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Rich Sharpe
11 months
Thank you.
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I've got a lot of time for Neil Warnock, but going up in the face of an 18-year-old kid in the way that he is at the full time whistle is too much. Branthwaite will be as upset as anyone at the injury, but that's uncalled for.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
🎵 You better watch out, you better beware... Merry Christmas one and all. Enjoy it, and see you back at Ewood on Boxing Day.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Ben Brereton becomes the 24th #Rovers player to score 20 goals in a single season, and only someone called Shearer has done it quicker. (by one game). A quite remarkable story.
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Rich Sharpe
3 months
For that group of players to put in that performance, given everything that’s gone on this last month, outstanding.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
This isn't the Blackburn Rovers I've come to love and be frustrated by for the last 26 years of my life.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
What an effort, and Ewood roars its approval. Nothing but sheer guts got them over the line there. Makeshift defence, players out on their feet but Rovers find a way and have their opening three league games for the first time since 1988/89.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
TM: "How brilliant has Scotty Wharton been with his composure...?" Well Tony, seeing as though you asked... League starts for #Rovers : 13 Wins: 9 Draws: 4 Defeats: 0 Clean sheets: 6
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
I don't do carried away, but equally it's important to realise the position #Rovers find themselves in and how far they've come. 11 wins in 15, eight clean sheets in 10. Every time a question has been asked of them, they've responded. Tonight another challenge overcome.
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Rich Sharpe
1 year
Rovers are into the quarter finals of the FA Cup and my word do they deserve it. Outstanding on the ball for the first two thirds of the game and then had to battle through the closing stages. Away support outstanding and thoroughly deserved reward for the effort of the players.
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2 years
TM: “I know it’s not super silky, but it’s heart, desire, commitment and fighting for the cause and playing for the shirt and the badge and they showed all of those qualities tonight and we’re very proud of them.”
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
GOAL Rovers 3-0 Brighton DACK!!!
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Ben Brereton is a busy boy. So far he's signing for Newcastle due to Callum Wilson's injury, going in as back-up to Michail Antonio at West Ham, moving to Brighton in a swap deal with van Hecke & Khadra plus cash and off to work under Bielsa at Leeds. And we're only five days in.
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2 years
Tony Mowbray has given an interview to RoversTV on Joe Rothwell's situation. "He knocked on my office door before 8am on Monday. He’s told me he’s going to give everything, he looked me in the eye and was very focused."
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2 years
There isn’t a bigger smile anywhere right now than the one on the face of Tyrhys Dolan as he’s named in the England U20s squad for the first time. It’s been quite the rise for the #Rovers youngster.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
I'll never have £450,000 to invest, but if I did, I couldn't think of many better things to spend it on than Harry Pickering. He's absolutely faultless since walking through the door.
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Rich Sharpe
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Sam Szmodics encapsulates everything I want in a Rovers player, and it simply had to be him once again that got them over the line. While this season has been one to forget, his contribution certainly won’t be, and he deserves everything I hope comes his way this summer.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
That was Tony Mowbray's 100th win as #Rovers manager in his 242nd game and this will go down as one of the most impressive.
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
Bradley Dack now has 27 goals in 52 starts for #Rovers who are yet to lose when he’s scored (W15 D9) . They've taken 102 points from his 50 league starts, losing just five times.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
Harvey Elliott has laid a memorial wreath infront of the Leppings Lane stand at Hillsborough, days after he celebrated by taking off his shirt and revealing a t-shirt with the message '96 YNWA'.
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Rich Sharpe
1 year
Rovers have announced that the Riverside Stand won't be open for the Carabao Cup tie against Nottingham Forest next week, with fewer than 3,500 tickets sold in the home end. That's around 2,000 fewer than Forest have sold.
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TM on Brereton: “He’s a wonderful footballer but a wonderful human being first, he loves all the lads. He’s a funny character, he was playing head tennis the other day in his briefs and looked like Tarzan, laughing and joking and it’s great to see how his personality has grown."
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Rich Sharpe
11 months
Two football nuts reunite, and a deal (12 months with an option) that makes obvious sense. While I’d have loved for it to be in a Rovers shirt, really hope Dacky can spark back into top form. He deserves it. Top player, and a top guy.
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Rich Sharpe
4 months
A credit to himself, the football club and his family. Adam Wharton, a class act.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
Think he enjoyed that one.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
In other news: Ben Brereton's hold-up play has been the best I've seen by a country mile in a #Rovers shirt.
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Rich Sharpe
1 year
A growing feeling that something special might well be building as Rovers make it four Championship wins in a row, and five successive clean sheets at Ewood. Magnificent display in so many ways from back to front.
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Rich Sharpe
10 months
You can’t get any more from this group than JDT is getting, and that’s credit to him and every member of the squad.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Might have underplayed the quality of this finish.
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
Crowd is 4,401 with 778 absolute heroes from East Lancashire.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Those not involved/didn’t get on the pitch tonight are now having a 45-minute training session on the pitch.
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Rich Sharpe
5 years
TM: “I’m delighted for Tyler. It shows the quality of our dressing room, everyone gave him a standing ovation. He’s been with the club since he was nine years old and to make his debut in a 3-0 win and a clean sheet, it’s great for the boy.”
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
#Rovers fans telling Preston they're not very good because they're winning on Sky. Enjoying that one.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Can't. Stop. Scoring.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
#Rovers are now unbeaten in the nine league games Scott Wharton has started (W5 D4). The biggest compliment I can pay is that he's showing Tosin levels of composure. Had a seamless return to the side.
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Rich Sharpe
5 years
Games: 100 Goals: 40 Definition: Maestro.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Jon Dahl Tomasson has been Rovers manager for 111 days and is the Championship’s 13th longest serving manager.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
A gr-eight window. Goodnight.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
🔝 🩲 🇨🇱
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
All the best, DG.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Tyrhys Dolan off the bench and onto the scoresheet, netting England U20s third goal against Germany. Brilliant stuff.
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Rich Sharpe
5 years
Nobody on the pitch touched the ball more than Ryan Nyambe. No-one will have made a better pass all game than the one to Dack here. Sat here watching it on loop. Another lovely #Rovers goal.
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Nice incisive ball from Nyambe starts the move, then Dack to Benno to Gally for the winner. #Rovers
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
You've got to be a grade A tosser to shout abuse to a player who's been receiving minutes of treatment, and in a hell of a lot of pain and about to be stretchered off.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
F/T Bristol City 0-2 #Rovers Been waiting for that stand-out win, and to come to fourth in the league, make six changes, and win as comfortably as that, and keep a clean sheet, is one heck of a result. One point off the top six.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Not only has Adam Armstrong scored more goals than any player in the Championship, he has scored more goals than seven teams in the Championship. Up to 13 in the league, 14 in all competitions, and 25 in 2020.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Lewis Travis confirmed as the new #Rovers captain following the departure of Darragh Lenihan.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
Goodnight.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
The biggest positive of the night is the fan that took ill in the second half is stable and conscious in hospital. "Rovers wish to pay a special thanks to Middlesbrough’s medical department, who were first on the scene and who were able to restart the gentleman’s breathing."
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Tony Mowbray takes charge of his 188th #Rovers game today (W81 D49 L57), moving level with Mark Hughes (W82 D47 L59). Means only six managers (Jack Marshall, Bobby Saxton, Johnny Carey, Don Mackay, Graeme Souness and Sir Kenny Dalglish) have taken charge of more post-war games.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
Felt all manner of emotions leaving Ewood before, but just numb tonight. Stay strong, @BradDacks40
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Rich Sharpe
1 year
JDT: “It’s great for the club, for the players who have wrote a new chapter in our great history. It is a few years since we have been this far. All the lads can be extremely proud. It was great to hear our fans. We won the game on the pitch and the fans won it in the stands.”
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2 months
Speechless. Remarkable. Incredible. Racking my brains to think of a similar style of win/performance in such a high stakes scenario. This season has been one to forget, but that's an incredible moment to take away from it.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Goodnight from Deepdale. Perfect way to mark 200 games, and four years, covering Rovers. And just like my first, I missed the post-match press conference. We’ve seen the potential of this side, now must come the consistency.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Stat-spouting ✅ Cowardly (possibly) Prick (definitely) Quick at screen-shotting tweets that you know will soon be deleted ✅✅
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
There was a real feeling that this game had been overshadowed by its scheduling, but don't overlook this performance and result. Rovers take the acclaim of the travelling support and rightly so for a real gutsy display.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
The price-tags of two #Rovers attackers are (understandably) mentioned a lot, but £1.75m for Adam Armstrong is proving to be an absolute steal.
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
No-one can begrudge these long suffering #Rovers fans this moment.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
#Rovers now up to 57 points, the total they managed in the whole of last season, but 12 games sooner. Now 11 consecutive victories when scoring first, and 34 times scoring first without defeat. Throw in a 14th clean sheet of the season and plenty to be positive about.
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Rich Sharpe
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With that, and having just finished another 1,100 word feature on Ben Brereton (there's always room for another), I bid you a Happy New Year. Thank you all for following, reading, messaging etc in the last 12 months. Whatever 2022 brings, just give it a right good go.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Final decision to be taken after training today but Bradley Dack in line to make his first appearance for #Rovers U23s tomorrow night
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
A level of pride watching that similar to the closing stages of West Brom away where Smallwood ended up in goal. I can't recall Kaminski having to make a save after going down to 10 men. Superb. They should be enjoying an away end serenading them.
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TM on JRC: "He's been the best player in training, by a long way. You could not have not put him on the bench after the week he'd had. He will score goals, he's as strong as an ox, can head it, he's got a heart the size of a lion and down the line he'll be a regular in the team."
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Nine unbeaten, six clean sheets in seven, seven points above seventh, the stats still make for excellent reading. That was a hard slog in tough conditions.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Lewis Holtby discussing his time at #Rovers in German newspaper Bild: "The club has grown dear to my heart, there is a totally family atmosphere. Our stadium still has a lot of flair, it's between old row houses. I really feel comfortable here."
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
#Rovers needed centre backs this month, the funds were sanctioned, and they've gone out and brought in the best two young Premier League loanees available. Top two targets nailed. Credit where it's due all round
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
#Rovers midfielder Bradley Johnson has funded the purchase of 3,500 protective masks as part of 5,000 that will be shared across five East Lancashire locations.
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Rich Sharpe
4 months
Rovers have picked up 36 points from 30 games this season. 28 of those points have come in the 16 games Tyrhys Dolan has started.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
#Rovers and Dilian Markanday both set to get their wish, the club with the permanent deal they preferred and the forward with regular first-team football, made possible by turning down a new deal at Spurs. All signs pointing towards a positive conclusion
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Nine players who finished the game for #Rovers were 25 or under, but there was a real maturity to aspects of that second half, but no shortage of a grit and determination. Lewis Travis the stand-out for me.
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Rich Sharpe
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Rovers have progressed through six rounds of the league cup under JDT (scoring 25 goals and never making fewer than eight changes) having won only seven ties in the previous 10 years. Made it beyond round three in successive seasons for the first time since 2009/10. Impressive.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Dilan Markanday is having a medical as he finalises his permanent move to #Rovers . Not a bad idea to sign Spurs' best U23s player on the day you're playing them
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
F/T Brentford 2-2 #Rovers That took some real guts. You should be really proud of that. A real test of character for a side that finished with five players under the age of 23.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
#Rovers have now kept five consecutive clean sheets for the first time since 1996/97 when they kept six between Boxing Day 1996 and January 18 1997.
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Rich Sharpe
10 months
Excellent goalkeeper, lovely guy, wish him all the best. Three years of top service, a sale of 6x what they paid and reallocating those funds is how the model should work. Getting Wahlstedt over the line for around a quarter of the price would be a positive step in that regard.
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Blackburn Rovers
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🖊️ Good luck, Thomas Thomas Kaminski has today completed a permanent move to Premier League new boys Luton Town for an undisclosed fee. #Rovers 🔵⚪️
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Or… Rovers are top of the Championship after winning 3/3 games. That’s with them having the lowest expected goals against in the Championship.
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Blackburn are top of the Championship after winning 3/3 games. It’s despite them having the lowest expected goals for in the league. #Rovers
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4 years
Big news is, I'm told, that Daniel Ayala WON'T have to quarantine after joining #Rovers .
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
GOAL Swansea 0-2 Rovers
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4 years
F/T Sheff Wed 0-5 Rovers Forget playing against 10 men, that was simply outstanding from minute one to 92. As dominant an away performance as you'll see.
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Rich Sharpe
5 years
League Two opposition yes, but I think we've seen in that final half an hour (and the last 18 months) that to get the best out of Bradley Dack, you play him off Danny Graham, and to get the best out of Danny Graham you have Bradley Dack nearby. #Rovers
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Rich Sharpe
5 years
Three wins in a row. 12 points out of 15. November, you'll do for me.
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Rich Sharpe
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In the middle of all these negotiations is a player fully deserving of a Premier League chance. Didn’t sit on a good contract and settle for U23s football, he went out on loan and then backed his ability, got experience under his belt and is now getting his shot at the big time.
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2 years
GOAL Rovers 2-1 Barnsley SKY BET!!!
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GOAL Rovers 2-0 Hartlepool
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
Tonight won't rank among the club's biggest achievements. But don't underestimate what impact this season has had, and can have, on #Rovers ' future.
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Rich Sharpe
10 months
A win akin to those at the start of last season, but one Rovers were good value for. Scored one, should have had two, could have had three, but Harry Leonard should be proud of his all-round display. Really intelligent player who defied his lack of senior experience.
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Rich Sharpe
4 years
Have to say that the way the #Rovers squad have conducted themselves over the last six weeks or so has been different class. A real credit to the club.
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Blackburn Rovers
4 years
👏 Thank you to @BRFCSMITH and the rest of the #Rovers family for helping out a fellow football fan in need yesterday. 💙 We’re saddened to learn of the death of supporter, David Bentham & our thoughts are with his wife Michelle, son Harry, family and friends at this time. 🤍
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All the best @Ebenno88 who has signed for Shrewsbury Town on an initial one year deal. A fantastic ambassador for the football club and a big part of a big turnaround in the club’s fortunes following relegation.
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Rich Sharpe
5 years
Player of the month 🏆 Manager of the month 🏆 #Rovers
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
Reeeeedy.
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1 year
My main hope for today (alongside the obvious) was the players took their opportunity on the big stage, and they more than did that. So many moments to reflect on, but the overall feeling is one of pride, for players and the performance, and the part the fans played.
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TM: "Let me say, he’s our best player. You can see it now, he’s probably a tenth of the fitness of where he needs to be to play in this team but his touch, vision, awareness, it's exciting to watch him train. Let's see if he can get back to being the best player in the league."
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9 months
I’ve watched better Rovers sides, ones that win more and look more solid, but for brand of football and enjoyment, I love watching this side and what JDT is building. They are so well coached, and not a new signing in sight.
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
F/T Doncaster 0-1 #Rovers Promotion achieved. It's official: Blackburn Rovers are on their way back.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Harvey Elliott is in the directors' box tonight.
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Rich Sharpe
3 years
DACKY!!! (0-2)
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
Tony’s dream has come true.
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Rich Sharpe
2 years
Understand Hertha Berlin right back Deyovaisio Zeefuik has arrived in the UK to finalise his initial loan move to #Rovers
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Rich Sharpe
6 years
TM describes tonight as the best atmosphere since he took charge. “Could you imagine what atmosphere could be generated if there was over 20,000 in here, if the team is on the front foot. I hopefully look forward to many more years of Ewood Park bouncing.”
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