Jose to rest key players. http://www.sportnetwork.net/main/s379/st95569.htm?fromrss=1

A draw will be a good return irrespective of the team Chelsea put out, leaving us with a nail biting last day.

Bad result for Rovers. We needed them to go to Bolton with something to play for.... who am I kidding?

In so far as any footballer is likeable these days Shearer appears to be no better or worse than most. By the way Colin I think he's donating his testimonial receipt to charity. The bitterness seems misplaced to me. Sure I joined in the childish booing like many and really it was stupid. The greatest player I've ever seen in blue and white, by a country mile. For a few short years he put us at the top of the pile, something that will never be repeated. Shearer! Shearer!

Of course it was offside. What a shocking team Liverpool is, Bolton in red shirts. One other thing that struck me was, considering we were commemorating Hillsborough, was the Scousers standing up throughout the game.

Tugay injured and will not feature.

Toss up between Tugay at home to Fulham and Reid's at Wigan. I think the later edges it becuase of the sheer joy it brought to the Rovers' large following. A wonderful day out.

In recent weeks a group of lads ahve sat a few seats in front of us and smoked from start to finish. It's made matchday very unpleasant for the rest of us. So should we all suffer becuase a small minority are addicted to fags?

I'm nopt really sure when my first game was. My grandad, who took me, is dead and my parents don't know. I'm fairlt sure it was in the late 60's - probably 1969 - maybe 1970. I was taken to a reserve game to first to get me used to the ground. I also remember nothing other than being tapped on the head by someone I now believe to be Johny Carey who was manager in 70/71. I have to admit to falling out of love with football in the 80s only to return to the fold in the 90s after moving back up north to Manchester from London.

Come on. Someone starrt this one off.

I thought that Don Martin missed the penalty. The large numbers of Argyle fans was due to a Plymouth coach company putting on free or very cheap travel to celebrate a anniversary of something or other. The green spray paint in the town centre was witness to the Devon invasion for years to come. A super day for t'Rovers.

Remember QPR and Everton way during the 94/5 season? Three points are three points. As I was saying about Reid: a top top player and critical to Rovers' progress.

For me Reid is a crucial player at Ewood. He's very quick and never loses a tackle. He's passing is improving and he's got a decent first touch.

8 8 8 8 8 8 please

Bellamy deserves all the plaudits: as good a performance as I've seen by a Rovers forward since Shearer. I think Steven Reid deserves a mention too. He put in a magnificent display yesterday, including prompting Hughes to reorganise the midfield after the third goal. As the Rovers players jogged back to thie own half to restart play Reid was shouting across to the bench and gesturing with four fingers. Rovers then switched from 4-3-2, to 4-4-1 and looked a lot more solid for the remainder of the game.

Been on the Riverside on and off for 35 years and I ain't leaving for away supporters.

To summarise then: our catchment population has the lowest disposable income in English football our Asian population is four times the national average ticket prices have risen 10% higher than disposable income in ten years we have the smallest population centre for any top flight club we've crap for some time: this season excepted

Mr Drog, Your wish is my command Income Between 2000 and 2005 average household income in BandD rose by 38% to just under £26k Disposable income A more meaningful comparator is disposable household incomes or GFHI. GFHI GFHI 1995 2003 Blackburn with Darwen 7,123 9,237 increase of 22% North West 7,930 11,559 increase of 32% United Kingdom 8,602 12,637 increase of 32% We need someone with the ticket information for comparison. Most importantly: In 2003 Blackburn with Darwen was in the unenviable position of having the smallest GDHI per head in the UK, which at £9,237 was 27% less than the national average In the Indices of Deprivation 2004, Blackburn with Darwen was ranked at 34 out of 354 local authorities in England, where 1 was the most deprived area and 354 the least deprived. This rank was derived from the average deprivation score of the LSOAs in the local authority. The borough has a lower percentage of employed people (55.1%) than England and Wales as a whole, 60.6%. This appears one of the lowest, ranking 336th in England and Wales (out of 376).

"Men against boys" to quote Gary Flitcroft. The parallels drwn with that night in Glasgow are spot on. It is a real shame that we dodn't win. There are also parallels with Cardiff - and of course we won that one.

Some sloppy defending undermined a great team effort by the blues. Special praise for Bentley who is looking every bit the Dunn replacement without the injuries, Savage who played some neat football. And of course Bellamy who scored an absolute peach and created the other. Tremendous stuff.

Theno, I thought it was genuinely really funny.....now where's that Lancashire United shirt of mine.

Very good Phillip.

I love Hall's match reports.

I think you pronounce it Payter.

Bad news for Rovers.