[Archived] The Old Ground/prices/redovelopment.....

[LWX]

again i need some help/information for the pieces im writing about rovers......

what where the prices for the blackburn end around 1990?? kids and adults.....or any other prices for the years after too.....also.....season tickets..etc etc...or any of the other stands.....what was the last game with the old blackburn end -1993???

in what order did the stands get knocked down in?? i can remember being there a few times when they were building stuff, but not clearly exactly what they were doin.......

thanks......

[Manc Rover]

again i need some help/information for the pieces im writing about rovers......

what where the prices for the blackburn end around 1990?? kids and adults.....or any other prices for the years after too.....also.....season tickets..etc etc...or any of the other stands.....what was the last game with the old blackburn end -1993???

in what order did the stands get knocked down in?? i can remember being there a few times when they were building stuff, but not clearly exactly what they were doin.......

thanks......

The old Riverside was the first to be replaced by the Walkersteel, then (I think) it was in this order:

Darwen End, Blackburn End and then the Nuttall St. It all happened from around Feb 93 to the end of the 94 season. All of a sudden, we had a new stadium to be proud of!

As for ticket costs - i think it was about £8 in 1990 but not 100%

[LWX]

The old Riverside was the first to be replaced by the Walkersteel, then (I think) it was in this order:

Darwen End, Blackburn End and then the Nuttall St. It all happened from around Feb 93 to the end of the 94 season. All of a sudden, we had a new stadium to be proud of!

As for ticket costs - i think it was about £8 in 1990 but not 100%

cheers for that manc rover.....but.....

the season ticket prices?????

and the riverside went earlier, around 90/91 right??

[Fife Rover]

again i need some help/information for the pieces im writing about rovers......

what where the prices for the blackburn end around 1990?? kids and adults.....or any other prices for the years after too.....also.....season tickets..etc etc...or any of the other stands.....what was the last game with the old blackburn end -1993???

in what order did the stands get knocked down in?? i can remember being there a few times when they were building stuff, but not clearly exactly what they were doin.......

thanks......

8th of May 1993 against Sheffield Wednesday. I have a framed watercolour painting entitled " Blackburn End....The Last Match" which shows the old Nuttal St entrance with crowds of Rovers fans in their Rovers colours going down the street to the ground. It hangs on the wall in my study. Rovers won 1-0 (Sherwood) and finished 4th in the PL. The BBE was demolished two days later.

[Ray-Von]

I'm fairly sure that the BBE in 1990 was 4.50 a game for an adult. In the 91/92 promotion season, tickets (most of the games were all ticket) were 5.50 a piece.

The Riverside as we know it now opened at the beginning of the 90/91 season. I think the first home game of that season was Hull City (when David Mail received a tremendous reception from the Rovers fans.)

[LWX]

I'm fairly sure that the BBE in 1990 was 4.50 a game for an adult. In the 91/92 promotion season, tickets (most of the games were all ticket) were 5.50 a piece.

The Riverside as we know it now opened at the beginning of the 90/91 season. I think the first home game of that season was Hull City (when David Mail received a tremendous reception from the Rovers fans.)

nice one.....keep em comin

[LWX]

I think the first home game of that season was Hull City (when David Mail received a tremendous reception from the Rovers fans.)

why did david mail get a big reception?

[Sandiway Blue]

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-he...asp?HeroID=7289

was david mails first game back at rovers since being transferred to hull in 1990.

[LWX]

http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-he...asp?HeroID=7289

was david mails first game back at rovers since being transferred to hull in 1990.

right......i was gonna say....i remember his name on the old programmes ive got.....but just got confused why he should get an ovation.....

[yorkblues]

i had a season ticket in the riverside 88/89 and it was £48 i think still have it around the house

[LWX]

david mails shirt looks ace in that pic BTW i would love a proper old skool end of the 80s shirt............

[Biddy]

I have a ticket here for the Blackburn End Enclosure Vs Bristol Rovers. Tuesday 12th March 1991 and it was indeed £4.50. Actually mine has GUEST stamped across it as my dad used to get free tickets through the police.

The next season it had gone up to £5 which was more than justified in the ticket being slightly bigger but now with a "Club Sponsor - Matthew Brown" logo in the top right hand corner.

My first seaon ticket as a junior in 1992/93 was £126 for the Walkersteel.

Is anyone else sad enough to keep all their tickets?

[Ray-Von]

why did david mail get a big reception?

Before he was transferred, his wife sadly died of cancer.

[thecomebackid]

Oh for a foreign billionaire to revive that once great symbol of Blackburn brewed Ale 'Mathew Brown', whose demise was sadly brought about by Scottish & Newcastle's takeover.

[philipl]

S & N = the anti Christ- what an evil the company that was.

(Muslim in today's parlance so bazzaisdim gets it)

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

There are a few on the home of football site but does anybody have any photos of the old Blackburn End as viewed from either the Riverside or Nuttall st during a game? .....just for old times sake

[BrianPotter]

1991/92 was the first season I didn't get my junior season ticket (I missed a few games of the 90/91 season and my dad wouldn't buy one for me!).

Then Jack came to the forefront and Dalglish arrived and it all went crazy. I bought a half season ticket and I think it cost me about £57.00 !!

[stuwilky]

Is anyone else sad enough to keep all their tickets?

Yup, and all my programmes, memorabilia, authographs, shirts, etc, etc

Several large boxes entitled "Rovers Stuff - 1987 - 1991" etc

[bob fleming]

There are a few on the home of football site

Here's one now...

[wilyrover]

My Adult Blackburn End season ticket for 1989-90 cost £60. The next season it went up to £67.50. I then moved to the newly-seated Riverside and got it for £60. Then the prices went up and up and up..............

[Exiled in Toronto]

My Adult Blackburn End season ticket for 1989-90 cost £60. The next season it went up to £67.50. I then moved to the newly-seated Riverside and got it for £60. Then the prices went up and up and up..............

If prices had followed UK inflation, that would be 103.18 this year. Add on, say, a 50% premium for Prem league and you'd be at 150 quid.

[McClarky]

I can remember paying £36 for a season ticket for the Riverside, I think it was in 87, there were 23 home games in those days as well. The FMC Final that same year was a fiver and that was at Wenbley.

[Neil Weaver]

Time to rifle through the drawers (oooer)..........

Quite a few from 91 - 92 BBE Enclosure £5

Play off semi final (May 92) BBE Enclosure £5

Play off final (May 92) at Wembley £19

Coca Cola Cup semi final (Feb 93) BBE Enclosure £7

v Everton, Prem league (Dec 93) BBE £10

and here's one for ebay......

v Newc, Prem league (May 95, VE night) Walkersteel £14

[MCMC1875]

Oh for a foreign billionaire to revive that once great symbol of Blackburn brewed Ale 'Mathew Brown', whose demise was sadly brought about by Scottish & Newcastle's takeover.

Matthew Brown was originally a Preston brewer.

[MCMC1875]

8th of May 1993 against Sheffield Wednesday. I have a framed watercolour painting entitled " Blackburn End....The Last Match" which shows the old Nuttal St entrance with crowds of Rovers fans in their Rovers colours going down the street to the ground. It hangs on the wall in my study. Rovers won 1-0 (Sherwood) and finished 4th in the PL. The BBE was demolished two days later.

The Brown Cow on LBR has a picture of the BBE being demolished.