Blackburn Rovers

An excellent start to the season saw the Ewood Park club battling for automatic promotion back to the Premier League a ten-game unbeaten run between November ...

That in itself was a significant decrease from the 14,131 fans per game in the 2015/16 season, while Rovers’ three seasons in the Championship prior to that had seen the club hover around the 14,900 mark. Prior to that, the 2018/19 campaign, which was their first back in the Championship following a year in League One, saw Blackburn average 14,550 visitors per game, no doubt as many Rovers fans hoped to see their club push on from the success of that promotion the season before. To begin with, the 2021/22 season has seen Blackburn average 13,958 spectators per home game, which is the 15th highest in the Championship.

Currently out of contract in the summer are Joe Rothwell, Ryan Nyambe and Darragh Lenihan. Mowbray spoke of the three in particular this week and revealed that ...

Having Premier League status would give Mowbray and Rovers a much better chance of keeping the trio at the club. Of all the players out of contract, Rovers fans would no doubt love to see Rothwell, Nyambe, Lenihan and Brereton Diaz’s stays extended. Elsewhere, Ben Brereton Diaz sees his contract out in the summer.

Preston North End collapsed to an embarrassing 4-1 defeat against Lancashire rivals Blackburn Rovers on Monday night.

Lowe came in and said the right things and did a great job in getting fans to start enjoying supporting the club again. The potential is there of course. A huge clear out is needed but then it will be very hard if a raft of new players come in. Lots of fans have been calling for Ali McCann to start more games but I’m not sure I can see Ryan Lowe dropping any of the current midfield trio. Many players at the club don’t even fit into the system. There were some good away performances and the fans were right back on side after a rocky few seasons. Riis was at fault for Blackburn’s third goal, choosing not to jump and battle with Darragh Lenihan who headed into the net uncontested. The squad is full of averageness. Alan Browne has been below average since the 2018/19 season when he was superb and scored and scored 12 goals. The game can pass them by and unfortunately Ben Whiteman can fall into that category as well. Too many times in this league the same players in this squad switch off come April time. Rovers still had an outside chance of getting into the top six before the game while Preston were just playing for local bragging rights.

John Buckley's second goal of the season helped Rovers to an emphatic victory at Deepdale on Monday night.

Blackburn Rovers thrashed Lancashire rivals Preston North End at Deepdale to end their five-game winless run and move to within three points of the...

"It was almost as if the pressure was lifted off them and they could play. "What pleases me most is the control in the game. I don't think at any stage we were in danger of losing.