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VIDEO: 25 years behind the scenes at the Gas, with Nick Day

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At the end of last season, the Rovers’ matchday announcer hung up his microphone after a quarter of a century.

Maff Tucker chats to Nick Day about how he became a gashead, and his thoughts on the club’s ups and downs under various managers.

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