As a Liverpool fan its still funny how our fans celebrated with the Blackburn fans in the final day of the 94/95 season since they beat United to the league despite losing to us at Anfield

@unclejacksbluewhitearmy

12 күн бұрын

I’ve still got a Liverpool scarf I swapped with a home fan after lifting the PL trophy at Anfield that day.

@Uncle.everything

12 күн бұрын

​I wish I was born in England 😢

@vxrdrummer

7 күн бұрын

As a United fan, that was a bad day, but really exciting at the time as well. Did Jamie Redknapp score a free kick that day?

@vxrdrummer

7 күн бұрын

He just answered that question about the Redknapp free kick. DOH.

@atmeventsandmgt

Күн бұрын

blackburn had our legend in the dug out in shape of kenny daglish and then another thing they were competing with man utd and u knw wat that means if yo a liverpool fan... there hav to b celebrations

I missed ur history videos please keep doing them

@joshuamendoza1493

14 күн бұрын

Indeed bro its what made subscribe in the first place

@superslayerguy

13 күн бұрын

@@joshuamendoza1493 same bro

@TheSeppepm

8 күн бұрын

Amen Brother!

Blackburn were doing in England in the 90s, what Parma were doing in Italy, and Deportivo La Coruna were doing in Spain.

Why isn't anyone talking about Szmodics he is playing for 19th placed Blackburn (3 places off relegation) and he finished as top scorer with 27 goals (2nd had 6 less goals) beating the likes of Vardy and Armstrong and he's not even a striker. The only reason I hear about him is because he's from my country (Ireland), surely a mid-table prem team will sign him

@Crevulus

14 күн бұрын

Been our secret weapon for a while, but has been out of the limelight behind other players (Brereton-Diaz, Wharton, Gallagher). This season absolutely carried us, and no one was there to steal his shine. No way he stays.

@benficademacaufan

14 күн бұрын

He really stepped up for us this year. We were worried about not having an attacker capable of scoring often, but he stepped up and probably saved us from relegation

@basedelon

9 күн бұрын

Szmodics, a very Irish name.

@meentage

2 күн бұрын

Never heard of him what position does he play

@benficademacaufan

2 күн бұрын

@@meentage midfield/ winger

finally I can learn about what happened with Blackburn. Thank you.

Damn. I am here just 17 secs after the vid. I would like to just thank you for bringing these high quality videos. I hate to be that guy but i would like to suggest that you should open a second channel where you can talk about weekly performances, ucl, league,etc. It wouldn’t compromise the quality or format of the vids of first channel while also letting you talk about what you want.

@ellemarr7234

14 күн бұрын

Yes! I love his channel and selfishly want more content too. He’s one of the best for sure

@FootballIconic

14 күн бұрын

Hey, thanks for that! I’ve been thinking the same thing moving forward.

@fedetrex

14 күн бұрын

I disagree, I think all the videos fit nicely right here =)

Thank you for longer video. You have a gift, dont be shy to share it 😅

"Ossie Arr-diles" Tell me you're too young to remember the 80s without telling me you're too young to remember the 80s 😂

@FootballIconic

14 күн бұрын

Fair enough haha

@AnthonyScott5425

14 күн бұрын

Lol that made me chuckle too. First time I'd ever heard it pronounced like that.

@AnthonyScott5425

14 күн бұрын

@FootballIconic it's pronounced Ossie Ar-De-Lez. 👍

As a blackburn fan I absolutely loved this video mate! Unfortunately i was too young to have lived through this time of success, but i hear stories of it all the time from my older folks. One day, we will rise again💙🤍

@pietrojenkins6901

5 күн бұрын

In decades you will get back to the EPL. But in all seriousness I miss your team and Norwich City in the premier league.

As a Rovers fan, its horrible that this club is constantly declining at the hands of the venky's. The owners recently said they would only sell the club if Rovers got promoted to the Premiership. Even with the mighty John Eustace as manager, I cannot see this happen any time soon with the complete lack of reinvestment into Rovers.

@aaronkatzen4245

10 күн бұрын

i'm a man utd fan it's the same with us our decline at the hands of the horible gready glaziers who only care about themselves and lining their pockets

@Theon435

9 күн бұрын

@@aaronkatzen4245 The same ?

@colingeddes2172

5 күн бұрын

As a soton fan born and bred ive always had a soft spot for blackburn. My mum was lancastrian and as a young kid we used to go and stay with my auntie in blackburn during the summer holidays. Great memories. Early to mid 90s blackburn had a great team. King kenny and shearer won em the league. Hope they get back to the promised land again.

@lurkielurker

3 күн бұрын

As a Burnley fan, it's fucking brilliant!

@happyChappy96621

3 күн бұрын

@@aaronkatzen4245get real, Administration and relegation are real possibilities to Blackburn. “Oh no we won’t be able to spend another £80 million on an over rated winger…our clubs is ruined” That’s how you sound when you talk about the glazer vs the Venkeys

the Shearer-Sutton strike force is one of the greatest strike partnerships in England ever, change my mind

@adielquintana3847

14 күн бұрын

Nah facts

@deathkiller8

14 күн бұрын

Andy Carroll and Luis Saurez

@WCSGolf

14 күн бұрын

I agree, but closely followed by Yorke and Cole

@ryancraig1234

14 күн бұрын

Papisse Cisse and demba ba

@AnthonyScott5425

14 күн бұрын

SAS was hands down the best English strike duo, for sure.

As a New Zealander, I semi followed Blackburn Rovers because our national captain, Ryan Nelson, was a fixture and even captain for a time when they were still in the Premier League. I wish them well 🙏

@spacedoge6540

14 күн бұрын

Him and Mokoena were great

@accringtonstanley559

12 күн бұрын

Nelson was a top player for Rovers all day. Miss the Hughes days honestly. We had the ability to sign decent names like McCarthy and Santa Cruz (from Bayern) we were big boys in the day

@Dude0000

12 күн бұрын

@@accringtonstanley559 Accy Stanley’s journey is equally as crazy, if not more so. Nelson was a rock at the back, but I sold programmes at Ewood the year they won the league. It was a surreal time. Almost like a dream.

@spacedoge6540

11 күн бұрын

​@@accringtonstanley559 I used to use my mates dads season ticket back then

@zdsrtgnzetmyet

9 күн бұрын

Same! Haha

As a United fan my main view of Blackburn Rovers is that goddamn Brad Friedel, who always seemed like the best goalie in the world whenever he played against United! Especially that game where I genuinely gave up on anyone beating him until Scholes got the ball on the edge of the area and sat multiple defenders on their asses before scoring; it might just be the most relief I've ever felt watching football!

@mrartdeco

14 күн бұрын

You will probably lose against Blackburn now if they don’t hurry fix the medical team and sack Erik Ten Reasons

@danarmstrong8460

13 күн бұрын

@@mrartdeco You clearly haven't seen us play this season if you think United are that poor 😂.

@korganrocks3995

13 күн бұрын

@@mrartdeco United over the last decade have basically been flipping a coin before each game on whether they're gonna win or lose, no matter the quality of the opposition. I gave up on trying to find any kind of logic to this damn team years ago! 😄

@basedelon

9 күн бұрын

I also remember that Villa game in 2009, Friedel was saving everything it seemed and we were 2-0 down also. Came back to win 3-2, that famous Macheda goal!

@korganrocks3995

8 күн бұрын

@@basedelon I love how Macheda lost the ball, it bounces out to Giggs, and immediately Macheda was demanding a pass. Really thought he'd become a star with that kind of mentality, shame it didn't happen. Still, we'll always have that Machedaaaaaa moment, those are the moments you watch live sports to experience!

The streets wont forget this team. I remember they were such a mainstay when i was growing up as a kid then boom eventually they just went down and never went back up just constantly fighting in the divisions below the PL. Fantastic video as always bro 👊🏿💜

@SonnyK248

13 күн бұрын

Kenny deserves a tone of credit though. Most of those players tanked after leaving Blackburn. Like in the late 90's Wilcox, Batty, Sherwood, Ripley, Sutton, Hendry and co were all still playing and most of them were still in their 20's or at the very least early 30's but no one really saw them as guys who could be on title winning teams. Arsenal, United and Liverpool weren't looking at them. If you put that team back together in 99, even with Shearer it wouldn't get near a title.

@TheOnlyTaps

13 күн бұрын

@@SonnyK248 Very true 🎯💯

@jdevlin1910

12 күн бұрын

Very true, looking back now and especially if you weren't around then the story seems wild but at the time they were just one of the big boys for a time and there wasn't any strange feeling about it. Some great games between them and Man Utd.

@TheOnlyTaps

12 күн бұрын

@@jdevlin1910 Yep in that 90s era them and Newcastle were just constantly there in the convoys before Chelsea and City got money and took their spots

as a Blackburn fan, I'm very impressed with the research you have done here. When Venky's came in, the club was in a situation where it needed to be sold. The best option was deemed to be Venky's and they relied too much on advice from the wrong people - this story itself is worth a video. On a more positive note, Sammy Szmodics, became the first Blackburn player since Shearer to score 30+ goals this season. It would be great to keep him at the club for another season, but at the same time, he deserves a crack at Premier League

@neilbiggs1353

14 күн бұрын

As an outsider, I'm slightly disappointed with Venky's. One of the things that really set United on the path to greatness was the way their board went out to build up their commercial partnerships globally, and their commercial advantage is still massive to this day. I'd love to see a video go in to that as it's not often discussed (probably because people don't like thinking of clubs as businesses), because for me this is a key difference between the early Premier League winners. Jack Walker subsidised Rovers, the United owners built the business. This is what intrigued me about Venky's, in that given the number of people of a heritage that traces back to the Indian subcontinent in the area, it seemed like this was a chance to try and build a commercial profile for the club in India, and maybe the other surrounding countries too.What would it mean for example if Blackburn started to develop a number of players in their academy who could represent India in international football? From the outside though, they just seem to be typical owners who don't have a coherent vision of what they can do to take the club forward.

@HoldenMagroin2

13 күн бұрын

Yeah Andersons advice fucked us..

@aaronkatzen4245

10 күн бұрын

that peterbough utd team produces really good attacking players

Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton which resulted in more than 50 goals between the two of them, Blackburn won the Premier League in 1995 That Cinderella story was, however, the end of Blackburn's time in the spotlight. Chris Sutton got injured whereas key players like David Batty and Alan Shearer, were grabbed by other clubs. The passing of Jack Walker in 2000 would mean that Blackburn no longer had the same economical strength.

I remember it being a real joy to watch Blackburn... even though I'm a United supporter. As a fan of the USMNT, and being a keeper myself at the time, I really looked up to Friedel. And I know what you're all thinking, but I'm a football (not soccer) fan.

These longer videos on clubs history are really good you should keep doing them 👍👍

Blackburn was such a promising club at its peak, that as tragic as it was, it really shouldn't come as a surprise that they fell off so quickly. The light that is twice as bright always burns half as long without proper facilitation. Still, it's crazy to think about what could have been had Blackburn just made the right adjustments to their personnel.

My current football manager 24 save is Blackburn Rovers and we won the treble. Worry not...they will rise again (in 2038, specifically) lmao

@benficademacaufan

14 күн бұрын

Pretty good 👍

Bro you’re a great story teller. I can’t imagine the work you put in. I hope you are receiving the rewards and keep going.

Your channel was one of the first to help me learn way more about football's history. Not surprised that your longest video to date was just as engaging and fun as your shorter ones. Superb.

Thank you for bringing some news to our town and club in the lancashire hills! Everyone seems to forget about little old blackburn, be we still are a giant in waiting 💙🤍

wonderful stuff as usual. undeniably the best football content on KZread!

Thoroughly enjoyable video. I now have a new appreciation for Jack Walker and what he managed to achieve in his lifetime.

Really enjoyed this . Awesome work♥️🤝

Probably your best video yet. Really good 👍

Your videos make me love football again and again and again. Love these history pieces! Keep up the great work!!

these videos are something else man, truly beautiful storytelling

Loving your series on classic teams/moments in football history

Unrelated to the video but I’ve been watching you since 2021 and I find it great that you’re getting the viewers you deserve to be getting, great job man

This was excellent. Thanks for the trip down memory lane. I would love a similar piece on my favorite Newcastle United.

Wow! Such a great video. A tale well told. Many thanks

Beautiful video, thank you

God I’ve missed these video essays, no one does them like you man, looking forward to your Euros content as well

Great video man, you're a cut above the rest!

My guy your videos are really great!!! I am a passive football watcher but i have notifications set up for all your essays. Love your work

Awesome video Bro 🔥 Besides the Benni Mccarthy era, didn't know much about the teams history. Very insightful

As an Indian I am really sorry on behalf of Venky’s for ruining Blackburn. When they bought Blackburn I was very excited they will visit India for pre season and help the club develop following outside England but that never happened and club went backwards only. 😢

@callumrobinson4137

14 күн бұрын

As a rovers fan from blackburn, no need to be sorry the venkys had bad advice not bad intentions we will be back at some point 😊

@user-ll7zs8pg9d

6 күн бұрын

​@callumrobinson4137 no we won't be back under them your a gob shite

Incredible video. Thank you

FOOTBALL ICONIC IS SO ICONIC😭I ALWAYS LOOK FORWARD TO UR VIDEOS BRO...

I enjoy the longer expositionary video style man.........hungry for more of them.

Thanks for this video on our club. You've researched this well!

This would be my first time commenting on your video. You are really doing an awesome job. Keep it.

Could you do a video on the nearly men of Leeds united 1998-2004?

An excellent, well researched video as always! As a Rovers fan, it warms my heart to see Uncle Jack recognised on KZread in 2024 for his unwavering commitment to his boyhood club. Thank you If the mood strikes, although I’m sure it would be a ton of work, I’d love to see you cover the Venkys saga. As you said it’s very complicated but it’s definitely an interesting insight into how not to run local football club Thanks again for the great videos 💙🤍

As a Blackburn Rovers season ticket holder,thanks for a brilliant video on the history of my club. A lot of research has been done by yourself to produce this quality insight into Rovers history. Much appreciated,cheers.

Quality essay, keep it up lads!

Fantastic video, thank you from a Blackburn fan .

Excellent video, I like how you spoke about their rich history.

Awesome video!

Wow this bgm and docu vids are what makes Football Iconic great.

Love these videos, I wouldn’t mind watching an even longer and more in depth video like this Keep it up T😘

@FootballIconic

13 күн бұрын

Thanks. That's the longterm plan!

@mktf5582

12 күн бұрын

@@FootballIconic Yes please keep doing doc's like these, Paisley's Liverpool - Busby's Babes - Chapman's Arsenal.

Great stuff! Keep it up

man, I missed seeing these guys in the prem... nostalgic times❤ 🔥

Think I speak for everyone when I say I like these long form video essays, should do more of them

great video

Blackburn were a fixture of the Premier League for so many years, would like to see them back but it seems so odd looking back on them now. Always had the ability to cause some shocks even long after the league winning team were gone.

Thank you for sharing my clubs history.. good and bad

Nostaligic type of video I love it, now missing the "how GOOD was..." series again 😝

Dont get me wrong, i love your channel and pretty much every single video but i appreciate these historical videos a bit more than the reaction ones. Those are great, i just would like a bit more documentary ones.

As a Newcastle fan 24:33 absolutely kills me what were we doing 😂🤦‍♂️

love this guy

@FootballIconic

14 күн бұрын

No, u

You neglected to mention that in the 1960 final, Dave Whelan* broke his leg and substitutes weren't a thing. That's a major reason why they decided to introduce them. And why Wolves managed to win 3-0. It was 10 v 11 most of the match on the huge Wembley pitch. *yes, the Wigan Athletic owner who got them into the Premier League, and owner of a huge sports shop chain, DW Sports (among other names).

As a Blackburn fan from the South East who has followed since the Mark Hughes era of David Bentley and David Dunn I'm so happy to see this video. I feel like so much focus is put on the big teams in the Premier league, which is fair enough capture the main audience. But none the less its still refreshing. For those wondering why I chose to say I'm from the South East, I couldn't tell you the amount of times ive been asked ive been asked why Blackburn am I from there. Not at all but we cant all support the big teams otherwise it makes for a boring game.

so great to see a video on my club hopefully Rovers will return to the top flight in the future 💙🤍

@user-ll7zs8pg9d

6 күн бұрын

Not under venkys we won't

Looking back if Blackburn were able to make it work and become a Premier League force in the 90's and genuine competition to United imagine what they'd be today. The Manchester United we know today was built on the foundations of that 90's success. If Blackburn were able to win a couple more titles in the 90's then maybe they could have also become a global brand just like United and be worth billions today.

More longform videos pleas Tinashe!

Blackburn have the greatest badge of every team on the isles

when i think about Black burn rovers i immediately remember Morten Gamst Pedersen , back then dont give black burn a free kick 🤣🤣🤣

I saw Blackburn twice at Wembley in 95 and 96, and they were very, very good.

This was fantastic, Tinashe. As a minor note of interest, leaving school at the age of 14 was commonplace during the era of Jack Walker's childhood. My Grandfathers both did the same. You have to remember that this was not yet the era of University grants (or the more recent student loans). Even if you were bright, most could not afford to go to University.

Please do a video on Daniel Sturridge’s career. He’s had ups and downs and scandals toward the end. A great player at his peak.

I miss that small period where there was a top 8 instead of a top 6, because Bolton and Blackburn were dangerous.

Wasn't there during there PL winning season but always remember Pederson for Blackburn had a wonder left peg

I started my first ever FM save with Blackburn. 13 years later and they’re back!

Unrelated, I find it interesting that Rovers (i.e Blackburn and Bristol) carry the same meaning as Wanderers (i.e Wolves, Bolton, Wycombe)

Blackburn fan here.... we need the Venkys gone and we will be back!

That moustache line... Wow. Stitches.

Jack Walker ❤❤😢

If you'd tell Burnley fans in 1995 who back then finished 22nd in the championship that they would be premier League and Blackburn will be in the championship relegation battle in just 30 years time they would be very surprised.

I love this club,greetings from Czech republic.

Blackburn olympic thanks for giving create a club career mode idea

To be fair, Jack Walker and what he did with Blackburn Rovers in 1995 set a dangerous president that would eventually lead to clubs like Chelsea, Man City, PSG ect... As much as people want to try and deny it, it still worked., others saw that buying success was possible and they started, thats why we eventually got FFP, it all started with Rovers in 1995.

3:28 the Team photos back then 👌🏻

Something that 90 Minutes magazine said back in 1997 that stays with me: 'do you think there's a lock up garage somewhere in South East London containing a skip full of Blackburn Shirts with Shearer on the back?'

A little fact for you, After blackburn won the FA cup for the third time running, the FA couldn't let us keep the trophy, so as compensation, we are the only club in England that are allowed to have our club crest on all 4 corner flags, not just 3 like other clubs do

You should do a video On AFC Wimbledon & MK Don

Rock on my brother!!! Glory Glory Man United!!!

20:59 Damn Cole Palmer looks a little different there

Please do the rise the fall and rise again of Newcastle

Babe, wake up, football iconic just dropped a new vid

I wouldnt have mind just hearing the full detail

OG vids are BACK!

As a Burnley fan, I am still glad Blackburn didn’t get relegated this season. The east lancs derby is a banging experience and I can’t wait for it to happen again

I was just watching a video about Tim Flowers then this video popped up.

@FootballIconic

14 күн бұрын

Weird coincidence haha

Idk why but for some reason your voice reminds me of Stewie Griffin lol hell of a video tho great production great pacing all around just great

Good watch, but it is painful to see the decline.

In 10 years you will need to make a video like this about united

Maybe you should make a video about another champion that disappeared - man unt