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2010–11 Blackburn Rovers F.C. Season
The 2010–11 season was Blackburn Rovers' 123rd season as a professional football club. The 2010–11 season was also Blackburn Rovers' 17th season in the Premier League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of English football. In November 2010, the Indian company V H Group bought Blackburn Rovers under the name of Venky's London Limited for £23 million. A few weeks later the new owners sacked manager Sam Allardyce and replaced him with first-team coach Steve Kean, initially on a temporary basis, but by January 2011 he had been awarded a full-time contract until June 2013. Kean's appointment was shrouded in a great deal of controversy since his agent Jerome Anderson had earlier played a major role in advising Venky's during the takeover of the club in the preceding months.Conn, David"How an agent came to hold so much power at Blackburn Rovers" ''The Guardian'', 21 December 2010. Retrieved 19 August 2016.Hytner, David"Steve Kean finds value of friends in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Blackburn Rovers F
Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the River Ribble, Ribble Valley, east of Preston, Lancashire, Preston and north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is at the centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is the second largest town (after Blackpool) in Lancashire. At the United Kingdom Census 2011, 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of List of urban areas in England by population, 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of List of English districts by population, 150,030. Blackburn had a population of 117,963 in 2011, with 30.8% being people of ethnic backgrounds other than white British. A former mill town, Blackburn has been the site of textile production since the mid-13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic sy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gaël Givet
Gaël Givet-Viaros (born 9 October 1981), known as Gaël Givet, is a French former professional association football, footballer who played as a left-footed centre back and as a left-back. Givet was a UEFA Champions League runner-up with AS Monaco FC, Monaco in 2004 and was part of the France national football team, France national team which reached the 2006 FIFA World Cup Final. Club career Monaco Born in Arles, France, Givet started his professional career at AS Monaco FC, Monaco as a left-back before moving to centre-back. He made his debut in a 2–2 draw against En Avant de Guingamp, Guingamp in December 2000. He played for Monaco between 2000 and 2007, making 178 league appearances and scoring eight goals. The highlights of his time at the club were winning the Coupe de la Ligue in 2003 and reaching the 2004 UEFA Champions League Final, UEFA Champions League final in 2004, where he missed out on a winner's medal with a 3–0 defeat against José Mourinho's FC Porto, Porto. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
