Rang the ticket office at Deepdale this morning, you are right, tickets are "unofficially" available on the gate. For those who care about type of thing the Kop has 39 rows of seating and goes upto seat 173. We have been given the entire stand which seats nearly 6000 (as if we'll fill that!)

Not according to the radio this morning. they said it was all ticket?

Toy Soldier at the retail park might be a better bet. Although I am going for a few bevvies in the town, sans Rovers shirt, which will be donned at the ground. Ive had trouble at nob end before

The price isnt to bad, just over three quid for a pint and a half of lager, and it actually wasnt too bad. The problem is with the speed of the service, some staff dont seem to have figured out that with one of those automatic machines at the back you can pull six or eight pints at a time, they only use it for 2. So the custoemr you are serving only wants 2, the next few will also want beer.

Compared to getting away from most other grounds I have been to Ewood is a piece of cake. If you park at Darwen Vale you are on the motorway within 10 minutes of the game ending, if you park up Livesey Branch you can get away within 10-15 minutes. Cant comment on traffic into Blackburn. Compare that the Old Trafford, with a motorway on the doorstep - it took us an hour to get to the motorway. Wolves - took us longer to get to the motorway than it did from getting on the motorway to Preston. It just seems to be any bloody excuse. And as for the Sydney contingent. Ever heard of frequent flyer discount?

I want whatever Jordan is drinking, i thought you were supposed to see double, not people merging?

I am intrigued by the finances in this deal. I know I'll never find out.... Fulham are reporting that an "undisclosed fee" was involved... Wonder how much we paid them?

Was at Ewood this morning buying my tickets for the Nob end match. Cheekily said to the bloke, "any idea how season ticket sales are going?" I actually got a reply. He said "we've just passed 12,000" Not as bad as initially feared but still pretty poor.

Ryanair - Blackpool - Dublin. Sat lunchtime out, mon morning back. £93 for two, wonder if she'll buy it?

Problem is of course that Rovers appear not to go for the proactive marketing of match tickets. When I didn't renew my season ticket a few season ago, I didn't hear from the club for 3 years (and then it was only becuase I initiated contact.) I had been going to matches but someone else was buying the tickets so had no purchase history in my name -this then made it difficult to buy tickets last season (at the beginning of the season for the big games).

You choose to sit in the expensive seats, you could get it for half that in the Riverside. And at £500 or £13 per game per person, yes that is good value for Premiership football.

Yes, but with 8 weeks to go until the actual season starts don't you think that number will increase a bit? Probably not a huge amount, no. The majority of season ticket sales will be renewals. The majority of renewals will wish to retain their seat so should have renewed already. Maybe there will be a late rush of new season ticket holders, but somehow I'm not too confident. We may have sold more than is being speculated, I have no idea, merely making observations.

Its all pure speculation, if the figure is accurate 10,000 is awful. Two seasons ago we had the best part of 15000. Burnley have 9000 FFS.

I thought this morning was going to be really dull at work. I then came across this thread. I tell you havn't; laughed so much in I don't know how long. Lofty truly is a comedy genius, well when you compare him to Ste B anyhow. I got insulted somewhere along the line, unless that was t4e. Well I think I'll say goodbye to all of you, its been a pleasure. I'm sure that when lofty speaks to his high level mates this site will be closed down for before you can say boo to a goose! Oh. Well while I'm waiting for the fixtures to come out I'll read this again!

I think the ideal situation for the club is that it will be ready to test in at least some of the ground for the Sporting match (if not all). I have got the impression that when we purchase the extras and are season ticket holders we use the same card, is that right does anyone know?

The news keep reporting that, despite Lennart Johannsen saying last week that England will not be kicked out because of the behavious of their fans. Once again a case of sensationalism.

Your point? One sell out? four others with an average of about 18500.

couple of thousand more than turned up to the Champs League games then !! 21,000 give or take a few hundred at each of the Champs League games. However 13,000 in 1994 when Trelleborgs FF visited. Good result that night I seem to recall. Lets face it European Football has never been popular at Ewood.

21,400 seats at Deepdale. They dont get 20k becuase they are rubbish

and they have let you out this early?

For a minute there I thought you were going to say your wife and kids! (Only joking fella - as was Manchester Blue) His wife and kids are Spanish. Your shoiwng just how naive you are again bob.

What were you doing at the beach? No doubt drinking lager straight from the can and throwing at the police, and causing trouble. I know your type, you hooligan.

And these people were English? Come on. Wake up and smell the coffee. If what you saying happened and was done by English people do you not think it would be all over the TV and Radio news? Our press don't care about the consequences, they just blow things our of all proportion (very similar in fact to your own technique - are you Rupert Murdoch in disguise?) Stop over reacting.

Stop creating. The bottom line is that the portuguese police arrested four english people (2 of whom were from a stag party) and have released them WITHOUT CHARGE. Do you know what that means? If not, it means they did nothing wrong. Do you know which country has had the most arrests so far? Spain. Thats right, its not England And believe me, if our 'fans' start misbehaving I for one will condemn them. But to start this whole nonsense after four arrests (incidentally how many were there in Blackburn Town Centre last night? I'd guess in excess of 100) is bordering on the ridiculous. Do you fancy a job as "sensasional journalist" for one of the red tops?

Sorry mate, couldn't resist! I think I'm getting predictable!