jonman105 - Quoting Sam Dingle's disparaging view of Rovers fans isn't particularly interesting at all, perhaps you would prefer it amongst the beautiful people at Turf Moor? Whilst I don't hold with the Souness must go campaign, I do doubt some of his tactics and justifications - never took his stronger squad than last season claim too seriously. Like it or not, and regardless of the chain of events immediately prior to their departure, losing David Dunn and Damien Duff is proving costly. The folk who reckon it was an astute financial move fail to appreciate what they actually added to the team. As supporters we do have to rally round the team, even when we don't rate their attitude and application. Remember, these grim periods always help you appreciate the good times when they come along...one of the particular joys of following Blackburn Rovers is the rollercoaster ride (we're just mid-plummet at the moment!) We must however remain united (small u!) at these times and not turn on each other in frustration. For the true enemy, I give you S Dingle and his ilk!

Got mine - for all you phoning Ewood keep trying, there were only 3 taking calls at 9:45 when I got to the ticket office (incidentally the compressed queue was twice the length of the Blackburn end concourse so anticipate Restricted View only tickets soon).

In days gone by, discussions about levels of interest in attending an away fixture were rendered unnecessary by the awayfan song - Oh if you're Glasgow clap your hands etc. Thought the Blackburn End might've obliged yesterday cos it used to be sung in two modes, anticipatory and smug...darn it's passed half eight, best get some kip for the early start (PS Blair Witch ain't worth taping!)

As a Blackburn-based season ticket holder who gets to a couple of away games a season (now) and didn't make it to Sofia, on Monday I hope to be depriving some of the more worthy of a ticket for the Celtic game. But instead of blaming me where does the real fault for this lie? The club has made a huge miscalculation in ticket allocation to Rovers fans for both legs in my opinion. The lack of ambition at extending our support base can be seen in Tom Finn's comments and how it appears we have readily conceded the bare minimum they have given us whilst giving them a quarter of Ewood Park. All clubs have supporters drawn to the bigger games, even Celtic are packaging their game v Inverness with the first leg against us. Although it may trouble the BRFC loyalty police, 16 years ago we took 5000 more than our average home gate of 6000 for the season to Goodison for an FA Cup 4th round tie - a comparably big game to this one. Personally I say forget stubs, Sofia and even season tickets as criteria but the club should have a decibel-ometer at Ewood on Monday and the 2500 (allowing for the club's internal distribution) loudest Rovers fans should be eligible for tickets. (Our away following will have its work cut out supporting the team behind the pillar surrounded by 58000 full-on Celts). I would prefer a 48 year old bearded belly from Mill Hill who's an infrequent attender and was arrested at Maine Rd years ago for throwing airbombs to get up the road than our corporate prawn sandwich munchers who would be better off watching the BBC on Halloween with a tube of Pringles and a glass of cold Chardonnay. As for the home leg, we obviously haven't learnt from the City game - there will be more infiltration of the Riverside and Jack Walker (even the Blackburn End), not less. With the 8000 tickets handed over there will be more mates of mates with tickets down for the crack (craic) in addition to the hundreds based in Lancashire. I have a soft spot for Celtic but hope we really hammer them in the first leg and make the second leg a forgone conclusion (although that's improbable given our usual second half propensities of late). Best get my flask ready Sunday night...