Scotland assistant coach Mark McGhee is more encouraged by the fact that his strikers are scoring than fearful of Robert Lewandowski’s stunning form.

Alan Judge believes repeating last week’s performance and getting some help from his former team-mates can combine to rescue Brentford’s Championship play-off hopes today.

Blackburn 0 Liverpool 1: There cannot be many 22-year-old Brazilians who enjoy nights out in Lancashire as much as Philippe Coutinho.

FA Cup Fifth Round: Blackburn Rovers 4 Stoke City 1: Blessed with a proud striking heritage featuring the likes of Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton, Blackburn supporters can now heap their adoration upon Norwegian international Josh King after an extraordinary 19-minute hat-trick.

Rudy Gestede showed why he is reported to be interesting a number of Premier League sides with the crucial goal as Blackburn sent nine-man Swansea tumbling out of the FA Cup in the fourth round.

The first thing about Roy Keane’s latest book is that it’s brilliant. Or since it was Roddy Doyle who ghosted it, and not our old mentor Cormac MacConnell, it’s f**king brilliant, deadly altogether, writes Kieran Shannon.

Hull manager Steve Bruce believes it is "madness" Uruguay international Abel Hernandez cost him less than the going rate for a top Championship striker.

Hull’s name will be absent from Friday’s Europa League group stage draw after the away goals rule ended their first foray in the competition prematurely.

Hull have turned to Palermo forward Abel Hernandez to plug the gap left by Shane Long’s move to Southampton.

Hull have completed the signing of Michael Dawson from Tottenham for an undisclosed fee.

Hull manager Steve Bruce has agreed a deal “in principle” to sign Tottenham defender Michael Dawson but admits a move for Jordan Rhodes is proving problematic.

Norwich made it three straight Sky Bet Championship wins and claimed local bragging rights by securing a 1-0 derby success over arch rivals Ipswich, with Lewis Grabban netting the crucial strike on 24 minutes at Portman Road today.

Brighton grabbed a last-minute winner to beat Nottingham Forest 2-1 and snatch the last play-off spot on a dramatic final day in the Sky Bet Championship.

Roy Keane’s former recruit Danny Higginbotham admits the spicy Euro 2016 draw could persuade him to extend his international career with Gibraltar.

Manchester City 5 Blackburn Rovers 0

Manchester City 5 Blackburn 0

Blackburn 1 Manchester City 1

Republic of Ireland striker Leon Best came off the bench to rescue a late point for Blackburn and denied Derby a winning start to the new Sky Bet Championship campaign.

Luis Suarez’s name was booed twice at the Professional Footballers’ Association Player of the Year awards.

Hull failed to seal automatic promotion to the Barclays Premier League after they were beaten 2-0 by Barnsley, who climbed out of the npower Championship relegation zone as a result of the win.

Cardiff 3 Blackburn 0

Both Millwall and Blackburn remain in this season’s FA Cup after grinding out a mediocre goalless draw in their quarter-final clash at the New Den this afternoon.

Arsenal 0 Blackburn 1

Holland and Germany played out a low-key goalless draw in their friendly at the Amsterdam ArenA last night, with both sides missing a number of key players due to injury.

Ian Holloway could hardly have wished for a better start to his new job as Crystal Palace boss as a Glenn Murray hat-trick helped the Eagles soar to the top of the npower Championship with a 5-0 thrashing of Ipswich.

Henning Berg concedes his return to Blackburn feels like a homecoming.

In-form Celtic midfielder Kris Commons has won a Scotland recall after Robert Snodgrass and Jordan Rhodes pulled out of the squad to face Wales and Belgium.

Blackburn 1 Middlesbrough 2

Blackburn moved to the top of the npower Championship as a brace from Jordan Rhodes helped them to a 5-3 victory over Bristol City in a thriller at Ashton Gate.

Scotland 0 Serbia 0

Ipswich 2 Huddersfield 2

Chelsea manager Roberto Di Matteo has confirmed Daniel Sturridge is suffering from viral meningitis but is hopeful he will be fit to take his part in Team GB’s Olympic squad.

Chelsea striker Daniel Sturridge is undergoing tests for suspected meningitis, it is understood.

Joey Barton was last night given extra time to respond to the two charges of violent conduct levelled against him for his behaviour during QPR’s Premier League defeat at Manchester City.

Huddersfield 0 Peterborough 3

ROY KEANE’S Ipswich Town adventure appeared to have come to an end last night with the former Ireland skipper on the brink of parting company with the Championship club.

Sheffield Wednesday started their npower League One campaign with a 2-0 victory over Dagenham & Redbridge.

ROY KEANE is famous for his focus. As a player he claimed he forgot about what he won within seconds of winning it. The target was always the next match, the next season, the next trophy.

TWO GOALS from Dubliner Owen Garvan helped Roy Keane’s Ipswich Town to a comfortable 3-0 victory over Waterford United in an entertaining friendly before a crowd of 3,500 at the sun-splashed RSC last night.

BARNSLEY forward Kayode Odejayi made amends for his FA Cup semi-final misery with a double strike in his side’s crucial 3-0 win against promotion-chasing Watford on Wednesday.