ON a gloriously sunny Easter Monday, we decided to meet up with the Lancaster Whites for pre-match festivities at the Cricketer’s Arms in the village of Brinscall.

There were sandwiches to soak up the Hobgoblin Gold and a chance to swap tales of woe with the Blackburn fans, who admittedly have had a much better season than us but are racking up the debt into Bolton proportions.

We weren’t expecting much from the game, so we thought we would try and enjoy the rest of what’s been a record-breaking, miserable season.

Under the circumstances the Bolton fans turned out in decent numbers, most intent on having a relegation party, with the old favourites ‘We’re going to Shrewsbury’ and ‘We’re all going on a League One tour’ being heartedly sung.

Evidently, Mr [Laurence] Bassini was there, along with two invited members of the Supporters’ Trust.

At least he is trying to start off on the right foot by establishing some kind of relationship with the Trust – I just hope that they respond positively.

Injuries forced Phil Parkinson to make changes, but it was good to see Harry Brockbank get a second outing and also Joe Muscatt given a place on the bench.

We had the better of the early play but were unable to take whatever chances did come our way and in Blackburn’s first meaningful attack, they scored.

We’re not the league’s lowest goalscorers for nothing and with only six clean sheets all season, it didn’t look good for our chances.

At the start of the second half, Adam Armstrong put the Rovers 2-0 up and it was game over.

We’ve just got two more matches to get through and then we will see what is sorted out during the summer.

After paying the bills and achieving some level of financial stability, the big plan will depend upon what, if any, money is available to rebuild and whether Mr Bassini is in for the short or long term.

A conservative estimate to revive our fortunes would be five years and will probably be nearer 10.

There’s an awful lot to put right. There are a lot of relationships to be mended with the staff, players and fans to convince everybody we do have a brighter future and that we are a club that is going to recover.

At the very least, Mr Bassini has bought us some time.