He might not have liked the fuss but it is essential Sheffield remembers a man who gave his home city so much.

To name a the Parkway or the ring-road that links the two football clubs he so wholeheartedly represented would be a start.

There should also be a statue of him on Fargate in the city centre.

Not many cities can lay claim to a character like Derek Dooley and he was a man who championed the name of Sheffield wherever he went.

We say Sheffield should celebrate and permanently remember the life of one of the city's greatest and most popular sons.

'Kill' remarks must now be withdrawn
THE STAR backs Rotherham MP Dennis MacShane's call for Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk to withdraw his irresponsible remarks about Rotherham referee Howard Webb.

For any Prime Minister to say he 'wanted to kill' someone is dangerous.

To say it about a referee after a football match is just plain daft.
There are thousands of Poles in South Yorkshire the vast majority of whom are peaceful, law-abiding and welcome.

To inflame the hot-headed to issue death threats to policeman Howard Webb and his family is madness.

Howard Webb's decision to give Austria a last-minute penalty in their game against the Poles was correct.

Even had he been wrong Mr Tusk's remarks would be totally unacceptable.

He must withdraw and apologise.

Take sensible steps?
ANOTHER day in compensation court and a school caretaker claiming he wasn't taught to use a ladder he fell off
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The injured party insists that, after 30 years of climbing ladders he'd never received proper training.

But at 73-years-old, it's no longer a matter of being taught but more a case of using a lifetime's experience...and a little common sense.


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