Could it be that Burnley have..er..'played' in the Fourth Division and the Rovers have not? Do you know, I can't even type that without laughing out loud to myself!

Being one of the Istari, Radagast, you would say that. Amon Duul II were leaders of the 'Krautrock' scene in the seventies, a German version of Hawkwind if you like. Amon Duul (without the II) was the political wing. Good stuff if that's your thing!

Just this week I have been replaying my old Amon Duul II albums. Brilliant. Anyone else know what I'm on about?

I would love to be able to post on ClarrotsMad but for some reason I am banned. I don't know why. I was not rude to them. I just told a few fibs, that's all. I use the same name everywhere. Why not?

Swans are hardest. Not only that they are the most intelligent. Swans win every time. Geese are soft. I once drunkenly abducted a goose by chucking my coat on it - it fell over it's eyes and the silly honker just sat there for me to scoop it up. I even have a photo of it in my front room, sat there looking stupid. If it was a swan it would have snapped my forearm before I'd even got near, just with the power of it's mind alone. Beware! Swans are the ones.

Rovers are my club. They are like my family. There are some other clubs who are like mates, you look out for them and don't want to see them hit bad times. Whitby Town is my best mate. Most other clubs are probably like decent blokes who you don't really know that well. Then there's a handful of clubs that you have no time for... you've heard about them and seen what they get up to. Not your type. There may be a few you really hate. Scumbags. Townie-Weasels. Then there will be Burnley.

It's going to snow heavily during the game. There will be no choice but to abandon the match, with Rovers 2-0 up, in the 75th minute. The coaches will be hopelessly stuck in huge drifts and we'll all have to spend the night there.

I've just read Bill Bryson's 'A Short History of Nearly Everything'. This book really does open up your eyes to the world around you. The way he put facts into a perspective that fairly dim people (like me) can grasp is excellent. But, you do end up boring people with 'useless' facts and figures for weeks after. A book for people interested in all things science; astronomy, cosmology, geology, biology, etc.

'FRAGILE ' by Yes. What an amazing album. I first heard it 25 years ago, and the other day I bought a CD copy, appropriately enough from Accrington. I'd almost forgotten how good it is. Fantastic musicians!

Rumour had it that he was wearing a Rovers shirt underneath his Baggies top which he flashed to the monkeys in the longside. Simon later denied this. I know a Dingle who is able to communicate, and he says he definately did flash blue and white. Anyone know for sure?

I remember trying to get in the Rovers half of the longside in late '82. The gates head been shut and the police were directing Rovers fans round to the Beehole End. There must have been hundreds of Rovers trying to get in and there were bottles and rocks flying back and forth as we did. Needless to say, fights were breaking out all over the Beehole and me and my mates decided to take a low profile near the front. Within minutes a perimiter gate had been opened by some other Rovers fans and dozens of us spilled onto the touchline from where we were escorted right round the pitch and squeezed somehow into the longside. The highlight of this was the opportunity to verbally abuse the Burnley bench from point blank range, an opportunity which was siezed upon by many! I also remember an old codger, must have been in his 80's, going absolutely mental at us as we passed him in the Bob Lord stand. Then there was the "swapping of bricks" ceremony which took place at the back of the longside at half time. Walking back through Burnley was a bit hectic after!

My first choice can't be anyone else other than Alan Shearer. He was absolutely brilliant. He could have played almost anywhere on the pitch and been a great. But, he was playing in a very good side, which helped. Second, it has to be Simon Garner. Sure the likes of Speedie, Sutton, Jansen, McEvoy (before my time), and possibly others may have been better players, but Garns was a local hero. Also, he often played in a pretty poor side, which can't have helped. I used to like Andy Crawford but I was only a kid at the time.

My guess is that we'll scrape a win today. 2-1 to the Rovers in front of 21,437 paying guests. The atmosphere will be volatile and raucous from the off, bordering on 'electric' towards the end.

Deep Purple , Made in Japan , that did it for me today.

Or maybe it's Sparta Prague. Who plays in what colours? Anyway I think that might be irrelevant at this moment. He's still a c**t.

Yes, I can see 'A G U E' on the LET front page so it must be Dukla Prague. Margo looked fit when she was younger didn't she?

Today I have been mostly listening to Led Zeppelin. With an owl. In a hole. Bloody hell, they ###### on the rubbish around today. Tomorrow I will continue to live in the past !

'Roma scarf' is obviously a bloody idiot. Racism of any kind, in any direction, is disgraceful. But... Many people actually seem surprised that this has happened. It seems that blue and white blinkers have been selling well recently. Come on, who hasn't heard racist comments made on the Blackburn End recently, if not about players on the pitch then about the local Asian population? This is also true not only at Ewood but at Turf Moor, Deepdale, and the Interlink. Does anyone believe that Blackburn as a town is free from racism? Of course not. It's rife, as well you know. So is it any surprise that some of these racist people also like to watch football? We've come a long way since the 70's and 80's. I for one can remember bananas being thrown from the Blackburn End, and monkey chanting was heard regularly. The same people still support the Rovers, and their attitudes have obviously been handed down to the next generation. The difference now is that they know it's against the law and they'll be thrown out if they do it, and at 20 quid a ticket it's obviously an expensive way to voice their opinions. But as we've just seen it only takes one drunken halfwit to open up what is a very large can of worms. My point is this. Racism is still alive and kicking amongst British football fans and we must not let ourselves become complacent. Of course we at Ewood are not in the same league as say Millwall, or Burnley, or Cardiff, but an element is still there. Let's root the f*****s out before they dump us all in the mire. Let's not stick our heads in the sand. By the way, I agree that Yorke deserved a barracking for his well payed lack of effort whilst in Rovers colours but it had NOTHING to do with the colour of his skin.

Eminem?.. music?...MUSIC?....For goodness sake......

'The Oily Way' by Gong. Have a cup of tea! 'Gillan Live 1982' is in my car stereo.

1. Simon Garner. Bloody marvellous. 2. Colin Hendry. Colin, Colin, show us yer arse! 3. Noel Brotherston. The King of Ewood Park. There have been better players, probably, but above all these three were real heroes to me at the time.

"Who's yer girlfriend? Who's yer girlfriend? Who's yer girlfriend Wimberley? Haven't got one, never had one, You're a virgin Wimberley!" Sung in the 80's towards a particularly geeky Blackburn Ender; started during a boring match one day by his mates but caught on and was soon sung by everyone whenever he showed his face. Tall thin spotty bloke I seem to remember, from the Wimberley estate. What happened to him, I wonder? Did he ever get a bird?