Proud Rovers

🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁 MATCHDAY! 🦁🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
⚽ FIFA World Cup 2026 ⚽
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 England 🆚 Croatia 🇭🇷
🕘 Kick-Off: 9:00 PM
🏟️ Dallas Stadium
The journey begins!
COME ON ENGLAND! 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🦁🙌

Blackburn Rovers legend 🙌 joins Blackburn Rovers Announcer and former Blackburn Rovers Women’s player Millie Chandarana for Kicking Back Live 💙🤍
🕖 Sunday 5th July at 7.30 PM
📍 Sunbird Records, DarwenScorer of that promotion‑clinching goal, a League Cup winner at Rovers, and he’s bringing plenty of stories from his time at the club.Get your tickets now:
KickingBack.co.uk/livedates/mattjansen

Blackburn Rovers legend Matt Jansen 🙌 joins Rovers Announcer Lewis Costello and former Blackburn Rovers Women’s player Millie Chandarana for Kicking Back Live 💙🤍
🕖 Sunday 5th July at 7.30 PM
📍 Sunbird Records, DarwenScorer of that promotion‑clinching goal, a League Cup winner at Rovers, and he’s bringing plenty of stories from his time at the club.Get your tickets now:
KickingBack.co.uk/livedates/mattjansen

🏳️‍🌈⚽ PROUD ROVERS ON TOUR! ⚽🏳️‍🌈
We're excited to be attending 2 fantastic Pride events!
📍Blackburn Pride
20th June 11:45am–4pm
📍Rossendale Pride
18th July 11am–3pm
Come & meet the Proud Rovers Committee, browse our merchandise & take part in some exciting competitions! 👋🏳️‍🌈

🏳️‍🌈⚽ PROUD ROVERS ON TOUR! ⚽🏳️‍🌈
We're excited to be attending 2 fantastic Pride events!
📍Blackburn Pride
20th June 11:45am–4pm
📍Rossendale Pride
18th July 11am–3pm
Come & meet the Proud Rovers Committee, browse our merchandise & take part in some exciting competitions! 👋🏳️‍🌈
Blackburn PRIDE
Spectrum Inclusion CIC
The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery
Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers Community Trust
Pride in Football
Football V Homophobia
Football Supporters' Association

Proud Rovers are at The Whitaker in Rawtenstall today 🕒 11–3 for Voices of the Beautiful Game! ⚽️
The World Cup’s already underway, keep the football fever going with football heritage, football talks, family fun & free activities 💙🤍🌹

The World Cup kicks off today, and we are keeping the football fever going this weekend!

Join us this Saturday for Voices of the Beautiful Game: Football Heritage & Family Fun. We’re hosting a full day dedicated to football culture, featuring a heritage pop-up display, an exciting guest speaker, and plenty of free family activities and crafts!

🗓️ Saturday, 13th June | 11am - 3pm
📍 The Whitaker Museum & Art Gallery, Rawtenstall (BB4 6RE)
🎟️ FREE entry (Drop-in!)

✨ Special Guest Highlights ✨
🎤 Inspiring Talks (11:30am & 2:30pm | Gallery 1)
Hear from Kat of Liverpool Trans and Enby FC! Kat will share their journey with the club, their work with Level Playing Field, and what it was like being photographed by Marge Bradshaw for her award-winning Portrait of Britain piece.

🏃‍♂️ Kids & Family Coaching (1pm - 2pm | Out Front)
Grab your trainers! Kat is hosting a fun, active coaching session out front. Perfect for kids to learn new skills and play some fun football games.

🏛️ All-Day Fun (11am - 3pm | Old Stables)
- Drop by the Old Stables anytime for:
- Retro Match of the Day reruns (60s–80s nostalgia!)
- Historic football objects from our archives
- Info from the brilliant Proud Rovers
- Kids’ crafts and activities

Come for the history, stay for the community and play! ⚽️

📸 PC:

Former Blackburn Rovers player Aaron Mokoena’s son, Teboho Mokoena, starts for South Africa tonight at the World Cup. Wonder if he’s inherited some of the qualities that made his dad known as “The Axe Man”.