GAV did you get my pm? please say if not interested. ta

no, even citeh was not sold out

Can we vote on Abbey's reply to go on Messageboard Gold. The best reply for months.

1865; I can't understand the dig about Manure. I detest Manure but I wish we had this sort of demand for tickets on a day-to-day basis. We appear to be agreeing on the fairness and the demand issues. After all every ST holder with 2 aways was able to claim a ticket. I have 2 ST's and an away record and could have claimed 2 and sold the second for a profit, I didn't and the ticket was available to the rest of the Q today. But basic question is how do you share 3800 tickets amongst well over 3800 people and not upset folk? Answers to Einstein please.

The Burnley game is a rare problem for Rovers but is one faced by Manure fans all the time. The simple facts are that demand has outstripped availability. Rovers needed an allocation system and they devised the fairest one possible (even if that means Jordan received a ticket before anyone else!). Rovers, Williams, Coar etc are on a no win here as they CANNOT please all us fans. I for one wish we were in this positionn of fans clamouring for tickets every week.

wish I could help...perhaps you could try Scumley?

Onepost: for the Celtic game I queued bau could not get a ticket even though I had been to Sofia. I dropped Bob Coar a firm but non threatening note and it did the trick.

and you don't even need a passport Jordan

Don't forget your passports. can't wait, my first match at T'urd since the Simon Garner classic in 1982. The best for me was Boxing Day 1977 when we won 3-2 at T'urd with Waggy, Fear and Noel scoring. We painted Scumly blue and white and started the famous "Harke thou hear the Rovers sing the B*****ds ran away, we will sing for ever more because of Boxing Day..." What a great day out!

only 1175 sold today

see my earlier post. £80 Corporate trip (ticket, meal etc) was advertised within less than 24 hours. and why not?

if you can't get tickets from Rovers you'll get them from Burnley. mind you getting tickets has never been a problem, even Celtic away, at Rovers getting tickets has always been who you know.

tickets already available thru Rovers Corporate. £80 + VAT. includes 3 course meal.

Dingle on Radio Lancs 5 mins back: "...it will be worse than Baghdad, the place will be far more smashed up". Sounds like a client for those bananas.

aah I can just imagine it now. A quite stroll to The Dingledom Stadium after Church. a stop off for a half pint of shandy next to the ground for a bit of banter with the fine and friendly locals. A Jonnie Stead hat trick and a spot of shopping afterwards in Burnley town centre before catching the bus back to Blackburn Boulevard. I love these derbies; they bring out the best in Society.

anyone recommend a good pub near the ground?

There is a general misconception on this MB that if we offerered cheap or free tickets that members of the public would actually want them. I have tried to loan my very decent JW ST's out on a number of occasions, as have my friends; the general response is that "I wouldn't even go and watch that s**t for nought". The problem is we play garbage and we can't even give tickets away. Yes it is a chicken and egg situation but the simple answer of free/cheap tickets = bums on seats does not work. Indeed it could have the opposite effect and turn people off for life if exposed to the lack of quality at Ewood.

0-6 Savage sent off pies run out 22,150

After a few post match scoops I walked past the Notlob team bus which was boarding with players. They were winding up the fans by making diving gesticulations through the windows. If it were back in the late 70's I would have bananas at them. scum...scum...scum

my vote to date for "Match Preview of the Year Award"...beam us up Scotty. 2-0 Savage and Toddy. 22,750

I went to Cardiff in 78/79 on the famous Ribblesdale coaches, and we made it there and back!!! Good pint of Brains Mild in the Bluebirds supporters club then shear hell. Even the police who were stood 5 yards away were encouraging the local skinheads in the visitors end to give the English boys a good kicking. Could not even relieve ourselve of that nice welsh beer without dicing with death. I am sure life has changed in 2005, or are the "skinheads" now 40 something morons. One of my colleagues from Cardiff, who is late 40's and normally very sensible and holds down a good job (£45K plus) told me he was on the pitch at Cardiff v Leeds "just for a laugh". so god help us. cardiff is one of those teams, like Scumley and Birmingham where time has stood still with the fans and they still have the 70 and 80's mentality. I'll be there on Sat with no colours and me cup of Bovril.

Paul I fink (Pearly King talk!) that you may be right. I'm taking a Rovers fan from Lostock Hall today as a guest...I hope that brings us good luck...he had better shout loud. I went to Charlton away earlier this seson and we were unlucky to loose 0v1. my prediction 1v0 with a late Lucas Neil scrambled goal.

Flopsy...nice one. The best question was who do you fear most? ask that question of any eam and they would also struggle to answer apart from Dickov, and that is only because he is such a pain. Anywho I love my annual visit to the Villa apart from the odd rare defeat. A good ground for the Rovers. ps. I hope the police turn up this time to save us from the annual coach bricking.

does anyone want a lift. I'll be travelling in the Hoghton, Whitnell, Chorley direction. May be persuaded to go to the Fieldens Arms area for the price of a pint! 3 spaces in the car.

sorry...use the exit off platform two, the Bolton side exit as if you were travelling to Bolton.