Just got my ticket - my mate went down and queued this morning. He informed there are about 50 in the queue now.

Plus the fact its could be our last game in Europe for a long time, and people see it as a 3 day break on the lash, with a Rovers game thrown in for good measure. You can hardly compare it to paying £36 for Rovers v Everton on a wet Wednesday night.....when its on in the warm pub on telly. It's all very well and good saying 'ban foreign telly' etc etc. But I cant bring myself to join in with this. I've watched foreign several times when Rovers are away. I.e. Portsmouth, when I saved about £80 by not going - this is going towards funding my Austrian trip. Also, what about Sky? Ban that as well? I'm sure there are lots of rovers ''fans'' who wouldnt go even if we sent a taxi round to their house, and let them on the ground for free.

Sorry, I just cant stop laughing..... £2.5 MILLION??????????????????? HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA

Had an email off Rovers today stating: ''Still waiting for details please get back in touch after the weekend and hopefully we will have all the information then.''

www.hostelworld.com Cheap hostels and Budget Hotels.....

www.skyeurope.com - You can fly from Manc --> Salzburg direct for £182.50; I've just checked now. Going weds, back friday *** eek just noticed its FULL ***

So who's on Thomsonfly from Coventry on the Weds then? There's me + 5 others

Booked flights.... £143 each Weds 13th Depart Coventry 12:00 Arrive Salzburg 3:20 Friday 15th Depart Salzburg 4:45 Arrive Coventry 6:05

No but Spurs and Newcastle could both be playing in Belgium at same time as us

Bring it on! Booking flights as soon as the draw is done!!!

I think a draw was a fair result.... How bad was Gray? LOL. He was too busy surging forward or cutting inside, which meant MGP had to track back and Zurab was dragged wide to chase Johnson, who incidentally is twice as fast as him. I'd play Andy Taylor at left back - he cant be any slower than Gray and has progressed from youth team, played in every England youth team up to under 20's and maybe its time he got his chance. McEveley has had his chance at left back and wasn’t good enough. To be fair though, he's a centre half by trade. Everton should definitely have had a penalty. Why did Todd hold Johnson back?? He could have a.) either let it run out or b.) kicked it out of play. Todd's never been right since he had the bust up at Birmingham when Hughes brought him off.

Todd decision over-turned and available for Weds

After reading telegraph (it was delivered BEFORE I set off for work at 8am!) it looks like Reid will be out and Nelsen is defo out as well as Tugay

I cant wait to see him in the blue and white again (I feel like Tony Blair pretending to like Gordon Brown)

What’s all this about us playing Grimsby in a friendly? It was in the observer on Sunday, the BBC web site and also stated on the Sun web site??

It's on in the Fox & Hounds and Station Hotel

MGP will have GAMST on the back of his shirt this forthcoming season.... http://www.rovers.premiumtv.co.uk/page/New...~873131,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/europe/5209648.stm The British contingent will find out their second qualifying round opponents when the draw is made in Nyon on 28 July at 1230 BST, with the first legs to be played on 10 August and the second legs on 24 August Should they progress, they will join Tottenham, Blackburn, West Ham and Rangers in the first round of the Uefa Cup, where 80 teams will play a two-legged game to see who goes through to the group stage. The draw for the first round of the Uefa Cup will take place on 25 August in Monaco at 1200 BST, with the ties to be played on 14 September and 28 September. The 40 teams that progress to the group stage will find out their opponents when the draw is made on 3 October in Nyon, with the first encounters on 19 October. The Uefa Cup final takes place on 16 May 2007 at Hampden Park in Glasgow.

Action shot of Dom Matteo from yesterdays game: http://ucsub.colorado.edu/%7Ematasar/Fat%20Baby.jpg

Rovers v Hamburg s on foreign telly today......... 23-07-06 16:45 DSF Hamburg v Blackburn (Friendly) (satfootball.com)

Tell you what - They really are a clever bunch arent they? do they have 2 brains as well as 20 fingers, and 38 toes?

Sports News: European cup spotted at Ewood. However, later reports suggest it may have been the shadow cast of Jeffers

Everton is our 1st home game

1st game of season v Chelsea away with Kuqi up front as a lone striker… I can see it now.

The biggest disappointment for me was our lack of bottle. The Swedes looked fitter and more aggressive, they won everything on any set piece. We are a team of pampered tossers who believe all the hype. And what the hell are all the wife's and birds doing over there.......unbelievable