The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
A brace, and Oladapo Afolayan takes the afternoon — 8.20
There is a particular kind of quiet from an away end watching one man score twice. Oladapo Afolayan provided it, and the 8.20 beside his name is if anything generous to everybody else.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Jacopo Bacci is a better footballer than he was
Not a run of form — an actual step up, held for months. At 22 he is doing things at this level he could not do at the start of the season, and the coaching staff will tell you exactly which of them.
Market23 Aug 2027
Ryan Alebiosu wants more than Blackburn Rovers are offering
“I have ambitions, and I would like the club to share them.” Nobody has asked to leave and nobody has been shown the door — but a player chooses that sentence carefully, and a boardroom hears it exactly as it was meant.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Tempers go at Blackburn Rovers
Mamadou Sangaré was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.
Player ratings23 Aug 2027
Nobody could get near Babis Kostoulas
Successful dribbles: 22. Every time he got the ball somebody had to make a decision, and every time the decision was wrong.
Boardroom23 Aug 2027
5 academy players handed senior numbers at Blackburn Rovers
The morning the pathway stops being a brochure and becomes a team sheet. Most of them will not be here in three years; all of them have already done the hard part, which was getting to today.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Lewis Miller signs on for more
“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Lewis Miller and Blackburn Rovers agree another 4 years.
Squad23 Aug 2027
Words at Blackburn Rovers training over how hard people work
Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Ander Herrera is at the centre of it, and the squad will now find out whether the standard rises or the pair of them simply stop speaking.
Match21 Aug 2027
Oladapo Afolayan sends Blackburn Rovers past Milton Keynes Dons
It finished 2‑1, and it was Oladapo Afolayan’s afternoon: on the scoresheet when it mattered, and the reason the points belong to Blackburn Rovers.
In brief
- The terraces Blackburn Rovers supporters have found a favourite in Babis Kostoulas
- Market Blackburn Rovers promote Simon Hawkins from within
- Market Blackburn Rovers promote Oliver Richardson from within