Manchester United 7 Blackburn Rovers 1

Manchester United 7 Blackburn 1

SAM ALLARDYCE says he used to spend two or three days in preparation to stop Morten Gamst Pedersen when he was in charge of teams against Blackburn.

Blackburn 2 Aston Villa 0

Blackburn v Aston Villa

Newcastle 1 Blackburn 2

Newcastle boss Chris Hughton named the same team for the fourth successive Barclays Premier League game as United looked for a fourth three-point haul on the trot.

Blackburn 2 Wigan 1

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce will consider making changes for tomorrow’s Carling Cup clash against Norwich but his choices are limited by injuries.

Liverpool manager Rafael Benitez took great satisfaction in dismissing counterpart Sam Allardyce’s style of football after his side’s 2-1 victory over Blackburn at Anfield yesterday.

NO wonder Anfield was subdued.

Liverpool 2 Blackburn 1

Stoke 3 Blackburn 0

West Ham 0 Blackburn 0

NIKOLA KALINIC shrugged off his Carling Cup disappointment by scoring a Lancashire derby winner to ease Blackburn’s relegation worries.

Blackburn 2 Wigan 1

Blackburn 0 Aston Villa 1

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce made three changes for the Carling Cup semi-final first leg against Aston Villa at Ewood Park.

FT: Blackburn 2 Sunderland 2

Pascal Chimbonda is preparing himself to run a gauntlet of anger when he returns to Wigan, his first Premier League club, tomorrow.

Birmingham 2 Blackburn 1

Blackburn 3 Chelsea 3 (After extra-time, Blackburn win 4-3 on penalties)

FULHAM returned to winning ways courtesy of Clint Dempsey’s double as Blackburn failed to provide Sam Allardyce with another Premier League victory during his absence for heart surgery.

Fulham 3 Blackburn 0

SAM ALLARDYCE is not one of those managers who needs an excuse to celebrate his own talents, but even the biggest critics of the self-styled ‘Big Sam’ would not begrudge him a sense of satisfaction on Saturday evening.

Blackburn 3 Portsmouth 1

Manchester United 2 Blackburn 0

Jason Roberts is the latest Blackburn player to come down with suspected swine flu ahead of the team’s trip to Manchester United tomorrow.

An outbreak of swine flu has depleted Sam Allardyce’s squad ahead of Blackburn’s Carling Cup fourth-round tie against Peterborough tomorrow.

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce has angrily demanded an apology from Republic of Ireland boss Giovanni Trapattoni after labelling the Italian’s comments about Steven Reid “disgusting”.

Blackburn have a handful of players battling a virus as they prepare for their Barclays Premier League clash at Chelsea tomorrow evening.

Blackburn manager Sam Allardyce is resigned to returning Franco di Santo to Chelsea in January when his loan move ends.

OVER 30 years had passed since England’s top flight last played host to an east Lancashire derby, but for Blackburn supporters, at least, the wait was worthwhile.

Blackburn 3 Burnley 2

Blackburn 2 Aston Villa 1

EVERTON picked up their second home win in four days yesterday with a comprehensive Barclays Premier League victory over Blackburn.

Everton 3 Blackburn 0

Blackburn 0 West Ham 0

TOTTENHAM midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng is on his way to Portsmouth as Harry Redknapp began showing the exit door to some of his superfluous stars.

New signing Pascal Chimbonda is in Blackburn’s squad for the Barclays Premier League visit of West Ham after the defender completed his move from Tottenham last night.

Blackburn have completed the signing of Tottenham defender Pascal Chimbonda on a two-year contract.

Spartak Moscow are willing to pay Tottenham £10m to bring Roman Pavlyuchenko back to Russia.

Aston Villa manager Martin O’Neill is closing in on Blackburn defender Stephen Warnock.

Tottenham boss Harry Redknapp believes Patrick Vieira’s determination to play at White Hart Lane shows the character of the former Arsenal captain.