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The latest Football News for Blackburn Rovers Football Club in 2026.
Updated 16 Jun 2026
- Tony Mowbray, 62, lands new job in English football as he returns to the dugout after battle with bowel cancer (05 Jun 2026)
Mowbray, 62, suddenly stepped down as manager of Birmingham in February 2024 after undergoing surgery. He had 15cm of his bowel removed during his treatment.
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- Championship rivals set for transfer tug-of-war over £1m-rated Liverpool midfielder, 22, after his impressive spell in Scottish Premiership (04 Jun 2026)
He has spent the last two seasons on loan in the Scottish Premiership with Dundee United, where he won their young player of the year award, and is ready to make his next move a…
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- Tony Parkes was the 'heartbeat' of Blackburn's Premier League triumph who Kenny Dalglish cherished, writes IAN LADYMAN – he bravely battled Alzheimer's but never forgot football (23 Apr 2026)
IAN LADYMAN: Back in February 2024 Tony Parkes – by then afflicted by Alzheimer's – was invited to take a walk out on to the Ewood Park pitch at Blackburn in the moments before a…
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- Tony Parkes dead aged 76: Alan Shearer leads tributes to 'Mr Blackburn Rovers' as Premier League winning coach passes away (23 Apr 2026)
Parkes was a coach with the Lancashire club during their 1994-95 Premier League-winning season under Kenny Dalglish.
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- Emotional Frank Lampard fights back tears after Coventry City's Premier League promotion as Richard Keys celebrates his beloved side's return to the top flight (17 Apr 2026)
The Sky Blues boss choked up during a post-match interview following his side's 1-1 draw at Blackburn Rovers, which gave them the point they needed.
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- The man with the shovel-sized hands, a reconstructed face and lightning reflexes: How David Raya can resurrect Arsenal's season after back-to-back cup defeats (07 Apr 2026)
ISAAN KHAN: In Arsenal's many times of need this season, their man with the shovel-sized hands has often come to the rescue.
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- The EFL is broken – and we've uncovered the scarcely believable proof. This is how close to oblivion YOUR club is, why owners are terrified – and the solutions they are crying out for, reveals MIKE KEEGAN (26 Mar 2026)
SPECIAL REPORT BY MIKE KEEGAN: Shock figures highlight the desperate state of play outside the promised land of the Premier League, with the staggering sums lost each year laid bare.
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- Where IS David Batty? IAN HERBERT reveals why the elusive former Leeds and England star shuns the spotlight, how 'modern-world misfit' fills his days, what his old team-mates think of him… and solves the 'caravan in Filey' mystery (24 Mar 2026)
It's a sharp morning on the east Yorkshire coast and the search for David Batty has gone cold. But a chance chat near a sculpture of a fisherman on the front yields a brief breakthrough.
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- Pictured: Teenage footballer, 15, who died after collapsing during match (12 Mar 2026)
Goalkeeper Amelia Aplin, 15, passed away whilst playing for Oxford United in a fixture against Fulham at the club's training centre in Horspath on Saturday.
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- 'Long-ball reputation I had was a load of b******s – opposition managers only moaned because they lost': SAM ALLARDYCE on the unseen revolution at Bolton, the time his team made him eat sheep testicles and why he's not done yet at 71 (19 Feb 2026)
'The Invincibles at Arsenal, they went the whole season without losing,' he says. 'They were as hard and dirty as you wanted to be. I got the stick and they didn't because they were top…
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- Man United title-winner is handed his first coaching role as assistant to Blackburn's new job-sharing manager (13 Feb 2026)
He's seen Michael Carrick excelling back at Manchester United – and now an old team-mate is following him into coaching work.
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
- League One manager emerges as favourite to take over as Blackburn boss – as Championship strugglers bid to avoid relegation amid eight-game winless run (03 Feb 2026)
EXCLUSIVE BY SIMON JONES: Leam Richardson is emerging as a leading candidate to become the next manager of Blackburn Rovers.
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