West Ham United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: result and report

Premier League · Sunday 29 October 2006

Result

West Ham United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers

Premier League · Sunday 29 October 2006, 15:00 UTC · half-time 1-0

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West Ham United 2-1 Blackburn Rovers: match report

West Ham United defeated Blackburn Rovers 2-1 in the Premier League on Sunday 29 October 2006. The half-time score was 1-0.

Teddy Sheringham opened the scoring in the 20th minute. West Ham United's goals came from Teddy Sheringham (20') and Hayden Mullins (79'). Blackburn Rovers scored through Daniel Bentley (90+2').

Discipline: West Ham United received 1 yellow card; Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card.

Going into the game West Ham United were 19th on 5 points from 9 and Blackburn Rovers 11th on 12 points from 9. West Ham United went on to finish that season 15th with 41 points, and Blackburn Rovers 10th with 52.

Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 3 West Ham United wins, 1 draw and 2 for Blackburn Rovers.

Going into the match West Ham United's last five read L-L-L-L-L and Blackburn Rovers's L-D-W-W-W.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 0'Yellow card · Sergio PeterBlackburn Rovers
  • 20'Goal · Teddy SheringhamWest Ham United · 1-0
  • 22'Yellow card · George McCartneyWest Ham United
  • 79'Goal · Hayden MullinsWest Ham United · 2-0
  • 90+2'Goal · Daniel BentleyBlackburn Rovers · 2-1

Head-to-head

6 meetings: West Ham United 3, draws 1, Blackburn Rovers 2.

Team news

West Ham United line-up

Robert Green, Danny Gabbidon, Anton Ferdinand, George McCartney, Jonathan Spector, Yossi Benayoun, Nigel Reo-Coker, Bobby Zamora, Teddy Sheringham, Matthew Etherington, Hayden Mullins

Blackburn Rovers line-up

Lucas Neill, Zurab Khizanishvili, Aaron Mokoena, Andre Ooijer, Michael Gray, Tugay Kerimoglu, Daniel Bentley, Sergio Peter, Jason Roberts, Brad Friedel, B. McCarthy