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FULL-TIME: Burnley 1, Birmingham 2
5:09pm Saturday 26th January 2013 in Sport
BURNLEY'S winning league start to 2013 came to an end in dramatic fashion, as Marlon King fired in a late volley, after the Clarets had been reduced to 10 men.
Dean Marney was given his marching orders in the 61st minute for a crunching tackle on Paul Robinson in midfield.
The midfielder felt hard done to after winning the ball, but he had left the former Bolton Wanderers defender in a heap in the process.
Burnley had previously equalised through a Ross Wallace penalty.
Birmingham had taken a 21st minute lead when Curtis Davies headed in Ross Hall's corner.
The Clarets searched for an equaliser before the break, with Chris McCann forcing a save from Jack Butland. Danny Ings had missed a trio of early headers.
Burnley started the second half well, with Danny Ings denied by the post and Jack Butland producing a super save to keep out Sam Vokes.
But the equaliser quickly came - 10 minutes into the second half - when Junior Stanislas was brought down by Robinson and Ross Wallace buried the spot kick.
The Clarets were reduced to 10 men soon after, when Marney thundered into a midfield challenge, won the ball, but sent Robinson flying.
Referee Darren Drysdale immediately reached for his pocket and produced a red card.
Burnley continued to take the game to the visitors. Danny Ings was , and looked certain to earn a point until the closing minutes when Marlon King cracked in an unstoppable volley from substitute Nikola Zigic's flick-on.
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5:12pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Lancs - pensioner says...
Sad sad Dingles 1
BRFC 3 goals and a clean sheet AWAY from home
Ha ha ha ha ha ha
Great weekend!
5:17pm Sat 26 Jan 13
speedie_rovers_legend says...
5:20pm Sat 26 Jan 13
1952 rover says...
5:21pm Sat 26 Jan 13
1952 rover says...
5:25pm Sat 26 Jan 13
SuperBlues says...
5:28pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Chris P Bacon says...
5:30pm Sat 26 Jan 13
steve18gls says...
5:35pm Sat 26 Jan 13
anon starter says...
5:35pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Chris P Bacon says...
5:38pm Sat 26 Jan 13
anon starter says...
5:53pm Sat 26 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem says...
worth ignoring on football threads - although he/she sometimes makes worthwhile contributions on news stories.
5:54pm Sat 26 Jan 13
RoversMCMLXXV says...
11,000 at Turdville today.
Are you boycotting? Have Venkys bought you aswell?
5:57pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Chris P Bacon says...
5:59pm Sat 26 Jan 13
chegwin says...
6:12pm Sat 26 Jan 13
jim 2012 says...
some dingles really are stupid
6:12pm Sat 26 Jan 13
anon starter says...
6:14pm Sat 26 Jan 13
wacked1212@gmail.com says...
6:20pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Heelwalker.1 says...
6:20pm Sat 26 Jan 13
oggy 56 says...
6:38pm Sat 26 Jan 13
A Darener says...
6:41pm Sat 26 Jan 13
steve18gls says...
6:45pm Sat 26 Jan 13
steve18gls says...
6:46pm Sat 26 Jan 13
BeardwoodB says...
I've stopped slating Burnley because karma is a ****.
0-3 in the cup with an injury to Kean!
Grow up you sad c u n t and support Rovers and leave Burnley to it.
Is it any wonder why many fans dislike ours.
Arrogance.
6:58pm Sat 26 Jan 13
drunken donut says...
7:19pm Sat 26 Jan 13
walshy2866 says...
The cream rising to the top and the dog-5hit sliding down the pavement.
35 years
7:46pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Heelwalker.1 says...
If you don't like it, simple, don't read it.and leave folk alone.
Arrogant ****
7:54pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Lancs - pensioner says...
So crawl back into your sad little world and leave us fans to have a laugh together, you sad little cretin.
8:05pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Heelwalker.1 says...
8:57pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Forever Blue says...
But tonight he as finally shown is spots the guy is not worth a reply swearing away on public forums nice one well done please go away and don't come back we don't need people like you.
10:41pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Jarrod Schulz Bearded Wonder says...
1 He is a liverpool fan whose season is over by February again.
2 He is so jealous that Rovers are on the EPL trophy and Liverpool never will be.
3 He likes to mock although deep down he knows Suarez will leave when it dawns on him also, that Liverpool will win nothing in his lifetime.
4 He shaves his legs like a girl
5 Why?
10:42pm Sat 26 Jan 13
Jarrod Schulz Bearded Wonder says...
11:21pm Sat 26 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem says...
kdg - you should know better than most
how can have so much contempt for women?....shame on you!
11:37pm Sat 26 Jan 13
stevieclaret says...
1:05am Sun 27 Jan 13
Two Hats says...
9:03am Sun 27 Jan 13
Harwoodstblue says...
Don't feel down too much Stevie boy....Sh*t happens when you support the Dingles.
Get used to it lad.
9:20am Sun 27 Jan 13
Chris P Bacon says...
r-beardedknobhead or whatever it calls itself now) so if you can't deal in solid facts, leave the speculation at the door.
I do recall that last week, all the posters on here this weekend were on the missing. They only feel brave enough to raise their heads above the parapet if the results go their way and last week, they didn't. So enjoy your deluded selves now that the Grintwums have beaten a poor team IN THE FA CUP and focus on the crumbs you've been chucked.
The Grintwums have now achieved equilibrium and you should relish that instead of bellyaching against it and petty point-scoring. You all look pathetic.
9:43am Sun 27 Jan 13
hasslem hasslem says...
absent last week? think if you go back and look at last week's comments over 200 comments on both rovers stories that's >400. i assume that as you can't read you also can't do simple division....so, there were 3x the contributions last week vs this week.
now go rob your granny.
10:08am Sun 27 Jan 13
A Darener says...
Rhodes 205 apps 113 goals
Austin 264 apps 173 goals
As of Jan 2013
Like I said Rhodes catching up!
Figures as Dec 2012 for Austin.
11:35am Sun 27 Jan 13
burnleyglentoran says...
The pen he gave US was never a penalty!
Anyway, if we go to Posh next week and get 3 points its better than drawing a couple o' games.
Very few positives about yesterdays performance. But the ref was a very definate negative!
NO NAY NEVER
1:02pm Sun 27 Jan 13
Jarrod Schulz Bearded Wonder says...
That, and the fact you shave your legs to make yourself go faster.
It is you who looks pathetic fully clad in lycra with shaved legs and all.
2:22pm Sun 27 Jan 13
claret style says...
2:23pm Sun 27 Jan 13
A Darener says...
2:52pm Sun 27 Jan 13
claret style says...
2:54pm Sun 27 Jan 13
A Darener says...
2:58pm Sun 27 Jan 13
Harwoodstblue says...
Couldn't be that you were sh!!!te, could it?
3:07pm Sun 27 Jan 13
Harwoodstblue says...
Funny, 'cos you know it.
Enjoy your GLORY whilst it lasts.
You've never had much.
6:57pm Sun 27 Jan 13
Pompey Claret says...
Yes we lost and for you idiots down the road the blame for losing that game was not placed on the Ref by anyone from the club.
The sending off was never a sending off that is what upset the players and those concerned with the club. We have had a few inconsistent decisions from Refs this season which have 100% cost us valuable points. When you go down to 10 it changes the game.
I'm not saying we would have won but who knows as we didn't have 11 v 11 on the pitch. Having said that Kings finish was superb.
Only the clarets 3rd defeat in last 10 league games so hardly in freefall as you grints seem to think.
You fools go on about without Austin we would be in trouble how wrong you are. However you lose Rhodes your shower will be.
Yes we lost , can't win them all the team are working hard under SD so they will bounce back.
UTC
8:19pm Sun 27 Jan 13
anon starter says...
8:25pm Sun 27 Jan 13
MightyClaret says...
9:19pm Sun 27 Jan 13
claret style says...
9:21pm Sun 27 Jan 13
claret style says...
9:22pm Sun 27 Jan 13
claret style says...
9:32pm Sun 27 Jan 13
anon starter says...
9:48pm Sun 27 Jan 13
claret style says...
10:03pm Sun 27 Jan 13
anon starter says...
8:45am Mon 28 Jan 13
Elysiumfire says...
Seems like a simple win dries their tears, and quietens their 2 years of sobbing and gnashing of the teeth. No doubt, it will be business as usual pretty soon when Bristol earn a point at the kennel club on Saturday, and Arsenal dump them out of the FA cup, then it's back to hating the owners and blaming the manager and looking for suitable missiles to throw.
Ha! Football! It's a funny ol' game, but Rovers fans are even funnier in their sadness!
UTC!
9:30am Mon 28 Jan 13
midas says...
9:31am Mon 28 Jan 13
midas says...
10:34am Mon 28 Jan 13
Pompey Claret says...
Win or lose I can take it , even the best get beaten.
All the Managers, Players and the paying public from referees is consistency and don't tell me you don't want that too !
Yes referees have a tough job to do but quite often this season they have made bad decisions not only in the Burnley games but Rovers too and many other clubs far too frequently and there is so much at stake financially it can effect the very existence of some clubs.
You look at the tackle that Marney made forget who he plays for would you say that was a red card?
Stop going on abu 34 yers , how many time have we played each other in that time? We should be wanting to play weach other season after season and be proud of it .
UTC
1:16pm Mon 28 Jan 13
McClaret says...
BRFC - Worldbeaters with the most deluded fans in the game. I recall one fan of theirs seriously posting about signing Adebayor when he went out on loan to Spurs. Mmmmm Spurs or a chicken farm? Still our hyper intellectuals from down the road think they are a big club and that what is happenign at present is a mere blip on their road to football domination.
Charlton, Norwich, Sheff U and Weds, Leeds, Leicester, Southampton and numerous others who are similar in stature to Rovers all dropped twice - what makes you think you will be the exception - because your Blackburn and a huge club of course!!!
You play with the minnows of football who won't win trophies because that is what you are and where you will continue to be - get used to it.