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

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

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

Out
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
David Bentley Winger Tottenham Hotspur £15,000,000
Maceo Rigters Forward Barnsley Loan
Paul Gallagher Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
Rostyn Griffiths Midfield Accrington Stanley Loan
Eddie Nolan Defender Preston North End Undisclosed
David Hoilett Forward FC St. Pauli Loan
Robbie Fowler Forward N/A Free
Sergio Peter Winger Sparta Prague Undisclosed
Alan Judge Winger Plymouth Argyle Loan
Matt Derbyshire Forward Olympiacos Loan
Gunnar Nielsen Goalkeeper Manchester City Free
  • Fees are an estimate

Results

Pre-season
14 July 2008 Macclesfield Town1 – 2Blackburn Rovers
Dunn
Gallagher
21 July 2008 1899 Hoffenheim3 – 1Blackburn Rovers
McCarthy
25 July 2008 Benfica2 – 3Blackburn Rovers
Pedersen
Roberts
Emerton
26 July 2008 Sporting CP2 – 1Blackburn Rovers
McCarthy
2 August 2008 Wolverhampton Wanderers4 – 2Blackburn Rovers
Derbyshire
Santa Cruz
9 August 2008 NAC Breda1 – 1Blackburn RoversBlackburn
Roberts Stadium: Ewood Park

Premier League
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHAHHAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHHHAAHAAHAHHAAHAHAH
ResultWDLLWWLDDLDLLLLLLWDDWDDLLWDWLDWLLWLWLD
Updated to match(es) played on 28 December 2008. Source:
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
16 August 2008 Everton2 – 3Blackburn RoversLiverpool
Arteta  45'
Yakubu  64'		 Dunn  22'
Santa Cruz  66'
Ooijer  90'		 Stadium: Goodison Park
23 August 2008 Blackburn Rovers1 – 1Hull CityBlackburn
Roberts  38' Garcia  40' Stadium: Ewood Park
30 August 2008 West Ham United4 – 1Blackburn RoversLondon
Davenport  12'
Samba  20' (o.g.)
Bellamy  90'
Cole  90'		 Roberts  22' Stadium: Upton Park
13 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers0 – 4ArsenalBlackburn
15:00 Warnock  80'  8' Van Persie
 45+1', 81' (pen.), 90+2' Adebayor
 60' Denílson		 Stadium: Ewood Park
20 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers1 – 0FulhamBlackburn
Derbyshire  84' Stadium: Ewood Park
27 September 2008 Newcastle1 – 2Blackburn RoversNewcastle upon Tyne
Owen  51' (pen.) Samba  31'
Santa Cruz  41'		 Stadium: St James' Park
4 October 2008 Blackburn Rovers0 – 2Manchester UnitedBlackburn
Brown  31'
Rooney  64'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
18 October 2008 Bolton Wanderers0 – 0Blackburn RoversHorwich
Stadium: Reebok Stadium
25 October 2008 Blackburn Rovers1 – 1MiddlesbroughBlackburn
McCarthy  90' Alves  74' Stadium: Ewood Park
29 October 2008 Aston Villa3 – 2Blackburn RoversBirmingham
Luke Young  45'
Barry  65'
Agbonlahor  87'		 Warnock  30'
Emerton  90'		 Stadium: Villa Park
1 November 2008 West Bromwich Albion2 – 2Blackburn RoversWest Bromwich
Bednář  55'
Miller  62'		 McCarthy  13' (pen.)
Andrews  89'		 Stadium: The Hawthorns
8 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers0 – 2ChelseaBlackburn
Anelka  40', 68' Stadium: Ewood Park
15 November 2008 Blackburn Rovers1 – 2SunderlandBlackburn
Samba  45' Jones  49'
Cissé  71'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
22 November 2008 Tottenham1 – 0Blackburn RoversLondon
Pavlyuchenko  9' Stadium: White Hart Lane
29 November 2008 Portsmouth3 – 2Blackburn RoversPortsmouth
Crouch  49'
Defoe  53'
Davis  79'		 Derbyshire  62'
Kerimoğlu  67'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
6 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers1 – 3LiverpoolBlackburn
Santa Cruz  86' Alonso  69'
Benayoun  79'
Gerrard  90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
13 December 2008 Wigan Athletic3 – 0Blackburn RoversWigan
Heskey  10'
Valencia  12'
Cattermole  77'		 Stadium: DW Stadium
20 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers3 – 0Stoke CityBlackburn
McCarthy  9', 27' (pen.)
Roberts  18'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
26 December 2008 Sunderland0 – 0Blackburn RoversSunderland
Stadium: Stadium of Light
28 December 2008 Blackburn Rovers2 – 2Manchester CityBlackburn
McCarthy  45'
Roberts  84'		 Sturridge  88'
Robinho  90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
17 January 2009 Blackburn Rovers3 – 0Newcastle UnitedBlackburn
McCarthy  61' (pen.)
Roberts  66', 86'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
28 January 2009 Blackburn Rovers2 – 2Bolton WanderersBlackburn
Warnock  66'
McCarthy  87'		 Taylor  15'
K. Davies  35'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
31 January 2009 Middlesbrough0 – 0Blackburn RoversMiddlesbrough
Stadium: Riverside Stadium
7 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers0 – 2Aston VillaBlackburn
Milner  27'
Agbonlahor  90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
21 February 2009 Manchester United2 – 1Blackburn RoversManchester
Rooney  23'
Ronaldo  60'		 Santa Cruz  32' Stadium: Old Trafford
1 March 2009 Hull City1 – 2Blackburn RoversKingston upon Hull
Ashbee  79' Warnock  34'
Andrews  37'		 Stadium: KC Stadium
4 March 2009 Blackburn Rovers0 – 0EvertonBlackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
11 March 2009 Fulham1 – 2Blackburn RoversLondon
Dempsey  2' Diouf  69'
Roberts  85'		 Stadium: Craven Cottage
14 March 2009 Arsenal4 – 0Blackburn RoversLondon
Ooijer  2' (o.g.)
Arshavin  65'
Eboué  87', 90' (pen.)		 Stadium: Emirates Stadium
21 March 2009 Blackburn Rovers1 – 1West Ham UnitedBlackburn
Andrews  51' Noble  35' Stadium: Ewood Park
4 April 2009 Blackburn Rovers2 – 1TottenhamBlackburn
McCarthy  82'
Ooijer  89'		 Keane  30' (pen.) Stadium: Ewood Park
11 April 2009 Liverpool4 – 0Blackburn RoversLiverpool
Torres  5', 33'
Agger  83'
N'Gog  90'		 Stadium: Anfield
18 April 2009 Stoke City1 – 0Blackburn RoversStoke-on-Trent
Lawrence  75' Stadium: Britannia Stadium
26 April 2009 Blackburn Rovers2 – 0Wigan AthleticBlackburn
McCarthy  45'
Nelsen  60'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
2 May 2009 Manchester City3 – 1Blackburn RoversManchester
Caicedo  27'
Robinho  34'
Elano  45' (pen.)		 Andrews  66' Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
9 May 2009 Blackburn Rovers2 – 0PortsmouthBlackburn
Pedersen  31'
McCarthy  58' (pen.)		 Stadium: Ewood Park
16 May 2009 Chelsea2 – 0Blackburn RoversLondon
Malouda  4'
Anelka  59'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 40,804 (245 away)
24 May 2009 Blackburn Rovers0 – 0West Bromwich AlbionBlackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park

FA Cup
5 January 2009 Blyth Spartans0 – 1Blackburn RoversBlyth, Northumberland
Report Villanueva Stadium: Croft Park
24 January 2009 Sunderland0 – 0Blackburn RoversSunderland
Report Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 22,634
5 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers2 – 1SunderlandBlackburn
Mokoena
McCarthy 		Report Healy Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,112
14 February 2009 Blackburn Rovers2 – 2Coventry CityBlackburn
Santa Cruz  2'
Samba  90'		 Report Gunnarsson  61'
Doyle  76'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 15,053
24 February 2009 Coventry City1 – 0Blackburn RoversCoventry
Best  59' Report Stadium: Ricoh Arena
Attendance: 22,793

League Cup
27 August 2008 Blackburn Rovers4 – 1Grimsby TownBlackburn
Villanueva
Derbyshire
Emerton 		Newey Stadium: Ewood Park
24 September 2008 Blackburn Rovers1 – 0EvertonBlackburn
Olsson Stadium: Ewood Park
12 November 2008 Sunderland1 – 2Blackburn RoversSunderland
Jones  71' Santa Cruz  65'
Bardsley 70' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Stadium of Light
Attendance: 18,555
3 December 2008 Manchester United5 – 3Blackburn RoversManchester
Tevez  35', 50' (pen.), 54', 90+4'
Nani  40'		 Report McCarthy  48', 90+2'
Derbyshire  84'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 53,997

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