[Archived] Rovers 1 - 0 Crystal Palace

[Ewood Spark]

finishing in the playoffs three seasons in succession

The gloss is kinda taken off by the fact that twice we lost in the semi-final (including a 4-1 trashing by Chelsea) & blew a 3-1 lead in the 2nd leg of the final vs Palace

Burnley, Blackpool and PNE were in the third or fourth divisions at that point, I believe.

Their fans would have been in raptures at that kind of success.

True...

There's also the bonus of us having beat those teams every time we've played 'em

Slightly off-topic (sorry!) but when was the last time we played Blackpool?

The last time we played Blackpool in a league game (if my memory serves me correctly) was on Easter Monday 1980...promotion season from the old 3rd division, at Ewood Park. We won all 3 (THREE!) games that weekend..the other two being Sheff Utd at Ewood on the Good Friday and Mansfield away on Easter Saturday (my first ever journey over the M62!). I can't rermember the scores apart from 1-0 at Mansfield (McKenzie?).

[stuwilky]

apr 4 - hull w 1-0, mckenzie

apr 5 - mansield w 1-0, mckenzie

apr 7 - sheff utd w 1-0, crawford

the 6th,7th, and 8th consecutive wins, and the end of a 15 match unbeaten run (14w,1d) going back to early january.

[Ewood Spark]

apr 4 - hull w 1-0, mckenzie

apr 5 - mansield w 1-0, mckenzie

apr 7 - sheff utd w 1-0, crawford

the 6th,7th, and 8th consecutive wins, and the end of a 15 match unbeaten run (14w,1d) going back to early january.

Thanks Stu I stand corrected...my memory is playing tricks on me....but I'm sure we played B'pool around about Easter....unfortunatly I havn't got the records to hand.

[stuwilky]

I totally forgot the Blackpool bit, twas Feb 9th of the same year.

[Paul]

Got a phone call from the Orange Press Office this morning................guess who has won Andy Todd's shirt from last night's MOTM vote?

     

Andy Todd is clearly quite a large........judging by his shirt..............or I'm unusually small Good job it didn't go to GAV

[waggy]

i know someone with a large frame

[trueblue]

Got a phone call from the Orange Press Office this morning................guess who has won Andy Todd's shirt from last night's MOTM vote?

Andy Todd is clearly quite a large........judging by his shirt..............or I'm unusually small Good job it didn't go to GAV

Gav could always wear it as a night-shirt

[philipl]

Good to see Sparky is not being intimidaited by all the anti-Blackburn rubbish circulating in the media.