2006 PREM Blackburn Rovers A L 0-2 2003 FAC WATFORD H L 0-1 1992 FAC WEST HAM UNITED H D 1-1 1975 DIV2 Notts. County A D 0-0 1958 DIV1 BLACKPOOL H L 1-4 1947 DIV1 Everton A L 2-4 1936 DIV1 Blackburn Rovers A D 1-1 1913 DIV1 Middlesbrough A W 2-0 1908 DIV1 Middlesbrough A L 1-3 1902 DIV1 Nottingham Forest A L 1-2
2005/6 Blackburn 2 Sunderland 01 Kelvin Davis 6 5 Garry Breen 6 3 George McCartney 5 12 Nyron Nosworthy 6 7 Liam Lawrence (Stead 68) 6 15 Danny Collins 6 33 Julio Arca 8 14 Tommy Miller (Woods 76) 6 23 Grant Leadbitter (Murphy 74) 6 8 Dean Whitehead 7 16 Kevin Kyle 7 Substitutes 13 Ben Alnwick 6 Steven Caldwell 19 Martin Woods (Miller 76) 26 Daryl Murphy (Leadbitter 74) 9 Jon Stead (Lawrence 68) 5
A Craig Bellamy brace shot Blackburn three places up the Premiership to seventh, as Sunderland slumped to their 20th defeat of the season.
Rovers' number 11 took his tally to 11 for the season, as Mark Hughes' side extended their unbeaten run at Ewood Park to seven games.
Hughes made two changes to the side that lost 1-0 at Everton, with Morten Gamst Pedersen and Tugay replacing David Bentley and Brett Emerton in midfield.
Sunderland made three changes to the side that drew with Spurs on Sunday. George McCartney and Dean Whitehead returned from injury and suspension respectively, while Grant Leadbitter was picked for his first league start. Ex-Rover Jonathan Stead had to settle for a place on the bench.
Blackburn started brightly and had two good chances in the opening 10 minutes.
Following a neat interchange down the right, Lucas Neill's cross was only partially cleared and Florent Sinama Pongolle, making his Ewood Park debut, flashed a swinging right foot volley inches wide of the top corner.
On nine minutes, Tugay made a trademark 50-yard pass over the top, Steven Reid eluded the offside trap and despite only getting an outstretched leg to the ball, Kelvin Davies was able to come out and smother.
But despite Rovers' early dominance, the visitors slowly crept into the game.
On the quarter hour, Julio Arca swept a 25-yard volley narrowly over the bar and just six minutes later right-back Nyron Nosworthy squandered a golden opportunity inside the area.
But as the clock ticked towards half-time, the hosts took the lead.
On 38 minutes, Andy Todd found Pedersen on the left and when Davies could only palm the Norwegian's mis-hit shot, Bellamy was on hand to stroke home the rebound.
Fresh from the break, Rovers again looked the more threatening at the start of the second half.
On 47 minutes, former Sunderland skipper Michael Gray crossed for Reid in the centre and the Irishman's well-placed header had to be scrambled round the post for a corner.
But just 16 minutes later, Rovers doubled their advantage. Sergio Peter, on for the unfit Pedersen, produced the game's first real moment of quality with an inch-perfect cross and Bellamy coolly headed home his second of the game.
The woodwork denied the Welshman his first Rovers hat-trick in the 88th minute, as Mick McCarthy's side took another step towards playing Championship football next season.
Barclays Premiership 2005/2006Historical league standings at 15th February 2006
Home Away Overall # Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts GD 1 Chelsea 26 12 1 0 31 7 9 2 2 21 9 21 3 2 52 16 66 36 2 Manchester United 26 8 3 1 25 8 8 3 3 27 19 16 6 4 52 27 54 25 3 Liverpool 26 10 2 1 19 5 5 4 4 13 12 15 6 5 32 17 51 15 4 Tottenham Hotspur 26 8 4 1 20 8 4 5 4 15 14 12 9 5 35 22 45 13 5 Arsenal 26 9 2 2 30 8 3 3 7 9 13 12 5 9 39 21 41 18 6 West Ham United 26 7 1 5 22 16 5 4 4 17 18 12 5 9 39 34 41 5 7 Blackburn Rovers 26 8 2 2 21 13 4 2 8 12 18 12 4 10 33 31 40 2 8 Bolton Wanderers 24 6 4 1 14 5 4 5 4 16 18 10 9 5 30 23 39 7 9 Wigan Athletic 26 6 2 6 17 17 6 1 5 13 15 12 3 11 30 32 39 -2 10 Manchester City 26 8 2 4 22 12 3 2 7 14 18 11 4 11 36 30 37 6 11 Everton 26 6 1 6 11 15 5 2 6 8 17 11 3 12 19 32 36 -13 12 Charlton Athletic 25 5 2 6 15 16 5 1 6 17 21 10 3 12 32 37 33 -5 13 Fulham 26 9 2 2 25 13 0 3 10 11 24 9 5 12 36 37 32 -1 14 Newcastle United 25 5 4 2 12 9 4 1 9 12 20 9 5 11 24 29 32 -5 15 Aston Villa 26 3 4 6 14 17 4 5 4 18 18 7 9 10 32 35 30 -3 16 Middlesbrough 25 4 5 5 20 24 3 2 6 13 20 7 7 11 33 44 28 -11 17 West Bromwich Albion 26 6 1 6 19 15 1 4 8 5 23 7 5 14 24 38 26 -14 18 Birmingham City 25 3 2 7 14 16 2 3 8 7 21 5 5 15 21 37 20 -16 19 Portsmouth 26 2 5 6 8 16 2 1 10 10 29 4 6 16 18 45 18 -27 20 Sunderland 26 0 4 10 9 27 2 0 10 9 21 2 4 20 18 48 10 -30
BACKTRACK - 1913Saturday, 15th February 1913
English First Division Aston Villa 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 Bolton Wanderers 0 Everton 0 Chelsea 1 Woolwich Arsenal 1 Liverpool 2 The Wednesday 1 Manchester United 4 Derby County 0 Middlesbrough 0 Sunderland 2 Newcastle United 0 Manchester City 1 Notts. County 0 Tottenham Hotspur 1 Oldham Athletic 0 Bradford City 0 Sheffield United 1 West Bromwich Albion 0 English Second Division Barnsley 5 Blackpool 3 Bradford Park Avenue 2 Fulham 3 Burnley 3 Birmingham 0 Clapton Orient 1 Lincoln City 2 Glossop North End 4 Nottingham Forest 3 Hull City 3 Bristol City 1 Leicester Fosse 1 Grimsby Town 0 Preston North End 2 Huddersfield Town 1 Stockport County 6 Leeds City 0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3 Bury 1
English First Division 1912/1913Historical league standings at 15th February 1913
Home Away Overall # Team Pl W D L F A W D L F A W D L F A Pts GA 1 Sunderland 26 9 2 3 38 15 6 1 5 20 18 15 3 8 58 33 33 1.76 2 Manchester City 26 9 1 3 24 10 6 2 5 15 15 15 3 8 39 25 33 1.56 3 The Wednesday 26 9 3 2 29 15 5 2 5 16 22 14 5 7 45 37 33 1.22 4 Oldham Athletic 26 9 4 0 26 7 2 7 4 12 26 11 11 4 38 33 33 1.15 5 Aston Villa 26 9 3 1 45 14 2 7 4 19 21 11 10 5 64 35 32 1.83 6 Manchester United 26 9 3 1 27 7 4 3 6 22 24 13 6 7 49 31 32 1.58 7 Bolton Wanderers 26 8 4 1 27 13 5 2 6 17 25 13 6 7 44 38 32 1.16 8 West Bromwich Albion 26 6 4 3 23 16 5 4 4 22 18 11 8 7 45 34 30 1.32 9 Derby County 25 7 1 4 27 16 6 3 4 20 25 13 4 8 47 41 30 1.15 10 Blackburn Rovers 27 7 3 3 36 14 3 6 5 14 19 10 9 8 50 33 29 1.52 11 Liverpool 28 9 2 2 26 12 3 3 9 17 37 12 5 11 43 49 29 0.88 12 Everton 27 6 0 7 18 24 6 4 4 15 13 12 4 11 33 37 28 0.89 13 Newcastle United 28 6 4 4 23 19 4 2 8 14 17 10 6 12 37 36 26 1.03 14 Sheffield United 27 7 5 2 28 17 2 1 10 15 37 9 6 12 43 54 24 0.80 15 Middlesbrough 26 5 5 3 23 17 4 0 9 20 35 9 5 12 43 52 23 0.83 16 Bradford City 25 5 4 3 20 15 2 3 8 14 24 7 7 11 34 39 21 0.87 17 Tottenham Hotspur 26 5 1 7 20 22 3 3 7 15 33 8 4 14 35 55 20 0.64 18 Chelsea 26 4 2 7 18 26 1 3 9 11 24 5 5 16 29 50 15 0.58 19 Notts. County 26 3 3 7 10 14 1 2 10 6 28 4 5 17 16 42 13 0.38 20 Woolwich Arsenal 27 0 6 8 5 22 1 2 10 11 32 1 8 18 16 54 10 0.30
Source: Sunderland-Mad
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