Blackburn 0 - 2 Manchester United
October 4, 2008


| Blackburn 0 | - | 2 Manchester United |
|
Wes Brown (31) |
| Blackburn | Team Statistics | Manchester United |
| 0 | Goals | 2 |
| 2 | Shots On Target | 4 |
| 3 | Shots Off Target | 8 |
| 2 | Shots Blocked | 6 |
| 3 | Corners | 4 |
| 1 | Offsides | 3 |
| 12 | Fouls | 9 |
| 2 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 37.9 | Possession | 42.1 |
| 74.7 | Passing | 83.9 |
| 25 | Tackles | 16 |
| 38 | Tackling | 87.5 |
Team Sheets
Blackburn
Jason Brown
Andre Ooijer
Ryan Nelsen
Christopher Samba
Martin Olsson
Stephen Warnock
Tugay
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Brett Emerton
Roque Santa Cruz
Matt Derbyshire
—————-
Mark Bunn
Keith Andrews
Keith Treacy
Carlos Villanueva
Aaron Mokoena
Jason Roberts
Robbie Fowler
Manchester United
Edwin van der Sar
Nemanja Vidic
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Wes Brown
Cristiano Ronaldo
Darren Fletcher
Oliveira Anderson
Ryan Giggs
Dimitar Berbatov
Wayne Rooney
—————-
Ben Amos
Carlos Tevez*
Ji-sung Park*
John O’Shea*
Jonny Evans
Luis Nani
Rafael da Silva
Events
Wes Brown (31)
Morten Gamst Pedersen (32)
Roque Santa Cruz (50)
Jason Roberts (50)
Morten Gamst Pedersen (58)
Keith Treacy (58)
Wayne Rooney (64)
Carlos Tevez (66)
Ryan Giggs (66)
Tugay (68)
Keith Andrews (68)
Darren Fletcher (71)
John O’Shea (71)
Patrice Evra (71)
Ji-sung Park (77)
Wayne Rooney (77)
Christopher Samba (85)Loan Watch 01/08/2008 - 18/09/2008
September 18, 2008
Tom Heaton has been busy on his loan spell at Cardiff City having made 6 appearances for the Championship outfit. Heaton made his debut playing the full 90 minutes in a 2 – 1 victory over Southampton (09/08/2008). Heaton again played the full 90 minutes in a 1 – 1 draw with Doncaster (16/08/2008) and again in a 2 – 2 draw with Norwich (23/08/2008). Heaton kept his first clean sheet in a goalless draw with Norwich (30/08/08) before going on to keep clean sheets in Cardiff’s following games; a 0 – 0 draw with Bristol City (13/09/08) and a 1 – 0 victory over Barnsley (16/09/08).
Frazier Campbell has made just one appearance thus far following his deadline day loan deal to Tottenham was agreed. Campbell came off the bench to set up the winner for Tottenham as they beat Wisla Krakow 2 – 1 in the UEFA Cup (18/09/2008).
Lee Martin’s debut came the day he signed for Nottingham Forest and he went on to have a fantastic game as he helped Forest to a 4 – 0 win over Morecambe (13/08/08). He went on to play the full 90 minutes in a 3 – 1 defeat to Swansea (16/08/2008) and scored the opener in a 3 – 2 victory over Watford (23/08/2008). Martin played the full 90 in a heavy defeat as Nottingham Forest went down 5 – 1 to Wolves (30/08/2008), and 80 minutes in Nottingham Forest’s 2 – 1 defeat to Preston (16/09/08).
Danny Simpson made just one appearance for Blackburn Rovers as he played 73 minutes as Blackburn were hammered 4 - 0 by Arsenal (13/09/08).
Craig Cathcart has made two appearances for Plymouth Argyle so far this season. He played the full ninety minutes on his debut in a 2 – 0 defeat to Luton(12/08/2008). He made his league debut in a 2 – 1 victory over Watford (16/09/08), again playing the full match.
Febian Brandy made his debut in Swansea’s 2 – 0 victory over Brentford (12/08/2008) as he played for 70 minutes and picked up a booking. He has since made 3 brief substitute appearances coming on for 5 minutes as Swansea drew 1 – 1 with Sheffield Wednesday 30/08/2008), for 7 minutes in a 2 – 0 defeat to Crystal Palace (13/09/2008) and coming on in the 89th minute in a 1 – 1 draw with Derby (16/09/2008).
Premiership round-up 23rd & 24th August
August 24, 2008
Saturday 23rd August
Michael Owen came off the bench against Bolton in his first appearance of the season having missed the entire pre-season. The England striker still looked sharp as he scored the only goal to give Newcastle the win at St James’s Park. Newcastle 1 – 0 Bolton.
Hull City remain unbeaten in their debut season in the Premiership after a hard fought draw against Blackburn at Ewood Park. Hull went behind in the 38th minute when Jason Roberts coolly slotted home but within 2 minutes, Hull had equalised when Richard Garcia headed home when what looked like a far post cross dipped into the back of the net. There were very few chances after that and the game ended Blackburn 1 – 1 Hull.
Liverpool took on Middlesbrough at Anfield and when Mido opened the scoring in the 70th minute, it looked like it wasn’t going to be Liverpool’s day. But in the 86th minute, a thunderbolt from Jamie Carragher took a wicked deflection off Pogatetz and ended up in the back of the net. Liverpool would have been fortunate to escape with a draw but in the fourth minute of injury time, skipper Steven Gerrard does what he has done so many times and scored a screamer from just outside the box. Liverpool 2 – 1 Middlesbrough.
Stoke City lead three times at the Britannia Stadium against Aston Villa and after levelling the match twice, Aston Villa fell to an injury time winner from Sidibe giving the newly promoted side their first 3 points of the campaign. Stoke City 3 – 2 Aston Villa.
There was no space in the squad let alone the starting eleven for United target Dimitar Berbatov as Spurs succumbed to their second league defeat in as many games. Kieran Richardson scored a belter from outside the area in the 55th minute before Jenas tapped in the equaliser 18 minutes later. Spurs pushed for the winner but Sunderland new boy Cisse found himself unmarked to head home on 82 minutes giving the Black Cats all three points. Tottenham 1 – 2 Sunderland.
West Brom had the better of a slow first half as they took on Everton at The Hawthorns but were unable to capitalise on any of their chances. In Contrast, Everton made the most of their chances scoring 2 of their 3 shots on target through Osman (65th minute) and Yakubu (76th minute). The Baggies did mange to score from the spot late on but the game ended West Brom 1 – 2 Everton.
Fulham hosted Arsenal in the late kick off of the day and after an opening day defeat to Hull City, Arsenal were by far the bookies favourite. Hangeland put Fulham ahead after 20 minutes and a disappointing (depending on your perspective) Arsenal were unable to recover and the match ended Fulham 1 – 0 Arsenal.
Sunday 24th August
Chelsea travelled to Wigan and when Deco put the visitors ahead with a sublime free kick from the edge of the area, you would be forgiven for thinking this was going to be another rout. But Wigan regrouped and made it difficult for Chelsea and even probably had the better of the chances after that. Unfortunately, they couldn’t break through and the game ended Wigan 0 – 1 Chelsea.
Manchester City coasted to a 3 – 0 victory over West Ham as the Hammers effectively gifted the match to the home team. Noble was sent off in the 38th minute for a handball followed by a stupid sliding tackle and the ten men of West Ham never looked like they were going to compete. It took until the 65th minute for Sturridge to make the breakthrough and when they did, the flood gates almost opened. Elano scored a brace in 6 minutes to compound the misery for the Hammers as they went down without a single shot on target. Manchester City 3 - 0 West Ham.
The opening day of the Premiership
August 16, 2008
The Premiership kicked off for fourteen teams today as each one hoped to start the new campaign with a win. 12 teams shared 20 goals in what looks to be one of the best Premiership seasons ever..
Arsenal and West Brom was the first kick off of the day and when new signing Samir Nasri slotted home in the 4th minute you would be forgiven for thinking West Brom’s welcome to the Premiership wasn’t going to be pleasant. But West Brom refused to roll over and the match ended Arsenal 1 – 0 West Brom.
Newly promoted Stoke were up against Bolton and were 3 – 0 down by the interval. It took until injury time in the second half for Stoke to score a consolation goal, final score: Bolton 3 – 1 Stoke.
The final promoted team of the season Hull, met Fulham and were quickly one down to a glancing header by Seol Ki-Hyeon. Geovanni levelled the score in the 22nd minute before Folan grabbed the winner in the 81st minute to give Hull a win in their first ever Premier League match: Hull 2 – 1 Fulham.
Paul Ince started his Blackburn reign with a win as his team beat Everton 3 - 2 at Goodison Park. David Dunn put Blackburn in front in the 22nd minute before strikes from Mikel Arteta just before half time and Yakubu in the 64th minute left Rovers 2 – 1 down. Two minutes later, Santa Cruz levelled the game for Blackburn before an injury time winner from Ooijer gave Rovers the win they deserved. Everton 2 – 3 Blackburn.
Dimitar Berbatoz started on the bench for Tottenham when they took on an impressive Middlesbrough at the Riverside. It looked like it was heading for a goalless draw until the 71st minute when Weater put the home team in front. Mido scored a goal against his former club in the 86th to make it two and a late own goal from Robert Huth made the score line a little flattering for Spurs as it ended Middlesbrough 2 – 1 Tottenham.
The final 3pm kick off of the day saw Wigan make the trip to London in a match against West Ham. Dean Ashton struck twice in the opening 10 minutes in front of England boss Fabio Capello. The first half ended 2 – 0 and Wigan came out fighting after the break with an early strike from Amir Zaki giving Wigan a great chance. Ashton was taken off due to a claf problem and has subsequently been removed from the England squad. Despite their efforts, the Lactics couldn’t convert and the match ended West Ham 2 – 1 Wigan.
The final game of the day kicked off at 5:30pm where Liverpool struggled to break Sunderland down for 82 minutes in their match at the Stadium of Light. That was until a superb 20 yard strike from Fernando Torres beat Craig Gordon and it was enough to secure the three points as it ended Sunderland 0 – 1 Liverpool.
Danny Simpson joins Blackburn on season long loan
August 5, 2008
Paul Ince has only been a Premier League manager for a few weeks but he has already tapped into the pool of United talent as Danny Simpson has agreed to a season long loan a Blackburn.
With Wes Brown having had what was arguably is best season at United last term and the return to fitness of Gary Neville, the highly rated right back will be restricted in his appearances for the Reds this year and Fergie has decided to give the player an opportunity to get some Premier League experience under his belt by loaning him out to Blackburn.
Simpson has already had loan spells at Antwerp, Sunderland and Ipswich as well as making 8 appearances for United, 3 of which in the Champions League. This latest loan spell could be the one which catapults Simpson into the frame for United’s right back position with Neville closing in on retirement and Simpson will be looking to be a prominent force in the Rovers’ defence.
Blackburn 1 - 1 Manchester United
April 19, 2008


| Blackburn 1 | - | 1 Manchester United |
|
Roque Santa Cruz (21) |
Carlos Tevez (88) |
| Blackburn | Team Statistics | Manchester United |
| 1 | Goals | 1 |
| 2 | Shots On Target | 9 |
| 2 | Shots Off Target | 5 |
| 2 | Shots Blocked | 6 |
| 3 | Corners | 8 |
| 2 | Offsides | 3 |
| 16 | Fouls | 13 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 1 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 0 |
| 34.8 | Possession | 65.2 |
| 61.9 | Passing | 78.6 |
| 24 | Tackles | 32 |
| 70.8 | Tackling | 59.4 |
Team Sheets
Blackburn
Brad Friedel
Ryan Nelsen
Christopher Samba
Stephen Warnock
Johann Vogel
Steven Reid
David Bentley
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Brett Emerton
Jason Roberts
Roque Santa Cruz
—————-
Jason Brown
Andre Ooijer
Aaron Mokoena
David Dunn
Benni McCarthy
Manchester United
Tomasz Kuszczak
Nemanja Vidic
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Wes Brown
Cristiano Ronaldo
Michael Carrick
Paul Scholes
Ryan Giggs
Carlos Tevez
Wayne Rooney
—————-
Ben Foster
Gerard Pique
Ji-sung Park*
John O’Shea*
Luis Nani*
Events
Roque Santa Cruz (21)
Wayne Rooney (40)
Luis Nani (46)
Ryan Giggs (46)
Steven Reid (51)
John O’Shea (81)
Wes Brown (81)
Johann Vogel (85)
Aaron Mokoena (85)
Carlos Tevez (88)
Ji-sung Park (90)
Wayne Rooney (90)Manchester United 2 - 0 Blackburn
November 11, 2007


| Manchester United 2 | - | 0 Blackburn |
|
Cristiano Ronaldo (34) |
David Dunn (s/o 53) |
| Manchester United | Team Statistics | Blackburn |
| 2 | Goals | 0 |
| 9 | Shots On Target | 5 |
| 7 | Shots Off Target | 4 |
| 5 | Shots Blocked | 2 |
| 10 | Corners | 4 |
| 2 | Offsides | 0 |
| 7 | Fouls | 21 |
| 1 | Yellow Cards | 4 |
| 0 | Red Cards | 1 |
| 57.7 | Possession | 42.3 |
| 77.3 | Passing | 77.5 |
| 18 | Tackles | 17 |
| 83.3 | Tackling | 88.2 |
Team Sheets
Manchester United
Edwin van der Sar
Nemanja Vidic
Patrice Evra
Rio Ferdinand
Wes Brown
Cristiano Ronaldo
Oliveira Anderson
Owen Hargreaves
Ryan Giggs
Carlos Tevez
Louis Saha
—————-
Darren Fletcher
John O’Shea
Luis Nani*
Michael Carrick*
Tomasz Kuszczak
Blackburn
Brad Friedel
Aaron Mokoena
Stephen Warnock
Ryan Nelsen
Christopher Samba
David Dunn
David Bentley
Brett Emerton
Morten Gamst Pedersen
Benni McCarthy
Roque Santa Cruz
—————-
Jason Brown
Andre Ooijer
Bruno Berner
Tugay Kerimoglu
Matt Derbyshire
Events
David Dunn (30)
Cristiano Ronaldo (34)
Cristiano Ronaldo (35)
David Dunn (53)
Louis Saha (68)
Luis Nani (68)
Aaron Mokoena (75)
Ryan Nelsen (76)
Michael Carrick (77)
Owen Hargreaves (77)
Roque Santa Cruz (78)
Matt Derbyshire (78)
Christopher Samba (86)
Cristiano Ronaldo (90)











