1995–96 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
Fourth round | ||||
Charity Shield | Runners-up | |||
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UEFA Champions League | Group Stage | |||
Top goalscorer | League: Shearer (31) All: Shearer (37) | |||
Average home league attendance | 27,714 | |||
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During the 1995–96 English football season,
FA Premier League
(known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary
Blackburn had a disappointing title defence in the
UEFA Cup
place.
They also got knocked out of the
transfer record
at the end of July.
Final league table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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5 | Arsenal | 38 | 17 | 12 | 9 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 63 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
6 | Everton | 38 | 17 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 44 | +20 | 61 | Excluded from the UEFA Cup[a] |
7 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 18 | 7 | 13 | 61 | 47 | +14 | 61 | |
8 | Tottenham Hotspur | 38 | 16 | 13 | 9 | 50 | 38 | +12 | 61 | |
9 | Nottingham Forest | 38 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 50 | 54 | −4 | 58 |
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
- ^ The Football Association was initially awarded a UEFA Fair Play berth to the Premier League's highest-placed team not qualified for Europe, but was revoked by UEFA for its clubs fielding under-strength sides in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup.[1]
- Results summary
Overall | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||
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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 |
Source: Statto
- Results by round
Results
Blackburn Rovers' score comes first[2]
Legend
Win | Draw | Loss |
FA Premier League
Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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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 |
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13 August 1995 | Everton | N | 0–1 | 40,149 |
FA Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R3 | 6 January 1996 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–0 | 21,236 | |
R3R | 16 January 1996 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–1 | 19,606 |
League Cup
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R2 1st Leg | 20 September 1995 | Swindon Town | A | 3–2 | 14,740 | Sutton, Shearer (2) |
R2 2nd Leg | 4 October 1995 | Swindon Town | H | 2–0 | 16,924 | Shearer (2) |
R3 | 24 October 1995 | Watford | A | 2–1 | 17,035 | Shearer, Newell |
R4 | 29 November 1995 | Leeds United |
A | 1–2 | 26,006 | Kelly (own goal)
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UEFA Champions League
Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Referee |
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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.
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Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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Transfers
In
Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
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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
Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
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11 August 1995 | MF | Tony Carss | Darlington | Free transfer |
14 August 1995 | MF | Robbie Slater | West Ham United | £600,000 |
10 September 1995 | MF | Mark Atkins | Wolverhampton Wanderers
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£1,000,000 |
13 October 1995 | MF | Lee Makel | Huddersfield Town | £300,000 |
9 November 1995 | GK | Frank Talia | Swindon Town | £150,000 |
24 February 1996 | MF | David Batty | Newcastle United
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£3,750,000 |
- Transfers in: £5,750,000
- Transfers out: £1,050,000
- Total spending: £4,700,000
Statistics
Appearances and goals
No. | Pos | Nat | Player | Total | Premier League | FA Cup | League Cup | UEFA Champions League | |||||
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Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||||
Goalkeepers | |||||||||||||
1 | GK | ENG | Tim Flowers | 48 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
13 | GK | ENG | Bobby Mimms | 2 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Defenders | |||||||||||||
2 | DF | WAL | Chris Coleman | 22 | 0 | 19+1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
3 | DF | IRL | Jeff Kenna | 43 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
5 | DF | SCO | Colin Hendry | 44 | 1 | 33 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
6 | DF | ENG | Graeme Le Saux | 19 | 1 | 13+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
12 | DF | ENG | Nicky Marker | 10 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
20 | DF | NOR | Henning Berg | 50 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
24 | DF | ENG | Paul Warhurst | 18 | 0 | 1+9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
25 | DF | ENG | Ian Pearce | 19 | 1 | 12 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
Midfielders | |||||||||||||
4 | MF | ENG | Tim Sherwood | 46 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 1+1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 |
7 | MF | ENG | Stuart Ripley | 38 | 0 | 28 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4+1 | 0 |
11 | MF | ENG | Jason Wilcox | 10 | 3 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
15 | MF | ENG | Matty Holmes | 12 | 1 | 8+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 0 |
17 | MF | SCO | Billy McKinlay | 22 | 2 | 13+6 | 2 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
22 | MF | NOR | Lars Bohinen | 20 | 4 | 17+2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
23 | MF | ENG | Garry Flitcroft | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Forwards | |||||||||||||
8 | FW | SCO | Kevin Gallacher | 19 | 2 | 14+2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 |
9 | FW | ENG | Alan Shearer | 47 | 37 | 35 | 31 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 1 |
10 | FW | ENG | Mike Newell | 42 | 8 | 26+4 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 5+1 | 4 |
14 | FW | ENG | Graham Fenton | 14 | 6 | 4+10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
16 | FW | ENG | Chris Sutton | 22 | 1 | 9+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2+1 | 1 | 3+3 | 0 |
18 | FW | SWE | Niklas Gudmundsson | 4 | 0 | 1+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Players transferred out during the season | |||||||||||||
14 | MF | ENG | Lee Makel | 5 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1+1 | 0 |
22 | MF | ENG | Mark Atkins | 5 | 0 | 0+4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
23 | MF | ENG | David Batty | 33 | 1 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 |
Last updated: 30 May 1996
Source: Competitions
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.