pasted from The Citizen. Blackburn Rovers have brought out a controversial new T-shirt ahead of the eagerly-anticipated derby clash with Burnley on October 18 which boasts about the club’s 5-0 victory in April 2001. Rovers bosses said the merchandise was meant to be a ‘celebrate a landmark victory over our local rivals and nothing more’. Fans of the club agreed and said it was ‘harmless fun’, but supporters of the Clarets said it was ‘provoking emotions’ before an already tense match. The T-shirt is being sold alongside a DVD called Bring On The Clarets, as part of a range called “get ready for the Clarets”. Blackburn Rovers said hundreds of the designs have been sold since hitting the shops. The town centre store in The Mall shopping centre had to order extra stock after selling out over the weekend. A spokesman for Blackburn Rovers said: “It is never the intention to be provocative or cause offence, quite the opposite. “This T-shirt, as with many other items of merchandising down the years, is meant to be a celebration for Rovers fans for a landmark victory over our rivals and nothing more.” Clarets fan Baz McCue said: “I know for a fact any Rovers fan that we see wearing that is going to get some real stick. “If we win I hope Blackburn produce more T-shirts like that. They’ll look stupid.” Three thousand Clarets fans will be travelling to the game and will be seated across two tiers in the WEC Darwen End. The kick-off has been moved to 1pm and Clarets fans will only be allowed in to the stadium if they are on an official coach from Turf Moor. Burnley FC and the police said they did not want to comment on the new T-shirts. tbh i dosn't bother me,but but could others. and with the police already sweating on this game do things like this help matters. I can only see one reason behind it which is to wind Burnley fans up,why else would they bring it out so close to our fixture. fair enough it will be a money spinner for them. I see it as harmless fun to a point but surly this will only rile up the trouble makers even more now.
But all Burnley fans have to get n the coach go straight into the ground then on exit go straight from ground back to coach so there shouldnt be any trouble. Why do they think this derby will get violent anyway???
i cant realy answer that with an answer that justifys the violence because what can. but due to the intense rivalry between the two towns its just been the case over time. But remember they usualy are mindless idiots that do get involved in that side of the fixture and put a skid mark on what should be just a football match.
I don't mind the shirt, think its funny and I’m sure if we would have beat them by a similar score line we would have done something similar, nothing to get wound up about, it’s just a shirt at the end of the day! And it’s going to be hard to start some trouble, they’re setting up a huge police perimeter around Ewood and anyone without a ticket won’t be able to get anywhere near the stadium, and anyone with a ticket will be escorted into the ground by the coaches.
not 100% sure but i think it was yesterday. Its not me honest As for the shirt i couldnt careless what they've got on them. People will anything and everything to bitch about its all part of the fun for me. BRING IT ON managed to sort myself a ticket too, paid over the odds but it will be right. :Banana:
i cant go working sunday morning but will finish in time to watch it,cant wait now,i think the press are starting to realise what a huge game this is now.
Yes Tim Sherwood was on sky sports yesterday saying what a big game it is and spoke and the genuine hate betweeen the sides supporters Wonder if the time i saw him in Colne flashed through his mind
Commenting on the provocativeness of a T-Shirt.. then doing that to a dead mans statue? Reminds of a cliche involving kitchen items and the colour back.
Was that one of us off here though? Wasnt like they destroyed it either was it, or did they do any damage to it. Unlike some of your fans who got inside our ground the other night and sprayed BRFC all over the jimmy mc , then left his name really bright lad
Surprised nobody mentioned the BRFC spray painted allover the back of the Longside then? At least 'dressing' the Jack Walker statue wasn't criminal damage...
