1995–96 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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 5-0 defeat at struggling Coventry City in mid December being their eighth in the league, with relegation a distant 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

Updated to games played on 5 May 1996.
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹ Liverpool qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United already qualified for the Champions League.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results Summary

Source: Statto

Results by round

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

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Squad

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

Left club during season

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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.

Out

Transfers in: £2,250,000 Transfers out: £1,050,000 Total spending: £1,200,000

Starting 11

Only considering Premiership 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