Blackburn Rovers F.C. season 2008–09

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Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Season 2008–09
Manager	Sam Allardyce
Chairman	John Williams
Premier League	14th
FA Cup	Fifth Round
Carling Cup	Quarter Final
Top goalscorer	Benni McCarthy (13)

The 2008–09 season is Blackburn Rovers' 121st season as a professional club.

The biggest change over the 2008 close season has been the departure of former manager Mark Hughes, and the arrival of his successor Paul Ince.

However, after a terrible start to the campaign, Ince himself left the club. Paul was succeeded by Sam Allardyce.

Contents 1 Squad 1.1 2008–09 Squad 1.2 Players in 1.3 Players out 2 Results 2.1 Pre Season 2.2 Premier League 2.3 FA Cup 2.4 Carling Cup 3 Season statistics 4 External links

[edit] Squad

[edit] 2008–09 Squad

This squad consists of all players issued with a squad number.

Last update: 3 May 2009 15:00

		Name	Current Age	Position	Apps	Goals	Assists	Goal Ratio	Assist Ratio	Goal+Assist Ratio
	1	Paul Robinson	15 October 1979 (1979-10-15) (age 29)	Goalkeeper	39	0	0
	2	Andre Ooijer	11 July 1974 (1974-07-11) (age 34)	Defender	94	2	3	0.02	0.03	0.05
	3	Stephen Warnock	12 December 1981 (1981-12-12) (age 27)	Full Back	105	6	8	0.06	0.08	0.13
	4	Christopher Samba	28 March 1984 (1984-03-28) (age 25)	Defender	96	8	6	0.08	0.06	0.15
	5	Tugay Kerimoglu	24 August 1970 (1970-08-24) (age 38)	Midfielder	291	12	12	0.04	0.04	0.08
	6	Ryan Nelsen	18 October 1977 (1977-10-18) (age 31)	Defender	144	1	2	0.01	0.01	0.02
	7	Brett Emerton	22 February 1979 (1979-02-22) (age 30)	Winger	230	13	29	0.06	0.13	0.18
	8	David Dunn	27 December 1979 (1979-12-27) (age 29)	Midfielder	239	40	32	0.17	0.13	0.3
	9	Roque Santa Cruz	16 August 1981 (1981-08-16) (age 27)	Forward	70	29	10	0.41	0.14	0.56
	10	Benni McCarthy	12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) (age 31)	Forward	118	48	6	0.41	0.06	0.47
	11	Vince Grella	5 October 1979 (1979-10-05) (age 29)	Midfielder	17	0	0
	12	Morten Gamst Pedersen	8 September 1981 (1981-09-08) (age 27)	Winger	199	33	46	0.17	0.23	0.4
	13	Zurab Khizanishvili	6 October 1981 (1981-10-06) (age 27)	Defender	90	2	1	0.02	0.01	0.03
	15	Aaron Mokoena	25 November 1980 (1980-11-25) (age 28)	Midfielder	137	2	7	0.01	0.05	0.07
	16	Steven Reid	10 March 1981 (1981-03-10) (age 28)	Midfielder	124	7	10	0.06	0.08	0.14
	17	Keith Andrews	13 September 1980 (1980-09-13) (age 28)	Midfielder	33	4	0	0.12		0.12
	18	Paul Gallagher	9 August 1984 (1984-08-09) (age 24)	Winger	74	8	7	0.11	0.09	0.2
	18	El Hadji Diouf	15 January 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 28)	Winger	12	1	2	0.08	0.17	0.25
	19	Carlos Villanueva	5 February 1986 (1986-02-05) (age 23)	Versatile	20	2	4	0.1	0.2	0.3
	21	Gael Givet	9 October 1981 (1981-10-09) (age 27)	Defender	16	0	0
	22	Danny Simpson	4 January 1987 (1987-01-04) (age 22)	Full Back	20	0	0
	24	Keith Treacy	13 September 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 20)	Winger	22	0	1		0.05	0.05
	25	Alan Judge	11 November 1988 (1988-11-11) (age 20)	Winger	2	0	0
	26	Julio Santa Cruz	1 February 1990 (1990-02-01) (age 19)	Forward	0	0	0
	27	Matt Derbyshire	14 April 1986 (1986-04-14) (age 23)	Forward	85	19	10	0.22	0.12	0.34
	28	Tony Kane	29 August 1987 (1987-08-29) (age 21)	Full Back	0	0	0
	29	Martin Olsson	17 May 1988 (1988-05-17) (age 21)	Full Back	18	1	0	0.06		0.06
	30	Jason Roberts	25 January 1978 (1978-01-25) (age 31)	Forward	84	17	13	0.2	0.15	0.36
	31	Bryan Hodge	23 September 1987 (1987-09-23) (age 21)	Midfielder	0	0	0
	32	Jason Brown	18 May 1982 (1982-05-18) (age 27)	Goalkeeper	8	0	0
	33	Frank Fielding	4 March 1988 (1988-03-04) (age 21)	Goalkeeper	0	0	0
	34	Gunnar Nielsen	7 October 1986 (1986-10-07) (age 22)	Goalkeeper	0	0	0
	36	Marcus Marshall	7 October 1989 (1989-10-07) (age 19)	Forward	1	0	0
	37	Alex Marrow	21 January 1990 (1990-01-21) (age 19)	Midfielder	0	0	0
	38	Mark Bunn	19 November 1984 (1984-11-19) (age 24)	Goalkeeper	1	0	0
	39	Aaron Doran	13 May 1991 (1991-05-13) (age 18)	Winger	2	0	0
	40	Bjorn Bussmann	18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) (age 18)	Goalkeeper	0	0	0
	41	Andy Haworth	28 November 1988 (1988-11-28) (age 20)	Winger	2	0	0
	42	Gavin Gunning	28 January 1991 (1991-01-28) (age 18)	Defender	0	0	0
	43	Jamie Clarke	11 September 1988 (1988-09-11) (age 20)	Forward	0	0	0

[edit] Players in

		Player	Position	Previous Club	Fee
	1	Paul Robinson	Goalkeeper	Tottenham Hotspur	£3.5 Million
	19	Carlos Villanueva	Versatile	Audax Italiano	Loan
	22	Danny Simpson	Full Back	Manchester United	Loan
	26	Julio Santa Cruz	Forward	Cerro Porteno	Free
	11	Vince Grella	Midfielder	Torino	£4 Million
	17	Keith Andrews	Midfielder	MK Dons	£1 Million
	23	Robbie Fowler	Forward	Cardiff City	Free
	38	Mark Bunn	Goalkeeper	Northmapton	Undisclosed
	21	Gael Givet	Defender	Marseille	Loan
	18	El Hadji Diouf	Winger	Sunderland F.C.	£2 Million

[edit] Players out

	Player	Position	New Club	Fee
	Brad Friedel	Goalkeeper	Aston Villa	£2 Million
	Bruno Berner	Full Back	Leicester City	Free
	Stephane Henchoz	Defender	Retired	Free
	Peter Enckelman	Goalkeeper	Cardiff City	Free
	David Bentley	Winger	Tottenham Hotspur	£15 Million
	Maceo Rigters	Forward	Barnsley	Loan
	Paul Gallagher	Winger	Plymouth	Loan
	Rostyn Griffiths	Midfield	Accrington Stanley	Loan
	Eddie Nolan	Defender	Preston North End	Undisclosed
	David Hoilett	Forward	FC St. Pauli	Loan
	Robbie Fowler	Forward	N/A	Free
	Sergio Peter	Winger	Sparta Prague	Undisclosed
	Alan Judge	Winger	Plymouth	Loan
	Matt Derbyshire	Forward	Olympiakos	Loan
	Gunnar Nielsen	Goalkeeper	Manchester City	Free

• Fees are an estimate

[edit] Results

(Blackburn score first)

[edit] Pre Season

Date	Opponents	Result	Scorers
14 July 2008	Macclesfield Town [A]	2–1	David Dunn, Paul Gallagher
21 July 2008	Hoffenheim [A]	1–3	Benni McCarthy
25 July 2008	Benfica [A]	3–2	Morten Gamst Pedersen, Jason Roberts, Brett Emerton
26 July 2008	Sporting Lisbon [A]	1–2	Benni McCarthy
2 August 2008	Wolves [A]	2–4	Matt Derbyshire, Roque Santa Cruz
9 August 2008	NAC Breda [H]	1–1	Jason Roberts

[edit] Premier League

Round	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	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	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H
Result	W	D	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	D	W	D	D	L	L	W	D	W	L	D	W	L	L	W	L	W	L	D

Last updated: 28 December 2008.
Source:^{[citation needed]}
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Lose; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Date	Opponents	Result	Scorers
16 August 2008	Everton [A]	3–2	David Dunn, Roque Santa Cruz, Andre Ooijer
23 August 2008	Hull City [H]	1–1	Jason Roberts
30 August 2008	West Ham United [A]	1-4	Jason Roberts
13 September 2008	Arsenal [H]	0-4
20 September 2008	Fulham [H]	1-0	Matt Derbyshire
27 September 2008	Newcastle [A]	2-1	Chris Samba, Roque Santa Cruz
4 October 2008	Manchester United [H]	0-2
18 October 2008	Bolton [A]	0-0
18 October 2008	Middlesbrough [H]	1-1	Benni McCarthy
29 October 2008	Aston Villa [A]	2-3
1 November 2008	West Brom [A]	2-2	Benni McCarthy, Keith Andrews
8 November 2008	Chelsea [H]	0-2
15 November 2008	Sunderland [H]	1-2	Chris Samba
23 November 2008	Tottenham Hotspur [A]	0-1
30 November 2008	Portsmouth [A]	2-3	Matt Derbyshire, Tugay Kerimoglu
6 December 2008	Liverpool [H]	1-3	Roque Santa Cruz
13 December 2008	Wigan [A]	0-3
20 December 2008	Stoke [H]	3-0	Benni McCarthy, Jason Roberts, Benni McCarthy
26 December 2008	Sunderland [A]	0-0
28 December 2008	Manchester City [H]	2-2	Benni McCarthy, Jason Roberts
17 January 2009	Newcastle [H]	3-0	Benni McCarthy, Jason Roberts, Jason Roberts
28 January 2009	Bolton [H]	2-2	Stephen Warnock, Benni McCarthy
31 January 2009	Middlesbrough [A]	0-0
31 January 2009	Aston Villa [H]	0-2
21 February 2009	Manchester United [A]	1-2	Roque Santa Cruz
1 March 2009	Hull City [A]	2-1	Stephen Warnock, Keith Andrews
4 March 2009	Everton [H]	0-0
11 March 2009	Fulham [A]	2-1	El Hadji Diouf, Jason Roberts
14 March 2009	Arsenal [A]	0-4
21 March 2009	West Ham United [H]	1-1	Keith Andrews
5 April 2009	Tottenham Hotspur [H]	2-1	Benni McCarthy, André Ooijer
12 April 2009	Liverpool [A]	0-4
19 April 2009	Stoke City [A]	0-1
26 April 2009	Wigan Athletic [H]	2-0	Benni McCarthy, Ryan Nelsen
2 May 2009	Man City [A]	1-3	Keith Andrews
9 May 2009	Portsmouth [H]	2-0	Morten Gamst Pedersen, Benni McCarthy
17 May 2009	Chelsea [A]	0-2
24 May 2009	West Bromwich Albion [H]	0-0

[edit] FA Cup

Date	Opponents	Result	Scorers
5 January 2009	Blyth Spartans [A]	1-0	Carlos Villanueva
24 January 2009	Sunderland A.F.C. [A]	0-0
5 February 2009	Sunderland A.F.C. [H]	2-1	Aaron Mokoena, Benni McCarthy
14 February 2009	Coventry City [H]	2-2	Roque Santa Cruz, Chris Samba
24 February 2009	Coventry City [A]	0-1

[edit] Carling Cup

Date	Opponents	Result	Scorers
27 August 2008	Grimsby Town [H]	4–1	Carlos Villanueva, Matt Derbyshire, Brett Emerton, Matt Derbyshire
24 September 2008	Everton [H]	1-0	Martin Olsson
12 November 2008	Sunderland [A]	2-1	Roque Santa Cruz, Own Goal
3 December 2008	Manchester United [A]	3-5	Benni McCarthy, Matt Derbyshire, Benni McCarthy

[edit] Season statistics

		Player	Current Age	Position	Apps	Goals	Assists	Y. Cards	R. Cards
	1	Paul Robinson	15 October 1979 (1979-10-15) (age 29)	Goalkeeper	39	0	0	0	0
	2	Andre Ooijer	11 July 1974 (1974-07-11) (age 34)	Defender	34	2	2	9	0
	3	Stephen Warnock	12 December 1981 (1981-12-12) (age 27)	Full Back	41	3	3	8	0
	4	Christopher Samba	28 March 1984 (1984-03-28) (age 25)	Defender	37	3	5	5	0
	5	Tugay Kerimoglu	24 August 1970 (1970-08-24) (age 38)	Midfelder	34	1	0	3	0
	6	Ryan Nelsen	18 October 1977 (1977-10-18) (age 31)	Defender	38	1	1	8	0
	7	Brett Emerton	22 February 1979 (1979-02-22) (age 30)	Winger	22	2	3	4	0
	8	David Dunn	27 December 1979 (1979-12-27) (age 29)	Midfielder	16	1	0	0	0
	9	Roque Santa Cruz	16 August 1981 (1981-08-16) (age 27)	Forward	27	6	2	0	0
	10	Benni McCarthy	12 November 1977 (1977-11-12) (age 31)	Forward	31	13	4	5	1
	11	Vince Grella	5 October 1979 (1979-10-05) (age 29)	Midfielder	17	0	0	4	0
	12	Morten Gamst Pedersen	8 September 1981 (1981-09-08) (age 27)	Winger	35	1	9	2	1
	13	Zurab Khizanishvili	6 October 1981 (1981-10-06) (age 27)	Defender	11	0	0	4	0
	14	Johann Vogel	8 March 1977 (1977-03-08) (age 32)	Midfielder	2	0	0	0	0
	15	Aaron Mokoena	25 November 1980 (1980-11-25) (age 28)	Midfielder	24	1	0	7	0
	16	Steven Reid	10 March 1981 (1981-03-10) (age 28)	Midfielder	4	0	2	0	0
	17	Keith Andrews	13 September 1980 (1980-09-13) (age 28)	Midfielder	33	4	0	5	0
	18	Paul Gallagher	9 August 1984 (1984-08-09) (age 24)	Winger	1	0	0	0	0
	18	El Hadji Diouf	15 January 1981 (1981-01-15) (age 28)	Winger	12	1	2	1	2
	19	Carlos Villanueva	5 February 1986 (1986-02-05) (age 23)	Versatile	20	2	4	2	0
	21	Sergio Peter	12 October 1986 (1986-10-12) (age 22)	Winger	0	0	0	0	0
	21	Gael Givet	9 October 1981 (1981-10-09) (age 27)	Defender	16	0	0	3	0
	22	Danny Simpson	4 January 1987 (1987-01-04) (age 22)	Full Back	20	0	0	4	0
	23	Robbie Fowler	9 April 1975 (1975-04-09) (age 34)	Forward	6	0	1	0	0
	24	Keith Treacy	13 September 1988 (1988-09-13) (age 20)	Winger	20	0	1	2	0
	25	Alan Judge	11 November 1988 (1988-11-11) (age 20)	Winger	2	0	0	0	0
	26	Julio Santa Cruz	1 February 1990 (1990-02-01) (age 19)	Forward	0	0	0	0	0
	27	Matt Derbyshire	14 April 1986 (1986-04-14) (age 23)	Forward	22	5	3	1	0
	28	Tony Kane	29 August 1987 (1987-08-29) (age 21)	Full Back	0	0	0	0	0
	29	Martin Olsson	17 May 1988 (1988-05-17) (age 21)	Full Back	14	1	0	3	1
	30	Jason Roberts	25 January 1978 (1978-01-25) (age 31)	Forward	29	7	5	4	0
	31	Bryan Hodge	23 September 1987 (1987-09-23) (age 21)	Midfielder	1	0	0	0	0
	32	Jason Brown	18 May 1982 (1982-05-18) (age 27)	Goalkeeper	7	0	0	1	0
	33	Frank Fielding	4 March 1988 (1988-03-04) (age 21)	Goalkeeper	0	0	0	0	0
	34	Gunnar Nielsen	7 October 1986 (1986-10-07) (age 22)	Goalkeeper	0	0	0	0	0
	35	Eddie Nolan	5 August 1988 (1988-08-05) (age 20)	Defender	0	0	0	0	0
	36	Marcus Marshall	7 October 1989 (1989-10-07) (age 19)	Forward	1	0	0	0	0
	37	Alex Marrow	21 January 1990 (1990-01-21) (age 19)	Midfielder	0	0	0	0	0
	38	Mark Bunn	19 November 1984 (1984-11-19) (age 24)	Goalkeeper	1	0	0	0	0
	39	Aaron Doran	13 May 1991 (1991-05-13) (age 18)	Winger	2	0	0	0	0
	40	Bjorn Bussmann	18 March 1991 (1991-03-18) (age 18)	Goalkeeper	0	0	0	0	0
	41	Andy Haworth	28 November 1988 (1988-11-28) (age 20)	Winger	2	0	0	0	0
	42	Gavin Gunning	28 January 1991 (1991-01-28) (age 18)	Defedner	0	0	0	0	0
	43	Jamie Clarke	11 September 1988 (1988-09-11) (age 20)	Forward	0	0	0	0	0

[edit] External links

• Official Club site
• Player Statistics - RoversMad
• Player Statistics - Official Club Site