Clint Hill left to wonder if his ‘ghost’ goal will send QPR down
• Ball clearly over line but not spotted by officials• Defeat at Bolton leaves QPR in bottom threeEach May, two clubs square up against each other in what is dubbed the "£60m match". We all used to know the Wembley contest as the Championship play...
Bolton Wanderers 2-1 QPR | Premier League match report
Ivan Klasnic's first Premier League goal for three months settled this showdown between two relegation rivals, although it was not the one being talked about as both clubs took stock afterwards. It was Clint Hill's phantom one in the first half that co...
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Swansea City | Premier League
• Wigan manager to meet 'shell-shocked' owner Dave Whelan• Two-goal Gylfi Sigurdsson wants permanent move to SwanseaRoberto Martínez heads into his summit with the Wigan owner, Dave Whelan, on Monday insisting his maligned selection decisions in t...
Wigan Athletic 0-2 Swansea City | Premier League match report
Roberto Martínez's selection decisions were publicly called into question by the Wigan owner, Dave Whelan, after their six-month run without a home win was extended by an enterprising display from Swansea. Although Whelan, who effectively bankrolls th...
Darren Bent adds injury to Aston Villa fans’ jeers at Wigan
• Striker pulls out of England squad with ankle damage• Roberto Martínez think Villa safe from relegation fightDarren Bent will discover on Monday whether the ankle injury he incurred in the drab draw at Wigan Athletic jeopardises his quest to fea...
Wigan Athletic 0-0 Aston Villa | Premier League match report
Darren Bent has been ruled out of England's friendly with Holland on Wednesday after incurring an ankle injury in Aston Villa's goalless draw at Wigan. Bent, 28, was carried off with suspected ligament damage a dozen minutes from time, following an inn...
Steve Kean hails predatory Yakubu as Blackburn drag QPR into the mire
• Blackburn manager thrilled by 'bargain' striker Yakubu• Jamie Mackie brace keeps QPR one place above drop zoneSteve Kean reckons he pulled off the value signing of the Premier League season when he bought Yakubu Ayegbeni last summer. According to...
Blackburn Rovers 3–2 Queens Park Rangers | Premier League match report
Blackburn chose the visit of a revered guest to find an antidote to their Ewood Park vulnerability. While their capitulation against Arsenal seven days earlier exposed their defensive frailty, their charity this season began at home.Before Mark Hughes'...
Morten Gamst Pedersen urges Blackburn to resist selling key players
• Pedersen wants Christopher Samba and Junior Hoilett to stay • 'We have to keep them. We're in a battle,' says Rovers wingerTogetherness is not something one would associate with Blackburn Rovers given the fractured relationship between the club's...
Blackburn Rovers 3-1 Fulham
Forget away wins at Old Trafford, nothing promotes unity like a sense of injustice and in the months to follow Blackburn may look upon Yakubu Ayegbeni's dismissal as the moment that galvanised their season. Neutrals would agree that his reckless lunge ...
Blackburn’s year of living dangerously leaves Steve Kean on the brink
• Blackburn manager must win at home to Bolton on Tuesday• Roy Hodgson struggles to match West Brom fans' expectationsThere is little love currently for Scottish managers of Lancashire Premier League clubs and the kisses after the meeting on Tuesda...
Blackburn Rovers 1-2 West Bromwich Albion | Premier League match report
Roy Hodgson can lay claim to unfair dismissal as the manager of Blackburn Rovers and so it was perhaps inevitable that he stood shoulder-to-shoulder with the incumbent Steve Kean after shuffling his opponent closer to the Ewood Park exit.Unrest has bee...
