So how many did we squeeze on there Wrongsider,800 ?. The police closed the away section 5 hours before the kick off ....it gets better five hours before kick-off now...... I hope you took your deck chairs Make your minds up you lot eh...? No, I remember it well, it was 5 hours before the week before the kick off. We all lived by licking the empty crisps bags blowing around the terracing. Shut up about 2 and it was quite a squeeze. What were your recollections OLS?

Joined as I like the occasional bit of banter. Obviously if my presence upsets you I will gladly retire from your MB - assuming of course Rovertime et al will no longer visit ours Stick around you are doing fine.

Tell you what thats a good idea if it could be achieved. Not just cards but anything blue and white it should be a theme day i'd say. and i ain't going dont be nicking our ideas http://boards.footymad.net/mboard/load.php...&mid=2141648397 I may have a doppelganger but I don't like to talk about it Post largely on Clarets Mad - this is the only rival board I post on with any regualrity, and occasionaly PNE I used to post on clarrots are mad but was banned for some "insensitive" comments regarding your FA Cup loss at home to the Wombles many moons ago. That mod of yours can dish it out but he can't take it can he, he even bans his own kind just for simply disagreeing. I think even the original Longsider had a verbal with him.

No not really Mr Dingle sir, I used to be but age has slowed me a bit I would say I am more like a Johnny English now? Probably was then too, just dumber than I am now, I think.

Fair do's EiT, you disappoint me abit. We were at theirs. Fairs do's would be how many clarrots jumped up and down in the old Riverside or Blackburn End when they scored at ours. Dare I venture a guess nary a one. .....well what do you know....seems that chap from Pheonix is still doin his best to fan the flames from afar. USABlue....are you not going to book yourself a transatlantic for this one..? I have spent the last couple of days enjoying the banter on this thread. In particular the claims that you lot squeezed 8000 in the Longside away end.... But...its good to see you sold out this time......and I sincerely hope that our two clubs can show the nation what a real derby is like.... Nah Longsider, not trying to fan flames really just reminiscing. How've you been? Have not heard from you in a coons age. Will you be wearing the whites . Hope life is treating you good, join in have fun but don't be naughty. Someone else was asking after you too, I won't be over. I will however, like many others, be plonked in front of the telly for it.

Fair do's EiT, you disappoint me abit. We were at theirs. Fairs do's would be how many clarrots jumped up and down in the old Riverside or Blackburn End when they scored at ours. Dare I venture a guess nary a one.

I was, in fact I have never watched us live POST JW. Let me ask you this however, you indicate you were around way back when we actually did paint your town Blue and White, so tell me were you there THROUGH the sub 2000 gates or did your interest rekindle after "the" Orient game. Oh and let's not forget 30 years before JW you lot would pull 30,000+ for the Evertons and Man U's then pull 13,000 shortly after for the Ipswich's should we move on to glory hunters now. Let's see if we can exhaust every argument before the game. Kudo's to you though LS you are trying very hard to keep it level headed, unlike some clarrots who shall be nameless, that bragged at the Celtic game their DAD was soooo hard he beat up a drunken jock while the Celtic fan was taking a whizz. Always took the bicuit that one did, pretty hard that init? Hope the game goes off without incident.

I used to enjoy the Old Bob Lord is a Butcher. I don't recall any bricks flying but I do remember early on, before it got too crowded and they locked the gates, golf Balls bouncing back and forth. Also remember the scarves of both teams burning in no mans land. Anyone remember the ceremonial Clarrot scarf burning that used to go on on the Riverside on a regular basis.

For those who don't know, Bob "the Butcher" Lord sold Burnley's best player (possibly of all time) Dunno about that. Dobson was very good but to be fair to the Deliverance folk they had some pretty special players in the 1960s and 1970s. The likes of Ralph Coates, Willie Morgan, Ray Pointer, Jimmy McIlroy, Leighton James, Dave Thomas, Brian Flynn and Ray Hankin were just a few of their top-class performers, most of whom were home-produced. Hence the use of the word possibly, do keep up jim.

For those who don't know, Bob "the Butcher" Lord sold Burnley's best player (possibly of all time) to finance the building of a stand he named after his good self. Hence some people sarcastically refer to it as the Martin Dobson Stand.

At the famous 3-2 Boxing Day Derby in 1977 there were around 12,000 Rovers fans at the game. Away section of Longside, gates locked at 2pm with 8,000 in. Beehole End another 2,000+ with others in stands. During the latter part of that season we averaged 10,000+ ie we took more than our home average. Just goes to show what we can do when we try and more importantly when the Dingles are there for the taking. That day was the best ever for atmosphere. Goose bumps down my back and i wasn't even there I was and must admit to being rather scared that day. Why so SAR?

At the famous 3-2 Boxing Day Derby in 1977 there were around 12,000 Rovers fans at the game. Away section of Longside, gates locked at 2pm with 8,000 in. Beehole End another 2,000+ with others in stands. During the latter part of that season we averaged 10,000+ ie we took more than our home average. Just goes to show what we can do when we try and more importantly when the Dingles are there for the taking. That day was the best ever for atmosphere. Que the Dingle denials. Brilliant day that, just magical. Rovers fans wandering round Burnley at 10 am, no pubs open, Rovers fans locked out of any that did open, home fans only. Glad there was ale on the ground. Bloody great day. It sure was a squeeze in that Longside but what a great atmosphere, Rovers murder 'em first half, had we not missed that penalty I think we would have declared after an hour. Burnley pulled it back to 3-2 nerves jangling till the final whistle.

That's a good one that.

Hah here they go trying to down play it. Some silly buggar on your board actually suggested we were ###### it that we might not sell out, real daft one that. Don't try to belittle the monumental game this is to you. It's huge, it's the hugest, biggest of the big. Be nice for us to win sure but as I have said I'd take the three against Norwich over a cup win against you lot. Nice try but you are fooling no one with your rhetoric. Same idiot also said t'clarrots would sell out in 2 days, perhaps that silly old dumb clarrot did not see the number of CONFIRMED tickets sold last time they visited Ewood, took 'em many weeks to get that far. So let's wait for the day and see who wins shall we. As for L'pool did Baros play twice, the team they put out for you was totally different than the one for Man U, your list includes 4 semi regular first teamers, where's Gerrard, where's Hamman. If I want to big us up I just go read one of your web sites there are enough clarrots on there going on about how crap you are, oh, and how on earth are you going to beat Blackburn.

Make your mind up Longy, do you want to come on here foh bantah or brag about the hooligan element. Seems you jack me up for something similar. Biggest game for you this, even read some clarrots would be willing to toss league games to get this win under your belt, it is your biggest game. Don't think you will find too many rovers fans would would swap beating you for a Premiership victory right now. Not even me. Gimme three points.

So does this mean half our squad is going to be knackered ahead of our biggest game of the season thus far while Norwich will be good and rested.

What big games have you lot ever been involved in? apart from the mauling we gave you a few years back? Pull the other one samual Now that sounds a lot more like the Gav I know and love.

And lo and behold here you are, putting in your two cents.

Look forward to seeing you in the Miners then Simon I used to go Burnley Miners quite a bit Longsiders, if that's where you are talking about. We used to stop off there on the way back from overnighters at away matches and venture there on Sundays to listen to the bands. Used to be a good Sunday afternoon session.

Nonsense. I'm fed up with the gloomsters writing us off all the time. Rovers will stay up at a canter, starting with a 3-0 triumph over the Canaries on saturday. jim, did those mushrooms in your omelette taste funny?

longsiders, your posts are usually reasonable but I am afraid you have lost it now. Why refuse to hear the general sale argument, it is valid. Obviously we would have sold many more had they gone on slae to the general public. Also, your season ticket argument is funny. Did you yourselves not sell over 12,000 season tickets that season yet after your ST holders had their pick you still have to put them on general sale to amass a total sale of around 5,600. So, given your argument where was all your ST holders, given that you had been waiting 17 years for a crack at your most hated rivals that turnout is not very good either is it. Now you say 7000, but you will give us 6000. Surely there are records that will show how many you sold and put an end to the argument.

Not too long ago someone on here had both Palace and the Saints written off. At the time I mention I thought in Dowie and Redknapp both teams had the wherewithall, the fortitude and the resolve to pull out. I still beleive that. It is going to be Norwich WBA us and A.N. Other, a late one sucked in who will go down. I sort of fancy it to be us and Norwich and West Brom. Almost resigned myself to that fact. Or I am just preparing for the worst. Does anyone have the schedule run ins for the bottom 5 or 6 teams.

Look on the bright side, they beat the clarrots yesterday

Who cares? I couldn't care less if we or they sold out their allocations or not? Both games were televised and it's up to supporters from both clubs whether they'll turn up for the game. It'll be like that on the FA Cup game. We won't sell out, I'm fairly sure of that. It's on BBC, some people may not want to go and take their kids because they might fear that there will be trouble before and after the game. That's the point RIML, it was NOT upto the supporters for the ROVERS end of it. Rovers did not put the tickets on general sale. I feel I can confidently say they would have all been sold had we done that. I know several freinds from Accy who do not attend games like they used to but would never have missed that one, had they been allowed to buy a ticket. Burnleys tickets did go on open sale. Thereby creating an uneven playing field in the attendance bragging rights. How important is it? Not very in the grand scheme of things given that we took a 7-0 agg. But clearly you can tell by the bickering on here it is important to some for braggin rights. With this rivalry one can not be behind in one area, it has to be a matter of reigning supreme, complete dominance in every dept is the only way to truly have it over on the clarrot barstewards. You wait and see, if we lose this it will be all you hear. If you try to have a bit of banter the first thing you will hear, "what was the score last time we played" Let's hope we can pull this one off and maintain our dominance over the clarrots Can we sign Simon Garner to a short contract, put him in rigorous training, bring him on for the last five mins to bang in the winning goal Woohoo, just found out the game WILL be televised here in the US. It will be on Fox Soccer Channel (formerly Fox Sports World) Now we have to win, if I have to watch Burnley play the least Rovers can do for that punishment is provide the win.

Thank you, so what was our game plan if we fell behind, no Stead, No Gally who is supposed to come on and nick a oint, or all three. I saw one or two glimpses of the Stead/Johnson partnership to tell me there may be hope there but we can't afford to be blooding this at such a crucial time. I think we have to stick with Stead until he comes good. Leaving Gally or Johnson on the bench for when we are chasing the game. Worriesome, very worriesome. I too have been concerned about MGP's inability to take on a player, I don't think I have actually seen him do it yet.