Duffer made his Blackburn first team debut in May 1997 against Leicester City at just 18 years of age. The club was involved in a battle to avoid relegation from the Premiership. Caretaker manager Tony Parkes rang Duff, who was in Dublin on a break at the time, to ask him to get back to the club as the young Irishman would be in the squad for the Leicester match. Duff's parents returned to Blackburn with Damien only half hoping that the youngster might get on as a late substitute.
An hour before kickoff Parkes announced the starting team and the name Damien Duff was on it. While the result didn't go his way, the visiting team winning 4-2, the young Irish soccer star was voted Man of the Match. Despite the defeat Blackburn avoided relegation. Duff could look forward to Premiership football in the following season.
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