For me it’s got to be more than just the music to be a fan, I’ve got to buy into the personality, life style, way of life etc.

Yeah, it was my wife’s first and last game. She didn’t appreciate the crush in the Blackburn End but I suspect some of the blokes around her did !

For a season, after we sold Fred Pickering and gave John a go in the No 9 shirt John and Andy McEvoy were brilliant as a pair. Season 1964-65. Johnny - 40 league games out of 42 = 25 goals ( 2 hat tricks ) + 2 in the cups. Andy - 40 league games out of 42 = 29 goals ( 2 hat tricks ) + 3 in the cups. What those two would be worth today ? I just looked at John’s record against West Ham 1961-62 H 3 goals, A 1 goal 1962-63 H 0 goals A 0 goals 1963-64 H +A not selected, Fred was No 9. 1964-65 H 3 goals A 1 goal 1965-66 H 0 goals A 0 goals - FA Cup H 1 goal A 3 goals

I remember seeing Stevie Wonder do “ Superstition “ live on Top Of Pops years ago. I knew it was live because it was better than the record ! Brilliant musician, but I’m not a fan. One of the best live performances I ever saw was Queen at Live Aid, but I’m not a fan of them either.

Solomon Burke - Down In The Valley

What about “ Little Red Corvette “ ? If you don’t like that you must have tin ear. Having said that there is a long list of obviously brilliant and well regarded artistes that just don’t do it for me. Stevie Wonder, Queen, Michael Jackson, David Bowie etc etc.

Me too. Good luck DeeCee. I presume you didn’t have the biopsy the wayI did when I had prostate trouble. Not recommended.

Me too for many seasons. Now they could pass me in the street and I wouldn’t know who they were apart from the really obvious ones.

No I didn’t but Bobby Moore said he hated playing against him. It was the same story any time Bolton played West Ham after he left Rovers.

Cloughie.

We should have never off loaded him to Bolton.

England v Malta - what is the point ? So some no mark can get an England cap ? So Harry Kane can get a few more goals ? When do we play Treasure Island ? When I think back to the Rivers team I grew up watching - Matt Woods, one of the best centre halves in the league, never got a cap. Ronnie never got another cap after the selectors fell out with him in spite of playing as well he ever had later in his career. Even Dougie was given the cold shoulder when he was the best playmaker in the league.

Big Brother And The Holding Company - Ball And Chain

Very good.

Too much tip tappy , play it out from the back, style football from what I hear. They were good enough to do that in the champ but the Prem is another story.

Whatever that means, what happened to “ my mistake “ ?

Billy Paul - Your Song

Yeah, I agree. He’s not what we need, we need a striker that can lead the line. He was hopeless in that role.

You don’t have play that way for 90 minutes, especially if it’s not working. Sometimes you need a plan B that involves playing another way.

10/10

It’d be a massive gamble for all those clubs. Do you get BB or BBD ? At the moment it’s BB that is running out onto the pitch.

Love - My Little Red Book

So sorry to hear your bad news. It puts losing on Friday into its proper perspective. Keep talking, we’re here to listen.

Mm, buying the league not so easy then ?

He wrote loads of really good stuff that still sounds great to me even now. I’m surprised you never mentioned “ That’s Entertainment “. Still the best thing he wrote for me.