Ahead of that game new manager Michael Appleton called for peace after the disruptions of the previous Saturday when the owners showed their faces as they stepped out of their Rolls Royce cars.
They left early and weren't bothering with the Brighton game and Appleton reckoned that was a good thing. What a pity Mrs Desai and her entourage weren't there, and to the end, as Brighton equalised with a 97th minute penalty.
Blackburn are one of just five Championship clubs through to the fifth round of the FA Cup. Millwall got there on Friday, beating Aston Villa, a club who don't just lose to Premier League clubs. Barnsley and Middlesbrough joined them on Saturday and Leeds made it five yesterday but five will become six when Huddersfield and Leicester meet again in a replay next week.
There seemed to be some surprise at Millwall opting to play on the Friday rather than Saturday with the game not televised but the club explained the situation. On the Saturday there was a demonstration being held against proposed cuts to vital services at Lewisham Hospital.
Millwall Football Club are supporting the campaign against the closures of the A&E department, maternity ward and the children's wards as well as a range of elderly care departments.
It's so easy to have a go at Millwall because of incidents that never seem to be so far away, and there was another on Friday apparently as a Mr Scholes, an assistant referee apparently, was targeted. But there should be real praise for the club for getting behind the community in this way.
Because of the cup and the reduced number of league games we were able to retain 8th place despite the defeat against Birmingham.
The late goal was probably no surprise given that there were three goals scored in all five games played and that it went Birmingham's way too with only one home win recorded, that at Ashton Gate where bottom club Bristol City beat Ipswich. One more goal and they'd have moved off the bottom and above Barnsley on goal difference.
Finally congratulations to Watford's Matej Vydra. The 20-year-old Czech Republic international who is on loan to Watford from parent club Udinese, is in sensational goalscoring form. He scored twice in their 3-0 win at Nottingham Forest.
Since their draw at Burnley they have won five out of six games. Vydra has not only scored in five of those games but has scored twice in five of them. Those recent goals have now taken him to 18 for the season leaving him behind just Glenn Murray of Crystal Palace and our own Charlie Austin.
The latest results are below along with the usual stats and the next fixtures.
| The Results | |
| Tuesday 22nd January | |
| Blackburn Rovers 1 Brighton & Hove Albion 1 | |
| Saturday 26th January | |
| Bristol City 2 Ipswich Town 1 | Nottingham Forest 0 Watford 3 |
| Burnley 1 Birmingham City 2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers 1 Blackpool 2 |
| Charlton Athletic 1 Sheffield Wednesday 2 | |
| The Stats | |
| Biggest Win | Watford 3-0 v Nottingham Forest (away) |
| Total Goals Scored | 17 (6 home - 11 away) |
|
Player Scoring Most Goals |
Tom Ince (Blackpool) Matej Vydra (Watford) |
| Highest Attendance | 20,732 - Nottingham Forest v Watford |
| Lowest Attendance | 11,576 - Burnley v Birmiingham City |
| Total Yellow Cards | 18 |
| Total Red Cards | 2 |
| Most Cards in a Game | Blackburn Rovers v Brighton & Hove Albion (6Y) Ref: Bobby Madley |
| Leading Goalscorers (League Only) | |
| 22 | Glenn Murray (Crystal Palace) - includes 7 penalties |
| 20 | Charlie Austin (Burnley) - includes 3 penalties |
| 18 | Jordan Rhodes (Blackburn Rovers) - includes 2 penalties, 2 with Huddersfield Town Matej Vydra (Watford) - includes 2 penalties |
| 16 | Chris Wood (Leicester City) - 11 with Millwall |
| 15 | Luciano Becchio (Leeds United) - includes 4 penalties Tom Ince (Blackpool) - includes 3 penalties |
| 13 | Marlon King (Birmingham City) - includes 3 penalties David Nugent (Leicester City) - includes 1 penalty |
| 12 | Troy Deeney (Watford) - includes 2 penalties |
| 11 | Craig Mackail-Smith (Brighton & Hove Albion) - includes 2 penalties |
| 10 | DJ Campbell (Ipswich Town) Sylvan Ebanks-Blake (Wolverhampton Wanderers) - includes 2 penalties Scott McDonald (Middlesbrough) |
| 9 | Sam Baldock (Bristol City) - includes 4 penalties Steven Davies (Bristol City) - includes 2 penalties Billy Sharp (Nottingham Forest) - includes 2 penalties |
| 8 | Sone Aluko (Hull City) Craig Davies (Bolton Wanderers) - includes 1 penalty, 8 with Barnsley Lukas Jutkiewicz (Middlesbrough) Theo Robinson (Derby County) |
| Hat Tricks | |
| Date | Player & Game |
| 01/09/12 | 3: Pete Whittingham - CARDIFF CITY v Wolverhampton Wanderers |
| 15/09/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Peterborough United |
| 22/09/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Cardiff City |
| 22/09/12 | 4: Craig Davies - Birmingham City v BARNSLEY |
| 23/09/12 | 3: David Nugent - LEICESTER CITY v Hull City |
| 29/09/12 | 3: Emile Sinclair - Hull City v PETERBOROUGH UNITED |
| 02/10/12 | 3: Charlie Austin - BURNLEY v Sheffield Wednesday |
| 23/10/12 | 3: Marlon King - Millwall v BIRMINGHAM CITY |
| 06/11/12 | 3: Glenn Murray - CRYSTAL PALACE v Ipswich Town |
| 17/11/12 | 3: Jordan Rhodes - Peterborough United v BLACKBURN ROVERS |
| 12/01/13 | 3: Chris Wood - Bristol City v LEICESTER CITY |
| Disciplinary Record (League and Cup) | |||||||||
| Club | Y | R | Y | R | Club | Y | R | Y | R |
| League | Total | League | Total | ||||||
| Barnsley | 38 | 1 | 45 | 2 | Huddersfield Town | 51 | 4 | 59 | 4 |
| Birmingham City | 42 | 3 | 46 | 3 | Hull City | 32 | 1 | 35 | 2 |
| Blackburn Rovers | 39 | 0 | 44 | 0 | Ipswich Town | 35 | 0 | 37 | 0 |
| Blackpool | 37 | 0 | 39 | 0 | Leeds United | 46 | 2 | 56 | 2 |
| Bolton Wanderers | 52 | 1 | 56 | 1 | Leicester City | 31 | 1 | 33 | 1 |
| Brighton & Hove Albion | 41 | 1 | 46 | 1 | Middlesbrough | 36 | 0 | 46 | 0 |
| Bristol City | 38 | 0 | 41 | 0 | Millwall | 49 | 2 | 54 | 2 |
| Burnley | 52 | 2 | 60 | 3 | Nottingham Forest | 47 | 4 | 47 | 5 |
| Cardiff City | 48 | 2 | 51 | 2 | Peterborough United | 43 | 1 | 46 | 1 |
| Charlton Athletic | 43 | 1 | 44 | 2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 50 | 1 | 56 | 1 |
| Crystal Palace | 39 | 2 | 50 | 2 | Watford | 51 | 4 | 54 | 4 |
| Derby County | 35 | 1 | 36 | 1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 33 | 2 | 37 | 2 |
| Highest and Lowest Attendances | |||
| Highest | Lowest | ||
| Att | Fixture | Att | Fixture |
| 33,010 | Derby County v Nottingham Forest (19/01) | 5,435 | Peterborough United v Bristol City (18/09) |
| 28,707 | Nottingham Forest v Derby County (30/09) | 5,633 | Peterborough United v Blackpool (01/12) |
| 28,595 | Wolverhampton W v Ipswich Town (29/12) | 5,997 | Peterborough Utd v Blackburn Rovers (17/11) |
| 28,582 | Sheffield Wednesday v Leeds United (19/10) | 6,188 | Peterborough United v Millwall (21/08) |
| 28,229 | Middlesbrough v Sheffield Wednesday (09/11) | 6,214 | Peterborough United v Hull City (19/01) |
| 27,437 | Derby County v Sheffield Wednesday (18/08) | 6,348 | Peterborough Utd v Huddersfield Town(23/10) |
| 26,727 | Brighton & Hove Albion v Watford (29/12) | 6,600 | Peterborough Utd v Bolton Wand (23/12) |
| 26,684 | Brighton & HA v Nottingham Forest (15/12) | 6,612 | Peterborough Utd v Middlesbrough (08/12) |
| 26,670 | Nottingham Forest v Leeds United (26/12) | 7,339 | Peterborough Utd v Barnsley (01/01) |
| 26,598 | Sheffield Wed v Bolton Wanderers (22/09) | 8,088 | Barnsley v Bristol City (01/09) |
| The Next Fixtures | |
| Tuesday 29th January | |
| Barnsley v Millwall | Bristol City v Watford |
| Wednesday 30th January | |
| Huddersfield Town v Crystal Palace | |
| Thursday 31st January | |
| Leicester City v Wolverhampton Wanderers | |
| Saturday 2nd February | |
| Birmingham City v Nottingham Forest | Leeds United v Cardiff City |
| Blackburn Rovers v Bristol City | Millwall v Hull City |
| Blackpool v Barnsley | Peterborough United v Burnley |
| Crystal Palace v Charlton Athletic | Sheffield Wednesday v Brighton & Hove Albion |
| Derby County v Huddersfield Town | Watford v Bolton Wanderers |
| Ipswich Town v Middlesbrough | |