Rovers close in on sorry Cherries
By John Lyons

FIRST BLOOD: Blackburn midfielder John Buckley scores the opener in their 4-0 romp against Birmingham
PICTURE: Alamy

BRILLIANT Blackburn steamed into the Championship promotion fight with a thumping 4-0 win against Birmingham – as second-placed Bournemouth crashed again at Middlesbrough.
On a weekend when more than half of the EFL programme fell victim to Covid, Tony Mowbray’s Rovers took advantage to climb to third place, just a point behind the Cherries.
John Buckley set Rovers on their way before Reda Khadra and two fro...