I preferred it when everybody rowed about racism!

Lucas Getting some stick off his new fans .

Saw The Life Of David Gale last night on VD. Was very good. Had some shagging in it too! (the film, not me)

Even the LEPs Paul Agnew was convinced we were going up, this article written in December 1984 as Rovers shaped up like a top flight team. The other side takes the mick out the North End too!

Bobby Saxton confident his shoestring team capable of staying at the top of league!

Vince O'Keefe, transferred listed!! Always going to be a frustrating being number 2 to the number 1 so to speak, as Geno was in awesome form around this time. Vince got a bit of grief from the Ewood faithful on his rare appearances, but to be honest most of the team apart from Garner did even when we were winning! Only a few years later, the former Torquay shot stopper went on to play a man-of-the-match performance in the Full Members cup win at Wembley, which was undoubtedly his finest hour.

I make it a year ago today that the HMS Rovers set sail from Hull for 3 days of madness in Rotterdam! Happy days...

My god it was SEVEN years ago!

Looks like Robbie Savages jaundiced gypsy uncle.

Spot on sir.

Todays Metro newspaper, and I use the word reluctantly, reported that Henrik Pederson was playing for us yesterday. May explain his low key performance?

Found this in the back of my scrap book and thought it would be appropriate here. BEST FILM SEEN IN LAST YEAR-Porkies!!

Whats up wee it Presty? Ash tray full?

Apologies to Bob F and WB as my self imposed exile from my marriage has slightly cocked things up a bit on this project. Have now received some belongings (dumped on the pavement in the rain last Sunday morning (along with my Wisdens and Rothmans books)) and have got the scrap book back in my possesion at my current squat. Will bring it to work and carry on shortly...

32,839 v Liverpool (99/00) FA Cup (4th rnd)-I think is a little optimistic Cletus, as it exceeds the ground capacity by about a thousand people!

BBC to Show Live English Club matches again.

He is a real tool that guy.

If you like soul, and esp Northern Soul then I urge you to visit this site as it plays soul al day long uninterrupted and there are some absolute storming tracks that I have not heard in years. Soul Class 66 Just click on the Radio Now Playing link. Awesome.

There is a dead grey squirrel in my current back garden. I shall take a photo and show it to you all. Bye.

Ian Brown on the Guild Hall Saturday night, not going myself but he usually is VFM. He is also planning a Johnny Cash style gig at Preston Nick! LINK

Page and Plant have been secretly working on some new stuff, for the gig and i have found a link to a page with a sample of some of the lyrics here. New Zep Lyric here.

Assuming Rovers have 14,000 ST holders, I would guess around half of them didn't fancy Brum at home for a tenner last night. Which kinda backs up Thenos point a bit, sadly.

Early this morning, I dreamt that me, Tris and Preston Blue were on a coach trip to France, and we stopped off at a roadside cafe to help renovate it, as it was a bit ramshackle. We then were set to go to the South Coast, where we were due to help salvage bits off a sunken boat at the bottom of the sea. I swear I am not making this up either.

I was contemplating doing a this next bit in French, just to annoy people, and to add a little, certain something. If only there was a mot juste, or a phrase I could use to demonstrate this. Ah well, c'est la vie. It was November 23rd 1984. It was Friday. I bought a copy of the Lancashire Evening Post. You couldn't get the Telegraph in Chorley in them days, remember rationing had only just finished round here. It is mainly a Nob End rag, but bowed to Rovers obvious greater attraction and had reports and articles in on a fairly regular basis. The game this week was at home against Charlton Athletic. Along with Crystal Palace, we seem to have played them more than any other team. A win would mean if other results went our way, we could be top of the league. Saxtons approach was one of caution-"It looks like it could be very tight." Bob was quoted in the paper. Now bearing in mind the state of the Ewood bank balance, or indeed the snugness of footballers shorts in the 1980s he could have been alluding to several things there. But, alas, he was merely expressing his concern over the quality of the forthcoming opposition. But his fears were misplaced so it seems, as the Rovers outplayed the SE7 based side and ran out 3-0 winners. Sadly, no report or even scorers can be found, but what the hell nobody is actually paying me to do this so thats a bit of hard luck you're having there in tit. Here is a copy of the LEP preview, short and probably written in about 100 seconds. Despite the comfortable victory for Bobby Saxtons blue-and-white army, we remained in second spot as the other results did not go our way. Tsk, nowt much has changed has it? So the following weeks match, a real promotion six pointer was at Fratton Park to take on the Sailors. By the way, it wasn't a real six pointer, we could only actually win three points-just a turn of phrase to describe the apparent importance of certain matches when all the other cliches have run out. As I recall, I was playing football myself that afternoon for Chorley Cricket Club. But at football. I know it is a little confusing. I once even turned up for a match in batting pads. A real school-boy type error. So I had to make do with listening in to Jack Holden whilst walking back to Chorley through Astley Park. Two first half goals from Rovers, well actually two first half goals for Rovers by Portsmouth players gave us a comfy cushion to sit on at half time. A real threat, as Keeley was well known to be a sufferer of the old Johnny Giles at the time. Sadly, the lead was to be short lived as a revitalised Pompey hit back with two goals in the second half, no doubt roared on by their biggest gate of the season so far, 16,284. And an acid casualty with a big friggin bell. But it was enough to take us to the top of the league, but bizarrely by Alphabetical order! Typical Rovers, couldn't even be top properly! But we were at the summit, and had now played all our rivals away from home in doing so. Here is a report from a red top, which unbelievably gets away with the phrase "Coloured" when referring to Vince Hilaire. Thats all for this week folks, I hear the pipes-a-calling. Todays episode was brought to you by the phrases "Nob End Rag" and "tit".

Or a similar note, I have been listening to Ziggy Stardust repeatedly for the last 10 days, and have to say it is the best album of all time. Well, not all time, but the best Bowie album. Stunning piece of work.