Roque Santa Cruz's home burgled (From This Is Lancashire)

Poor Roque :(

They best not of laid a finger on his wife - she's an absolute cracker!

Sky Sports today – Bradford Sensational Calendar Credit Crunch Season Ticket and record gates.
“Are you watching John Williams?
Are you watching John Williams?”

Bradford have released a calendar season ticket for 23 games. Price – Adults £99, U16’s half prices, U11 – free. Previous initiatives have already resulted in an average of 13,000 despite their league 2 status which is double what they used to get in the Championship. Such has been the response now they are really going for it in the credit crunch with the new ticket. The Chairman quoted – “WE HAD THOUSANDS OF EMPTY SEATS IN A SMART NEW STADIUM AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT?” With a credit crunch on we wanted to do something for the people of Bradford and also make the club the focus of the town.

Not just a great price but a great marketing idea – people can buy them as Xmas presents etc but not just for half a season.
How can a little club come up with such a great idea and we employ all these well paid people to?
There are so many similarities between Rovers and Bradford despite us being in the prem. We are a one town club were the key base of fans come from local families and any extra supporters are likely to come from the same base. Therefore you need to make it attractive to these families financially. We have a superb stadium but only fill half of it with home fans. When prices were reduced last season gates increased and the £1m put aside was not required so we know it can work. Rovers need to be bold and fill Ewood - get the punters through the gate and they will spend on other things and in the club shop etc and with a relegation fight on we need Ewood full of passionate fans not full of empty seats and making games like Liverpool and even Stoke feel like away games.
Come on Mr Williams take the initiative before you retire and do something for the fans to stop you being remembered as the “Man Who Emptied Ewood”.

30 YEARS AND COUNTING!

Couldn't have helped Roques game on Sunday with this on his mind

Keep this link for comments regarding the idiots who invaded Santas home not Ince or the Boards comments. I know how he feels I got robbed once and it aint nice, sorry to hear Roque. Move to canada safer here.

unbeleivable how many footy players homes are being tageted lately

the liverpool squad have had it rough also in recent months - i would go as far to say i bet its the same gang of theives for each burglary.

get jobs you retards!

Miller11, Mellor says...
12:56pm Tue 2 Dec 08
mark from canada wrote:
Keep this link for comments regarding the idiots who invaded Santas home not Ince or the Boards comments. I know how he feels I got robbed once and it aint nice, sorry to hear Roque. Move to canada safer here.
Yeah.... take up hockey.

Pillock!


Why the insults towards me and fellow Canadians Miller...racist? No news from Ewood today or are schools off?
Sorry think I'll just have to report you.

Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:
Sky Sports today – Bradford Sensational Calendar Credit Crunch Season Ticket and record gates. “Are you watching John Williams? Are you watching John Williams?” Bradford have released a calendar season ticket for 23 games. Price – Adults £99, U16’s half prices, U11 – free. Previous initiatives have already resulted in an average of 13,000 despite their league 2 status which is double what they used to get in the Championship. Such has been the response now they are really going for it in the credit crunch with the new ticket. The Chairman quoted – “WE HAD THOUSANDS OF EMPTY SEATS IN A SMART NEW STADIUM AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT?” With a credit crunch on we wanted to do something for the people of Bradford and also make the club the focus of the town. Not just a great price but a great marketing idea – people can buy them as Xmas presents etc but not just for half a season. How can a little club come up with such a great idea and we employ all these well paid people to? There are so many similarities between Rovers and Bradford despite us being in the prem. We are a one town club were the key base of fans come from local families and any extra supporters are likely to come from the same base. Therefore you need to make it attractive to these families financially. We have a superb stadium but only fill half of it with home fans. When prices were reduced last season gates increased and the £1m put aside was not required so we know it can work. Rovers need to be bold and fill Ewood - get the punters through the gate and they will spend on other things and in the club shop etc and with a relegation fight on we need Ewood full of passionate fans not full of empty seats and making games like Liverpool and even Stoke feel like away games. Come on Mr Williams take the initiative before you retire and do something for the fans to stop you being remembered as the “Man Who Emptied Ewood”. 30 YEARS AND COUNTING!

Hey Morst lets hope J.Williams hear's the call because this is going to be a long hard winter down at Ewood.
Do you know how fed-up I am with this situation? Not a place I wanna be in!!
Anyhow take it easy-but take it!!

Hope Rocky is not to distracted with this burglry.Really sorry to hear about it.
Arte et labore

have they run out of footballers to rob in liverpool ?gone straight past the trophy room at burnley ,as there was nothing in it !!!!!!

mark from canada wrote:
Miller11, Mellor says... 12:56pm Tue 2 Dec 08 mark from canada wrote: Keep this link for comments regarding the idiots who invaded Santas home not Ince or the Boards comments. I know how he feels I got robbed once and it aint nice, sorry to hear Roque. Move to canada safer here. Yeah.... take up hockey. Pillock! Why the insults towards me and fellow Canadians Miller...racist? No news from Ewood today or are schools off? Sorry think I'll just have to report you.

Oh dear. You're going to report me because I called you a pillock...

For the record, I was insulting you (not your fellow Canadians.... despite the fact you were sounding off about how you were born and bred in Blackburn the other day).

"No news from Ewood today or are schools off?" - What on earth is that supposed to mean??????

The reason I called you a Pillock is because I've yet to read one decent, sensible or even half articulate post on here from you.

MORST -

Obviously your "BOYCOTT MAN UTD TICKETS" campaign has paid off.

Rover have announced that they are slashing ticket prices to a mere £40.23!!!

I suggest you all get them in quickly to avoid the rush!

I will of course be writing to the club to obtain the 77 pence refund I am entitled too.

In all honesty though, isn't it ridiculous that they have bothered to display these "revised" ticket prices on the web-site.......

This will really wind you up too Morst. Its 12 QUID on the club coaches from Ewood to Old Trafford!

Hi Woody, Yeah - It’s embarrassing that Bradford in league 2 can get 13,000 fans in and we can only manage 15,000 home fans in the prem. What great ideas the Bradford Chairman has come up with and you wonder why we are paying the Rovers board a fortune to empty Ewood.
Bradford Chairman quote - “WE HAD THOUSANDS OF EMPTY SEATS IN A SMART NEW STADIUM AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT?”
Well Mr Williams - can you answer?

Forget Ince out campaign it should be lets "Fill Ewood" with home fans campaign!

ripleywonder wrote:
Poor Roque :( They best not of laid a finger on his wife - she's an absolute cracker!

ripleywonder,your right about rockys missis,pretty thing,no point me calling round ,dont think she would want,bit of nothern ruff ,drooling round her..........

Miller11 wrote:
MORST -

Obviously your "BOYCOTT MAN UTD TICKETS" campaign has paid off.

Rover have announced that they are slashing ticket prices to a mere £40.23!!!

I suggest you all get them in quickly to avoid the rush!

I will of course be writing to the club to obtain the 77 pence refund I am entitled too.

In all honesty though, isn't it ridiculous that they have bothered to display these "revised" ticket prices on the web-site.......

This will really wind you up too Morst. Its 12 QUID on the club coaches from Ewood to Old Trafford!

And Stoke are paying for free coaches to bring 8,000 to Ewood soon! You can tell which club is in touch with its fans Miller!
Still looking forward to the comedy Dingle show tonight staring RAyzer and chums - lol
We took 9,000 to OT last time - the fact we are struggling to sell 2500 says it all.

Enjoy the game if its a drug you can't do without. I was like that once!

Miller11

The internet and TV are the only source I have of watching the rovers now. Yes I was born in Blackburn but now live in Canada since 2005, I have a Canadian family so don't insult them.

Ice hockey for your information is far bigger than soccer and soccer players get paid peanuts compared to hockey players. Check out Ottawa senators from the NHL.

So I am an idiot for feeling sorry for Roque, I was explaining we got burgled in the uk so know how it feels.
Check out Ottawa if you ever visit Canada friendliest city in the world.
I will always be a Rovers fan and like I said the other day spent thousands watching them 1975-2005, but watching them on tv this season every week, home and away games is so painful, thats why I just emailed John Williams as well as others to get rid of Paul Ince. Name another ROVERS manager with a worse record than him in the modern era? Sorry worse record than Kidd and Hodgeson.

Its Hodgson actually. Did both of these managers not waste millions on donkeys though? Ince has had little/no money to spend so its all relative. It seems everybody has made up there minds & wants rid of Ince so its just a matter of time. Its just a shame that from the beginning people have had something against him.

As for Ice Hockey? What a joke. North American sports are all sh1te.

mark from canada wrote:
Miller11 The internet and TV are the only source I have of watching the rovers now. Yes I was born in Blackburn but now live in Canada since 2005, I have a Canadian family so don't insult them. Ice hockey for your information is far bigger than soccer and soccer players get paid peanuts compared to hockey players. Check out Ottawa senators from the NHL. So I am an idiot for feeling sorry for Roque, I was explaining we got burgled in the uk so know how it feels. Check out Ottawa if you ever visit Canada friendliest city in the world. I will always be a Rovers fan and like I said the other day spent thousands watching them 1975-2005, but watching them on tv this season every week, home and away games is so painful, thats why I just emailed John Williams as well as others to get rid of Paul Ince. Name another ROVERS manager with a worse record than him in the modern era? Sorry worse record than Kidd and Hodgeson.

You've missed the point.... again.

What the f**k is soccer anyway?

I don't care how much Ice Hockey players get paid. Its rubbish

Sorry for the type error Hodgson.
Would you trust Ince with millions?

Just stating facts worst run of results in 12 years, no fitness levels, hiring a part time defensive coach in London, signing R Fowler.

I have nothing against Ince whatsoever, he was a fantastic player but not ready for this job. Everybody makes bad decisions but they also have to pay the price if they don't work out. How long do you people want to give him? Ince said give me six more games and see where we are..well he's had 15. With the clubs future at stake this season are you all prepared to gamble on him. Changing manager does not guarentee survival but at least give it a shot.

Maybe the Ottawa senators owner might buy the Rovers like the Montreal Canadians did with Liverpool and then pump millions into Rovers. Would you slag off North American sport then?

Oh well better go to work on my ski-doo.

mark from canada, I live only 2 miles from Ewood - but TV and internet is also the only way I follow Rovers now!
But Bradford in league two can nearly match our home fans - something is seriously wrong at Ewood.
Come on Mr Williams - we only want to know if you have even picked up the phone to chat to the Bradford Chairman - or is your pride more important than BRFC?

Fill Ewood Campaign!

…………….“S
orry worse record than Kidd and Hodgeson.”

Surprisingly Ray Hartford had a worse record than Woy Hodgson losing 27 out of 64 games in charge!


Got to hand it to these Scousers, imagine thinking the North pole was in Cheshire - hey Mrs Claus is a real cracker!

Bradford's population is four times the size of Blackburns um guess thats the reason

apparantly ewood park was burgled too
they couldent find much though only 1 premiership trophy from the stone age

marghen wrote:
Bradford's population is four times the size of Blackburns um guess thats the reason

Half are Leeds fans and Half are Asian who as we know seem to mainly prefer cricket!
Bradford's gates have always been poor and lower than Rovers but having built a new stadium they are doing something about having empty seats. We are in the Prem for Christ's sake and need away fans to get above twenty thou.
OK - a challenge - Lets try it for one season and see what the response is? If you don't try you will never know.

Should Williams ring the Bradford Chairman?

Fill Ewood Campaign!

man utd are the best wrote:
apparantly ewood park was burgled too
they couldent find much though only 1 premiership trophy from the stone age

6 things Rovers have achieved that Manchester's Foreign club have not -
1)Founder members and Champions of both Premier and Football leagues.
2)Won the FA CUP 3 times on the run.
3) Won every domestic trophy including the Full Members Cup.
4)Longest ever unbeaten run in the FA Cup ever.
5) 100% home and away record against BARCELONA!
6) Have local rivals we are better than unlike Man U who are now the poor club in their own (ha ha) CITY!

30 YEARS AND COUNTING!

Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:

man utd are the best wrote: apparantly ewood park was burgled too they couldent find much though only 1 premiership trophy from the stone age

6 things Rovers have achieved that Manchester's Foreign club have not - 1)Founder members and Champions of both Premier and Football leagues. 2)Won the FA CUP 3 times on the run. 3) Won every domestic trophy including the Full Members Cup. 4)Longest ever unbeaten run in the FA Cup ever. 5) 100% home and away record against BARCELONA! 6) Have local rivals we are better than unlike Man U who are now the poor club in their own (ha ha) CITY! 30 YEARS AND COUNTING!

years and years ago probally when dinosaurs still roamed the earth!

won every domestic trophy?

champions league?
community sheild?

ronaldo1 wrote:
won every domestic trophy? champions league? community sheild?

Bless they bring it on themselves don't they really... Champions league isn't a domestic trophy darling.

rovers already have the cheapest tickets possible..but i agree they need an atmosphere.

as for you man utd fans, just because you have a diving cheating winger and rovers dont, doesnt mean your THAT good. we dont resort to cheating!!!!!!!!!

Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:
Hi Woody, Yeah - It’s embarrassing that Bradford in league 2 can get 13,000 fans in and we can only manage 15,000 home fans in the prem. What great ideas the Bradford Chairman has come up with and you wonder why we are paying the Rovers board a fortune to empty Ewood. Bradford Chairman quote - “WE HAD THOUSANDS OF EMPTY SEATS IN A SMART NEW STADIUM AND WHAT IS THE POINT OF THAT?” Well Mr Williams - can you answer? Forget Ince out campaign it should be lets "Fill Ewood" with home fans campaign!

If Ince left we would have a lot better chance of filling Ewood, simply because we might win a game. Also why are you starting a 'fill ewood' campaign when you don't even go on yourself? And you only live 2 miles from ewood. And i thought OZTHEMAN was a nipple.

NINE LEAGUE GAMES WITHOUT A WIN AND COUNTING

Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:
mark from canada, I live only 2 miles from Ewood - but TV and internet is also the only way I follow Rovers now! But Bradford in league two can nearly match our home fans - something is seriously wrong at Ewood. Come on Mr Williams - we only want to know if you have even picked up the phone to chat to the Bradford Chairman - or is your pride more important than BRFC? Fill Ewood Campaign!

Mike Costa says:

Here's an idea Morst.
Go and watch Bradford. I saw them down at Stanley the other week. Believe me, their tickets are still overpriced in their new offer. If they can get 13000 mugs to watch them,(though I don't think this figure is accurate) it says more about the people of Bradford's low expectations than anything else.

Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:

marghen wrote: Bradford's population is four times the size of Blackburns um guess thats the reason

Half are Leeds fans and Half are Asian who as we know seem to mainly prefer cricket! Bradford's gates have always been poor and lower than Rovers but having built a new stadium they are doing something about having empty seats. We are in the Prem for Christ's sake and need away fans to get above twenty thou. OK - a challenge - Lets try it for one season and see what the response is? If you don't try you will never know. Should Williams ring the Bradford Chairman? Fill Ewood Campaign!

Check out Blackburn train station on Saturdays you’ll see hundreds of United & City fans on their way to games -not only the town of Bradford have football fans supporting other team!

Bit of advice get your facts right before spouting off, there’s always a clever dick (like me) who’ll blast your so called facts -season 1988 & 1989 Bradford City (12,906 & 10,555) had a higher average attendance than Rovers(9,503 & 8,864)
You baffel me moaning about our home attendances WE ARE THE BEST SUPPORTED TEAM based on % of town/city population in the premiership-change the record!

man utd are the best wrote:
apparantly ewood park was burgled too they couldent find much though only 1 premiership trophy from the stone age

it might be one,but its the one you missed out on eh !!!!!

bed and breakfast man ! wrote:

man utd are the best wrote: apparantly ewood park was burgled too they couldent find much though only 1 premiership trophy from the stone age

it might be one,but its the one you missed out on eh !!!!!

its ok, cos if you win the league virtually season after season it does get slightly boring

ronaldo1 wrote:
won every domestic trophy?

champions league?
community sheild?

Charity shield yes we have won it and when was the Champions league a domestic trophy numbskull. And did dinosaurs rule the earth in 1995 - The Greatest finish ever to a season which went to the last second of the last day and who won - oh yeah Rovers! Who was second?
Anyway your club is a Billion in debt with profit seeking owners and City have 500 Billion so start worrying about how the face of football in Mankyland is gonna change in the next few years rather than about a club with more history in its little finger than Newton Heath ever had!

marghen wrote:

Morst the 88th min Heartbreaker wrote:

marghen wrote: Bradford's population is four times the size of Blackburns um guess thats the reason

Half are Leeds fans and Half are Asian who as we know seem to mainly prefer cricket! Bradford's gates have always been poor and lower than Rovers but having built a new stadium they are doing something about having empty seats. We are in the Prem for Christ's sake and need away fans to get above twenty thou. OK - a challenge - Lets try it for one season and see what the response is? If you don't try you will never know. Should Williams ring the Bradford Chairman? Fill Ewood Campaign!

Check out Blackburn train station on Saturdays you’ll see hundreds of United & City fans on their way to games -not only the town of Bradford have football fans supporting other team!

Bit of advice get your facts right before spouting off, there’s always a clever dick (like me) who’ll blast your so called facts -season 1988 & 1989 Bradford City (12,906 & 10,555) had a higher average attendance than Rovers(9,503 & 8,864)
You baffel me moaning about our home attendances WE ARE THE BEST SUPPORTED TEAM based on % of town/city population in the premiership-change the record!

Marghen - also remember to check your memory for unusual factors. I think Bradford were having one of their better spells then and was it just after the fire and there was a big public response to get behind the club after all the emotion?
I remeber going to Bradford in the old div3 and div2 days and they had poor support. But to be getting 13,000 in league 2 (Sky's quote) is awesome and that is before the new £99 Jan-Dec ticket.
As the bRadford Chairman said - whats the point of a nice new stadium full of empty seats - none of you have dealt with these points!
We have lost 10,000 fans who could be filling Ewood and still generate the same revenue with a bit of planning.

30 YEARS AND COUNTING!

JW needs to blow the lid off season ticket prices
riverside £99
blackburn end £149
JW lower £149
JW upper £199
under 12's £19
teenagers £49
OAPs £99

would this bankrupt us? try it for 1 season & see what our crowds are.
My guess they would be 30,000

man utd are the best wrote:

bed and breakfast man ! wrote:

man utd are the best wrote: apparantly ewood park was burgled too they couldent find much though only 1 premiership trophy from the stone age

it might be one,but its the one you missed out on eh !!!!!

its ok, cos if you win the league virtually season after season it does get slightly boring

i know it must be a boring for you ,win ,win,so dull eh !!!!!