1996–97 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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Blackburn Rovers
1996–97 season
ChairmanRobert Coar
ManagerRay Harford (until 25 October)
Tony Parkes (from 25 October)
StadiumEwood Park
Premiership13th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Sutton (11)
All: Sutton (12)
Average home league attendance24,947

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 changed his mind 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

Main article: 1996-97 FA Premier League

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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

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Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first[2]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1996 Tottenham Hotspur H 0-2 26,960
21 August 1996 Aston Villa A 0-1 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 1-2 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 United A 1-2 23,947 Berg
3 November 1996 Liverpool H 3-0 29,598 Sutton (2, 1 pen), 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 Leicester City A 1-1 19,306 Sutton
14 December 1996 Wimbledon A 0-1 13,246
26 December 1996 Newcastle United H 1-0 30,398 Gallacher
28 December 1996 Derby County A 0-0 17,847
1 January 1997 Everton A 2-0 30,427 Sherwood, Sutton
11 January 1997 Coventry City H 4-0 24,055 Sutton (2), Gallacher, Donis
18 January 1997 Sunderland A 0-0 20,850
29 January 1997 Tottenham Hotspur A 1-2 22,943 Hendry
1 February 1997 West Ham United H 2-1 21,994 Gallacher, Sutton
22 February 1997 Liverpool A 0-0 40,747
1 March 1997 Sunderland H 1-0 24,208 Gallacher
5 March 1997 Chelsea A 1-1 25,784 Pedersen
11 March 1997 Nottingham Forest H 1-1 20,485 Gallacher
15 March 1997 Wimbledon H 3-1 23,333 Gallacher (3)
19 March 1997 Middlesbrough A 1-2 29,891 Sutton
22 March 1997 Aston Villa H 0-2 24,274
7 April 1997 Leeds United A 0-0 27,264
12 April 1997 Manchester United H 2-3 30,476 McKinlay, Warhurst
19 April 1997 Arsenal A 1-1 38,086 Flitcroft
22 April 1997 Sheffield Wednesday H 4-1 20,845 Berg, Sherwood, Le Saux, Flitcroft
3 May 1997 Southampton A 0-2 15,247
8 May 1997 Middlesbrough H 0-0 27,411
11 May 1997 Leicester City H 2-4 25,881 Flitcroft, Fenton

FA Cup

Main article: 1996–97 FA Cup
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

Main article: 1996–97 Football 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 England ENG Tim Flowers
2 DF Wales WAL Chris Coleman
3 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jeff Kenna
4 MF England ENG Tim Sherwood (captain)
5 DF Scotland SCO Colin Hendry
6 DF England ENG Graeme Le Saux
7 MF England ENG Stuart Ripley
8 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Gallacher
9 FW England ENG Chris Sutton
10 MF Norway NOR Lars Bohinen
11 MF England ENG Jason Wilcox
12 DF England ENG Nicky Marker
13 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Shay Given
14 MF England ENG Graham Fenton
15 MF England ENG Matty Holmes
16 FW Denmark DEN Per Pedersen
17 DF Scotland SCO Billy McKinlay
No. Pos. Nation Player
18 MF Sweden SWE Niklas Gudmundsson
19 DF England ENG Adam Reed
20 DF Norway NOR Henning Berg
21 MF Greece GRE Giorgos Donis
23 MF England ENG Garry Flitcroft
24 DF England ENG Paul Warhurst
25 DF England ENG Ian Pearce
26 DF England ENG Marlon Broomes
27 DF England ENG Tony Whealing
28 MF England ENG Wayne Gill
29 DF England ENG Steve Hitchen
30 FW England ENG James Beattie
32 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Damien Duff
33 DF Northern Ireland NIR Damien Johnson
34 DF England ENG Gary Croft
35 FW Wales 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 England ENG Gareth Stewart
- GK Wales WAL Anthony Williams
No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF Republic of Ireland IRL Graham Coughlan
- DF Republic of Ireland IRL David Worrell

Transfers

In

[4]

Out

References

  1. ^ http://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=308&teamTabs=results
  2. ^ "Blackburn Rovers 1996-1997 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 3 March 2012. Retrieved 2012-02-25. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  3. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/blackbrn.htm
  4. ^ "Boom and bust the Blackburn way". BBC News. 13 May 1999.
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