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  1. Blackburn's head of recruitment Park leaves clubpublished at 14:26 21 November 2024

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    Blackburn Rovers' head of recruitment John Park has left his role at Ewood Park, just five months after he returned to the club.

    Park had joined Rovers for a second stint in June having previously worked in the position from 2021-2022 but the club confirmed on Wednesday evening he had departed by mutual agreement.

    "Rovers would like to thank John for his dedicated service across two spells with the club," a statement said on the club website, external.

    "The club will now begin the recruitment process to bring in his replacement, who will work closely alongside Rovers’ senior leadership team at the STC (senior training centre) and the academy."

    It comes six months after Blackburn's director of football Gregg Broughton also left the club, with former striker Rudy Gestede arriving and named head of football operations.

  2. Pick of the stats - Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouthpublished at 10:02 21 November 2024

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    Blackburn Rovers v Portsmouth

    Blackburn welcome Portsmouth to Ewood Park after ending a run of four games without a win by beating Cardiff 3-1 in Wales last time out.

    Pompey are three points from safety but won their second game of the season before the international break, a 3-1 success over Preston at Fratton Park.

    • Blackburn Rovers are unbeaten across their last five league games against Portsmouth (W4 D1), since a 3-2 loss at Fratton Park in November 2008.

    • Portsmouth have lost each of their last three and six of their last seven (W1) away league games against Blackburn Rovers, with this fixture not seeing a draw at Ewood Park since April 2000.

    • Blackburn have won both of their Championship games against newly promoted teams this season, having gone nine without a win against promoted teams before this (D2 L7).

    • Portsmouth's Colby Bishop has scored six goals in his last eight league appearances, netting in his first ever Championship appearance last time out in the 3-1 win over Preston.

    • Blackburn's opening goal at Cardiff last time out was following a sequence of 41 passes before Andreas Weimann scored; only one Championship goal has had more passes in the build-up on record (since 2013-14), a Cesare Casadei goal for Leicester against Rotherham last December (54).

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  3. Cantwell ready to 'kick on' after illnesspublished at 13:13 18 November 2024

    Todd Cantwell playing for Blackburn RoversImage source, Rex Features

    Blackburn Rovers midfielder Todd Cantwell believes his run of starts have helped him to find his form as he returns to full fitness following illness.

    The 26-year-old did not feature in any of Rangers' Scottish Premiership matches this season before signing for Rovers in August but, after some appearances off the bench, has become a regular in the starting XI.

    The former England under-21 international has been part of the starting line-up over the last six Championship games for Blackburn and is now looking to impress even more.

    "I’m up to speed now with my fitness, definitely, although I’d been struggling with a bit of illness for the last couple of weeks, so I’d not been 100 percent," Cantwell told Rovers TV, external.

    “It’s really important now to kick on and show people the fully fit Todd.

    "I’ve probably only hit 70 percent so far, which can be deemed as good or bad, but that’s an honest reflection."

  4. Rovers' Yuki Ohashi makes international debutpublished at 14:55 15 November 2024

    Blackburn's Yuki OhashiImage source, Rex Features
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    Yuki Ohashi joined Blackburn in July

    Blackburn Rovers forward Yuki Ohashi made his international debut for Japan in their World Cup qualifier against Indonesia in the early hours of Friday.

    The 28-year-old appeared as a substitute for the final 10 minutes in Jakarta which Japan won 4-0 with Southampton's Yukinari Sugawara among the goalscorers.

    Japan are top of their AFC World Cup qualifying group, five points clear of Australia, Saudi Arabia and Bahrain.

    Ohashi, who has scored five goals for Blackburn since signing from Sanfrecce Hiroshima in July, is expected to be involved again when Japan face the bottom side China next Tuesday.

  5. Rovers youngster Atcheson pens new four-year dealpublished at 12:34 15 November 2024

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    Tom Atcheson made his Blackburn first-team debut in August 2023

    Blackburn Rovers defender Tom Atcheson has signed a new four-year contract at Ewood Park with the option for a further 12 months.

    He became Rovers' fourth youngest player to make a first-team appearance when, at 16 years and 343 days, he featured as a late substitute in their 8-0 Carabao Cup win at Harrogate last season.

    The 18-year-old also appeared in Blackburn's FA Cup fourth-round victory over Wrexham last season but is yet to play a league game.

    Atcheson, a Northern Ireland Under-19 international, is currently on loan with National League North side Marine.

  6. Which Blackburn players are on international duty?published at 12:41 14 November 2024

    Blackburn Rovers player's international fixturesImage source, BBC Sport/Rex Features

    There are four Blackburn players who have been called up for senior international duty this week:

    • Arnor Sigurdsson for Iceland

    • Balazs Toth for Hungry

    • Yuki Ohashi for Japan

    • Andi Weimann for Austria

    Rovers full-back Owen Beck has withdrawn from the Wales squad with injury.

    You can keep up to date with how they are getting on using our scores and fixtures list as well as follow Iceland's match against Wales live on the BBC Sport website and Radio 5 Live.

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  7. 'It was one of the best performances since I've been here' - Eustacepublished at 08:45 7 November 2024

    Blackburn manager John EustaceImage source, Rex Features

    Blackburn Rovers head coach, John Eustace says he got just the reaction he wanted from his side in Wednesday's 2-0 home defeat by Stoke even if the result did not go their way.

    Rovers also lost 2-0 at home to Sheffield United on Saturday but Eustace believes they are on the right track.

    "I thought it was excellent, it was one of the best performances with the ball since I've been here," he told BBC Radio Lancashire.

    "The lads played with a lot of confidence and on another day we could have won the game by three or four goals."

    The defeat is Blackburn's third in a row and their fourth game without scoring.

    "We need to defend properly and keep clean sheets but it's important we stay positive because that performance was excellent.

    "We limited Stoke to very little but they've got real quality in their front line, paid good money for a lot of big players and you can see when they got the opportunity they took it," added Eustace.

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  8. Rovers' Sigurdsson out for Stoke match - Eustacepublished at 17:48 5 November 2024

    Blackburn manager John Eustace applauds the fans after his side lost 1-0 to WatfordImage source, Rex Features
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    John Eustace replaced Jon Dahl Tomasson as Blackburn boss in February

    Blackburn Rovers head coach John Eustace has confirmed Arnor Sigurdsson will miss Wednesday's Championship home match against Stoke City.

    Speaking to BBC Radio Lancashire, Eustace confirmed the Icelandic midfielder is expected to return after the international break, meaning he will also be out for the trip to Cardiff City on Saturday.

    "Obviously, he has had a tough time recently through illness and injury just as he was coming up to speed," he said.

    "The last couple of weeks he's trained well and just as he's about to come back into the team, unfortunately he's got a slight strain, so, frustrating all round really."

    Meanwhile, Eustace remained cautious on the fitness of young striker Harry Leonard after the 21-year-old striker's return to first-team training.

    Despite Rovers going three games without scoring, the Stoke match seems to have come around slightly too soon for Leonard to feature.

    "I think it's important we don't push Harry too early," said Eustace.

    "He's still short of match fitness and that's why he's been playing a lot for the under-23s but as long as we can keep him match-fit, he's going to get stronger and stronger throughout the season.

    "We know he can score goals, he's done that through all the levels."

    "He's a young player coming from the academy and everyone loves a player coming through the ranks and he's hungry to do well."

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  9. Welcome to your new Blackburn Rovers pagepublished at 16:07 4 November 2024

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    You may have already noticed a different layout and feel to your Blackburn Rovers club page - a fresh revamp for our coverage of all Championship teams.

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  10. Pick of the stats - Blackburn Rovers v Stoke Citypublished at 13:33 4 November 2024

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    Blackburn Rovers v Stoke City

    Stoke City will aim to pick up their second away win of the Championship season when they visit Blackburn Rovers on Wednesday night. Narcis Pelach’s side have won one of their past five games (D3, L1), while Rovers are without a win in three (D1, L2).

    • Blackburn completed a league double over Stoke last season and are looking for three wins in a row against them for the first time since a run of five between 1988 and 2008.

    • After going eight league games unbeaten at Ewood Park between 2009 and 2022, Stoke City lost 3-1 there last season.

    • Blackburn’s Tyrhys Dolan scored twice in that match - the first time he had done so in the league.

    • Blackburn have not won a midweek league game since a 2-1 win over Bristol City in December 2023 (D3, L4 since), failing to score in six of those seven games.

    • Stoke have failed to win or score in each of their past four away league games (D1, L3). The Potters have not gone five successive league games on the road without scoring outside the top-flight since August 1997 (a run of nine).

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