Articles tagged with "blackburn"
Damn You Carlitos!
By Jack | April 19th, 2008But thanks to my main man Brad Friedel for at least making the last few weeks worth watching -- somewhat. Three points with three games to go, we can do this (can't we?). ...
Is it an omen? - And welcome to the new blog!
By David | March 16th, 2008Ok so hi. My name is David and together with Jim we have taken over this blog - and not a good omen either for our tenureship as Rovers gave up a one goal lead to loose 2-1 to West Ham. Roque Santa Cruz put us ahead with a diving header. Good to ...
News from the training facilities: Nonda speaks out, Serkan chooses Turkey over Germany, and the boss returns.
By Musab | January 4th, 2008Well finally Galatasaray began training for the Saturday Fortis Turkish Cup match against Bursaspor. Herr Feldkamp returned on Thursday and right away got back to work. Too bad someone else couldn't be in charge. This is as the Galatasaray board declared
EPL Round 21: Blackburn Rovers FC vs Sunderland AFC
By Lucas | January 3rd, 2008"You get what you deserve in life – we ended up with nothing and that’s what we deserved." These were Roy Keane's words after the 1-0 loss to Blackburn yesterday, but they could just as well describe the whole season. Here are the highlights, whic
New Year Transfer Tidbits
By Lucas | December 31st, 2007A few transfer items ahead of the New Year and the January transfer window: Daryl Murphy is being sought by QPR, but wants to stay at Sunderland. Roy Keane has apparently offered Blackburn £1m for Robbie Savage. But Rovers are asking for £1.5m
8 Minutes and 20 Seconds of the Blackburn Match
By Nick | November 12th, 2007A good, Ronaldo inspired victory that has the press debating the current squad's place in our history.
Blackburn 0 - Liverpool 0
By ed | November 3rd, 2007Another game, another draw, another frustrated 90 mins. Blackburn utterly dominated the first half and we looked like my Friday nights 6 aside team. There was no cohesiveness, no interplay and no end product. In fact I believe Ryan Babel had our first
Liverpool Blackburn thoughts
By ed | November 2nd, 2007Danny over at the Blackburn blog stopped by to ask me some questions on tomorrow's game. My answers below: What do you think of your start to the season? I think that Liverpool have flattered to deceive so far this season. With the promised investment
Greeks wreak havoc in UEFA Cup
By Ian Rose | October 4th, 2007The Greek sides in the UEFA Cup went on a rampage in this round. Here's a quick rundown. All scores shown are aggregates. AEK Athens 3-1 Red Bull Salzburg Thank you, AEK, for eliminating Red Bull. Their policy of denying the team existed before the
News Roundup
By Lucas | September 28th, 2007Here's a scattering of information ahead of tomorrow's match vs Blackburn Rovers at the Stadium of Light. Dickson Etuhu will miss this game due to yellow card accumulation, and Roy Keane isn't too happy about it. "I did not think he would be suspen
Chelsea 0-0 Blackburn - POOR, POOR, POOR!!
By Andy | September 16th, 2007The day started off with a one minute appreciation for Ian Porterfield who died earlier in the week. Porterfield was Chelsea coach under Bobby Campbell when Chelsea won promotion back to the top flight in 1989 and for 20 months he was Chelsea manager when
The Title Winning Season in Review: Blackburn (A) November 11th
By Nick | June 19th, 2007Ewood Park is hardly the easiest place in the league to visit, so to sneak a one nil win was a hugely significant result. Driving rain and wind would hurt the entertainment value, so the match is perhaps best remembered for evidence of a slight thawing
Game Recap: Chalton Atheltic 0-2 Tottenham Hotspur
By Lucas | May 9th, 2007We won- we didn't win pretty, we gave Charlton too many chances, but we won. It's good to be that much closer to European competition, it's good to see Jermain Defoe scoring again, and it's fucking outstanding to come back with a clean sheet. Honestly,
Life on Mars OR Anywhere Else in the Solar System!!!
By Andy | April 17th, 2007Now I know if I stand in my garden from 8pm to 9.50pm (UK time) in a severe thunderstorm (and sorry you Yank readers for the comparison, I know parts of the US have suffered bad bad storms) I will have a better chance of being struck by lightning TWICE
FA Cup Semi-Final
By Andy | April 12th, 2007I am off to the 'Theatre of Dreams' on Sunday for Chelsea's FA Cup semi-final with Blackburn and having been there for last season's failed semi-final attempt against Liverpool, I have to admit I am really looking forward to the return trip. Firstl
The Daily Diatribe: Transfer tumors (Benni McCarthy, Raul), Rafa to sit many regulars tomorrow, Harry Kewell to play?, Return of the KopTalk saga
By Brian | April 10th, 2007* There are rumors sprouting across the internet regarding Liverpool's interest in Benni McCarthy and Raul and speculation as to whether or not they'll be wearing red next year. First of all, the source of these rumors are less than credible sites, but b
A-Dub: Savage Forgiveness
By Trent | January 16th, 2007Arsenal boss Arsene Wenger gives a little praise to Blackburn thespian Robbie Savage after the latter succeeded in having Gilberto Silva shown the red card during last weekend's 2-0 Gunners' victory. You can relive the horror here. Anyway, seems that
Our Thoughts and Prayers Go Out to Robbie Savage's Family
By Trent | January 14th, 2007Let's hope that the Savages and the entire Blackburn community can regroup and find a way to move on in the wake of the tragic beating adminsitered by Gilberto Silva during Arsenal's 2-0 win on Saturday. /wipes away tear/
Full Time: Blackburn 0-2 Arsenal
By Trent | January 13th, 2007A ten-man Gunner squad took all three points from Blackburn today courtesy of goals from Toure and Henry. Gilberto Silva was sent off in the 13th-minute, courtesy of a ridiculous Robbie Savage dive. Surprise.
All I Want for Christmas is...Eight Goals!
By Trent | December 23rd, 2006Fans at the Emirates Stadium today were treated to a bit of a goalfest as Arsenal came from behind to defeat Blackburn 6-2. Arsenal's tallies came from Gilberto, Hleb, Adebayor (pen), Flamini at the death and a brace from van Persie. With the brillian
Preview: Arsenal v. Blackburn
By Trent | December 22nd, 2006Tomorrow is Christmas Eve Eve, which in the Prem means football for the fans (and whinging from the players and coaches). Blackburn currently sit sixteenth in the table, and would to nick a point from the hosts. The Rovers' top scorer, Benni McCarth
Paris-SG turns it on, finally, and what's this about Barthez?
By Sam | December 14th, 2006If you're going to win a game after a long and painful slump, you might as well make it a 4-0 win at home against the leaders of your group, and have it coincidentally take you to the next round of European competition, whereas a draw or a loss would have
Blackburn Rovers 0-2 Chelsea
By Andy | October 26th, 2006Jose sent out a clear message of intent last night at Ewood Park with his selected team announcing 'We want to win the Carling Cup.' The Blues cleared the first obstacle with a 2-0 win courtesy of Joe Cole and Salamon Kalou goals in the second-half. I
Carling Cup (Or the Lager Cup) - Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea
By Andy | October 24th, 2006Pick the bones out of this lot. What type of team does Jose pick for the Carling Cup game at Blackburn tomorrow night? Does he go for the players that haven't featured so much this season? Geremi, Shaun Wright-Phillips, Kalou, J Cole, Wayne Bridge, La
Chelsea v Portsmouth Preview
By Andy | October 20th, 2006After the fantastic victory against Barcelona on Wednesday what type of team does 'The Special One' select for Saturday's visit of Portsmouth to Stamford Bridge as Chelsea go in pursuit of a 'hat-trick' of Premiership titles. Does he decide to keep the
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