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@HBerry177 @brfcsdotcom Ive found the 150 anniversary celebrations to be in the wrong year. Mostly in 2026 not 2025. But that's rovers under this regime. Disorganised and half arsed. The club was founded in 1875. 150yrs is 2025. Not 2026. Basic maths. Like celebrating turning 21 when you're 22

I found the 150th celebrations underwhelming and the attempt to rope in the Crompton memorial was just brazen. Anyway here are 151 things about the club that are unusual, eccentric and perhaps bizarre and not in any records book.

@NowtbutaLad Learned to drive on Southport sands

The beach at #Southport on the #Lancashire coast in the 1970s.

@crepycidon @NowtbutaLad @Rovers @RoversHistSoc @CanalRiverTrust @CRTNorthWest @brfcsdotcom In all fairness it's better than the eyesore derelict sorry state it was previously. Sad change of habits of the population. Use it or lose it. Nobody did use it hence it's gone. Ivy hotel just up the hill is great.

@NowtbutaLad @Rovers @RoversHistSoc @CanalRiverTrust @CRTNorthWest @brfcsdotcom Now a dismal carpet shop With what looks like an HMO in the making upstairs

The Leeds-Liverpool canal going under Bolton Road (A666) in the Infirmary area of #Blackburn, no date. The pub behind, 'The Infirmary Hotel', was once run by Blackburn @Rovers 1928 FA Cup winning Captain, Harry Healless. @RoversHistSoc @CanalRiverTrust @CRTNorthWest @brfcsdotcom

@henrywinter Purely money based decision. Everything else is sadly irrelevant.

... it’s walking down memory lane, feeling immersed in the history of the game, what a tournament here should be about. Now the suggestion is that planning permission is still a year or so away. Could Old Trafford have been used? Column on a conundrum. 1/2 open.substack.com/pub/henrywinte…

Old Trafford was ruled out as a Euro 2028 venue because building work on a new stadium would supposedly be well underway. Fans, Uefa were disappointed. Walking along Sir Matt Busby Way feels a pilgrimage, even for those who aren't disciples of Manchester United ... 1/2

@BBCLancsSport #rovers there was one game Michael. Oxford away. Disgraceful performance. Hopefully we've got the core issues out in the open. Ismael a shambles. Let's stay up, get MO'N on a proper contract, get a tonne of strength & conditioning work into these players & see where it gets us.

🔵 ⚪ "There's a lot of positivity in the group. There's not a game where I've come off & thought they're not up for the fight or they're not determined to try & do everything to give ourselves the best chance of survival." #Blackburn #Rovers boss Michael O'Neill #bbcfootball

@RoversHistSoc @Rovers @brfcsdotcom Never knew there was a big weaving shed where Aldi/McD is now. Road network changed hugely.

The Ewood area of #Blackburn in #Lancashire and the @Rovers #Football ground, believed to be between 1907 and 1928 (if so image probably colourised); the area behind the goals “The Blackburn End” (left) was terraced after 1928, paid for by the FA Cup win that year. @brfcsdotcom

@FyldeCoastRover @_ElliottJackson Mate you're so spot on. And they all came in after pre-season so no opportunity to get any strength & conditioning into them. Ismael the root cause.

@_ElliottJackson Almost as if bringing in players that weren’t used to the intensity of this league And then running them into the ground Was going to cause huge issues

Andri Gudjohnsen out for the season. Needs surgery on his ankle. Kristi Montgomery has a hamstring injury, not likely to be back until after int break. #Rovers

@_ElliottJackson #rovers I'm genuinely stunned how bad they have been both here & against Portsmouth. 3hrs+ of nothingness.

This has not got much better. Genuinely stunned at the lack of changes or attempt to change things. Oxford haven't been troubled all night. #Rovers lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25928597…

@BBCLancsSport @kevingallacher8 @RoscoHeaton @T214Murray @Goalkeeping111 Yay fixed

@BBCLancsSport @kevingallacher8 @RoscoHeaton @T214Murray @Goalkeeping111 @BBCLancsSport can't hear @kevingallacher8 on commentary

⚽ MATCHNIGHT LIVE COMMENTARIES ⤵️ 🔵 ⚪ #Blackburn #Rovers 🎙️ @RoscoHeaton & @kevingallacher8 ⚪ #Preston North End (8.00) 🎙️ Dan Jewell & Steve Eyre 🟠 #Blackpool 🎙️ @T214Murray & @Goalkeeping111 #pnefc | #utmp | #bbcfootball

@friebos No protein in Gnocchi - eggs on top take care of all the macros. He knows 💪

I can’t even x.com/Domestique___/…

@mindfulmaven_ Building a repeatable system for every part of your life. Boring but optimal.

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@ben_kay8 Well that's because wham is a much better surface than Ewood at the minute. Full credit to you lads.

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@JonathanL35886 @blackburnrovers Exactly how I feel. The reality is Ismael simply wasn't a very good manager. He's gone now & O'neill looks to be much better fit so Everton needs to get behind the team for the rest of the season. All in our hands. Let's get it done.

@blackburnrovers Only a few more games before we are all put out of our misery. One of the worst seasons in 50+ years of watching Rovers. The Jim Iley and 3/4 of the Owen Coyle seasons being right up there with this one!

🗣️ The ex-#Rovers star gave his verdict on a fiesty game and his former club's survival hopes lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25897530…

@_ElliottJackson Montgomery best fit with Sonny. Played too many 10's alongside him in CM who can't tackle.

🔍 #Rovers signed four midfielders in the summer and yet central midfield is the big worry in the final 11 games. They haven't found a consistent partner for Tronstad and face the possibility of being without him. Analysis on a growing concern 👇🏻 lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25899199…

@_ElliottJackson A very fair assessment @_ElliottJackson - you flagged this months ago so what do the regime do? Ban you from the club premises. Glaringly obvious but the owners STILL soooo naive. And gestede - sure he will be good in time but again - he's so little experience.

MON: "The squad is not strong and we don't have depth in our squad." Goes on to say without key players or after subs, #Rovers are a weaker side.

@slater3291 @_ElliottJackson Lol - should we say the same thing about Burnleh? Eustace is scum - he used the club to further his own position he deserves all he gets. Which hopefully is very little. Kevin Gallagher & Brad friedel being lined up as summer signings along witg Ronnie Clayton. Rovers reserves.

@_ElliottJackson It’s water under the bridge and we need to move on, it’s clear to me the people above need to change. They do tend to relish in away fixtures, I’m sure we’d all love a win and so would Derby. I’m confident it’ll be a low scoring game, with just a goal in it either side.

#Rovers and Derby fixtures have a little extra heat nowadays. Michael O'Neill has no baggage when it comes to that. He talks about players 'relishing' to play at Pride Park and a tough assignment this weekend 👇🏻 lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25893609…

@ALodgie24676 @blackburnrovers I think we know why. Ismael clearly wasn't a very good manager. Sure he's a nice guy etc but tactics etc useless. Players didn't understand what he wanted. Hence terrible win % & Ewood form under him embarrassment

@blackburnrovers I dont understand why ismael.froze him out. Solid enough at this level

💬 "Anything can happen, anything can change in a number of days..." Harry Pickering reflects on a spell out of the #Rovers team and things changing under Michael O'Neill 🗣️ lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/25877592…

@Borg74 "can't get no sleep......."

#USHeatingOil set your alerts.

@NowtbutaLad @BPL_North @railnigel @The_Gazette And as we all know - they've still done nothing with the site. Local government incompetence

Looks like #Blackpool Central Station was on the local (Council's) radar for re-development as early as 1938. It closed in 1964 despite the Beeching Report favouring Blackpool North Station being the one to close🤔. @BPL_North @railnigel @The_Gazette #Railways #Lancashire