2008–09 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 2008–09 season was Blackburn Rovers' 121st season as a professional club.

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 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 edit

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

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Nationality Player Position Previous club Fee
  1 Paul Robinson Goalkeeper Tottenham Hotspur £3,500,000
  19 Carlos Villanueva Versatile Audax Italiano Loan
4 August 2008   22 Danny Simpson Full-back Manchester United Loan[1]
  26 Julio Santa Cruz Forward Cerro Porteño Free
  11 Vince Grella Midfielder Torino £4,000,000
28 August 2008   17 Keith Andrews Midfielder MK Dons £1,000,000[2]
12 September 2008   23 Robbie Fowler Forward Cardiff City Free[3]
  38 Mark Bunn Goalkeeper Northmapton Town Undisclosed
  21 Gaël Givet Defender Marseille Loan
  18 El Hadji Diouf Winger Sunderland £2,000,000

Out edit

Date Nationality Player Position New club Fee
  Brad Friedel Goalkeeper Aston Villa £2,000,000
  Bruno Berner Full-back Leicester City Free
  Stéphane Henchoz Defender Retired Free
  Peter Enckelman Goalkeeper Cardiff City Free
31 July 2008   David Bentley Winger Tottenham Hotspur £15,000,000[4]
9 August 2008   Maceo Rigters Forward Barnsley Loan[5]
  Paul Gallagher Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
  Rostyn Griffiths Midfield Accrington Stanley Loan
2 January 2009   Eddie Nolan Defender Preston North End Undisclosed[6]
  David Hoilett Forward FC St. Pauli Loan
23 December 2008   Robbie Fowler Forward N/A Free[7]
  Sergio Peter Winger Sparta Prague Undisclosed
  Alan Judge Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
28 January 2009   Matt Derbyshire Forward Olympiacos Loan[8]
  Gunnar Nielsen Goalkeeper Manchester City Free
  • Fees are an estimate

Results edit

Pre-season edit

14 July 2008   Macclesfield Town 1–2 Blackburn Rovers
  Dunn  
Gallagher  

Premier League edit

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   45'
Yakubu   64'
Report Dunn   22'
Santa Cruz   66'
Ooijer   90'
Stadium: Goodison Park
30 August 2008 West Ham United 4–1 Blackburn Rovers London
Davenport   12'
Samba   20' (o.g.)
Bellamy   90'
Cole   90'
Report Roberts   22' Stadium: Upton Park
13 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 Arsenal Blackburn
15:00 Warnock   80' Report   8' Van Persie
  45+1', 81' (pen.), 90+2' Adebayor
  60' Denílson
Stadium: Ewood Park
8 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Chelsea Blackburn
Anelka   40', 68' Stadium: Ewood Park
15 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Sunderland Blackburn
Samba   45' Jones   49'
Cissé   71'
Stadium: Ewood Park
22 November 2008 Tottenham 1–0 Blackburn Rovers London
Pavlyuchenko   9' Stadium: White Hart Lane
29 November 2008 Portsmouth 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
Crouch   49'
Defoe   53'
Davis   79'
Derbyshire   62'
Kerimoğlu   67'
Stadium: Fratton Park
6 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Liverpool Blackburn
Santa Cruz   86' Alonso   69'
Benayoun   79'
Gerrard   90'
Stadium: Ewood Park
20 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Stoke City Blackburn
McCarthy   9', 27' (pen.)
Roberts   18'
Stadium: Ewood Park
11 March 2009 Fulham 1–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Dempsey   2' Diouf   69'
Roberts   85'
Stadium: Craven Cottage
14 March 2009 Arsenal 4–0 Blackburn Rovers London
Ooijer   2' (o.g.)
Arshavin   65'
Eboué   87', 90' (pen.)
Report Stadium: Emirates Stadium
4 April 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Tottenham Blackburn
McCarthy   82'
Ooijer   89'
Keane   30' (pen.) Stadium: Ewood Park
11 April 2009 Liverpool 4–0 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
Torres   5', 33'
Agger   83'
N'Gog   90'
Stadium: Anfield
16 May 2009 Chelsea 2–0 Blackburn Rovers London
Malouda   4'
Anelka   59'
Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,804 (245 away)

FA Cup edit

24 January 2009 Sunderland 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 22,634
5 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 (aet) Sunderland Blackburn
Mokoena   37'
McCarthy   118'
Report Healy   7' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,112
14 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Coventry City Blackburn
Santa Cruz   2'
Samba   90'
Report Gunnarsson   61'
Doyle   76'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,053
24 February 2009 Coventry City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Coventry
Best   59' Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 22,793

League Cup edit

12 November 2008 Sunderland 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Sunderland
Jones   71' Report Santa Cruz   65'
Bardsley  70' (o.g.)
Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 18,555
3 December 2008 Manchester United 5–3 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Tevez   35', 50' (pen.), 54', 90+4'
Nani   40'
Report McCarthy   48', 90+2'
Derbyshire   84'
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 53,997

Season statistics edit

Player Age Position Apps Goals Assists Y. Cards R. Cards
  1 Paul Robinson (1979-10-15) 15 October 1979 (age 44) Goalkeeper 39 0 0 0 0
  2 André Ooijer (1974-07-11) 11 July 1974 (age 49) Defender 34 2 2 9 0
  3 Stephen Warnock (1981-12-12) 12 December 1981 (age 42) Full Back 41 3 3 8 0
  4 Christopher Samba (1984-03-28) 28 March 1984 (age 40) Defender 37 3 5 5 0
  5 Tugay Kerimoğlu (1970-08-24) 24 August 1970 (age 53) Midfielder 34 1 0 3 0
  6 Ryan Nelsen (1977-10-18) 18 October 1977 (age 46) Defender 38 1 1 8 0
  7 Brett Emerton (1979-02-22) 22 February 1979 (age 45) Winger 22 2 3 4 0
  8 David Dunn (1979-12-27) 27 December 1979 (age 44) Midfielder 16 1 0 0 0
  9 Roque Santa Cruz (1981-08-16) 16 August 1981 (age 42) Forward 27 6 2 0 0
  10 Benni McCarthy (1977-11-12) 12 November 1977 (age 46) Forward 31 13 4 5 1
  11 Vince Grella (1979-10-05) 5 October 1979 (age 44) Midfielder 17 0 0 4 0
  12 Morten Gamst Pedersen (1981-09-08) 8 September 1981 (age 42) Winger 35 1 9 2 1
  13 Zurab Khizanishvili (1981-10-06) 6 October 1981 (age 42) Defender 11 0 0 4 0
  14 Johann Vogel (1977-03-08) 8 March 1977 (age 47) Midfielder 2 0 0 0 0
  15 Aaron Mokoena (1980-11-25) 25 November 1980 (age 43) Midfielder 24 1 0 7 0
  16 Steven Reid (1981-03-10) 10 March 1981 (age 43) Midfielder 4 0 2 0 0
  17 Keith Andrews (1980-09-13) 13 September 1980 (age 43) Midfielder 33 4 0 5 0
  18 Paul Gallagher (1984-08-09) 9 August 1984 (age 39) Winger 1 0 0 0 0
  18 El Hadji Diouf (1981-01-15) 15 January 1981 (age 43) Winger 12 1 2 1 2
  19 Carlos Villanueva (1986-02-05) 5 February 1986 (age 38) Versatile 20 2 4 2 0
  21 Sergio Peter (1986-10-12) 12 October 1986 (age 37) Winger 0 0 0 0 0
  21 Gaël Givet (1981-10-09) 9 October 1981 (age 42) Defender 16 0 0 3 0
  22 Danny Simpson (1987-01-04) 4 January 1987 (age 37) Full Back 20 0 0 4 0
  23 Robbie Fowler (1975-04-09) 9 April 1975 (age 49) Forward 6 0 1 0 0
  24 Keith Treacy (1988-09-13) 13 September 1988 (age 35) Winger 20 0 1 2 0
  25 Alan Judge (1988-11-11) 11 November 1988 (age 35) Winger 2 0 0 0 0
  26 Julio Santa Cruz (1990-02-01) 1 February 1990 (age 34) Forward 0 0 0 0 0
  27 Matt Derbyshire (1986-04-14) 14 April 1986 (age 38) Forward 22 5 3 1 0
  28 Tony Kane (1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36) Full Back 0 0 0 0 0
  29 Martin Olsson (1988-05-17) 17 May 1988 (age 35) Full Back 14 1 0 3 1
  30 Jason Roberts (1978-01-25) 25 January 1978 (age 46) Forward 29 7 5 4 0
  31 Bryan Hodge (1987-09-23) 23 September 1987 (age 36) Midfielder 1 0 0 0 0
  32 Jason Brown (1982-05-18) 18 May 1982 (age 41) Goalkeeper 7 0 0 1 0
  33 Frank Fielding (1988-03-04) 4 March 1988 (age 36) Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
  34 Gunnar Nielsen (1986-10-07) 7 October 1986 (age 37) Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
  35 Eddie Nolan (1988-08-05) 5 August 1988 (age 35) Defender 0 0 0 0 0
  36 Marcus Marshall (1989-10-07) 7 October 1989 (age 34) Forward 1 0 0 0 0
  37 Alex Marrow (1990-01-21) 21 January 1990 (age 34) Midfielder 0 0 0 0 0
  38 Mark Bunn (1984-11-19) 19 November 1984 (age 39) Goalkeeper 1 0 0 0 0
  39 Aaron Doran (1991-05-13) 13 May 1991 (age 32) Winger 2 0 0 0 0
  40 Björn Bussmann (1991-03-18) 18 March 1991 (age 33) Goalkeeper 0 0 0 0 0
  41 Andy Haworth (1988-11-28) 28 November 1988 (age 35) Winger 2 0 0 0 0
  42 Gavin Gunning (1991-01-28) 28 January 1991 (age 33) Defender 0 0 0 0 0
  43 Jamie Clarke (1988-09-11) 11 September 1988 (age 35) Forward 0 0 0 0 0

Final league table edit

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.

References edit

  1. ^ "Simpson moves to Blackburn". Eurosport. 4 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  2. ^ "Blackburn sign Andrews". The Independent. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  3. ^ "Fowler joins Rovers on short-term deal". The Guardian. 12 September 2008. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Tottenham confirm £15m six-year deal for Bentley". The Guardian. 31 July 2008. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Rigters moves to Barnsley". Eurosport. 8 August 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Nolan makes Preston switch". Eurosport. 2 January 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  7. ^ "Fowler leaves Blackburn". Eurosport. 23 December 2008. Retrieved 22 December 2023.
  8. ^ "Derbyshire goes to Greece". Eurosport. 28 January 2009. Retrieved 22 December 2023.

External links edit