The Latest Blackburn Rovers FC Transfer News, Stories and Updates have been added below for 2017 – 2018
- Thu, 14 May 2020 09:37:26 +0000: Blackburn's title memories and the threat to amateur football – Football Weekly Extra - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
Max Rushden and Barry Glendenning talk to Michael Butler on and about the 25th anniversary Blackburn winning the Premier League, memories of the 1994-95 season and the pain of being unable to play football at grassroots level
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Max and Barry talk with Michael Butler about Blackburn Rovers’ title-winning season of 1994-95, with stories of training being regularly stopped by hearses, the SAS, an appraisal of the notion that they bought the league and Jack Walker attempting to penalise one of Michael’s relatives for supporting the wrong team.
Continue reading... - Thu, 14 May 2020 07:00:03 +0000: 'It was perfect': 25 years on from the day Blackburn won the league - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
On the anniversary of Rovers clinching the title, we speak to some of the people involved on that final day at Liverpool
Blackburn had waited 81 years for another league title and led Manchester United by two points going into the final day of the 1994-95 season. Rovers went to Anfield on 14 May but ended up losing 2-1 against Liverpool. Fans in the away end were left hoping Alex Ferguson’s side would be denied by West Ham.
The game at Upton Park ended in a draw to hand Rovers the title in one of the most dramatic finishes to a season in the English top flight. The triumph completed the transformation, led by Jack Walker – a local businessman who bankrolled the club – and manager Kenny Dalglish, from small-town club to champions of England.
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Related: Blackburn didn't buy the Premier League title in 1995 – they earned it
Continue reading... - Fri, 01 May 2020 12:37:54 +0000: The Premier League's best young players of 2009-10 ... a decade later - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
Gareth Bale went on to win the Champions League four times, but many of his contemporaries had already peaked
By Martin Laurence for WhoScored
There is an assumption that footballers get better with age before peaking in their late twenties and regressing in their thirties. The theory goes that players improve with greater experience before their fitness deteriorates and they inevitably get worse. However, a look back at the best players aged 21 or under in the 2009-10 season shows that not every promising youngster is destined for greater things.
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Continue reading... - Tue, 21 Apr 2020 11:27:17 +0000: Football quiz: when Blackburn won the Premier League 25 years ago - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
Who lifted the trophy? Who scored the goals? Who complained?
More quizzes: misses, photos, assists, managers and rants
Which sponsorship logo adorned Blackburn’s shirts that season?
Foster’s Export
McEwan’s Lager
Tennent's Super
Carlsberg Special Brew
Who missed the first eight months of the season with a broken leg, returned to score against Crystal Palace in April – and was then substituted after breaking his leg again?
David Batty
Mike Newell
Jason Wilcox
Kevin Gallacher
Blackburn beat Newcastle 1-0 in their last home game thanks to a spectacular performance from the goalkeeper Tim Flowers. Which word did he use repeatedly in a memorable, animated post-match interview?
Men
Bottle
Cojones
Tickedyboo
Who scored the BBC’s Goal of the Season against Blackburn at Ewood Park?
John Barnes
Matt Le Tissier
Mark Hughes
Guy Whittingham
Who was sent off after 72 seconds in the 1-1 draw at home to against Leeds?
Chris Sutton
David Batty
Jason Wilcox
Tim Flowers
Which Dutch international, who played at Italia 90, joined Blackburn on loan in March, played one game at West Ham and later called the town “poor and ugly”?
Hans Gillhaus
Wim Kieft
Richard Witschge
Johan Cruyff
Which future West Ham defender played alongside Colin Hendry at centre-half on the title-winning day at Anfield?
Ian Pearce
Tony Gale
Paul Warhurst
Henning Berg
Who, as club captain, was first to lift the Premier League trophy?
Colin Hendry
Alan Shearer
David Batty
Tim Sherwood
Complete the Alex Ferguson quote from April 1995: “Blackburn can only throw the league away now. We must hope they do a …”
Jana Novotna
Greg Norman
Jimmy White
Devon Loch
The SAS, Shearer and Sutton, scored 49 of Blackburn’s 80 league goals between them. Who was the next highest goalscorer with six?
Mark Atkins
Mike Newell
Stuart Ripley
Tim Sherwood
When Alan Shearer was too nervous to watch Manchester United’s televised game against Leeds in April, what did he do instead?
Give the garden fence an extra coat of creosote
Sit in the bath as long as the match remained 0-0
Listen to Radio One
Watch Tranmere v Middlesbrough on ITV
Which team were the top scorers in the Premier League in 1994-95?
Newcastle United
Manchester United
Nottingham Forest
Blackburn Rovers
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You could have won it but ended up doing a Devon Loch
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You could have won it but ended up doing a Devon Loch
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Title winner? As if! You've been relegated
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You, like Tim Sherwood, are a champion
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You, like Tim Sherwood, are a champion
Continue reading... - Thu, 19 Mar 2020 14:42:17 +0000: Former Cardiff midfielder Peter Whittingham dies aged 35 - Blackburn Rovers | The Guardian
- Whittingham suffered head injuries in fall this month
- Cardiff pay tribute and say they are ‘heartbroken’
The former Cardiff and Aston Villa midfielder Peter Whittingham has died at the age of 35. Whittingham had what South Wales police described as “an accidental fall” at a Barry pub on 7 March and had been in hospital with head injuries.
The former midfielder was a huge fans’ favourite at Cardiff, scoring numerous spectacular long-range goals that helped earn him a place in the EFL’s team of the decade for 2005-2015. He started his career at Villa before joining Cardiff in 2007, playing more than 450 times for the club. He finished his career at Blackburn, whom he left in August 2018.
Related: 'He made it look so cool': tributes flood in for Peter Whittingham
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Historical Transfer News and Team Gossip has been archived below:
- Sun, 31 May 2020 11:53:00 +0000: Johno: We're raring to go - Blackburn Rovers News
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The midfielder knows there's no time to waste when the 2019-20 campaign resumes
Sporting a new look for the return to training, Bradley Johnson says the Rovers squad is ready to hit the ground running when a date is set for football to resume.
- Sun, 31 May 2020 10:20:07 +0000: Nyambe feeling good about his game - Blackburn Rovers News
Club News
The Rovers right-back is pleased with his progress, but is hungry to develop his game further
Ryan Nyambe says he is hungry to improve further after describing the current campaign as his best yet.
- Sat, 30 May 2020 19:38:38 +0000: EFL STATEMENT: COVID-19 TEST RESULTS - Blackburn Rovers News
Club News
A further 10 individuals from eight Championship clubs have now tested positive for COVID-19
The EFL have tonight released the following statement following the latest round of tests for COVID-19.
- Sat, 30 May 2020 13:16:00 +0000: Good to get back into the swing of things - Blackburn Rovers News
Club News
The Rovers squad returned to training this week and Tony Mowbray is pleased by what he's seen from the players
Rovers returned to training at the beginning of this week, and Tony Mowbray's been pleased with what he's seen from his players.
- Sat, 30 May 2020 12:04:00 +0000: Ladies pair return to parent clubs - Blackburn Rovers News
Ladies
Missy Bo Kearns and Fran Stenson have returned to Liverpool and Arsenal, respectively
Rovers Ladies can confirm that England Under-19s pair Missy Bo Kearns and Fran Stenson have returned to their parent clubs.
Newly relegated Blackburn Rovers have now resigned themselves to loosing many of their top players in the closed season due to their unsuccessful season just gone which will break the hearts of many of their supporters. One of the first players who will make an exit from Ewood Park is French midfielder Steven N`Zonzi who look set to return to the premier league as their are now a number of clubs battling for the players signature.
On a plus note the side from the north have many targets on their scope for the new season as Steve Kean looks to bolster his squad options with the first of these to be signed being the Portuguese striker Nuno Gomes. The influential striker has just signed a two year deal to take him to Ewood Park on a free transfer as he was released from his previous side Braga at the end of the season.
Another two players who have been signed by kean so far are Danny Murphy and Leon Best who have recently both signed lucrative deals to help the side retake their position in the top flight of English football. Both players arrived on free transfers which is always a bonus for clubs and bring with them a wealth of experience.
Want away winger Junior Hoilett is another player who is close to leaving the club this summer as he is on the verge of a move to German side Borussia Monchengladbach. The player is also said to have held talks with many of the premier leagues top clubs but it look for than likely that the player will look for pastures new in on of Europe’s top leagues. The twenty two year old has just been seen to fly out to Germany to seal this deal so barring a disaster you will see him in the colours of Monchengladbach next season.
Finally rover have also been involved in arranging the transfer of up and coming Ipswich goal keeper Scott Loach who has been on Keans radar for some time and are now looking to hijack an approach from Watford. The young keeper is thought to be the perfect player for Kean to rebuild from the back and it is believe that Loach is very keen on a move up north.
