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BBC sports reporter Ben Smith has said Blackburn Rovers will not hold a minute's silence for Lady Thatcher before Saturday's match, despite the former prime minister being an honorary vice-president at the club:

I understand that Blackburn Rovers will now NOT hold a minute's silence for Mrs Thatcher on Saturday.

From @BenSmithBBC on Twitter: ( 9:19 am, Thu 11 Apr 2013)

Thatcher became an honorary vice president of Blackburn in 1998 but after talks today club will not mark her death.

From @BenSmithBBC on Twitter: ( 9:19 am, Thu 11 Apr 2013)

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Blackburn Rovers have sacked manager Michael Appleton after just two months in charge.

The former Preston midfielder has spent just 15 games at the helm at Ewood Park.

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Blackburn Rovers fans have thrown snowballs at the club's controversial owners.

Jitendra Desai – husband of owner Anuradha – was hit in the face outside Ewood Park before Saturday’s 2-1 defeat by Charlton.

Owners Venky's were in attendance for Michael Appleton's Ewood Park debut and received a predictably hostile greeting from the home support.

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Blackburn Rovers have sacked manager Henning Berg, the club's owners announced.

The Norwegian was in charge of the club for just 57 days since his appointment at the end of October.

Berg won just one of his 10 games at the helm.

"This decision has been taken following a very disappointing sequence of results," said a statement on the club's website.

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Granada sports reporter Chris Hall reports that a source close to Venkys, the owners of Blackburn Rovers, says that manager Steve Kean has been offered a different role at the club, which would clear the way for a new man in charge.

But Blackburn has denied this.

Follow this story at ITV Granada.

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The FA Cup quarter-final between Bolton and Spurs, which was abandonded following the cardiac arrest suffered by Fabrice Muamba on Saturday, will take place on Tuesday, March 27 at 7:30pm at White Hart Lane, Bolton have confirmed.

The club have also confirmed that Saturday's Premier League encounter with Blackburn will go ahead as planned just as their club doctor was giving further good news on the progress of Muamba.

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