Blackburn Rovers relegated from the Premier League

Blackburn are relegated to the Championship after failing to beat Wigan at Ewood Park.

By Joe Fish, Reporter

Published: May 7 2012 | 21:53

Last updated: May 8 2012 | 08:29

Blackburn Rovers have been relegated from the Premier League after losing 1-0 to Wigan Athletic at Ewood Park tonight.

Steve Kean's side were six points adrift of safety prior to kickoff and needed to record victories in their final two games to have any chance of survival.

However, that wasn't to be the case as Rovers were beaten 1-0 by the Latics, who secured their own top-flight status with the win.

The result now leaves Blackburn with an irrecoverable five-point deficit to Queens Park Rangers in 17th, with just one game remaining.

The former Premier League champions now face Championship football next season after an 11-year spell playing among England's elite.

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Premier League Table

	Team	P	W	D	L	F	A	GD	PTS
1	Sheffield United Sheff Utd	17	11	4	2	24	9	15	35
2	Burnley	17	9	6	2	21	6	15	33
3	Sunderland	17	9	6	2	26	12	14	33
4	Leeds United Leeds	16	9	5	2	28	12	16	32
5	Watford	17	9	2	6	26	24	2	29
6	Middlesbrough	16	8	3	5	29	19	10	27
7	West Bromwich Albion West Brom	17	6	9	2	18	11	7	27
8	Millwall	16	6	6	4	19	14	5	24
9	Norwich City Norwich	17	5	7	5	31	25	6	22
10	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn	15	6	4	5	19	17	2	22
11	Bristol City	17	5	7	5	20	21	-1	22
12	Sheffield Wednesday Sheff Weds	17	6	4	7	20	26	-6	22
13	Stoke City Stoke	17	5	6	6	19	20	-1	21
14	Derby County Derby	16	5	5	6	20	20	0	20
15	Swansea City Swansea	16	5	4	7	14	14	0	19
16	Luton Town Luton	16	5	3	8	18	26	-8	18
17	Coventry City Coventry	17	4	5	8	22	25	-3	17
18	Oxford United Oxford Utd	17	4	5	8	19	27	-8	17
19	Preston North End Preston	17	3	8	6	16	24	-8	17
20	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth	17	4	5	8	18	34	-16	17
21	Cardiff City Cardiff	16	4	4	8	15	24	-9	16
22	Hull City	17	3	6	8	16	23	-7	15
23	Portsmouth	15	2	6	7	16	28	-12	12
24	Queens Park Rangers QPR	16	1	8	7	13	26	-13	11