F.A. Cup: Burnley 0-0 Blackburn
Burnley 0-0 Blckbrn
By Tom Pickup
February 20 2005
Burnley battled with local rivals and Premiership side Blackburn to achieve a well earned 0-0 stalemate at Turf Moor in the 5th round of the F.A. Cup. Burnley will now face a tough replay against the Premiership outfit at Ewood Park away on the 1st of March 2005.
Burnley have managed to stay in the hat for the draw for the Quater-Final's of the F.A. Cup with a 0-0 draw against local rivals Blackburn.
TEAM NEWS
There were 3 main changes to the line-up against Crewe, with Ian Moore returning from a slight cold replacing Graham Branch upfront. Other changes included the return of the 19-year old Aston Villa defender on loan at the Turf, Gary Cahill coming to the central defence and John Oster on the bench along with Lee Roche, Graham Branch, Danny Coyne and Joel Pilkington.
Burnley:
Jensen
Sinclair Cahill McGreal Camara
Duff Hyde Grant Wittingham Valois
Moore
Subs:Lee Roche, Graham Branch, John Oster, Danny Coyne, Joel Pilkington.
The Blackburn side lined up strong, with a near full team, Mark Hughes was clearly taking no chances with Burnley after the Clarets knocked out Liverpool earlier on in the competition, the ex-Wales and now Blackburn manager will have his eye on stopping Burnley's progress through the cup and getting his side in the hat for the 5th Round. The team were:
Blackburn:
Friedel
Neill Todd Nelsen Johansson
Emerton Tugay Savage Pedersen
Dickov Gallagher
Subs: Reid, Johnson, Thompson, Mokena, Enckleman.
The Referee for this game will be Mr. M Dean (Wirral).
THE GAME
FIRST HALF:
The game was never going to be a pleasant one, this theory was confirmed after under a minute, by that