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Err, it's called right half in old money. Presumably he will be competing for a place in "midfield" with such all-times greats as Sherwood and Batty.

As I said before, the onus should not be on the home club to control away fans. Home stewards policing away fans is bound to lead to confrontation. Away supporters must be policed by their own stewards, who ensure that fans obey the rules regarding sitting down at matches. If away fans ignore their stewards and still persist in standing, then the away clubs should be fined. Only by hitting clubs in the pocket will football start to solve the problem.

Alternatively, I want to enjoy it and rant and rave as and when and not resort to arguing with somebody if they are standing up and interfering with my line of view. It is selfish attitudes such as yours that are causing the problems. I pay what I consider alot of money to sit down and watch a football match and I do not want someone in front of me blocking my vision. The rules are that you must sit down. If you don't like it, stay at home.

Modi finds life on Huddersfield sink estate hard to bear

jan shows her true colours

Manchester Blue's blind date left something to be desired

Tugay4England and Tom Pringle after first pint of shandy

Is that correct ? Trafford Borough Council have threatened to close Old Trafford unless ManU sort out their standing problem.

As far as I am concerned, those who stand up and refuse to sit down are making my life and that of others a misery by spoiling my enjoyment of a football match. That makes it anti-social behaviour in my book. Your suggestion that away clubs should supply their own stewards to supervise their fans is an excellent one and may be the answer to the problem.

And therein lies the problem. Supporters have to stand because the ones in front are standing too. And what happens if you ask them (as I have done done many times, politely) to sit down ? They either laugh in your face, give you verbal abuse or threaten you with violence. These idiots stand because they know they can get away with it. Stewards/police should remove all those fans who stand up throughout the match without due regard for those sitting behind them. They should be ejected from the ground and banned from Ewood.

Standing up at football matches is another form of anti-social behaviour in my view. The club has to take firm action to deal with this growing problem. The only way as I see it is to adopt a "zero tolerance" approach. All those "supporters" - home and away - who persist in standing up, to the detriment of law-abiding fans who are happy to watch the match sitting down, should be thrown out of the ground and banned from the ground. These are the same morons who continue to defy smoking bans on trains and in restaurants, the same cretins who litter the streets instead of putting their rubbish in a bin or take it home, the same imbeciles who endanger other people's lives by breaking the speed limit on the roads. They should not be allowed to attend football matches until they have learnt how to behave properly.

I voted for Duggie but Fergie was a wonderful player too. More of a crowd darling than Duggie, if I remember correctly. The size of the vote for Ripley is ludicrous. Fifty years from now, people will wonder who he was.

Revidge Blue takes a break (where is the old chap ???)

philipl calculates his annual tax return

I would imagine Premiership managers looking at line-up and rubbing their hands with glee. If we are honest, that team would struggle in the first division. Somehow, we have to scramble for points until January and then hope that the board releases funds for at least four new players.

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Cheshire Blue's two up two down missed out on the national property boom

bluephil and thenodrug attend Blackburn Conservative Club's annual meeting

Tris gets spanked by his Mum after losing his job at Guinness

As a post-script, Saturday reminded me of the abject 4-0 thrashing Rovers received at the hands of Birmingham City at St Andrews in the FA Cup last season. Rovers did not look intersted that day and they showed the same lack of enthusiasm for the cause against Boro. What does it take to motivate lazy, multi-millonaire so-called professional footballers?

How can he clear out Souness's dross with little money to spend and the transfer window closed for ten weeks (by which time it might be too late anyway)? Or do we have to accept relegation as inevitable in order to rebuild and start again? If he did not know already, Hughes is now fully aware of the monumental task he has taken on in trying to save us from relegation. If he is a manager for the next ten years, either with Rovers or elsewhere, this is the toughest test he will ever face. He is inexperienced and is going to have to learn very quickly. The only way (as I see it) that we can avoid the drop is for Rovers to adopt Everton's old "dogs of war" approach and battle and scrap for every point. Every week. The trouble is our dogs are so old you can't teach them new tricks.

I remember that goal. Some Villa friends of mine remember it too. In many ways Fergie was more of an Ewood hero than Duggie. Fergie had a temper, though; he was sent off for knocking out Trevor Hockey against Coventry in 1967. That 2-1 defeat cost us promotion back to the old first division. In an ideal team, Fergie would play right wing and Duggie, as has been mentioned, at inside left. The trouble is the oiks struggle with the concept of inside left. Ripley is not good enough to lick either of their boots.

If you knew your history of Blackburn Rovers, the club you are supposed to support, you would not write that.

That Pele chap (whoever he was) wasn't a bad player either.

There speaks the voice of experience. To anyone who does not vote for Bryan Douglas, the greatest player to wear a blue and white shirt, I hereby give warning that I shall personally come round to their hovel and stand on their heads.