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Tell us your favourite East Lancashire derby memories (From Lancashire Telegraph)
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Tell us your favourite East Lancashire derby memories
3:33pm Wednesday 28th November 2012 in News
AHEAD of the Sunday’s East Lancashire derby, we are asking Blackburn Rovers and Burnley fans to tell us their favourite memories of previous matches between the two sides.
Here we ask for your ‘six of the best’, with the best answers being used in the newspaper as part of our bumper derby preview.
Rovers and Burnley supporters are asked to tell us which were their personal favourites in six categories:
Best derby game
Best derby goal
Best derby hero
Best derby challenge
Best derby moment
Best derby manager
You can send us your answers by using the comment facility below.
Comments are closed on this article.

Comments (36)
3:55pm Wed 28 Nov 12
b12simon says...
3:58pm Wed 28 Nov 12
makaveli96 says...
Best derby goal: Dunns penalty whn Martin took a dive!
Best derby hero: One SIMON GARNER!
Best derby challenge: Douglas!
4:09pm Wed 28 Nov 12
jinkyjase says...
Best derby goal - so many too choose from.... Peds at Ewood.
Best derby hero - David Dunn for the below.
Best derby challenge - Kevin Ball demonstrating he's as thick as the fans by trying to kill Dunny coz he was too good for him.
4:10pm Wed 28 Nov 12
londonrover says...
4:11pm Wed 28 Nov 12
juanbbien says...
4:44pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Fidel Castro says...
5-0 in 2001 of course, you could never improve on that.
Best derby goal
Simon Garner's winner at Turf Moor in 1982. Hazy recollections but it was a Garner special, good control and hit on the turn. Pity there were no cameras there.
Best derby hero
Super Simon, always scored against them and even continued when he played for WBA and Wycombe. No wonder they hated him.
Best derby challenge
Has to be Ball's in 2000 on Dunn. Didn't hold back and nor did we when he had to walk up the tunnel in our end.
Best Derby Moment
Dubious penalty for yet another win at t'Turf in 2010. Nothing sweeter than winning a game like that with a dodgy penalty.
Best Derby Manager
I like Stan Turnip's comment about his side being like a clapped out banger compared to our Ferrari.
5:08pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Bazzer says...
5:09pm Wed 28 Nov 12
bluenwhite says...
.tey havnt had a best anything yet ha ha ha...............unl
es they are over 40 years old
5:15pm Wed 28 Nov 12
walshy2866 says...
Best challenge- Russell on Dunny, got the animal a red cos he wasn't good enough to match the lad from Great Harwood!
Best manager- Souness, 7-0 aggregate win 00-01 season
Best goal- Peds in cup replay, right in front of their lot in Darwen End
Best hero- Dunny cooly slotting the penalty away past that big Danish oaf in front of their fans
Best game- 2-0 win Dec 2000, they'd waited 17 years for this, even sung "bring on the b@stards" as they got promoted the season before at Gillingham I think? We outplayed them , the padiham wifebeater Payton got hit with a pie as he headed for the tunnel at half time, Bent made it safe late on , in front of us in the cricketfield stand, and the banjo playing inbreds left early to wait for Rovers fans. Coppers had it all boxed off, dispatched them off, where they promptly made their way into their own town centre and smashed it up. Pure quality!
Best moment- Been so many , I loved Ryan Nelson threatening to punch that dingle after he faced up to Savage, but my personal favourite was sadly only witnessed by 50 other Rovers fans but approx 300 dingles. Dec 2000, 1st league game for 17 years, our coach pulled up at lights outside Prairie pub on Colne road, loads of coppers keeping the dingles back with horses , dogs etc and them giving it plenty. A mate of mine , cool as you like, unfolds this huge cardboard cutout covered in silver foil of the premiership trophy, holds it upto the window, pulls out a huge brandy glass (with brandy in!), swills it around, lights the biggest cigar you've ever seen, lights it, sips the brandy and shows the dingles what success is all about. It was a moment of pure genius , he told nobody he was going to do it and the dingles were absolutely speechless, even the coppers had a little chuckle at it. It demonstrated to me the gulf between the clubs and showed again Rovers class and superiority over their tin-pot neighbours
5:20pm Wed 28 Nov 12
walshy2866 says...
5:39pm Wed 28 Nov 12
JPainter90 says...
Best derby goal: Pedersen at Ewood to win the FA Cup replay. Could feel the almighty Blackburn End shaking.
Best derby hero: Dunny will be an eternal great after placing that wrongly-given penalty into the Dingledome net.
Best derby challenge: Russel on Dunny. As 'Fidel Castro' said, "Didn't hold back and nor did we when he had to walk up the tunnel in our end."
Best derby moment: The look on the Burnley fans' faces when we equalised only minutes after they went 1-0 up at Ewood in their pathetic attempt at the Prem in the 09-10 season.
Best derby manager: Every one of them that have given Bunley the tubbing they're all too used to.
5:45pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Iiii1111 says...
can anyone remember Keith Fear playing (making is deut)?
6:21pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Brfc24138931 says...
6:45pm Wed 28 Nov 12
FCBurnley says...
Charlie Austins 3rd next Sunday
BEST DERBY GOAL 2
Willie Irvine`s goal at Deadwood on Jan 1st 1966 . It virtually ensured Rovers Relegation.
BEST DERBY GOAL 3
Brian Douglas lobbing Fat Harry Leyland in the early 60`s. Pure Class
6:52pm Wed 28 Nov 12
oggy 56 says...
6:53pm Wed 28 Nov 12
stick to football says...
6:59pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Burnley59/60 says...
7:12pm Wed 28 Nov 12
George White Bread says...
7:25pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Chico! says...
Silly little dingle x
7:32pm Wed 28 Nov 12
oggy 56 says...
7:32pm Wed 28 Nov 12
angryandy says...
7:36pm Wed 28 Nov 12
oggy 56 says...
7:41pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Chico! says...
Ian Moore (I think) thinking he'd scored on April Fools day 2001 & celebrating like he'd just lifted the World Cup in front of the Blackburn End. He hadn't spotted the lino's flag & the look on his face as we all **** our sides at him was priceless.
Also from the same season, the furious Bonleh scruff who ran onto the pitch at Tarf Moo-er, irate that his team had bottled it, to be greeted with a rousing chorus of "who let the dingle out" from the partying Rovers fans.
He looked like he was going to cry!
Also in that game, Souness walking out before the Rovers team and staring down the assembled seething scruffs.
Priceless.
7:43pm Wed 28 Nov 12
burnleyglentoran says...
You had the 80's 90's and 00's
Now the power is slowly shifting back to us.
Get used to it.
B******* ROVERS (The former Lancashire based club)-
THE ONLY TOWN TEAM TO WIN THE PREMIER LEAGUE.
THE ONLY ONE TO BE RELEGATED FROM IT.
TWICE!!!!!!
7:43pm Wed 28 Nov 12
French Rover says...
8:32pm Wed 28 Nov 12
juanbbien says...
9:27pm Wed 28 Nov 12
peely says...
9:31pm Wed 28 Nov 12
George White Bread says...
Your comedy offerings are dwindling with each post, you've peaked and I use that term in a very generous way. Now run along little ChicOCK you're late for your night shift licking the floor at Burger King.
Bless x
10:32pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Chico! says...
x
10:41pm Wed 28 Nov 12
George White Bread says...
10:55pm Wed 28 Nov 12
Chico! says...
x
1:05am Thu 29 Nov 12
GRAHAM HALSALL says...
half time Rovers 3-0 up. Fear missed early 2nd half penalty. Peter Noble inspired Burnley to come back to 3-2 Rovers hung on for famous victory.
Best challenge Any that a Rovers player won.
Best manager Jim Smith (always lucky agin Burnley)
Best goal - Any Rovers have coed against the dingles.
Best hero (s)- Simon Garner always upfor the fight in derby games and John Bond (RIP) The best Burnley manager ever
Best moment - To digress STAYING DOWN 4EVER AEROPLANE BANNER.
10:29am Thu 29 Nov 12
walshy2866 says...
10:40am Thu 29 Nov 12
walshy2866 says...
10:56am Thu 29 Nov 12
walshy2866 says...
6:29pm Thu 29 Nov 12
Rovers75 says...
As usual, the angry banjo playing string vest brigade can only post the usual poison and envy that has diseased that 3rd world club over the last 4 decades.
Bents goal at their sh1thole in 2000 was the one that sent all the apes into meltdown as Rovers fans erupted in rejoice......great times and memories.
Another of my favorites was the last Ewood derby when the fireworks went off at 3-1. Classic timing once again from the class outfit.