4 minutes ago, Mercer said:

Incredibly frustrating.

We have the best manager since Big Sam, play some terrific football and we get some very good results despite JDT having to manage with one hand tied behind his back.

Sadly, I think JDT will soon be off and who can blame him.

So dejected tonight.

You shouldn't be dejected; you played some great, lovely fluid football tonight. I think you'll have a good season with JDT steering. 

Mathematically you can reach the  automatic  promotion places; so don't rule yourselves out for the play-offs with so much to play for, not to mention the return of your hotshots.

10 minutes ago, Mattyblue said:

‘Small’. 

Speak for yourself. 

Seriously Matty, what size bracket would you put your club into these days? 

The way I see it is you have the giants like Liverpool, Man Utd, Arsenal etc, and then you have the big clubs like Birmingham City, West Brom, Southampton, Sunderland etc. Then you have medium clubs like Burnley, Ipswich, Hull etc. Then you have small clubs like blackburn, Wigan, Barnsley etc. Small than that you're into the 'minnows' like Rochdale, Accrington, Blackpool etc. 

On 02/10/2019 at 21:25, alexanders said:

Hi,

I am travelling over from Norway with my dad and younger brother for PNE away.

I would appreciate it if anyone who is a ST holder could help me get tickets. 

 

Best Regards,

Alexander 

PNE have a Norwegian branch supporters club too. 

Can I ask Alex if it is common place for Norwegian football fans to adopt small English clubs like rovers and PNE?

Just now, J*B said:

For anyone that may have seen the chaos pre match, a Blackburn fan, walking alone to the game, was beaten up by a group of PNE fans, for being a Rovers fan. He was left unconscious and bleeding from the mouth, head and nose. Passers by gave their shirts and coats to stop the bleeding whilst an ambulance came. He's now back conscious in hospital and speaking, although didn't know it was his birthday. 

Football, eh.

 

 

 

Horrible, sickening behaviour. Hope he makes a full recovery.

21 hours ago, Mattyblue said:

Good to see that they’ve explained the ‘plastics’ tag now.

Its because there were Rovers fans ‘south of the Ribble’ in the 90s

Only flaw with that is that there has been a substantial support for Rovers in places like Bamber Bridge, Leyland, Chorley etc going back many decades, way before the 90s- as a few of our ‘mature’ posters on here can testify to.

No no no. That's not the reason. The reason is because your club suddenly had fans from all over the north, even in towns that had their own professional club, like Preston for instance. These new supporters; many new to live football thanks to the marketing of Sky (a whole new ball game), suddenly had a club localish to them that were dining at the top table and easily accessible. 

These new supporters were the ones branded 'plastic' by PNE fans. It was fairly easy to determine whether or not the wearer of your replica kit was a 'plastic' or not upon meeting them: and that was to ask if they knew what a Perspex top was. 

Incidentally, do any of the other local clubs call you the Plastics?

Nice to be back by the way.

T

2 minutes ago, tomphil said:

Nobody cares we've moved on we've just been beaten by a bigger club than PNE so we are moaning about that tonight whilst you still celebrate your cup final win.

Let me lend you some ,,,,s.

On 25/11/2018 at 22:52, tomphil said:

He must be a Prestoner they have many dual club fans it seems !

 

I'm one of them! i support PNE first and foremost; and whoever is playing you, on a weekly basis.

14 minutes ago, tomphil said:

I notice no one has posted links to that PNE forum tonight ...

Probably crashed with all the euphoria !

Euphoria? This isn't ten years ago, you know? Burnley is the cock of Lancashire, and Rovers were in the third tier a year ago. Unimaginable ten years back. 

1 hour ago, Boaty said:

Its cute how you say city, probably the most tinpot city in england.

A perfectly tied fly, I would say. Got two on one cast.

Just now, tomphil said:

Nobbers only won because super Lowe went off injured after 3 mins

Lol,

I predicted we would have a good season, but it's way too early to get excited yet. It would be good for the city if its football club sampled top tier football again, but as a small club we can't complain with top 10 in the second tier.

I think it great small clubs from non league earning their way into the football league and doing well.

24 minutes ago, islander200 said:

Redknapp leaves Big club

I think the Championship's Preston North End are the Grim Reaper of football managers. 

2 hours ago, blueboy3333 said:

Preston North End: Maxwell, Fisher, Huntington, Spurr, Cunningham, Pearson, Barkhuizen, Browne, Johnson, Robinson, Sean Maguire.
Subs: Rudd, Vermijl, Horgan, Hugill, Gallagher, Davies, May.
Sheffield Wednesday: Westwood, Hunt, Lees, Loovens, Pudil, Boyd, Hutchinson, Bannan, Reach, Forestieri, Rhodes.
Subs: Jones, Fox, Fletcher, Hooper, Nuhiu, Wildsmith, Wallace

 

Rhodes v Spurr. Come on Jordan lad, smash the Nobbers!

Look at my avatar.

On 24/07/2017 at 21:35, AmericanRover12 said:

Played DayZ for a while but it never got any better. so choppy so annoying to play, so hard to jump back into where you were. over crowded or deserted servers. choppy battle. random spawns. ill play till i die of thrist and never find a gun.. My friends have moved on to PU Battlegrounds, which has a few of the same developers I believe. they love it though i havent picked it up just yet.

It's much much better nowadays; it's got a good PvE aspect to it with not only the infected after you, but also packs of wolves. Atmospherics are fantastic, and if you like to immerse yourself, you'll definitely like what they've done.   FPS is much improved too, although the latest patch has made it stutter in towns, it's still many times smoother than it was years back.

Shooting is still a grind, unlike in Arma where you could headshot at a click away with ease, but then that's the idea in making it truly hardcore survival.

Give it another try and let me know what you think.

Used to love playing Kick Off 2: damn we used to have tournies in a mate's flat, which were good fun.

Sensible Soccer was nice and fluid, but lacked something Kick Off 2 had; or maybe it was halcyon bias.

Anyone of you lot play DayZ? Decent zombie survival game which is hard work and a bit of a grind. If you like the 'jingle jangle jewellery'  of COD or Battlefield, then it's not for you. If you like hardcore and time intensive, then you'll love it....until you die and lose all your gear you've scavenged. 

Can't believe non of you hoped for a money-spinning, local derby draw, against Accy Stanley. 

11 hours ago, Rover_Shaun said:

 

 

Thats why we couldnt have one because the nobends buggered it up

Briggers are like that on any warm sunny weekend day. United v Liverpool on TV on a warm sunny day = same trouble. 

Have you seen Wigan's run in? It's a bridge too far if ever I saw one. I honestly think Blackburn will scrape through by overcoming the other two strugglers in NFFC & Bristol. 

Didn't someone mention that we were supposed to be playing North End in their 'Guild cup' celebration?....PNE/Rovers/Hearts/AEK.

I just wonder if Preston plod put the skids under one that one too...Tafkap your opinion would be welcome for a change!

OPinion on what? The muttered rumour of a PNE v Rovers friendly, or the Brig burial being cancelled. Oh and don't be cheaky you.

Some North End fans are glad about this as they believe Rovers should have no business in this area, though the fact this tradition goes back a while suggests the peripheries of south Preston have had traitoress types residing for some time.

Trust you to come up with something posh Paul.

I prefer a pint of Thwaites Mild (Nutty Black) myself.

How is Ewood these days btw, enjoying the atmosphere? I must say that I haven't missed it one bit.

Nutty Black is good, but prefer Wainwrights, just a shame who makes it.

P.S PB,are you on Deepdale Tuesday?

The third pic looks like someone pulled their pud over the peas!!!!

Lol, if your seafaring little men look like that Abs, I suggest getting down the clinic.

Proper chippy which sadly has been sold. Used to be packed out all the time both shop and cafe and I know lots of folk who drove over from Blackburn for the dining experience. No secrets, no magic wand just proper practices so why do other chip shop owners find the standards set by 'Claccy' chippy so difficult to attain?

Nail on the head Gordon. It's the 'no nonsense' that made their produce so good. Most chippies sell a whole range of stuff like sausages, spam fritters etc, and they cook this stuff in the same fryers as the chips. This practice taints the oil with animal fats that are really quite disgusting. On top of that, they often go for the cheapest stuff to maximise their profits...have you ever tasted economy burgers? Disgusting things.

Claccy chippy, if I remember rightly (it's been at least ten years since I dined there), sold chips, fish and peas, and I think gravy, but no curry. One fryer for fish, t'other for chips. Simple science.

The cleanliness of the place too gave punters a sense of confidence about eating there. The staff wore hats and rightly so.

Back to chippys , anyone tried noblletts at plungy in Preston . Best chippy I've been to in yonks !

Never tried it as it sells Hollands Pies. If a chippy's standards for pies are so low they opt to stock Hollands, then I'm not going to entertain the rest of their produce.

Best chippy I've ever been to is/was the one in Clayton St in Gt Harwood. Crinkle cut, big clean chips.

Quite an interesting discussion this. I'm not sure Gordon's demographic point is the sole factor to why Blackburn's night time economy has dwindled, but I suspect it does play a small part. I'm not familiar with Blackburn's central geographical layout, but I would find it hard to believe that a physical divide would be detrimental to the town's nightlife.

Preston's night time economy is played out in two areas, Friargate & Church St/Fishergate, yet many people walk or catch a cab to and fro the two halves of the city.

As for the OP, enjoy your night out.