Totally agree Bazza. I thought it was the duty of the police to "police" events, not to be the decision makers of what can and what can't take place. They're supposed to serve the community, not run it.

Lovely stuff Ozz. I remember Thommo as a strong and reasonably technical player. Not blessed with pace though, which probably stopped him from moving into higher leagues. Very sad to hear of his death. Far, far too young.

aged 46. Had been suffering from non hodgkinsons lymphoma - a form of blood cancer.

Un-be-lee-va-ble. Where do we go from here? Could things be any worse?

Cryer says there's more on the Jensen story tomorrow. "Interesting stuff on Jensen, more in tmrw's LT"

Which is a real shame. Obviously the LT need to keep relations between themselves and the owners as sweet as possible, - but isn't it for everyone's benefit that they ask the difficult questions?

No facts at all yet.

That's a pitiful statement. Doesn't say why he's left, has he resigned, has he been sacked or what? Has this come from Paul Agnew, because if it has, it does him no favours. It just looks as though it's another case of the fans not really being important. What's happened to BRFC?

Hmmm, so the light blue perspex kit was only for one season. I wouldn't have known that.

That looks like the Perspex strip. Perspex were the sponsors for 6 years in the 80's, I think. [1984-1991] EDIT Just seen it gives the date below the Photo as 1991 against Swindon Town.? and another Edit. look under "sponsors" Link.

Not many, but these were taken when football was football. HERE

Some fabulous names on there WB. Newton, Billy Wilson, Rogers, Martin, Metcalfe. Superb.

Isn't this why we have the "heaven, I'm in heaven" forum?

I didn't go Ozz, but if you did, I would be interested to know what you thought. He did look to have excellent technique, but will he use it properly? I'm hopeful he will.

Hoilett was always going to be good. As for the rest of 'em, they've gone backwards under Kean.

From the very limited view I had, he looked to have good technique. He did tend to waste it by holding onto the ball too long. He needs a good manager to teach him how to use his technique to the best advantage of the team. Is Kean the man to do that? I don't think so.

Fans welcome to Ronnie Clayton's funeral.

For anyone who missed it, here's a fabulous tribute from Dave Whelan. Granada news.

Nice article from the LT

Here Zaccaius. If you type Blackburn rovers into the search box, you will find quite a few clips showing Ronnie, albeit briefly.

The best video I can find.

I would certainly love rovers to name one of the stands after him.

Really sad day. Ronnie was a true great. The Photo's of him at Wembley in the rovers kit will always stick in my mind. He was a leader as well. I remember him to be a kind of Bobby Moore of our club. Looked really smart and played the game in a manner that would shame most footballers of today. Honest and classy. Was a big part of the best midfield ever to play for Rovers - Clayton, England, McGrath. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- One or two posts from the greatest ever thread: From AL: The best midfielder I have ever seen has got to be Ronnie Clayton. Played all his career at Blackburn and is still a big fan. A real one club man who can still be seen sitting in the stand with his great friend and other Rovers legend, Bryan Douglas. Ronnie was a class, mainly defensive, midfielder who having won the ball could supply a range of defence splitting passes or alternatively could bring the ball forward and join in the attacks, a real box to boxer with an engine like the QE II. Also scored his fair share of goals. His upright style of running enabled him to take in the whole pitch in front of him. This allowed him to make the passes that many others never even saw. Then there was his England career. One of the few Rovers players to have captained this country and it is claimed by many, together with his big mate Duncan Edwards, (sadly lost in the Munich air disaster) to have extended the England career of the great Billy Wright by covering for him in the last couple of years of his career. We will probably never see his like again. Bazza: The Claytons lived in Penwortham near Preston. Both Ken and Ronnie were given a trial by Rovers. There is some story that Mr Clayton, their father, insisted that both brothers were trialled and if Rovers wanted one, they had to take the other as well. How true this is I don't know. What I DO know is that Ronnie was being given a trial and he was playing right-half in front of David Gray. My dad was watching this trial and David Gray was constantly shouting instructions to teenager Ronnie. My dad shouted "David, leave the lad alone and let him play his own game." A chap came up to him to thank him. It was Mr Clayton, Ronnie's father. Both Ronnie and Ken played for Rovers as wing halves for a short time but Ken faded and Ronnie progressed to captain Rovers and England. Dr Rich: Contrary to what a lot of people seem to be implying, I don't believe we've been all that blessed when it comes to central midfielders at Ewood. In every other position there was at least two players who deserved the slot in my mind. Here, Clayton is an obligatory choice, great player, great bloke, should be the first name on the greatest-teamsheet. Billy: When Ronnie Clayton started playing for us I think he was 17 years old, but he made such an impression, like Colin Hendry did in later years, he was being called a future England player right from the start, Duncan Edwards was the newspapers favourite, obvious, he played for Man Utd, and he was good, but not better than Ronnie, they both played attractive fair football, far better to watch than later England 'greats' such as Stiles, Robson, and Batty, who had to have a new rule brought in for their tackles, not from the back and not two footed, as if they ever listened. But there is not much you can say, thats not already been said about Ronnie, brilliant in attack or defence, read a good game, and geed up the team when he was captain, even wrote a book on he's football stories. link

Aged 83. BBC.

We're both guessing LeChuck. Seriously though, I would hope that when making a decision about a young mans serious back injury, the potential transfer value wouldn't come anywhere near to being a consideration.