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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
OwnerJack Walker
ManagerBrian Kidd
Tony Parkes
Graeme Souness
First Division11th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorer
Lee 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 edit

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 edit

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

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

Final league table edit

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Charlton Athletic (C, P) 46 27 10 9 79 45 +34 91 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Manchester City (P) 46 26 11 9 78 40 +38 89
3 Ipswich Town (O, P) 46 25 12 9 71 42 +29 87 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Barnsley 46 24 10 12 88 67 +21 82
5 Birmingham City 46 22 11 13 65 44 +21 77
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 13 12 69 50 +19 76
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 21 11 14 64 48 +16 74
8 Huddersfield Town 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
9 Fulham 46 17 16 13 49 41 +8 67
10 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 18 12 62 53 +9 66
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 17 14 55 51 +4 62
12 Norwich City 46 14 15 17 45 50 −5 57
13 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 12 19 57 68 −11 57
14 Nottingham Forest 46 14 14 18 53 55 −2 56
15 Crystal Palace 46 13 15 18 57 67 −10 54
16 Sheffield United 46 13 15 18 59 71 −12 54
17 Stockport County 46 13 15 18 55 67 −12 54
18 Portsmouth 46 13 12 21 55 66 −11 51
19 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 9 23 46 67 −21 51
20 Grimsby Town 46 13 12 21 41 67 −26 51
21 West Bromwich Albion 46 10 19 17 43 60 −17 49
22 Walsall (R) 46 11 13 22 52 77 −25 46 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Port Vale (R) 46 7 15 24 48 69 −21 36
24 Swindon Town (R) 46 8 12 26 38 77 −39 36
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results edit

Pre-season edit

15 July 1999 Friendly IFK Göteborg vs Blackburn Rovers
19 July 1999 Friendly Lillestrøm SK vs Blackburn Rovers
21 July 1999 Friendly Fredrikstad vs Blackburn Rovers
24 July 1999 Friendly Blackpool vs Blackburn Rovers
27 July 1999 Friendly Oldham Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers
31 July 1999 Friendly Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn

Division One edit

7 August 1999 Round 1 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Port Vale Ewood Park, Blackburn
13 August 1999 Round 2 Huddersfield Town 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Huddersfield
Simon Grayson   26' (o.g.)
Marcus Stewart   51'
Rob Edwards   90'		 Lee Carsley   65'
Marlon Broomes   89'
21 August 1999 Round 3 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Barnsley Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley   81' (pen.) Ǵorǵi Hristov   65'
Neil Shipperley   85'
28 August 1999 Round 4 Norwich City 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Carrow Road, Norwich
Egil Østenstad   6'
Egil Østenstad   51'
11 September 1999 Round 5 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward   82'
Nathan Blake   87'
18 September 1999 Round 6 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
Kevin Kilbane   20'
Kevin Kilbane   87'		 Christian Dailly   57'
Matt Jansen   67'
25 September 1999 Round 7 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Walsall Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward   34'
Lee Carsley   44'
28 September 1999 Round 8 Swindon Town 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Swindon
Mark Walters   30'
Bobby Howe   32'		 Egil Østenstad   85'
2 October 1999 Round 9 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Blackburn Rovers London
16 October 1999 Round 10 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Grimsby Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley   45' (pen.) Lee Ashcroft   43' (pen.)
20 October 1999 Round 11 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Crystal Palace Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen   86' Hayden Mullins   55'
23 October 1999 Round 12 Manchester City 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Richard Edghill   39'
Jeff Whitley   82'
26 October 1999 Round 13 Walsall 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Walsall
Michael Ricketts   85' Lee Carsley   28' (pen.)
30 October 1999 Round 14 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Stuart Wardley   40'
Kevin Gallen   89'
6 November 1999 Round 15 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Ipswich Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley   1'
Lee Carsley   67' (pen.)		 Matthew Holland   75'
Tony Mowbray   90'
20 November 1999 Round 16 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Fulham Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad   11'
Damien Duff   90'
23 November 1999 Round 17 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Crewe
27 November 1999 Round 18 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Stockport County Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen   44'
Egil Østenstad   68'
30 November 1999 Round 19 Charlton Athletic 1–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Shaun Newton   45' Ashley Ward   11'
Ashley Ward   48'
4 December 1999 Round 20 Port Vale 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Stoke
7 December 1999 Round 21 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward   56'
Jason McAteer   59'
Nathan Blake   80'		 Robbie Elliott   57'
19 December 1999 Round 22 Sheffield United 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Sheffield
Marcus Bent   29'
Marcus Bent   71'		 Ashley Ward   10'
26 December 1999 Round 23 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen   18'
Lee Carsley   68' (pen.)		 Andy Johnson   31'
28 December 1999 Round 24 Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
Steve Claridge   14' Christian Dailly   33'
Egil Østenstad   44'
3 January 2000 Round 25 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad   39' Lee Naylor   36'
15 January 2000 Round 26 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Huddersfield Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff   29'
Damien Johnson   44'
22 January 2000 Round 27 Barnsley 5–1 Blackburn Rovers Barnsley
Bruce Dyer   5'
Craig Hignett   15'
Neil Shipperley   22'
Darren Barnard   32'
Bruce Dyer   72'		 Per Frandsen   7'
5 February 2000 Round 28 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Bolton
Guðni Bergsson   17'
Michael Johansen   39'
Eiður Guðjohnsen   69'		 Nathan Blake   16'
12 February 2000 Round 29 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Swindon Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
15 February 2000 Round 30 Birmingham City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham
Martin O'Connor   33'
19 February 2000 Round 31 Stockport 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Stockport
Jason McAteer   79'
26 February 2000 Round 32 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Ewood Park, Blackburn
Keith Gillespie   70'
Christian Dailly   76'		 Matt Carbon   14'
29 February 2000 Round 33 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Norwich City Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen   90' Daryl Sutch   25'
4 March 2000 Round 34 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Birkenhead
Alan Mahon   47' (pen.)
Wayne Allison   90'		 Christian Dailly   90'
7 March 2000 Round 35 Ipswich Town 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Ipswich
12 March 2000 Round 36 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Ewood Park, Blackburn
Colin Cramb   80'
18 March 2000 Round 37 Fulham 2–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Barry Hayles   18'
Karl-Heinz Riedle   75'		 David Dunn   38'
Keith Gillespie   85'
22 March 2000 Round 38 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Birmingham City Ewood Park, Blackburn
David Dunn   90'
25 March 2000 Round 39 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Nottingham
Ashley Ward   7'
1 April 2000 Round 40 Blackburn Rovers 5–0 Sheffield United Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff   4'
Ashley Ward   42'
Egil Østenstad   67'
Damien Duff   82'
Matt Jansen   89'
8 April 2000 Round 41 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Wolverhampton
Kevin Muscat   40' (pen.)
Allan Nielsen   72'		 Damien Duff   54'
15 April 2000 Round 42 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Portsmouth Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley   22' (pen.) Ceri Hughes   41'
22 April 2000 Round 43 Grimsby Town 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Grimsby
24 April 2000 Round 44 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley   63' (pen.) Mathias Svensson   23'
29 April 2000 Round 45 Crystal Palace 2–1 Blackburn Rovers London
Ashley Cole   60'
Clinton Morrison   72'		 Matt Jansen   27'
7 May 2000 Round 46 Blackburn Rovers 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 edit

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

FA Cup edit

11 December 1999 Round 3 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
Hughes   66'
Evans   80'		 Frandsen   65'
Blake   70'
22 December 1999 Round 3 replay Blackburn Rovers 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 Rovers Liverpool
Blake   84'
31 January 2000 Round 5 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Newcastle United Ewood Park, Blackburn
Jansen   25' Shearer   21', 79'

Topscorers edit

League edit

References edit

  1. ^ "Football: Blackburn sack Kidd as pounds 30m investment fails". Independent.co.uk. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  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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