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It now admits the decision was a mistake - helped to that conclusion by criticism from the local government Ombudsman. From Ms G Linscott Sir: In his entertaining feature on clay pigeon shooting (3 April) Andy Martin said: "they carry on shooting in far-away places, well out of earshot." Try telling that to villagers here - if you can be heard above the noise of shooting on a summer weekend. Four years ago South Herefordshire District Council gave planning permission to a clay shooting school without consulting local residents. Surely it is time football clubs gave all away fans a fair deal, by ensuring they do not have to pay more than home supporters for the same standard seat ticket.Yours sincerely,DOMINIC BURCHLeeds, West Yorkshire. It struck me as odd that while the stewards were capable of distinguishing between a child and an adult, and an adult and an OAP on match days, they were not able to identify a student carrying his students' union card.The entry price for Sheffield United fans was only £8. At Elm Park, I pay only £4.50 (the student/juvenile/OAP price). I was informed by the gentleman working the turnstile that, had I purchased a ticket in advance, I would have been entitled to a student discount of £7. I went to see them play Sheffield United at Bramall Lane and was astonished to find the entry price for visiting supporters was £14.

I am sure that he was not thinking about the team's merchandising potential.Yours faithfully,JAMES ROBERTSSt Albans, Herts. Sir: I am keen supporter of Reading and a particularly poor student living in Leeds, but I try to attend as many of Reading's games in the area as possible. Combine this with even occasional brilliance - and one strike or visionary pass from Shearer can itself be worth more than the price of admission - and you have a team worthy of admiration.And as for love, Jack Walker was motivated by nothing less, I would have thought, when he gave £50m to the team he has supported since his boyhood. Money can be destructive of character and commitment, but in the case of Blackburn it seems to have engendered an unswerving and unselfish dedication to the good of the team, and an unbreakable determination.