2008–09 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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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 (1979-10-15)15 October 1979 (aged 29) Goalkeeper 39 0 0
Netherlands 2 André Ooijer (1974-07-11)11 July 1974 (aged 34) Defender 94 2 3 0.02 0.03 0.05
England 3 Stephen Warnock (1981-12-12)12 December 1981 (aged 27) Full Back 105 6 8 0.06 0.08 0.13
Republic of the Congo 4 Christopher Samba (1984-03-28)28 March 1984 (aged 25) Defender 96 8 6 0.08 0.06 0.15
Turkey 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970-08-24)24 August 1970 (aged 38) Midfielder 291 12 12 0.04 0.04 0.08
New Zealand 6 Ryan Nelsen (1977-10-18)18 October 1977 (aged 31) Defender 144 1 2 0.01 0.01 0.02
Australia 7 Brett Emerton (1979-02-22)22 February 1979 (aged 30) Winger 230 13 29 0.06 0.13 0.18
England 8 David Dunn (1979-12-27)27 December 1979 (aged 29) Midfielder 239 40 32 0.17 0.13 0.3
Paraguay 9 Roque Santa Cruz (1981-08-16)16 August 1981 (aged 27) Forward 70 29 10 0.41 0.14 0.56
South Africa 10 Benni McCarthy (1977-11-12)12 November 1977 (aged 31) Forward 118 48 6 0.41 0.06 0.47
Australia 11 Vince Grella (1979-10-05)5 October 1979 (aged 29) Midfielder 17 0 0
Norway 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen (1981-09-08)8 September 1981 (aged 27) Winger 199 33 46 0.17 0.23 0.4
Georgia (country) 13 Zurab Khizanishvili (1981-10-06)6 October 1981 (aged 27) Defender 90 2 1 0.02 0.01 0.03
South Africa 15 Aaron Mokoena (1980-11-25)25 November 1980 (aged 28) Midfielder 137 2 7 0.01 0.05 0.07
Republic of Ireland 16 Steven Reid (1981-03-10)10 March 1981 (aged 28) Midfielder 124 7 10 0.06 0.08 0.14
Republic of Ireland 17 Keith Andrews (1980-09-13)13 September 1980 (aged 28) Midfielder 33 4 0 0.12 0.12
Scotland 18 Paul Gallagher (1984-08-09)9 August 1984 (aged 24) Winger 74 8 7 0.11 0.09 0.2
Senegal 18 El Hadji Diouf (1981-01-15)15 January 1981 (aged 28) Winger 12 1 2 0.08 0.17 0.25
Chile 19 Carlos Villanueva (1986-02-05)5 February 1986 (aged 23) Versatile 20 2 4 0.1 0.2 0.3
France 21 Gaël Givet (1981-10-09)9 October 1981 (aged 27) Defender 16 0 0
England 22 Danny Simpson (1987-01-04)4 January 1987 (aged 22) Full Back 20 0 0
Republic of Ireland 24 Keith Treacy (1988-09-13)13 September 1988 (aged 20) Winger 22 0 1 0.05 0.05
Republic of Ireland 25 Alan Judge (1988-11-11)11 November 1988 (aged 20) Winger 2 0 0
Paraguay 26 Julio Santa Cruz (1990-02-01)1 February 1990 (aged 19) Forward 0 0 0
England 27 Matt Derbyshire (1986-04-14)14 April 1986 (aged 23) Forward 85 19 10 0.22 0.12 0.34
Northern Ireland 28 Tony Kane (1987-08-29)29 August 1987 (aged 21) Full Back 0 0 0
Sweden 29 Martin Olsson (1988-05-17)17 May 1988 (aged 21) Full-back 18 1 0 0.06 0.06
Grenada 30 Jason Roberts (1978-01-25)25 January 1978 (aged 31) Forward 84 17 13 0.2 0.15 0.36
Scotland 31 Bryan Hodge (1987-09-23)23 September 1987 (aged 21) Midfielder 0 0 0
Wales 32 Jason Brown (1982-05-18)18 May 1982 (aged 27) Goalkeeper 8 0 0
England 33 Frank Fielding (1988-03-04)4 March 1988 (aged 21) Goalkeeper 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 34 Gunnar Nielsen (1986-10-07)7 October 1986 (aged 22) Goalkeeper 0 0 0
England 36 Marcus Marshall (1989-10-07)7 October 1989 (aged 19) Forward 1 0 0
England 37 Alex Marrow (1990-01-21)21 January 1990 (aged 19) Midfielder 0 0 0
England 38 Mark Bunn (1984-11-19)19 November 1984 (aged 24) Goalkeeper 1 0 0
Republic of Ireland 39 Aaron Doran (1991-05-13)13 May 1991 (aged 18) Winger 2 0 0
Germany 40 Björn Bussmann (1991-03-18)18 March 1991 (aged 18) Goalkeeper 0 0 0
England 41 Andy Haworth (1988-11-28)28 November 1988 (aged 20) Winger 2 0 0
Republic of Ireland 42 Gavin Gunning (1991-01-28)28 January 1991 (aged 18) Defender 0 0 0
England 43 Jamie Clarke (1988-09-11)11 September 1988 (aged 20) Forward 0 0 0

Transfers[]

In[]

Player Position Previous club Fee
England 1 Paul Robinson Goalkeeper Tottenham Hotspur £3,500,000
Chile 19 Carlos Villanueva Versatile Audax Italiano Loan
England 22 Danny Simpson Full-back Manchester United Loan
Paraguay 26 Julio Santa Cruz Forward Cerro Porteño Free
Australia 11 Vince Grella Midfielder Torino £4,000,000
Republic of Ireland 17 Keith Andrews Midfielder MK Dons £1,000,000
England 23 Robbie Fowler Forward Cardiff City Free
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[]

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
England David Bentley Winger Tottenham Hotspur £15,000,000
Netherlands Maceo Rigters Forward Barnsley Loan
Scotland Paul Gallagher Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
Australia Rostyn Griffiths Midfield Accrington Stanley Loan
Republic of Ireland Eddie Nolan Defender Preston North End Undisclosed
Canada David Hoilett Forward FC St. Pauli Loan
England Robbie Fowler Forward N/A Free
Germany Sergio Peter Winger Sparta Prague Undisclosed
Republic of Ireland Alan Judge Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
England Matt Derbyshire Forward Olympiacos Loan
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
Goal Dunn Goal
Gallagher Goal
21 July 2008 Germany 1899 Hoffenheim 3 – 1 Blackburn Rovers
Goal Goal Goal McCarthy Goal
25 July 2008 Portugal Benfica 2 – 3 Blackburn Rovers
Goal Goal Pedersen Goal
Roberts Goal
Emerton Goal
26 July 2008 Portugal Sporting CP 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers
Goal Goal McCarthy Goal
2 August 2008 England Wolverhampton Wanderers 4 – 2 Blackburn Rovers
Goal Goal Goal Goal Derbyshire Goal
Santa Cruz Goal
9 August 2008 Netherlands NAC Breda 1 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Blackburn
Goal Roberts Goal Stadium: Ewood Park

Premier League[]

Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHHAAHAAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWDLLWWLDDLDLLLLLLWDDWDDLLWDWLDWLLWLWLD
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2008. Source:[citation needed]
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
16 August 2008 Everton 2 – 3 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
Arteta Goal 45'
Yakubu Goal 64'		 Dunn Goal 22'
Santa Cruz Goal 66'
Ooijer Goal 90'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
23 August 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Hull City Blackburn
Roberts Goal 38' Garcia Goal 40' Stadium: Ewood Park
30 August 2008 West Ham United 4 – 1 Blackburn Rovers London
Davenport Goal 12'
Samba Goal 20' (o.g.)
Bellamy Goal 90'
Cole Goal 90'		 Roberts Goal 22' Stadium: Upton Park
13 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 4 Arsenal Blackburn
15:00 Warnock Yellow card 80' Goal 8' Van Persie
Goal 45+1', 81' (pen.), 90+2' Adebayor
Yellow card 60' Denílson		 Stadium: Ewood Park
20 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Fulham Blackburn
Derbyshire Goal 84' Stadium: Ewood Park
27 September 2008 Newcastle 1 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
Owen Goal 51' (pen.) Samba Goal 31'
Santa Cruz Goal 41'		 Stadium: St James' Park
4 October 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 2 Manchester United Blackburn
Brown Goal 31'
Rooney Goal 64'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
18 October 2008 Bolton Wanderers 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Horwich
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
25 October 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 Middlesbrough Blackburn
McCarthy Goal 90' Alves Goal 74' Stadium: Ewood Park
29 October 2008 Aston Villa 3 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham
Luke Young Goal 45'
Barry Goal 65'
Agbonlahor Goal 87'		 Warnock Goal 30'
Emerton Goal 90'		 Stadium: Villa Park
1 November 2008 West Bromwich Albion 2 – 2 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
Bednář Goal 55'
Miller Goal 62'		 McCarthy Goal 13' (pen.)
Andrews Goal 89'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
8 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 2 Chelsea Blackburn
Anelka Goal 40', 68' Stadium: Ewood Park
15 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 2 Sunderland Blackburn
Samba Goal 45' Jones Goal 49'
Cissé Goal 71'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
22 November 2008 Tottenham 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers London
Pavlyuchenko Goal 9' Stadium: White Hart Lane
29 November 2008 Portsmouth 3 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
Crouch Goal 49'
Defoe Goal 53'
Davis Goal 79'		 Derbyshire Goal 62'
Kerimoğlu Goal 67'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
6 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 3 Liverpool Blackburn
Santa Cruz Goal 86' Alonso Goal 69'
Benayoun Goal 79'
Gerrard Goal 90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
13 December 2008 Wigan Athletic 3 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Wigan
Heskey Goal 10'
Valencia Goal 12'
Cattermole Goal 77'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
20 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 0 Stoke City Blackburn
McCarthy Goal 9', 27' (pen.)
Roberts Goal 18'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
26 December 2008 Sunderland 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Stadium: Stadium of Light
28 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Manchester City Blackburn
McCarthy Goal 45'
Roberts Goal 84'		 Sturridge Goal 88'
Robinho Goal 90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
17 January 2009 Blackburn Rovers 3 – 0 Newcastle United Blackburn
McCarthy Goal 61' (pen.)
Roberts Goal 66', 86'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
28 January 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Bolton Wanderers Blackburn
Warnock Goal 66'
McCarthy Goal 87'		 Taylor Goal 15'
K. Davies Goal 35'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
31 January 2009 Middlesbrough 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
7 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 2 Aston Villa Blackburn
Milner Goal 27'
Agbonlahor Goal 90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
21 February 2009 Manchester United 2 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Rooney Goal 23'
Ronaldo Goal 60'		 Santa Cruz Goal 32' Stadium: Old Trafford
1 March 2009 Hull City 1 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Kingston upon Hull
Ashbee Goal 79' Warnock Goal 34'
Andrews Goal 37'		 Stadium: KC Stadium
4 March 2009 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 0 Everton Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
11 March 2009 Fulham 1 – 2 Blackburn Rovers London
Dempsey Goal 2' Diouf Goal 69'
Roberts Goal 85'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
14 March 2009 Arsenal 4 – 0 Blackburn Rovers London
Ooijer Goal 2' (o.g.)
Arshavin Goal 65'
Eboué Goal 87', 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
21 March 2009 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 1 West Ham United Blackburn
Andrews Goal 51' Noble Goal 35' Stadium: Ewood Park
4 April 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 Tottenham Blackburn
McCarthy Goal 82'
Ooijer Goal 89'		 Keane Goal 30' (pen.) Stadium: Ewood Park
11 April 2009 Liverpool 4 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
Torres Goal 5', 33'
Agger Goal 83'
N'Gog Goal 90'		 Stadium: Anfield
18 April 2009 Stoke City 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Stoke-on-Trent
Lawrence Goal 75' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
26 April 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Wigan Athletic Blackburn
McCarthy Goal 45'
Nelsen Goal 60'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
2 May 2009 Manchester City 3 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Caicedo Goal 27'
Robinho Goal 34'
Elano Goal 45' (pen.)		 Andrews Goal 66' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
9 May 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 0 Portsmouth Blackburn
Pedersen Goal 31'
McCarthy Goal 58' (pen.)		 Stadium: Ewood Park
16 May 2009 Chelsea 2 – 0 Blackburn Rovers London
Malouda Goal 4'
Anelka Goal 59'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,804 (245 away)
24 May 2009 Blackburn Rovers 0 – 0 West Bromwich Albion Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park

FA Cup[]

5 January 2009 Blyth Spartans 0 – 1 Blackburn Rovers Blyth, Northumberland
Report Villanueva Goal Stadium: Croft Park
24 January 2009 Sunderland 0 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 22,634
5 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 1 Sunderland Blackburn
Mokoena Goal
McCarthy Goal		 Report Healy Goal Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,112
14 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2 – 2 Coventry City Blackburn
Santa Cruz Goal 2'
Samba Goal 90'		 Report Gunnarsson Goal 61'
Doyle Goal 76'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,053
24 February 2009 Coventry City 1 – 0 Blackburn Rovers Coventry
Best Goal 59' Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 22,793

League Cup[]

27 August 2008 Blackburn Rovers 4 – 1 Grimsby Town Blackburn
Villanueva Goal
Derbyshire Goal Goal
Emerton Goal		 Newey Goal Stadium: Ewood Park
24 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1 – 0 Everton Blackburn
Olsson Goal Stadium: Ewood Park
12 November 2008 Sunderland 1 – 2 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Jones Goal 71' Santa Cruz Goal 65'
BardsleyGoal 70' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 18,555
3 December 2008 Manchester United 5 – 3 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Tevez Goal 35', 50' (pen.), 54', 90+4'
Nani Goal 40'		 Report McCarthy Goal 48', 90+2'
Derbyshire Goal 84'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 53,997

Season statistics[]

Player Age Position Apps Goals Assists Y. Cards R. Cards
England 1 Paul Robinson (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 41) Goalkeeper 39 0 0 0 0
Netherlands 2 André Ooijer (1974-07-11) 11 July 1974 (age 47) Defender 34 2 2 9 0
England 3 Stephen Warnock (1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 39) Full Back 41 3 3 8 0
Republic of the Congo 4 Christopher Samba (1984-03-28) 28 March 1984 (age 37) Defender 37 3 5 5 0
Turkey 5 Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970-08-24) 24 August 1970 (age 51) Midfielder 34 1 0 3 0
New Zealand 6 Ryan Nelsen (1977-10-18) 18 October 1977 (age 43) Defender 38 1 1 8 0
Australia 7 Brett Emerton (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979 (age 42) Winger 22 2 3 4 0
England 8 David Dunn (1979-12-27) 27 December 1979 (age 41) Midfielder 16 1 0 0 0
Paraguay 9 Roque Santa Cruz (1981-08-16) 16 August 1981 (age 40) Forward 27 6 2 0 0
South Africa 10 Benni McCarthy (1977-11-12) 12 November 1977 (age 43) Forward 31 13 4 5 1
Australia 11 Vince Grella (1979-10-05) 5 October 1979 (age 41) Midfielder 17 0 0 4 0
Norway 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 40) Winger 35 1 9 2 1
Georgia (country) 13 Zurab Khizanishvili (1981-10-06) 6 October 1981 (age 39) Defender 11 0 0 4 0
Switzerland 14 Johann Vogel (1977-03-08) 8 March 1977 (age 44) Midfielder 2 0 0 0 0
South Africa 15 Aaron Mokoena (1980-11-25) 25 November 1980 (age 40) Midfielder 24 1 0 7 0
Republic of Ireland 16 Steven Reid (1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 (age 40) Midfielder 4 0 2 0 0
Republic of Ireland 17 Keith Andrews (1980-09-13) 13 September 1980 (age 40) Midfielder 33 4 0 5 0
Scotland 18 Paul Gallagher (1984-08-09) 9 August 1984 (age 37) Winger 1 0 0 0 0
Senegal 18 El Hadji Diouf (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 40) Winger 12 1 2 1 2
Chile 19 Carlos Villanueva (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 35) Versatile 20 2 4 2 0
Germany 21 Sergio Peter (1986-10-12) 12 October 1986 (age 34) Winger 0 0 0 0 0
France 21 Gaël Givet (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 39) Defender 16 0 0 3 0
England 22 Danny Simpson (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 34) Full Back 20 0 0 4 0
England 23 Robbie Fowler (1975-04-09) 9 April 1975 (age 46) Forward 6 0 1 0 0
Republic of Ireland 24 Keith Treacy (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 32) Winger 20 0 1 2 0
Republic of Ireland 25 Alan Judge (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988 (age 32) Winger 2 0 0 0 0
Paraguay 26 Julio Santa Cruz (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 31) Forward 0 0 0 0 0
England 27 Matt Derbyshire (1986-04-14) 14 April 1986 (age 35) Forward 22 5 3 1 0
Northern Ireland 28 Tony Kane (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 34) Full Back 0 0 0 0 0
Sweden 29 Martin Olsson (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 33) Full Back 14 1 0 3 1
Grenada 30 Jason Roberts (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 43) Forward 29 7 5 4 0
England 31 Bryan Hodge (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 33) Midfielder 1 0 0 0 0
Wales 32 Jason Brown (1982-05-18) 18 May 1982 (age 39) Goalkeeper 7 0 0 1 0
England 33 Frank Fielding (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 33) Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
Faroe Islands 34 Gunnar Nielsen (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 34) Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 35 Eddie Nolan (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 33) Defender 0 0 0 0 0
England 36 Marcus Marshall (1989-10-07) 7 October 1989 (age 31) Forward 1 0 0 0 0
England 37 Alex Marrow (1990-01-21) 21 January 1990 (age 31) Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0
England 38 Mark Bunn (1984-11-19) 19 November 1984 (age 36) Goalkeeper 1 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 39 Aaron Doran (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 30) Winger 2 0 0 0 0
Germany 40 Björn Bussmann (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 30) Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
England 41 Andy Haworth (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 32) Winger 2 0 0 0 0
Republic of Ireland 42 Gavin Gunning (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 30) Defender 0 0 0 0 0
England 43 Jamie Clarke (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988 (age 33) Forward 0 0 0 0 0

Final league table[]

Main article: 2008–09 Premier League
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.

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