1999–2000 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers F.C. were in Division One for the 1999–2000 season, having been relegated from the FA Premier League after seven years. The expected comeback to the top flight did not materialise, in spite of several expensive purchases staying at the club. Brian Kidd was sacked on 3 November 1999 after 11 months in charge, with Rovers 19th in the league despite more than £30 million having been spent on players in that time. Long-serving coach Tony Parkes was placed in temporary charge of the team as the search for a successor began. Former defender Colin Hendry, who had been part of the title winning team in 1995 and who had started his first spell at Ewood Park in the 1980s, was linked with a return to the club as player-manager. Other names linked with the vacancy included Graeme Souness, Colin Todd, Roy Evans and Joe Kinnear.

Blackburn Rovers
1999–2000 season
ManagerBrian Kidd
Tony Parkes
Graeme Souness
First Division11th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth Round
Top goalscorerLee Carsley (10)

The appointment of Graeme Souness on 15 March 2000 gave renewed hopes of a resurgence in 2000–01. Blackburn finished 11th in the final table.[1]

Squad
Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  AUS John Filan
2 DF  IRL Jeff Kenna
3 DF  SCO Callum Davidson
4 MF  IRL Jason McAteer[3]
5 DF  ENG Darren Peacock
6 MF  IRL Lee Carsley[4]
7 MF  ENG Garry Flitcroft
9 FW  ENG Ashley Ward
10 FW  NOR Egil Ostenstad
12 MF  IRL Damien Duff
13 GK  IRL Alan Kelly
14 FW  WAL Nathan Blake
15 FW  ENG Matt Jansen
16 DF  ENG Marlon Broomes
17 MF  SCO Billy McKinlay
18 MF  NIR Keith Gillespie
19 MF  NIR Damien Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF  DEN Per Frandsen
21 MF  ENG Jimmy Corbett
22 FW  ENG Ben Burgess
23 DF  SCO Christian Dailly
24 DF  SCO David McNamee
25 MF  SCO Burton O'Brien[5]
26 FW  WAL James Thomas
27 MF  ENG David Dunn
28 DF  ENG Martin Taylor
29 DF  ENG Craig Short
30 GK  WAL Anthony Williams
31 DF  ENG Simon Grayson
32 DF  IRL Peter Murphy
33 DF  ENG Steve Harkness
35 GK  ENG Alan Miller
36 DF  ENG Leam Richardson
37 FW  NIR Gary Hamilton

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
8 FW  SCO Kevin Gallacher (to Newcastle United)
10 FW  ENG Kevin Davies (to Southampton)
11 MF  ENG Jason Wilcox (to Leeds United)
20 MF  ENG Gary Croft (to Ipswich Town)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 GK  NIR Alan Fettis (to York City)
34 MF  ENG Wayne Gill (to Blackpool)
35 DF  ENG Keith Brown (to Barnsley)

Results

Pre-Season
15 July 1999 Friendly IFK Gothenborg vs Blackburn
19 July 1999 Friendly Lilletsrom SK vs Blackburn
21 July 1999 Friendly Fredrikstad vs Blackburn
24 July 1999 Friendly Blackpool vs Blackburn
27 July 1999 Friendly Oldham Athletic vs Blackburn
31 July 1999 Friendly Blackburn 2–2 Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn

Division One
Round 1 Blackburn 0–0 Port Vale Ewood Park, Blackburn
Round 2 Huddersfield 3–2 Blackburn Huddersfield
Simon Grayson  26' (o.g.)
Marcus Stewart  51'
Rob Edwards  90'		 Lee Carsley  65'
Marlon Broomes  89'
Round 3 Blackburn 1–2 Barnsley Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley  81' (pen.) Ǵorǵi Hristov  65'
Neil Shipperley  85'
Round 4 Norwich 0–2 Blackburn Carrow Road, Norwich
Egil Østenstad  6'
Egil Østenstad  51'
Round 5 Blackburn 2–0 Tranmere Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward  82'
Nathan Blake  87'
Round 6 West Bromwich 2–2 Blackburn West Bromwich
Kevin Kilbane  20'
Kevin Kilbane  87'		 Christian Dailly  57'
Matt Jansen  67'
Round 7 Blackburn 2–0 Walsall Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward  34'
Lee Carsley  44'
Round 8 Swindon 2–1 Blackburn Swindon
Mark Walters  30'
Bobby Howe  32'		 Egil Østenstad  85'
Round 9 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Blackburn London
Round 10 Blackburn 1–1 Grimsby Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley  45' (pen.) Lee Ashcroft  43' (pen.)
Round 11 Blackburn 1–1 Crystal Palace Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen  86' Hayden Mullins  55'
Round 12 Manchester City 2–0 Blackburn Manchester
Richard Edghill  39'
Jeff Whitley  82'
Round 13 Walsall 1–1 Blackburn Walsall
Michael Ricketts  85' Lee Carsley  28' (pen.)
Round 14 Blackburn 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Stuart Wardley  40'
Kevin Gallen  89'
Round 15 Blackburn 2–2 Ipswich Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley  1'
Lee Carsley  67' (pen.)		 Matthew Holland  75'
Tony Mowbray  90'
Round 16 Blackburn 2–0 Fulham Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad  11'
Damien Duff  90'
Round 17 Crewe 0–0 Blackburn Crewe
Round 18 Blackburn 2–0 Stockport Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen  44'
Egil Østenstad  68'
Round 19 Charlton 1–2 Blackburn London
Shaun Newton  45' Ashley Ward  11'
Ashley Ward  48'
Round 20 Port Vale 0–0 Blackburn Stoke
Round 21 Blackburn 3–1 Bolton Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward  56'
Jason McAteer  59'
Nathan Blake  80'		 Robbie Elliott  57'
Round 22 Sheffield United 2–1 Blackburn Sheffield
Marcus Bent  29'
Marcus Bent  71'		 Ashley Ward  10'
Round 23 Blackburn 2–1 Nottingham Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen  18'
Lee Carsley  68' (pen.)		 Andy Johnson  31'
Round 24 Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Portsmouth
Steve Claridge  14' Christian Dailly  33'
Egil Østenstad  44'
Round 25 Blackburn 1–1 Wolves Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad  39' Lee Naylor  36'
Round 26 Blackburn 2–0 Huddersfield Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff  29'
Damien Johnson  44'
Round 27 Barnsley 5–1 Blackburn Barnsley
Bruce Dyer  5'
Craig Hignett  15'
Neil Shipperley  22'
Darren Barnard  32'
Bruce Dyer  72'		 Per Frandsen  7'
Round 28 Bolton 3–1 Blackburn Bolton
Guðni Bergsson  17'
Michael Johansen  39'
Eiður Guðjohnsen  69'		 Nathan Blake  16'
Round 29 Blackburn 0–0 Swindon Ewood Park, Blackburn
Round 30 Birmingham 1–0 Blackburn Birmingham
Martin O'Connor  33'
Round 31 Stockport 0–1 Blackburn Stockport
Jason McAteer  79'
Round 32 Blackburn 2–1 West Bromwich Ewood Park, Blackburn
Keith Gillespie  70'
Christian Dailly  76'		 Matt Carbon  14'
Round 33 Blackburn 1–1 Norwich Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen  90' Daryl Sutch  25'
Round 34 Tranmere 2–1 Blackburn Birkenhead
Alan Mahon  47' (pen.)
Wayne Allison  90'		 Christian Dailly  90'
Round 35 Ipswich 0–0 Blackburn Ipswich
Round 36 Blackburn 0–1 Crewe Ewood Park, Blackburn
Colin Cramb  80'
Round 37 Fulham 2–2 Blackburn London
Barry Hayles  18'
Karl-Heinz Riedle  75'		 David Dunn  38'
Keith Gillespie  85'
Round 38 Blackburn 1–0 Birmingham Ewood Park, Blackburn
David Dunn  90'
Round 39 Nottingham 0–1 Blackburn Nottingham
Ashley Ward  7'
Round 40 Blackburn 5–0 Sheffield United Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff  4'
Ashley Ward  42'
Egil Østenstad  67'
Damien Duff  82'
Matt Jansen  89'
Round 41 Wolves 2–1 Blackburn Wolverhampton
Kevin Muscat  40' (pen.)
Allan Nielsen  72'		 Damien Duff  54'
Round 42 Blackburn 1–1 Portsmouth Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley  22' (pen.) Ceri Hughes  41'
Round 43 Grimsby 0–0 Blackburn Grimsby
Round 44 Blackburn 1–1 Charlton Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley  63' (pen.) Mathias Svensson  23'
Round 45 Crystal Palace 2–1 Blackburn London
Ashley Cole  60'
Clinton Morrison  72'		 Matt Jansen  27'
Round 46 Blackburn 1–4 Manchester City Ewood Park, Blackburn
Matt Jansen  42' Shaun Goater  60'
Christian Dailly  67' ([[own goal|o.g.]])
Mark Kennedy  75'
Paul Dickov  81'

League Cup
14 September 1999 Round 2, Leg 1 Portsmouth 0–3 Blackburn Portsmouth
Cundy  58' (O.G.)
Jansen  72', 78'
22 September 1999 Round 2, Leg 2 Blackburn 3–1 Portsmouth Ewood Park, Blackburn
Duff  59'
Dunn  64'
Gallacher  90'		 McLoughlin  7'
13 October 1999 Round 3 Leeds United 1–0 Blackburn Leeds
Mills  90'

FA Cup
11 December 1999 Round 3 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Blackburn West Bromwich
Hughes  66'
Evans  80'		 Frandsen  65'
Blake  70'
22 December 1999 Round 3 Replay Blackburn 2–0
(a.e.t.)		 West Bromwich Albion Ewood Park, Blackburn
Duff  94'
Carsley  114' (pen.)
10 January 2000 Round 4 Liverpool 0–1 Blackburn Liverpool
Blake  84'
31 January 2000 Round 5 Blackburn 1–2 Newcastle United Ewood Park, Blackburn
Jansen  25' Shearer  21', 79'

Starting 11
Only considering Division 1 starts

Topscorers

League

References
  2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d1/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads – Blackburn Rovers – 1999/2000
  3. McAteer was born in Birkenhead, England.
  4. Carsley was born in Birmingham, England.
  5. O'Brien was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.
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