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.

Malt and Hops, friday Street alongside the railway line, 2 mins from the station. It is also in the Real Ale Guide. No poncy lager drinkers here please. ps. watch out for Notlobs on Chorley Station and the train itself, take my advice go low profile.

I am confident for the first time this season. Rovers are on a role and i expect another 0-0. Bothwide will miss the target and Dickoffside will harrange like a tiger and miss like a Beamo. Come on you blueboys!!

I pay over £200 for a BBE car parking space and have to wait until 30 mins after a game to get out of the car park. What are these people whinging if they choose to park for nowt, then they can walk.

The original question was about inflatables. What about blow up spittting pigs?

I was at the game yesterday,JW Upper towards the BBE, anf can usually see and hear a lot. I heard nothing and the first I knew about it was a major reference on radio 5 Live this morning when Steve Bruce was quoted. They did not even mention the score. Just watch the media go big time on this and drag us in the mud. Bruce is using this non event as mind games.

For the first time in years I missed a Rovers home game this weekend (Liverpool). I went to the Rugby League test at City of Mancs Stadium and had a fantastic time. The sad thing is that I didn't even miss watching Rovers and it wasn't until the next day I looked at the score. I did however loan out my ST's to 2 lads who will use them again when i'm away on business. I was chatting to 6 (yes 6!) ex ST holders in the pub last night, all very long term holders and one an ex employee at Ewood, and they all cited a total lack of interest in Rovers, overpaid nancy boys, the cost of watching soccer (eventhough Rovers are competitive with other clubs), and a Club that is now too distant from the fans. These are all similar comments to those in the Observer "the state of football" on Sunday which clearly showed that this is problem across football and inparticular the Premiership. Football needs to take a serious look at itself before it self implodes.

Alan 75 said it all, I longed for Saturday to come home or away whether it be Ewood or away at Hereford, Torquay,Southend, Old trafford or even Matlock in the Cup. The fun, the excitement the expectant wait has gone. I've already loaned out my 2 ST's for the Liverpool and Brum games. For the first time in well over 30 years I can't be bothered.I'll probably get a s**t load of criticism for this, that your choice. But for the first time ever I don't care, and why...because I do not feel the Club give a toss.

The Club will do nothing about the corporates. The boxes are £25K per season for a small box, plus booze on top of that. given Rovers cannot let all their boxes, probably the only club in the Premiership to fail to do so, then they are not going to upset these big spenders.

Trooper, Rovers fans reacted to Boro fans in box backing on to BBE where those in the box were taking the michael out of the Rovers fans when when Boro scored (twice). Police reacted, very slowly mind you, and picked on rovers who in turn reacted. One rovers lad was then thrown down the steps to the concourse. The major issue is a few stand up every game and get instruced to sit down when the visiting fans stand en masse and get left alone; there is also the general issue of being treated like scum. I realise it may sound somewhat pathetic but a lot of rovers fans are sick of the garbage football and being treated like 2nd class citizens. The result is the fans are deserting in droves. This is a very dangerous downwards spiral with no end in sight.

I've watched Rovers since the late 1960's through thick and rather alot of thin. I spend good money: 2 tickets in the JW; 75% of away games; carparking etc etc and sometimes a fair bit on corporate hospitality for clients and mates. I love my team, no question. quite frankly Rovers are clueless when it comes to the core support. We want atmosphere like most other Premiership clubs not home fans who are treated like morons and not allowed to enjoy themselves. It reminds me of a few years ago with Manure at home and I was in the Darwen End home section with my young daughter; the area was also being used by very p****d corporate guests who were constanty threatening Rovers fans. I stood up for myself as I always will and was threatened with ejection. I complained to Beamish (Commercial Manager) who was on the concourse and he just smiled and walked away like a dummy. I saw the the same person being challenged today and he just walked straight on. quite frankly we cannot afford to loose the core fans, but what is happening is just that. If rovers want a home fans to act like like a regimented group of people sat in their seats and clippy clapping in tune to a sponsored drum beat then why bother going...why not watch Sky and save the dosh for a few slurps and a curry instead

Thanks for the ideas 1864. The leadership starts with the Club Board of Directors. I have 2 very astute friends with good money and new ideas and plenty of financial experience. They have tried to get on the Board for years but have been blocked by the East lancs/Ribble Valley old f**ts who do nowt for our Club. Both have since invested in other Clubs one of which is not too far South of Ewood. These are lifelong Rovers fans whose money and more importantly ideas are not wanted. in brief what I am saying is the Board stinks.

sorry should have been "great view"