Any other football club in our situation would have addressed matters by now. Mowbray would have been paid up/sent home on gardening leave and a replacement manager installed in order that we can hit the ground running come the start of the season. Meanwhile, I can picture Waggott in his office at Ewood, leant back in his big, fancy, executive chair, feet up on the desk, attempting to get his fifteenth paper aeroplane to land in the bin. On the other side of the world, the Barry White lookalike will be hungover after his twenty second party in the last seven days, trying to remember how many birds he has screwed and equally trying to remember the name of the English football club he owns. These wankers are ruining our club and the sooner ALL Blackburn Rovers supporters know the FULL details of what has happened since the takeover in 2010, the better.

Has he cleared his desk yet?

No, I wish I had been born a few years earlier so I could have witnessed that. Got to be in the top five Rovers games since the war. On the theme of Spurs, I’ve never been to their new stadium but will now be paying a visit for the Challenge Cup Final at the end of the month. As much as I dislike them, I’ve got to say it’s a mighty fine stadium.

I was also at White Hart Lane for the 4-0 demolition job. I loved that Rovers side and watching Duffer was worth the admission money alone. It could quite easily have been seven or eight nil.

Like a vintage wine, USA or, in my case, like a well past it stout. 😆

Throughout their near twelve year tenure, the final six words of your first paragraph have been the common denominator. ‘They have zero interest in engaging.’ They only employ incompetent back room staff, board members, CEO etc. because they know nothing about football. Bearing in mind they refuse and, have refused, to engage with professional Rovers fans with the necessary business acumen who genuinely want to help, the situation will never improve. I know folk are currently working away in the background in an attempt to change things and all credit to them. From what Glen has outlined above this has happened previously and I would be genuinely surprised if the status quo changed for the better. Almost twelve years on and we are no further forward than we’ve ever been. Still at square one. How much longer are we supposed, or expected, to endure this living hell. In another twelve years, I’ll be 76 for God’s sake. That’s if I’m still here. The sad thing about the situation is that only a very small percentage of Rovers fans will actually know what has gone on since Venky’s rolled into town. How and why Steve Kean was promoted beyond his capabilities, Jerome Anderson and Kentaro, the work Glen and others have previously done, the fans’ delegation to the football authorities, the threats and all the rest of it. Such a shame that only a few made an effort to demonstrate and take action back in the day. It’s too late now. It’s passed. Fans are indifferent. Unless we fluke a promotion, the supporter base will continue to dwindle and, more likely, our fortunes on the pitch will flounder and we will be relegated. For me, this is the only way out. Relegation, relegation again, administration. Rid ourselves of Venky’s that way and, like Bury, Bolton, Wigan and others, wait for a suitable buyer and start again.

Had an early night last night, so went to bed with three minutes left. Been telling my grandson (his uncle keeps buying him Liverpool kits, I keep buying him Rovers ones) that Liverpool are playing Man City in the final. I only found out the score an hour ago. 😆 Still, I can’t stand City and it’s more of a European final feel when one of the clubs, at least, comes from the continent. Hope Liverpool win.

Good stuff Andy. Which part of the ground were you in? I generally used to stand on the Celtic End. I arrived there about half an hour before kick off and have never seen so many people outside a ground waiting to get in. There must have been around eight turnstile on the Celtic End/Main Stand corner and, no doubt others elsewhere. I didn’t think I would get in but 15 mins later I was stood on the terraces near the floodlight pylon and that’s where I stayed!

Sorting out some of the shee-ite in our loft and found some photos from Celtic 3 Dundee 0, April 23rd 1988 when Celtic clinched the title. Attendance estimated at 75k, you just paid your cash and they let you in 😆

Just watching MK Dons thrashing Plymouth 5-0 at Home Park. Look a very assured outfit and, the young lad up front, Scott Twine has bagged four of them. A very good player on this showing.

When we were, briefly, in second place, the general census of opinion was that it would be a good tussle with Bournemouth to get the second automatic spot by the end of the season. If that were not possible, finishing anywhere between third and sixth was almost guaranteed. Shows what we have thrown away.

Yeah, you’re right mate. My mistake. JHRover’s figures (for the whole stadium) are correct.

Blackburn End Lower - 5k, Jack Walker Stand - 9k, Riverside - 6k Those are the capacities. Your figures seem out by a bit. By my reckoning, we’ve currently sold 17,950. That includes Bournemouth’s 1.5k.

This doesn’t need any introduction. Bought from the Evening Telegraph, nice glossy, big photograph, when Blackburn still had a decent newspaper. Mike Newell, one of my all time favourite Rovers. (I’m clearing our loft out, by the way, so there could be a few more appearing) 😆

Rovers 1 Coventry 0 26 Jan 1980 and Rovers knock first division Sky Blues out of the FA Cup.

Millwall seemed to fill that away section last Saturday and had around 1900 there.

Bolton 0 Rovers 1 28 March 1973 A great night on the Embankment. No segregation and as usual at Burnden, the police couldn’t give a monkeys. Let’s just say you needed your wits about you.

There are seven areas to look at there, namely :- - All aspects of football operations, as a priority, the fans - Commercial - Ticket fiascos - The academy - The pitches - Rumour and speculation - The finances With all due respect 1864, it all sounds rather vague. There are no specifics. I know I sent you a personal message a few weeks ago and I was grateful for the time you took to reply. However, I didn’t learn anything as, your reply to me was in the same format as this, ie. all rather vague. I suppose, in addition to the areas above, you could also add in the stadium and, not least of all, the position of the manager. That would increase the seven areas to nine, without thinking of a few more. How about a few specifics. Perhaps choose just two of the above nine areas and let us know how you have been left with such optimism that leads you to believe that ‘there is a better future ahead for the club.’

I’ll listen Ian 🙂 In fact, put it on here if you get time 👍

Clubs like Burnley have a shelf life in the top flight and it’s not a long one. Most of the Premier League clubs are now owned by multi billionaires with the cash to splash on top quality (usually foreign) players. Liverpool and Man City have set the bench mark in the style of continental type football that has become the norm. Burnley have never had the financial clout to try and do this, hence Sean Dyche and his very fit, very organised, very energetic, very good-at-set-pieces but very ordinary players. This brand of football doesn’t last forever, so clubs like Norwich, Burnley, Brentford, Bournemouth (they’ll be down again), Watford etc. know they have to enjoy it while it lasts. The hierarchy in the Premier League is set, now, largely on wealth. Very sad but very sweet that the trapdoors are now opening for the Clarettes.

A rebuild from the ground up would have been difficult enough with Kenny as manager and Uncle Jack still providing the bulk of the finance. Instead, we have absentee owners who know absolutely feck all about football and who, rather than putting in place a proper, functioning, internal structure at the club, have installed a muppet who would struggle running a corner shop. There’s only one way this football club is going and it ain’t up. Venky’s Out. Mowbray Out.

I would have Dyche here over Mowbray all day long. Dyche, however, is savvy enough to know that working with Venky’s would be a no, no and it would never happen. Not only do we have a desperately poor manager, we have by far the worst owners in football. And then some.

Mark Brennan, in that Boro side, was born in Rawtenstall and went to St Mary’s College, Blackburn. Made his name at Ipswich and forged out a reasonably decent career.

First and only visit to Peterborough was in November 1974 when we lost 1-0. In fact, they did the double over us in that promotion year. We had a big following, as we did everywhere that season, and I travelled down on the League Liner, or was it the Ewood Express? Can’t remember which. I wish I still had the enthusiasm that I did as a sixteen year old back in 1974 but I haven’t. Venky’s, Mowbray and the way the Rovers build up your hopes, before kicking you in the nads, have completely worn me out. Whilst I obviously want us to win, I have little, or no, interest in the game and I won’t be either tuning in or keeping a tab on the scores. That’s a one nil win to Rovers then. It would be just like us.

Too right Matty, we bossed the game from start to finish. We were being bought breakfast whiskies by Irish Celtic fans in the hotel the next morning and they acknowledged that as well. Celtic were a top notch team then and, of course, reached the final. How far we’ve fallen.