Luke Kelly

Right Midfielder - Blackburn Rovers U18
21 May 2028
Sunday
Process

Marked for Luke Kelly

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The Blackburn Rovers Chronicle

8 Nov 2027
From our football correspondent Uneasy

Match

No end in sight to Blackburn Rovers's wait for a win

7 matches now without a victory, and the excuses have worn thinner than the patience. Somebody at Blackburn Rovers has to find a result from somewhere.

Squad

Leroy Abanda keeps the receipts

“I remember the meeting. I remember exactly what was promised in it.” Blackburn Rovers may remember it differently, which is precisely the problem.

Squad

Tempers go at Blackburn Rovers

Oladapo Afolayan 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.

Match

The goals have deserted Blackburn Rovers

4 matches, no goals, and a training ground that has tried everything. It will end — droughts always do — but nobody at Blackburn Rovers can tell you which week it ends in.

Squad

Words at Blackburn Rovers training over how hard people work

Somebody said out loud what several people had been thinking. Andri Guðjohnsen 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.

Squad

Hamilton wants to go home

“I have given this everything, but my family is not here and neither am I, not really.” A footballer can be coached out of bad form. Nobody has ever been coached out of this, and Blackburn Rovers know it.

Loan watch

Nicholas Michalski counts the days

“I watch every Blackburn Rovers game from here. That says everything about where my head is.” The loan at Northampton Town runs its course, but his heart never made the trip.

Market

Luke Kelly steps up from the Blackburn Rovers academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Luke Kelly has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Richard Shaw joins the Blackburn Rovers first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Richard Shaw is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

In brief