Rovers v Leeds United - Price drop!
Blackburn have confirmed that they will play Leeds United at Ewood on Tuesday October 25th at 20:00 hrs - and that ticket prices for the game have been dropped.
Tickets will be priced at £12 for Adults and £5 for Seniors, Juniors and young adult season ticket holders for all areas of the ground.

Manchester United 1 - Morten Gamst Pedersen 2
1-2 the final score at OId Trafford!!!
Rover took 43 years for their win - but then made it all worth waiting for as they collected all three points in a fantastic game at the Theatre of dreams. United should and could have scored a hat full before half time - but so could Rovers - but a wonderful free kick (20 yards) taken by 'The Gamst' found itself into the United net on 31 minutes. Rovers started the match 4-4-2, but changed formation after the break as Man Utd desperate to regain parity brought on Wayne Rooney and punched for the equaliser. Ruud van Nistelrooy was the player who brought it back to 1-1 on 66 minuets. Despite Brad Friedel getting hold of the original shot from Rooney. Then with ten minutes left to go - Pedersen delivered his second goal and become a true Rovers legend.
Mark Hughes told reporters "We came here with a game plan, there were areas we knew we could exploit and we had the players to do it. "We expected pressure in the second half but we withstood everything and in the end they were just hitting long balls into the box. You have to be mentally and physically strong at Old Trafford, and we were." Blackburn moved to 12th in the table and the fans had t,heir most memorable day out at Old Trafford for a generation. (24th September 2005)
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Rovers at Home to Leeds United
... in the next round of the Carling Cup
The lunchtime draw for the third round of the Carling Cup gives Rovers another home tie to lower league opposition. The match will be played on Wednesday 26th October (TBC) after the 3-1 at Ewood against Huddersfield Town on Wednesday. (24th September 2005)
FULL DRAW:
Carling Cup third round : Doncaster v Gillingham, Bolton v West Ham, Crystal Palace v Liverpool, Manchester United v Barnet Chelsea, v Charlton, Reading v Sheffield United, Fulham v West Brom, Mansfield v Millwall, Sunderland v Arsenal, Everton v Middlesbrough, Wigan v Watford, Grimsby v Newcastle, Aston Villa v Burnley, Blackburn v Leeds, Cardiff v Leicester, Birmingham v Norwich.
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A brace for Bellamy & debut gaol for Zurab
as Rovers beat Huddersfield Town 3-1 at Ewood
It only took Craig Bellamy 11 minutes to open his account at Ewood, putting Blackburn 1-0 up in the Carling Cup. Huddersfield Town brought thousands of fans from across the Pennines, and their League One side never stopped battling for the equaliser, but on the hour mark, Zurab Khizanishvili scored his first for Rovers to make it 2-0. Not to be denied, the visitors made a couple of substitutions, and moments later Pawel Abbott got one back for the Terriers - 2-1. Paul Dickov and Craig Bellamy kept applying the pressure, and Bellamy was rewarded with his second with just 6 minutes to go. 3-1 the final score, and Rovers progressed to the next round draw on Saturday lunchtime.
Craig Bellamy told Radio Rovers "Today went as well as it could have, it is my second game back after a bit of a lay-off in what has been a stop-start season for me, but I'm really looking forward to the games ahead, and hopefully I can stay injury free and go on from there."
Mark Hughes was also delighted - telling the station "We wanted to have a bright start, it was important after the weekend because we felt the tempo in our play wasn't right in the initial period, but it was a lot better tonight and that helped us. The important thing was to get through to the next round, and we've achieved that so we are pleased," said Hughes after the game." (21st September 2005)
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Shearer, Owen and N'Zogbia - as Rovers go down 3-0 to Newcastle.
Despite dominating play for the first hour, a free kick awarded to Newcastle (inside the D) gave Alan Shearer his first goal since February, and opened the gates for two more from the Tynesiders. Rovers started with Craig Bellamy up front and included both David Bentley and Zuarb Khizanishvili in the starting eleven. Mark Hughes first anniversary at Ewood ended in a shock result, and propelled Newcastle up the table, as Rovers dropped to 18th (on goal difference)
Mark Hughes told reporters "We created a reasonable amount of chances and just needed one to go in, but after the first goal we were poor and we showed naivety at the end." And speaking on Radio Rovers, the Manager said "We were the more likely team to win the game right up until their goal, I felt the free kick was a little bit harsh, but if you give away a free kick in that position, then everyone knows what Alan Shearer can do"
On what was his last league appearance at Ewood Park, Alan Shearer left the game to a standing ovation from the fans. (18th September 2005)
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Friedel signs up 'till 2008
Rovers number one keeper Brad Friedel looks likely to play out his career at Ewood Park. BBC sport report that Brad - who retired from International duties for the USA earlier this year - has agreed a deal to keep him a Blackburn player until he's 37. Friedel told the Lancashire Evening Telegraph "I'm delighted. I feel the staff we have now are ambitious and they want to take the club forward. They want to get us up to where we were a few years back when we were fighting for the European places."
Brad came to Ewood on a free from Liverpool in 2000, and has topped the Premiership for most clean sheets in a season. "At the end of that contract, if we can go on year to year from there then great but, if not, that is fantastic as well." (15th September 2005)

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Bolton 0 - Blackburn 0
Rovers brought back a well deserved point from the Reebok after a much changed Blackburn starting eleven saw Matt Jansen start up front as the lone striker. The first half offered little to wither side, in what was a very disjointed game. After the break Jansen was subbed for Kuqi and a debut for David Bentley (on for Pedersen) seemed to bring the game to life. The young on loan midfielder made some great runs down the wing, and put some good passes into the box. The final 20 minutes saw Rovers dominate much of the play - but looking like the most likely top score - they couldn't find the back of the net.
Bolton manager Sam Allardyce: told BBC sport "When we get closed down we find it incredibly it difficult to break sides down. Hence we got a scrappy game, though I give Blackburn the credit for shutting us down. They set their stall out well. The fight for points is so desperate and money is so valuable, it almost overshadows performance."
Mark Hughes told rovers.co.uk: "You always know when you come to the Reebok you have to withstand the questions that Bolton pose of you, they get plenty of balls into the box, you have to defend not only the first ball but the second ball as well, and to be fair I thought we coped quite comfortably. I thought in the second half it was much of the same, we gained confidence because they weren't causing us too many problems." (11th Spetmber 2005)
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