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The Magic of the FA Cup. Rovers v Cambridge: 6th January 2024

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On Saturday Cambridge United are welcomed to ‘Fortress Ewood’ and will no doubt be the latest team to feel the wrath of our magical strike force.

Saturday is also ‘Digital Day’ and all tickets sold with either have to be loaded to your mobile phone or, in true green hypocritical fashion, they will have to be printed off at home. One supporter was telling me that he has an old fashioned mobile that only allows you to make calls and do basic texting, he was not prepared to attend unless the naughty Rovers would sell him a paper ticket. I then pointed out that his message was via WhatsApp and he could therefore download a ticket - some of our fans don’t half find any old excuse to moan and complain.

Just wait until the above moaning Minnie wants to buy a pie on Saturday 😨 Little does he know but Rovers are going the full hog and are unplugging the pie ovens and are instead investing in state of the art ‘Ugandan Clay Ovens’. Not only will you get an an environmentally friendly pie (wrapped not in plastic but a banana leaf airfreighted from Trinidad) but the authentic aroma of elephant droppings.

THE NEWLY REFURBISHED JACK WALKER UPPER KITCHENS
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BUSHMEAT BURGER SPECIAL
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Now your tastebuds have been watered in anticipation for Saturday’s game you should cast your mind towards the fare on offer (offal?) on the pitch. Will Travis get a game or is he off? Will JDT bring in some of his young warriors? Will Rovers give Cambridge a good old spit roasting?

Cambridge and Blackburn do of course have much in common. Blackburn has the stunning River Blakewater meandering through the centre of our fair town while Cambridge only just comes up short with its own River Cam.

THE STUNNING RIVER BLAKEWATER - THE PRIDE OF LANCASHIRE
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THE FAIRLY NICE RIVER CAM BEHIND A CAMBRIDGE GRADE 1 LISTED MILL BUILDING
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This game is going to be a right old battle royale. I have mustered all my mystic powers to come up with a measured 6-0 win for Rovers.
 

Dunnfc

Senior Member
Good luck to the wonderful town of Cambridge. A dying town but lovely the same. Rovers well fuck the venkys and support the lads
 

steve w

Senior Member
1-1 with us scoring a face saving equaliser when the big guns get rolled out

I have finally convinced my mate to take his kids so I'm in the family stand fo the first time since we got unseremoniously moved a good few years ago
i just hope they get enough entertainment to get them hooked
 

goozburger.

Senior Member
Tomasson says our new loan signing, Ayari, will be on the bench tomorrow, along with Hill, who'll be back at Bournemouth thereafter.
 

goozburger.

Senior Member
Thats strange!
Why cup tie him?

Just my thought - Hill is no great loss
I have a feeling Hill will go somewhere that he gets regular game time which he didn't necessarily get at Rovers. I don't buy that he'll be featuring for Bournemouth in the Premier League. He's a good Championship loan but is some time away from Premier League standard yet.
 

Drog

Administrator
Staff member
He probably asked to go back to avoid the constant Lancashire heavy rain.
 

Drog

Administrator
Staff member
Indeed but it'll be warmer rain.;)
I have this theory about our weather. It might rain all night here or down south / over the pennines but we get twice as much!
 

goozburger.

Senior Member
I was going to check if Finneran would be the youngest ever player to appear in the FA Cup if he got some minutes today. Turns out that a 13-year old played in the FA Cup first round in 2019! Probably be our next senior signing.
 
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