The Title Winning Season in Review: Blackburn (A) November 11th
By: Nick | June 19th, 2007Ewood Park is hardly the easiest place in the league to visit, so to sneak a one nil win was a hugely significant result.
Driving rain and wind would hurt the entertainment value, so the match is perhaps best remembered for evidence of a slight thawing in rival supporter acrimony towards Ronaldo.
Duly noted in The Guardian’s match report:
“World poverty might be wiped out before some football fans will bring themselves to acknowledge Ronaldo’s more endearing traits but the applause was sustained and perhaps also unprecedented. Supporters the length and breadth of the country have tried to break his soul but, having failed so miserably, this was the first public recognition (outside Manchester) for the strength of character Ronaldo has shown since his World Cup ended with the Sun newspaper superimposing his face on a dartboard and a publicly stated desire to leave behind this country of rain and recrimination”.
Cristiano Ronaldo 1 — Brain Dead Fans 0
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