Rovers give Sam a tonic
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David Dunn celebrates his strike for Blackburn.
Blackburn ended a run of 10 successive defeats on the road in the Barclays Premier League and gave a welcome boost to the absent Sam Allardyce in the process. [+]
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A Large Grin and Tonic for Sam
The happy hunting ground which is The Reebok continued to pay dividends yesterday. Rovers throughly deserved the victory against an incredibly poor Bolton side who look destined to wander down to the Championship. With Samba and Nelsen snookering Davies, the performance and manner of the win would have put a big smile on Allardyce's face (and we all wish him well). But it illustrated what a different side we are when we play with 2 out and out strikers. Continued...
| Latest Transfers | ||||
| Date | Player In | Team | Fee | |
| Aug 27 | Pascal Chimbonda | Tottenham Hotspur | Undisclosed | |
| Date | Player Out | Team | Fee | |
| Nov 19 | Steven Reid | Queens Park Rangers | Loan | |
| Oct 16 | Jonathan Flynn | Chester City | Loan | |
| Oct 5 | Aaron Doran | Milton Keynes Dons | Loan | |
| Sep 29 | Frank Fielding | Leeds United | Loan | |
| Sep 17 | Zurab Khizanishvili | Newcastle United | Loan | Story |
| Full Index | ||||
| Current Squad | |
| G32 Jason Brown | M8 David Dunn |
| G1 Paul Robinson | M11 Vincenzo Grella |
| D39 Pascal Chimbonda | M23 David Hoilett |
| D7 Brett Emerton | M15 Steven Nzonzi |
| D5 Gael Givet | M12 Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| D42 Gavin Gunning | M20 Elrio Van Heerden |
| D2 Lars Christian Jacobsen | F26 Franco Di Santo |
| D28 Phil Jones | F22 Nikola Kalinic |
| D6 Ryan Nelsen | F36 Marcus Marshall |
| D21 Martin Olsson | F10 Benedict McCarthy |
| D27 Míchel Salgado | F Maceo Rigters |
| D4 Christopher Samba | F9 Jason Roberts |
| M17 Keith Andrews | F Julio Santa Cruz |
| M18 El-Hadji Diouf | |
| · Complete Squad | |
| Latest Fixtures/Results | |||
| DATE | OPPONENT | RESULT | Competition |
| Sat 7/11 | H- Portsmouth | W 3 - 1 | Premier League |
| Sun 22/11 | A - Bolton Wanderers | W 0 - 2 | Premier League |
| Wed 25/11 | A - Fulham | 20:00 UK | Premier League |
| Sat 28/11 | H - Stoke City | 15:00 UK | Premier League |
| Wed 2/12 | H - Chelsea | 20:00 UK | Carling Cup | · Complete Club Fixtures/Results |
| 2009/10 Tables: English Premier League | ||||||
| CLUB | P | W | L | D | GD | Pts |
| Chelsea | 13 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 25 | 33 |
| Manchester United | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 28 |
| Arsenal | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 25 |
| Tottenham Hotspur | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 25 |
| Aston Villa | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 |
| Manchester City | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 21 |
| Liverpool | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 |
| Sunderland | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 20 |
| Stoke City | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 19 |
| Burnley | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | -10 | 17 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | -9 | 16 |
| Fulham | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 15 |
| Birmingham | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | -3 | 15 |
| Everton | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | -5 | 15 |
| Wigan Athletic | 13 | 4 | 7 | 2 | -17 | 14 |
| Hull City | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | -15 | 12 |
| West Ham United | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | -11 | 11 |
| Wolverhampton Wanderers | 13 | 2 | 7 | 4 | -14 | 10 |
| Portsmouth | 13 | 2 | 10 | 1 | -9 | 7 |
| · Complete Tables | ||||||
| 2009/10 Leaders: Premier League | |||||
| PLAYER | Goals | ||||
| David Dunn | 5 | ||||
| Jason Roberts | 3 | ||||
| El-Hadji Diouf | 1 | ||||
| Gael Givet | 1 | ||||
| Pascal Chimbonda | 1 | ||||
| Ryan Nelsen | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Yellow Cards | ||||
| David Dunn | 4 | ||||
| Pascal Chimbonda | 2 | ||||
| Franco Di Santo | 2 | ||||
| El-Hadji Diouf | 1 | ||||
| Gael Givet | 1 | ||||
| Ryan Nelsen | 1 | ||||
| PLAYER | Red Cards | ||||
| Vincenzo Grella | 1 | ||||
| · Complete Statistics | |||||
| Club History | ||||||||
| LC | GP | W | L | D | PT | GD | POS | |
| 2009/2010 | P | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 16 | -9 | 11 |
| 2008/2009 | P | 38 | 10 | 17 | 11 | 41 | -20 | 15 |
| 2007/2008 | P | 38 | 15 | 10 | 13 | 58 | 2 | 7 |
| 2006/2007 | P | 38 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 52 | -2 | 10 |
| 2005/2006 | P | 38 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 63 | 9 | 6 |
| 2004/2005 | P | 38 | 9 | 14 | 15 | 42 | -11 | 15 |
| 2003/2004 | P | 38 | 12 | 18 | 8 | 44 | -8 | 15 |
| 2002/2003 | P | 38 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 60 | 9 | 6 |
| 2001/2002 | P | 38 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 46 | 4 | 10 |
