I was told at the last home match it was Howard Webb-and my friend has never rated him since.

Not according to Bill on BBC Breakfast, who quoted Bremmer's cup final miss.

Towards the end of the service a stretcher arrived with some paramedics and a member of the congregation was taken away. I hope he was OK.

It really was a special occassion-I arrived at 1:15 and was just able to get one of the extra seats already put out. More people arrived after, with a large influx after the coffin was brought in; all these people were encouraged to go to the front of the Cathedral. I couldn't see how full it was but I speculate that the Cathedral was full. Ronnie's grand-daughter did extremely well with her tribute until the very end, when her voice quavered. I'm sure that each member of the congregation had their own private memory of the great man. And although very humble, that is what he was. Of the current squad, the players I saw emerge-I was able to leave by a side door and as a result had a good view-were Nelsen, Samba, Dunn, Jones, I think Emerton and Andrews. Dave Whelan left the Cathedral in tears.

Both you-and hence my previous posting-and Philip refer to it as the Blackburn Stand, whereas I always think of it as the Blackburn end. I thought a Stand had seats? As in Nuttall Street Stand etc.

You might want to check what you wrote about the Blackburn End stand. The roof went on the stand after the 1960 cup run, from what I remember.

It was very, very crowded.

My first reaction was OMG. A real hero-I hope the site pays a real tribute to him. Before the Nuttall Street stand was re-built, he used to come back after half-time with a small meat pie for the lads!!

13,623 for the home match-more than 17,000 for the away game.

The impression I got, from his reaction after he left, was that he had been promised more than he actually received.

What I remember was that Sherwood was over the moon about the idea for signing for them......until after he had signed and then there were some comments suggesting he wasn't getting as much as he had expected. Sherwood was very disparaging about Davies and there were rumours it was connected to a disparity of pay. I could, of course, be wrong.

I thought Sherwood was a main instigator-unhappy with the amount of money Davies was being paid compared to him- and that was one of the reasons he left to go to Tottenham. Then he found his contract was not as good as he expected and though not overly complimentary to us, referred to as proper football club compared with Spurs.

It is still going but I have never tried it.

A friend went to the recent match when they played Stanley. He said a lot of the Lincoln fans were unhappy with Sutton. Hannah will be unhappy about Pearce leaving.

Absolutely huge shock I would say.

It has.

I'm going to speak up for the Anaz as I've been a patron since it first opened. The vast majority of meals I have had have been excellent, although the chef seems to go on holidays every year and then the standard drops. I have been in the other 2 and have always been disappointed. I also quite like the Bukharra, the original East Z East in Manchester and I had a wonderful trio of desserts in the Quillon in London. More locally, the restaurant/cafe near the Barbara Castle end of Whalley Range is really quite good.

Now that would be an interesting turn out.

Ooh the cads. What's going to happen to Rafa now?

Gareth Ainsworth left QPR on a free to go to Wycombe. D. ( I presume Damien ) Johnson left Birmingham on a free to go to Plymouth.

When I listened to Radio Lancs for a short time on my way to the match, I'm sure JW was being interviewed about the move and the impression he gave was that Benni wouldn't be playing against us.

I thought he played well today, especially in the first half. It was also nice that he was applauded from all parts of the ground when he was subbed.

Lassi.

It would have been easy for Rangers to do nothing-well done Walter Smith.

I really enjoyed the Grace album. I was also a fan of his father, Tim.