Blackburn Rovers 1995–96 football 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).
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 distinct 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
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away |
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 |
- Results by round
Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
Results
Blackburn Rovers' score comes first[2]
Legend
FA Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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 Charity Shield
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
13 August 1995 | Everton | N | 0–1 | 40,149 | |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
R3 | 6 January 1996 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–0 | 21,236 | |
R3R | 16 January 1996 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–1 | 19,606 | |
League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Referee |
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
[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
9 August 1995 | DF | 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 |
10 October 1995 | MF | Billy McKinlay | Dundee United | £1,750,000 |
14 October 1995 | DF | Graham Coughlan | Bray Wanderers | £100,000 |
6 November 1995 | ST | Graham Fenton | Aston Villa | £1,500,000 |
21 December 1995 | DF | Chris Coleman | Crystal Palace | £2,800,000 |
1 March 1996 | MF | Niklas Gudmundsson | Halmstads BK | £750,000 |
28 March 1996 | MF | Garry Flitcroft | Manchester City | £3,500,000 |
29 March 1996 | DF | Gary Croft | Grimsby Town | £1,600,000 |
Out
- Transfers in: £5,750,000
- Transfers out: £1,050,000
- Total spending: £4,700,000
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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
- ^ "English clubs pay for Intertoto fiasco". The Independent. 16 December 1995. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 31 January 2022.
- ^ "Blackburn Rovers 1995-1996 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 29 February 2012.
- ^ "FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 1995/96". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
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Levels 8–9 | - Isthmian League (Two, Three)
- Combined Counties League (level 8 only)
- Eastern Counties League (Premier, One)
- Essex Senior League (level 8 only)
- Hellenic League (Premier, One)
- Kent League (level 8 only)
- Midland Alliance (level 8 only)
- Midland Football Combination (level 9 only)
- North West Counties League (One, Two)
- Northern Counties East League (Premier, One)
- Northern League (One, Two)
- South Midlands League (Premier, Senior)
- Spartan League (Premier, One)
- Sussex County League (One, Two)
- United Counties League (Premier, One)
- Wessex League (level 8 only)
- West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only)
- Western League (Premier, One)
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List of transfers |