ALAN Green insisted on Saturday that he had no regrets about the comments that led to Sam Allardyce's BBC boycott.

The Radio Five Live commentator made no apology for describing the Wanderers playing style as "ugly", but said he regretted the reaction to his controversial remarks.

"I don't withdraw a word of what I said on Monday, but I regret hugely what has been said in response," Green says in an exclusive article in Saturday's Bolton Evening News.

Allardyce is refusing to speak to Five Live in protest at Green's criticism of Wanderers while commentating on Monday's 2-2 draw with Liverpool at the Reebok and during a post-match phone-in.

He infuriated Bolton fans when he said he would not pay to watch them play, provoking a wave of criticism, including letters to this newspaper.

Green admits to being surprised at the fallout following his remarks, describing the Evening News coverage as "hysterical".

Nevertheless, in maintaining his right to express his opinion, he insists his comments were balanced with praise for what Allardyce and Wanderers had achieved on limited resources.

He adds: "I said that it was a measure of how far the club had come that we now took for granted that Bolton wouldn't be relegated, would finish high in the table and would probably qualify for European football again, perhaps even the Champions League.

"It's there in the recording, if you don't believe me. But I still felt their football was ugly. "