KEVIN Gallacher should be back in action for Blackburn Rovers against Leicester City at Filbert Street tomorrow night.

And, while Rovers boss Roy Hodgson will welcome the return of the red-hot Scot, who is on a sizzling scoring streak, it will hand him another selection problem.

With Chris Sutton and Martin Dahlin expected to continue their striking partnership, Gallacher looks an obvious choice to return on the right flank where Rovers are still missing the injured Stuart Ripley.

But that will mean another midfield man forced to sit out a game between two teams who have surprised the Premiership by their excellent starts.

Gallacher, who has scored seven goals from six starts and a substitute appearance, had to stay behind when Rovers went to White Hart Lane at the weekend as he was suffering from flu.

But he joined the rest of the squad in training yesterday afternoon and hopes are high that he will be back in contention for a place tomorrow night.

Competition for places is fierce in the midfield area but the balance of the side looks much better when they are able to go with two men who are comfortable on the flanks.

And, if Gallacher gets the nod, that could be the only change to the team which failed to score for the first time this season at Tottenham. There could be more good news for Hodgson too in the recovery rate of Ripley, who has been his first choice for the right-wing role.

After damaging a hamstring while earning his second cap for England, Ripley is making good progress.

But the manager is also aware that hamstrings can be tricky to assess.

There is a suggestion he could return next week, possibly in time to put himself back in the frame for England's trip to Italy.

But there's a psychological barrier as well as a physical one to overcome with these problems.

Rovers collected a Football Trust\McDonald's Disabled Facilities award from Sports Minister Tony Banks MP yesterday as the Premiership's best club for providing special accommodation for disabled spectators.

Ewood, which has a capacity of 31,367, boasts 280 specially-designated places for wheelchairs while neighbours Manchester United have just 70 in a stadium holding 55,500 and Liverpool only 44 among their full-house of 35,561.

That is why Rovers are the top-flight winners of an award presented by the Trust - and why Banks said: "I commend the Trust for their survey and the clubs who have won the awards, but when you give out awards it also highlights others who are slipping up and have to improve.

"I strongly believe there is still much to be done in improving access at clubs and changing attitudes because now football has got to be a fully-inclusive game."

Northampton were the top Nationwide League club, with Crewe runners-up and Celtic number one in Scotland.

James Thomas, the young Rover on loan to West Brom, scored for Wales as they beat Norway 3-2 last night in their opening European under-18 championship qualifying match.

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