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[edit] 2007-2008 Season Results
| Date
| Match
| Competition
| Scorers
| Bookings
| Attendance
| Comments / Links
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| Saturday, 11th August 2007
| Middlesborough 1
Rovers 2
| PL
| Downing 31, Santa Cruz 63, Derbyshire 79
| Wheater 27, Boateng 39 / Pedersen 48, Samba 51, Downing 52, Savage 71, Derbyshire 90
(Ref: A.Marriner)
| 25,058
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| Thursday, 16th August 2007
| MyPa 0
Rovers 1
| UEFA Cup Qualifying
(Intertoto Cup)
| Santa Cruz 5
| Bentley 79
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| Sunday, 19th August 2007
| Rovers 1
Arsenal 1
| PL
| Van Persie 18, Dunn 72
| Bentley 24, Flamini 29, Samba 30, Savage 45, Nelsen 60 (Sent Off 84) / Eduardo 65, Clichy 66, Van Persie 74
(Ref: A.Wiley)
| 24,917
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| Saturday, 25th August 2007
| Everton 1
Rovers 1
| PL
| Santa Cruz 15, McFadden 78
| Ooijer 6, Pedersen 89
(Ref: M.Riley)
| 33,850
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| Thursday, 30th August 2007
| Rovers 2
MyPa 0
| UEFA Cup Qualifying
(Intertoto Cup)
| Bentley 48, Roberts 90
| Agboh 89
| 13,490
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| Sunday, 2nd September 2007
| Rovers 1
Man City 0
| PL
| McCarthy 13
| Dunne 17 (Sent Off 65) / Dunn 48, Kerimoglu 52 (Sent Off 54), Pedersen 53, Bentley 56, Samba 77
(Ref: M.Dean)
| 26,881
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| Saturday, 15th September 2007
| Chelsea 0
Rovers 0
| PL
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| Cole 74, Belletti 75 / Warnock 82, Savage 84
(Ref: H.Webb)
| 41,062
| Jose Mourinho quit as Chelsea manager the week following this result
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| Thursday, 20th September 2007
| Larissa 2
Rovers 0
| UEFA Cup
| Bakayoko 33, Cleyton 35
| Katsiaros 25 / Warnock 36, Bentley 84
| 8,126
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| Sunday, 23th September 2007
| Rovers 0 Portsmouth 1
| PL
| Kanu 25
| Diop 17, Muntari 63, James 77
(Ref: C.Foy)
| 19,506
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| Wednesday, 26th September 2007
| Rovers 3
Birmingham 0
| Carling Cup
| Bentley 66, Derbyshire (pen) 82, Santa Cruz 90
| Jaidi 40
| 9,205
| Rovers draw Portsmouth away in next round
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| Saturday, 29th September 2007
| Sunderland 1
Rovers 2
| PL
| Bentley 53, Santa Cruz 55 / Leadbitter 90
| Collins 65
(Ref: P.Walton)
| 41,252
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| Thursday, 4th October 2007
| Rovers 2
Larissa 1
| UEFA Cup (Intertoto)
| Cleyton 17, Derbyshire (pen) 45, Warnock 51
| Kerimoglu 66, Samba 87, Warnock 90 / Sarmiento 28, Kotsolis 45, Cleyton 66, Fotakis 81
| 20,741
| Rovers knocked out of UEFA Cup
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| Sunday, 7th October 2007
| Rovers 2
Birmingham 1
| PL
| Bentley 15, McCarthy (pen) 56, Jerome 68
| Kerimoglu 53, Warnock 62, Bentley 90 / Jerome 85
(Ref: M.Clattenburg)
| 19,316
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| Saturday, 20th October 2007
| Rovers 4
Reading 2
| PL
| McCarthy 18, Santa Cruz 22, Kerimoglu 32, McCarthy (pen) 82, Doyle 80, Doyle 90
| (Ref: A.Marriner)
| 19,425
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| Sunday, 28th October 2007
| Tottenham 1
Rovers 2
| PL
| Keane 49 (Pen), McCarthy 60, Samba 90+3
| Huddlestone, Zokora, Lee, Defoe / Dunn, Warnock, Santa Cruz
(Ref: R.Styles)
| 36,086
| Spurs new manager Juan Ramos sees his team lose to a last minute wonder goal from Chris Samba
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| Wednesday, 31st October 2007
| Portsmouth 1
Rovers 2
| Carling Cup
| McCarthy 11, Pedersen 77, Kanu 90+3
| Diop, Davis / Berner, Dunn
(Ref: A.Wiley)
| 11,788
| Rovers draw Arsenal at home in next round
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| Saturday, 3rd November 2007
| Rovers 0
Liverpool 0
| PL
| -
| Carragher
(Ref. M.Atkinson)
| 30,033
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| Sunday, 11th November 2007
| Man U 2
Rovers 0
| PL
| Ronaldo 34, 35
| Ronaldo / Dunn (sent off 53), Mokoena, Nelson, Samba
(Ref: C.Foy)
| 75,710
| First away loss of the Premier League season
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| Sunday, 25th November 2007
| Fulham 2
Rovers 2
| PL
| Murphy 51 (Pen), Emerton 57, Kamara 63, Warnock 79
| Murphy, Stefanovic / Bentley
(Ref: M Dean)
| 22,826
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| Wednesday, 28th November 2007
| Rovers 0
Aston Villa 4
| PL
| Carew 29, Barry 53 (pen), Young 81, Harewood 89
| Mellberg / Nelsen (Sent off 52)
(Ref: P Dowd)
| 20,254
| Referee P Dowd harshly sends off Ryan Nelsen, disallows a McCarthy goal and allows two offside goals for Aston Villa
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| Saturday, 1st December 2007
| Rovers 3
Newcastle 1
| PL
| Martins 47, Bentley 54, 67, Tugay 90+3
| Bentley, Tugay / Butt, Barton, Milner
(Ref: M Atkinson)
| 27,477
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| Sunday, 9th December 2007
| Rovers 0
West Ham 1
| PL
| Ashton 52
| Ooijer / Cole
(Ref: A Wiley)
| 20,870
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| Saturday, 15th December 2007
| Wigan 5
Rovers 3
| PL
| Landzaat 10, Bent 12, Scharner 37, Santa Cruz 45, 50, 61, Bent 66, 81
| Heskey, Taylor, Aghahowa, Brown / Samba, Emerton (Sent off 52) Warnock, Savage
(Ref: M Clattenburg)
| 16,489
| Atrocious referreing again as Emerton is sent off unfairly, Aghahowa escapes a blatant red card, is offside for Wigans fourth. McCarthy misses a penalty (the keeper is off his line) and Santa Cruz's brilliant hat-trick is the only bright point.
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| Tuesday, 18th December 2007
| Rovers 2
Arsenal 3
| Carling Cup
| Diaby 6, Eduardo 29, Santa Cruz 42, 60, Eduardo 104
| Warnock, Samba, Reid, Savage / Randall, Denilson (Sent off 90), Diarra, Traore
(Ref: M Riley)
| 16,207
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| Sunday, 23rd December 2007
| Rovers 0
Chelsea 1
| PL
| Cole 22
| Dunn / Alex, Carvalho
(Ref: S Bennett)
| 23,966
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| Thursday, 27th December 2007
| Man City 2
Rovers 2
| PL
| Vassell 27, Santa Cruz 28, Nelson 30 (og), Santa Cruz 84
| Richards / Berner
(Ref: H Webb)
| 42,112
| Rovers break City's 100% home win streak. Santa Cruz's 84th minute equaliser is initially disallowed by the linesman but then awarded by the referee as he deems the offside Dunn was not interfering with play.
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| Sunday, 30th December 2007
| Derby 1
Rovers 2
| PL
| Oakley 29, Santa Cruz 39, Bentley 42
| Lewis / Nelsen, Mokoena, Warnock
(Ref: P Walton)
| 30,048
| Friedel saves a 37th minute penalty as Rovers win for only the second time in 10 games.
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| Wednesday, 2nd January 2008
| Rovers 1
Sunderland 0
| PL
| McCarthy 57(pen)
| Tugay, Emerton, Samba / Higginbotham, Yorke (sent off 71), Collins
(Ref: R Styles)
| 23,212
| Friedel saves his second penalty in two games. McCarthy doesn't miss his this time to give Rovers the win.
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| Saturday, 5th January 2008
| Rovers 1
Coventry 4
| FA Cup (3rd round)
| Mifsud 34, Ward 64 (pen), Adebola 83, Bentley 85, Mifsud 90
| Khizanishvilli / Doyle
(Ref: L Probert)
| 14,221
| Rovers crash out of the FA Cup at the first hurdle to Championship side Coventry who also beat Man U earlier in the season in the Carling Cup.
Robbie Savage is sold to Derby for 1.5m pounds the following week.
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| Sunday, 13th January 2008
| Bolton 1
Rovers 2
| PL
| Nolan 43, Samba 53, Roberts 90
| Campo, Cohan / Samba (Ref: M Dean)
| 18,315
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| Saturday, 19th January 2008
| Rovers 1
Middlesbrough 1
| PL
| Wheater 13, Derbyshire 75
| Samba / Boateng, Rochemback, O'Neill (Ref: K Stroud)
| 21,687
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| Saturday, 26th January 2008
| Aston Villa 1
Rovers 1
| PL
| Santa Cruz 68, Young 73
| Reid, Samba (Ref: H Webb)
| 39,602
| Derbyshire misses a penalty
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| Saturday, 2nd February 2008
| Rovers 0
Everton 0
| PL
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| Dunn, Khizanishvilli, Emerton, Pedersen / Howard, Arteta (Ref: A Wiley)
| 27,946
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| Monday, 11th February 2008
| Arsenal 2
Rovers 0
| PL
| Senderos 4, Adebayor 90
| Fabregas
| 60,049
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