Blackburn vs Newcastle stopped as tennis balls launched onto pitch in protest
Newcastle’s FA Cup conflict at Blackburn has been halted by a tennis ball protest from house followers.
The protest occurred within the 14th minute of the fifth spherical conflict at Ewood Park, with the matching being held up for a few minutes earlier than resuming. The protest was witnessed by hundreds of thousands of TV views, with the match being screened stay on BBC1.
It was aimed on the membership’s homeowners, the Venky’s, who’ve run the previous Premier League champions for 14 years. The Indian poultry agency accomplished their buy-out of then top-flight Blackburn in 2010. Within a month the brand new homeowners had sacked Sam Allardyce as supervisor and changed him with Steve Kean.
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A succession of managerial modifications have adopted since whereas the membership has hardly ever come near regaining its Premier League standing, which they misplaced in 2012 earlier than a short stint in League One.
They virtually made the play-offs final season beneath Jon Dahl Tomasson, a former Rovers participant, who was sacked lately and changed by former Birmingham City boss John Eustace. He has been tasked with stopping the Lancashire membership slipping into the third tier once more. They at present sit sixteenth within the Championship, simply 4 factors above the relegation zone.
Co-commentator Danny Murphy, who performed for Blackburn on the finish of his profession, mentioned he may perceive the frustration of Rovers supporters.
“We had 5 managers in a single season,” he recalled. “There was discontent then and it’s been ongoing since.”
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“There’s been success here under Alan [Shearer, who fired Rovers to the Premier League title in 1995]. When they got relegated, they thought they’d come back.
“The reality is that they’ve had that many different managers through the door, there’s been no stability. Jon Dahl Tomasson had a decent season, nearly getting in the play-offs. That’s been the closest they’ve been [to getting back in the Premier League], and that’s been a scarcity.”
