[Archived] Fa Cup 2015/16

[Mike Graham]

I am lucky in that I get two complimentary return 1st class tickets every weekend on Virgin trains (after 12 noon on a Friday); it really helps with London away days and weekends in Edinburgh.

I do London at least once every week and the Virgin Trains staff are great and most helpful. Even the bloke who announces: "This is Wigaaan, we are now approaching Wigaaaaan, Wigaaaaaaaan is the next stop.".

[Tom]

Now I know who to come to when I want cheap tickets cheers pal!

My favourite bloke on virgin is the singing rubbish collector

[Mike Graham]

Now I know who to come to when I want cheap tickets cheers pal!

My favourite bloke on virgin is the singing rubbish collector

He is a big PNE fan, he fell out with me when he saw I was a Rovers fan.

He is a laugh though, he also has a squeaky toy and every time someone puts some trash in his bag he makes it go squeak squeak - it sounds a bit like Larry, whoops sorry Simon Grayson.

[only2garners]

Oh yes, all sorted for another trip to cider country.

Cider country - Oxford? My Zummerset wife is aghast.

[Mike Graham]

Oxford won at Pompey today.

[Mattyblue]

Game already sold out in home areas.

'Come to see the Rovers...' or something....

[Husky]

Game already sold out in home areas.

'Come to see the Rovers...' or something....

Heck! is that Alan Shearer still playing for them?

[rigger]

Wem-ber-ley, wem-ber-ley, were the famous Blackburn Rovers and were going to wem-ber-ley

[sambo]

600 tickets sold for this game, so 900 left.

Reached open sale today so expect tickets to start shifting a bit more now.

Hopefully we sell out, or at least get close. Oxford have done their bit, so let's do ours. A new ground and a chance for me to visit Oxford and have a few beers.

[tomphil]

What's the date & ko off time ? It's not been moved for TV or anything ? Fancy a weekend down there but it'll have to be a Sat 3pm to tempt me down.

[JHRover]

What's the date & ko off time ? It's not been moved for TV or anything ? Fancy a weekend down there but it'll have to be a Sat 3pm to tempt me down.

Saturday at 3pm

[tomphil]

Saturday at 3pm

Cheers. I'll get a ticket now

[Mike Graham]

Any word on sales?

900 left before open sale sounds a bit of a poor do to me.

Come on let's sell out and get behind the lads.

[the original david brent]

Any word on sales?

900 left before open sale sounds a bit of a poor do to me.

Come on let's sell out and get behind the lads.

Rovers just said on Facebook / twitter that there have been healthy sales this morning and only 500 remain.

Hopefully these will sell before Saturday

[Mike Graham]

Brilliant, that's more like it. It will be a cracking atmosphere even with only 3 sides.

9,000 home fans can make a right old racket.

[K-Hod]

I'd like to go to this one, but January has been an expensive old month so I'm going to be missing out!

[Howler]

This is my local game and looking forward to it, Make no mistake Oxford are bang on form and play good football with a lot pace and directness. I would not be surprised if they beat us. Appleton is doing a good job there, much to my surprise.

Another thing, the ground is on the edge of Oxford in the roughest bit of the city, next to a cinema and bowling alley. Very few decent drinking options in the vicinity and certainly not the Oxford the media would portray (any Morse/Lewis fans will be diappointed

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

Looks like we may have upset a few....

http://yellowsforum.co.uk/thread/22836/blackburn-fans

[Mattyblue]

Ha, my tongue in cheek comment further up t'thread seems to have got them riled up.

Like reading PNE Online

[SIMON GARNERS 194]

'Manchester's lower teams'

Never been so insulted!

[Stuart]

Looks like we may have upset a few....

http://yellowsforum.co.uk/thread/22836/blackburn-fans

"One of Manchester's lower teams"!

Bit surprised they don't take the "wanting revenge for defeat half a century ago" as a sign of respect. Odd folks football fans.

[VinjayV4]

"One of Manchester's lower teams"!

Bit surprised they don't take the "wanting revenge for defeat half a century ago" as a sign of respect. Odd folks football fans.

Yeah seen a few comments about 50 years ago and I thought I couldn't let go of grudges lol.

[ABBEY]

Carrot crunching cockney turds

[BlueMonday]

Oxford's really gone down the pan since Inspector Morse died, though the Technical College has got a good reputation.

Mind you, always preferred Cambridge in the boat race.

[the original david brent]

'Manchester's lower teams'

Never been so insulted!

Likewise! We are 30 miles from Manchester. It wasn't so long ago this lot were one of London's non league teams ;-) I remember Accy Stanley replacing them 10 years ago.

On a serious note I am looking forward to this. On the basis that it's a new ground for me and draws like this are what the fa cup is about.

It's going to be a tricky game. Having watched them on TV against Swansea they are a good side. They play decent attacking football. Ironic really as under Appleton we played some of the worst football I've ever seen us play - the two games against Millwall in the fa cup quarter final spring to mind.

On the other hand we are still 2 leagues above them, we have a several 'international' footballers, Rhodes has just started scoring again and the law of averages suggests we will produce a good performance under Lambert at some stage in his reign!