'Unbelievable Night': Charlton Athletic boss Nathan Jones has impressive Blackburn Rovers record

Charlton Athletic go into this weekend’s Championship fixture against Blackburn Rovers buoyed by an impressive late win over Sheffield United and there are unlikely to be many opponents that manager Nathan Jones is more excited to face.

Isaac Olaofe helped the Addicks to a second league win of the season with a 90th minute winner at Bramall Lane, adding to the Blades’ misery this term and lifting the London outfit to 12th in the table. Next up for Charlton Athletic is the visit of Blackburn Rovers to The Valley on Saturday afternoon.

The visitors secured their own 1-0 win away from home at Watford last time out, also their second league triumph of the season, but supporters will not have the best memories of facing Jones. The Charlton Athletic manager has taken on Rovers seven times in his career, only losing once.

Charlton Athletic host Blackburn Rovers this weekend

In those outings, Jones’ side has kept a clean sheet on three occasions with the only defeat coming while at Luton Town in a 1-0 loss away from home during the 2020/21 campaign. The last time the Welshman took on Blackburn Rovers was in September 2022 with the Hatters, a match he won 2-0 at Kenilworth Road.

Not only is the Addicks manager’s record against the upcoming opponents impressive but he enjoyed one of his most memorable nights in football when facing Blackburn Rovers. That came in 2020, with Luton Town securing their Championship status for a second season that year.

Two Rovers own goals helped Jones’ side to a 3-2 victory that night in front of an empty Kenilworth Road, due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking after the game, Jones said: "I'm so proud of them, I'm devastated there was not a full house to see it as if there was, this would be one of the great, great nights at Kenilworth Road and I'm so proud to be manager of the club, that sums it up for me.

Nathan Jones holds impressive record against Rovers

"It was weird as Blackburn went from pure football to the crazy gang of Wimbledon in the space of a minute. We had to show a real diversity that we could be organised, we could press, score goals and then compete.

"Matty Pearson came on when he should have been out for six weeks - but he wanted to see us over the line and that just shows the group we've got. An unbelievable group and an unbelievable night, I'm so proud of everyone involved."

The Charlton Athletic manager will no doubt be hoping to continue his impressive record and make more memories at The Valley this weekend. Speaking about the Addicks faithful following the win against Sheffield United, he said: “The fans were magnificent. To bring 2,000 supporters up here, in the rain, after all the travel difficulties – it shows their commitment. We could hear them all game and to celebrate with them at the end was brilliant.

“There’s a real rapport building between this team and the fans, and we’re proud of that. They’re a huge part of what we want to build here.”

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