[Maddix]

typical Big jack comment    hes a good player that colin hendry but he doesnt know what to do   and im sure Jack wasnt taking the piss  

That reminds me of another soft spot I have for Blackburn Back in the 90's, when they were good, they were playing Beeston Beasts in the league cup at Bellend Road and asked if they could use our ground (Farsley Celtic) for a warm up and light training session during the day. A few of us took the kids down on special invite as it was supposed to be top secret. Colin Hendry was magnificent that day, along with Shearer and LeSaux plus all the others whose names I can't recall (I think Sutton had left by then). They couldn't do enough for the kids and none of them had the bloody silly attitudes players have now. I still remember talking shite with Colin whilst sat on our 10 step concrete kop They were practicing penalties at one bit and Colin was telling me what each player would do and whether they'd miss or not, using sexual swear words, as they stepped up.

Our young un, who's now 27 , still recalls the day he met Shearer in his pomp, practiced with him and has the personalised signed photo's, taken on the day by the Blackburn staff, to prove it

I couldn't see owt like what Blackburn did for us that day happening in this era