It's been a tough year for Blackburn Rovers. Steve Kean has led the side to a relegation back to the second flight and the halcyon days of Stuart Ripley, Jason Wilcox and Nick Marker must feel as far away as they've ever been.

The below word cloud was generated using all of Blackburn Rovers' match reports from the BBC website.

It's been a tough year for Blackburn Rovers. Steve Kean has led the side to a relegation back to the second flight and the halcyon days of Stuart Ripley, Jason Wilcox and Nick Marker must feel as far away as they've ever been.

The below word cloud was generated using all of Blackburn Rovers' match reports from the BBC website.

Everton Results 1890-91

Saturday 06 September 1890
West Bromwich Albion 1 4 Everton

Saturday 13 September 1890
Everton 5 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Saturday 20 September 1890
Bolton Wanderers 0 5 Everton

Saturday 27 September 1890
Accrington (old) 1 2 Everton

Saturday 04 October 1890
Everton 7 0 Derby County

Saturday 11 October 1890
Aston Villa 2 2 Everton

Saturday 18 October 1890
Everton 2 0 Bolton Wanderers

Saturday 25 October 1890
Everton 2 3 West Bromwich Albion

Saturday 01 November 1890
Notts County 3 1 Everton

Saturday 08 November 1890
Blackburn Rovers 2 1 Everton

Saturday 15 November 1890
Everton 1 0 Sunderland

Saturday 22 November 1890
Preston North End 2 0 Everton

Saturday 29 November 1890
Everton 3 1 Blackburn Rovers

Saturday 06 December 1890
Wolverhampton Wanderers 0 1 Everton

Saturday 13 December 1890
Derby County 2 6 Everton

Saturday 20 December 1890
Sunderland 1 0 Everton

Friday 26 December 1890
Everton 3 2 Accrington (old)

Saturday 27 December 1890
Everton 7 3 Burnley

Thursday 01 January 1891
Everton 5 0 Aston Villa

Saturday 03 January 1891
Everton 4 2 Notts County

Saturday 10 January 1891
Everton 0 1 Preston North End

Saturday 14 March 1891
Burnley 3 2 Everton

1890 1891 English Football League Final Standings

*Sunderland deducted two points

Position Team Played Won Drawn Lost Goals For Goals Against Points 1 Everton 22 14 1 7 63 29 29 2 Preston North End 22 12 3 7 44 23 27 3 Notts County 22 11 4 7 52 35 26 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 22 12 2 8 39 50 26 5 Bolton Wanderers 22 12 1 9 47 34 25 6 Blackburn Rovers 22 11 2 9 52 43 24 7 Sunderland* 22 10 5 7 51 31 23 8 Burnley 22 9 3 10 52 63 21 9 Aston Villa 22 7 4 11 45 58 18 10 Accrington 22 6 4 12 28 50 16 11 Derby County 22 7 1 14 47 81 15 12 West Bromwich Albion 22 5 2 15 34 57 12

vs Sunderland one player attempted and completed more passes (Scholes 98/103 or 95%). Completed 73/78 (94%)
vs Swansea attempted and completed more passes than any other player with 82/88 (93%)
vs City attempted and completed more passes than any United player with 49/53 (93%).

Everton 1992-93 Premier League Results and Final Standing

Saturday 15 August 1992
Everton 1 1 Sheffield Wednesday

Wednesday 19 August 1992
Manchester Utd 0 3 Everton

Saturday 22 August 1992
Norwich City 1 1 Everton

Tuesday 25 August 1992
Everton 1 0 Aston Villa

Saturday 29 August 1992
Everton 0 0 Wimbledon

Saturday 05 September 1992
Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 Everton

Saturday 12 September 1992
Everton 0 2 Manchester Utd

Tuesday 15 September 1992
Blackburn Rovers 2 3 Everton

Saturday 19 September 1992
Everton 0 2 Crystal Palace

Saturday 26 September 1992
Leeds United 2 0 Everton

Sunday 04 October 1992
Oldham Athletic 1 0 Everton

Saturday 17 October 1992
Everton 1 1 Coventry City

Saturday 24 October 1992
Arsenal 2 0 Everton

Saturday 31 October 1992
Everton 1 3 Manchester City

Saturday 07 November 1992
Nottingham Forest 0 1 Everton

Saturday 21 November 1992
Everton 0 1 Chelsea

Saturday 28 November 1992
Ipswich Town 1 0 Everton

Monday 07 December 1992
Everton 2 1 Liverpool

Saturday 12 December 1992
Sheffield Utd 1 0 Everton

Saturday 19 December 1992
Everton 2 1 Southampton

Saturday 26 December 1992
Everton 2 2 Middlesbrough

Monday 28 December 1992
QPR 4 2 Everton

Saturday 09 January 1993
Crystal Palace 0 2 Everton

Saturday 16 January 1993
Everton 2 0 Leeds United

Tuesday 26 January 1993
Wimbledon 1 3 Everton

Saturday 30 January 1993
Everton 0 1 Norwich City

Saturday 06 February 1993
Sheffield Wed 3 1 Everton

Wednesday 10 February 1993
Everton 1 2 Tottenham Hotspur

Saturday 20 February 1993
Aston Villa 2 1 Everton

Saturday 27 February 1993
Everton 2 2 Oldham Athletic

Wednesday 03 March 1993
Everton 2 1 Blackburn Rovers

Sunday 07 March 1993
Coventry City 0 1 Everton

Wednesday 10 March 1993
Chelsea 2 1 Everton

Saturday 13 March 1993
Everton 3 0 Nottingham Forest

Saturday 20 March 1993
Liverpool 1 0 Everton

Wednesday 24 March 1993
Everton 3 0 Ipswich Town

Saturday 10 April 1993
Middlesbrough 1 2 Everton

Monday 12 April 1993
Everton 3 5 QPR

Saturday 17 April 1993
Southampton 0 0 Everton

Saturday 01 May 1993
Everton 0 0 Arsenal

Tuesday 04 May 1993
Everton 0 2 Sheffield Utd

Saturday 08 May 1993
Manchester City 2 5 Everton

FA English Premiership League Final table 1992-1993 Pos.

By Alan Duffy

What a sight it would be the buck-toothed Brazilian legend Ronaldinho lighting up Ewood Park on a wet Tuesday night for Blackburn, or maybe playing in the hole behind Peter Crouch for Stoke at the Britannia. All this and more could come to fruition, possibly, maybe.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has managed his mercurial French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, brilliantly over the last season. Sylvain Marveaux - could follow Ben Arfa's lead And not only did Ben Arfa become a regular out on the right wing for Newcastle this year, and score two fantastic goals at St.

Newcastle manager Alan Pardew has managed his mercurial French winger Hatem Ben Arfa, brilliantly over the last season. Sylvain Marveaux - could follow Ben Arfa's lead And not only did Ben Arfa become a regular out on the right wing for Newcastle this year, and score two fantastic goals at St.

One player that Newcastle have been linked with, and we haven't yet covered is Blackburn's Steven N'Zonzi. Steven N'Zonzi Blackburn central midfielder Now it could be because he's French that Newcastle are being linked with the player, and we don't know if the stories are true, that the Magpies want this lad on Tyneside.

One player that Newcastle have been linked with, and we haven't yet covered is Blackburn's Steven N'Zonzi. Steven N'Zonzi Blackburn central midfielder Now it could be because he's French that Newcastle are being linked with the player, and we don't know if the stories are true, that the Magpies want this lad on Tyneside.

An oft quoted claim of recent months has been for the Championship's status as the fifth richest League in Europe and if this isn't necessarily reflected in the quality of the goods on offer, that Derby County can attract an average gate of more than 26,000, Hull City shell out £21 million in wages for 2010-11, and Leicester City approach £18 million in net transfer fee spend is evidence of significant trade.

An oft quoted claim of recent months has been for the Championship's status as the fifth richest League in Europe and if this isn't necessarily reflected in the quality of the goods on offer, that Derby County can attract an average gate of more than 26,000, Hull City shell out £21 million in wages for 2010-11, and Leicester City approach £18 million in net transfer fee spend is evidence of significant trade.

La selección mexicana viajo a New York donde Rafael Marquez ya esperaba a los nuevos pupilos de Chepo De La Torre. Javier "Chicharito" Hernandez no anda jugando mucho con el Manchester United,Carlos Vela desprecia al tricolor y el jugador del momento en México Oribe Peralta se lesiona, pero el regio Aldo De Nigris alza la mano con dos goles en este partido amistoso los goles llegaron a los minutos 43 y 88, dos muy buenos remates que le dieron la victoria al tricolor en contra de Gales un cuadro no muy conocido que no enfrentaba desde hace 50 años.

Relegation isn't nice for any club whatever level they're at. It wasn't nice for Newcastle to go down a couple of years ago, it wasn't nice for Villarreal to go down in La Liga this year and it can't have been nice for Darlington to be relegated 4 divisions because of financial problems. Whatever the reason for relegation be it financial or just a poor season relegation is detrimental to every club that experiences it.

Arsenal fans are used to Arsene Wenger pulling the occasional crazy signing out of his hat, but after being told that Yann M'Vila and Javi Martinez are top of his wish-list for a holding midfielder, the Mirror reckons that Wenger has decided to look closer to home and has now made a surprise £6million bid [.

A polemic for you this Friday from regular contributor Phil Ascough. Phil is the author of Kissing The Badge – How Much Do You Know About 20 Years Of The Premier League? and The Armchair Olympian, both published by Bloomsbury. A shortened version of this article was published earlier this week by The Yorkshire Post.

Arsenal starlet Wojciech Szczesny believes that the current crop of attacking players in the Barclays Premier League are as good as their counterparts from any other era of English football.

The likes of Robin van Persie, Sergio Aguero, Didier Drogba, and Wayne Rooney led the way with a plethora of remarkable goals throughout the season, making even the most renowned Premier League defenses struggle for safety.

Hello and welcome to the inaugural Arsenalinsider Awards. Well, that's probably how I would open proceedings if this were a glitzy bash packed with the good and the great from the world of the Arsenal and it was being screened live to an audience of millions.

Of course, in years to come this may well be the case but for now we will have to make do with the virtual platform provided here.

Every year, for the past few seasons, we've done a Premier League prediction table where I and you, the readers, make our picks on how the final Premier League table will look at the end of the season. The picks ...
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Wales versus Paraguay at the Millennium Stadium, March 2006. A warm up match for Wales' opponents ahead of the World Cup and a match I remember well for typifying John Toshack's Wales. The performance was satisfactory, Wales didn't have as many shots as their opponents, but held possession reasonably well.

Following on from the post I made earlier in the week regarding foreign players in the Championship here we have the same information but for the top flight The Premier League. As you would expect this division features a higher proportion of foreign players than the Championship. However, it's interesting to note that 68 different nationalities were used in the Premier League during the 2011/2012 season, one fewer 67 were used in the Championship.

This is an informal poll largely because it's easy to forget contenders at times so please just share your thoughts on what were your best strikes from 2011-12.

There are of course the obvious contenders – Kyle Walker's free kick against Blackburn and also his winner against Arsenal.

The curtain has fallen on another season of top flight football – and what a season it has been.

As Arsenal fans we've been put through the mill more than the wheat stock at Hovis.

The most commonly used metaphor is that it was a "roller coaster" of a season. In which case it must have been this one:

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The curtain has fallen on another season of top flight football – and what a season it has been.

As Arsenal fans we've been put through the mill more than the wheat stock at Hovis.

The most commonly used metaphor is that it was a "roller coaster" of a season. In which case it must have been this one:

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The Hammers are back, and it didn't take that long at all.

A year after being relegated in stunning fashion, West Ham United has completed their comeback, earning a return trip to the English Premier League after beating Blackpool in the Promotion Final on Saturday.

Ricardo Vaz Te played the role of hero, delivering the game-winning goal in the 87th minute for West Ham in a 2-1 victory that is projected to be worth between £45 million and £90 million.

By Chris Wright

Presenting: the best thing that Blackburn have done in a while, they're really rather gorgeous new Umbro strip for 2012/13...

Notice something missing there? That's right, the Championship arm patches.

You may have also noticed the lack of sponsor.

Blackburn Rovers FC will compete in the English Football League Championship next season following their relegation from the English Premier League after a poor campaign that saw the team finish...

The chances of newly relegated Blackburn Rovers being able to persuade Junior Hoilett, their 21-year old Canadian star are wafer thin. The player is free to leave and according to the Metro he is being pursued by Tottenham and German giants Bayern Munich as well as the Gunners. Rovers manager Steve Kean will offer the [.

Our 2011/12 goals against of 49 was the worst defensive display we have experienced since we conceded the same amount 1994/5, however 1994/5 was a 42 game season so in terms of goals against per game 2011/12 was our worst ever in the EPL at 1.29 per game versus 1.17 in 1994/4.

To find a worse season one has to go back nearly 50 years to 1965/66 when we conceded 75 or 1.

Our 2011/12 goals against of 49 was the worst defensive display we have experienced since we conceded the same amount 1994/5, however 1994/5 was a 42 game season so in terms of goals against per game 2011/12 was our worst ever in the EPL at 1.29 per game versus 1.17 in 1994/4.

To find a worse season one has to go back nearly 50 years to 1965/66 when we conceded 75 or 1.

Scotland head coach Craig Levein has named his 22-player roster for the team's international friendly against the U.S. Men's National Team at 8 p.m. ET Saturday, May 26, at EverBank Field in Jacksonville, Fla.
Forward Kenny Miller is the most experienced player within Scotland's roster.

Both Chelsea and Bayern are knee-deep in preparations for Saturday's final. While Chelsea look to round out a severely depleted squad courtesy of injuries and suspensions, Bayern are likewise keeping a close eye on the fitness of a few key men. It looks to be an exciting week for all involved, and if the weather was any indication of Chelsea's mood heading into the weekend, then certainly a storm is on the horizon.

For comparison, here's last year's version.
Fairly similar, horrific results, but more home draws leading to fewer points. Huzzah!
versus club:
• United (1st --> 2nd) = -2
• Chelsea (2nd --> 6th) = 0
• City (3rd --> 1st) = -2
• Arsenal (4th --> 3rd) = +1
• Tottenham (5th --> 4th) = +1
• Everton (7th --> 7th) = +5
• Fulham (8th --> 9th) = -6
• Villa (9th --> 16th) = +1
• Sunderland (10th --> 13th) = -3
• West Brom (11th --> 10th) = 0
• Newcastle (12th --> 5th) = 0
• Stoke (13th --> 14th) = -2
• Bolton (14th --> 18th) = -3
• Blackburn (15th --> 19th) = -2
• Wigan (16th --> 15th) = -1
• Wolves (17th --> 20th) = +3
• Relegated/Promoted 1 (Birmingham 18th --> QPR 17th) = -1
• Relegated/Promoted 2 (Blackpool 19th --> Norwich 12th) = +4
• Relegated/Promoted 3 (West Ham 20th --> Swansea 11th) = -2
Better against Arsenal, Tottenham, Everton, and one of the relegated/promoted sides.

More than 61,000 votes cast by soccer fans worldwide to recognize the best of the 2011-12 English Premier League (EPL) season We're proud to announce today the winners of our 4th annual EPL Awards, sponsored by Football Media. The 2012 winners...
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Sam Allardyce has begun legal action against Blackburn manager Steve Kean over comments made in a YouTube video. The footage, brought to you by OTP earlier today, features Kean chatting to Blackburn fans during a pre-season trip to Hong Kong last summer. He can be heard claiming Allardyce, his predecessor at Ewood Park, was sacked [.

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Blackburn manager Steve Kean Slates Sam Allardyce Video Steve Kean Hong Kong pre-season tour 2011 is a post from Soccer Blogger. Follow Soccer Blogger on Twitter This Steve Kean Video ( SEE VIDEO BELOW), allegedly filmed on Blackburn Rovers' 2011-2012 pre-season Far-East tour, sees the Rovers boss slating former manager Sam Allarydce, as well as [.

New footage showing Blackburn manager Steve Kean bad-mouthing his predecessor Sam Allardyce and claiming Rovers would finish in the top-half of the table this season has emerged. The video, reportedly filmed during last summer's pre-season trip to Hong Kong, was uploaded to YouTube yesterday. We can only assume that whoever recorded wanted to give Kean [.

1-0 up, 2-1 down and a (seemingly) improbable fight back... Arsenal's victory at the Hawthorns may not have had quite the drama of Manchester City's stunning fight back at the Etihad, but its importance for the Gunners cannot be overestimated.

Suicidal defending, an inability to keep possession, plenty of pretty passing and an unlikely 3-2 victory.

Explosive new video has been released revealed today showing Blackburn manager Steve Kean calling current West Ham United manager Sam Allardyce a "F***ing crook." The video was filmed without Steve Kean's knowledge at a bar in Hong Kong during...
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Bob spoke to Chelsea TV over the weekend. He dropped some pretty damn good news.

Thanks to Los Blancos on Tumblr for the collage.

Our entertaining Brazilian offered his thoughts on the hamstring injury that has kept him off the field for several weeks.