1996–97 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season: Difference between revisions

Blackburn Rovers
1996–97 season
Owner	Jack Walker
Chairman	Robert Coar
Manager	Ray Harford (until 25 October) ; Tony Parkes (from 25 October)
Stadium	Ewood Park
Premiership	13th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Sutton (11); All: Sutton (12)
Average home league attendance	24,947
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During the 1996–97 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

An early exit from the League Cup at the hands of Division Two side Stockport County was the final straw for manager Ray Harford, who stepped down on 25 October with Rovers also bottom of the Premiership with no wins from their opening 11 games.^[1] 18 months earlier, they had been league champions. Long-serving coach Tony Parkes was appointed caretaker, remaining in the post until the end of the season, when he handed over the reins to Roy Hodgson after Sampdoria's Sven-Göran Eriksson lied about accepting the manager's job and joined Lazio instead. Parkes steered Blackburn to safety as they finished 13th.

The world record £15 million sale of striker Alan Shearer to Newcastle United was seen as the biggest factor in Blackburn's lowest top flight finish since they returned to the elite in 1992. However, his strike-partner Chris Sutton helped keep the club alive after recovering from a drastic loss of form triggered by a spate of injuries the previous season. The acquisition of Swedish striker Martin Dahlin at the end of the season enhanced Blackburn's attack and gave fans hope for a higher finish next time round.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Leeds United	38	11	13	14	28	38	−10	46
12	Derby County	38	11	13	14	45	58	−13	46
13	Blackburn Rovers	38	9	15	14	42	43	−1	42
14	West Ham United	38	10	12	16	39	48	−9	42
15	Everton	38	10	12	16	44	57	−13	42

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
38	9	15	14	42	43	−1	42	8	4	7	28	23	+5	1	11	7	14	20	−6

Source: Statto

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H
Result	L	L	D	L	L	L	D	D	L	D	L	W	D	D	W	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W	D	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L
Position	16	19	18	19	19	20	20	20	20	20	20	20	19	19	18	17	17	18	18	17	14	14	16	13	15	14	13	12	12	12	12	13	14	14	13	13	13	13

Source: Statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

FA Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1996	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	26,960
21 August 1996	Aston Villa	A	1–0	32,457
25 August 1996	Manchester United	A	2–2	54,178	Warhurst, Bohinen
4 September 1996	Leeds United	H	0–1	23,226
9 September 1996	Derby County	H	1–2	19,214	Sutton
14 September 1996	Newcastle United	A	2–1	36,424	Sutton
21 September 1996	Everton	H	1–1	27,091	Donis
28 September 1996	Coventry City	A	0–0	17,032
12 October 1996	Arsenal	H	0–2	24,303
19 October 1996	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	22,191	Bohinen
26 October 1996	West Ham	A	2–1	23,947	Berg
03 November 1996	Liverpool	H	3–0	29,598	Sutton (2), Wilcox
16 November 1996	Chelsea	H	1–1	27,229	Gallacher
25 November 1996	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	17,525	Gallacher, Wilcox
30 November 1996	Southampton	H	2–1	23,018	Sherwood, Sutton
7 December 1996	Southampton	A	1–1	16,626	Moran
14 December 1996	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	15,850	Shearer
26 December 1996	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	20,096	Wilcox, Phillips (own goal)
28 December 1996	Liverpool	A	1–2	43,668	Shearer
1 January 1997	Sheffield United	H	1–0	16,057	Moran
11 January 1997	Leeds United	H	3–1	19,910	Wilcox, Shearer (2)
18 January 1997	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	21,431	Wegerle
29 January 1997	Wimbledon	H	0–0	14,504
1 February 1997	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	13,742	Ripley
22 February 1997	Coventry City	H	2–5	15,215	Newell, Hendry
1 March 1997	Manchester City	A	2–3	29,122	Newell, Phelan (own goal)
5 March 1997	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	14,163	Wegerle
11 March 1997	Chelsea	H	2–0	14,780	Newell (2)
15 March 1997	Norwich City	A	0–0	15,821
19 March 1997	Everton	A	1–2	18,086	May
22 March 1997	Southampton	H	0–0	13,556
7 April 1997	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	14,041	Atkins
12 April 1997	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–0	10,677	Ripley, Moran, Atkins
19 April 1997	Liverpool	H	4–1	15,032	Newell, Moran, Gallacher, Wilcox
22 April 1997	Nottingham Forest	A	3–1	20,467	Wilcox, Ripley, Newell
3 May 1997	Leeds United	A	2–5	31,791	Gallacher, Newell
8 May 1997	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	14,071	Ripley, Whelan (own goal)
11 May 1997	Sheffield United	A	3–1	18,186	Gallacher, Newell, Sherwood


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1997	Port Vale	H	1–0	19,891	Bohinen
R4	15 February 1997	Coventry City	H	1–2	21,123	Sherwood

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	17 September 1996	Brentford	A	2–1	8,938	Flitcroft, Sutton
R2 2nd Leg	24 September 1996	Brentford	H	2–0 (won 4–1 on agg)	9,599	Gallacher, Sherwood
R3	22 October 1996	Stockport County	H	0–1	14,622

Squad

Squad at end of season^[3]

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	ENG	Tim Flowers
2	DF	WAL	Chris Coleman
3	DF	IRL	Jeff Kenna
4	MF	ENG	Tim Sherwood (captain)
5	DF	SCO	Colin Hendry
6	DF	ENG	Graeme Le Saux
7	MF	ENG	Stuart Ripley
8	FW	SCO	Kevin Gallacher
9	FW	ENG	Chris Sutton
10	MF	NOR	Lars Bohinen
11	MF	ENG	Jason Wilcox
12	DF	ENG	Nicky Marker
13	GK	IRL	Shay Given
14	MF	ENG	Graham Fenton
15	MF	ENG	Matty Holmes
16	FW	DEN	Per Pedersen
17	DF	SCO	Billy McKinlay


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
18	MF	SWE	Niklas Gudmundsson
19	DF	ENG	Adam Reed
20	DF	NOR	Henning Berg
21	MF	GRE	Giorgos Donis
23	MF	ENG	Garry Flitcroft
24	DF	ENG	Paul Warhurst
25	DF	ENG	Ian Pearce
26	DF	ENG	Marlon Broomes
27	DF	ENG	Tony Whealing
28	MF	ENG	Wayne Gill
29	DF	ENG	Steve Hitchen
30	FW	ENG	James Beattie
32	MF	IRL	Damien Duff
33	DF	NIR	Damien Johnson
34	DF	ENG	Gary Croft
35	FW	WAL	James Thomas

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	GK	ENG	Gareth Stewart
-	GK	WAL	Anthony Williams


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	DF	IRL	Graham Coughlan
-	DF	IRL	David Worrell

Transfers

In

^[4]

July 1996: George Donis - Panathinaikos, free
February 1997: Per Pedersen - Odense, £2,500,000

Out

Alan Shearer - Newcastle United, £15,000,000

References

^ "Latest Blackburn Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.
^ "Blackburn Rovers 1996-1997 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.
^ "FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 1996/97". www.footballsquads.co.uk.
^ "Boom and bust the Blackburn way". BBC News. 13 May 1999.

[1] "Latest Blackburn Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base". www.soccerbase.com.

[2] "Blackburn Rovers 1996-1997 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 25 February 2012.

[3] "FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 1996/97". www.footballsquads.co.uk.

[4] "Boom and bust the Blackburn way". BBC News. 13 May 1999.

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