Blackburn Rovers 1995–96 football season
During the 1995–96 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).
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 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.
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Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
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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 18 7 13 61 47 +14 61 14 2 3 44 19 +25 4 5 10 17 28 −11
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 = LossBlackburn Rovers' score comes first [ 2]
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 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
Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers 13 August 1995 Everton N 0–1 40,149
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers R3 6 January 1996 Ipswich Town A 0–0 21,236 R3R 16 January 1996 Ipswich Town H 0–1 19,606
UEFA Champions League [ edit ] [ 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 [ edit ] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Date Pos Name From Fee 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
Transfers in: Transfers out: Total spending: Appearances and goals [ edit ] 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
National teams
League competitions
Level 1 Levels 2–4 Level 5 Levels 6–7 Levels 8–9 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
French
Deutsch
£5,750,000
£1,050,000
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WAL 
IRL 
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SWE 
Tim Flowers, 37
Henning Berg, 38
Colin Hendry, 33
Chris Coleman, 19
Jeff Kenna, 32