v Preston North End (a) - 21/11/25, 8:00pm ko Sky TV

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2 hours ago, USABlue said:

I was amazed that both our goals.came.from set pieces.  The corner was a corner nothing special just a good cross into a good area and a good header with Miller having to fight off his marker.  The second was a lovely freekick, different and caught nobbers completely off guard with Ice man sneaking round the back un noticed and finishing with a nicely placed header.  If it was down to the new coach well done.  Poor Ihashi must be tired of getting battered every time he is challenged he never get the calls he should.  One in the 1st half not sure if it was Ohashi or hos counrry man but he oushed the balk past the defender and wiuld have been gone but he was clearly obstructed and with a two handed push.  To me it was a yellow cos he would have been off.  Ref was 5.yards.away.and did not even deem it worthy of a foul.  Same with BigMac he does not get the calls.  There was also Smith smacking Ohashi in the throat,.anither yellow or in the Prem likely a red and again nothing.  At least this game Yuki got out of it without a gash in his head.

 

A good summation.

PNE should have had at least 1 sent off. Their number 10 really should have gone late on for a studs up challenge on I can't remember who's calf.

Pears is still Pears. Toth being out is not good.

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1 hour ago, Tyrone Shoelaces said:

I think modern football is a bit more complicated nowadays than when you and I last played. Whether that’s a good thing or not is another story. Nobody signs a player on Friday and then throws them into the game on Saturday these days. It used to happen regularly in the old days. I remember Don Martin signing in those circumstances and looking completely lost in his first game.

I think it’s more to do with the fact that contracted players can only be signed in the transfer windows nowadays. Back in 1993, David Batty signed on October 26 and played on October 30. Colin Hendry, if I recall correctly made his debut on the day he signed.

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2 hours ago, arbitro said:

A close friend was at the game last night as the referees coach and as such attends the security briefing before the game.

He told me the police had said they were really worried about a group of 40 Zwolle supporters who were over for the game and had a reputation for causing bother.

I wasn't aware of any trouble but we parked near the White Hart well away from the town centre.

Is anybody else aware of this?

I wasn't aware that they were there last night but I know they attended the Burnley game at Ewood last season.

The backstory, from what I hear is...a group of Zwolle ultras have formed a friendship with a group of Rovers fans who call themselves "Blackburn Youth". The latter have been over to Holland to watch Zwolle with their new Dutch pals and vice versa.

It seems like the Zwolle fans might be picking the Burnley and Preston games to attend as they expect things to 'get tasty'. It's not like that in reality though, which is obviously a good thing.

Below is footage from this linkup at Ewood last season, when the Zwolle fans were in the corner of the Riverside near the Darwen End. I can see why the police were wary last night: