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CRYING FOWL

by
The Late Tackle Magazine Team
7 November 2012

Since chicken farmers Venky’s took control, it’s been a clucking mess at Ewood Park. But TIM ALDRED says there’s still time for the owners to find their wings at Blackburn

HANDS up if you’d heard of Venky’s before November 19, 2010. That was the day the Rao family signed on the dotted line to take control of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
That was the day the Rao family signed on the dotted line to take control of Blackburn Rovers Football Club.
The entrepreneurial Indian family arrived at the one-time Premier League champions in search of fame and fortu...

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