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Nostalgia & cultural curation of all things Blackburn Rovers.

Peace be with you Sir Ludo. Top five Rovers goalkeepers ever despite never playing for the club. Ludek Miklosko, 1961-20...
14/09/2026

Peace be with you Sir Ludo. Top five Rovers goalkeepers ever despite never playing for the club. Ludek Miklosko, 1961-2026, forever in your debt, forever in our hearts. We are the Rovers 🤍💙🌹

DOUBLE-O-A-GENTMan Utd youth-prospect John Curtis had proved to be an astute signing for Graeme Souness in the summer of...
11/09/2026

DOUBLE-O-A-GENT

Man Utd youth-prospect John Curtis had proved to be an astute signing for Graeme Souness in the summer of 2000. He played all 46 league games at right-back as Rovers returned to the Premier League at the second-time of asking.

It therefore came as some surprise that Souey opted to replace JC in the autumn of 2001 and acquire Australian Lucas Neill from Millwall, recently promoted themselves from the third tier of English football.

£600k rising to £1m proved to be an absolute snip and the Ewood faithful quickly understood why. Curtis unfortunately, who had cost £1.5m himself, was yesterday’s news.

Neill’s six seasons at the New Den were followed by five and a half seasons in the famous blue and white halves. Most of these years were spent as a swashbuckling full back, occasionally putting in a shift in central midfield and ultimately becoming a very solid option at centre back. He could have played anywhere in truth. He really was that good.

A true Aussie all-rounder, who impressed at the 2006 World Cup so much that then-Barcelona assistant and total-Dutch-football legend Johan Neeskens proclaimed that Neill could comfortably “play for any of the best clubs.”

Anfield, rather than the Camp Nou, was rumoured to be his next destination before he pulled the wool over everybody’s eyes and signed for struggling West Ham instead.

The Hammers, briefly owned by billionaire Icelandic bankers, were reported to have trebled Neill’s Blackburn salary to £65k in January 2007.

Lucas claimed that the move was “nothing to do with money” shortly before he bought his first Ferrari to cruise around the streets of Mayfair and Pall Mall.

Signed in the same period as Carlitos Tevez, Javier Mascherano, Lee Bowyer and Matthew Upson, Neill spent three years at Millwall’s fierce rivals before his career petered out with the customary nomadic existence of a pro footballer’s final curtain.

Millwall: 1995-2001; Apps: 173: Gls: 14
ROVERS: 2001-2007; Apps: 227; Gls: 8

Grandad Adam Forshaw just keeps on rocking.
11/09/2026

Grandad Adam Forshaw just keeps on rocking.

KM can make your dreams come true (yes can do).
10/09/2026

KM can make your dreams come true (yes can do).

Ewood’s Prince of Egypt 🇪🇬 there, smuggling canaries in a midfield desert storm. #1980
10/09/2026

Ewood’s Prince of Egypt 🇪🇬 there, smuggling canaries in a midfield desert storm.

#1980

Lewis absolutely needs to get on-board with this Aussie surf bum / 80s rock star makeover. Hair and stubble goals for us...
09/09/2026

Lewis absolutely needs to get on-board with this Aussie surf bum / 80s rock star makeover. Hair and stubble goals for us all in fact. 10/10 on the total stud-o-meter. Easy now ladies.

Easy on the hair-mousse Moussa Baradji . Bringing back the 80s soul-glow to the middle of the park.
09/09/2026

Easy on the hair-mousse Moussa Baradji . Bringing back the 80s soul-glow to the middle of the park.

Dapper Afolayan getting his New Jack Swing on. Looking sharp Dapo Afolayan - every little step you take on that left fla...
09/09/2026

Dapper Afolayan getting his New Jack Swing on. Looking sharp Dapo Afolayan - every little step you take on that left flank is a giant leap for mankind.

Antonio Mowbrazio came out a little too cool for school. If his wife sees this, she’ll definitely be encouraging him to ...
09/09/2026

Antonio Mowbrazio came out a little too cool for school. If his wife sees this, she’ll definitely be encouraging him to grow his hair out a little and grow a stache.

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