A good rivalry is reignited on Sunday in the FA Cup as the two
Lancashire clubs get thrown head to head in the fifth round of the FA Cup.
Championship side Blackburn Rovers are reportedly ready to offer a player - coach role to their former keeper who spent eight years at the club prior to his move to Aston Villa having amassed a total of 356 appearances for
the Lancashire club.
Despite beating Arsenal 1 - 0 a few weeks ago, Fulham seem to be in all sorts of trouble, while Bolton are many people's tip to go down, although a 3 - 1 win at West Ham was deserved and points to better times ahead for
the Lancashire club.
The 24 - year - old has been excellent for
the Lancashire club and that earned him his debut for England earlier in the season, where he started against Germany in a friendly.
The Lancashire club have pinpointed the Scot as their No 1 choice to replace Owen Coyle, who was sacked after the club's disappointing start to the Championship season.
The 20 year - old will be going into a Championship club very much on the up under new manager Neil Lennon, however, with the former Celtic boss having managed to guide the Trotters towards safety since replacing Dougie Freedman after a dreadful start to the season by
the Lancashire club.
However,
the Lancashire club have quashed any rumours that Ings could be on the way out of Turf Moor, issuing a statement claiming the reported move would actually be illegal under Premier League rules.
For 14 years
the Lancashire club relied on Finney to make them a force within English football, and more often than not, he delivered.
However, following December defeats to Preston, Middlesbrough and Hull City, Burnley then remained unbeaten for the rest of the season, notching up fifteen wins and seven draws as the goals from Andre Gray and Sam Vokes propelled
the Lancashire club to the top of the table to clinch automatic promotion to the top flight for the 2016/17 season.
Conversely, Blackburn are still slap - bang in the middle of a fight for survival, with
the Lancashire club only three positions and as many points off the drop - zone.
The Lancashire club recorded just three wins away from home last season, but all three came via some solid defensive displays — beating Bolton, Burnley and Aston Villa without conceding — and so another big shift from their defence could be the catalyst for a winning away start to the season, which would be more than ideal considering the clubs tendency to fall into away lulls.
In a candid interview with Blackburn Rovers TV, Rovers boss Sam Allardyce has declared the next month of Premier League fixtures, where
the Lancashire club will play no less than seven matches in a little over a month, as a season defining period.
The Lancashire club have of course won the previous three meetings at Ewood Park, as we pointed out so kindly above, and is invariably where the majority of their league victories arise.
Two teams in urgent need of a win will seek out comfort in each other this weekend, as Arsenal, without a win in four Premier League games, take on third from bottom Blackburn at the Emirates Stadium on Saturday, with
the Lancashire club bidding to repeat their four - goal heroics in last September's seven - goal thriller between the two sides.
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The Lancashire club have a terrible record when it comes to hosting London clubs at Ewood Park in the league this term (W0 D2 L2): Drawing with Fulham and West Ham 1 - 1 as well as losing 2 - 1 to both Arsenal and Chelsea.
-- West Brom have failed to win any of the previous five Premier League meetings at Ewood Park versus Blackburn, with their last away win over
the Lancashire club dating back to 1991.
Their recent form at Craven Cottage has been impeccable, head and shoulders above Blackburn's dismal away form,
the Lancashire club posting five straight away defeats in the league and have now shipped four goals in back - to - back away fixtures.
The Lancashire club reportedly owe # 10million to Barclay's Bank, although the owner's have moved quickly disperse any murmurings of a crisis − though crisis is the only way to describe their team's predicament.
After a largely impressive first half of the season,
the Lancashire club have struggled to see games through in the Premier League.
The Lancashire club are ninth in the embryonic Premier League table and have conceded only five goals in six games.
He then netted 11 times in 35 appearances last season and although his goals were not enough to keep
the Lancashire club up, his performances have earned him praise.
Manchester United beat Blackburn Rovers 4 - 1 at
the Lancashire club's Brockhall Training Centre on Saturday afternoon.
Not exact matches
After retiring from football, Burnley's Jerry Dawson - who holds the record for most league appearances for The Clarets - became a batsman in the
Lancashire League for Burnley Cricket
Club.
He is now Chief Executive of
Lancashire Country Cricket
Club.
Wins have been at a premium for both
clubs this season, so I suspect there may be a few fancying the odds on a stalemate in
Lancashire this weekend.
Burnley, an old East
Lancashire cotton town, is one of the Premier League's best managed
clubs financial, posted a pre-tax profit of # 34.6 million for its year to 30 June 2015 — just # 500,000 less than Arsenal and Manchester City managed between them in that year.
The departure of former Rovers boss Sam Allardyce was both a shock and shocking, with the
club's clueless owners installing former
club first - team coach Steve Kean as manager until the end of the season in a nasty piece of business which came across as a stab in the back for Allardyce, who produced miracles during his time and
Lancashire and will no doubt be a wanted man in 2011, unlike tickets to Blackburn games despite Venky's best efforts to revamp the
club and turn it into Real Madrid.
A fantastic achievement for the
Lancashire based
club.
Liverpool FC celebrated a fantastic night at the MBNA Northwest Football Awards, held at
Lancashire County Cricket
Club's Old Trafford home this evening.
The Midlands
club have a truly retched record against their
Lancashire rivals, having won none of their last eight league encounters with Blackburn, a dismal run which does include five defeats, four of those occurring on their previous four visits to Ewood Park.
Another shock managerial demise came in
Lancashire earlier this week, when Blackburn Rovers «owners Venky's decided route - one football wasn't for them and that they were more than willing to jeopardise the
club's Premier League status if it meant recruiting a manager with the tactical nous to entertain the locals.
The Labour leader headed to Leyland in
Lancashire to talk about Labour's free school meals pledge and to show a group of children at a holiday
club how to make a cake.
Woolas, a Manchester United F.C. and
Lancashire County Cricket
Club supporter, [7] lives in Lees, Greater Manchester.
Instead of meeting toyboys in
Lancashire bars, they now prefer to scout them out online and then take them to a bar or
club.
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Lancashire Outdoor Activities Initiative, Bolton Lads and Girls
Club and the University of Bolton.
(Kennel
Club Press Release) The Kennel
Club has approved a new official DNA testing scheme for Collie Eye Anomaly (CEA / CH) in
Lancashire Heelers, following consultation with the breed
clubs and the health coordinator for the breed.
A current list of Kennel
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Together with other enthusiasts, she established the
Lancashire Heeler
Club in 1978, with the club setting a breed standard and regis
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