Look forward to seeing you in the Miners then Simon Been to Plumbe Street Miners quite a bit myself. Karaoke on Wednesday nights about 12 years ago was always a good night and the ale was cheap. They knew i was a Rovers fan and were always alright with me. That said I won't be frequenting there a week on Sunday, I don't think I'll be that welcome somehow. Don't go often myself but still a good night, even has its own restauraunt now - and of course the infamous Brass Line over which women shall not pass. Not suggesting it would generally be a problem for a Rovers fan (though shirt wearing not the best idea - anymore than it was for me in the Pub opposite the King Georges Hall!!!) but not sure on Sunday the 20th the welcome would be over warm - Maybe better trying the Brickmakers

Look forward to seeing you in the Miners then Simon

Really? Out of interest how many capacity home crowds have Rovers had this year? Just to clarify I mean where all the home seats have been sold, not where you give 9000 to Man U etc? Not sure if you print them in your programs but I would be interested to know just how many Rovers fan turn up to home games I would not worry to much about us selling our tickets for this one. And on the who sold most tickets arguments, dress it how you want but we sold around 7000 last time, but I'll settle for 6000 which is still nearly twice what you sold for our place. Now I accept you couldn't sell more than 3,800 - and you couldn;t even find that many that would travel the 10 miles, in a FREE luxury coach. Now you can spout the general sale nonesense but I thought you had over 10000 season ticket holders? What 30% didn;t care enough to travel and as for the ignorant banana eaters comments, just more reinforcement of the nations view of Rovers fans as bigots and racists I guess

tis true, in my haste to post I used the wrong holiday - oh well I could relate the tale of when a group of grown men chased me one christmas period - i don;t say boxing day because whilst it probably was I seem to think it was nearer the 28th? - when I was around 13 and had just got my new BMX, as you say funny now but....... Truth be told there are as many Burnley fans with tales of the good a kicking they have received as there are Blackburn. Still I don;t expect this one to be any prettier than the last meeting. Police out in huge numbers, innocent fans treated like animals because of the few mindless numpties, limited opportunity for the crack (again because of the numpties) My only worry is that this becomes to big again. At the end of the game (or replay if required), win or lose it will become history and as such not as important as the next game. Mind it would still be nice to see a counter saying 0 years, 0 months, 0 days, 0 hours, 0 minutes since Burnley beat Blackburn - Oh the Joy

It is generally sang till at Burnley these days those the correct Burney version is will. Remember at the time of its emergence we were the team in the higher league and I think (though I may be wrong) you had just been relegated, which perhaps explains your till, though as you say today it seems odd. I think the use of till also explains the importance of these matches to the fans, even today (perhaps excluding your "Nouveau Rovers fans"). I will be honest and say beating Blackburn is the most important result in any season where we play you - and I would say the same if our roleswere reversed. I grew up singing songs with lines like 'we will fight forever more because of Christmas day'. A friend I was a school with was filmed hanging from the bars, the famous ay we took the roof off your stand. You can safely say (especially bearing in mind the somewhat painful defeats last time) that I cannot wait for this game. Not because I expect to win, I know we are the underdogs and that it will be one hell of a challenge for us, but because this game is what football is all about.

I usually do to be fair - but sometimes you have to defend yourslef on here against the less cultured posters

Stu, you seem hell bent on going to this match. If you do get a ticket your in for a 'unique' experience. I went back in the 80's to a Manx cup match with my Dad - Big Stevie - and even he was scared. I've never seen anything like it. Blokes wielding baseball bats, bricks through the train window............It's like planet of the apes ! thats interesting mr hair because not to long ago, on this very board somebody was telling me it was the Blackburn fans who used to regularly turn over the Burnley fans in the hey day of football hooliganism He didnt say who won!! touche By the way how would you lot feel if we make it 5 a side? We are down to (I think) 14 players, including 2 keepers. 3 people who have been automatic first team (if fit) have left (Blake to Brum, Chaplow to WBA and O'Connor back to WBA) so we may be struggling if we play it 11 a side

Stu, you seem hell bent on going to this match. If you do get a ticket your in for a 'unique' experience. I went back in the 80's to a Manx cup match with my Dad - Big Stevie - and even he was scared. I've never seen anything like it. Blokes wielding baseball bats, bricks through the train window............It's like planet of the apes ! thats interesting mr hair because not to long ago, on this very board somebody was telling me it was the Blackburn fans who used to regularly turn over the Burnley fans in the hey day of football hooliganism

Of course I can - hence my post, just a little more banter Of course I don't recall any cases of Burnley fans appearing in court for racially abusing a player so not sure its kettles and pots exactly Bumley fans not racist? How popular were the BNP in Burnley? I think they got just a little more of the vote at the last general election than they did in Blackburn - but I'll have to check Still thats the BNP, we were talking about fans, inside the ground charged for abusing players (of course coupled with all those banana pictures on this thread)

Of course I can - hence my post, just a little more banter Of course I don't recall any cases of Burnley fans appearing in court for racially abusing a player so not sure its kettles and pots exactly

Rovers fans in the Burnley Stands? Oh the police will enjoy that one won't they. As for the ridiculous stereotypes - well what can you expect from a club with such racist fans

I think we have established on clarets mad that you brought around 3000 to the turf whilst we brought around 7000 to your place.

Where the hell do all your 'fans' usually hide then? Amazing how your support comes out of the woodwork when Rovers come to town !! ''ONLY COME TO SEE THE ROVERS''! agree simon - its bloody frustrating. Truth is they are not there to see either Burnley or the Rovers are they? 10,000 part timers who will no doubt be able to tell us how cr*p this player or that player is based upon their one visit per decade!!! Still we get the same effect when Liverpool/Man U come to town (though not for Villa, Spurs etc) Whichever way you dress it up though last time you only managed to sell around 1700 tickets I believe - which is pretty poor

I thought Rovers fans just kept those for visiting Black players - or at least Yorke

Tikcets will be £20.00 I imagine - thats what we pay. They may even be cheaper as I think the away fans have to get the same price as the cheapest home ticket, which would £18.00, unless they make it £20.00 throughout the ground as we will have no problem selling the home tickets.

so you do expect to sell them all this time then?

I thought we sold all we were allowed last time - maybe not though. Still,what a draw eh? Couldn't give a monkey's about the TV money (though we could obviously do with it) To be honest I'm only bothered because I want you to have to reset that 'days since we lost to Burnley' counter

Not sure anybody is that confident at Burnley. Sure we are more solid than last time and I expect to give you a harder game than you had then but we are aware of the limitations of our squad size and the obvious ability of some of the players in yours. But its winnable, these things always are and I think it is fair to say we would feel we have more chance against yourselvs than Man U, Chelsea and Arsenal. More than that we had to wait 17 years last time and these events are special even played each year, let alone when we have such big gaps between them. Looking forward to a good day with an atmosphere that cannot be touched anywhere in world football. I really do hope you can sell all your tickets this time though

actuallywe don't have to give 25% - that rule has some leeway based upon safety and segregation You will get the cricketfield stand (circa 4500). Very pleased with the draw - though of course will be less pleased if the last score line is repeated. Guarenteed 12 kick off and all leave cancelled for Lancashire Police

or Br*t to refer to somebody British

set of fans, i`m sorry, i only thought 1 person was involved in this. agreed - one fan amongst other BLACKBURN fans - so why bring us into it? We have our own problems to deal with and it does not help that each time anything remotely racist comes up in the media they seek to link it to Burnley - whether its the new Tory leader choosing it as a venue to launch some policies (no doubt his first and last visit) or the BNP choosing to unveil Msr LePen. I came on here really to say that whatever the differences between our 2 sets of fans I think we all know that these events are usually carried out by a tiny minority and that you were just unfortunate that it happened this week. When I get here I find people actually trying to blame another club, my club.

send him to burnley? Why exactly - I don't recall we have had fans ejected for racism. Perhaps you should seriously consider how things are at your ground before you start slinging mud at ours - or perhaps it is easier for you to think of Burnley as the club of racists rather than face upto the fact you have some at your club? What was that delightful little song you produced at Ewood when we beat you 5-0? Not 'town full of pakis' by any chance was it in response to our 'town full of dingles to you'? There are far more racists at the turd then there will ever be at ewood. and still .......... there may be more racists at the turf, there may not. What is the case though is that this incident was down to one set of fans only - yours. Stop blaming others and take the blame. It seems the club were able and willing to act quickly - without pointing the finger of blame anywhere, least of all up the M65

Are you sure ? If so, it sheds whole new light on this incident ! Could be Villa or Scunthorpe I suppose ? truly amazing. How desparate are you to blame anybody but yourselves? I actually came on here feeling a little sorry that the whole crowd had been branded for the sake of 1 (perhaps 2) idiots. Now as I see your desparate willingness to brand all Burnley racist thugs because somebody had a non rovers scarf on I think the sympathy is wasted. Why not check the percentage of the vote the BNP were getting in Blackburn before you start making these accusations. It was a game between BRFC and Birmingham - some Blackburn fans allegedly racially abused a Black Birmingham player - and you want to blame Burnley - priceless

send him to burnley? Why exactly - I don't recall we have had fans ejected for racism. Perhaps you should seriously consider how things are at your ground before you start slinging mud at ours - or perhaps it is easier for you to think of Burnley as the club of racists rather than face upto the fact you have some at your club?

Chaplow is a very good box to box midfielder. He is still improving but expect him to leave for a good fee in the summer. Best in the country - thats would be one hell of a boast. He has been a late developer and has really added to his game at one hell of a rate. He is now looking physically bigger. I would say he is probably one of the best under 20 midfielders in the UK. Sinclair is one that has great games but at times he worries me - very susceptible to the ball over the top between him and the keeper (2 soft goals already plus 3/4 near misses from the same thing). Still at 'championship' level he is a very good defender - 1 goal away from home so far tells its own story. Compare that to last seasons and I guess we will be impressed with Sinclair.