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Wednesday 3rd October (KO 19:45) sees the Blades visit Ewood Park – the first meeting between the clubs since 3rd February 2007, when both clubs were in the Premier League. Neil Warnock’s Blades lost this Premier League encounter 1-2, our goal coming from Stead. With the score at 1-1, Blackburn were awarded a very ‘soft’ free-kick which Morten Gamst Pedersen converted in the 90th minute.
It will be our 141st League meeting, going back to January 1894.
Blackburn are back in The Championship after securing automatic promotion from League One last season:
With their 2-2 home draw with Nottingham Forest last Saturday (29th September) Blackburn are now unbeaten in their last 25 home league games.
The club was established in 1875, becoming a founding member of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992. In 1890, Rovers moved to Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups and one Football League Cup. The club has spent most of its existence in the top flight of English football’
Since the Premier League was formed in 1992, we’ve met Blackburn six times in the top flight – and failed to win any of them.
Most recent meetings:
I’ve gone back to the 1st May 1990 as this is one of our more significant league encounters in recent years. Closing in on promotion back to the top-flight, this Tuesday night 0-0 draw was seen as a disappointment. I remember Billy Whitehurst missing a late header from close in. However, four days later at Leicester’s Filbert Street, Dave Bassett’s Blades would win 5-2 in an unforgettable landmark in Blades history.
Complete record Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers
The 1992-93 season was the inaugural Premier League season. We lost both league fixtures against Blackburn but on March 6th 1993, we were drawn to play Blackburn away in the 6th round of the FA Cup. A 0-0 draw meant we took Rovers back to Bramall Lane on 16th. It was another ‘one of those games’ where Dave Bassett’s United drew 2-2 at full-time against Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn. Extra time produced no more goals so the game went to penalties. United scored all five of ours and set up an historic semi-final showdown at Wembley on April 3rd against…Sheffield Wednesday…
Blackburn would finish this season in fourth place in the Premier League. The following season (1993-94) they were runners up and the season after that (1994-95), they were Premier League Champions, thanks to Jack Walker’s millions and top-scorer Alan Shearer’s 34 league goals.
28th February 1970 saw a very good Blades side win 2-1 at Blackburn in Division Two. Abysmal quality vid. on BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ (commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme), but goals by Woodward and Currie make up for it!
To date, our League results against Blackburn read:
Home: P: 70 W: 33 D: 21 L: 16 F: 138 A: 80
Away: P: 70 W: 20 D: 14 L: 36 F: 85 A: 127
Championship Table:
Blackburn are currently 13th in the table, while the mighty Blades are in fourth place.
Full Championship Table.
Form Guide:
Blackburn are ninth in the ‘form guide’ (based on the last six league games) but, at this early stage in the season, this can be misleading. They are showing exactly the same recent form as previous runaway leaders Leeds United.
Full Championship Form Guide
Top scorers:
Perhaps a better guide to scorer-effectiveness is this, which shows Minutes per goal, shots on target etc.
Men to watch:
On 27th June 2017, Bradley Dack was signed from Gillingham for an initial fee of £750,000. In his first season for Rovers, he scored 18 goals in 42 league appearances and won the EFL League One Player of the Season award.
In late August 2018, Rovers completed the signing of striker and U-19 England international Ben Brereton from Nottingham Forest on an initial loan deal with the option of a permanent transfer in January. It is understood that personal terms have been agreed ahead of a deal which could cost Tony Mowbray's side up to £7m.
Danny Graham has been at Rovers since 2016 – having played for many clubs including Swansea City (who bought him from Watford for £3.5m) and Sunderland who signed him from Swansea for £5m.
Also in the last week in August, Jack Rodwell joined Blackburn on a deal lasting until the end of the season.
Former Everton and Manchester City midfielder Rodwell, who was a free agent after leaving Sunderland, is Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray's fifth signing of the summer.
Kasey Palmer arrived at Ewood Park on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea in July 2018. Palmer is a midfielder who also plays for England U21s.
The 21-year-old signed on the dotted line from the Premier League outfit just in time for the 2018-19 campaign and brings a wealth of Championship experience with him.
Versatile ex-Celtic player Charlie Mulgrew is proving a valuable addition to Blackburn’s firepower.
After an initial loan spell, forward and England U21 international Adam Armstrong signed for Blackburn Rovers permanently on 6 August 2018 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee from parent club Newcastle United.
Midfielder Jacob Davenport joined Blackburn on 2nd July 2018 on a four-year deal. He was captain of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad.
The Manager
Tony Mowbray has managed seven clubs with limited/little success apart from winning the Football League Championship with West Bromwich Albion in 2007–08. He has been in charge at Blackburn since 22nd February 2017.
It will be our 141st League meeting, going back to January 1894.
Blackburn are back in The Championship after securing automatic promotion from League One last season:
With their 2-2 home draw with Nottingham Forest last Saturday (29th September) Blackburn are now unbeaten in their last 25 home league games.
The club was established in 1875, becoming a founding member of The Football League in 1888 and the Premier League in 1992. In 1890, Rovers moved to Ewood Park. Blackburn Rovers have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups and one Football League Cup. The club has spent most of its existence in the top flight of English football’
Since the Premier League was formed in 1992, we’ve met Blackburn six times in the top flight – and failed to win any of them.
Most recent meetings:
I’ve gone back to the 1st May 1990 as this is one of our more significant league encounters in recent years. Closing in on promotion back to the top-flight, this Tuesday night 0-0 draw was seen as a disappointment. I remember Billy Whitehurst missing a late header from close in. However, four days later at Leicester’s Filbert Street, Dave Bassett’s Blades would win 5-2 in an unforgettable landmark in Blades history.
Complete record Sheffield United v Blackburn Rovers
The 1992-93 season was the inaugural Premier League season. We lost both league fixtures against Blackburn but on March 6th 1993, we were drawn to play Blackburn away in the 6th round of the FA Cup. A 0-0 draw meant we took Rovers back to Bramall Lane on 16th. It was another ‘one of those games’ where Dave Bassett’s United drew 2-2 at full-time against Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn. Extra time produced no more goals so the game went to penalties. United scored all five of ours and set up an historic semi-final showdown at Wembley on April 3rd against…Sheffield Wednesday…
Blackburn would finish this season in fourth place in the Premier League. The following season (1993-94) they were runners up and the season after that (1994-95), they were Premier League Champions, thanks to Jack Walker’s millions and top-scorer Alan Shearer’s 34 league goals.
28th February 1970 saw a very good Blades side win 2-1 at Blackburn in Division Two. Abysmal quality vid. on BBC’s ‘Match of the Day’ (commentary by Kenneth Wolstenholme), but goals by Woodward and Currie make up for it!
To date, our League results against Blackburn read:
Home: P: 70 W: 33 D: 21 L: 16 F: 138 A: 80
Away: P: 70 W: 20 D: 14 L: 36 F: 85 A: 127
Championship Table:
Blackburn are currently 13th in the table, while the mighty Blades are in fourth place.
Full Championship Table.
Form Guide:
Blackburn are ninth in the ‘form guide’ (based on the last six league games) but, at this early stage in the season, this can be misleading. They are showing exactly the same recent form as previous runaway leaders Leeds United.
Full Championship Form Guide
Top scorers:
Perhaps a better guide to scorer-effectiveness is this, which shows Minutes per goal, shots on target etc.
Men to watch:
Danny Graham has been at Rovers since 2016 – having played for many clubs including Swansea City (who bought him from Watford for £3.5m) and Sunderland who signed him from Swansea for £5m.
Also in the last week in August, Jack Rodwell joined Blackburn on a deal lasting until the end of the season.
Former Everton and Manchester City midfielder Rodwell, who was a free agent after leaving Sunderland, is Blackburn manager Tony Mowbray's fifth signing of the summer.
Kasey Palmer arrived at Ewood Park on a season-long loan deal from Chelsea in July 2018. Palmer is a midfielder who also plays for England U21s.
The 21-year-old signed on the dotted line from the Premier League outfit just in time for the 2018-19 campaign and brings a wealth of Championship experience with him.
Versatile ex-Celtic player Charlie Mulgrew is proving a valuable addition to Blackburn’s firepower.
After an initial loan spell, forward and England U21 international Adam Armstrong signed for Blackburn Rovers permanently on 6 August 2018 on a four-year contract for an undisclosed fee from parent club Newcastle United.
Midfielder Jacob Davenport joined Blackburn on 2nd July 2018 on a four-year deal. He was captain of Manchester City’s Elite Development Squad.
The Manager
Tony Mowbray has managed seven clubs with limited/little success apart from winning the Football League Championship with West Bromwich Albion in 2007–08. He has been in charge at Blackburn since 22nd February 2017.
