Week Ahead - 6th October

The October international window is upon us and that often means that clubs lower down the pyramid offer reduced prices to season ticket holders from the higher divisions and give them the chance to catch a match.

In midweek it is the Football League Trophy in England with football for a fiver at Walsall for the game against Northampton Town and tickets priced at £6/£4 and £1 for non-ST holders at Wigan Athletic as they host Wolves U21s, both games kick-off at 7pm on Tuesday.

Staying with Wigan, the Latics Women play in the first game to be held at the club's refurbished Edge Hall Road Stadium on Sunday 12th, tickets are free but must be claimed online.

Cray Wanderers welcome AFC Wimbledon in the London Senior Cup on Tuesday (7.45pm) and tickets are available for free online. 

In the Women's League Cup there is a local derby between Southampton and Portsmouth on Wednesday at 7pm. Tickets for the game at the Silverlake Stadium in Eastleigh are priced at £5 and £2.

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Joy of the Rovers

The 5th of November this year marks the day, in 1875, when John Lewis and Arthur Constantine met at a hotel in Blackburn to discuss the possibility of forming a football club.

150 years on, through the ups and downs that mark the history of any organisation that lasts so long, and Blackburn Rovers FC are making plans to celebrate their anniversary.

The visit of Derby County on Saturday 8th November is fitting, not just because of its closeness to the date of that meeting but because it brings together two founder members of the Football League.

A 12:30pm kick-off also gives time afterwards for a match between a Rovers Legends side and the Old Etonians, featuring Kevin Gallacher among others, one of my favourite former Coventry City players.

In a nice touch, adult ticket prices have been set at £18.75 with reductions for the various concessions.