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LAST TIME OUT



MANAGER

Jon Dahl Tomasson (Danish pronunciation: [ˈtsʰomæsʌn]; born 29 August 1976) is a Danish football manager and former player who is the current head coach of EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers.
Malmö FF
On 5 January 2020, Tomasson was appointed as the new manager of Swedish Allsvenskan side Malmö FF.[35] He led the team to the 2020 Allsvenskan title in his first season with the club, winning Malmö FF its 21st Swedish Championship.[36][35]

In his second season for Malmö FF he took the club to the group stage of Champions League after succeeding in four qualification rounds, including beating Rangers in the third round and Ludogorets Razgrad in the fourth. In December 2021, Tomasson and Malmō FF won their second consecutive Allsvenskan league title.[37] On 30 December, he left by his own request.[38]

Blackburn Rovers
On 14 June 2022, Tomasson was appointed as the new head coach of Blackburn Rovers.[39] He signed a three-year deal at the club, stating: "I'm really proud and excited to be taking over as head coach of Blackburn Rovers – a club with a lot of tradition and also great ambition."[40] On his debut on 30 July, the team won 1–0 at home to Queens Park Rangers with a long-range goal from Lewis Travis.[41]

ONE FROM THE PAST

Ronald Clayton[2] (5 August 1934 – 29 October 2010) was an English footballer who made nearly 600 appearances in the Football League playing for Blackburn Rovers. He was capped 35 times for England between 1955 and 1960.[3]

Clayton, a right half, began his career with Blackburn Rovers (where his elder brother Ken was also a squad member).[4][5] He made his first-team debut as a 16-year-old in the 1950–51 season, and between then and 1969 made 581 appearances for his only Football League club.[3][6][7] He then became player-manager of Morecambe, and also appeared for Great Harwood before retiring.[8][9]

At international level, Clayton was capped six times for England under-23,[10] once for England B,[11] and 35 times at full international level, including five as captain.[12] He made his international debut against Northern Ireland in November 1955, and won his last cap against Yugoslavia in May 1960.[2] He was part of England's team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup.[13] Clayton died in October 2010.[14]

On 13 August 2011, as a sign of respect to Clayton, it was announced at half-time during the first game of the 2011–12 Barclays Premier League season, that The Blackburn End was to be renamed The Ronnie Clayton End at Ewood Park. In February 2019 he was one of the first seven players to be inducted into the club's Hall of Fame.[15]

Actually met Ronnie when working at ROF Chorley

FAMOUS LANDMARK

Queens Park Hospital

The original hospital on the site was established as an infirmary for the local workhouse in February 1864.[1] Additions included a medical wing in 1903, a children's wing in 1925 and a 74-bed annexe in 1926.[1] In 1929 it became known as the Queen's Park Institution, a name which evolved to become the Queen's Park Hospital.[1]

A new hospital, to be known as the Royal Blackburn Teaching Hospital, was procured under a Private Finance Initiative contract in 2003 to replace the Queen's Park Hospital and the Blackburn Royal Infirmary.[2] It was built by Balfour Beatty at a cost of £133 million and opened in July 2006.[3]

Born there

Newbies

http://www.sportsbabble.co.uk/showthread.php?tid=11552

They can communicate with each other forum

https://www.brfcs.com/forums/topic/36399...2-12pm-ko/

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In The Dressing Room


Manager Ryan Lowe confirmed Ben Whiteman, who was missing through injury prior to the break for the World Cup, will be available for selection this weekend.

Troy Parrott is still expected to be sidelined for a few more weeks yet, though, but he is now back on the grass.

Liam Lindsay could make his 50th appearance for PNE, while Greg Cunningham is just one game away from 300 in the Football League.

A Look At Our Hosts

Blackburn Rovers go into the weekend just two points below second spot and five away from leaders Burnley – their fiercest Lancashire rivals who defeated them 3-0 in their last Championship outing.

Rovers – managed by Jon Dahl Tomasson – hold a unique record of being the only team in the EFL yet to draw this campaign, having won a division-high 12 matches but losing on nine occasions.

During the recent break from league action, the Blues have been out in Spain for some warm-weather training, and they came out on top against both Ajax and Hearts in friendlies.

Going Head To Head


Games played: 109
PNE wins: 45
Draws: 30
Blackburn Rovers wins: 34
Last victory: Blackburn Rovers 1-2 PNE, 12th February 2021

One To Watch


It’s hard to look past Ben Brereton Diaz in terms of a star man in the ranks of Blackburn Rovers.

After netting seven goals in the 2020/21 campaign, the forward took the division by storm last season when he scored 22 goals, while also becoming an international goalscorer with Chile.

He’s continued to find the back of the net this season too, with ten goals to his name in all competitions so far this term.

Match Officials

Josh Smith will referee his second PNE game of the season on Saturday.

Smith previously took charge of North End’s victory at home to West Brom in October, while he also officiated three of PNE’s games during the 2021/22 campaign.

So far this season, he has shown 74 yellow cards and two reds in 14 matches, and this weekend he’ll be assisted by Craig Taylor and Matthew Jones, while Rebecca Welch will be fourth official.


MACS VIEW

Odd restart this so no idea what will happen both sides lost heavily last tie out given neither has played for four weeks be interesting to see how it plays out. Good news with the Lindsay contract, dislike dinner time kicks offs but it is what it is.
Be cold wrap well

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Blackburn Rovers 1 Dack Preston North End 4 Woodburn, Evans 2 Whiteman

Blackburn Rovers line-up: Kaminski; Carter, Hyam, Wharton; Brittain (Mola, 8), Morton, Travis, Hedges; Dack, Szmodics (Dolan, 58); Brereton Diaz (Gallagher, 58). Subs not used: Pears, Ayala, Hirst, Buckley.

PNE line-up: Woodman; Storey, Lindsay, Cunningham; Potts, Whiteman, Ledson, Fernandez (Slater, 90+1); Johnson (Mawene, 90+3), Woodburn (O'Neill, 90+3); Evans (Cross-Adair, 88). Subs not used: Cornell, Bauer, Diaby, Slater.

Attendance: 17,690 (4,270 PNE fans)

Referee: Mr J Smith.

Going back 30 plus years lived in a place called Clayton Green, it was split fairly evenly between good and evil, when Uncle Jack came along with his unliited funds and they ended up in the top division, some of our fans suddenly defected to the dark side and became glory hunters, still annoys me to this day, that is the reason todays 4-1 mauling at the ground of empty seats will linger long in the memory.
Not the easiest f journeys especially skating on the ice on my drive.
Long time since I've drive in snow but managed to arrive in one piece, car neatly abandoned in Darwen.
When I saw the team almost instantly turned round to go home, Browne, McCann, Brady and Riis missing left us down to bare bones with several youngsters on the bench, but what transpired was truly remarkable.

Te tone was set when Ledson crunched a home player with a tackle to say it was robust is an understatement, after that they didn't want to know, we dominated from then on in, rarely troubled by the home side in the first period, son ahead Evans who had a stormer found Woodburn in acres of space in te gaping hole at the centre of Rovers defenced advanced on goal and curled it passed the keeper.



We could have had more there was a spell of a couple of minutes were they couldnot get out of their own penalty area, shots rained in , clearances of the line ball just wouldn't go in, they had occasional forays into our half but never really troubled Woodman.
Doubled our lead very early in the second half, nearly scoreed when DJ closed down the keeper just could not get his shot in, from the goal kick zero idea what they were doing, playing out from the back they ballsed it up DJ to Ched and it's two.
They all played well today although Alvaro's defending does leave room for improvement as a home player skipped past him, ball into box and Dack reduced the arrears.
But not for long, Cunningham's magnificent cross found the head of Ched 1-3, two minutes later a sweeping move Johnson dummied the ball in the box, Whiteman blasted home and that was that, the snow started to settle but the points were heading home to Deepdale
As for he home side all you can say is they were truly abysmal, long may it last
And the fat Chilean got substituted



Blackburn head coach Jon Dahl Tomasson:

"When we played the ball, we didn't play quick enough. Didn't have enough players who were prepared to make runs forward.

"We played too many balls backwards instead of playing the ball forward. We lost more or less every duel.

"We're very disappointed, of course, which we should be after the performance. We were second best with everything.

"You always need to stay together after a performance like that, but every situation that happened today was just not good enough. The intensity we played the ball with, backwards, sidewards, was too slow."

Preston boss Ryan Lowe:

"The game plan worked to a tee, stuff we've been working on. I thought in possession and out of possession we were fantastic.

"I must say credit to the group because when you get a hit in terms of injury and the group sees players going down, it can harm you.

"The togetherness I've seen in the past four weeks, I said to our lads, whoever plays, it isn't about 11, 12, 13 players, it's the squad.

"When the squad needs to be utilised like it has been today and opportunities come along, you've got to take them."