Pressing Matters Classics: Wigan 5-3 Blackburn 07/08

About this episode

The episode revisits a thrilling 8-goal Premier League match between Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers from the 2007/08 season.

In late 2007, Fabio Capello became England Manager, a global recession dawned, and smoking was banned in public spaces, but it wasn't all doom and gloom as an 8-goal thriller played out at the JJB Stadium. Join Toby and Luke as we rewatch this classic Premier League fixture between Wigan Athletic and Blackburn Rovers. Unforgettable names such as Emile Heskey, Benni McCarthy, and Emmerson Boyce star in this game that Sky Sports called "amazing" and the Guardian described "as if these sides forgot they were playing in the Premier League". Watch more of Luke at @cockereltalkpod on YouTube. Want us to answer your questions? Contact us at pressingmatterspod@gmail.com Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Hosts: Toby, Luke

Topics covered

• Premier League
• soccer
• Wigan Athletic
• Blackburn Rovers
• football history
• classic matches

Keywords

• Wigan Athletic
• Blackburn Rovers
• Premier League
• Fabio Capello
• Emile Heskey
• football
• soccer history
• 8-goal thriller

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Sky Sports, the Guardian

Places: JJB Stadium

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