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  • FULL TIME: Wigan Athletic 2 Blackburn Rovers 1

    TEN-MAN Blackburn Rovers were unable to hang on to a half-time lead as they were beaten at Wigan Athletic. Tommy Spurr fired Rovers in front in the eighth minute after Wigan goalkeeper Scott Carson spilled a Tom Cairney free kick. The Latics

  • HALF-TIME: Wigan Athletic 0 Blackburn Rovers 1

    ROVERS lead at half-time thanks to Tommy Spurr’s first goal for the club – but they will play close to an hour with 10 men after stand-in skipper Grant Hanley was sent off. Spurr fired Rovers in front in the eighth minute after Wigan goalkeeper

  • TEAM NEWS: Wigan Athletic v Blackburn Rovers

    BLACKBURN Rovers captain Scott Dann misses this afternoon's Championship match at the DW Stadium. The centre-back is sidelined with the groin injury he sustained late on in Tuesday's 1-0 home win over Watford. It is the first league match Dann

  • Man in critical condition after Blackburn street stabbing

    A MAN is in a critical condition after he was stabbed last night. Around 11pm, police were called to Orkney Close in the Shadsworth area of Blackburn following a report that the victim had been seriously injured. He underwent emergency surgery at the

  • Burnley 2 Reading 1

    BURNLEY remain top of the Championship table after goals from Danny Ings and Sam Vokes gave them victory over Reading at Turf Moor. The Clarets moved to top spot with a 2-0 win at Doncaster in midweek and led after only 21 minutes against Reading when