The trio were likened to the Greek chorus, and the three witches in William Shakespeare's Macbeth, as they would sit in the snug bar of the Rovers Return, passing judgement over family, neighbours and frequently each other.

Storylines throughout the decade included: a warehouse fire in 1975, the birth of Tracy Langton in 1977, the murder of Ernest Bishop in 1978, a lorry crashing into the Rovers Return in 1979, and the marriage of Brian Tilsley and Gail Potter ( also in 1979 ).

The question of who would take over the Rovers Return after Annie Walker's 1983 exit was answered in 1985 when Bet Lynch ( who also mirrored the vulnerability and strength of Elsie Tanner ) was installed as landlady.

In 1986, there was a fire at the Rovers Return, which attracted an audience of just under 27 million, and between 1986 and 1989, the story of Rita Fairclough's psychological abuse at the hands of Alan Bradley ( Mark Eden ), and his subsequent death under the wheels of a Blackpool tram, was played out.

Survivors would take refuge in The Rovers Return, with the effects lasting well into 2011.

Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return Inn, had delusions of grandeur and saw herself as better than other residents of Coronation Street.

The regular exterior buildings shown in Coronation Street include a row of terrace houses, several townhouses, and communal areas including a newsagents ( The Kabin ), a cafe ( Roy's Rolls ), a general grocery shop ( D & S Alahan's ), a factory ( Underworld ) and Rovers Return Inn public house.

The Rovers Return Inn is the main meeting place for the show's characters.

The Rovers Return is the pub in Coronation Street, the British soap broadcast on ITV.

* Vernon Tomlin, ex-cellarman and potman at the Rovers Return Inn in Coronation Street

* Coronation Street character Betty Turpin ( portrayed by Betty Driver ) was famous for her version of the dish which was served in the fictional Rovers Return Inn.

In this she often appeared opposite Annie Walker, landlady of the Rovers Return.

Almost always wearing a double-breasted coat and hairnet, she spent much of her free time in the series ' early years with her two cronies, Martha Longhurst and Minnie Caldwell, in the snug bar of the Rovers Return Inn, drinking milk stout.

She was the longest serving barmaid in the history of the Rover's Return and Betty's Hot Pot ( served at lunchtime in the Rovers ) is an iconic dish, which has also been offered as a ready meal in UK supermarkets.

Working as a barmaid in the soap's Rovers Return Inn, Betty created a signature dish, known as Betty's hotpot.

Maggie, however, resents Betty's interference and persuades landlord Jack Walker ( Arthur Leslie ) to give Betty a job as a barmaid at The Rovers Return public house.

In 1999, Betty celebrates 30 years of working at the Rovers Return with a party attended by all the regulars.

Around the time of Betty's fortieth anniversary at the Rovers Return, she is sacked by new manager Poppy Morales ( Sophiya Haque ) after clashing with her on several occasions.

Betty is re-instated, and plays the fairy godmother in the 2009 Rovers Return Christmas pantomime performance of Cinderella.

The residents of the street all gather in the Rovers Return and hold an impromptu memorial to Betty, with all of her old friends reminiscing about her.

It is later revealed that Annie Walker left The Rovers Return to Betty in her will however Betty never acted on this, Gordon assured landlady Stella Price that he is not interested in the pub and it will remain in her possession.

After the wake and lock-up, Stella hung a photo of Betty on the wall over The Rovers Return, for all to see and remember her.

Betty is the longest-serving barmaid of the soap's public house, The Rovers Return.

With her neatly-set hair, comfortable, bustling manner, and brilliant smile, she has been dispensing homespun advice – and, of course, those celebrated hotpots – at the Rovers Return for more than a generation.

Eventually both Manchester United and Newcastle United agreed fees with Blackburn Rovers and Shearer was all set to move to Manchester United but then at the last second Kevin Keegan requested one last audience with Shearer and persuaded him that his future lay at St. James Park.

In 1925 the club signed Dixie Dean from Tranmere Rovers who, in 1927 – 28, set the record for league goals in a single season with 60 goals in 39 league games, a record that still stands to this day.

These include ITV's Cosmo And Thingy, set in prehistoric times featuring a cast of cavemen and cavewomen, and Football Crazy ( also for ITV ) which was a children's sitcom about the football team Wormwood Rovers.

Old Trafford's record attendance as an all-seater stadium currently stands at 76, 098, set at a Premier League game between Manchester United and Blackburn Rovers on 31 March 2007.

Rovers stayed put and it was against this background that a group of fans set up Albion Rovers Supporters ' Trust with a view to benefit the club and local community.

Rovers set a new league goal-scoring record – 14 – 0 against Keysborough – an event that saw Roy recover from his coma when the commentary was played in the hospital.

Sir Alf Ramsey managed the club during this period and helped Rovers to set a new league record of 34 games undefeated and comfortably win the Second Division.

Rovers won the Milk Cup, beating Tynecaster 3 – 0 and set a new league record of 12 consecutive games without conceding a goal, but in the close season, the club faced its biggest tragedy ever when a terrorist bomb in Basran killed eight team members – Noel Baxter, Vic Guthrie, Steve Naylor, Carl Hunt, Neville Jones, Kenny Logan, Jimmy Slade and Trevor Cassidy.

After selling Walkersteel to British Steel for £ 330 million, Jack Walker decided to buy Blackburn Rovers and set about changing Ewood Park to one of the most advanced grounds in the country.

McManaman scored a crucial goal away at Blackburn Rovers, set up a dramatic injury time equaliser with a through ball for Paul Ince to score in front of the Kop against Manchester United, and scored the winner from outside the area with a half volley to complete the full turn around result against Tottenham Hotspur, after trailing 2 – 0 at half time.

Later the same year a Lancashire Cup Tie against FA Cup holders Blackburn Rovers set a ground attendance record of over 9, 000.

The Squire then chooses a mentor ( called a Sponsor ) from one of the existing Rovers ; the Sponsor's task is to guide the Squire in learning all the necessary Scouting skills and to aid the Squire in performing a service project as set out by the Rover Crew.

In 1900 the club finished bottom of the League, conceding 100 goals in 34 games, winning only a single game and collecting only 8 points of a possible 68, arguably the worst record in the history of the League-only Doncaster Rovers have an equally low points record, set in 1904-05, but they had a somewhat better goal average.

Grace Dent of The Guardian claimed, upon the characters exit from the soap, that she would " miss Fred Elliott a lot ", and that she'd " miss his blunt common sense, forever flawed by his quirk of proposing to every woman he set eyes on ... his rants about the life-enhancing properties of steak and kidney pudding ... his barely concealed enjoyment of a good gossip with Shelley, Betty, and Violet in the Rovers backroom ... how sometimes Fred would be propping up the bar, saying an unremarkable line in a throwaway scene, but add a wobble of the head or a camp tap of the fag that somehow made it profound.

It was reported on 5 July that Warner was set to sign for Premier League club Blackburn Rovers ,.

In July 2007, he trialed for Conference North side Southport, playing in a friendly against Tranmere Rovers, in which he set up the only goal of the game.

Agathe underwent a trial at Premier League side Blackburn Rovers prior to the 2006-07 season.

On 4 April 2010 it was revealed that Blackburn Rovers were preparing to bid for the £ 2. 5 million striker in time for the 2010 – 11 season and the player underwent and passed a medical at the club only for the transfer talk to cool due to financial disagreements between Blackburn Rovers and Aruna's club RC Lens.