HT Ipswich 2 Coventry 0

Tony Pulis steered his Stoke side to a 0-0 draw against Leicester which secured the Potters promotion to the Barclays Premier League and relegated the Foxes to Coca-Cola League One.

ALAN PARDEW maintains all is not lost even though Charlton have only three games left to haul themselves out of the Premiership drop-zone.

Liverpool 4 Sheffield Utd 0

Sheffield United boss Neil Warnock is due to complete the signing of Egypt midfielder Ahmed Fathi within the next 24 hours.

Fulham 2 Sunderland 1

Under-pressure Liverpool striker Peter Crouch needs to look no further than Sunderland’s Jonathan Stead for reassurances as he struggles to open his goalscoring account for his new club.

Sunderland are strengthened by the return from injury of full-back Stephen Wright (knee ligament) and Christian Bassila (hamstring) for a crucial relegation clash with Aston Villa at the Stadium of Light.

Arsenal 3 Sunderland 1

Sunderland 1 Charlton 3

Sunderland boss Mick McCarthy handed debuts to four of his 10 summer signings as the Black Cats returned to the Premiership against Charlton at the Stadium of Light today.

West Brom 1 Blackburn 1

Alex Ferguson gave Ruud van Nistelrooy a chance to redeem himself at Old Trafford this afternoon when Manchester United continued their pursuit of Barclays Premiership leaders Chelsea.

Everton 0 Blackburn 1

Jonathan Stead’s goals last season saved Blackburn from relegation from the Premiership, and his first of this campaign could well have the same end product.

An own-goal of horrendous proportions brought an ignominious end to Colchester’s hopes of any giant-killing heroics as Blackburn took full advantage to register a comfortable victory in the FA Cup fourth round today.

Blackburn today rejected the first approach from Rangers for Barry Ferguson - but the Glasgow giants are unlikely to take no for an answer.

Blackburn chief executive John Williams insists the club do not want Barry Ferguson to leave.

Brett Emerton grabbed the goal that gave Blackburn Rovers a vital win over Charlton Athletic – only their second at Ewood Park this season.

Aston Villa 1 Blackburn 0

Aston Villa were boosted by the return of defender Jlloyd Samuel and midfielder Gavin McCann who had missed the Christmas programme with groin and knee problems respectively.

Blackburn boss Mark Hughes has been struggling to find two fit central defenders in recent weeks but soon could be faced with a surplus.

Steven Reid is doubtful for Blackburn’s short trip to Bolton tomorrow after suffering a kick above the ankle against Newcastle.

TOTTENHAM coach Martin Jol admitted the height of Tottenham’s ambition this season is a top-10 finish after they were sent crashing out of the Carling Cup by Liverpool in midweek.

Chelsea 4 Blackburn 0

Blackburn 0 Middlesbrough 4

Charlton 1 Blackburn 0

Newcastle 3 Blackburn 0

Blackburn 1 West Brom 1

Graeme Souness has praised eircom League outfit Bray Wanderers for giving his Blackburn side a tough workout ahead of their Premiership campaign.

Blackburn 1 Birmingham 1

Blackburn boss Graeme Souness has warned teenage striker Paul Gallagher that he needs to keep his feet on the ground.

Graeme Souness took a £1m (€1.5m) gamble in the January transfer window and took rookie striker Jonathan Stead from Huddersfield. How the 21 year-old has repaid that faith.

Blackburn striker Jonathan Stead has urged his team-mates to dig deep within themselves to make sure the club avoid a nightmare season ending in relegation.

Blackburn 1 Leeds 2

Liverpool 4 Blackburn 0

Aston Villa 0 Blackburn 2

TOTTENHAM bucked the trend for loans and cheap deals on a busy transfer deadline day by splashing out stg£7million on West Ham striker Jermain Defoe.

Norwich manager Nigel Worthington was left to rue a missed opportunity after seeing his side crash out of the Carling Cup at Northampton.