[Archived] Manchester City 0 Rovers 3

[blue phil]

in the interview on Rovers World he claims that he is as fit as he's ever been

An ambiguous quote from Dunn ....

[Salgados Hair]

Gotta be a massive plus for Rovers that City don't have Barton available for selection.

0-2 - (MGP and benni)

[cn174]

***NOTICE TO THOSE GOING BY TRAIN ***

Just been looking at trains to and from Manchester

You have to get a bus from Blackburn to either Bolton or Preston, then get the train from there to Manchester

Same both ways - going and coming back

Journey time varies from 1 hour 17 mins to 1 hour 40 mins

It'd be best to give yourself about an hours more time than you would normally, because the bus replacement services in general do not run to the timetable it gives on the website.

,if the weather is like it has been today there will not be any trains at all.

[Sparky Marky]

Tomorrow will be my first visit to Wastelands, so can somebody advise me the best way to get from the City Centre to the ground....Is there a tram?

Thanks in advance.

[Ray-Von]

Tomorrow will be my first visit to Wastelands, so can somebody advise me the best way to get from the City Centre to the ground....Is there a tram?

Thanks in advance.

No trams run up that way unfortunately. If you head towards Piccadilly Railway Station, its about 15 - 20 min walk from there through Ancoats/Bradford. There are plenty of signs; look for "Sports City."

Like most modern grounds, there isnt a great deal to do around the ground itself. Youre better off drinking around town to be honest.

I can't see a taxi being more than a fiver or so.

[Cocker]

I have only just noticed that Barton is banned - GET IN

A fresh Bentley to come back to and hopefully Dunny can show us what he is made of (no jokes about pie meat please) we can hopefully win this one

[SuperStella]

Manchester City (from): Weaver, Richards, Sun, Dunne, Distin, Jordan, Onuoha, Trabelsi, Sinclair, Dabo, Hamann, Ireland, Vassell, Corradi, Isaksson, Samaras, Beasley, Johnson, Miller.

Blackburn (from): Friedel, Neill, Ooijer, Henchoz, Khizanishvili, Emerton, Bentley, Savage, Pedersen, Mokoena, Derbyshire, McCarthy, Tugay, Nonda, Brown, Todd, Gallagher, McEveley, Peter.

[vyeo]

city 1

rovers 1 (dunny!)

[G Somerset Rover]

Everyone keeps going for Dunny to score...but is he actually in the squad?

I'll go for:

Citeh 1 Rovers 3

[Jan]

Everyone keeps going for Dunny to score...but is he actually in the squad?

I'll go for:

Citeh 1 Rovers 3

According to the official site, no

[SuperStella]

Just wondering whether to drive or get train to this one

Cant win really.... drive and there's nowhere to park, get train and it takes best part of 2 hours...

Umm, decisions decisions.

[Ray-Von]

Theres a pretty decent Bus Service from Accrington via the M66 which terminates at Chorlton Street, about 5 min walk from Piccadilly for a fiver return. Last bus is at 11 ish, so gives the opportunity for a few drinks afterwards.

[Ozz]

A sluggish JAVA 360 View of The COMS, incase you haven't been before.

[RoyRover]

We've had a week to get over the Arsenal result and prepare for this game and hopefully we will see a reaction from the players. Manchester City away is always a tricky tie, but with Joey Barton out for them, we should have enough quality in our team to get a win. 2-1 Rovers win, McCarthy and Nonda to score.

[colin]

Can anyone advise me on where Away fans can park?

There's the usual industrial estate places between Piccadilly station and Eastlands who will take a fiver off you.

You could try the car parks next to Eastlands but they might get full early on

Don't try parking on the local streets - there is a match day resident-permit-holders-only scheme in place and you'll get a ticket.

Don't even think about the Asda next door to Eastlands. Unless you can take the missus and get her to do the shopping and move the car every 30 minutes.

If your legs work OK and you don't fancy paying, your best bet is probably to the east of the ground on the way in from the M60.

[Quack]

0-2 to Rovers, MGP / Zura.

[Hasta]

1-0 City (some obscure player)

One of them TV games such as Spurs last year and Celtic away where we play superb and cant work out how we've actually lost.

[AxesFirstTouch]

2-1 Rovers ( some obscure players )

[92er]

Manchester City (from): Weaver, Richards, Sun, Dunne, Distin, Jordan, Onuoha, Trabelsi, Sinclair, Dabo, Hamann, Ireland, Vassell, Corradi, Isaksson, Samaras, Beasley, Johnson, Miller.

Blackburn (from): Friedel, Neill, Ooijer, Henchoz, Khizanishvili, Emerton, Bentley, Savage, Pedersen, Mokoena, Derbyshire, McCarthy, Tugay, Nonda, Brown, Todd, Gallagher, McEveley, Peter.

According to Radio Lancs Mokoena is banned.

[Oklahoma]

0-2 Rovers

McCarthy and Gamst.

[daren]

Hahahaaha, gotta love that (Some Obscure Player) guy. Prolific....

Thank god Barton is out. Also, apparently Manchester City haven't beaten Blackburn at home in the Premiership for 14 years (I can't find a site to confirm this, but SSN are usually right with these statistics), of course I'm touching wood as I say this.

Going for a 1-3 to Rovers win, with Bentley, Nonda and Benni to score for us. A bit torn on whether or not to pay for the game, as Munster are playing their last game in Thomond Park before redevelopment at 5:35, and there will essentially be a Limerick-wide party tomorrow What to do!

[James No. 7]

Rovers 1 - 1 Manchester City

[SouthAussieRover]

Not a great fan of getting up at 3.45am in the morning so I think the ko time sucks.

Won't be too suprised to log on and see that we have won 2-1.

[Mike Graham]

***NOTICE TO THOSE GOING BY TRAIN ***

Just been looking at trains to and from Manchester

You have to get a bus from Blackburn to either Bolton or Preston, then get the train from there to Manchester

Same both ways - going and coming back

Journey time varies from 1 hour 17 mins to 1 hour 40 mins

you can always get the South Lancs coach from Leyland, Chorley and Standish. See their site for contact details.

[Fife Rover]

Hahahaaha, gotta love that (Some Obscure Player) guy. Prolific....

Thank god Barton is out. Also, apparently Manchester City haven't beaten Blackburn at home in the Premiership for 14 years (I can't find a site to confirm this, but SSN are usually right with these statistics), of course I'm touching wood as I say this.

Going for a 1-3 to Rovers win, with Bentley, Nonda and Benni to score for us. A bit torn on whether or not to pay for the game, as Munster are playing their last game in Thomond Park before redevelopment at 5:35, and there will essentially be a Limerick-wide party tomorrow What to do!

I have similar problem; grandson's birthday party. I am putting it on to record, and hoping not to find out the score before I have time to watch it!