Our progress over the past 5 years

[homeless kid]

Our line up in the first league game of the last 4 years:


2008 Blackburn away 0-1
Gordon,
Whitehead, McShane, Higginbotham, Collins,
Miller, Yorke(sent off 71), Richardson (Waghorn, 82) , Wallace (Cole, 82) , Jones ( Leadbitter, 46 ) , Murphy
Subs not used: Ward, Kavanagh,

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2009 Middlesbrough away 1-1
Fulop,
Chimbonda, Nosworthy, Ferdinand, Collins,
Malbranque (Edwards, 54) , Whitehead, Richardson (Healy, 80) , Diouf (Reid, 67)
Cisse, Jones
Subs not used: Colgan, Tainio, Murphy, Yorke,

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2010 Chelsea away 2-7
Fulop,
Bardsley, Da Silva, Cana McCartney,
Meyler, Henderson, Malbranque ( Zenden, 45 ) , Murphy (Campbell, 73)
Bent , Jones
Subs not used: Carson, Healy, Liddle, Noble,

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2011 Blackburn home 3-0
Gordon,
Bramble, Ferdinand, Bardsley, Richardson,
Al Muhammadi (Angeleri, 86 ) , Meyler, Henderson, Malbranque,
Bent (Gyan, 82 ) , Welbeck (Zenden, 69 )
Subs not used: Da Silva,Riveros,Mignolet,Co ok,
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Getting better each year I reckon. Looking at the team in our first season back up:

Gordon - much improved over the past couple of seasons
Whitehead - playing rugby at Stoke
McShane - Championship with Hull
Higginbotham - playing rugby at Stoke
Collins - rugby at Stoke
Miller - SPL with Hibs
Yorke - retired
Richardson - still frustrating like
(Waghorn, 82) - Championship with Leicester
Wallace - Chamionship with Burnley
(Cole, 82) - retired
Jones - rugby at Stoke
( Leadbitter, 46 ) - Championship with Ipswich
Murphy - SPL with Celtic

Should probably say that it was quite an achievement from Keane to keep us up.