I posted this in the Nostalgia Thread back in March. Many thanks to @Tyrone Shoelaces for the line up as I couldn't find it anywhere: I must admit, I always thought my first game was in 1983 - I knew it was the 82/83 season, however it turns out it was actually 16/10/82. A 3-0 win against Chelsea, Garner with a brace & Kevin Stonehouse. I can't find the Rovers lineup for that day but the main things I remember was being in the old Riverside stand with my Dad with the smell of pipe tobacco wafting up every few minutes and a bit of a scrap going on in the BBE, presumably with some Chelsea fans who'd got in there. I managed to find a few details from a Chelsea site, which shows a young David Speedie in the Chelsea team that day! Attendance? a whopping 6,062! All that really mattered to me that day was that I knew I wanted to back again. I was hooked. Line up as provided by Tyrone: Gennoe Branagan, Barton, Fazackerly, Rathbone, Miller, Randall, Lowey, Brotherston Stonehouse, Garner Sub Hamilton for Barton.

You're a better man than me! I just couldn't not with tomorrow's results in the balance.

Well, I've caved in this morning. Feel like I've been forced into it which is an odd way to feel about it tbh. For the reasons in my previous post, I didn't want to end up cutting my nose off to spite my face. I hate this regime! Now, come on Rovers, I've a big birthday next Thursday let's celebrate it with a 1st leg home play off victory! (Long shot I know - just hope the missus hasn't got anything planned! 😄)

Would you? "Yes, that statement was based upon us being in the Championship, however the team has surpassed our expectations and with us now being in the top flight of English football, the prices have been adjusted accordingly"

I was adamant I was in the not renewing camp, mainly due to the cost increase from last season (£120 increase for me & my daughter) and the fact that I missed a load of games due to stupid lunchtime KOs. My logic was that it would be cheaper to buy for individual games and there was probably a high percentage chance of being able to get my usual seats anyway due to them being 'landlocked' by other ST holders. However, I now don't know what to do as, in typical Rovers fashion, we've got a very slim chance of making the Prem! If we do then demand will obviously increase and I won't deny my daughter a ST of Prem football as she's only ever known the Venky's post prem era. Yes, I could obviously wait and see, but then IF we do go up, I'm then going to be buying at a much higher cost - can you imagine what Phase 3 pricing would look like under this shower should that happen?!! Aaaarrrggghhhh!! Damn you Rovers!

Great to see he's getting pelters in the comments section under the video on YouTube.

Too young to have ever seen him play myself, but my dad always speaks very highly of him. That's good enough for me! RIP Mick.

Well said Glen. Now, to me, that is a rallying call & good on you. Whilst thing are as they are, I won't be renewing my ST. Shit owners, shit management, stupid KO times & I'm expected to pay £120 more for me & my daughter! She now says she can't be arsed. She's 20 in June & now sees the bigger picture. To the point now where we can't be arsed going tomorrow. (Well, today now) she only finishes work at 2, I've got to set my stuff at the pub to DJ Tomorrow night, we can't be arsed rushing to go & support something which the owners & management can't even support.

Totally agree. V12 are also a bunch of absolute c**ts & don't want people who have a good credit history. They actually want you to fall behind with payments & so incur additional charges. I paid with them a couple of seasons ago (check my posts around the same time). No problem, all paid on time. Got an email saying you're all paid up, if we can be of assistance in the future etc etc. Then a couple of months later, I tried to pay for that season's ticket - refused! No changes to my credit history in that time, my problem was that I was a good creditor. Absolute charlatans! Check out their reviews online for similar stories. The additional charges are now there to compensate for people who, you know, pay on time!

😅. More importantly, what are you having for tea Glen?

Just as a side note, I was watching The Chase last night & we got a mention off Bradley Walsh. One of the questions was: "which of the former founders of the Football league have never played in the prem - Rovers, Burnley or PNE? Obviously the answer was Nobbers, but after the answer was given, Bradley said "yeah, & what's happened to Blackburn? They even won the Prem in 94/95, so sad to see where they are now. Good lad!

£109 more than last year for me & my daughter! Due to the stupid KO times and work commitments, we've missed more games this season than ever before so I think you know what you can do with your ST you stupid fat turd!

Perhaps they're waiting to see what division we'll be in before announcing the prices. 😲🤣

Usually, I'd be all in favour of something like this as it's something we've all been advocating for a while. However, the cynic in me sees this, especially the timing of it, and thinks that this is purely something to try & get the fans onside. "the peasant's are revolting. Quick, throw them a bone"

I was at University in Liverpool at the time & the build up in the city in the few days beforehand was quite strange/unbelievable really with shops selling out of any Rovers related scarves/shirts etc, not that there was a plethora of stuff in the first place, but still. A couple of my best mates there were both Liverpool fans, one a ST holder the other a more casual Anfield goer. Anyway, we couldn't get tickets through the usual sources so all 3 of us went to Anfield with only one having a ticket, the other 2 of us decided we'd try & get tickets outside off a tout. One guy approached us, sold us '2 tickets', we handed over the cash & he gave us an envelope with 'tickets' for the Kop. Buzzing, we started making our way to the stand, opened the envelope only to find that the 'tickets' were in fact 2 of the spare vouchers you used to get in the back of ST books. Bastard!! As we were stood there swearing about having been scammed a guy came up to us and said he'd just heard what had happened and that he had 2 spare tickets and only wanted face value for them, they were originally for his daughter and her boyfriend who now couldn't make it and we'd be sat next to him in the Main Stand. A tout overheard this and came steaming over offering this guy over the face value for them. To his credit this bloke turned to him and just said "fuck off, I'm talking to these lads. We gave the bloke the cash, he passed us the tickets and we set off for the turnstiles. My other mate, was just heading off to take up his seat in the Centenary stand when he called me back, took off his Liverpool scarf, put it around my neck & grabbed mine and put is around his, so there we were stood outside Anfield, I've got my Rovers shirt on with a Liverpool scarf and he's got his Liverpool top on with a Rovers scarf. Amazing to think that could actually happen. I'll be honest, other than Shearer's opening goal, the game is a bit of a blur, the celebrations were incredible though. After the game, I went back to the Halls of Residence bar & the first guy I saw as I walked in was a lad wearing a West Ham shirt. I tapped him on the shoulder and just said "I think I owe you a pint mate, what are you having?" Great times!