Two new bosses went head-to-head at Ewood Park today as Blackburn Rovers and QPR embarked on fresh eras - and it was Rovers manager Jon Dahl Tomasson who was left smiling thanks to a Lewis Travis screamer.
Tomasson and Michael Beale, his opposite number, were both getting their first taste of life as managers in English football and Travis made all the difference on an occasion that never fully sparked into life.
Beale has stepped up to the top spot after enjoying a brilliantly successful coaching career at the likes of Chelsea, Liverpool, Sao Paulo and more recently as one of Steven Gerrard’s right-hand men at Rangers and then Aston Villa.