “this I what we stand for…join us if you agree” or to poll the wider fanbase (including non-members) and try to represent the consensus view that emerges. It’s analogous to a political party - does a party say “these are our policies - vote for us if you agree” or does it seek power by adopting popular policies? We’ve seen both approaches in recent years. For WATR - credibility comes with increasing membership numbers, they need to work out whether their current stance is likely to lead to more people joining, than being more confrontational. FWIW I think with every passing day, the anger and antipathy towards the Raos diminishes (in aggregate) as new generations of fans start to follow the club and the older fans who remember what it used to be like (& could once again be) are increasingly marginalised, stop going and sadly leave this mortal coil! Bloody hell…that’s depressing…sorry everyone…😆

He’ll score 22 in Middlesbrough’s attack next season…just watch…