The Blues fans made up perhaps the 990 of that total inside the stadium, travelling to see a piece of Welsh rugby history in the making.

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Blues fans have a masochistic streak a mile wide.

ECONOMIST: The blues

Clarksdale, a town of about 17, 800 people, is well known to Blues fans as the home of the crossroads, where Robert Johnson is said to have sold his soul to the devil for skills with a guitar.

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Saturday largely remained dry, and fans from Cardiff Blues and Newport County helped clear snow from pitches to ensure the respective rugby and football matches went ahead.

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Fans of American roots music such as swing, blues, and rockabilly need look no further than HighTone Recordings, distributor of Big Sandy and his Fly-Rite Boys, among others.

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By the way, while we are generally not huge fans of wine and cheese together, Port and Stilton (and other blues) are an exception.

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Halfpenny is the Blues' long-range specialist and the wing, accompanied by deafening whistling from the Toulon fans, sent his kick sailing between the posts.

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All of which is set to leave Brooklyn's baseball fans--like Mr Dole--with nothing but fading memories and ball-park blues.

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