Pedersen WILL be a legend. Even if he becomes crap forevermore after the next game, he scored the winning goal against Burnley. That's all you need to be a Rovers Legend.

Hello peeps.... Ok, this is my first ever post on here, and what a sucky thread to do it in. I have an opinion on these matters, as everybody else does. I have been an Accrington based Rovers fan all my life. I have been following the news closely over the past couple of days and have found myself disgusted enough to come here and vent my spleen to anyone who will listen. Anyways, there has been much talk about the coverage in the national press about the Yorke incident. Most people seem to conclude that the coverage has been over the top, that Steve Bruce has over-reacted, that Yorke over-reacted, even that political correctness has gone mad etc. What I have found the most intriguing is where the national press have found the Blackburn "locals" who have found themselves being interviewed on the television, in the papers and on the radio. One such gentleman made me chuckle. (Adopt Lancashire accent which always seems much more broad on the radio) "I've been goin' down t'Ewood fer nigh on thuurty yeear an' I never sin a spot 'o' racial bother in al this time". I have heard many other people echo this sentiment, claiming that they have never witnessed racism at Ewood. As a kid going down the rovers in the 80's and standing on the Blackburn end, I witnessed some abhorrent racism coming from the terraces, from both home and away supporters. One incident which stuck in my mind was the pre match warm up of the (then young) Uriah Rennie, who was greeted to about 2000 monkey chants coming from the Blackburn end.. This was nothing new to football grounds in the 1980's, it was echoed in every ground. Football in general, however, cleaned up it's act in the 90's and any racism is swiftly dealt with. It is such a rarity in top flight matches that any minor incident gets blown out of proportion. The football racists of the 80's have either grown up, been barred from grounds or learned that actually, racism is a pretty vile thing this day and age and 99% of people will not tolerate it. Ewood Park has been racism free for the best part of 15 years. Why, all of a sudden, should it make a comeback, particularly when the club has been making such an effort (more than most clubs) to market its home matches to families and ethnic minorities? It's a shame that the ejection of a couple of fans was caught on the Sky cameras, and it's a shame that it happend so close to the England-Spain match. The actions of a couple of idiots do not reflect the thoughts, beliefes and attitudes of 20,000 people who just wanted to go and watch their team try and win a match, and the Southern tabloid press (as ever) are now starting to pick up on the fact that BNP scumbags won seats in the area, which, as we all know, is totally irrelevant to the isolated incident. The press coverage in general of this incident has been shocking and has cast a bad light on the club, the town, and the area in general. It's a shame.