How ironic that this should exactly mirror my own experiences and feelings about this board and the sum of its contribution to BRFC. You sound uncannily like the wife, although I'm sure she would take umbrage at your use of "middle-aged man". Wishful thinking. Me.

Since we're both season ticket holders, we arranged our wedding not to clash with the fixtures. When Sky TV moved the fixture we chose to rearrange the wedding, because close friends and family are season ticket holders. I've played on Ewood four times in local schools competitions. Does any of the Football Aid money actually go to BRFC, aren't they a diabetes charity? (Cue accusations of uncharitable tightness) I'd question whether having a kick-about jolly with a few opposition fans constitutes "promoting the club".

.....................being the most astute comment that you've made. Do they sell Celtic items in the club shop?

And we all lived happily ever after......................so we'll see you there tomorrow with all the other numpties then? And attributing statements to me that I haven't actually made isn't very good moderating is it?

Good argument. Which supporter's board are you on next week?

Unfortunately not.

Brilliant. I bet that you actually believe that statement.

Correct.

Ha ha haha haha haha Ho hoho hoho You're really funny. All that education was worthwhile after all. When I did my degree and my MSc I still managed to go and watch the Rovers, (and that's when we were sh!t, excluding the ecstacy of winning the Full Members) These days I have enough money left over to go to the match or even live in squalor in Pleasington. Pay off your own debts you sponger and use your student loan to buy a season ticket you lightweight.

My family don't live in squalor. I was asked about my "culture" or background. Just to clarify that Ribble Valley isn't Blackburn, Ribchester isn't Blackburn and Sydney certainly isn't Blackburn. WTF would you know? What exactly does our man in Sydney contribute? You might have an affection for BRFC, but you're not exactly a supporter are you?

May I welcome you to the mills, street corners, back alleys, lures, snares and dives of Blackburn.

Queue violins.......... I'm certain that John William's plans to get bums on seats doesn't account for any of you lightweights

Mihir BOSE is seeking to discredit BRFC so I, in response, looked to undermine his reputation. The people that you are defending didn't exactly greet me with open arms did they? We also definitely have different opinions on what constitutes being a "fan". Shooting the breeze on here or actually getting down to a game. Also, the chap from Texas who you are defending wants to put something like "spill blood for the Rovers" on his camouflage jacket...............I NEVER antagonise real fans. And if by your use of the word "colourful" you are suggesting that I used profanity.................well, that's not true is it? A college year out in America doesn't automatically make you a "smart" person does it?

"I love the smell of napalm in the morning"

You shouldn't feel too bad, there's people that live within 10 miles of Ewood that can't be bothered. However, it amazes me that some appear to believe that exciting a few electrons on the electronic interweb constitutes support of a football club. When I was working in Holland for the latter part of the relegation season and the first half the first Championship season I had season tickets and was back for ALL the home games and some of the away. We're 5TH IN THE PREMIERSHIP and you don't know when your next game is...............

When we play PSG?

Let's meet up I'm there every home game

Blah blah blah. Looking forward to seeing the cosmopolitan masses down at Ewood.

Right back at ya' girlfriend

I don't think they had mobiles (US: cellphones) in the Serre trenches, but after the war I think the motto became "Don't become the cannon-fodder of incompetent public school boys and their manipulative calls to patriotism" By the way, isn't it great that we have all these American soccer fanatics now, monitoring the progress of the famous blue and white half stripes. I too can't wait to see if we progress into the "Champions play". How long is it till Brad retires?

"Inference" and "conjecture", aren't those attributes a journalist's stock in trade Jim? Surely the connection isn't that opaque. If only..........

"One of the problems is the number of Premiership clubs in the area. That corner of the country now has seven - Blackburn, Wigan, Bolton, Liverpool, Everton, Manchester United and Manchester City." Let's have a look at the author of that statement, Mihir Bose. It would appear to me that he is an habitual sh!t-stirrer, the evidence suggests that Mr Bose just doesn't like the North-West football oligarchy. In 2000 Mr. Bose had the following 320 page tome published: "Manchester Unlimited: The Money, Egos And Infighting Behind The World's Richest Soccer Club" Mr Bose is in the process of updating that work, which is scheduled to be republished in September 2006 as: "Manchester United: And the Business of Soccer" Evidence of an unhealthy obsession? Is he now turning his attentions to BRFC in the light of our recent successes? There's plenty of conjecture in this thread already that a hack journalist could weave into a work of fiction masquerading as fact. Let's have a look at his modus operandi. In April 2004 Mihir Bose, The Telegraph's Sports News Correspondent, was deported from Zimbabwe after failing to turn up with the appropriate working visa to cover the controvial England cricket tour. His reasoning for the deportation was he was "singled out because he was British and Mugabe has a pathological hatred of the British" Mr Bose also states "One of the excuses given for my deportation was that as a British journalist I might try to foment trouble." That would be fairly astute reasoning then. (Just a reminder for the patriot Mihir Bose....................the North West of England is British too.)

"Wise men say only fools rush in......." "We will follow the Rovers over land and sea......."

For vocal harmonic quality what about.............. a barbershop quartet. In acknowledgement of our industrial heritage what about............... a steam-driven pipe organ or the relentless rhythmic clatter of a cotton-weaving loom.

Bagpipes? A Mariachi band? A road drill?