Blackburn Rovers (Blues and Whites ) Football Club Results
Saturday, 26 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
| Aston Villa | 1-1 (HT 0-0) |
Blackburn |
| Young 73 | Santa Cruz 68 | |
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Bookings: Reid 89 Samba 90 |
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Blackburn 1 Villans 1
Any of that ever-swelling number of teams competing to land English football’s most modern jackpot – yes, fourth place in the Premier League – appreciate that the next four months will afford scant time for rest. But Martin O’Neill is anticipating that for him these next four days will be particularly sleepless
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Saturday, 19 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 1-1 (HT 0-1) |
Middlesbrough |
| Derbyshire 75 | Wheater 13 | |
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Bookings: Samba 75 |
Bookings: Boateng 50 Rochemback 73 O’Neil 75 |
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Rovers 1-1 Boro
Substitute Matt Derbyshire’s second-half goal earned Blackburn a barely deserved point. Defender David Wheater gave Boro an early lead when he headed Stewart Downing’s free-kick past Brad Friedel
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Sunday, 13 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
| Bolton | 1-2 (HT 1-0) |
Blackburn |
| Nolan 43 | Samba 53 Roberts 90 |
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Bookings: Campo 45 Cohen 62 |
Bookings: Samba 89 |
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Blackburn Rovers Football Club defeated Bolton Football Club 2-1
Jason Roberts’ last-minute solo effort snatched a deserved victory for Blackburn in the Lancashire derby. Kevin Nolan’s awesome volley from Joey O’Brien’s cross-field ball, the only highlight of a dismal first half, put Bolton in front just before the break
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Saturday, 05 January 2008
The FA Cup sponsored by E.ON
| Blackburn | 1-4 (HT 0-1) |
Coventry |
| Bentley 85 | Mifsud 34 Ward (pen) 64 Adebola 83 Mifsud 90 |
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Bookings: Khizanishvili 63 |
Bookings: Doyle 37 |
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Blues and Whites 1 Coventry 4
Michael Mifsud scored twice as giantkillers Coventry marched into the FA Cup fourth round at the expense of below-par Blackburn. The Malta international, nicknamed the Mosquito due to his 5ft 5in frame and deadly finishing, opened the scoring and added a late fourth to take his season’s tally to 15. His goals sandwiched second-half strikes from Elliott Ward and Dele Adebola and sent 3,000 visiting supporters into raptures.
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Wednesday, 02 January 2008
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 1-0 (HT 0-0) |
Sunderland |
| McCarthy (pen) 57 | ||
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Bookings: Kerimoglu 42 Emerton 61 Samba 72 |
Bookings: Higginbotham 56 Wallace 58 Yorke 65 Collins 80 |
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Sent off: Yorke 71 |
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Go, Rovers!
Benni McCarthy ended a ten-game drought to give Blackburn Rovers a happy ending in the tale of two penalties that was played out at Ewood Park. McCarthy struck home the winner from the spot, and his ninth goal of the season in the 57th minute, just six minutes after Dean Whitehead had missed a penalty for Sunderland. On a night of misery for Black Cats boss Roy Keane, Dwight Yorke was sent-off in the 71st minute for two bookable offences in the space of five minutes.
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Sunday, 30 December 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Derby | 1-2 (HT 1-2) |
Blackburn |
| Oakley 27 | Santa Cruz 39 Bentley 42 |
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Bookings: Lewis 38 |
Bookings: Nelsen 32 Mokoena 51 Warnock 62 |
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Derby were beaten by Blackburn Rovers
Derby County’s slim hopes of staying in the Premiership look even more remote after Blackburn Rovers came back from a goal down to win at Pride Park. Although Matt Oakley gave the Rams the boost of a 27th-minute lead, a missed penalty by Steve Howard proved to be the turning point as Blackburn hit back with goals from Roque Santa Cruz and David Bentley. The visitors should have wrapped the match up in the second half and deserved to take the three points but Derby will look back on the penalty incident which could have changed the course of the game
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Thursday, 27 December 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Man City | 2-2 (HT 2-1) |
Blackburn |
| Vassell 27 Nelsen o.g. 30 |
Santa Cruz 28 Santa Cruz 84 |
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Bookings: Richards 55 |
Bookings: Berner 49 |
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Blues and Whites 2 Man City 2
Manchester City’s perfect Premier League home record bit the dust amid huge controversy as Roque Santa Cruz scored twice to earn Blackburn Rovers a point. The Paraguayan had already levelled once for Blackburn after Darius Vassell nodded City ahead. Yet Rovers quickly found themselves behind when skipper Ryan Nelsen slid into his own net and Sven-Goran Eriksson’s men seemed certain to be celebrating victory until David Bentley swung over a right-wing cross six minutes from time.
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Sunday, 23 December 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 0-1 (HT 0-1) |
Chelsea |
| J Cole 22 | ||
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Bookings: Dunn 37 |
Bookings: Alex 10 Carvalho 79 |
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Chelsea beat Rovers
Joe Cole produced a rasping finish in the 21st minute to hand Chelsea a hard-earned victory over Blackburn. David Bentley hit the woodwork with the game goalless before Steven Reid’s shot was tipped onto the crossbar by Petr Cech as the hosts looked to draw level.
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Tuesday, 18 December 2007
Carling Cup
| Blackburn | 2-3 (HT 1-2) |
Arsenal |
| Santa Cruz 42 Santa Cruz 60 |
Diaby 6 Eduardo 29 Eduardo 104 |
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Bookings: Warnock 22 Samba 45 Reid 76 Savage 90 |
Bookings: Randall 59 Denilson 80 Diarra 88 Eduardo 109 |
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Sent off: Denilson 90 |
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Blackburn 2-3 Arsenal
Arsenal have beaten Blackburn Rovers 3-2 after extra-time in a hugely entertaining Carling Cup quarter-final at Ewood Park on Tuesday. Goals from Abou Diaby and Eduardo gave The Gunners’ young team a 2-0 lead, with Roque Santa Cruz scoring a brace to take the game to extra time, but with the 10-man Arsenal sealing the win in extra-time through a second goal from Eduardo. Arsenal took the lead in just the 6th minute of the match, with Abou Diaby latching on to a cross from Nicklas Bentner and lobbing the ball with his right foot over Brad Friedel and into the top corner of the net to make it 1-0
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Saturday, 15 December 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Wigan | 5-3 (HT 3-1) |
Blackburn |
| Landzaat 10 Bent 12 Scharner 37 Bent 66 Bent 81 |
Santa Cruz 45 Santa Cruz 50 Santa Cruz 61 |
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Bookings: Heskey 22 Taylor 69 Aghahowa 72 Brown 74 |
Bookings: Samba 5 Emerton 16 Warnock 70 Savage 90 |
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Sent off: Emerton 57 |
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Roque Santa Cruz hat-trick couldn’t save Rovers
The JJB Stadium witnessed one of the most thrilling games of the Barclays Premier League season as Wigan threw away a three-goal lead before eventually overcoming 10-man Blackburn 5-3 to end their 14-match winless run. NigelFrench/Empics Marcus Bent fires home his first of the afternoon Marcus Bent and Roque Santa Cruz both completed hat-tricks in a match which exhibited the best and worst of English football.
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Sunday, 09 December 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 0-1 (HT 0-0) |
West Ham |
| Ashton 52 | ||
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Bookings: Ooijer 13 |
Bookings: Cole 68 |
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Dean Ashton defeated Blackburn Rovers
Dean Ashton ensured Alan Curbishley celebrated a year in charge of West Ham with a 1-0 victory over Blackburn. AlexLivesey/GettyImages Dean Ashton celebrates scoring West Ham United’s winning goal in the 1-0 win at Blackburn Rovers. Interval substitute Ashton struck seven minutes into the second half as the Hammers made it four successive wins over Rovers to lift themselves into the top half of the Premier League.
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Saturday, 01 December 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 3-1 (HT 0-0) |
Newcastle |
| Bentley 54 Bentley 67 Kerimoglu 90 |
Martins 47 | |
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Bookings: Bentley 57 Kerimoglu 70 |
Bookings: Butt 8 Barton 48 Milner 90 |
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David Bentley was the star of the match
Two sublime goals from David Bentley helped Blackburn to their first win in five games at the expense of Newcastle. The Magpies took the lead after the restart when Obafemi Martins headed in Geremi’s free-kick from the left
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Wednesday, 28 November 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 0-4 (HT 0-1) |
Aston Villa |
| Carew 29 Barry (pen) 53 Young 81 Harewood 89 |
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Bookings: Mellberg 50 |
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Sent off: Nelsen 52 |
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Rovers were beaten by Aston Villa with terrible 0-4 score
In-form Aston Villa won their fourth straight league fixture to move to sixth place in the Premier League. Villa keeper Scott Carson made three good early saves before John Carew headed the visiting team ahead. Gareth Barry scored from the penalty spot after Rovers skipper Ryan Nelsen harshly saw red for a tug on Gabriel Agbonlahor’s shirt.
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Sunday, 25 November 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Fulham | 2-2 (HT 0-0) |
Blackburn |
| Murphy (pen) 51 Kamara 63 |
Emerton 57 Warnock 79 |
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Bookings: Murphy 33 Stefanovic 55 |
Bookings: Bentley 11 |
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Rovers 2 Fulham 2
Blackburn came from behind twice to hold Fulham to a 2-2 draw at Craven Cottage. After a tight first half that was notable only for a knee injury to Blackburn striker Benni McCarthy, the game opened up after the break. Fulham struck the first blow after 51 minutes as Ryan Nelsen brought down Diomansy Kamara and Danny Murphy slotted home the penalty.
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Sunday, 11 November 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Man Utd | 2-0 (HT 2-0) |
Blackburn |
| Ronaldo 34 Ronaldo 35 |
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Bookings: Ronaldo 90 |
Bookings: Dunn 30 Mokoena 75 Nelsen 76 Samba 86 |
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Sent off: Dunn 53 |
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Blackburn Rovers0 -2 Manchester United
Ten man Rovers saw their eight-match unbeaten run come to an end as they went down to a 2-0 defeat to Manchester United on Sunday. It took two first half goals in the space of ninety seconds to hand all three points to the home side, Cristiano Ronaldo heading his first on 34 minutes, and adding a second moments later after fine work from Carlos Tevez.
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Saturday, 03 November 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 0-0 (HT 0-0) |
Liverpool |
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Rovers 0 Liverpool 0
Blackburn and Liverpool shared the points in a tightly-contested match. Rovers should have been in front by the interval after twice hitting the woodwork through David Bentley’s effort and David Dunn’s wonderful shot.The game was more even in the second half, and both Christopher Samba and Dirk Kuyt could have done better for the visitors in promising positions.
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Wednesday, 31 October 2007
Carling Cup
| Portsmouth | 1-2 (HT 0-1) |
Blackburn |
| Kanu 90 | McCarthy 11 Pedersen 77 |
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Bookings: Diop 45 Davis 87 |
Bookings: Berner 14 Dunn 71 |
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Blackburn 2-1 Portsmouth
Rovers made it a magnificent seven wins in a row to progress through to the quarter-finals of the Carling Cup with a 2-1 victory over Portsmouth at Fratton Park. Benni McCarthy gave the visiting fans plenty to cheer when he turned well to fire past David James after twelve minutes, but it was a strong defensive performance who kept Portsmouth at bay until Morten Gamst Pedersen fired home from close-range to finish off the home side.
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Sunday, 28 October 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Tottenham | 1-2 (HT 0-0) |
Blackburn |
| Keane (pen) 49 | McCarthy 60 Samba 90 |
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Bookings: Huddlestone 62 Zokora 82 Lee 90 Defoe 90 |
Bookings: Dunn 44 McCarthy 70 Santa Cruz 81 |
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Rovers won the match against Tottenham
Christopher Samba struck in the dying seconds as Tottenham began the post-Martin Jol era with a 2-1 defeat to Blackburn. Clive Allen and Alex Inglethorpe were in charge of team affairs for the day but newly appointed manager Juande Ramos was in attendance at White Hart Lane and would have been encouraged by Tottenham’s performance for much of the game
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Saturday, 20 October 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 4-2 (HT 3-0) |
Reading |
| McCarthy 18 Santa Cruz 22 Kerimoglu 32 McCarthy (pen) 82 |
Doyle 80 Doyle 90 |
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Doyle couldn’t save Reading from defeat to Blackburn
Benni McCarthy celebrated his return to Blackburn’s starting line-up with a brace as rampant Rovers recorded their fifth straight victory with a 4-2 win over Premier League rivals Reading at Ewood Park.
GettyImages Andre Bikey and David Dunn do battle at Ewood Park. Mark Hughes’ men had the game sewn up after barely half an hour courtesy of goals from McCarthy, Roque Santa Cruz and Tugay as the Royals’ rueful away form continued.
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Sunday, 07 October 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 2-1 (HT 1-0) |
Birmingham |
| Bentley 15 McCarthy (pen) 56 |
Jerome 68 | |
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Bookings: Kerimoglu 53 Warnock 62 Bentley 90 |
Bookings: Jerome 85 |
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Rovers 2-1 Birmingham
Goals by David Bentley and Benni McCarthy secured victory for Blackburn despite a spirited Birmingham effort. The lively Bentley struck in the 15th minute, swivelling inside the box and firing past Maik Taylor’s left hand
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Thursday, 04 October 2007
UEFA Cup
| Blackburn | 2-1 (HT 1-1) (agg 2-3) |
Larissa |
| Derbyshire (pen) 45 Warnock 51 |
Cleyton 17 | |
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Bookings: Kerimoglu 66 Samba 87 Warnock 90 |
Bookings: Sarmiento 28 Kotsolis 45 Cleyton 66 Fotakis 81 |
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Rovers 2 Larissa 1
Blackburn came from behind to beat Larissa but were knocked out of the Uefa Cup 3-2 on aggregate and miss out on the group stage of the competition. Larissa scored a crucial goal when Cleyton converted from 12 yards after creating space with a neat sidestep
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Saturday, 29 September 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Sunderland | 1-2 (HT 0-0) |
Blackburn |
| Leadbitter 90 | Bentley 53 Santa Cruz 55 |
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Bookings: Collins 65 |
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Blackburn won the match over Sunderland
A late goal from Grant Leadbitter was not enough to spark a comeback at The Stadium of Light, after two goals in 80 seconds handed Blackburn a 2-1 win over Sunderland. A closely contested first half showed character recognised by that of managerial duo Roy Keane and Mark Hughes, but the away side made the breakthrough midway through the second half
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Wednesday, 26 September 2007
Carling Cup
| Blackburn | 3-0 (HT 0-0) |
Birmingham |
| Bentley 66 Derbyshire (pen) 82 Santa Cruz 90 |
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Birmingham were defeated by Rovers 3-0
Blackburn eased past Birmingham and into the Carling Cup fourth round. Rovers, who had dominated from the start, took the lead when David Bentley fired brilliantly into the top corner. Matt Derbyshire made it 2-0 from the spot after he was fouled by Rafael Schmitz and Roque Santa Cruz’s diving header sealed Blackburn’s victory
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Sunday, 23 September 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 0-1 (HT 0-1) |
Portsmouth |
| Kanu 25 | ||
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Bookings: Diop 17 Muntari 63 James 77 |
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Blackburn were beaten by Portsmouth
A cutely taken goal from Kanu gave Portsmouth their first away win in the Premier League since Boxing Day against a tired Blackburn Rovers at Ewood Park. The Nigerian held off Blackburn’s Christopher Samba to round Brad Friedel and fire into the net after 25 minutes
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Thursday, 20 September 2007
UEFA Cup
| Larissa | 2-0 (HT 2-0) |
Blackburn |
| Bakayoko 33 Cleyton 35 |
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Bookings: Katsiaros 25 |
Bookings: Warnock 36 Bentley 84 |
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Rovers were defeated by Larissa
Blackburn’s hopes of reaching the group stage of the Uefa Cup suffered a hammer blow as they lost their first round, first-leg tie against Larissa. Rovers were poor throughout and Larissa punished them when former Everton striker Ibrahim Bakayoko lashed in a deflected effort from 30 yards out
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Saturday, 15 September 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Chelsea | 0-0 (HT 0-0) |
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Bookings: J Cole 74 Belletti 75 |
Bookings: Warnock 82 Savage 84 |
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Rovers 0-0 Chelsea
Chelsea were forced to settle for a 0-0 draw against Blackburn after a second-half `goal’ was controversially ruled out by referee Howard Webb. GettyImages Andriy Shevchenko is denied by Brad Friedel at Stamford Bridge. Chelsea looked to have sealed all three points when Salomon Kalou converted a cross from Julian Belletti, but Webb disallowed the goal for offside
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Sunday, 02 September 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 1-0 (HT 1-0) |
Man City |
| McCarthy 13 | ||
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Bookings: Dunn 48 Kerimoglu 52 Pedersen 53 Bentley 56 Samba 77 |
Bookings: Dunne 17 |
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Sent off: Kerimoglu 54 |
Sent off: Dunne 65 |
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Manchester City were beaten by Blackburn Rovers
Benni McCarthy scored the only goal as Blackburn deservedly beat Manchester City at a sodden Ewood Park. McCarthy struck from close range in the first-half after Kasper Schmeichel parried a header from Roque Santa Cruz. The ball twice struck the City woodwork, Rovers missed several openings and Schmeichel made several saves as the home team dominated.
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Thursday, 30 August 2007
UEFA Cup Qualifying
| Blackburn | 2-0 (HT 0-0) (agg 3-0) |
MyPa |
| Bentley 48 Roberts 90 |
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Blues and Whites 2-0 MyPa
Blackburn are through to the first round of the Uefa Cup courtesy of a 2-0 win on the night over MyPa at Ewood Park, which secured a 3-0 aggregate success. Mark Hughes’ side were comfortable for most of the evening but had to wait until the second half before booking their passage to the competition proper
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Saturday, 25 August 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Everton | 1-1 (HT 0-1) |
Blackburn |
| McFadden 78 | Santa Cruz 15 | |
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The game in a draw against Everton
Everton stole a point from a Blackburn side still stung by being labelled ‘violent’ by Arsenal chief Arsene Wenger last week. GettyImages David Moyes and mark Hughes leads the fans in a minute’s applause for murdered 11-year-old Everton fan Rhys Jones. This full-blooded contest was never that, but Rovers received a slap in the face themselves when they conceded an equaliser with just 12 minutes left
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Sunday, 19 August 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Blackburn | 1-1 (HT 0-1) |
Arsenal |
| Dunn 72 | Van Persie 18 | |
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Bookings: Bentley 24 Samba 30 Savage 45 Nelsen 60 |
Bookings: Flamini 29 Eduardo 65 Clichy 66 Van Persie 74 |
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Sent off: Nelsen 84 |
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Blackburn Football Club 1-1 Arsenal Football Club
An error by Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann gave battling Blackburn a draw at Ewood Park. He let David Dunn’s 25-yard strike slip through his fingers in the 72nd minute as the Gunners seemed set for victory. Earlier, another keeping error from Brad Friedel on 18 minutes led to Robin Van Persie putting Arsenal ahead
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Thursday, 16 August 2007
UEFA Cup Qualifying
| MyPa | 0-1 (HT 0-1) |
Blackburn |
| Santa Cruz 5 | ||
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Bookings: Bentley 79 |
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MyPa were defeated by Rovers
Blackburn put one foot into the first round proper of the Uefa Cup with a comfortable second qualifying round first-leg win over MyPa in Finland. Roque Santa Cruz celebrated his birthday and his first full Rovers start with a well-taken goal
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Saturday, 11 August 2007
Barclays Premier League
| Middlesbrough | 1-2 (HT 1-0) |
Blackburn |
| Downing 31 | Santa Cruz 63 Derbyshire 79 |
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Bookings: Wheater 27 Boateng 39 Downing 52 |
Bookings: Pedersen 48 Samba 51 Savage 71 Derbyshire 90 |
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Rovers 2 Boro 1
Roque Santa Cruz and Matt Derbyshire made immediate impacts from the bench to steer Blackburn Rovers to a 2-1 victory over Middlesbrough. Stewart Downing had given Gareth Southgate’s side the lead on 31 minutes when he curled a free-kick through a weak Blackburn defensive wall
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