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    Friday 29th March 2024
    Kick off 17.30
    Ewood Park
    Championship

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ABBEY

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I for one don't give two
shits what that obnoxious self centred idiot thinks .
 

Vinjay

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Debate at Lingardland about Red Bull and whether people would be happy with a takeover by them. Can't say I would hold my breath anyway given the current situation but its surprising that quite a few seem open to it. At this rate Theno's Lancashire United idea might gain a mass movement! By the way Theno where would you have proposed the stadium to be? In the boundaries that exist today (and in 1991) or the parts that are now Greater Manchester? If you say Blackburn then that just boosts my view that Rovers should have been the equivalent which is clearly how Jack felt.
 

Drog

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Options
1. BAC Samlesbury would be good if the old redundant runways offer a large enough area for a stadium and car parks.
2. Failing that, ideally anywhere within a couple of kilometers of the the MWay junctions at 28 and 31.

Nobody wants stadia in the middle of towns and cities as in days gone by because most would wish to travel by car or public transport. I always regretted the decision not to make a dedicated Ewood rail terminal on the spare land railway over the River Darwen and between Ewood and the Manxman. If that had happened a rail trip to Ewood with it's ample Darwen End could have been a favourite for very many away fans.
 

Vinjay

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Sure that was one of the locations considered but Jack was intent on keeping the Ewood site. Apparently that's something he regretted. While looking around they did come across an ideal site for the training ground so it wasn't an entirely futile exercise. Where are the M28 and M31 junctions? Since I can't drive I'm not a motorway expert.

Not entirely true what you say above. Newcastle's stadium is in the city centre. If they hadn't already occupied the site for so long Shepherd said they wouldn't have stood a chance in hell of redeveloping there. Shepherd felt it was ideally placed hence why they didn't build elsewhere. Of course I get your point generally and agree with it but some clubs are quite happy to be in the centre of a city. London of course is a different matter too with stadium locations.
 
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Barmitzvah Boy

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I would go to the area around Sainsbury’s at Bamber Bridge. The ideal central location for Lancashire United.

You know it makes sense.

LUFC ok!!
 

Drog

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It's often said that football's all about opinions amo. Mine frequently turn out to be valid.:p

tbh we need to move to Lancashire United. Blackburn as a footballing town is fizzling out as the demography changes. Surprised people who live in these parts maintain firmly closed minds when they have seen the massive changes in the town over the past few decades. Perhaps it's not closed minds as head in the sand attitude in the hope that things will turn around in the future. Pretty obvious that they won't.:(
 

Alan

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I think Drog's idea is that Rovers, Burnley, Preston and possibly Bolton amalgamate to form one club. If they then ceased to exist there would be a fighting chance but it would rely on fans switching allegiance which we all know is a very difficult concept.
 

Drog

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Wigan and Blackpool too.

I'd suggest that the younger the person the more likely to accept change Al. Kids don't care as much about the history as the future. Kids adapting to support Lancashire County is much more preferable than kids turning to clubs in Manchester and London.*

* See how I've dropped Liverpool from the equation? They need to ponder their future very carefully as Liverpool has depopulated at quite a pace over the past generation.
 

steve w

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My interest in football is at a lifetime low - I have just cancelled SKY because I cant be arsed apart from the odd big game. If (or more likely when) Rovers cease to exist that would be it for me.

Gord, I have the greatest respect for your views and 90% of the time find myself agreeing with you but...................
Joining forces is unthinkable to me - tribal rivalries run far to deep for it to ever happen
 

tomphil

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Can't believe this is still doing the rounds, Red Bull Rovers, FC Rovers of Blackburn, Blackburn Red Bull etc etc might be a goer. Lancashire United ? Samlesbury ? Merging teams ?

Nah just piss off to United or City or even FC United ( many did for 5 mins) all the kids still will anyway.
 

Drog

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The dinosaurs couldn't adapt either tomphil.
 
The powers that be in the UK, or as it's known in the world...Sky, would prefer the fans of Lancashire to follow Man U, Man C, Liverpool. I'm not sure they are that bothered about Everton.
For those in the east of the county there is dirty Leeds.
They only want about a dozen clubs in the entire country and that would include Rangers and Celtic.
 

Skiptonrover

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I'm no glory hunter there's too much money in the game & big club bias, your local ex cotton milltowns aren't the most affluent areas & will always struggle for support. The actual running costs for a club this size in this league are humongous not sustainable just haemorrhaging losses akin to money being thrown in a bucket with a massive hole.
 
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Barmitzvah Boy

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The game against Fleetwood we could have fitted everyone in the Jack Walker Stand and still have had plenty of spare seats.

I reckon we had around 5K on. How can we survive with:

- these owners
- this support
- this Manager
- these players?

The writing is on the wall for BRFC. I would turn Ewood into a museum of ‘Blackburn Past’.
 

tomphil

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The dinosaurs couldn't adapt either tomphil.
Nothing can adapt to a frozen planet and the sun will swallow the earth this time long before any Lancashire Utd gets further than Plessy plastic 5 aside pitches on a Weds night.

Had they not been frozen to death they would surely have adapted and still be amongst us and they would have done that by the big established variety of dinosaurs simply eating all the smaller ones.
 
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