[Archived] Leaky Blackburn End Roof...

[bobsterbrfc]

There is a leak in the roof of the Blackburn End, which must happen every now and again, but there was a constant drip on me and the four seats surrounding me at the Arsenal game. Does anyone have an email address for John Newsham they could PM me?

The stewards have been told two games on the bounce now but it hasn't been addressed.

I'm taking this to the top

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

[Ben-2000]

There is a leak in the roof of the Blackburn End, which must happen every now and again, but there was a constant drip on me and the four seats surrounding me at the Arsenal game. Does anyone have an email address for John Newsham they could PM me?

The stewards have been told two games on the bounce now but it hasn't been addressed.

I'm taking this to the top

Any help would be gratefully appreciated.

There's a number on the official website which is probably the correct channel to go through...

Stadium Safety: 01254 296226 (that's John's department)

[Madon]

I also had a drip on me throughout the first half in the Darwen End which resulted in me having to move seats for the second half.

[only2garners]

I also had a drip on me throughout the first half in the Darwen End which resulted in me having to move seats for the second half.

If both of you pm me with the seats you were sitting in I can see it gets to John. I appreciate in the Darwen end you probably don't know exactly which seat but idea of where it was would be helpful.

[Plastic Head]

What the hell did we do when the Blackburn End didn't have a roof.

I remember being at Huddersfield in an open end 25 years or so ago in December and we had a howling wind in our faces and precipitation that alternated from rain to hail to snow and back again. I looked like Scott of the Antarctic when I got out and could feel nothing above the neck or below the waist.

Also it rained so hard at Bournemouth in the early 90's that the Chairman invited the 50 or so of us into the main stand at half time despite it being full already.

At Port Vale in some stupid competition or other, we all hid in the Gents and sent out occasional scouts to find out if anyone had scored or not.

Not to mention the Riverside redevelopment when we had no cover and it seemed to pee down every game.

Drip my arze.

[Ricky]

Were you sat fairly close to me then Bobster? There was a fairly animated guy leaping around quite a lot who complained about getting leaked on, were you the animated guy or were you sat just in front of him.

I sit in the row above the steps as you come up from the concourse.

[K-Hod]

What the hell did we do when the Blackburn End didn't have a roof.

I remember being at Huddersfield in an open end 25 years or so ago in December and we had a howling wind in our faces and precipitation that alternated from rain to hail to snow and back again. I looked like Scott of the Antarctic when I got out and could feel nothing above the neck or below the waist.

Also it rained so hard at Bournemouth in the early 90's that the Chairman invited the 50 or so of us into the main stand at half time despite it being full already.

At Port Vale in some stupid competition or other, we all hid in the Gents and sent out occasional scouts to find out if anyone had scored or not.

Not to mention the Riverside redevelopment when we had no cover and it seemed to pee down every game.

Drip my arze.

Yeah, but that was then, this is now and now we have rooves....

If something isn't in full working order, it needs to be fixed. Simple as.

[Gav]

What the hell did we do when the Blackburn End didn't have a roof.

I remember being at Huddersfield in an open end 25 years or so ago in December and we had a howling wind in our faces and precipitation that alternated from rain to hail to snow and back again. I looked like Scott of the Antarctic when I got out and could feel nothing above the neck or below the waist.

Also it rained so hard at Bournemouth in the early 90's that the Chairman invited the 50 or so of us into the main stand at half time despite it being full already.

At Port Vale in some stupid competition or other, we all hid in the Gents and sent out occasional scouts to find out if anyone had scored or not.

Not to mention the Riverside redevelopment when we had no cover and it seemed to pee down every game.

Drip my arze.

Remember it well

Leeds Road was cold and wet, as was Barnsley, they made fans of sterner stuff in them days

[Plastic Head]

If something isn't in full working order, it needs to be fixed. Simple as.

Tell that to Mrs Venky and you never know we might get a new manager...

[3rdpillar]

Tell that to Mrs Venky and you never know we might get a new manager...

Spend money where its needed ,not on air fares when a web conference would be more than good. I thought India was an IT hotSpot.

[Paul Mellelieu]

Dripped on in t'Riverside too.

[Iceman]

Would love O2G to actually ask the Owners, if there are any plans to redevelop the Riverside stand. Nothing major if its expensive, but just a nice upgrade. Doesn't look good on tv, but can't comment on the actual state of the stand as I've never been to Ewood before

[rogerjonesgloves]

Dripped on in t'Riverside too.

Pot dreadfully wet walking to the car park;wasting money on Pune trip when they could be putting a roof on the roads, paths, car parks. Typical.

[den]

I also had a drip on me throughout the first half in the Darwen End which resulted in me having to move seats for the second half.

You should have got the stewards to eject him.

[rogerjonesgloves]

You should have got the stewards to eject him.

There would be more chance of them mending the roof!

[Rover_Shaun]

Would love O2G to actually ask the Owners, if there are any plans to redevelop the Riverside stand. Nothing major if its expensive, but just a nice upgrade. Doesn't look good on tv, but can't comment on the actual state of the stand as I've never been to Ewood before

Leave it well alone. Best stand at the ground. Most legroom, wainright on draught, best views for the money (I don't notice the columns) and the atmosphere stays in the stand rather than get lost into the ether with 100ft high roofs.

The only negative is you can see them all leaving the stand early unlike the blackburn end where just as many leave but get to sneak out down the tunnels...the cowards

sod what it looks like to the armchiar spectator

[dcbrfc]

Leave it well alone. Best stand at the ground. Most legroom, wainright on draught, best views for the money (I don't notice the columns) and the atmosphere stays in the stand rather than get lost into the ether with 100ft high roofs.

The only negative is you can see them all leaving the stand early unlike the blackburn end where just as many leave but get to sneak out down the tunnels...the cowards

sod what it looks like to the armchiar spectator

Wainwright on draught?! Lucky bugger. They did that one game last season in Bburn End lower. Sold out in about fourteen seconds and they never got it in again. Good business that.

[thenodrog]

Does anyone have an email address for John Newsham they could PM me?

What a miserable buggger that John Newsham is! I've never taken to him at all.

Check this out http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/blackburn-arsenal-15420064/

5.59 and 6.35 minutes in, Rovers 3rd and 4th goals and not a flicker of emotion. I think him and the bloke with the silver hair and brown coat alongside are barely human. Aliens maybe...... does somebody have Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones's phone number by any chance? Time for one of those shiny thingy type weapons to be tried out imo.

[Rover_Shaun]

Wainwright on draught?! Lucky bugger. They did that one game last season in Bburn End lower. Sold out in about fourteen seconds and they never got it in again. Good business that.

There is a small bar behind the stand about half way that is always there. Never a queue either

As for Mr Newsome I used to be a steward about 16 years ago when he was just a regular steward and then an area supervisor. He was a right belltop then. Mel Highmore was ok but JN was a jumped up jobsworth.

[AllRoverAsia]

What the hell did we do when the Blackburn End didn't have a roof.

I remember being at Huddersfield in an open end 25 years or so ago in December and we had a howling wind in our faces and precipitation that alternated from rain to hail to snow and back again. I looked like Scott of the Antarctic when I got out and could feel nothing above the neck or below the waist.

Also it rained so hard at Bournemouth in the early 90's that the Chairman invited the 50 or so of us into the main stand at half time despite it being full already.

At Port Vale in some stupid competition or other, we all hid in the Gents and sent out occasional scouts to find out if anyone had scored or not.

Not to mention the Riverside redevelopment when we had no cover and it seemed to pee down every game.

Drip my arze.

I was at the Bournemouth game - remember it well having driven down from Haywards Heath where I was working in a borrowed clapped out motor. Had to keep stopping to to refill the radiator. That was some downpour at the game.

[ABBEY]

im gonna ask for a heated seat!

[Baz]

Anyone remember the open end at Boundary Park, always blew a gale and if you were lucky you got rain, if unlucky sleet with added sandblasting whipped up off the plastic pitch!

[Ozz]

Any number of old open terraces Baz-Oldham was ALWAYS freezing, as was Barnsley, Huddersfield and Hull. Strangely one of the most cold nights at football ever was an FA Cup replay at Anfield, we lost 3-0 and I was sat in the front row of the Anfield Road end in early January and the icy wind blew from the Kop along a frozen pitch and into my face. Had a hip flask of whisky though to keep me alive that night.

[deryck guyler's spoon]

What a miserable buggger that John Newsham is! I've never taken to him at all.

Check this out http://www.101greatgoals.com/videodisplay/blackburn-arsenal-15420064/

5.59 and 6.35 minutes in, Rovers 3rd and 4th goals and not a flicker of emotion. I think him and the bloke with the silver hair and brown coat alongside are barely human. Aliens maybe...... does somebody have Will Smith and Tommy Lee Jones's phone number by any chance? Time for one of those shiny thingy type weapons to be tried out imo.

Saw him on the Foxtel coverage down here. Surprised he's a Rovers employee and if I hadn't seen Phillipl's mug in the paper I would have sworn it was him.

I was going to start a thread suggesting punts on who folk thought it was. My money would have been on Mercerman.

As for Leeds Road in the snow, that's when Football supporters had steel. Aerobics in the teeth of a howling blizzard

[ABBEY]

Can't believe people moaning over a leaky roof! Mard