John Howarth

A very sad day in the history of Blackburn Rovers. He was such a great guy to talk to about the "good old days". My condolences to Val and the family

But just who was the lucky fan who received a pair of David Bentley's old boots before the kick off.? Bentley made a bee-line to a group of supporters behind the goal, signed a few autographs, and gave one guy a pair of football boots. Pity he never cleaned them first though

Somehow, I dont think you have read all the posts on this topic. Please see my earlier posting December 12th. This post has nothing at all to with Selwyn Froggitt

A few years ago before Sports Soccer took over, the Rovers shop was great for Christmas presents like mirrors, glasses, wine goblets, bottles of wine, pictures of the ground, etc. etc. Now it is mainly cheap clothing that shrinks went washed once and a few shirts and hats. Not very satisfactory for what should be a club shop.

Regardless of whether it is Lens or Odense BK in 3rd place, is the 1st leg on 14th or 15th February away or can it be either of those two dates?

Surely Lens finished on 4 points with a zero goal difference with Odense BK also on 4 points with a minus 1 goal difference

You are quite correct when you say she is the daugther of Bill Maynard, but not the Heartbeat character of "Greengrass". Her Father is Bill Maynard, a local Blackburn guy who is a regular contributor to Touchline tales in the Lancashire Telegraph and a committee member of Blackburn Sunday Football League

Not too sure why you are blaming the referee.Just exactly what did he do wrong.? If you are referring to the 1st goal, that certain members of the CIS stand seemed to think may have been off-side, that is down to the assistant, and the referee would not over rule in that quadrant. The sending off of Henchoz was unfortunate but Mr Gallagher had no choice but to produce a red card. So why was is performance inept? The main culprits were the Rovers players themselves, certainly in the first half.

The view from the room looks rather familiar. Excellent pictures.

to re-iterate savage was extremly lucky not to get sent off. Lucas Neill was also very fortunate not to get a second yellow when he was penalised for hand ball that looked pretty deliberate but Mark Clattenburg only gave a free kick

A link to Shangai Sports would be welcomed

To the best of my knowledge the following testimonials have been played at Ewood Park since 1960: April 24th 1961 Bill Eckersley. Rovers against Bill Eckersley Select X1 Ocober 20th 1969 Bryan Douglas. Oppenents -International X1 December 2nd 1969 Ronnie Clayton- Oppenents International X1 May 16th 1977 Mick Heaton & Andy Burgin- Oppenents Manchester City May 1st 1978. Stuart Metcalfe. Oppenents-Everton May 5th 1980. Derek Fazackerley. Oppenents-Preston North End May 18th 1983. Tony Parkes. Oppenents-Everton May 16th 1984. Norman Bell.Oppenents-Burnley May 14th 1985. Fred O'Donoghue. Oppenents-Northern Ireland May 12th 1987. Glenn Keeley. Oppenents- Preston North End Aug 19th 1988. Simon Garner. Oppenents- Newcastle United September 11th 1990. Noel Brotherston-Oppenents Manchester City October 10th 1992. Terry Gennoe. Oppenents-Aberdeen May 18th 2003. Simon Garner. Oppenents-Blackburn Rovers X1 May 17th 2005. Tony Parkes. Oppenents. Tony Parkes select X1 In addition there was a testimonial for John Byrom played at Burnden Park on November 6th 1978, between Rovers and Bolton and on July 28th 1993, a testimonial was held for Ally McCleod at Ayr United between Ayr and Rovers

To those fans who made the trip to Austria and Germany and now to the Netherlands, does any one know if official programmes were issued at the games or if not, were any team sheets issued?

I understand that the Hamburg game is on satalite DSF live on Sunday with a number of local pubs showing the game