25 Jun 2026 12:18:23
Our first game is Blackburn home, then second is Preston Away.
25 Jun 2026 13:27:12
I remember Blackburn at home, last match of season, relegation decider, May 2011, I think. Either one of us could have gone down instead of Birmingham. Then news came through that Birmingham were losing at Spurs, and the players at the Mol were getting signals from the managers to the effect that a draw would save us both.
We started to pat the ball to Blackburn and back. Ref got incensed, and threatened to call the match off as nobody was trying to win or lose! Not surprisingly, the match ended in a draw and we both survived. At least that's how I remember it. A dodgy result though.
25 Jun 2026 19:17:01
I was at that game as well, Deep. It was only the last 15-20mins when they actually started just passing it about. I vividly remember Steve Kean screaming at both teams to just sit on the draw! Happy days indeed. ?
26 Jun 2026 07:21:23
Both wrong... Wolves 2 Blackburn 3.
26 Jun 2026 09:57:48
You're right, Sevlow, it was a defeat, but it felt like a victory. At 3-1 down, we needed a goal, and Stephen Hunt scored it, and we cheated relegation on goal difference. If we had kept our foot on the pedal in the closing minutes, and scored again, Blackburn might have gone down. At 2-3, both managers were happy. Impromptu match-fixing in reality!!!