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Blackburn Rovers 1995β96 football season
During the 1995β96 English football season,
Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the
FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
Season summary
Blackburn had a disappointing title defence in the
Premier League , dropping to 7th in the standings in the wake of
Kenny Dalglish 's resignation as manager. Their first half of the season was little short of disastrous, their 5β0 defeat at struggling
Coventry City in mid December being their eighth in the league, with relegation a distinct possibility. However, Blackburn improved in the second half of the season, losing just five more games and only narrowly missing out on a
UEFA Cup place.
They also got knocked out of the
Champions League already in the group stage against comparatively unknown
Rosenborg and
Legia Warsaw . Compounding the misery was the sale of fan favourite and top scorer
Alan Shearer , who went to
Newcastle for a British
transfer record at the end of July.
Final league table
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
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
18
7
13
61
47
+14
61
14
2
3
44
19
+25
4
5
10
17
28
β11
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 H A A H A H A H A H H A A H H A H A A H A H A H A H H A Result W L L L D L W L W D W L L W D W L W D W W D W W W L L L D W W L L W W W D W Position 6 7 13 13 14 17 13 15 11 11 11 11 11 10 13 10 11 11 10 9 9 10 8 5 6 6 9 9 10 8 6 8 9 9 8 6 7 7
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Results
Blackburn Rovers' score comes first
[2]
Legend
FA Premier League
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 1995
Queens Park Rangers
H
1β0
22,860
Shearer (pen)
23 August 1995
Sheffield Wednesday
A
1β2
25,544
Shearer
26 August 1995
Bolton Wanderers
A
1β2
20,253
Holmes
28 August 1995
Manchester United
H
1β2
29,843
Shearer
9 September 1995
Aston Villa
H
1β1
27,084
Shearer
16 September 1995
Liverpool
A
0β3
39,502
23 September 1995
Coventry City
H
5β1
24,382
Shearer (3),
Hendry ,
Pearce
30 September 1995
Middlesbrough
A
0β2
29,462
14 October 1995
Southampton
H
2β1
26,780
Bohinen ,
Shearer
21 October 1995
West Ham United
A
1β1
21,776
Shearer
28 October 1995
Chelsea
H
3β0
27,733
Sherwood ,
Shearer ,
Newell
5 November 1995
Everton
A
0β1
30,097
8 November 1995
Newcastle United
A
0β1
36,473
18 November 1995
Nottingham Forest
H
7β0
27,660
Shearer (3),
Bohinen (2),
Newell ,
Le Saux
26 November 1995
Arsenal
A
0β0
37,695
2 December 1995
West Ham United
H
4β2
26,638
Shearer (3, 1 pen),
Newell
9 December 1995
Coventry City
A
0β5
29,469
16 December 1995
Middlesbrough
H
1β0
27,996
Shearer
23 December 1995
Wimbledon
A
1β1
7,105
Kimble (own goal)
26 December 1995
Manchester City
H
2β0
28,915
Shearer ,
Batty
30 December 1995
Tottenham Hotspur
H
2β1
30,004
Marker ,
Shearer
1 January 1996
Leeds United
A
0β0
31,285
13 January 1996
Queens Park Rangers
A
1β0
13,957
Shearer
20 January 1996
Sheffield Wednesday
H
3β0
24,732
Shearer ,
Bohinen ,
Gallacher
3 February 1996
Bolton Wanderers
H
3β1
30,419
Shearer (3)
10 February 1996
Manchester United
A
0β1
42,681
24 February 1996
Liverpool
H
2β3
30,895
Wilcox ,
Sherwood
28 February 1996
Aston Villa
A
0β2
28,008
2 March 1996
Manchester City
A
1β1
29,078
Shearer
13 March 1996
Leeds United
H
1β0
23,358
Fenton
16 March 1996
Tottenham Hotspur
A
3β2
32,387
Shearer (3, 1 pen)
30 March 1996
Everton
H
0β3
29,468
6 April 1996
Southampton
A
0β1
14,793
8 April 1996
Newcastle United
H
2β1
30,717
Fenton (2)
13 April 1996
Nottingham Forest
A
5β1
25,273
Shearer ,
McKinlay ,
Wilcox (2),
Fenton
17 April 1996
Wimbledon
H
3β2
24,174
Shearer (2),
Fenton
27 April 1996
Arsenal
H
1β1
29,834
Gallacher
5 May 1996
Chelsea
A
3β2
28,436
Sherwood ,
McKinlay ,
Fenton
FA Charity Shield
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
13 August 1995
Everton
N
0β1
40,149
FA Cup
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
6 January 1996
Ipswich Town
A
0β0
21,236
R3R
16 January 1996
Ipswich Town
H
0β1
19,606
League Cup
UEFA Champions League
Squad
[3]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Reserve squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under
FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Transfers
In
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
9 August 1995
DF
Adam Reed
Darlington
Β£200,000
15 August 1995
MF
Matty Holmes
West Ham United
Β£1,200,000
1 October 1995
MF
Lars Bohinen
Nottingham Forest
Β£700,000
10 October 1995
MF
Billy McKinlay
Dundee United
Β£1,750,000
14 October 1995
DF
Graham Coughlan
Bray Wanderers
Β£100,000
6 November 1995
ST
Graham Fenton
Aston Villa
Β£1,500,000
21 December 1995
DF
Chris Coleman
Crystal Palace
Β£2,800,000
1 March 1996
MF
Niklas Gudmundsson
Halmstads BK
Β£750,000
28 March 1996
MF
Garry Flitcroft
Manchester City
Β£3,500,000
29 March 1996
DF
Gary Croft
Grimsby Town
Β£1,600,000
Out
Transfers in: Β£5,750,000
Transfers out: Β£1,050,000
Total spending: Β£4,700,000
Statistics
Appearances and goals
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
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2β4 Level 5 Levels 6β7 Levels 8β9
Isthmian League (
Two ,
Three )
Combined Counties League (level 8 only )
Eastern Counties League (
Premier ,
One )
Essex Senior League (level 8 only )
Hellenic League (
Premier ,
One )
Kent League (level 8 only )
Midland Alliance (level 8 only )
Midland Football Combination (level 9 only )
North West Counties League (
One ,
Two )
Northern Counties East League (
Premier ,
One )
Northern League (
One ,
Two )
South Midlands League (
Premier ,
Senior )
Spartan League (
Premier ,
One )
Sussex County League (
One ,
Two )
United Counties League (
Premier ,
One )
Wessex League (level 8 only )
West Midlands (Regional) League (level 9 only )
Western League (
Premier ,
One )
Cup competitions
FA cups Football League cups
European competitions