Blackburn Rovers F.C.
2008–09 season
ChairmanJohn Williams
ManagerPaul Ince (until 16 December)
Sam Allardyce
Premier League15th
FA CupFifth round
League CupQuarter-final
Top goalscorerBenni McCarthy (13)

The 2008–09 season was Blackburn Rovers' 121st season as a professional club.

The close season saw the departure of manager Mark Hughes to Manchester City. He was replaced by Paul Ince, although after a poor start to the campaign, Ince was sacked and succeeded by Sam Allardyce.

First-team squad

This squad consists of all players issued with a squad number.

Last update: 3 May 2009 15:00

Name Age Position Apps Goals Assists Goal ratio Assist ratio Goal/assist ratio
England 1 Paul Robinson 15 October 1979 (aged 29) Goalkeeper 39 0 0
Netherlands 2 André Ooijer 11 July 1974 (aged 34) Defender 94 2 3 0.02 0.03 0.05
England 3 Stephen Warnock 12 December 1981 (aged 27) Full Back 105 6 8 0.06 0.08 0.13
Republic of the Congo 4 Christopher Samba 28 March 1984 (aged 25) Defender 96 8 6 0.08 0.06 0.15
Turkey 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu 24 August 1970 (aged 38) Midfielder 291 12 12 0.04 0.04 0.08
New Zealand 6 Ryan Nelsen 18 October 1977 (aged 31) Defender 144 1 2 0.01 0.01 0.02
Australia 7 Brett Emerton 22 February 1979 (aged 30) Winger 230 13 29 0.06 0.13 0.18
England 8 David Dunn 27 December 1979 (aged 29) Midfielder 239 40 32 0.17 0.13 0.3
Paraguay 9 Roque Santa Cruz 16 August 1981 (aged 27) Forward 70 29 10 0.41 0.14 0.56
South Africa 10 Benni McCarthy 12 November 1977 (aged 31) Forward 118 48 6 0.41 0.06 0.47
Australia 11 Vince Grella 5 October 1979 (aged 29) Midfielder 17 0 0
Norway 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 8 September 1981 (aged 27) Winger 199 33 46 0.17 0.23 0.4
Georgia (country) 13 Zurab Khizanishvili 6 October 1981 (aged 27) Defender 90 2 1 0.02 0.01 0.03
South Africa 15 Aaron Mokoena 25 November 1980 (aged 28) Midfielder 137 2 7 0.01 0.05 0.07
Republic of Ireland 16 Steven Reid 10 March 1981 (aged 28) Midfielder 124 7 10 0.06 0.08 0.14
Republic of Ireland 17 Keith Andrews 13 September 1980 (aged 28) Midfielder 33 4 0 0.12 0.12
Scotland 18 Paul Gallagher 9 August 1984 (aged 24) Winger 74 8 7 0.11 0.09 0.2
Senegal 18 El Hadji Diouf 15 January 1981 (aged 28) Winger 12 1 2 0.08 0.17 0.25
Chile 19 Carlos Villanueva 5 February 1986 (aged 23) Versatile 20 2 4 0.1 0.2 0.3
France 21 Gaël Givet 9 October 1981 (aged 27) Defender 16 0 0
England 22 Danny Simpson 4 January 1987 (aged 22) Full Back 20 0 0
Republic of Ireland 24 Keith Treacy 13 September 1988 (aged 20) Winger 22 0 1 0.05 0.05
Republic of Ireland 25 Alan Judge 11 November 1988 (aged 20) Winger 2 0 0
Paraguay 26 Julio Santa Cruz 1 February 1990 (aged 19) Forward 0 0 0
England 27 Matt Derbyshire 14 April 1986 (aged 23) Forward 85 19 10 0.22 0.12 0.34
Northern Ireland 28 Tony Kane 29 August 1987 (aged 21) Full Back 0 0 0
Sweden 29 Martin Olsson 17 May 1988 (aged 21) Full-back 18 1 0 0.06 0.06
Grenada 30 Jason Roberts 25 January 1978 (aged 31) Forward 84 17 13 0.2 0.15 0.36
Scotland 31 Bryan Hodge 23 September 1987 (aged 21) Midfielder 0 0 0
Wales 32 Jason Brown 18 May 1982 (aged 27) Goalkeeper 8 0 0
England 33 Frank Fielding 4 March 1988 (aged 21) Goalkeeper 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 34 Gunnar Nielsen 7 October 1986 (aged 22) Goalkeeper 0 0 0
England 36 Marcus Marshall 7 October 1989 (aged 19) Forward 1 0 0
England 37 Alex Marrow 21 January 1990 (aged 19) Midfielder 0 0 0
England 38 Mark Bunn 19 November 1984 (aged 24) Goalkeeper 1 0 0
Republic of Ireland 39 Aaron Doran 13 May 1991 (aged 18) Winger 2 0 0
Germany 40 Björn Bussmann 18 March 1991 (aged 18) Goalkeeper 0 0 0
England 41 Andy Haworth 28 November 1988 (aged 20) Winger 2 0 0
Republic of Ireland 42 Gavin Gunning 28 January 1991 (aged 18) Defender 0 0 0
England 43 Jamie Clarke 11 September 1988 (aged 20) Forward 0 0 0

Transfers

In

Date Nationality Player Position Previous club Fee
England 1 Paul Robinson Goalkeeper Tottenham Hotspur £3,500,000
Chile 19 Carlos Villanueva Versatile Audax Italiano Loan
4 August 2008 England 22 Danny Simpson Full-back Manchester United Loan[1]
Paraguay 26 Julio Santa Cruz Forward Cerro Porteño Free
Australia 11 Vince Grella Midfielder Torino £4,000,000
28 August 2008 Republic of Ireland 17 Keith Andrews Midfielder MK Dons £1,000,000[2]
12 September 2008 England 23 Robbie Fowler Forward Cardiff City Free[3]
England 38 Mark Bunn Goalkeeper Northmapton Town Undisclosed
France 21 Gaël Givet Defender Marseille Loan
Senegal 18 El Hadji Diouf Winger Sunderland £2,000,000

Out

Date Nationality Player Position New club Fee
United States Brad Friedel Goalkeeper Aston Villa £2,000,000
Switzerland Bruno Berner Full-back Leicester City Free
Switzerland Stéphane Henchoz Defender Retired Free
Finland Peter Enckelman Goalkeeper Cardiff City Free
31 July 2008 England David Bentley Winger Tottenham Hotspur £15,000,000[4]
9 August 2008 Netherlands Maceo Rigters Forward Barnsley Loan[5]
Scotland Paul Gallagher Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
Australia Rostyn Griffiths Midfield Accrington Stanley Loan
2 January 2009 Republic of Ireland Eddie Nolan Defender Preston North End Undisclosed[6]
Canada David Hoilett Forward FC St. Pauli Loan
23 December 2008 England Robbie Fowler Forward N/A Free[7]
Germany Sergio Peter Winger Sparta Prague Undisclosed
Republic of Ireland Alan Judge Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
28 January 2009 England Matt Derbyshire Forward Olympiacos Loan[8]
Faroe Islands Gunnar Nielsen Goalkeeper Manchester City Free
  • Fees are an estimate

Results

Pre-season

14 July 2008 England Macclesfield Town 1–2 Blackburn Rovers
Dunn
Gallagher

Premier League

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GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHHAAHAAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWDLLWWLDDLDLLLLLLWDDWDDLLWDWLDWLLWLWLD
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2008. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
13 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 Arsenal Blackburn
15:00 Warnock Yellow card 80' Report 8' Van Persie
45+1', 81' (pen.), 90+2' Adebayor
Yellow card 60' Denílson		 Stadium: Ewood Park
8 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Chelsea Blackburn
Anelka 40', 68' Stadium: Ewood Park
11 March 2009 Fulham 1–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Dempsey 2' Diouf 69'
Roberts 85'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
14 March 2009 Arsenal 4–0 Blackburn Rovers London
Ooijer 2' (o.g.)
Arshavin 65'
Eboué 87', 90' (pen.)		 Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
16 May 2009 Chelsea 2–0 Blackburn Rovers London
Malouda 4'
Anelka 59'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,804 (245 away)

FA Cup

24 January 2009 Sunderland 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 22,634
5 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 (aet) Sunderland Blackburn
Mokoena 37'
McCarthy 118'		 Report Healy 7' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,112
24 February 2009 Coventry City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Coventry
Best 59' Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 22,793

League Cup

12 November 2008 Sunderland 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Jones 71' Report Santa Cruz 65'
Bardsley 70' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 18,555
3 December 2008 Manchester United 5–3 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Tevez 35', 50' (pen.), 54', 90+4'
Nani 40'		 Report McCarthy 48', 90+2'
Derbyshire 84'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 53,997

Season statistics

Player Age Position Apps Goals Assists Y. Cards R. Cards
England 1 Paul Robinson 15 October 1979 Goalkeeper 39 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 2 André Ooijer 11 July 1974 Defender 34 2 2 9 0
England 3 Stephen Warnock 12 December 1981 Full Back 41 3 3 8 0
Republic of the Congo 4 Christopher Samba 28 March 1984 Defender 37 3 5 5 0
Turkey 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu 24 August 1970 Midfielder 34 1 0 3 0
New Zealand 6 Ryan Nelsen 18 October 1977 Defender 38 1 1 8 0
Australia 7 Brett Emerton 22 February 1979 Winger 22 2 3 4 0
England 8 David Dunn 27 December 1979 Midfielder 16 1 0 0 0
Paraguay 9 Roque Santa Cruz 16 August 1981 Forward 27 6 2 0 0
South Africa 10 Benni McCarthy 12 November 1977 Forward 31 13 4 5 1
Australia 11 Vince Grella 5 October 1979 Midfielder 17 0 0 4 0
Norway 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen 8 September 1981 Winger 35 1 9 2 1
Georgia (country) 13 Zurab Khizanishvili 6 October 1981 Defender 11 0 0 4 0
Switzerland 14 Johann Vogel 8 March 1977 Midfielder 2 0 0 0 0
South Africa 15 Aaron Mokoena 25 November 1980 Midfielder 24 1 0 7 0
Republic of Ireland 16 Steven Reid 10 March 1981 Midfielder 4 0 2 0 0
Republic of Ireland 17 Keith Andrews 13 September 1980 Midfielder 33 4 0 5 0
Scotland 18 Paul Gallagher 9 August 1984 Winger 1 0 0 0 0
Senegal 18 El Hadji Diouf 15 January 1981 Winger 12 1 2 1 2
Chile 19 Carlos Villanueva 5 February 1986 Versatile 20 2 4 2 0
Germany 21 Sergio Peter 12 October 1986 Winger 0 0 0 0 0
France 21 Gaël Givet 9 October 1981 Defender 16 0 0 3 0
England 22 Danny Simpson 4 January 1987 Full Back 20 0 0 4 0
England 23 Robbie Fowler 9 April 1975 Forward 6 0 1 0 0
Republic of Ireland 24 Keith Treacy 13 September 1988 Winger 20 0 1 2 0
Republic of Ireland 25 Alan Judge 11 November 1988 Winger 2 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 26 Julio Santa Cruz 1 February 1990 Forward 0 0 0 0 0
England 27 Matt Derbyshire 14 April 1986 Forward 22 5 3 1 0
Northern Ireland 28 Tony Kane 29 August 1987 Full Back 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 29 Martin Olsson 17 May 1988 Full Back 14 1 0 3 1
Grenada 30 Jason Roberts 25 January 1978 Forward 29 7 5 4 0
England 31 Bryan Hodge 23 September 1987 Midfielder 1 0 0 0 0
Wales 32 Jason Brown 18 May 1982 Goalkeeper 7 0 0 1 0
England 33 Frank Fielding 4 March 1988 Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 34 Gunnar Nielsen 7 October 1986 Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 35 Eddie Nolan 5 August 1988 Defender 0 0 0 0 0
England 36 Marcus Marshall 7 October 1989 Forward 1 0 0 0 0
England 37 Alex Marrow 21 January 1990 Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0
England 38 Mark Bunn 19 November 1984 Goalkeeper 1 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 39 Aaron Doran 13 May 1991 Winger 2 0 0 0 0
Germany 40 Björn Bussmann 18 March 1991 Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
England 41 Andy Haworth 28 November 1988 Winger 2 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 42 Gavin Gunning 28 January 1991 Defender 0 0 0 0 0
England 43 Jamie Clarke 11 September 1988 Forward 0 0 0 0 0

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Bolton Wanderers 38 11 8 19 41 53 −12 41
14 Portsmouth 38 10 11 17 38 57 −19 41
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 10 11 17 40 60 −20 41
16 Sunderland 38 9 9 20 34 54 −20 36
17 Hull City 38 8 11 19 39 64 −25 35
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

References

  1. ↑ "Simpson moves to Blackburn". Eurosport. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ↑ "Blackburn sign Andrews". The Independent. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Fowler joins Rovers on short-term deal". The Guardian. 12 September 2008. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Tottenham confirm £15m six-year deal for Bentley". The Guardian. 31 July 2008. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Rigters moves to Barnsley". Eurosport. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ↑ "Nolan makes Preston switch". Eurosport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Fowler leaves Blackburn". Eurosport. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Derbyshire goes to Greece". Eurosport. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
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