Just got back from Ewood. Joined the queue at 11 AM, got the tickets at 11.50. Queue is half way down B/B end, 3 deep. TVs are on showing Sky Sports and the sun is beating down when you emerge from under the stand - happy days.

Heard Brad on Radio Rovers that he has an outside chance of missing just one league game.

Good Journalistic pieces on teams outside the major cities are hard to find. The majority of Journo's are basically lazy, anything that stops them boozing and lunching is frowned upon. Trips to East Lancs falls into this category, they like short visits to city teams so they can easily squeeze in a dinnertime drinkie with their mates. The web and Reuters are a godsend to them in producing the shallow drivel and guff they pass off for Journalism - god i sound bitter I am not really. but teams that perform well outside the major cities deserve written pieces better than the lazy typecast secondary school standard we mostly recieve now. A good sports story, well written can be a joy to behold.