Blackburn Rovers vs Sheffield United

S24SU · OFFICIAL MATCHDAY EDITION · 2026/27 · No.4

24nd August 2026 - Kick-off 19:45
Blackburn Rovers v. Sheffield United
Carabao Cup Round 2 - Ewood Park, Blackburn

Carabao Cup Round 2 – Tuesday 24 August 2026, 19:45 – Ewood Park, Blackburn
Please keep all discussion related to the match within this thread.

Match Info

Competition: Carabao Cup, Round 2

Kick-off: Tuesday 24 August 2026, 19:45

Venue: Ewood Park, Blackburn

Player Ratings: CLICK HERE (will open shortly after full time)

Officials

Referee: David Webb

Assistants: Paul Hodskinson and Thomas Cooke

Fourth Official: Sebastian Stockbridge

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[Edgar Allan Poo]

EAP is up for the cup! I predict another 0-0 win!!

 

[Hallamboy87]

Got 0-0 written all over it. Just not good enough

 

[Bladesthorpe]

Give the fringe players a game, Davies, Doherty, Campbell, Cannon, Donavon ect.
We won't win it anyway.

 

[Tarqs]

Can't even get the dates right

 

[Torrix1889]

Bigger fish to fry this season than the Milk Cup. Rest some, (yeah i know it's only 2 games in) and get some in the window and minutes in the legs for others;

Davies

Doherty
Baptiste
McGuinness
Burrows

Donavon
Phillips
Blaster
Marsh

Cannon
Campbell

no doubt he will try and shoe-horn Shackleton in somewhere....

 

[Uganda Blade]

Play a first-choice XI, keep the unbeaten run going.

 

[dexter101]

Risk to first team players is probably too high at the moment.

Give some second string players some match time (Phillips time on the pitch). Would be a good one to see One up top starting.

 

[Karaoke Blade]

I'd play Cannon and tell him he's not coming off the pitch until he scores.

 

[Maltby_blade]

Play a first-choice XI, keep the unbeaten run going.

No chance of that happening, needs to look after the small squad we got, he will rotate what he can and rightly so.

 

[Bladeloyal]

Would like to see Philips get 45 ,

 

[Cheeky Blade]

I see goals tbh…

 

[Harry's Game]

……………………..Davies

Doherty……..McGuinnes……Baptiste……RND

Shackleton…….. Jairo………Peck……….Donovan

………………….O’Hare

…………………Campbell

 

[Vass Borbokis]

I'd play Cannon and tell him he's not coming off the pitch until he scores.

Breaking news

Former 'professional' footballer Tom Cannon dies from starvation after being stranded in Blackburn for 3 weeks

 

[Maceyblade]

Only a tenner to get in, and not far from me in West Yorkshire so I'll be there tonight. Bit of a low-key first game of the season for me, but that's okay.

Expecting a lot of changes, opportunities for fringe and young players to show what they can do. Although it seems every time I go into a game with that kind of attitude, those fringe players remind me of why the Manager isn't playing them every week...

Hoped we'd get a decent following as well with it being cheap, nearby and still in the school holidays.

 

[Revolution]

Risk to first team players is probably too high at the moment.

Give some second string players some match time (Phillips time on the pitch). Would be a good one to see One up top starting.

One is injured.

Phillips is not fit/never will be fit.

 

[3Cheers4Ramirez]

Davies
Tanganga McGuinness McCallum
Doherty Peck Riedewald Rothwell Burrows
O'Hare
Campbell

Practice the 3 at the back with the same players

 

[dexter101]

One is injured.

Phillips is not fit/never will be fit.

forgot about that.

I live in hope that Phillips will play a decent part this season. even 20-30 minutes off the bench could make a few things happen.

I like seeing a couple of academy players getting some match time in cup games, not sure who there is on the conveyor belt though.

Baptiste might be the only one currently.

 

[sufc323]

I'd play Cannon and tell him he's not coming off the pitch until he scores.

People have got work tomorrow

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Get it out the way play the kids get knocked out
No goals again 2-0

 

[Revolution]

Get it out the way play the kids get knocked out
No goals again 2-0

Get it out for the way for what purpose? So we can focus on being mid-table?

Let's face it, being in this competition is not going to get in the way of promotion this year.

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Get it out for the way for what purpose? So we can focus on being mid-table?

Let's face it, being in this competition is not going to get in the way of promotion this year.

Just another pointless game we don’t need
Not going to win the cup are we?

 

[sufc323]

Just another pointless game we don’t need
Not going to win the cup are we?

Some of our most memorable matches in the past 30 years have been cup games. This season already looks like it's going to be miserable, so why not take the cup a bit more seriously and give us supporters something to look forward to

 

[Maltby_blade]

Just another pointless game we don’t need
Not going to win the cup are we?

Not sure what your point is behind that really. You could say that about 95% of the teams that enter in given there has been 5 different winners in the last 13 years. What do you suggest?,it just starts straight with a last 8 of the teams that might win it? .

 

[AnstonBlade1]

Some of our most memorable matches in the past 30 years have been cup games. This season already looks like it's going to be miserable, so why not take the cup a bit more seriously and give us supporters something to look forward to

We’ve not got a goal in us never mind a cup run

 

[Grey Blade]

Some of our most memorable matches in the past 30 years have been cup games. This season already looks like it's going to be miserable, so why not take the cup a bit more seriously and give us supporters something to look forward to

When we beat West Ham on penalties (Prem v League1) was a good one

 

[Aston max]

Would like to see Philips get 45 ,

His legs think they're 45

 

[sufc323]

When we beat West Ham on penalties (Prem v League1) was a good one

And then that season we reached the semi finals. I can't tell you a thing about the league campaign that season because it was most likely wank, but I remember the cup run

 

[Grey Blade]

And then that season we reached the semi finals. I can't tell you a thing about the league campaign that season because it was most likely wank, but I remember the cup run

Can't remember anything of the league campaign but the one thing I do remember was Doyle doing the 'Cockney Walk' after scoring the winning pen

 

[Cheeky Blade]

Can't remember anything of the league campaign but the one thing I do remember was Doyle doing the 'Cockney Walk' after scoring the winning pen

Classic.