The return game will be at Ewood the following Thursday, April 17. Both matches kick off at 7-30pm, instead of the usual 7pm. Rovers were anxious to try to allow fans a little more time, with a good crowd anticipated.

And there's another big date looming for the kids. They will meet Everton at Ewood on Wednesday, April 23 (7pm), in the semi-finals of the Lancashire FA Youth Cup.

TICKETS for the Premiership game at Leeds (8pm) have been on sale for some time and can still be bought from Ewood - subject to availability - on Monday, the day of the game.

They are priced £16 adults, £8 concessions.

Seats for Arsenal (away) on Saturday, April 19, went on restricted sale this week and were expected to be in big demand.

They were made available only to season-ticket holders, one ticket per book, from Wednesday until next Tuesday.

Any remaining will go on sale from next Wednesday to holders of stubs from either Liverpool or Chelsea away games - one ticket per stub. Price is £13, no concessions.

THE blank Saturday in the Premiership fixture list on April 26, caused by international dates, will be used by Rovers to play a Pontin's League game.

They have switched their reserve team away game against Everton from Tuesday, April 15, to Saturday, April 26, at Goodison (kick-off 2pm).

Next week's reserve game at home to Oldham has also been put back, 24 hours, from Tuesday to Wednesday, April 9 (7pm).

PROBLEMS caused by the international breaks have been underlined at Brockhall over the last couple of weeks when a total of 16 players, senior and junior, were away on duty with various countries.

It can make life difficult organising meaningful training for those left behind but Tony Parkes said: "Fortunately, we still had enough players to get through some proper work."

ALL seats for the next Saturday's home game against Manchester United were sold out last week.

TICKETS for the home matches against Middlesbrough and Sheffield Wednesday on April 16 and 22 respectively are currently on open sale at normal prices.

LATEST Double Your Money Club £500 winner is R Jepson (Blackburn), number 101A.

RADIO Rovers, Ewood's matchday-only station, is the champion of the airwaves on its own patch, compared to other local and national radio stations.

A survey of season-ticket holders has shown that almost eight out of 10 of those who listen to radio on match days tune in to Radio Rovers.

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