EWOOD enforcer Garry Flitcroft is in danger of missing Rovers' big day at Cardiff following his sending off in last night's semi-final second leg.

Flitcroft's dismissal in the 53rd minute for a two-footed challenge on Trond Soltvedt marred Rovers' 6-3 aggregate win over Sheffield Wednesday.

But manager Graeme Souness might consider an appeal after studying the incident again on video.

"From where I was he did launch himself and if you do that and make contact, the chances are you're in trouble," said Souness.

"He maintains that he got the ball but I've not seen it again on video yet so I'll reserve judgement.

"But Garry's already talking about appealing because he felt he did make contact with the ball, even though he threw himself into the challenge."

If Flitcroft fails to get that decision overturned then he's almost certain to miss out on an appearance at the Millennium Stadium, unless Rovers draw with Millwall in the FA Cup on Saturday and then win the replay.

And Souness feels partly responsible for the fact his skipper faces a three-match ban.

"I'm partly to blame because I'd said to the players at half-time 'You've got yourselves into a brilliant position so make sure you meet that challenge head on'," said Souness.

"And Garry is one of those people who is always going to stand up and be counted in anybody's company so maybe I'm guilty of getting him sent off.

"As the captain, he sees it as part of his responsibility to be the one carrying the flag at times and I can sympathise with him on that.

"He maybe felt at the time 'I'll put a few tackles in and try and quieten the game down.

"So we'll have a look at the video and see if we've got a case for appealing."

In the meantime, Rovers are due to announce ticket details for the final later this week.

Ewood officials are expecting to receive an allocation of 30,000 for their first major final since they lost to Wolves in the FA Cup at Wembley in 1960.

Chief executive John Williams and his staff will sit down in the next 48 hours to determine the fairest means of coping with the demand.

"We're expecting to get around 30,000 tickets," said Williams. "We've got 17,000 season ticket holders, I don't think there will be any left over, and I would hope that most of the demand will be satisfied. So we'll do our best.

"We'll sit down later this week and work out exactly how we are going to distribute them. We'll look at our databases and so on and, hopefully, come up with a fair and equitable way of distributing them.

"As I've said, 30,000 is a fair chunk when you consider the population of the town is 120,000 so the roads should be reasonably empty in Blackburn that day, I would hope."

Rovers' march to the final has already swelled the Ewood coffers to the tune of £1 million.

And if the club were to go on and win it, they would then stand to profit from all the spin-offs a place in next season's UEFA Cup would bring.

"We've had two horrific seasons in terms of financial impact, even though last season was a winning season in terms of the fact it culminated in promotion," said Williams.

"But they were two expensive years and there is, obviously, a financial upside to reaching the Worthington Cup final which is very welcome.

"And if we are able to go on and win then there's a UEFA Cup place at stake as well, which in turn can start off another financial stream again depending on performances.

"No-one's counting their chickens yet but the return of European football to Ewood Park would be a terrific plus, both for the club and our supporters."

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