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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers Kick off 3pm Saturday 31st October 2020 Liberty Stadium
Referee : DEAN WHITESTONE Richard Wild and Ian Cooper Fourth Official : Andy Davies
Lovely to see the EFL being a bit more proactive on their appointments schedule. An experienced EFL official, Dean Whitestone refereed his first Football League game in 2005 at Notts County.
He has since gone on to referee over 400 EFL games across all divisions, including acting as Fourth Officials for the EFL Trophy Final at Wembley between Coventry City and Oxford United. Unlike the pretty unnoticeable Andre Marriner on Tuesday evening Whitestone, albeit an experienced ref is not on the same level. He seems to be content ploughing a narrow furrow and has done since 2005. The last time he sent two players off in a game was in December last year at the Liberty when the swans beat Middlesbrough 3-1. Both were boro players so it doesn’t really matter. He has only sent off one player in all his games since then. That was a QPR player and that also doesn’t matter. Whitestone seems to be a tolerant referee with a low risk of being booked by him. Let’s see.
So, why does he call himself Whitestone ? Quite simply he loved the TV show ‘King of Queens’ with the fat American bloke and rather tasty wife. The area preferred to shoot the show was Whitestone, New York. And there is the obvious connection. Dean immediately changed his name and the rest is referee history. Dean used to be called Bill, now there’s another reconnection here because ... Ready ? Dean Whitestone is in the old bill, he is a serving lawman in the Met Police and has been since 2004. Thank you for your service sir. In the eight previous Swansea games he has been referee In, the swans have only lost one and that was to Doncaster Rovers back in League one. We like Dean here at Swansea Independent, and if I was him I would keep it that way. Because, well,just because. This is Dean in work yesterday having a laugh with his mates
So, what do we know about Blackburn? 58% of the people who live in Blackburn are called Tony. In the seventies it got so confusing that people had to otherwise reference their family members as ‘our Tony’ or in conversation with others ‘your Tony’ when speaking about a particular Tony in the third person it would ‘their Tony’ with either a backward thumb jerky over the shoulder motion or raised eyes slightly aft. Other variants could be ‘that Tony’ however this expression was used in times of running the particular Tony in question down for some reason. ‘ I see that Tony is round our Tony’s house again with weed he got from your Tony’ Is a good example. Of course with diversity came other ways of referencing Tony. ‘ Asian Tony’ is one, ‘Black Tony’ is another, ‘Mexican Tony’ came about as a result of a native of the town liking for tequila, but when a real Mexican bloke moved in round the corner, called Tony, he gracefully stepped aside and became ‘drunk Tony’ The handing over the names ceremony back in May1986 (it was brought forward because of the World Cup) is still talked about today, although ‘drunk Tony’ can’t remember it. If you get to grips with the many Tony differentials available, the world is an endless bubbling cauldron of Tony solutions.
This is a picture of a man called Tony Blackburn which is a massive slap in the face to the people of Blackburn
Here we see Tony’s Top Chippy in Blackburn
Unfortunately Drunk Tony’s son Drunk Tony Jr, who used to called ‘Moron Tony’ put the sign up, and he never went to school much because he was too pissed. Chippy Tony did go to the press about it and it caused quite a stir locally, nothing really happened and in the end they all laughed about it.
Here is a picture of everyone laughing about it
This was taken by Porno Tony the photographer from just down the road from Blackburn Rovers ground. Please don’t confuse Porno Tony with another Tony who is a photographer of models in the town. His name is Tony Cross, when he found out about Porno Tony taking business from him he went really ballistic and smashed a tea cup in his converted kitchenette. He is now called Angry Tony, which he quite likes.
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Tony Mowbray, his name brought a huge change to Blackburn Rovers fortunes
Now, here is what they say in my local parlour of extravagant ladies ‘the rub’ Manager and Coach of Blackburn Rovers is TONY MOWBRAY. And this is where it all comes together. When he first came to Blackburn in 2017 he was originally called ‘Melton Tony’ however, his name is now ‘Boring Tony’ the names Mundane and Sleepy were rejected. However, this season his team have scored numerous goals and some would say the name should be placed under celebrated change. The issues of living in Blackburn are many, due to the many areas of confusion with the name Tony most people now christen or call their sons and daughters Anthony or Toni.
The last time we played Blackburn at the Liberty Stadium it ended 2-2.
Highlights of the last Liberty meeting
The last three games between the two sides have ended in a draw. The first game between the two clubs was in 1915 in the FA Cup, the swans won 1-0. The swans beat Blackburn 5-1 in 1951 and in 1956, in the same year rovers beat the swans 5-3.
The two best known players in recent times to play for both clubs are Danny Graham and local chap James Thomas, who starred in that last gasp win v Hull City in 2003.
James Thomas sticking it up Hull City
Blackburn Rovers owners are Venkys, this particular company build hens and chickens For northern Indian consumption. These are called broiler
This is Balaji Rao of Venkys, only three years ago he was a day old egg then hatched, it just goes to show what can be achieved these days. Well done Balaji, with looks like that you will be a huge catch with the ‘chicks’ in Blackburn. This photograph wasn’t taken by ‘Porno Tony’ but it could have been.
TEAM NEWS
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Jay Fulton, Jake Bidwell; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew (captain), Jamal Lowe.
Substitutes: Steven Benda, Ryan Bennett, Ryan Manning, Kasey Palmer, Matt Grimes, Wayne Routledge, Viktor Gyokeres.
Blackburn Rovers: Aynsley Pears, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Adam Armstrong, Lewis Holtby, Harvey Elliott, Tom Trybull, Ben Brereton, Joe Rankin-Costello, Darragh Lenihan (captain), Corry Evans.
Substitutes: Antonis Stergiakis, Sam Gallagher, Harry Chapman, Jacob Davenport, John Buckley, Scott Wharton, Tyrhys Dolan.
You forgot to mention the well known fact that Tony Blackburn once had a dream that he scored a hat trick at Wembley for Blackburn in a FA Cup final, his 3rd goal being a far post header whilst he was receiving a blow job at the same time.
Ps There are more chip shops per square mile in Blackburn than anywhere else. The kebabs aren’t very nice though.
Only an idiot would eat a turkey curry on Christmas day
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 18:44 - Oct 29 with 4244 views
Couple of Blackburn players are having to self isolate, there first choice keeper is out and there stand in had a shocker against Reading, they also have a few others out injured, so maybe a good time to play them.
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 19:23 - Oct 29 with 4225 views
Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 18:56 - Oct 29 by shingle
Couple of Blackburn players are having to self isolate, there first choice keeper is out and there stand in had a shocker against Reading, they also have a few others out injured, so maybe a good time to play them.
Could be a ( positive) for us, I'm sure NL will come to the rescue.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Tony Mowbray doesn't expect to have any returnees to his Blackburn Rovers squad ahead of Saturday's Championship fixture against Swansea City. Bradley Johnson and Amari'i Bell dropped out of Rovers' 18-man squad for the fixture against Reading in midweek after the pair both displayed symptoms of coronavirus. Joe Rothwell had participated in first-team training on Monday after returning from a period of self-isolation but complained of a back spasm ahead of Tuesday's fixture and he was forced to sit out. Daniel Ayala has missed Rovers' last two fixtures after sustaining a groin injury in the defeat to Watford while Thomas Kaminski suffered a groin tweak himself during the victory over Coventry, and Mowbray is yet to issue a timeframe on their return. Their absences follow on from the long-term injuries to Bradley Dack, Lewis Travis and Elliott Bennett meaning Rovers face the prospect of eight first-team players missing from their squad as they travel to South Wales. As a result, Rovers are missing key players in several positions but Mowbray is not looking to make excuses as they aim to impose their attacking game on Swansea at the weekend. Tony Mowbray's influence in helping Tosin Adarabioyo to carve a career after Manchester City Rick Parry slams government and campaigns for Blackburn Rovers and PNE supporters' return Asked whether he expected to have anymore players available for Saturday, Mowbray responded: "As I sit here, the answer is no. But there is still tomorrow's training, but I wouldn't be too hopeful on that I'd suggest. "There's nobody that we didn't play where they are touch and go or maybe a yes, let's wait and see. Rothwell is the only one potentially, it looks like a back spasm from sitting on his sofa for 10 days. "Let's hope that clears up but he never trained today so let's wait and see." It was hoped Ayala would be in contention for the upcoming run of fixtures but Mowbray was not overly optimistic on the Spaniard's condition. "I think it's something that until he's ready on the grass, kicking balls, sprinting, running round poles and doing all the stuff that he needs to do, then he's not going to be available to play. At this moment, he's not quite ready to do that. "Daniel at this moment is not ready." Johnson had played every league game up until Tuesday's fixture against Reading but was absent due to coronavirus protocols, as was left-back Bell. Without being able to clarify the full extent of their situations, Mowbray doesn't expect either to feature in the coming matches. "I generally focus on the next game but what I do know is that them players (Johnson and Bell) will not be available for the next game," he added. "There's two left after this one before international break, and I'm not sure if they'll be available or not "Once we get Swansea out of the way, then I'll focus on Middlesbrough and then I'll focus on QPR. Sitting here today, I only focus on the players we've got available. We'll reassess after Swansea.
Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 18:44 - Oct 29 by onehunglow
I been to Blackburn and went on my own too. former great northern town.
You excited nige about this game. Ive put a decent cheap bottle of Champagne in fridge in expectation. Come on Steve.Strangle them
Went there in the year we went up under Tosh. I am convinced that the 0-0 result was the one that actually got us up....especially as Neol Brotherston had a very late goal ruled out for offside.
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 23:28 - Oct 29 with 4115 views
Fortunately for us Rovers' last remaining Tony went to Sunderland.
Armstrong is a handful and they are playing some intricate, clever stuff. Need to be on our mettle for this one, not rest on our laurels from our Oytstanding performances of late and go all guns blazing with Palmer showing the way.
3-2
edit: quick question: do we : a) continue with our cleverly coached fluid dynamic, progressive pacey team of midfielders, stretching their set-up with the likes of Lowe running behind, or
b) play an antiquated, unfashionable, currently unheard of set-up and play a lone front man to "hold up the ball" ?
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 23:28 - Oct 29 by AndyCole
Fortunately for us Rovers' last remaining Tony went to Sunderland.
Armstrong is a handful and they are playing some intricate, clever stuff. Need to be on our mettle for this one, not rest on our laurels from our Oytstanding performances of late and go all guns blazing with Palmer showing the way.
3-2
edit: quick question: do we : a) continue with our cleverly coached fluid dynamic, progressive pacey team of midfielders, stretching their set-up with the likes of Lowe running behind, or
b) play an antiquated, unfashionable, currently unheard of set-up and play a lone front man to "hold up the ball" ?
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We are at home, let them worry about us and play our own game if I had to pick a or b.
Lots of their fans on twitter aren't confident at all about this one, lots saying they are nowhere near as good as some people are trying to make them out to be.
Big game, 90 minutes like on Tuesday while being more ruthless up front please drive.
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 12:25 - Oct 30 with 3920 views
Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 23:28 - Oct 29 by AndyCole
Fortunately for us Rovers' last remaining Tony went to Sunderland.
Armstrong is a handful and they are playing some intricate, clever stuff. Need to be on our mettle for this one, not rest on our laurels from our Oytstanding performances of late and go all guns blazing with Palmer showing the way.
3-2
edit: quick question: do we : a) continue with our cleverly coached fluid dynamic, progressive pacey team of midfielders, stretching their set-up with the likes of Lowe running behind, or
b) play an antiquated, unfashionable, currently unheard of set-up and play a lone front man to "hold up the ball" ?
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Mackem Tony no doubt.
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Their defence will be significantly weakened and lacking in height. Two attacking FB's who are weak in the tackle and two short CBs who arent good in the air and a young keeper learning his trade.
We have to push them back and put them under pressure from the start and stop them getting into their stride. We will need a strong midfield and Bidwell and Connor need to force their FBs into defending.
We have options at no10 although I would start Dhanda he deserves it after the midweek performance
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 19:48 - Oct 30 with 3783 views
Swansea Indepenent Poster Of The Year 2021. Dr P / Mart66 / Roathie / Parlay / E20/ Duffle was 2nd, but he is deluded and thinks in his little twisted brain that he won. Poor sod. We let him win this year, as he has cried for a whole year. His 14 usernames, bless his cotton socks.
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 22:01 - Oct 30 with 3728 views
Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 17:49 - Oct 30 by MartinSwan
Their defence will be significantly weakened and lacking in height. Two attacking FB's who are weak in the tackle and two short CBs who arent good in the air and a young keeper learning his trade.
We have to push them back and put them under pressure from the start and stop them getting into their stride. We will need a strong midfield and Bidwell and Connor need to force their FBs into defending.
We have options at no10 although I would start Dhanda he deserves it after the midweek performance
Their defence will be significantly weakened and lacking in height. Two attacking FB's who are weak in the tackle and two short CBs who arent good in the air and a young keeper leaning his trade.
i'm sure I could have read a comment like that applied to us recently!
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Jay Fulton, Jake Bidwell; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew (captain), Jamal Lowe.
Substitutes: Steven Benda, Ryan Bennett, Ryan Manning, Kasey Palmer, Matt Grimes, Wayne Routledge, Viktor Gyokeres.
Blackburn Rovers: Aynsley Pears, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Adam Armstrong, Lewis Holtby, Harvey Elliott, Tom Trybull, Ben Brereton, Joe Rankin-Costello, Darragh Lenihan (captain), Corry Evans.
Substitutes: Antonis Stergiakis, Sam Gallagher, Harry Chapman, Jacob Davenport, John Buckley, Scott Wharton, Tyrhys Dolan.
Referee: Dean Whitestone
A great believer in taking anything you like to wherever you want to.
Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 14:01 - Oct 31 by KeithHaynes
Swansea City: Freddie Woodman; Kyle Naughton, Ben Cabango, Marc Guehi; Connor Roberts, Korey Smith, Jay Fulton, Jake Bidwell; Yan Dhanda; Andre Ayew (captain), Jamal Lowe.
Substitutes: Steven Benda, Ryan Bennett, Ryan Manning, Kasey Palmer, Matt Grimes, Wayne Routledge, Viktor Gyokeres.
Blackburn Rovers: Aynsley Pears, Ryan Nyambe, Derrick Williams, Adam Armstrong, Lewis Holtby, Harvey Elliott, Tom Trybull, Ben Brereton, Joe Rankin-Costello, Darragh Lenihan (captain), Corry Evans.
Substitutes: Antonis Stergiakis, Sam Gallagher, Harry Chapman, Jacob Davenport, John Buckley, Scott Wharton, Tyrhys Dolan.
Referee: Dean Whitestone
Wow cooper has put grimes on the bench
Cmon Fulton show us you deserve your place.
Btw a strong bench, plenty to pick from for cooper.
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Swansea City v Blackburn Rovers : Matchday Thread on 14:13 - Oct 31 with 3437 views
Is this going to be on Radio Wales? They’re talking about some homoerotic game at the moment where a lot of men hug each other on the floor touching each other’s bums.
The creatures outside looked from pig to man, and from man to pig, and from pig to man again; but already it was impossible to say which was which.
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