I`ve been told by a reliable source that the Boro fans in the box above the BBE were 'friends & families' of the Boro players.

PrestonBlue i feel the same way. Scotty that`s because some people on this thread can see the club they love changing beyond recognition. We are coming to be seen as [/b]customers not fans........but in this case, the customer is never right & is never listened to. We are just expected to turn up & put up. Not anymore my fellow Roverites!

Well said ABBEY!! I sit & applaud thee

What the hell has that got to do with it?? safe terracing has been introduced in some german grounds, maybe this could be looked into?? (as has been mentioned several times before) to answer southaussierovers question on 'infiltration of away fans', then the club could make the terrace a 'members only'or 'season ticket only' area. I`d gladly pay a £10 annual membership fee (on top of a season ticket) to be able to support my team in the way i think it should be supported.

Jim......again i`m sorry but i cannot agree with you. BRFC do not have a famous 'kop' or 'Stretford end'....but we have our own Blackburn End this is the traditional end for the hardcore roverites who sing, chant, bounce up & down & generally get the atnosphere going in the ground. Remember "you are my sunshine"??"the east side!...the west side!"?? It has always been a bit noisy, a bit rowdy, a bit wey!!, a bit wo!! If you buy a ticket in the Blackburn End, you should expect a bit of standing & the odd rude word. Have you not thought you may be sitting in the wrong part of the ground?

Tim Southampton Rover.....taking the ladies for a spin in his new wheels!

I`m sorry Jim, but i totally dissagree with you. "It`s the law"...maybe, but it`s a stupid law. Football used to be the peoples game. Now it`s overpriced, with overpaid players who have little in common with the fans & now any last remnants of fans passion & support is being slowly squeezed out. ...why don`t the club try playing "Sit down if you hate Man U" continually over the tannoy at the Liverpool game. It just might work!!

LET The Telegraph`s view.....

Roversmum.

I`ve seen alot of other clubs fans having various types of protests, I`ve seen a mass sit down by West Ham Fans at Ewood (during terrace days) West ham fans (again) have 'bonds' protests, Fans 'red carding' their chairmen, fans turning their backs on their teams (en mass) ....Is it time Blackburn Rovers fans started to show their feelings by having an organised protest....to show the club how they feel they are being badly treated & unappreciated??

I didn`t go today, but i did witness the nazi style stewarding at the recent England U21 game. It is totally ridiculous!! Why pay good money to be treated like 5hit & be totally unappreciated???? You wouldn`t accept it in any other aspect of your daily lives....so why at a football match?

It`s a social event intit? Meet up with the lads, have a few jars, watch some footy, have some banter then tootle off home slightly worse for wear ...unfortunately on that night, there was no beer & little banter (thanks to the nazi type stewarding.

...must`ve been thirsty people after all , it was a Friday night & they weren`t selling beer in the ground. Must admit we left with 5mins to go, so we could get a few scoops in before the crowds. Naughty of me i know ,but it wasn`t the Rovers playing.

No. not me mate. Just to the right of goals,17th/18th row, seats 70-odd, looking thirsty with about 8 other thirsty looking chaps. Never worn Burberry in my life...& proud of it!

Don`t the bubbles make you sneeze?

I went down to the U21 match at Ewood with about 9 mates. Six of them buggered off at half time cos they weren`t selling ale. They watched the 2nd half from the bar in the Ewood Arms. The nazis....sorry stewards spoiled a half decent night, by confiscating a ball that was being bounced around the crowd in the Blackburn end (sharp corners them balls)The steward rightly got booed!! A husband & wife got frog marched out of the Blackburn end because the woman had a Welsh flag around her shoulders (probably a rovers fan with welsh background) & 10mins before the end of the game, some kids started a fun conga at the front of the BBE. The Stazi quickly put a stop to that! ...Needless to say, those kids will come flocking back to Ewood in the future!!....NOT!! All in all, a good natured Friday night of international football was spoiled by a bunch of powercrazed stewards hellbent on spoiling all joviality amongst a sparse crowd. T0SSERS!!!

The 'old' Darwen end was a great end! It was nice & noisy, due to the roof & always had a good atnosphere in it. (i am talking about when Rovers fans occupied it in the late 80s/ Steve Archibald?Don mackay era) I remember those days with great fondness.

yes!

Paul mcGrath was once asked in an interview "What`s it like being Black & Irish?" ...He replied "It`s like being a pint of Guinness"

Hold on!! You don`t want people to think they are football fans do you?? ...at a football match!?? whatever next??

Aye! we are planning a pub trip to the game. About 12/13 going up to now.

I like the Notts Forest idea of giving every 7yr old a shirt (as there`s 2 clubs in Nottingham) Grab them whilst they`re young!! (but not in a Michael Jackson type way!! ) Why don`t Rovers consider doing something along those lines? e.g....On every child`s 7th birthday, they get a shirt & free ticket to a game. That could mean a hundred or more kids per game (probably more!) Their parents/families could be offered tickets at a discounted rate. (the more tickets, the cheaper) They could be given a tour of the stadium & even select some of them to be mascots on the day.....even a 'parade' around the pitch at half time or something (in their new rovers shirts! ) (think of it from a kids point of view....they`d feel 'special' on their birthday....hopefully become Rovers fans! ) ...then think of it from a clubs point of view.....they`d be tapping into new fans, attracting families from all ethnic backgrounds & putting bums on seats! I know dishing out shirts may prove expensive, but 'family tickets' may help to offset the initial costs.......& you have to think of long-term investment in BRFC. That`s what Forest are doing.

Yeah, ok.....but it doesn`t exactly get the fans thinking of cup glory & waverers thinking "I`m going to buy a ticket for that cup game, cos it sounds like a great tie & we`ve a good chance of getting to the final!" Instead of...."I`m not paying X amount of pounds to watch the reserves play in a game even the boss isn`t interested in" ....think about it????????

No.....the club has the interests of all sections of the communities money!! They couldn`t give a flying toss about anybody really....just their £££ ...As for "Why don`t asians come to Ewood?" It`s simple.....they all support Man Utd....innit!

I heard a rumour that even the mighty Man 5hitty are finding it hard to fill their ground. Liverpool had just over 30k against Monaco. Football tickets are the most expensive they`ve ever been. People are wising up to clubs using loyalty as a means to milk a bit more money out of them. If the quality & value is not there, then people will go elsewhere.