IT APPEARS Stephen Cummings (LET, May 11), is living in some sort of time-warp dating back to the 1970s when he talks of a mutual hatred between Rovers and Burnley fans.

Certainly, long-standing supporters like myself remember only too well some bitter local derbies, but the fact is that the clubs have not met in a generation.

No, the truth is, Mr Cummings, that Rovers fans nowadays regard Burnley with something far worse than hatred - indifference.

Rovers have bigger fish to fry these days.

PHILIP HOLDEN, Columbia Way, Blackburn.

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