Friday 15 September 2000
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| 13:15-13:45 |
| Football League Review |
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| 19:00-22:00 |
| First Division Football: Sheffield United Vs Blackburn Rovers - Live |
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| 19:00-22:00 |
| Interactive Football: Sheffield United Vs Blackburn Rovers - Live |
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| 04:00-05:30 |
| First Division Football: Sheffield United Vs Blackburn Rovers (Repeat) |
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| 00:00-01:30 |
| First Division Football: Sheffield United Vs Blackburn Rovers |
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Saturday 16 September 2000
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| 18:30-19:30 |
| Football: Jersey Football Tournament |
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| 03:30-04:30 |
| Football: Jersey Football Tournament |
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Sunday 17 September 2000
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| 23:00-00:00 |
| Football: Jersey Football Tournament |
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| 12:00-15:00 |
| Football League: Port Vale Vs Stoke City - Live |
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| 12:00-15:00 |
| Interactive Football: Port Vale Vs Stoke City - Live |
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Monday 18 September 2000
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| 18:30-19:00 |
| Football League Review |
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| 23:15-23:45 |
| Football League Review |
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| 17:30-18:00 |
| Football League Review |
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Tuesday 19 September 2000
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| 10:00-10:30 |
| Football League Review |
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Thursday 21 September 2000
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| 18:30-19:00 |
| Football League Review |
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| 23:00-23:30 |
| Football League Review |
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| 17:30-18:00 |
| Football League Review |
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Friday 22 September 2000
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| 19:00-22:00 |
| Football League: Macclesfield Town Vs Darlington - Live |
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| 15:30-16:00 |
| Football League Review |
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Graeme
Souness
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Blackburn:
Last
Season: 11th, 62pts
W15 D17 L14 F55 A51
Stadium: Ewood Park (115x72yds)
Capacity: 31,367
Year Formed: 1875
Manager: Graeme Souness
Chairman: Mr. R. D. Coar |
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In:
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Craig
Hignett (Barnsley,
£2.25m),
John
Curtis (Manchester
United, £1.5m),
Stig Inge Bjornebye (Liverpool,
£300,000),
Kaba Diawara (Marseille, loan) |
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Out:
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Callum
Davidson (Leicester,
£1.7m),
Per Frandsen (Bolton,
£1.6m),
Leam
Richardson (Bolton,
£50,000),
Wayne
Gill
(Tranmere, Free),
Anthony
Williams (Hartlepool,
Free) |
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Craig
Hignett
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On paper Rovers
have the best squad outside the Premiership and have plenty of financial backing,
but the players still have a lot to prove following last season's poor showing
by the then pre-season title favourites. However in Graeme Souness they have
a manager who will not accept second best and should push hard for one of
the automatic promotion berths.
The fact that
Egil Ostenstad is 10-1 joint-favourite to be the First Division's top scorer
underlines Rovers status as genuine promotion contenders, although there
are many who feel that Souness must prove himself as a boss if Blackburn
are to be promoted.
Nevertheless,
the ex-Liverpool and Scotland star has made two excellent signings in Craig
Hignett (£2.25 million from Barnsley) and John Curtis (£1.5
million from Manchester United), as well as adding valuable experience in
Stig Bjornebye, for a bargain £500,000 from Souness's old club Liverpool.
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Matt Jansen
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Out have gone
Per Frandsen (Bolton, £1.6m), Callum Davidson (Leicester, £1.75m), Leam
Richardson (Bolton, £50,000), and Wayne Gill (Tranmere, free). The key players
are likely to be Hignett, Curtis, Matt Jansen, and Alan Kelly. Rovers should
easily improve on last season's 11th place and finish in the top six, but
the big question is does Souness have the ability to shape them into a team
capable of getting into the Premiership? Only time will tell.
2000 - 2001
SQUAD NUMBERS
1 John Filan
(G)
2 John Curtis (D)
3 Christian Dailly (D)
4 Jason McAteer (D)
5 Stig-Inge Bjornebye (D)
6 Craig Short (D)
7 Garry Flitcroft (M)
8 David Dunn (M)
9 Kaba Diawara (F)
10 Craig Hignett (F)
11 Damien Duff (F)
12 Jeff Kenna (D)
13 Alan Kelly (G)
14 Nathan Blake (F)
15 Matt Jansen (F)
16 Marlon Broomes (D)
17 Billy McKinlay (M)
18 Keith Gillespie (F)
19 Damien Johnson (M)
20 Egil Ostenstad (F)
21
Jim Corbett (F)
22 Ben Burgess (F)
23 Lee Carsley (D)
24 Steve Harkness (D)
25 Simon Grayson (M)
26 James Thomas (F)
27 Alan Miller (G)
28 Martin Taylor (D)
29 Darren Peacock (D)
30 Richard Dunning (D)
31 David McNamee (D)
32 Peter Murphy
33 Burton O'Brien (F)
34 Gary Hamilton (F)
Other
1st Division Teams:
Barnsley •
Birmingham
City • Bolton
Wanderers • Burnley
• Crewe
Alexandra • Crystal
Palace • Fulham
• Gillingham
• Grimsby
Town • Huddersfield
Town • Norwich
City • Nottingham
Forest •
Portsmouth
•
Preston
North End • Queen's
Park Rangers • Sheffield
United • Sheffield
Wednesday • Stockport
County •
Tranmere
Rovers •
Watford
•
West Bromwich Albion • Wimbledon
• Wolves
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