It was absolutely fantastic to read the comments made by John Williams with regards to his vision for Blackburn Rovers.

I would love to see Blackburn, or Blackburn with Darwen if you like, as a genuine football town in every sense of the word.

I believe that the matchday experience should extend beyond the 90 minutes on a Saturday and can remember the days not so long ago that people spent all week cutting up newspaper to throw in the air at kick off, or nipped into the club shop midweek to buy a scarf or flag to take to the game.

This, sadly, along with the atmosphere at football matches in general, seems to have slipped away.

Previously I have suggested before that every season ticket holder should receive in their ticket pack a plain blue and white scarf which they can take to matches and hold aloft before kick off.

These would be extremely inexpensive to produce or could even be sponsored by a local firm, but just imagine an 8 thousand scarves held aloft in an entirely Blue and White Blackburn End in full voice before kick off.

Players often say that the crowd are the 12th man and I think the visual aspect would be stunning from the pitch.

It should also be impossible to drive down Bolton Rd outside the ground without knowing where you are.

What cost Blue and White bunting across the street?

In the extreme Bolton Rd could be a Rovers equivalent to Blackpool's Golden Mile, with pictures of the players on banners hung on each lamppost.

Ultimately John Williams dreams are in the hands of the Blackburn public, so it is up to us.

As Mr Williams rightly suggests, the local authorities can do a whole lot more to support the club, and the town in return, but we the fans can still go that extra mile towards making following Rovers an even greater experience than it already is.

The fans of some continental clubs spend the entire morning of the game decorating the stadium and all week preparing flags and banners depicting favourite players from past and present.

I have always watched on with a hint of jealousy at some of the Italian and Spanish games and at the Kop where Liverpool fans are probably as good an example as anywhere for how colourful a club's support can be.

Why can't Ewood be the same? Judging by Mr Williams comments today, the Club will only be too happy to accommodate such efforts.

So this is a call to all supporters club branches, and local pubs and Working Men's Clubslets see your colours!

If any fans out there need inspiration for such tributes, let me be the first to suggest that a tribute in giant flag form to living legend Tugay would be a fantastic start.

As I have said in previous columns, the people of Blackburn probably don't realise just how lucky they are to have such a talent embrace our hallowed ground, and he wont be here for ever.

Let's enjoy and worship his skills now while we still can.

People of Blackburn, Darwen and the rest, it's over to you.