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August 27th, 2008

Blackburn 4-1 Grimsby Town Carling cup Now w/ Highlights!

By: Jim | Comments 10 Comments

King Carlos showed up with a bang tonight, scoring a goal and setting up another. Two by Matty Derbs and one from Emerton secured the win for Rovers. A whole match report from the Rovers official site can be read by clicking here.I don’t wanna BS all of you fine readers out there and try [...]



August 26th, 2008

Grella in, Al-Habsi not, More to come

By: Jim | Comments 2 Comments

This evening BRFC have confirmed the signing of 29 year old midfielder Vince Grella from Torino on a four-year deal. This newest signing is just one in a list of signings Ince has been rimoured to want to pull off before the deadline day. Going to be honest here, don’t know a thing about the [...]

August 23rd, 2008

Blackburn 1-1 Hull w/ highlights

By: Jim | Comments 2 Comments

After a nice last minute win at Everton last week, this week was a let down for us fans. Now don’t get me wrong, I’m not trying to sell Hull City or their fans short, but opening home weekend against a newly promoted side is a must win in my opinion. Jason Roberts finally found [...]

August 17th, 2008

A lucky start, and I’ll take it! (w/ highlights)

By: David | Comments No Comments

Ok, so the goal was soooo offside you wouldn’t believe!
Steven Warnock’s last minute free-kick was headed onto the post by captain Nelsen who was miles offside (and hence unmarked).
Nicely for us, Andre Ooijer was on hand to tap in and secure a 3-2 victory at Everton. What a great start for the new [...]

August 16th, 2008

Rovers v Everton Live Blog

By: Jim | Comments 4 Comments

Full Time. Paul Ince starts his campaign with a win away at Everton who finished 5th last term with a great home record. Yes, I love it. happy days, drinks on me. UP THE ROVERS!!!
GET INNNNNNNNNNN. OOIJER OOIJER OOIJER. NELSON SETS IT UP, HOWARD SPILLS OOIJER TAPS IN. 3-2 ROVERSSSSSSS



August 13th, 2008

Summer sales are done!!! + Everton preview

By: David | Comments 6 Comments

Coach Paul Ince has insisted that no more first team players will be leaving the club this summer.
Ince told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph: “The door is shut now. The players can’t go, full stop. Clubs are trying to unsettle some of my players.
“I don’t like it. It’s my first job in the Premier League [...]

August 7th, 2008

Quick Update

By: Jim | Comments No Comments

Okay so while we had this missing gap in time here, a few things have happened. The friendlies? Well I don’t put much, rather any, stock in them, so I’ll just say that there were some good and bad things. We still have one more left, against NAC Breda on Saturday so we’ll see what [...]

July 31st, 2008

What now my love…..? Da da dum dee dum……

By: David | Comments No Comments

Although the inevitable sale of Bentley was delayed somewhat we still have plenty of time to assemble our squad for the coming season.
I would think it fair to assume that the sales are over. We all knew that Bentley was off (though I was always too optimistic about keeping him)dwee, and although Brad’s departure [...]

July 30th, 2008

Another One Bites The Dust - Bents Gone

By: Jim | Comments 6 Comments

Update: It’s official, Bents is on his way to the Spuds. No fee was listed on the Rovers official site, but the sale is final.
Reports today are saying that Bents is finally out the door with the right winger expected to undergo a medical with Tottenham. This must mean a fee has been agreed on [...]

July 26th, 2008

A Sad, Sad Day; Brad Departs

By: Jim | Comments No Comments

The club has officially announced Brad Friedel’s departure from Blackburn Rovers today. He has reached terms with Aston Villa and is set to make his first appearance in their Intertoto Cup second leg tie. More details, like fee and wages, when they’re officially released although its a reported £2-£2.5m deal that will see Brad on [...]






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