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  1. Baggies bow out with goalless draw

    Baggies bow out with goalless draw

    West Brom missed a host of chances to beat 10 man Blackburn Rovers as their Premier League campaign came to an end with a goalless draw. More

  • Live Commentary

    Time:90'
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • West Bromwich
    • - That's it. All over here and Albion end their campaign with a goalless draw at Blackburn. Tugay is back on the pitch receiving the applause and Albion fans have their Mowbray masks on supporting the Baggies until the last.
    • 90+2' One minute left here at Ewood Park and it's Blackburn in possession.
    • 90+1' Wood tries to get into the game, but can't contribute this time as this heads into time added on.
    • 90' Young New Zealand prospect Chris Wood is on for Albion for Menseguez. That's his West Brom debut.
    • 90' Dangerous ball in from the right from Zuiverloon, but Robinson claims it.
    • 89' Can 10 man Blackburn hold on here? The crowd are chanting Tugay's name.
    • 88' It's all getting a bit tasty out there as McCarthy is the latest to go down in a heap.
    • 85' Tugay has kicked his last ball for Rovers as he departs to rapturous applause.
    • 84' Ooijer clatters Fortune over the advertising hoardings with a shoulder challenge.
    • 82' It's cleared easily though and the 11 men of West Brom come forward once more.
    • 82' Zuiverloon concedes a free kick in a bad position as far as Albion are concerned..
    • 80' McCarthy has a shot for Blackburn but that is way too high to bother Kiely.
    • 80' Borja Valero goes into the book for a foul on Diouf.
    • 79' Albion should be two or three up on the second half showing but yet again missed chances could prove costly.
    • 78' Brunt with it and Greening has a chance at the back post. He's unmarked, but the header from a narrow angle goes wide of an open goal!!
    • 77' Another corner for West Brom..
    • 76' Albion work a good position down the left, but the cross from Greening is overhit as the atmosphere darkens here following the sending off.
    • 73' It was an off the ball incident that didn't look too bad to me and Roberts and Sam Alladryce are incredulous!
    • 71' Sensation here as Roberts, who's just come on has been sent off!!
    • 70' Mokoena is on for Blakburn to replace Grella.
    • 69' Now it's Menseguez with a chance for Albion, but he hits the ball narrowly wide of the right hand post! Will Albion live to regret these missed chances?
    • 67' Another chance for Albion and for Brunt, who hits one first time from inside the area and that goes over the angle of post and bar!
    • 65' Looking at that penalty appeal again and it looks like the ball did hit Warnock on the hand. Blackburn get away with one there!
    • 64' Good little spell for Albion ends with a great chance for Fortune, who heads wide under pressure from around 8 yards!
    • 63' Albion players appeal for handball, but the ref is having none of that. Brunt it was with the cross that appeared to hit a Blackburn arm.
    • 62' Corner for Albion from Greening fails to beat the first man.
    • 61' Former Albion man Jason Roberets is on for Samba.
    • 60' The corner comes to nothing though, but it's all Blackburn just now.
    • 59' Donk miscues a clearance and Albion are under pressure here. Horrible slice that!
    • 58' That's not the best delivery though and Albion get it clear.
    • 57' Zuiverloon fouls Pedersen. Free kick in a good position for Blackburn.
    • 55' Olsson clears for Albion after a good move down the left from Blackburn.
    • 54' Robinson comes out to thwart Menseguez on the edge of his own area.
    • 53' Great move from Albion! Quick break sees Koren have the final effort, but he hits it high and wide of the Rovers goal. Should have done better there.
    • 51' The second half has started how the first left off here - lots of action, but nothing to show for it as yet.
    • 49' Brunt finds Zuiverloon down the right for Albion, but the shot from the right back is blocked.
    • 48' And Kiely make the save at point blank range, but the whistle has blown for offside.
    • 48' Brunt concedes a free kick after a foul on Grella..
    • 46' We're back underway at Ewood Park..
    • - The ref blows for the end of an entertaining first half here at Ewood Park. Not sure how this one is still goalless, but it is. Back with more soon.
    • 43' It's been all West Brom in the last few minutes and Brunt hits the bar!! From a Greening cross, Brunt hits it and Robinson gets enough on it to push it onto the woodwork!!
    • 42' Chance for West Brom as the ball comes in from the right and Fortune just can't get high enough to head that in from point blank range!
    • 41' But it hits the top of the wall and is cleared.
    • 40' Good position for Blackburn this..
    • 40' Bit of a flare-up here as Donk fouls McCarthy on the edge of the box.
    • 39' It comes back out to Brunt, who shoots just wide!
    • 38' Another corner for Albion taken by Greening and it causes a bit of confusion in the Blackburn defence.
    • 37' No sign of the Tony Mowbray masks that Albion fans threatened to sport this afternoon. Perhaps they've decided against it?
    • 35' That's not the best of efforts though and Greening's follow-up goes out for a goal kick.
    • 34' Valero goes down under a clumsy challenge and it's a free kick for Albion. Chance for Brunt maybe?
    • 33' It's that warm out there that the supporters are using their Tugay masks as makeshift fans.
    • 32' Diouf beats Zuiverloon down the Blackburn left, but his cross is claimed easily by Kiely.
    • 31' The free kick is a poor one though and that's cleared by Albion.
    • 30' Samba takes another one for the team - this one from Donk and it's a free kick for Blakburn.
    • 28' Valero has another effort, but this one shows why he is yet to score in the Premier League for Albion.
    • 29' The match just going through a quiet spell after a flurry of early action. Menseguez goes down injured for Albion, but it looks like he's ok.
    • 27' Blackburn threaten again through Pedersen, whose ball into the Albion box is a good one, but the visitors get it clear.
    • 25' Albion lose the ball to Diouf in a dangerous position, but Diouf's ball into the box lacks the necessary accuracy.
    • 23' It's been a cracking start! Nothing 'end of season' about this one so far.
    • 22' Olsson and Samba are having a right old battle here and surely it won't be too long before we see a card for one of those two.
    • 21' Tugay tries to sign off in style with a goal, but his effort flies wide this time.
    • 20' Another chance for Blackburn! The free kick comes in from Pederson from miles out and Kiely has to make a save diving to his left!
    • 19' A late challenge from Greening ensures he receives a stern lecture from the ref.
    • 17' Blackburn hit the post! Samba with the shot, which has Kiely beaten but it hits the upright and bounces clear!!
    • 16' Albion on the attack now and it's Borja Valero with the shot and Robinson makes the save diving to his left!
    • 15' Bit of home pressure now as Diouf fires in a corner and another cross. There's a clash between Olsson and Samba and the ref has a word with both.
    • 14' Another chance for Blackburn and it's McCarthy this time with the shot wide under pressure from 20 yards.
    • 13' Greening with the counter for WBA, but he can't find the best cross this time down the left.
    • 12' Chance for Blackburn! Converted centre-half Samba finds space on the edge of the area and fires a shot just over the bar!
    • 10' It's end to end stuff early on here and Diouf as ever is a menace down the right for Blackburn. No clear cut chances yet though.
    • 8' The Blackburn Paul Robinson that is. Could be slightly confusing with two of them on the pitch!
    • 6' Robinson has to be alert to claim another Albion corner. Bit of early pressure from the visitors here.
    • 5' Corner to Albion as Brunt's shot is deflected over the bar.
    • 4' Albion on the attack now and lone frontman Fortune making his presence felt early on.
    • 3' Danger there are as left wing cross came in from Blackburn and Kiely had to be alert as that was heading into the top corner.
    • 2' Albion on the attack with Robinson, but his cross isn't good enough and that's cleared.
    • 1' We're underway and straight away Blackburn are on the attack.
    • - You can tell it's warm, as Tony Mowbray has ditched the three piece suit for a two piece for a change!
    • - The teams are on the pitch and Tugay proudly leads Rovers out for the final time on a sunny day in Lancashire.
    • - Paul Robinson returns at left back for West Brom, who also start Ryan Donk at centre half. Dean Kiely also keeps his place in goal ahead of Scott Carson.
    • - Team news is in and Rovers hand a farewell start to departing stars Tugay and Ooijer and many of the home fans are sporting Tugay masks and Turkey flags in honour of the midfielder.
    • - Blackburn Rovers will be looking to sign off with a home win over already relegated West Bromwich Albion at Ewood Park.
    • - Good afternoon and welcome to EUROSPORT's LIVE coverage of the final day of the Premier League season.

  • Team Stats

    Blackburn Rovers Stats West Bromwich
    48% Possession 51%
    10 Shots 17
    1 Shots on target 2
    1 Saves 0
    4 Corners 9
    11 Fouls 14
    3 Offsides 3
    0 Yellow cards 1
    1 Red cards 0
    20 Tackles 11
    250 Accurate passes 280
    60 Bad passes 55

  • Player Stats

    G =
    Goals
    S =
    Shots
    SoT =
    Shot on Target
    F =
    Fouls
    FW =
    Fouls Won
    O =
    Offsides
    A =
    Assists
    AP =
    Accurate Passes
    BP =
    Bad Passes
    T =
    Tackles
    • Blackburn Rovers
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Paul Robinson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 4 0
      21 Gaël Givet 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 15 2 2
      4 Christopher Samba 0 2 0 3 3 1 0 10 1 0
      2 Andre Ooijer 0 0 0 2 0 0 0 17 2 2
      3 Stephen Warnock 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 25 7 2
      17 Keith Andrews 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 2 3
      12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 0 2 1 2 3 1 0 13 7 4
      11 Vincenzo Grella 0 1 0 2 1 0 0 30 7 2
      5 Kerimoglou Tugay 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 44 8 2
      18 El Hadji Diouf 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 31 6 1
      10 Benedict McCarthy 0 4 0 3 1 1 0 15 10 1
      29 Martin Olsson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 1
      24 Keith Treacy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Carlos Villanueva 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Mark Bunn 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      15 Aaron Mokoena 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 1 0
      30 Jason Roberts 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 1 0
      13 Zurab Khizanishvili 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
    • West Bromwich
      G S SoT F FW O A AP BP T
      1 Dean Kiely 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 2 0
      22 Gianni Zuiverloon 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 22 0 1
      26 Jonas Olsson 0 0 0 1 4 0 0 18 1 0
      30 Ryan Donk 0 0 0 3 1 0 0 17 2 1
      3 Paul Robinson 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 43 13 2
      21 Juan Carlos Menseguez 0 1 0 0 3 0 0 28 6 0
      11 Chris Brunt 0 5 1 2 0 0 0 19 3 0
      28 Borja Valero 0 2 1 1 2 0 0 22 3 3
      7 Robert Koren 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 36 10 1
      8 Jonathan Greening 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 41 11 0
      32 Marc-Antoine Fortuné 0 3 0 1 2 2 0 21 3 3
      29 Jay Simpson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      19 Scott Carson 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      16 Luke Moore 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      38 Romaine Sawyers 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      14 Do-Heon Kim 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 0
      34 Paul Downing 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
      39 Chris Wood 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0

  • Summary

    • 78' Brunt with it and Greening has a chance at the back post. He's unmarked, but the header from a narrow angle goes wide of an open goal!!
    • 71' Sensation here as Roberts, who's just come on has been sent off!!
    • 69' Now it's Menseguez with a chance for Albion, but he hits the ball narrowly wide of the right hand post! Will Albion live to regret these missed chances?
    • 67' Another chance for Albion and for Brunt, who hits one first time from inside the area and that goes over the angle of post and bar!
    • 64' Good little spell for Albion ends with a great chance for Fortune, who heads wide under pressure from around 8 yards!
    • 39' It comes back out to Brunt, who shoots just wide!
    • 20' Another chance for Blackburn! The free kick comes in from Pederson from miles out and Kiely has to make a save diving to his left!
    • 17' Blackburn hit the post! Samba with the shot, which has Kiely beaten but it hits the upright and bounces clear!!
    • 16' Albion on the attack now and it's Borja Valero with the shot and Robinson makes the save diving to his left!
    • 12' Chance for Blackburn! Converted centre-half Samba finds space on the edge of the area and fires a shot just over the bar!

Live Team Line-Up

  • Referee: Mike Jones

  • Blackburn Rovers

    Manager: Sam Allardyce

    Captain: Kerimoglu Tugay

    Starting line-up

    • P. Robinson
    • K. Andrews
    • A. Ooijer
    • G. Givet
    • S. Warnock
    • V. Grella Substitution Out (70′)
    • K. Tugay Substitution Out (84′)
    • E. Diouf
    • B. McCarthy
    • C. Samba Substitution Out (61′)
    • M. Pedersen

    Subs

    • J. Roberts Substitution In61′ Red Card
    • A. Mokoena Substitution In70′
    • Z. Khizanishvili
    • K. Treacy
    • C. Villanueva
    • M. Olsson Substitution In84′
    • M. Bunn

    Injured

    • R. Santa Cruz
    • D. Dunn
    • B. Emerton
    • S. Reid
    • R. Nelsen

    Suspended

    None

  • West Bromwich

    Manager: Tony Mowbray

    Captain: Jonathan Greening

    Starting line-up

    • D. Kiely
    • G. Zuiverloon
    • R. Donk
    • J. Olsson
    • P. Robinson
    • R. Koren
    • V. Borja Yellow Card Substitution Out (83′)
    • J. Greening
    • C. Brunt
    • J. Menseguez Substitution Out (90′)
    • M. Fortune

    Subs

    • S. Carson
    • L. Moore
    • D. Kim Substitution In83′
    • C. Wood Substitution In90′
    • J. Simpson
    • R. Sawyers
    • P. Downing

    Injured

    • N. Clement
    • J. Morrison
    • I. Miller

    Suspended

    • R. Bednar

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  1. Now you lot have to visit Turfmoor,I well remember the­ @#$% I met at a cafe in Dunstable:"We will never­ play the Dingels again" well they can now eat­ these words Clarets are BACK great to hear No Nay Never­ at Burnley town hall BRING ON THE @#$%!!!!!

    From paul c, on Thu 28 May 7:14PM

  2. at the moment rovers ur the only team costing £500 from­ my accumilator...hurry up and score u useless­ SOB's!!!

    From k.holland1, on Sun 24 May 5:46PM

  3. come on baggies , albion till i die

    From fishermanlee, on Sun 24 May 5:29PM

  4. jabba jabba

    From Ben, on Sun 24 May 5:23PM

  5. GOLD + BLACK ARMY

    From hawkinsanthony, on Sun 24 May 5:02PM

  6. come on you baggies

    From Nigel, on Sun 24 May 4:47PM

  7. Baggis forever. Cmon, you can finish with style.

    From Steve, on Sun 24 May 4:26PM

  8. Should of beaten them earlier in the season. Come on­ west brom...

    From TyleR, on Sun 24 May 4:02PM

  9. Come on Blackburn you can beat them go ahead.

    From lisa.standen, on Sun 24 May 3:14PM

  10. IS GONNA BE 5-0 TO BLACKBURN

    From arian_kuqi, on Sat 23 May 6:28PM

  11. Rovers 2-3 WBA

    McCarthy 3'
    Brunt­ 5'44'
    Diouf 29'
    Greening 87'

    Good luck­ to both teams....

    From a United Fan

    From Davis K, on Fri 22 May 1:43PM

  12. rovers will kick there @#$%

    From DAVID, on Thu 21 May 6:52PM

  13. come on rovers 3-1

    From dianesellars, on Wed 20 May 3:15PM

  14. I was a baggies fan but now they gon down i'm­ switching to british gas.

    From Mandy piles, on Tue 19 May 6:14PM

  15. 0-2
    baggies stay up last day

    From Angus, on Mon 11 May 3:30PM

  16. west brom fan and i am alla and i wish west brom to­ have sex with mobray

    From london_stoke2007, on Sun 10 May 6:16PM

  17. nkk

    From london_stoke2007, on Sun 10 May 6:16PM

  18. easy easy we drawed we them 2-2 but it will 4-2 to­ rovers santa(1) douif(1)

    From loisa, on Mon 6 Apr 6:00PM
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