Blackburn Rovers this morning confirmed that they have signed Brett Emerton from Feyenoord. He has joined on a four year deal.

John Williams was quoted as being "absolutely delighted at signing one of the hottest young properties in european football"

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Radio Lancs have said this morning that Lucas Neill has extended his contract by a further two years. This will take his contract up to 2007, and makes him the longest contracted player at Ewood Park.

Read about this topic on BRFCS.com messageboard.

                           Link to supporters forums.

21 year old David Yelldell will become Blackburn Rovers' first summer signing, when he joins from German club Stuttgart Kickers. He will compete with Alan Kelly for the number two goalkeeping spot.

In the same article, Liverpool's chief scout reveals how liverpool turned down the chance to Damien duff as a youngster. How they must be regretting that now!

The full stories are in the Lancs evening telegraph.

a Belgian trip-hop/trip-pop band.

Christ, we've come a long way since Lonnie Donnegan.

Steve Bruce has gone back to rovers with a new offer for David Dunn. Weekend stories that Birmingham were to offer a part exchange deal have been denied by John Williams.

Local sources say that Dunny would be keen on a move to St. Andrews.

For the full story, see the Lancs evening  telegraph.

So now we have a tie between "Bomb Burnley" and "War Was Justified" - what would Peter Snow make of that?!

He would probably work out that if Dale Winton's wedding was more important than the iraq war, then I can't believe it's not football is the place to be!

It's quite simple really. Have you seen anything yet, that justifies the war. Some people would argue, that evidence of Saddam's alleged murder and torture of his own people is justification in itself. That the overthrow of his regime is justified because of this.

Other's argue that ONLY discovery of WMD'd will justify such action.

Well that's just rubbish, whether or not there are WMD or not is the worst justification for a war IMO.

Which bits rubbish, doc?

It's quite simple really. Have you seen anything yet, that justifies the war. Some people would argue, that evidence of Saddam's alleged murder and torture of his own people is justification in itself. That the overthrow of his regime is justified because of this.

Other's argue that ONLY discovery of WMD'd will justify such action.

I thought now might be a good time to take a sample of opinions of the site members, on the Iraq situation. The question is simple.

Given that, as yet, no WMD's have been found, is the coalition's attack on Iraq justified?

As you have probably just read on the news, Rovers have just announced their long awaiting return to Dublin. This time we are playing Bray Wanderers on Wednesday 6th August. Here is some info to help.

Bray is a tourist town 21 miles South of Dublin, within easy reach of the DART train sevice from Dublin centre.

Currently many airlines offer very very cheap flights to Dublin (especially Ryanair from Leeds and Liverpool) and we expect the many Rovers fans will be staying in Dublin itself rather than Bray (last train between the two seems to be 23:30) to sample Dublin's excellent night life.

Bray Wanderers play at "The Carlisle" which looks a similar standard of St. Patricks where Rovers played a couple of years ago and the are know as the Seagulls . They are currently 4th in the Irish 1st Division.

Handy Websites

http://www.ryanair.co.uk - Ryanair

http://www.visitdublin.com/ - Dublin Tourist Info site

http://www.visitdublin.com/maps/dartmap.asp - A map of the train route from Dublin to Bray

http://www.bray.ie/ - Bray Tourist Board (includes how to get to Bray and hotels)

http://www.braywanderers.ie/ - Bray Wanderers

http://members3.boardhost.com/braywanderers/ - Bray Wanderers Messageboard

http://www.bray.ie/business/pubs.htm - Pubs in Bray

Blackburn Rovers have just announced their long awaiting return to Dublin. This time we are playing Bray Wanderers on Wednesday 6th August.

Bray is a tourist town 21 miles South of Dublin, within easy reach of the DART train sevice from Dublin centre.

With many airlines currently offering very cheap flights to Dublin (especially Ryanair from Leeds and Liverpool) and such good memories of the trip to St. Patricks we expect quite a number to travel.

More info on Bray, Dublin and Bray Wanderers along with links to handy websites can be found on the messageboard here

Hakan Sukur could make his debut against Manchester City in a fortnight's time. He's back in training and will start kicking a ball next week. The full story is in the

                       lancashire evening telegraph

Despite the opportunity of going to the worlds biggest club, Matt Jansen has opted for a loan move to coventry city.

The paperwork was concluded this afternoon. The loan period is for the rest of the season.

Rovers fans will wish Matty all the best, and will look forward to seeing him back at Ewood for the start of next season.

David Dunn has been included in rovers reserve side to face Middlesboro' at Billingham Synthonia [?] tonight. Rovers will be hoping that Dunny comes through unscathed, as he will be needed when rovers face Chelsea in two weeks time.

David Thomson will sit out the next two games following his tenth booking of the season.

Hemming Berg retains his place in tomorrows squad,

Another good post Alan. The N key was a little too near the M key though!

Rovers reserve squad to face Leeds at Morecambe tonight:

Robinson; Curtis, Michael Taylor, Greer, Pelzer; Corbett, Danns, Donnelly, Morgan; Gallagher, Jansen.

Subs: Drench, Hockenhull, Watt, Fitzgerald, Johnson.

                       K.O.is 7pm.

Vratislav Gresko today signed on loan until the end of the season.

The full story from the official site    here

There's no box for me to tick for 90 plus.

I reopened this topic because one or two posters hadn't seen the results. The latest posts have caused closure.

Thenodrog, your latest, whether drunk or not, is totally unacceptable. Personal Abuse is the reason for closure, again it wont be tolerated.

I'm quite confident that I have the backing of Admin and mods on this, and hopefully, the majority of members.