Topic: Ryan Nelsen

Rovers snap up NZ teenager

Blackburn have completed a deal to sign 18-year-old New Zealand starlet Tim Payne after an impressive recent trial at the club. . . The teenager...
Ryan Nelsen has flown home to New Zealand in a move which suggests his Blackburn Rovers comeback is still a long way away. . . The New Zealand...
National football coach Ricki Herbert and captain Ryan Nelsen received New Year's Honours on Friday after New Zealand defied expectations at the World Cup in South Africa.Herbert was named Companion to the New Zealand Order of Merit in the New ...

Kean defiant despite miserable debut

Steve Kean admitted his managerial debut had only whetted the appetite despite seeing his Blackburn side held by bottom-placed West Ham on Saturday.As debuts go, this was one to forget for the caretaker manager. Having just taken over at Blackburn following ...

Arsenal on top of Premiership as Chelsea miss out

Arsenal went top of the Premier League by a point after Samir Nasri scored twice in a 2-1 victory over London rivals Fulham on Saturday.English champions Chelsea, who would also have gone above Manchester United had they won, drew 1-1 at ...

Rovers' return to form sinks Wolves

Blackburn Rovers returned to form after their humiliation at Manchester United by recording an emphatic 3-0 win over struggling Wolves on Saturday.Sam Allardyce's team had been thrashed 7-1 by United last weekend, but the club's Indian owners will have ...

All Whites have booted rugby aside, says coach

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Unheralded New Zealand's run to the World Cup finals has led to soccer overtaking rugby in the popularity stakes at home, All Whites coach Ricki Herbert said on Sunday.Herbert, the mastermind behind their return to the World Cup ...

Ebanks-Blake puts Wolves on brink of safety

<div><p>A late goal from substitute Sylvan Ebanks-Blake earned Wolverhampton Wanderers a 1-1 draw at home to Blackburn Rovers on Saturday that all but secures their Premier League status.</p><p>Visiting skipper Ryan Nelsen put Rovers ahead in the first ...

Rovers revival thwarts Fulham

Blackburn Rovers won for the first time in 10 Premier League matches with a 2-0 victory over Fulham at Ewood Park here on Sunday.The win, secured by goals at set-pieces from defenders Chris Samba and team captain Ryan Nelsen, moved Rovers ...

City put three past Blackburn

Manchester City romped to an easy 3-1 win over Blackburn at Eastlands to maintain their push for a place in next season's Europa League. But Robinho drilled home a second well enough before Elano added a third from the spot - ensuring ...