AS A loyal Burnley fan of 26 years, I feel obliged to write about the moronic tone of Stephen Cummings' article (LET, May 11).

Being a lone Burnley fan in a Rovers-dominated workplace, I will admit to feeling a certain amount of satisfaction regarding the way the season ended for the two clubs, to suggest "hatred . . . for loathed rivals" as how a true Burnley fan should feel is both laughable and abhorrent.

No doubt Mr Cummings approved of the recent Glasgow derby.

S TATTERSALL, Chapel Rise, Billington.

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