Lowest attendance, or was it?

Mid way through the second half the attendance of 1,501 flashed across the scoreboard at Ewood Park in the EFL (Checkatrade) Trophy game against Stoke City u21, many myself included assumed that this was the lowest recorded attendance for a competitive first team fixture to involve Blackburn Rovers.  The previous 'low' was for the second …

Pre Season

They say that the darkest hour is before the dawn and I'm hoping that the full-time whistle at Brentford in May was the darkest hour.  However on the eve of the 2017/18 season, the first in Division 3 since 1979/80, its time to look forward and not bemoan our plight under the absent, uninterested 'owners' …

Rovers fans suffer the blues

The inevitable finally happened on a warm Sunday afternoon in West London, which is coincidently where Rovers also played their last Premier League game five seasons earlier at Chelsea, with relegation to League 1 (the Third Division in old money) finally confirmed with a ultimately hollow 3-1 victory at Brentford.  After a season which started …

Supporters Consultation Meeting – 30th March 2017

HAVING ATTENDED THIS MEETING AND READ THE FULL TRANSCRIPT, I AM SATISFIED THAT IT IS A VERY ACCURATE REPRESENTATION OF THE Q&A FROM THE EVENING. IF THE PERSON WHO TOOK THE TIME TO TAKE THE SHORT-HAND ON THE EVENING AND THEN TRANSFER INTO THE TRANSCRIPT IS READING THIS, A HUGE THANK-YOU. Please note: These notes …

Nottingham Forest

Having bought tickets for this match before the 0-2 defeat at home to Barnsley the Saturday before, I headed off to the City Ground more in hope than expectation for what surely was a 'must win' match if Rovers are to survive a second relegation in five seasons and back to League 1 (Division 3 for those …

Welcome…

Welcome to my first blog which as I'm sure you've guessed will cover the ups and very much downs of Blackburn Rovers. I'm not a professional journalist/blogger so if you are looking for a smooth, polished blog then this clearly won't be for you. Sometimes you'll agree, sometimes you'll disagree and sometimes you'll just think...meh. …