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Went to La Vina, Spanish restaurant/tapas bar on Deansgate yesterday - excellent - Cruzcampo there also.

Thompson Park in Burnley....

The fight culminated in a man being stabbed to death.

Man stabbed to death in park fight

What a sad state of affairs regarding the reporting of this and another local piece of news in todays Lancashire Telegraph. Tucked away on page two with a relatively small headline is the report on the above fatal stabbing. The paper somehow decides to give front page headlines to a halfwit from Blackburn, who, after a row with his wife, decides to sleep in a garden shed which culminates in him suffering from frostbite. Unbelievable.

If you like a bit of Led Zeppelin then you'd do far worse than going to see 'Whole Lotta Led'. I saw them last night at King George's, they were bloody great - they had the sound nailed on, were powerful and energetic, and very loud like it should be. And as for the drummer's Moby Dick - it was massive!

There will always be someone who will look down their nose at a tribute band, but if you want to see the real LZ then go on, be my guest. This lot were pretty authentic. No wigs, either!

Damn! Meant to go to the gig - glad you enjoyed it!

............ why given that the shortest day is Dec 21 and the clocks..........

Apparently, every day/night is of equal length, ie. 24 hrs.

I played left wing when we (SMC) beat Witton Park 2-1 in the 1969/70 Blackburn Schools Final at Ewood.

Hmmm now.....I would settle for £1500 per week and for that I would guarantee you three (yes, three) good crosses each game - that's three more than we get from the left at present. I would also drop 50% of my corners on the penalty spot. The other 50% would hit the first man but hey, what the heck.

El Rincon (Spanish) is very good tucked away behind Deansgate and Quay Street. Its address is Deansgate but it is approached from behind via Artillery Street. Authentic, good atmosphere and excellent food. Hmmm, can feel a booking coming on......

He wont realise what hes got until its gone.

Cheryl is a stunner so why cheat with someone else, greedy.

She's not a bad looker but like usually finds like.

Well I've joined a syndicate which has bought a greyhound, no name yet, but he was only born last month, so its gonna be a while till he starts racing. He comes from a good pedigree, his dad was called Geordie Parker, his stats are here. Is summary, he ran 49 races, got 30 x 1sts, 6 x 2nds, 4 x 3rds, 3 x 4ths, 5 x 5ths and 1 x 6th.

Looking forward to a good few nights at the dog racing.

I'd play him up front with Santa myself.

Wow! Zero degrees and 2" of snow

Stop it lads before the Norwegians come on here and start taking the p!ss.

Great watching Garns but Scott Sellars is top notch also. The mazy run and back heel at Wolves away were sublime! I am a big Gamst fan but I would take Scotty any day.

Cheers Whittle.

Good riddance to bad rubbish. Niell is the epitomy of much of what is negative about the present day Premier League.

Agreed, and also why so many people on average wages or less have turned their back on football, preferring to spend their hard earned on summat else.

There's no better sight than a 'packed to the rafters Ewood Park.' The attendance is always slightly higher against Liverpool than Man United.

Quick mention for the Norwegian Supporters Club. Good to see so many of them over for this game with 30+ in the Fox & Hounds before the game.

think ronnie hildersley scored at welling,loads off millwall there,walking through the park after the match load off cockerneys came running out off a bar in the park,attacked the rovers fans most ran off,we went in the bar for a pint,mayhem followed

I remember Charlton fans being there and my cousin either seeing or being involved in some trouble - not on his part I would add. How time flies.

Just on the last few pages of 'Profitoren' by the Norwegian author Tom Kristensen. Brilliant and couldn't put the thing down. I would never normally go for crime thrillers but this is the third book of his I've read recently and they've all been top drawer. Unfortunately none of his books, so far, are in English.

Anyone into Scorpions? Just ordered Best of and Classic Bites off Amazon - waiting for the postie today........

EEHHHH!! AH DAWN'T NOOHA. In Owr Daay it werr un unwritten rool; tha duz'n 'ev thi stag neet, on enny neet but Friday neet, an' than duz'n gerr marrid on eny daay burr a Set'dy. AN' mooast ov arl, tha meks shoor as tha duz'n pick a Set'dy as ROOAvers is at hooam!!!! If tha duz, then tha'r on thi oowan, cuz all thi mates 'll be at Ewood, so think on!!!

See you're taking the Gaelic lessons Fife!

As the Asian area expands, the whites move out to edge of town developments - Oakdale being a classic example - or away altogether to a lesser degree.

I am told by friends in Thessaloniki that every man and his dog in Larissa are scraping the readies together to be at Ewood next week and we can expect a huge outpouring of Greek national pride......

What a good idea phil - sod the unemployed - just bring a dog with you.........

Steady on!

Celtic's turnover was £75m last year

Rangers are on about our current level - in the £40m's

A Price Waterhouse report that I've just read says turnover for both Celtic & Rangers has gone through the £60m barrier.

I remember philipl saying our t/o was higher than the Old Firm's but that could have been a couple of years or so ago. Time flies.

As I have said many times Blackburn neither deserves nor can support a top level football team.

Blackburn the town probably can't.

Blackburn the town plus tv monies can.

Same could be said about Bolton, Fulham, Birmingham, Portsmouth and a few others.

We have a bigger overall turnover than Celtic and Rangers.

Let's enjoy it.

Thought I would bring this one back to the top.

My mate's dad used to run a butchers shop in Little Harwood. On this particular Saturday morning he was there bright and early helping his dad prepare the meat. When I say early I mean 6am. He rang me all excited to tell me Little Harwood was swarming with Plymouth fans who had come up on the overnight train.

As has been said, I too remember the green paint all over the show and which actually remained in places for years afterwards. The funny thing was, there were a few PAFC's sprayed here and there but the scrumpy suppers must have been jumped because by evening BRFC seemed to be everywhere but also sprayed in green.

I also remember getting to the top of the steps on the Blackburn End and seeing the mass of green opposite. What an atmosphere. Two down in no time and Don Martin missing a pen. A goal pulled back by Beamo just before half time, goal line clearances, a goal disallowed and a remarkable second half fight back by Rovers made this a game never to forget. One of the best ever and at that time in 1975 definitely the best in my time following Rovers, both on the pitch and on the terraces.

Rovers : Jones, Heaton, Burgin, Metcalfe, Hawkins, Fazackerley, Beamish, Oates, Hickman, Parkes, Martin.

Plymouth : Furnell, Hore, Burrows, Saxton, Green, Delve, Randell, Johnson, Mariner, Rafferty, McAuley.

When you've just been beaten by a Greek pub team a bit of nostalgia works wonders.

Outside the ground a group of notlob fans tried to charge us as we were coming out, but the police swarmed on them.

I'm surprised the police were bothered enough to intervene. Right from the early 70s to date Bolton has been one of the worst places to visit mainly because of the lack of interest from the police, although it's now not as bad at the Breezeblock. Some forces like the West Midlands are way over the top but Bolton's police are completely at the opposite end of the scale.

The 1-0 win for Rovers in the 70s on the Embankment was an absolute free for all - 33k on the ground with thousands of both Rovers and Bolton fans on the Embankment side by side with no segregation. Darts, bricks, bottles, fists you name it.

Knuckle draggers that lot and far worse than Burnley in my oppinion.

And it's no neh never,

No neh never no more,

`Till we play the Burnley b*******s,

No never no more.

Line 3, replace 'Till with WILL

Reading 'En Kule' by Tom Kristensen at the moment - developing very nicely. Any of the Norwegian lads read any other of his books?