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A Burnley fan shows his support for the Premier League new boys who visit arch rivals Blackburn Rovers today

East Lancashire derby: Welcome to hell

The mills may have gone but there is still something dark and satanic whenever Burnley and Blackburn meet in perhaps the most savage rivalry in British football. It is also one of the most seldom played – just four clashes since 1983. Today, Ewood Park stages the first meeting in the top flight since 1966 of these towns built and divided by the now dead cotton trade

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