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2016–17 Blackburn Rovers F.C. Season
The 2016–17 season is Blackburn Rovers' 129th season as a professional football club and its fifth playing in the Championship. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017. Rovers were relegated to League One on 7 May 2017, in spite of their 3–1 away win against Brentford, with results elsewhere going against them. Summer Activity May On 12 May Rovers announced a five-year deal with kit supplier Umbro. On 20 May Rovers announced their retained list, Tommy Spurr, Matthew Kilgallon, Chris Taylor, Chris Brown, Lee Williamson, Nathan Delfouneso, Simon Eastwood and Simeon Jackson would all be free to talk to and sign for other clubs upon the expiry of their contracts on 30 June. However, several players have been informed that final decisions over their futures will be made once a new manager has been appointed. Those under 24, Jack Doyle and Connor Tho ... [...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 Ribble Valley, east of Preston and north-northwest of Manchester. Blackburn is the core centre of the wider unitary authority area along with the town of Darwen. It is one of the largest districts in Lancashire, with commuter links to neighbouring cities of Manchester, Salford, Preston, Lancaster, Liverpool, Bradford and Leeds. At the 2011 census, Blackburn had a population of 117,963, whilst the wider borough of Blackburn with Darwen had a population of 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, textiles have been produced in Blackburn since the middle of the 13th century, when wool was woven in people's houses in the domestic system. Flemish weavers who settled in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brentford F
Brentford is a suburban town in West London, England and part of the London Borough of Hounslow. It lies at the confluence of the River Brent and the Thames, west of Charing Cross. Its economy has diverse company headquarters buildings which mark the start of the M4 corridor; in transport it also has two railway stations and Boston Manor Underground station on its north-west border with Hanwell. Brentford has a convenience shopping and dining venue grid of streets at its centre. Brentford at the start of the 21st century attracted regeneration of its little-used warehouse premises and docks including the re-modelling of the waterfront to provide more economically active shops, townhouses and apartments, some of which comprises Brentford Dock. A 19th and 20th centuries mixed social and private housing locality: New Brentford is contiguous with the Osterley neighbourhood of Isleworth and Syon Park and the Great West Road which has most of the largest business premises. H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Devarn Green
Devarn Rohan Green (born 26 August 1996) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for club Oldham Athletic. A former trainee at Burton Albion and Blackburn Rovers, he played non-league football for Hednesford Town, Stourbridge, Tranmere Rovers and Southport, before he was signed by Scunthorpe United in January 2020. Career Early career Green spent time at Burton Albion, before joining Blackburn Rovers at the age of 16 on a two-year scholarship, following a two-week trial in July 2013. However he left Ewood Park in the summer of 2016. He spent time at Hednesford Town, before it was reported that he had "decided to move away from Keys Park in order to pursue opportunities elsewhere" on 21 September 2017. Later that month he joined Northern Premier League Premier Division rivals Stourbridge, who sold him on to Tranmere Rovers of the National League for an undisclosed fee on 28 October. He signed a two-year contract with Southport on 27 June 2018. Scunthorpe Uni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anton Forrester
Anton George Forrester (born 11 February 1994) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. A former Everton youth team player, he was signed to Blackburn Rovers in January 2013. He spent the 2013–14 season on loan at Bury, where he scored seven goals in 30 appearances. He suffered a serious knee injury in March 2014, which left him sidelined for nine months. He joined Morecambe on loan in November 2015, and signed with Port Vale in July 2016 after being released by Blackburn. He was released by Port Vale in May 2018 and signed with Radcliffe in August 2019. Club career Blackburn Rovers Forrester was born in Liverpool and attended the Everton Academy from the age of nine. He joined Blackburn Rovers after a trial spell in January 2013, and signed a two-year contract after impressing manager Michael Appleton and reserve team manager Gary Bowyer. He made his debut in the FA Cup on 13 March, coming on as a 75th-minute substitute for Joshua King ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Carson (footballer)
David Carson (born 20 September 1995) is an English footballer who plays as a midfielder for club Livingston. Career Born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Carson spent his early career with Ashington. In 2014, Carson signed for Blackburn Rovers He returned to non-league, playing with South Shields, Whitby Town and Morpeth Town. On 15 May 2019, Carson signed for Scottish Championship side Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He said he was hoping to be successful at the club, and new Inverness manager John Robertson tipped him for success. On 1 February 2024, Carson signed for Scottish Premiership club Livingston on an eighteen-month contract. Honours Individual * Scottish Championship Player of the Month: March 2021 File:2021 collage V2.png, From top left, clockwise: the James Webb Space Telescope was launched in 2021; Protesters in Yangon, Myanmar following the 2021 Myanmar coup d'état, coup d'état; A civil demonstration against the October–November 2021 ... References ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Travis
Lewis Travis (born 16 October 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defensive midfielder for EFL Championship club Ipswich Town, on loan from EFL Championship club Blackburn Rovers. Youth career Having come through the ranks at Liverpool as a defender, Travis was released and soon joined Blackburn Rovers where Tony Mowbray transitioned the Merseyside born player into a midfielder. Lewis Travis earned a professional contract at aged 19. Club career In January 2017, Travis signed a new professional contract at Blackburn Rovers penning a one-year deal. In August 2017, Travis made his first team debut, starting the match for Blackburn in the 2017–18 EFL Trophy game against Stoke City U21s. In December 2018, Travis broke into the starting eleven for Blackburn Rovers and had an extended run of games in the centre of midfield in which he impressed both supporters and the manager, Tony Mowbray, who said he had saved him money because he would not have to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jack Doyle (footballer)
Jack Marc Doyle (born 2 February 1997) is an English professional footballer who plays as a defender for Southport Career Blackburn Rovers In January 2017 Doyle signed his 1st professional contract at Blackburn Rovers penning a 2-year deal. In August 2017 Doyle made his 1st team debut coming on as a substitute for Blackburn Rovers in the 3–1 2017–18 EFL Cup victory against Coventry City Coventry City Football Club is a professional association football club based in Coventry, West Midlands (county), West Midlands, England. The team currently compete in the EFL Championship, Championship, the second tier of the English footbal .... In September 2018 Doyle joined Maidstone United on loan. In November 2018 his loan was cut short due to injury. On 15 May 2019 it was announced that Doyle will leave at the end of his contract. Southport On 1 August 2019 Doyle signed for Southport F.C. As of July 2023 Doyle is Southport's longest serving current player. Career statist ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simeon Jackson
Simeon Alexander Jackson (born March 28, 1987) is a Canadian professional soccer player who currently plays as a forward for Chelmsford City. He has spent the majority of his career playing in England, relocating from Mississauga, Ontario, to South London as a teenager to pursue his interest in football. Following a rejection by Gillingham after a trial, he played semi-professionally before making his name with Rushden & Diamonds of the Football Conference. His goalscoring feats for the club earned him a move to Gillingham, then of League Two, in 2008. He scored the winning goal for the club in the 2009 League Two Play-Off Final at Wembley Stadium. In 2010 Jackson was transferred to Norwich City, then of the Championship, and scored the goal that clinched Norwich's promotion to the Premier League the following year. He fell out of favour at the club during the 2012–13 season, and opted to join German club Eintracht Braunschweig who were newly promoted to the Bunde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Simon Eastwood
Simon Christopher Eastwood (born 26 June 1989) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for club Oxford United. Eastwood started his career as a youth player with Huddersfield Town. He went professional in 2007, but struggled to break into the first team and went on loan to Woking in 2008 then moved to Bradford City a year later. He made a permanent transfer to Oxford United in 2010 but did not make a first-team appearance, and in the following years he played for F.C. Halifax Town, Portsmouth, and Blackburn Rovers, before returning to Oxford in 2016. Eastwood has played internationally for England twice at under-18 and under-19 levels. Club career Huddersfield Town Born in Luton, Bedfordshire, Eastwood was a Huddersfield Town academy goalkeeper who made two appearances on the substitutes' bench in the 2005–06 season at the age of just 16. At the start of the 2006–07 season, he was the third-choice goalkeeper behind Paul Rachubka and new signing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nathan Delfouneso
Nathan Abayomi Delfouneso (born 2 February 1991) is an English professional footballer who plays as a striker for League One club Accrington Stanley. Having graduated from Aston Villa's academy Delfouneso broke into their first team in 2008, mainly being an impact substitute over the next few years, he scored 9 goals in 52 appearances, including two goals in the club's 2008-09 UEFA Cup campaign. Delfouneso had a series of loan moves to Football League Championship sides while at Aston Villa, followed by permanent spells at Blackpool, Blackburn Rovers and Swindon Town. He signed for Blackpool for a fourth time in 2017. Delfouneso was a regular England youth international, playing a total of 54 matches and scoring 19 goals at U16, U17, U19 and U21 levels. Club career Aston Villa Born in Tyseley, Birmingham, Delfouneso, a product of the Aston Villa Academy, became a regular for both the club's reserve and academy teams in the 2006–07 season. He made his debut for the rese ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lee Williamson
Lee Trevor Williamson (born 7 June 1982) is a retired professional footballer. Born in Derby he started his career at Mansfield Town before spending time at Northampton Town, Rotherham United, Watford, Preston North End, Sheffield United and Portsmouth before joining Blackburn. He has chosen to play internationally for Jamaica. Club career Early career Williamson started his career at Mansfield Town, making 165 appearances in his stay at Field Mill. He then moved to Northampton Town early in the 2004–05 season where he quickly established himself as an automatic choice in the first team where he scored two goals. Williamson then joined Rotherham United in the summer of 2005, and once again established himself in first team. Watford He completed a move to Watford along with teammate Will Hoskins for a combined fee of £1.2 million on 5 January 2007. On 31 January 2007 he played his first Premier League match for Watford against Manchester United. Williamson scored three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Chris Brown (footballer, Born 1984)
Christopher Alan Brown (born 11 December 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played as a forward. Career Sunderland Born in Doncaster, South Yorkshire, Brown was a prolific goalscorer at school and youth level. Brown rose through the youth ranks at the team he supported as a boy, Sunderland, making his debut for the under-19 team at the age of just 15. However, Brown suffered a setback in 2002 when he damaged his cruciate ligament whilst playing for the reserve side, forcing him to miss the entire 2002–03 season. During this season Sunderland were relegated from the Premier League. After making a successful recovery, Brown was promoted to the Sunderland first team, and was allocated the number 31 shirt for the club's first season back in the First Division. During the season, Brown was loaned to Doncaster Rovers, where he made 22 appearances during his seven-month stay, scoring 10 goals. Brown ended the season with a Third Division medal. Brown was han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
