Norway would be great - over to Bergen to play Brann, down to Stavanger for Viking and then finish in Oslo with Lyn and a reunion with Henning!

Knowing Rovers they'd arrange games against Hammerfest United and Kirkenes Athletic.

Exactly - It's imperative that Bolton get nowt today. McLaren has already said he's putting the kids in for their remaining matches. A Bolton win today will tip things their way unless we can come up a win against Chelsea.

Just seen some Bluenoses crying on Sky - what a crying shame - now, Big Club, eff off down!

It's in our hands - two wins won't guarantee it but should do.

"Henning has balls", says Elrich.

Good to hear.

As manager/head coach of Lyn Oslo, Henning finished a creditable 3rd in his first season with the Oslo club.

This season Lyn have got off to a flyer and are top of the Norwegian top flight with 7 points from their first three games. All three games were somewhat difficult but Lyn have come through unscathed.

Henning as a player did it all and had the t-shirt, gaining a wealth of knowledge under managers such as King Kenny and Sir Alex. Over a hundred caps for Norway.

Hopefully Mark Hughes will be at Rovers for many seasons to come but if the worst comes to the worst we could do worse than look to Henning, one of Ewood's great sons, to take the helm.

One thing that really puzzles me about MGP - he is a fantastic taker of a free kick and extremely accurate but when he takes a corner, his delivery is p!ss poor and around 50% (or more) fail to clear the defender on the front post.

Could the reason be any of the following :-

1. He was born within the Arctic Circle

2. He has fair hair

3. He lives in Manchester

4. He has a fit girlfriend

5. He speaks English with a Norwegian accent.

6. Possibly another reason.

Well done Accy - won't be long until Rovers & Accy are East Lancs' big two.

i think that bellamy is a little welsh git  all blackburn players this year hav been to be honest scummy

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dom - 14 April 1979 - go and look it up in the reference books and let me know when you've fathomed it out.

Bellamy for me - a class above.

I regard this game as one of the best ever atmospheres at an away ground in my 40 years watching Rovers.

It was the night United regained the title as we got beaten 2-1. However, the fairy tale was only in its early stages and in excess of 5,000 travelled down to create a party atmosphere. Large flags were draped everywhere and the noise from Rovers fans was incessant.

I remember Andy Gray commenting on the din when I watched it on Sky a few days later. I've still got it on tape somewhere. Can't remember anything about the game but our fans that night were magical.

John Coleman - he's clearly on the up and certainly good enough imo.

How many people on here dreamed of pulling on a blue and white shirt and playing in front of the blackburn end!!!

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Me, and I've done it!

SMC 2 Witton Park 1 (1969/70)

Blackburn End was empty though - around 200 in Nuttall Street Enclosure.

Get in! Boro 4 Notlob 3

I was at Southport on Tuesday night - Stanley were dreadful - good to see yesterday's results.

I was with an ex Rover and a Bolton fan. In front of us, I was later told, were three ex Rovers season ticket holders from Darwen who now follow Stanley. I know of two other Darweners who used to watch Rovers but now follow non league teams, Stanley included.

Stanley going up will affect Rovers, although in terms of numbers I think it will be relatively small.

There is a piece in today's Dagbladet about scholes being at Ewood last week. Nothing new, it's just a copy from the Citizen report of a few days ago. Morten quoted as being unable to confirm if United are interested or not. Also that he is a Rovers player and wants to win things with Rovers.

It was mayhem on the Embankment - my dad drove us over t'hill to the game, his first for many a year, only to witness what could only be described as a battle on the terraces. The efforts of the police at Bolton were always abysmal - one of the worst places in the country to go to as an away fan.

I remember reading the Daily Express the following day and seeing a photo of a train that had stopped behind the Embankment with various folk on it watching for free.

Greetings from sunny Lanzarote - the beer was very strong yesterday afternoon and it had to be - but well done Rovers!

greetings from Lanzarote where it is bloody red hot and there is NO sign of rain,snow or hail !!

1 0 Rovers

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Yipeeeeee! I'll be arriving in Costa Teguise tomorrow - good to hear the weather is good.

Lanzarote Blues we are here woah ho, woah ho

Lanzarote Blues we are here woah ho, woah ho...........

  ..........But, if you ask me, I would rather have a band of some kind (like the one they used to have at Sheff Wed .........

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And therein lies the root cause of the problem.........the muppets at Sheffield Wednesday.

I went to watch Stanley away twice last year, despite being a Darrener. Enjoyed both games.

My mate used to watch Rovers regularly in the 70s but then didn't watch footy at all other than a few non league games at Darwen & Stanley. At one of the above mentioned away games, there were me and my mate sat next to another ex Rovers fan and his mate who also turned out to be an ex Rovers supporter. So four of us in a line and three of us were ex Rovers fans.

Those who say we won't lose fans to Stanley are wrong, even though the numbers may be relatively small.

Was talking to a mate last night who watched the game in the Royal Oak (never remember whether that's Lammack or Pleckgate) and he said the pub was packed.

Rodney Marsh was one of the first in this country to advocate cheating. He admitted it himself on tv. There was a Man City v Everton game on Granada and he fell theatrically to the ground to earn a penalty without being touched.

Funny how opinions change. A few years ago I (along with three or four others) and on this Board, attempted to make a stand against cheating but was shot down. At that time around 80% or more had a "shrug your shoulders" attitude but now it seems to have gone full circle.

Over there......over there

I hear the sound

Of distant bums

And if they come

We shall not run

Over there.......over there..........

One from the 60s

I broke and dislocated my right ankle playing football in 1982, similar to what happened to Le Saux. My foot and lower few inches of my leg ended up at right angles to the main part of my leg. Not nice and I wouldn't wish it on anyone, Smith included.

Even when we produce a good atmosphere it doesn't come close to the type of hostile bear pit that the scousers turned Goodison into on saturday.

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True, but the problem at Ewood is the general make up of the Rovers fan or cross section of our support as compared to that of a big city club.

At places like Birmingham, Everton and say West Ham there is a much higher proportion of males in the 18-45 age group than at Rovers. This is seen even more when these teams visit Ewood. The Man Utd support here seems to be made up solely of vociferous males and is one reason why they are just about the loudest away fans in town.

There are males in the 18-45 age group who are Rovers fans but equally there are a lot of old folk, women and kids ( who generally but not always seem to be quieter). More so than at the big city clubs.

If it were a case of 500 lads from Blackburn singing against 500 lads from Everton I don't think there would be any difference at all.