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Blackburn Rovers F.C. - FA Cup 2006-2007

The Third Round Draw - Sunday 3rd Decembner 2006

Blackpool v Aldershot/Basingstoke

Barnet v Colchester

Sheff Utd v Swansea

Reading v Burnley

Portsmouth v Wigan

Mansfield/Doncaster v Bolton

West Ham v Brighton

Leicester v Fulham

Derby v Wrexham

Wolves v Oldham

Bury/Chester v Ipswich

Man Utd v Aston Villa

Sheff Wed v Man City Tamworth v Norwich

Salisbury/Nottm For v Charlton

Cardiff v Tottenham

Preston v Sunderland

Liverpool v Arsenal

Bristol Rovers/Bournemouth v Hereford

Watford v Stockport

Crystal Palace v Swindon

Bristol City v Coventry

Peterborough v Plymouth

QPR v Luton

Southend v Barnsley

West Brom v Leeds

Hull v Middlesbrough

Birmingham v Newcastle

Torquay/Leyton Orient v Southampton

Everton v Blackburn Chelsea v Macclesfield

Stoke v Bradford/Millwall

Tie to be played on 6th & 7th January 2007

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FA CUP 3rd ROUND
7th January 2007
24,426

Everton 1 - Blackburn Rovers 4
Rovers ease through the third round of the FA Cup
It only took five minutes for Rovers to get on the score-sheet at Goodison - Matt Derbyshire making it 2 in 2. Blackburn made six changes to the team who beat Wigan - but the mix of youth (Derbyshire, Gallagher and McEveley all included) seemed to work. Next to find the target was Morten Gamst Pedersen - it was Morten's shot saved by Tim Howard that led to Derbyshire's goal and this time a 25 yard free kick did the trick (20'00)! Everton were all over the place & Rovers took full advantage with a goal next for Paul Gallagher (38'00). 0-3 at the break, and The Toffees needed to do something to get back in the match. They'd had two penalty decisions waved away before Aaron Mokoena fouled Mikel Arteta and Andy Johnson scored from the spot (67'00). The home side had almost 60% of the procession - but couldn't break down the Rovers defense again. Benni McCarthy came off the bench to put the icing on the cake late into injury time scoring a fourth for Blackburn.
Post Match Mark Hughes reacted to the 6 changes he'd made, telling reporters; "People looking at the teamsheet may have thought I was taking this game lightly. That wasn't the case and I knew if we played to our potential the team that I put out had a real chance to win. To score as many goals as we did and play as well as we did I think that is great credit to the players."
David Moyes admitted; "It wasn't our day. We didn't start well enough. Everything we did didn't go in and everything they did went in. They hit the target and we didn't. I think there was a penalty we could have got but that wasn't the reason why we didn't get a result so we are not going to harp on about that. I thought the team were terrific in the second half and one goal was scant reward for how hard we worked."
Rovers progress to the 4th round of the FA Cup - draw 1t 13:30 Monday 8th January. (7th January 2007)

Everton
Andy Johnson (pen) 67'49

Blackburn Rovers
Matt Derbyshire 5'06
Morten Gamst Pedersen 20'00
Paul Gallagher 37'59
Benni McCarthy 90'00 (+2)

1-4

Fourth Round Draw

Rovers avoid the big boys
Round 4 draw offers a trip to London
Blackburn Rovers have been awarded an away tie again in the next round of this years FA Cup. But this time, it's not Premiership opposition, in fact a replay will be needed before Rovers know where they will play! The draw sees a trip to either QPR or Luton Town who played out a 2-2 draw on Saturday. They replay at Kenilworth Road on Tuesday 16th January. It could be a chance to face old boy Mike Newell - manager of course of Luton.
rovers.co.uk quote Chairman John Williams; "It would have been nice to have been drawn at home, but it is nice to have avoided the Premier League, that is what the cup is about ties between clubs from different divisions. If Luton get through, and it is by no means ensured, then there are the obvious links between ourselves and Mike Newell, but they have a difficult replay against Queens Park Rangers to get through."

The full draw is:
Arsenal v Bolton

West Ham v Watford

Bristol City or Coventry City v Hull City or Middlesbrough

Chelsea v Nottingham Forest

Chester City or Ipswich Town v Swansea

Cardiff City or Tottenham v Southend Utd or Barnsley

Barnet or Colchester v Peterborough or Plymouth Argyle

Birmingham City or Newcastle United v Reading or Burnley

Derby County v Bristol Rovers

Sheffield Wednesday or Manchester City v Southampton

Crystal Palace v Preston North End

Manchester United v Portsmouth

Blackpool v Norwich City Queens Park Rangers or Luton Town v Blackburn Rovers

Wolverhampton Wanderers or Oldham v WBA

Leicester City or Fulham v Stoke City

Luton Town 1 - QPR 0
Luton will face Blackburn in the 4th round of the FA Cup on Saturday 27th Jan 2007

FA CUP 4th ROUND
27th January 2007
5,887

Luton 0 - Blackburn Rovers 4
Double for Derbyshire - Round 5 here we come
No contest to be honest and Live on BBC 1. Blackburn played a professional game, and Luton weren't in it really from start to finish. Brad Friedel had a couple of saves to make - but the stars of the show were Matt Derbyshire and Morten Gamst Pedersen. That's not to take anything away from debutante Stephen Warnock and the returning Ryan Nelsen in defense. There was even time to give half an hour to Chris Samba who might quite like English football after this!
The first goal came after ten minutes thanks to a super shot from Derbyshire. He'd found himself off side a number of times before he eventually timed it right. Next Matt was on hand to set up Benny McCarthy for the second on 36 mins. 2-0 at the break. Derbyshire used his head for the third and made perfect contact. The icing on the cake came from Morten Gamst Pedersen and his left foot. He found the target from around 18 yards out.
Derbyshire has now scored 5 since his introduction into the first team - 3 in the FA Cup and two in the league. He also signed a new contact last week.

Blackburn now wait 'till 13:0 on Monday to see who they'll meet in round 5.

Luton
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Blackburn Rovers
Matt Derbyshire 9'44, 55'23
Benni McCarthy 36'10
Morten Gamst Pedersen 73'39

0-4

Fifth Round Draw

Round 5 - Away AGAIN!
Rovers get Arsenal or Bolton
The draw for the fifth round of the FA Cup wasn't kind (again) to Blackburn. This time it's Arsenal or Bolton AWAY!
The full draw is:-
Chelsea v Blackpool or Norwich Watford v Ipswich Preston v Man City Plymouth v Derby County Man Utd v Reading Arsenal or Bolton v Blackburn Bristol City or Middlesbrough v West Bromwich Albion Fulham v Tottenham
The games to be played Feb 17th or 18th 2007
John Williams told rovers.co.uk that he had sympathy with the fans missing out on a game at Ewood Park:- "Whoever we play, Arsenal or Bolton it will be very difficult, but if we are to progress to the latter stages of the FA Cup is never easy. But in saying that, neither Arsenal nor Bolton will relish facing us after scoring eight and conceding one in the competition so far." (29th January 2007)

THE FA CUP

Arsenal v Blackburn Rovers
The Gunners take it in extra time
Blackburn Rovers play Arsenal in the 5th round of the FA Cup after they beat Bolton 3-1 after Extra Time. Bolton trailed to an Emmanuel Adebayor goal after 12 minutes, and it took them to 90 minutes to find an equaliser through Abdoulaye Meite. But Arsenal managed two more in Extra time, Fredrik Ljungberg after 107 minutes, and a second from Adebayor on 120.
So it's another trip to London for Rovers .... Live on BBC 1 this Saturday lunchtime. (14th February 2007)

FA CUP 5th ROUND
17th February 2007
56,761

Replay at Ewood
Wed 28th Feb 2007

Arsenal 0 v Blackburn Rovers 0
Rovers hold the Gunners and bring the cup to Ewood
Brad Friedel praised Rovers defensive game and made some crucial saves as Blackburn held Arsenal at the Emirates. Blackburn almost took the tie when Matt Derbyshire came off the bench and chipped the ball from inside the area to almost beat the Arsenal keeper. Much of the game was at a sedate pace - but as always Arsenal looked dangerous on the break - Henry among their stars to come close - but not close enough. Mark Hughes will be delighted with the performance and result, but adding another game to the tight schedule will stretch them. However - there's a good chance that some key player will be back when the 5th round comes home at the end of the month - Wed 28th February. (17th February 2007)

Arsenal
-

Blackburn Rovers
-

0-0

THE FA CUP
QUARTER FINAL

Blackburn Rovers or Arsenal v Manchester City
At last a home tie - perhaps
Should Rovers overcome Arsenal in next weeks replay, they've been rewarded with a home tie against North West rivals Manchester City in the Quarter finals of the FA Cup. And John Williams has welcomed the news, telling SKY Sports "We have been drawn away for three consecutive games, and we have got a home tie which is what everyone at the club wanted at this stage. It's a local derby, Manchester City, it would be a very good game but obviously we need to get past Arsenal."
The draw in full:
FA Cup quarter-final Middlesbrough or West Brom v Manchester United or Reading Arsenal or Blackburn v Manchester City
Chelsea v Tottenham Plymouth v Watford (18th February 2007)

FA CUP 5th ROUND
REPLAY
28th February 2007
18,882

Blackburn Rovers 1 - Arsenal 0 (1-0 on agg)
Benni scores a beauty off the bench.
Rovers keep their 4th clean sheet and knocked Arsenal out of their second cup competition in four days! It wasn't pretty, but Blackburn's tactics worked again as Chris Samba picked up Man of the match in a truly excellent defensive display. Ryan Nelsen returned to the back four, but Stephen Warnock had to leave the game at half time feeling unwell. Tugay was replaced by David Dunn, and Chris Nonda made way for Benni McCarthy - both were involved in the winning goal that came with just 4 minutes left of normal time. Then it was all hands to the pumps to snuff out any late chances that Arsenal might create - not many. So the reward is a home tie next Sunday against Manchester City.
Mark Hughes told RADIO ROVERS: "It was a magnificent strike by Benni. It was a goal of such quality that the game deserved to finish at that point. It was a great goal and I thought overall over the two ties we deserved to go through, in the first game we possibly rode our luck at the end of the game but up to that point we had been really strong and resolute. Tonight we asked questions of Arsenal, restricted them once again to very few opportunities and produced a little bit of magic and over the course of the two games we fully deserved to go through."
Blackburn v Manchester City at 16:00 hrs Sunday 11th March 2007, tickets go on sale from tomorrow with bargain prices again of £15 for Season Ticket holders (£5 for concessions). Non season ticket holders will pay £20 and £10 for concessions. (28th February 2007)

Blackburn Rovers
Benni McCarthy
(sub) 86'02

Arsenal
-

1-0
(1-0)

THE FA CUP
QUARTER FINAL

Blackburn Rovers v Manchester City
Sunday 11th Match 2007 at 16:00
The draw in full:
FA Cup quarterfinal Middlesbrough v Manchester United or Reading Blackburn v Manchester City
Chelsea v Tottenham Plymouth v Watford (28th February 2007)

THE FA CUP
QUARTER FINAL

Blackburn Rovers 2 - Manchester City 0
Rovers first to book Semi-Final place
Rovers made it three wins out of three over Manchester City & as a result booked their place in this years FA Cup Semi-Final. City came low on confidence but applied plenty of early pressure, spending much of the first 20 minutes in the Rovers half. But then on 27'00 Aaron Mokoena was connected with a Warnock pass to open the scoring and claim his first Blackburn goal. Sadly for Aaron,'The Axe' fell to a second yellow in the second half and was dismissed with half an hour to go. But Blackburn battled on with ten men, bringing on Robers, Zurab and Peter to freshen things up. With 2 seconds of normal time left it was Sergio who turned provider for a first ever senior goal at Ewood Park for Matt Derbyshire. Man City never tested Brad Friedel, who was a spectator for most of the match. The City fans helped create a great atmosphere and push attendance to just under 28,000.
Mark Hughes told RADIO ROVERS: "It was a number of first's, Matty Derbyshire's first goal here so he's delighted with that. Aaron Mokoena as well and we are all delighted for him. His day itself hasn't turned out as well as he would have liked but he's been fantastic in recent weeks and I'm really pleased he got his goal. Aaron is an important member of the squad and we are all delighted for him. There were big performances all over the field."

FA CUP Quarter Final
11th March 2007
27,743

Blackburn Rovers
Aaron Mokoena 27'10
Matt Derbyshire 89'58

Manchester City
-

2-0

THE FA CUP
Semi-Final

Blackburn Rovers ... will play ...
Well what do you think?
Yes it's not Watford - Rovers will meet Chelsea or Spurs in the semi-final of this years FA Cup. First out of the bag and no surprise the fate conspired to leave the window open fro a Man U v Chelsea final at Wembley. And of course a chance too of a Rovers v Spurs semi - with reminders of the League Cup- final at Cardiff. Spurs will play Chelsea at White Hart Lane on 19 March following the 3-3 draw at Stamford Bridge on Sunday when the Blues came back from 3-1 down. The tie will see a postponement of Blackburn at home to Watford in the league - with both teams committed to the cup on April 14th. The venue has not yet been announce - but could be at the City of Manchester Stadium or Villa Park.
John Williams told rovers.co.uk "To win the competition you have got to beat the best teams along the way, and we certainly deserved to be there after the hard run to get to this stage beating Everton, Luton, Arsenal and Manchester City. "Lets hope we can go one better and reach the final."

Full Draw
Blackburn v Chelsea or Tottenham
Watford v Middlesbrough or Manchester United
Ties will be played the weekend of 14 and 15 April.
(12th March 2007)

THE FA CUP
Semi-Final

Blackburn Rovers ... will play ... Chelsea
As Spurs go out 1-2
It was still 0-0 at half time, and the London rivals still undecided on who'd meet Blackburn for the semifinals. Then on 54 minutes, Andriy Shevchenko showed his skill with a lovely finish, to give the visitors the lead. Next up on the hour, it was Shaun Wright-Phillips who took a left footed shot from about 20 yards out and slammed the ball into the bottom right of the net 0-2. Spurs thought they had a life line when Dimitar Berbatov was brought down, and Robbie Keane scored from the spot. And that was how it ended - despite continued pressure from both sides & about 6 minutes of added on time.
So it will be Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea in this years semi final.
The other replay saw Manchester United progress via Cristiano Ronaldo from the penalty spot. 1-0 the final score at Old Trafford.

So the FA Cup semi Finals 2007 are:-
Blackburn v Chelsea
Watford v Manchester United
Played the weekend of 14 and 15 April.

THE FA CUP
Semi-Final

Blackburn Rovers v Chelsea
... at Old Trafford
The FA have decided on the venues for this years Cup semi-finals. BBC Sport say Old Trafford and Villa Park have will play host, with the tie between Watford and Man Utd (live on the BBC TV) played at Aston Villa's stadium on Saturday 14 April at 1730 BST. In the second semi-final, Blackburn v Chelsea on the Sunday at Manchester United's home. Kick off at 1600 BST.
Tickets will be priced at £25, £35, £45, £55 and will be sold via the ticket offices of the four semi-finalist clubs.
rovers.co.uk say: "A Blackburn Rovers delegate is at Old Trafford this afternoon with the FA to discuss ticketing arrangements, the club hope to make an announcement on those ticketing arrangements within the next 48 hours." (20th March 2007)

Blackburn Rovers have announced their ticket allocation of 30,000 tickets for the FA Cup semi-final with Chelsea at Old Trafford.
They say that tickets should arrive at Ewood Park from the FA by the middle of next week.
Blackburn fans get the East Stand at Old Trafford and the team will use the home dressing room but wear their away kit. (21st March 2007)

FA CUP Semi Final
15th April 2007 - 16:00 hrs
50, 559
OLD TRAFFORD

Blackburn Rovers
Jason Roberts 61'47

Chelsea
Frank Lampard 15'55
Michael Ballack 108'31

1-2 (AET)
(1-1 @ 90 mins)

THE FA CUP
Semi-Final
15th April 2007

Blackburn Rovers 1 - Chelsea 2 AET (FA Cup Semi-Final)
Rovers come from behind - but Chelsea find the winner in extra time.
SKY Sports gave Petr Cech Man of the Match - and he needed to be as Rovers found form after the break that outclassed the Londoners.
Frank Lampard opened the scoring for Chelsea after just 16 minutes, and Blackburn struggled to keep pace with the Champions. But with just a goal between them, Mark Hughes managed to motivate his men to play some great football in the second half which saw Jason Roberts claim his first Rovers goal on the hour mark. Morten Gamst Pederesen took the free kick, and Roberts scored from the center if the penalty area. After 90 minutes it remained 1-1 - despite Blackburn creating almost all chances keeping Petr Cech busy. With 108 minutes gone it was Michael Ballack who found the winner after it looked like Brad Friedel had managed to snuff out the danger. So the dream of the first FA Cup final at the new Wembley is over - and probably Rovers chance of European football next season. Blackburn collected praise from Jose Mourinho and all the sports pundits - but they need now to find form to win all their remaining Premiership matches and hope to make it into a European place. Chelsea will now meet Manchester United on May 19th at Wembley.
50,559 watched and were well entertained at Old Trafford - 25 thousand from Blackburn. Next up the rearranged home tie with Watford on Wednesday. (15th April 2007)

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