Blackburn buying tickets in home end!!!

[pib]

Obviously happy to take their money but is it just me that hates it when we allocate 4000+ to the away team?

I know it makes sense when there is plenty of room in the ground and there's revenue to be made, but it must make it feel like a home game for the away side.

[RedJ]

Something I've always wondered. If the game gets rearranged, is there a potential for a ticket to be sold in a seat that the ticket hasn't been returned for?

[the vicar]

No that seat has already been sold so we can't sell it twice

[Draytonian III]

I’ve seen Germany play in 3 different countries , in Germany it was totally sterile with absolutely no atmosphere,all the chants well the 3 times they made any noise was orchestrated by the “super fans “ with big flags pitch side of the barriers . Majority of German fans turned up in club clothing,hats ,coats ,scarves and shirts. Just imagine doing that at a Scotland match, Rangers-Celtic, Wales match,Cardiff-Swansea etc it just wouldn’t happen

[scawsby steve]

Something what gets me about away fans in the home end...

In England, this sort of 'That's an away fan, chuck him out!' argument occurs pretty much every time it happens. I remember Charlie Swallow, in his days when he had a title at the club, going beserk because in a Donny v Peterborough game in 09/10, there was a fella wearing a Posh shirt in the home end. He turned out to be a mate of Paul Mayfield or something but that didn't stop him giving it the big 'un and trying to get the fella kicked out.

Compare it to Germany and there's been various times I've seen opposing colours in the home sections, yet there's never any hostility and it's a more a case of 'Come here laddo, let me get ya a beer' and lots of friendly banter, football-chat, but never, ever any aggro.

I was even at Inter v Juventus last season, a local derby (to a degree) and there were hundreds upon hundreds of colour-wearing Juve fans in the home sections.

So why the f*ck is it perceived as a massive problem in England? It's something I'll never be able to understand nowadays. At the end of the day, so what if the bloke three seats away supports a different team?

Rigo, you're comparing countries with a café culture mentality to England, a nation full of p*ssheads; there has to be extra vigilance over here.

[Filo]

I hope the players are up for it tonight, nothing pleases me more to see a has been club with fans that think they will steamroller us, being sent home to lick their wounds. We've had bigger has beens than this lot down at the KM and sent them packing

[EwoodBlues]

I hope the players are up for it tonight, nothing pleases me more to see a has been club with fans that think they will steamroller us, being sent home to lick their wounds. We've had bigger has beens than this lot down at the KM and sent them packing

Haha see you later... We are The Rovers

[donnievic]

Like has been said doesn’t bother me if they are in home end aslong as they behave and don’t act like dicks,don’t even mind them cheering if they score.sure the late rush for tickets is because they can be promoted tonight and sure we would have fans doing the same like we have in the past before if was other way round .

[Dennis Greenwood]

Were have you got the idea that we think we will steam roller you .....most genuine fans who have seen most of our games this season are very nervous ...we have had 7 years of hell under the venkys with nothing but a downward spiral ,tonight we are on the verge of promotion with something to look forward to .We are not stupid its eleven v eleven tonight and hopefuly because we sit 2nd in the table  have a long unbeaten run we are pretty confident that this team can win ,yes on paper we have a better team but who knows ,and i know most of our fans are pretty nervous today...Would you not be if you were  sat in the same postion as us and were taking 4000 to Ewood park ...
Thats the ground of the one of the founder members of the football leauge,with a trophy cabinet most teams can only dream of...We may be has beens but as a supporter i am still proud of my has been club surely as a fellow football suporter you can at least understand why we may be getting a bit giddy ..

[Pancho Regan]

I worked in Blackburn for 18 years so I have many old friends who are Blackburn Rovers fans.
They won the Premiership not long before we dropped into the Conference, but we made up a lot of ground on them in the ensuing years!

Their fans have been through bad times recently under very unpopular owners, so we share much in common.
Even their glory days under Kenny Dalglish were achieved thanks to the money of a local hero in Jack Walker, not some faceless foreign billionaire.

I'm hoping for a (red) Rovers victory tonight but Blackburn to be promoted by virtue of Shrewsbury's result against Posh.

Then they can enjoy their party but not at our expense!

[stuey]

I hope the players are up for it tonight, nothing pleases me more to see a has been club with fans that think they will steamroller us, being sent home to lick their wounds. We've had bigger has beens than this lot down at the KM and sent them packing

Haha see you later... We are The Rovers

So are we pal

[Filo]

Were have you got the idea that we think we will steam roller you .....most genuine fans who have seen most of our games this season are very nervous ...we have had 7 years of hell under the venkys with nothing but a downward spiral ,tonight we are on the verge of promotion with something to look forward to .We are not stupid its eleven v eleven tonight and hopefuly because we sit 2nd in the table  have a long unbeaten run we are pretty confident that this team can win ,yes on paper we have a better team but who knows ,and i know most of our fans are pretty nervous today...Would you not be if you were  sat in the same postion as us and were taking 4000 to Ewood park ...
Thats the ground of the one of the founder members of the football leauge,with a trophy cabinet most teams can only dream of...We may be has beens but as a supporter i am still proud of my has been club surely as a fellow football suporter you can at least understand why we may be getting a bit giddy ..

It took a bit of pre baiting, but we got there in the end 😂😂😂😂

[bobjimwilly]

Perfect result tommorrow is a high scoring entertaining draw and Posh to beat the Shrews ,had great feedback from Donny supporters may the best team win

Or a Doncaster win and a Peterborough win - Blackburn still get promoted and Doncaster guarantee Safety

[MEGA1879]

They've not sold out yet!!!

Just 100 tickets remain for the game at Doncaster Rovers on Tuesday evening

3 Hours ago

We can confirm that only 100 tickets remain for the game against Doncaster Rovers tonight at the Keepmoat Stadium.

Once the remaining tickets have been sold, the total allocation of 3,842 will have been reached, with no further tickets available.

Tickets can be purchased from Roverstore or you can ring up on 01254 372000 to purchase and collect at Doncaster. Please note tickets cannot be purchased online.

These tickets can be collected at Doncaster Rovers, and we advise supporters to arrive early, as it is expected that over 1,000 Rovers fans will be there to collect theirs.

Kick-off against the Yorkshire side is 7.45pm.

[Pancho Regan]

There could be a lot of Blackburn fans missing the kick-off if they don't arrive early....

[idler]

I think that any Blackburn fans collecting tickets at the Keepmoat should be told that they collect them from the ticket office near the away end rather than the main ticket office.
They will be gutted if they queue for ages to be told that they need to do the same elsewhere. They may even miss the kick off.

[Filo]

We need to win and do the double of them to completely erase the memories of them nicking Browny and Tommy Pur off us and sending that excuse for a footballer Herold Goulon to us

[Bristol Red Rover]

Interesting to looks at Rovers as a suffix - Blackburn precede us by 4 years with the name "Rovers" but they were preceded by Clapham Rovers by 6 years. Anyone come across any older Rovers?

[Drover]

Just had a phone call from the missus 20 mins ago,who is taking our grandson to the game,and she's says she has had to look elsewhere to park,because the car parks are full and turning everybody away.

[VivaRovers]

Interesting to looks at Rovers as a suffix - Blackburn precede us by 4 years with the name "Rovers" but they were preceded by Clapham Rovers by 6 years. Anyone come across any older Rovers?

Ruabon Rovers in Wales were in existence circa 1869/1870 as they were one of the teams that merged together to form the formidable Druids FC in 1872. Clapham may just be older though.

[RedJ]

Are they now Cefn Druids or do they no longer exist/compete at a much lower level?

[Bristol Red Rover]

Are they now Cefn Druids or do they no longer exist/compete at a much lower level?

The same side, yep.
https://www.cefndruidsafc.co.uk/our-history

[RedJ]

Ta. Could've just checked myself but couldn't be f**ked doing it.