1995–96 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
1995–96 season | ||||
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Owner | Jack Walker | |||
Chairman | Robert Coar | |||
Manager | Ray Harford | |||
Stadium | Ewood Park | |||
Premiership | 7th | |||
FA Cup | Third round | |||
League Cup | Fourth round | |||
Charity Shield | Runners-up | |||
UEFA Champions League | Group Stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Shearer (31) All: Shearer (37) | |||
Average home league attendance | 27,714 | |||
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Season summary
Blackburn had a disappointing title defence in the Premier League, dropping to 7th in the standings in the wake of Kenny Dalglish's resignation as manager. Their first half of the season was little short of disastrous, their 5-0 defeat at struggling Coventry City in mid December being their eighth in the league, with relegation a distant possibility. However, Blackburn improved in the second half of the season, losing just five more games and only narrowly missing out on a UEFA Cup place.
They also got knocked out of the Champions League already in the group stage against comparatively unknown Rosenborg and Legia Warsaw. Compounding the misery was the sale of fan favourite and top scorer Alan Shearer, who went to Newcastle for a British transfer record at the end of July.
Final league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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5 | Arsenal | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Everton | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | |
7 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 61 | |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 61 | |
9 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 58 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD |
38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 61 | 14 | 2 | 3 | 44 | 19 | +25 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 17 | 28 | −11 |
Source: Statto
- Results by round
Results
Blackburn Rovers' score comes first[1]
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
FA Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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19 August 1995 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1-0 | 22,860 | Shearer (pen) |
23 August 1995 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 1-2 | 25,544 | Shearer |
26 August 1995 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 1-2 | 20,253 | Holmes |
28 August 1995 | Manchester United | H | 1-2 | 29,843 | Shearer |
9 September 1995 | Aston Villa | H | 1-1 | 27,084 | Shearer |
16 September 1995 | Liverpool | A | 0-3 | 39,502 | |
23 September 1995 | Coventry City | H | 5-1 | 24,382 | Shearer (3), Hendry, Pearce |
30 September 1995 | Middlesbrough | A | 0-2 | 29,462 | |
14 October 1995 | Southampton | H | 2-1 | 26,780 | Bohinen, Shearer |
21 October 1995 | West Ham United | A | 1-1 | 21,776 | Shearer |
28 October 1995 | Chelsea | H | 3-0 | 27,733 | Sherwood, Shearer, Newell |
5 November 1995 | Everton | A | 0-1 | 30,097 | |
8 November 1995 | Newcastle United | A | 0-1 | 36,473 | |
18 November 1995 | Nottingham Forest | H | 7-0 | 27,660 | Shearer (3), Bohinen (2), Newell, Le Saux |
26 November 1995 | Arsenal | A | 0-0 | 37,695 | |
2 December 1995 | West Ham United | H | 4-2 | 26,638 | Shearer (3, 1 pen), Newell |
9 December 1995 | Coventry City | A | 0-5 | 29,469 | |
16 December 1995 | Middlesbrough | H | 1-0 | 27,996 | Shearer |
23 December 1995 | Wimbledon | A | 1-1 | 7,105 | Kimble (own goal) |
26 December 1995 | Manchester City | H | 2-0 | 28,915 | Shearer, Batty |
30 December 1995 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2-1 | 30,004 | Marker, Shearer |
1 January 1996 | Leeds United | A | 0-0 | 31,285 | |
13 January 1996 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1-0 | 13,957 | Shearer |
20 January 1996 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 3-0 | 24,732 | Shearer, Bohinen, Gallacher |
3 February 1996 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 3-1 | 30,419 | Shearer (3) |
10 February 1996 | Manchester United | A | 0-1 | 42,681 | |
24 February 1996 | Liverpool | H | 2-3 | 30,895 | Wilcox, Sherwood |
28 February 1996 | Aston Villa | A | 0-2 | 28,008 | |
2 March 1996 | Manchester City | A | 1-1 | 29,078 | Shearer |
13 March 1996 | Leeds United | H | 1-0 | 23,358 | Fenton |
16 March 1996 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 3-2 | 32,387 | Shearer (3, 1 pen) |
30 March 1996 | Everton | H | 0-3 | 29,468 | |
6 April 1996 | Southampton | A | 0-1 | 14,793 | |
8 April 1996 | Newcastle United | H | 2-1 | 30,717 | Fenton (2) |
13 April 1996 | Nottingham Forest | A | 5-1 | 25,273 | Shearer, McKinlay, Wilcox (2), Fenton |
17 April 1996 | Wimbledon | H | 3-2 | 24,174 | Shearer (2), Fenton |
27 April 1996 | Arsenal | H | 1-1 | 29,834 | Gallacher |
5 May 1996 | Chelsea | A | 3-2 | 28,436 | Sherwood, McKinlay, Fenton |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R3 | 6 January 1996 | Ipswich Town | A | 0-0 | 21,236 | |
R3R | 16 January 1996 | Ipswich Town | H | 0-1 | 19,606 |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R2 1st Leg | 20 September 1995 | Swindon Town | A | 3-2 | 14,740 | Sutton, Shearer (2) |
R2 2nd Leg | 4 October 1995 | Swindon Town | H | 2-0 | 16,924 | Shearer (2) |
R3 | 24 October 1995 | Watford | A | 2-1 | 17,035 | Shearer, Newell |
R4 | 29 November 1995 | Leeds United | A | 1-2 | 26,006 | Kelly (own goal) |
UEFA Champions League
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Referee |
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Group B | 13 September 1995 | Spartak Moscow | H | 0-1 | 20,940 | Michel Piraux (Belgium) | |
Group B | 27 September 1995 | Rosenborg | A | 1-2 | 12,210 | Newell | Günter Benkö (Austria) |
Group B | 18 October 1995 | Legia Warsaw | A | 0-1 | 15,000 | Anders Frisk (Sweden) | |
Group B | 1 November 1995 | Legia Warsaw | H | 0-0 | 20,897 | Urs Meier (Switzerland) | |
Group B | 22 November 1995 | Spartak Moscow | A | 0-3 | 25,000 | Pierluigi Pairetto (Italy) | |
Group B | 6 December 1995 | Rosenborg | H | 4-1 | 20,677 | Shearer (pen), Newell (3) | Didier Pauchard (France) |
Squad
[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Left club during season
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Reserve squad
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Transfers
In
Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
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9 August 1995 | MF | Adam Reed | Darlington | £200,000 |
15 August 1995 | MF | Matty Holmes | West Ham United | £1,200,000 |
1 October 1995 | MF | Lars Bohinen | Nottingham Forest | £700,000 |
14 October 1995 | DF | Graham Coughlan | Bray Wanderers | £100,000 |
21 December 1995 | DF | Chris Coleman | Crystal Palace | £2,800,000 |
1 March 1996 | MF | Niklas Gudmundsson | Halmstads BK | £750,000 |
Out
Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
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11 August 1995 | MF | Tony Carss | Darlington | Free transfer |
14 August 1995 | MF | Robbie Slater | West Ham United | £600,000 |
13 October 1995 | MF | Lee Makel | Huddersfield Town | £300,000 |
9 November 1995 | GK | Frank Talia | Swindon Town | £150,000 |
- Transfers in: £5,750,000
- Transfers out: £1,050,000
- Total spending: £4,700,000
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | Tim Flowers | 48 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
13 | GK | Bobby Mimms | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | Chris Coleman | 22 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
3 | DF | Jeff Kenna | 43 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
5 | DF | Colin Hendry | 44 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | |
6 | DF | Graeme Le Saux | 19 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
12 | DF | Nicky Marker | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
20 | DF | Henning Berg | 50 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
24 | DF | Paul Warhurst | 18 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
25 | DF | Ian Pearce | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 | |
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
4 | MF | Tim Sherwood | 46 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | |
7 | MF | Stuart Ripley | 38 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 | |
11 | MF | Jason Wilcox | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
15 | MF | Matty Holmes | 12 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 | |
17 | MF | Billy McKinlay | 22 | 2 | 13+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
22 | MF | Lars Bohinen | 20 | 4 | 17+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
23 | MF | Garry Flitcroft | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Forwards | |||||||||||||
8 | FW | Kevin Gallacher | 19 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | |
9 | FW | Alan Shearer | 47 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 | |
10 | FW | Mike Newell | 42 | 8 | 26+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 | |
14 | FW | Graham Fenton | 14 | 6 | 4+10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
16 | FW | Chris Sutton | 22 | 1 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 | |
18 | FW | Niklas Gudmundsson | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
14 | MF | Lee Makel | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | |
22 | MF | Mark Atkins | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
23 | MF | David Batty | 33 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 1996
Source: Competitions
Starting 11
- Only considering Premier League starts
- GK: #1, Tim Flowers, 37
- RB: #20, Henning Berg, 38
- CB: #5, Colin Hendry, 33
- CB: #2, Chris Coleman, 19
- LB: #3, Jeff Kenna, 32
- RM: #7, Stuart Ripley, 28
- CM: #23, David Batty, 23
- CM: #4, Tim Sherwood, 33
- LM: #22, Lars Bohinen, 17
- CF: #9, Alan Shearer, 35
- CF: #10, Mike Newell, 25
References
- "Blackburn Rovers 1995-1996 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1995-1996/faprem/blackbrn.htm