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BLACKBURN RVRS 1979-80

DIVISION THREE RUNNERS-UP
WHERE ARE THEY NOW?

By Neil Fissler
SIMON GARNER admits Blackburn Rovers couldn’t wait to get out of the Third Division and put some pride back into the club following their relegation 12 months earlier.
Garner, who is the club’s record scorer, says the board gambled by bringing in bigname players along with player-boss Howard Kendall.
But they spent the first three months of the season near the foot of the table, and a defeat against Millwall in early November left them in 20th place.
A win over Chester City the following week saw them start to c...

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