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Super Holcombe wrap up league with easy victory

5:15pm Friday 8th August 2008

BSF TENNIS: With three matches remaining of the BSF Mens Tennis season, Division One supremos Holcombe Brook SC A took the title in fine style with an easy 7.5-1.5 win over a Markland Hill A.

Burnley's quiz champ builds up to final countdown

CONUNDRUM: Clarke Carlisle ponders Burnley’s starting XI

7:10pm Friday 8th August 2008

WHITTLING down Burnley’s 24-man squad to select the 11 who will kick-off the new season is an equation even maths genius Carol Vorderman would struggle with.

Accrington Stanley boss sorry for points-hit rivals

Accrington Stanley boss sorry for points-hit rivals

5:10pm Friday 8th August 2008

THE new season brings new hope – and Accrington Stanley boss John Coleman has admitted he can’t wait for Saturday to come.

Burnley hero 'staying positive' after brain cancer diagnosis

4:53pm Friday 8th August 2008

A CLARETS hero who captained the team to one of their most famous victories has vowed to ‘stay positive’ after being diagnosed with brain cancer.

Accrington Stanley star: The day I took on Liverpool in Champions League

EUROPE CALLING:Chris King

4:40pm Friday 8th August 2008

CHRIS King is the envy of his Scouse team-mates at Accrington Stanley – having played in a dream Champions League tie at Anfield.

Blackburn Rovers insist McCarthy is not for sale

CENTRE OF ATTENTION: Striker Benni McCarthy has been a wanted man this summer

4:00pm Friday 8th August 2008

PAUL Ince has re-iterated Blackburn Rovers' stance over striker Benni McCarthy, insisting he is not for sale at any price.

Burnley looking for compromise fee for Latvian winger

IMPRESSIVE: Latvian Aleksandrs Solovjovs

3:53pm Friday 8th August 2008

BURNLEY are plotting a bid to make left winger Aleksandrs Solovjovs their seventh summer signing.

Blackburn Rovers striker loaned to Barnsley

4:02pm Friday 8th August 2008

BLACKBURN Rovers have loaned Dutch striker Maceo Rigters to FA Cup semi-finalists Barnsley for the season.

Blackburn Rovers fans urged to turn up early for Breda friendly

2:48pm Friday 8th August 2008

BLACKBURN Rovers fans are advised to arrive at Ewood Park early tomorrow for the friendly match against Dutch side NAC Breda.

Owen Coyle keeping Burnley team a secret

GOOD IMPRESSION: Midfielder Remco van der Schaaf has performed well for the Clarets during pre-season

2:19pm Friday 8th August 2008

OWEN Coyle has all but got his starting eleven for the first game of the season set in stone.

Burnley's Berisha gets loan move to Rosenborg

1:23pm Friday 8th August 2008

BESART Berisha has today joined Rosenborg on loan.

Santa Cruz in fitness race for Blackburn Rovers opener

Roque Santa Cruz

11:30am Friday 8th August 2008

ROQUE Santa Cruz faces a race against time to be fit for Blackburn Rovers’ Premier League opener against Everton next Saturday.

Caldwell: Burnley have got Sunderland spirit

Caldwell: Burnley have got Sunderland spirit

11:10am Friday 8th August 2008

FOR captain Steven Caldwell, the correlations between the Sunderland side he won promotion to the Premier League with in 2005 and the current Burnley crop are too stark to ignore.

Blackburn Rovers to take look at Annan in action

Anthony Annan

10:56am Friday 8th August 2008

PAUL Ince is set to have one last look at Anthony Annan before completing a move for the highly-rated midfielder.

Mullin pens Accrington Stanley deal

10:57am Friday 8th August 2008

ACCRINGTON Stanley have signed midfielder John Mullin on a one-year deal.

Blackburn Rovers defender: I will bounce back from Euro nightmare

DUTCH AND GO:  Andre Ooijer is looking to win a place in the defence under Paul Ince

8:50am Friday 8th August 2008

ROVERS defender Andre Ooijer is determined to shrug off his post-Euro 2008 blues by cementing a regular starting place in Paul Ince’s back four.

Burnley striker's in the goal routine

STRIKE FORCE: Martin Paterson

8:50am Friday 8th August 2008

“HITTING the back of the net ... there won’t be a sweeter sound in football to be honest,” said Martin Paterson. “It’s the reason you play.”

Let's get ready to rumble...

Bantams game switched

7:52am Friday 8th August 2008

PREVIEW: Wycombe Wanderers v Morecambe
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Blackburn Rovers striker: Fowler can be my mentor

FOX IN THE BOX: Matt Derbyshire is hoping to learn as much as possible from Premier League all-time great Robbie Fowler

6:30am Friday 8th August 2008

MATT Derbyshire believes he can pick up a few tricks of the trade from Robbie Fowler – hailing the former Liverpool man a Premier League ‘legend’.

Nelson looking to boost gates

2:31pm Friday 8th August 2008

NELSON chairman Alan Pickering is confident gates will improve at Victoria Park this term with a winning side.

Nelsen denied by Olympic hosts

11:03am Friday 8th August 2008

BLACKBURN Rovers skipper Ryan Nelsen was denied a winning start as captain of New Zealand’s U23 Olympic team yesterday as they were held to an opening Group C game draw against hosts China in Beijing.

Four Rovers and one Stanley player in Ireland U21 squad

11:08am Friday 8th August 2008

Blackburn Rovers quartet Eddie Nolan, Alan Judge, Keith Treacy and Josh O’Keefe, along with Accrington Stanley’s Jimmy Ryan, have all been named in Don Givens’ Republic of Ireland U21 squad.

Accrington Stanley skipper wants to emulate Hereford

9:00am Friday 8th August 2008

WHEN Hereford United celebrated promotion to League One last season, one Accrington Stanley player certainly wasn’t popping open the bubbly to celebrate their former foes’ success.

Premiership odds

7:00am Friday 8th August 2008

THE latest odds on winning the Premiership.


National News

Judge refused bid to bug McCanns

Gerry and Kate McCann

Updated 7:31pm Friday 8th August 2008

Portuguese police wanted to bug the parents of missing Madeleine McCann but a judge refused to give permission, their case files have revealed.


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