Under the Boardwalk - Bruce Willis

The Mighty Wah! - The Story of the Blues

White Chrismas - Twisted Sister featuring Doro Pesch

U2 - I fall down

Night Train - Guns n' Roses

Reaction - Warsaw (Joy Division)

While my guitar gently weeps - The Beatles

Up Where We Belong - Joe Cocker & Jennifer Warnes

Copyright EwoodDawn and Bob's mum. We might make more in return for (fermented) fruit juices.

Will you remember - The Cranberries

The Bluetones - Slight Return

James - Out to get you

Really sorry for not posting sooner - broadband has been down in the Fernhurst Farm area since yesterday. Shebby must be tearing his hair out! Anyway huge thanks to all who turned up for and helped in any way towards yesterday's little event. Birdy, the eternal optimist has much bigger ideas for promotion/resurrection, so I'd best start on the paperwork now!

Aerosmith - I'm down

If anyone could loan us items for 'priest' and 'undertaker' costumes I'd be really grateful if you could pm me either today (Tues) or tomorrow (Wed). Local actors are doing these roles for us. Thanks, Dawn

To date 112 people have indicated to us in various forms that they are coming. Thank you very much for that - it really helps with the planning. If anyone else gets tempted over the next week, I'd be really grateful if you could also let me know. For those who are definitely coming, have you thought about joining in the traditional fancy dress? It's usually 'funeral attire' but over the years many weird and wonderful costumes have been seen, too. We're bringing some prizes for children who come dressed up in anything they like.

Just a thought - is Andy Cryer's missus the lady who does the local am-dram/theatre reviews for the Lancs Telegraph? Is it worth asking her to find us a Rovers supporting thesp to be the 'priest'? And whilst we're at it, should we ask if she knows anyone who could write a few lines of the 'sermon'?

Love song - The Cure

And we'd absolutely love you all to come to Ewood this year. Then hopefully, we can take it (maybe on the train from Mill Hill to Brigg - now there's a thought...) back to it's rightful place when we go up. It's a distant dream now but a dream all the same.

David Soul - Don't give up on us baby

Joe Cocker and Jennifer Warnes - Up Where We Belong

TBF it wasn't quite so one-sided. From what I was told, the police might have allowed it if certain pubs had closed during the parade. Landlords weren't happy with that.

Not quite, Ben. We were thinking more along the lines of 'ceremonial' flags seen at funerals of servicemen and the likes.

An appeal! For the ‘Burial of the Coffin Event’ in just 17 days I desperately need some help from our resident wordsmiths. We believe that the ‘priest’ who gave the ‘sermon’ at the last resurrection and burial of the coffin has relocated to Spain and so far we have been unable to obtain the script of his speech from 1999’s relegation. It consisted of humorous rhyming couplets all to do with Rovers’ fate. However, I’m sure that some of our members and other Rovers fans are talented enough to invent lines of a new sermon for us. Please if you feel any inspiration, post your lines on the ‘Burial Speech’ thread, which will be taken away and the best contributions will form the sermon on the day. Incidently, do we have any budding thesps who would like to be the ‘priest’ on the day? If so, please pm me! To help you with your creativity, I managed to find the beginning and end of the ‘resurrection’ speech from 2001, to give you a flavour of what’s required. “Look down on your team from the heavens above, be proud Jack Walker for what they have done. You have come from near and far, to see Blackburn Rovers as they are. Nothing will stop us, young and old, from celebrating as we have been told. This team they said was far too slow, did not like it down below.” … “Preston tried and Preston failed, to climb the mountain that Blackburn scaled."... "I bless thee in the name of the Bitter, and of the Mild, and of the Holy Lager. Amen.” (I think we might keep that last line for tradition’s sake)

Thanks, Wen. It would be great to see fellow BRCFS members there with us; the more turned out à la Rhys Ifans for ‘The Importance of Being Idle’ the better! Please could I reiterate Wen's request? If you are planning on coming, could you please send me a quick pm with a number (i.e. x1, x4, etc.)? Don’t worry, I won’t be taking a register on the day and no-one will come pestering you, if it turns out you can’t actually make it. It's just that we are trying our best to keep tabs on the numbers expected, in order to maintain everyone’s H & S and comply with local authority and police advice. P.S. Can I reiterate that this is absolutely not a protest event; this is merely an attempt to uphold a tradition. Hope to see you there.