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TEAM NEWS: Edgar starts for Burnley

7:23pm Tue 9 Feb 10

DAVID Edgar has been named in Burnley's starting line-up for tonight's trip to Fulham, with Danny Fox likely to ...

Burnley boss to join new boys to belt out tune

11:40am Tue 9 Feb 10

BRIAN Laws is prepared to belt out a ballad to make sure Burnley stay on song.

Jensen looks for Burnley's first away win

8:37am Tue 9 Feb 10

BRIAN Jensen is targeting back-to-back wins to kick-start Burnley’s season, and keep the Clarets out of the ...

Burnley treble in team of the week

8:41am Tue 9 Feb 10

NEW Burnley boss Brian Laws has been picked as the ESPN manager of the week.

Portsmouth pain would be Burnley's gain

11:55am Tue 9 Feb 10

PORTSMOUTH’S financial problems are unlikely to prove terminal in the coming weeks, but Burnley would be one of ...

Burnley FC blog: We should be Ful of confidence

8:43am Tue 9 Feb 10

Stephen Cummings column: It might have been scrappy. It might have been ugly at times.

Burnley defender to appear as Countdown contestant

6:40pm Mon 8 Feb 10

CLARETS defender Clarke Carlisle has become the first Premier League player to appear on Channel 4’s Countdown.

Laws eyes the start of Burnley revival

12:00pm Mon 8 Feb 10

BRIAN Laws is confident that Burnley’s victory over West Ham United on Saturday can be the start of a revival in ...

Burnley ace Fox savours his best ever debut

9:05am Mon 8 Feb 10

BURNLEY new boy Danny Fox has hailed his goalscoring debut in Saturday’s 2-1 win over West Ham as the best day ...

Bid to set up ‘University of Football’ in Burnley

9:00am Mon 8 Feb 10

A WORLD-first ‘football university’ could be coming to Burnley as part of dramatic new plans to redevelop ...

Jansen warns Blackburn Rovers: Don't fail like we did

8:53am Tue 9 Feb 10

EWOOD Park favourite Matt Jansen has called for Blackburn Rovers’ class of 2010 to ‘keep their bottle’ ...

Blackburn Rovers blog: We face Hull of a task at Ewood

8:47am Tue 9 Feb 10

John Myles column: Well, we’ve certainly had better weeks as Rovers fans.

Allardyce: I don't know the rules of football any more

8:55am Tue 9 Feb 10

A FRUSTRATED Sam Allardyce admits he does not know football’s rules any more – after accusing inconsistent ...

Coaching for young Blackburn Rovers fans

12:02pm Tue 9 Feb 10

Blackburn Rovers Community Trust is taking bookings for Matchday Coaching.

FULL-TIME: Fleetwood Town 0 Blackburn Rovers 1

9:21pm Mon 8 Feb 10

YILDIRAY Basturk has put himself in contention for a place in Blackburn Rovers' squad for Wednesday's visit of ...

HALF TIME: Fleetwood 0 Blackburn Rovers 0

7:50pm Mon 8 Feb 10

YILDIRAY Basturk has shown glimpses of the class that once made him one of Europe's top creative midfielders - ...

Blackburn Rovers to hold minute's silence for tragic fan

7:00pm Mon 8 Feb 10

A MINUTE’S silence will be observed before Wednesday's Blackburn Rovers match in memory of a loyal fan who died ...

TEAM NEWS: Basturk and Linganzi make Rovers debut

7:05pm Mon 8 Feb 10

BLACKBURN Rovers' new boys Amine Linganzi and Yildiray Basturk start for the reserves tonight in a friendly at ...

Big Sam: Blackburn Rovers were not clever enough

11:10am Mon 8 Feb 10

SAM Allardyce admits his Blackburn Rovers side were not clever enough to see off Stoke City’s physical ...

Fans mourn Darwen dad who died at Blackburn Rovers game

11:00am Mon 8 Feb 10

UPDATE: The devastated family of a Blackburn Rovers fan who was fatally injured at Saturday’s game at Stoke have ...

New pro for Burnley

9:30am Tue 9 Feb 10

Burnley have signed South African all rounder Farhaan Behardien as professional for this coming season. The ...

Ex-pros aim for England job

1:40pm Sat 6 Feb 10

Former Australia fast bowler Geoff Lawson is interested in applying for the vacant job of England bowling coach ...

New Zealander back at Church

11:47am Thu 4 Feb 10

NEW Zealander Luke Woodcock will return to Church as professional this year.

Lancashire book Todmorden trip

3:54pm Fri 22 Jan 10

Lancashire seconds will make their annual trip to Todmorden CC for a one-day match and a three-day second eleven ...

Nash is back for East Lancs

1:03pm Thu 21 Jan 10

BRENDAN Nash has confirmed that he will return to East Lancs as for the 2010 Lancashire League season.

Flintoff makes appeal over Lancashire's Old Trafford plans

12:25pm Wed 20 Jan 10

Andrew Flintoff has appealed for cricket fans to petition Trafford Council to support Lancashire's redevelopment ...

Prince signs for Lancashire

8:36am Tue 12 Jan 10

Lancashire have signed South African Test batsman Ashwell Prince as interim overseas player for the start of the ...

Lancs swoop for Test ace Sangakkara

9:09am Tue 29 Dec 09

LANCASHIRE have pulled off a real coup by capturing the signature of Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as ...

Lancashire sign Sri Lanka ace Sangakkara

3:59pm Mon 28 Dec 09

LANCASHIRE have signed Sri Lanka captain Kumar Sangakkara as their overseas player for the 2010 season.

Lancashire fear doom over the future of Test cricket

3:40pm Tue 22 Dec 09

In the second of a two-part exclusive interview with Jim Cumbes, Lancashire CCC’s chief executive tells us about ...

Swann unlucky to miss out

9:50am Fri 29 Jan 10

ONE England player who can feel unlucky not to have got a lucrative deal at the IPL is Graeme Swann.

Pakistan snub mars tournament

10:50am Thu 28 Jan 10

THE Indian Premier League has grand ideas of paying mega bucks for the world’s best players and then pitting ...

Westhoughton handed Lancs 2nd Xl game

7:50am Fri 22 Jan 10

CRICKET: Westhoughton have moved a step closer to hosting one of Lancashire’s County Championship matches in ...

MARC HIGGINSON'S WORLD OF CRICKET: Aussies will not let lucky England off hook so easily

8:04pm Wed 20 Jan 10

WHILE England can be pleased with the end result of their South Africa tour on paper, they should realise there ...

Flintoff out for six months after another knee operation

10:17am Fri 15 Jan 10

ANDREW Flintoff has undergone a routine operation to tidy up some scar tissue in his troublesome right knee – ...

MARC HIGGINSON'S WORLD OF CRICKET: The Ashes must remain at Old Trafford

4:40pm Wed 13 Jan 10

IT would be disastrous for the area if Old Trafford’s ambitious re-development plans are vetoed and ...

Lancashire re-sign Ashwell Prince

10:28am Tue 12 Jan 10

CRICKET: Lancashire have re-signed South African batsman Ashwell Prince to cover the absence of overseas player ...

Lancs face anxious wait over Test future

2:50pm Fri 8 Jan 10

Lancashire will find out next month if their bid to bring the Ashes back to the North West has been a success.

MARC HIGGINSON'S WORLD OF CRICKET: Super Strauss leads from the front

6:10am Thu 31 Dec 09

THE emergence of some fantastically talented players is one of the main reasons for England’s upturn in ...

Lancashire boosted by Kumar signing

9:20am Mon 28 Dec 09

Lancashire have given their supporters a belated Christmas present by announcing the overseas signing of Sri ...


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