Championship game ABANDONED minutes before full-time as players taken off pitch

Blackburn Rovers' game against Ipswich Town was postponed due to a waterlogged pitch in the 80th minute on Saturday afternoon following heavy rainfall at Ewood Park.

The hosts were leading 1-0 at the time when the players were taken off the pitch by the referee. Rovers' official X account posted: "The ref has called the game to a stop and brought all the players off the pitch due to the wet pitch."

Ipswich Town's account added: "Still chucking it down and the players are still inside. Understandably, a lot of home fans have made the decision to leave. No word yet."

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Blackburn broke the deadlock on the hour mark courtesy of a Todd Cantwell penalty and also had a numerical advantage over their visitors, who saw Jacob Greaves sent off in the 49th minute.

The game was halted for over 25 minutes as supporters of both sides waited for a decision to be made on whether the game would continue. It was eventually announced that the decision had been taken to abandon the game.

"Due to a waterlogged pitch, the referee has called off the contest," Blackburn said in a separate post on their X account. "A decision on whether the fixture will be replayed in full will be made by the EFL Board in due course," the Championship club said.

Ipswich Town's players returned to the pitch to applaud the away fans who had travelled up from Suffolk for the game.

Ipswich and Blackburn end the weekend next to each other in the Championship table in 17th and 18th place respectively.

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