JASON Wilcox's first-ever Premiership "double" helped inspire Blackburn Rovers to rewrite their record books yet again on Saturday.

And, once more, it was Nottingham Forest who were the fall guys in what could well have been a repeat of their sensational 7-0 collapse at Ewood in November.

That scoreline represents Rovers' biggest-ever Premiership win and Saturday's 5-1 stunner at the City Ground now stands as their best away from home since the Premier League was formed.

In fact, it's their highest away win in top-flight football for more than three decades - since they won 5-0 at Bolton in the free-scoring 1963-64 season.

Rovers just can't stop scoring against Forest.

And it's not surprising, when you look at the recent history of meetings between the clubs, that Saturday saw them score more than three goals on opposition territory for the first time in the Premier League.

Even in a season when away goals have been rarer than a full reservoir, Rovers just seem to take it for granted that they can run riot against Frank Clark's Forest, leaving them with faces redder than shirts. Such an emphatic victory should not do confidence any harm, with a UEFA Cup place still in the sights.

And Wilcox, now back and firing on all cylinders, after scoring two goals in a Premiership match for the first time, summed up the mood.

"We know we have got a chance of Europe and we have to go into the next three games looking for the full nine points," he said.

"Everybody's going to talk about us winning 5-1 but the defence deserve a lot of credit.

"And then there was Billy McKinlay coming in after he has missed a few games and Tim Sherwood was brilliant as well.

"I don't really think you could single out any player, it was a team effort.

"I'm just taking every game as it comes and trying to enjoy it and play well.

"It was nice to score two goals but full credit to Alan for them. We joke in training and he always says he is the best crosser of a ball in the club. Now we have to try to build on this result.

"It's been a very stop-start season so far both for the club and for me, but I think to go to Nottingham Forest when you haven't been playing particularly well away from home and get a result like that is tremendous for us."

Even in their nightmare season of 1965-66, when they finished rock bottom of the First Division, Rovers still did the "double" over Forest, winning 5-0 at home and 3-0 away. They won only eight games in all that season!

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