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  • Our teachers are bored

    DOZENS of teachers in East Lancashire are making mistakes and losing concentration in the classroom because they are bored at work, a survey has revealed. Staff admitted to doodling, day-dreaming and even counting windowpanes in an attempt to relieve

  • Jansen set for swift Ewood return

    FORMER Blackburn Rovers striker Matt Jansen has signed for Bolton - and goes straight into the Trotters squad to face his old side today. The 28-year-old hitman was released by Rovers on Wednesday but was sensationally snapped up by Sam Allardyce yesterday

  • Peter: Rovers is just perfect

    SERGIO Peter has revealed why Blackburn was the perfect destination for him to start his football career. The German winger was courted by a host of clubs in his homeland before moving to Rovers four years ago after being blown away by their impressive

  • No grudge match

    MARK Hughes insists his Blackburn Rovers players won't be out for retribution against Bolton tonight despite their controversial defeat in the corresponding fixture last year. Wanderers won at Ewood in the Premiership last February when a dive from El-Hadji

  • The six-pointers are already here

    CLARETS midfielder James O'Connor has described today's game at Cardiff as a "massive" one for the club. Burnley are one of a cluster of clubs just outside the top six with a single point covering the five places just outside the play-off zone. And O'Connor

  • Cotterill welcomes mid-season break

    STEVE Cotterill is hoping a sunshine break will revatalise the weary Clarets after a hectic Christmas schedule. The Burnley team are set to make the most of their break between the Preston game on January 21 and the Brighton game on January 28 with boss

  • Cotterill welcomes mid-season break

    STEVE Cotterill is hoping a sunshine break will revatalise the weary Clarets after a hectic Christmas schedule. The Burnley team are set to make the most of their break between the Preston game on January 21 and the Brighton game on January 28 with boss

  • Wigan eye Tommo

    ROVERS midfielder David Thompson has been linked with a January move to Wigan Athletic. The former Liverpool star, who is out of contract in the summer, is reported to be a target for the Latics, who could test the water with a bid in the region of £250,000

  • No grudge match

    MARK Hughes insists his Blackburn Rovers players won't be out for retribution against Bolton tonight despite their controversial defeat in the corresponding fixture last year. Wanderers won at Ewood in the Premiership last February when a dive from El-Hadji

  • Undercover TV troubleshooter turned round pet store

    A TV troubleshooter has helped turn around a struggling Blackburn business after going undercover to see where the boss and staff were going wrong. Ashley Cook, owner of pets and aquatics shop Aquamania, turned to television in a desperate attempt to

  • Brothers give each other a good Slating

    BROTHERLY love will be put to one side when Blackburn Hawks play their first league game of the season at Kingston Jets tomorrow. Blackburn brothers Carl and Wayne Slater will be meeting up for the second time in the space of a week following last Sunday's

  • Agents "necessary evil" reckons Rovers manager

    MARK Hughes has called football agents "a necessary evil" in the light of Mike Newell's revelations yesterday. The former Rovers striker rocked the game this week by claiming he had been offered "bungs" when negotiating transfer dealings. But the Blackburn