An Assistant Headteacher, a 7-0 Hammering and the Son of Santiago – How Blackburn Are Fighting to Reach the Big Time

On May 7th 2012, Anatolín Alcaraz headed home a Jean Beausejour corner to secure a 1-0 victory for Wigan over Blackburn Rovers – confirming the Latics’ Premier League survival, while condemning their local rivals to relegation.   It signified Blackburn’s first relegation in over ten years, but that wasn’t the start, nor the end, of…