POLICE say there were eight arrests before the game between Blackburn Rovers and Bolton Wanderers at Ewood Park last night.
Pub landlords had been warned to close for the evening and police feared violence could break out before the grudge match.
Patrols were stepped up in the town centre and the Ewood area and there was some minor trouble at the Moorings pub in Infirmary.
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