Blackburn Premiership Soccer

Right. Just when you think that things truly can’t get any weirder, you read stuff like this: BLACKBURN Rovers have become the first Premiership club to install a prayer room where supporters can worship. The sound-proofed match day facility will replace a toilet block and contains prayer mats and religious texts. Club chiefs hope the room, in the Blackburn End stand, will attract more fans from different faiths and backgrounds. Now, don’t get me wrong. I don’t mind people praying to...Read Full Story

Have a look at these two photographs from the official Blackburn Rovers profile page. Anything seem dodgy? Well spotted - Carlos Villanueva’s head has been superimposed on Roque Santa Cruz’s body in a rather crude example of poor Photoshop skills. I feel sorry for his sponsors, to have their name against this tacky pic in the programme doesn’t exactly give the right impression one would think. But why? Is King Carlos not real? He was also missing from the official team photo, and there was...Read Full Story

LONDON (AFP) - Blackburn striker Roque Santa Cruz has admitted that he would consider leaving the Premier League outfit if "a bigger club came in for me" during the January transfer window. New Blackburn boss Sam Allardyce has insisted he wants the 27-year-old Paraguay forward to stay at Ewood Park, but speculation is growing linking him with cash-rich Manchester City, the club of his former boss Mark Hughes. "Everybody knows my opinion (regarding a possible transfer), I am happy at Blackburn...Read Full Story

Cosmetic surgery 'nearly killed' ex - Premiership footballer's wife The wife of former Blackburn Rovers footballer Colin Hendry has won a six - figure settlement after botched cosmetic surgery at a Lancashire hospital nearly killed herRead more.. not--found.. Blog PostsWhat to Expect from a Nose Cosmetic Surgery Procedure nose cosmetic surgery is the second most requested and performed cosmetic procedure in the us. also known as rhinoplasty, the procedure involves the reshaping and or repair...Read Full Story

Everton vs Blackburn Santa Cruz's Goal Added By: BarcaForveron 16-08-2008Category: HighlightsTags: Everton, Blackburn, Santa Cruz Views: 894 | Comments: 1Read Full Story

Just as Lieutenant Colonel Tim Collins famously addressed his Royal Irish troops on the eve of their entry into battle (see below - it’s a fantastic speech), in an altogether different way I  feel dread, anticipation and an air of inevitably that we are today entering an unknown future for Blackburn Rovers. Never mind the recent ‘performances’. Never mind if we like/dislike Paul Ince, wanted him to fail/do well, of if we have shifted our views of Sam Allardyce to suit the dramatic...Read Full Story

Countdown to the Premier League: The odd couple - Premier League, Football - The Independent By picking Archie Knox as his No 2, the new Blackburn Rovers manager Paul Ince opted for someone very different from himself. Ian Herbert explains why the partnership might just work Paul Ince and Archie Knox would have had some notes to compare on the less glamourous aspects of management when the Scotsman, who has been appointed to help guide the new Blackburn Rovers manager through the challenges...Read Full Story