Republic of Ireland 1 Slovakia 0

NOBODY in the Burlington Hotel’s Elgin Suite was surprised yesterday when Slovak coach Jan Kocian was asked his opinion on the crisis facing his opposite number.

Vratislav Gresko has warned his Slovakia team-mates to beware the threat of an in-form Damien Duff.

SLOVAKIA has added Leeds United defender Lubomir Michalik to their squad for the match against Ireland at Croke Park tomorrow night.

Slovakia have moved back into contention in Euro 2008 qualifying Group D thanks to a second half comeback against Cyprus in Nicosia.

Ryan Nelsen is likely to miss Blackburn’s match against Charlton tomorrow with the knee injury which has kept him out of the previous two games.

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.

BLACKBURN defender Vratislav Gresko has been ruled out for the rest of the season with cruciate ligament damage.

Blackburn defender Vratislav Gresko has been ruled out for the rest of the season with cruciate ligament damage.

James Beattie recovered from a thigh injury to return alongside skipper Kevin Phillips in Southampton’s attack against Blackburn at St Mary’s.

Blackburn 1 West Brom 1

Blackburn 1 Leicester 0

Fulham 3 Blackburn 4

Chelsea’s £10m (€14.6m) signing Scott Parker was handed a debut for his new club as they looked to close the gap on Barclaycard Premiership leaders Manchester United at Blackburn.

Man City 1 Blackburn 1

Blackburn 3 Bolton 4

Blackburn manager Graeme Souness reunites Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke up front as Rovers look to leapfrog Bolton in Barclaycard Premiership today.

Newcastle 0 Blackburn 1

Newcastle boss Sir Bobby Robson handed a senior debut to 20-year-old striker Michael Chopra as Blackburn Rovers arrived at St James’ Park.

Arsenal 1 Blackburn Rovers 0

Arsenal 1 Blackburn 0

James Milner gave Leeds fans something to cheer after another difficult week as the Barclaycard Premiership’s bottom club sneaked a 1-0 win at Charlton.

Blackburn 2 Everton 1

Leicester 2 Blackburn 0

Blackburn 3 Liverpool 4

Blackburn 0 Charlton 1

Blackburn 0 Charlton 1

Blackburn 1 Genclerbirligi 1 (Aggregate: 2-4)

Blackburn Rovers 0 Fulham 2

Blackburn 0 Fulham 2

Blackburn were facing an uphill task in the UEFA Cup after conceding two goals in a minute before half-time against Genclerbirligi in Turkey.

Blackburn 2 Man City 3

Bolton 2 Blackburn 2

David O’Leary believes Aston Villa have given themselves the perfect platform to get their Barclaycard Premiership campaign off to a flying start at Portsmouth next weekend.

Blackburn are hopeful of bringing the long-running Vratislav Gresko signing saga to a successful conclusion on Friday, following the granting of a work permit to the Slovakian defender today.

STEVEN REID insists he will take his time before deciding whether to join Blackburn.

Vratislav Gresko jetted back to the north-west last night hoping to become Blackburn boss Graeme Souness’ latest summer signing.

Blackburn boss Graeme Souness insists he is still confident of hanging on to star winger Damien Duff despite persistent interest from Chelsea.

Blackburn have signed an excellent player in Brett Emerton, according to his former club Feyenoord’s technical director Rob Baan.

Vratislav Gresko is close to settling his personal dispute with Parma and completing his £1.5m (€2.08m) move to Blackburn.

Blackburn manager Graeme Souness is keen to sign full-back Vratislav Gresko on a permanent deal in the summer.

Blackburn 2 Arsenal 0

Chelsea 1 Blackburn 2

Here is the full club-by-club list of transfer deals completed during the calendar month of January.