Blackburn Rovers- Venkys Era

Venkys Buy Blackburn Rovers

Nov 19, 2010

http://www.guardian.co.uk/football/2010/nov/19/venkys-completes-takeover-blackburn-rovers
Venkys confirm the purchase of Premier League club Blackburn Rovers for a reported 47-53million pounds.

Sam Allardyce sacked

Dec 13, 2010

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/9283395.stm
Following a 2-1 defeat to Bolton Wanderers, Venkys sack manager Sam Allardyce and place first team coach Steve Kean in charge.

Steve Kean appointed manager

Dec 22, 2010

Steve Kean appointed manager until the end of season.

Kean handed 3 year contract

Jan 20, 2011

Venky's chairwomen Anuradha Desai hands Steve Kean a 3 year contract with Blackburn struggling in the Premier League.

Blackburn Survive

May 22, 2011

An emphatic 3-2 win away at Wolves on the last day of the season guarentees safety for Blackburn Rovers for at least another season.

Fans Stage Protest

Sep 17, 2011

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/9249822.Blackburn_Rovers_fans_set_to_protest_before_Gunners_clash/
Fans first protest staged against Kean after poor start to season against Arsenal at home. Rovers go onto win the game 4-3.

Further protests happening

Oct 1, 2011

After a 4-0 home defeat to Manchester City, yet again a group of around 800 Blackburn Fans protest against manager Steve Kean.

Rovers off to India

Oct 3, 2011

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-Rovers-owners-Venky-s-to-fly-fans-to-India-to-discuss-running-the-club-article801483.html
Blackburn travel to controversial tour of India and fly fans out to discuss matters with the club owners Venky's.

Blackburn win in Pune

Oct 7, 2011

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/blackburn_rovers/news/1/
Blackburn defeat Indian outfit Pune FC 3-0 in a friendly.

Yet more protests

Oct 23, 2011

After another home defeat this time losing to high flyers Tottenham, yet more protests happen after the game however numbers did decrease due to a good performance on the pitch.

Banners are BAND!

Nov 5, 2011

http://www.metro.co.uk/sport/oddballs/880811-steve-kean-out-plane-helps-blackburn-fans-foil-ewood-park-ban-on-banners
Venky’s take action and ban the banners into the ground. This leads to a fans revolt and plane flies over the ground with a Steve Kean out banner.

Contract Extension

Nov 9, 2011

Rumours escalate throughout the media that manager Steve Kean is reported to have signed a 2 year contract extension.

New Owners?

Nov 12, 2011

http://www.clicklancashire.com/sport/blackburn-rovers-fc/1210850-qatari-oil-company-planning-blackburn-rovers-takeover.html
Rumours escalate that there could be a chance a takeover bid could be launch from oil giants Qatar Petroleum.

Week of Mourning

Nov 14, 2011

http://www.lancashiretelegraph.co.uk/sport/football/blackburn_rovers/news/9365931.Our_protest_is_against_Venky_ssays_Blackburn_Rovers_protest_organiser/
Blackburn fans announcing a week of mourning as a new form of protest this time aimed at the club owners Venky's.

Takeover Rumours Quashed

Nov 15, 2011

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11676/7310555/Venky-s-No-Rovers-sale
Venky's who rarely make interactions with the media made sure that all new that there had been no contact with oil giants Qatar Petroleum and the club is not for sale.

Contract is on hold

Nov 18, 2011

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11676/7315060/
Steve Kean comes out to the media and states that his contract talks are on hold and that at the current moments results are his priority.

New Deal for Kean

Nov 25, 2011

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11676/7333081/Venky-s-backing-pleases-Kean
Steve Kean signs new deal with Blackburn Rovers, however there has been no extension in terms of the length of the contract however new clauses have been added.

Yet another loss for Blackburn

Nov 26, 2011

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11676/7335932/Kean-aims-to-win-over-fans
Blackburn lose 3-1 away to Stoke City heaping more misery on Steve Kean with again fans protesting and him to be sacked. Kean later comes out and states he is determined to win over the fans.

Kean prepared to talk with fans

Nov 28, 2011

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11676/7339179/Kean-prepared-to-meet-fans
Steve Kean has come out to the media and said that he is willing to meet fans regarding footballing matters. He also states that he will be meeting with the owners to discuss January transfer targets.

Carling Cup Exit

Nov 29, 2011

Blackburn suffer yet another defeat this time losing 2-0 away at Championship club Cardiff City in the Quarter Final stages of the Carling Cup.

Bank turns up the heat on Venky's

Nov 30, 2011

[. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/8924269/Blackburn-Rovers-owners-Venkys-under-the-microscope-as-Barclays-Bank-demands-reduction-in-clubs-debt.html](. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/8924269/Blackburn-Rovers-owners-Venkys-under-the-microscope-as-Barclays-Bank-demands-reduction-in-clubs-debt.html)Barclays bank demand that Venky's reduce the clubs 21million pound debt which they promised they would have done when they first purchased the club.

Council next in line to criticise Venky's

Nov 30, 2011

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-owners-Venky-s-under-pressure-from-local-council-and-Barclays-bank-article836706.html
Blackburn Council criticise Venky’s and want a meeting with chairwomen Anuradha Desai as the council become concerned with the day to day running of the club.

Its a fix ?

Nov 30, 2011

Steve Kean claims Blackburn forfeited the game against Cardiff with one on eye on the huge Premier League tie against Swansea.

We want a refund

Nov 30, 2011

. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-fans-demand-refund-after-Kean-admits-to-forfeiting-Cardiff-game-article836750.html
Blackburn fans who travelled to Cardiff demand a refund reacting to the managers comments of forfeiting the game.

We didn't throw the game

Dec 1, 2011

http://www1.skysports.com/football/news/11676/7344515/Kean-clears-up-forfeit-remarks
Steve Keans claims his comments where misinterpretted and that Blackburn did not forfeit the game against Cardiff.

Blackburn finally win

Dec 3, 2011

[. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-Rovers-manager-Steve-Kean-determined-to-silence-the-booing-fans-article838622.html](. http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-Rovers-manager-Steve-Kean-determined-to-silence-the-booing-fans-article838622.html)
With yet morepre match protests, Blackburn go on to defeat Swansea 4-2 with Yakubu scoring 4 goals. The game was marred by boos from Blackburn fans targeting Steve Kean when he celebrated the goal

Fans stuffed as Venky's still haven't paid up

Dec 4, 2011

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-Rovers-fans-stuffed-as-they-wait-two-months-for-Venkys-to-pay-expenses-for-India-trip-article838785.html
Several Blackburn fans are still waiting on Venky's to reimburse their expenses from the trip to Pune. They have been waiting a reported 2 months.

Top 10 not impossible

Dec 5, 2011

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-manager-Steve-Kean-confident-of-top-ten-finish-after-Swansea-win-article839047.html
Steve Kean again comes out and says his side are capable of finishing in the top 10 of the Premier League and that the current position is false.

Kean to have a kitty

Dec 7, 2011

http://www.mirrorfootball.co.uk/news/Blackburn-Steve-Kean-told-job-is-safe-by-board-but-clubs-bankers-may-not-allow-any-January-signings-article839467.html
Venky's are prepared to back Steve Kean with 10million pounds in the January transfer window, however again the bank will be closely monitoring the situation.