2003–04 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2022 Blackburn Rovers 2003–04 Graeme Souness John Williams Premier League 15th FA Cup Third round League Cup Third round UEFA Cup First round Andy Cole (11) Andy Cole (11) 30,074 (vs. Liverpool, 13 September 2003) 19,939 (vs. Charlton Athletic, 20 October 2003) 24,376 2002–03 2004–05 During the 2003–04 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons). Season summary Finishing sixth in the Premiership at the end of 2002–03 had booked Blackburn Rovers their second successive UEFA Cup campaign, but it was short-lived. A 5–1 opening-day victory against newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers kickstarted their new season, however, their overall Premiership form was far too dismal to give the side any hope of a third successive European qualification. Indeed, much of the season was spent battling against relegation; a decent finish to the season saw relegation fears eradicated by the end of April. Rovers finished 15th in the final table, putting intense pressure on manager Graeme Souness to turn things around. Final league table 2003–04 FA Premier League BLB Players First-team squad Squad at end of season 1 USA GK Brad Friedel 2 AUS DF Lucas Neill 3 SVK DF Vratislav Greško 5 ITA DF Lorenzo Amoruso 6 ENG DF Craig Short 7 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft 8 TUR MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 9 ENG FW Andy Cole 10 ENG FW Matt Jansen 11 GER DF Markus Babbel on loan from Liverpool 12 IRL MF Steven ReidReid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001. 14 SWE DF Nils-Eric Johansson 15 ENG DF Andy Todd 17 SCO FW Paul Gallagher 18 ENG FW Jonathan Stead 19 TRI FW Dwight Yorke 20 ENG MF David Thompson 23 AUS MF Brett Emerton 24 SCO MF Barry Ferguson 25 NOR MF Martin Andresen on loan from Stabæk 26 IRL MF Jonathan Douglas 30 ENG MF Neil Danns 31 FIN GK Peter Enckelman 33 ENG DF Michael Gray Left club during season 4 ENG DF Martin Taylor to Birmingham City 13 IRL GK Alan Kelly retired 16 IRL MF Alan Mahon on loan to Ipswich Town; to Wigan Athletic 18 ITA FW Corrado Grabbi to Ancona 21 ITA MF Dino Baggio on loan from Lazio 22 NOR FW Egil Østenstad to Rangers 25 GER DF Sebastian Pelzer to Eintracht Trier 26 IRL MF Jonathan Douglas on loan to Blackpool 27 SCO DF Gordon Greer to Kilmarnock 30 ENG MF Neil Danns on loan to Blackpool and Hartlepool United Reserve squad The following players did not appear for the first-team this season. 22 ENG MF Ciaran Donnelly 28 GER GK David YelldellYelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and made his international debut for the United States in March 2011 29 ENG DF Jay McEveleyMcEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in August 2007 ENG DF Alex Bruce ENG DF Michael Taylor SCO DF Craig Barr IRL DF John Fitzgerald IRL DF Gavin Peers ENG MF Jerome Watt SCO MF Ian Black SCO MF Gary Harkins SCO MF Alan Morgan ENG FW Matt Derbyshire USA FW Jemal Johnson Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel GK USA 36 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 31 Peter Enckelman GK FIN 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Lucas Neill DF AUS 30+2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0 3 Vratislav Greško DF SVK 22+2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 5 Lorenzo Amoruso DF ITA 11+1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0 6 Craig Short DF ENG 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 11 Markus Babbel DF GER 23+2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0 14 Nils-Eric Johansson DF SWE 7+7 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0 15 Andy Todd DF ENG 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 33 Michael Gray DF ENG 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 7 Garry Flitcroft MF ENG 29+2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu MF TUR 30+6 1 1 0 1 0 2 0 12 Steven Reid MF IRL 9+7 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0 20 David Thompson MF ENG 10+1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 23 Brett Emerton MF AUS 31+6 2 0 0 0+1 0 2 1 24 Barry Ferguson MF SCO 14+1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0 25 Martin Andresen MF NOR 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Jonathan Douglas MF IRL 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Neil Danns MF ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Andy Cole FW ENG 27+7 11 1 0 1 0 0+1 0 10 Matt Jansen FW ENG 9+10 2 0 0 0 0 2 1 17 Paul Gallagher FW SCO 12+14 3 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 18 Jon Stead FW ENG 13 6 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 19 Dwight Yorke FW TRI 15+8 4 0+1 0 1 2 1+1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 4 Martin Taylor DF ENG 10+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+1 0 16 Alan Mahon MF IRL 1+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18 Corrado Grabbi FW ITA 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0 21 Dino Baggio MF ITA 0+9 1 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0 31 May 2004 https://www.11v11.com/teams/blackburn-rovers/tab/players/season/2004/ All Blackburn Rovers players: 2004 11v11.com August 2018 Results Premier League Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H Result W/D/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/W/W/L/L/D/W/D/L/D/L/W/D/L/D/L/W/L/L/L/W/W/W/W/L/D Position 1/4/7/9/10/9/11/12/15/16/19/16/17/16/14/14/16/16/14/15/16/16/16/14/14/15/15/16/15/16/16/17/17/16/14/13/13/15 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 blue1 red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 16 August 2003 1 15:00 BST Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Report Wolverhampton Wanderers Amoruso 17Thompson 29Emerton 52Cole 79 87 Iversen 71 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 26,270 Jeff Winter W 23 August 2003 2 15:00 BST Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Djorkaeff 3 pen.Davies 25 Jansen 50Yorke 90 Reebok Stadium Bolton, Greater Manchester 27,423 Andy D'Urso D 3 L 25 August 2003 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Report Manchester City Sinclair 44 o.g.Amoruso 61 4 Tarnat59 Barton87 Anelka Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 23,361 Alan Wiley (Staffordshire) 4 30 August 2003 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Chelsea 2–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Mutu 45Hasselbaink 63 pen. Cole 1 58 Stamford Bridge Fulham, London 41,066 Mike Dean D 5 12 September 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Report Liverpool Jansen 8Neill 0 45 Owen 12 pen. 68Kewell 90 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 30,074 Neale Barry L 20 September 2003 6 15:00 Portsmouth 1–2 Report Blackburn Rovers De Zeeuw 57 Neill 35Cole 43 Fratton Park Portsmouth, Hampshire 20,024 Paul Durkin W 7 28 September 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 L Report Fulham Luís Boa Morte 5Louis Saha 56 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 21,985 Matt Messias 8 4 October 2003 15:00 Leeds United 2–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers Johnson 11 27 Baggio 86 Elland Road Leeds, West Yorkshire 35,039 Uriah Rennie 20 October 2003 9 20:00 BST Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Report Charlton Athletic Hreidarsson 33 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 19,939 Graham Barber L 10 25 October 2003 15:00 Southampton 2–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Beattie 59Griffit 87 Southampton, Hampshire St Mary's Stadium 31,620 Steve Bennett 11 2 November 2003 16:05 Leicester City 2–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Bent 75Howey 82 Walkers Stadium Leicester, Leicestershire 30,975 Dermot Gallagher 12 10 November 2003 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 W Report Everton Babbel 6Yorke 13 Radzinski 49 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 22,179 Paul Dowd 13 22 November 2003 12:30 Manchester United 2–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers van Nistelrooy 24Kleberson 38 Emerton 62 Old Trafford Trafford, Greater Manchester 67,748 Mark Halsey 14 29 November 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 W Report Tottenham Hotspur Greško 78 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 22,802 Graham Poll 15 6 December 2003 15:00 GMT (UTC) Birmingham City 0–4 W Report Blackburn Rovers Dugarry 0 72 Ferguson 66Neill 68Tugay 82Gallagher 88 St Andrew's Birmingham, West Midlands 29,354 Graham Barber 2003 12 14 y 14:00 GMT 16 Arsenal 1–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Bergkamp 11 Highbury Islington, London 37,677 Andy D'Urso L 17 20 December 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 L Report Aston Villa Moore 62Ángel 75 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 20,722 Dermot Gallagher 18 26 December 2003 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 D Report Middlesbrough Babbel 3 90 Juninho 31 51 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 25,452 Alan Wiley 19 28 December 2003 14:00 Newcastle United 0–1 W Report Blackburn Rovers Gallagher 72 Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear St James' Park 51,648 Mark Halsey 7 January 2004 20 19:45 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Butler 63Rae 72 Cole 14Yorke 78 Molineux Wolverhampton, West Midlands 27,393 Neale Barry D 21 10 January 2004 Blackburn Rovers 3–4 L Report Bolton Wanderers Greško 3Yorke 24Cole 34 Nolan 1 78Djorkaeff 43Giannakopoulos 73 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 23,538 Steve Dunn 22 D 17 January 2004 15:00 Manchester City 1–1 Report Blackburn Rovers Anelka 50 55 Flitcroft City of Manchester Stadium Manchester, Greater Manchester 47,090 Mike Dean 23 1 February 2004 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Report Chelsea Flitcroft 3Gallagher 87 Lampard 25 35Johnson 88 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 24,867 Dermot Gallagher L 24 7 February 2004 Middlesbrough 0–1 W Report Blackburn Rovers Stead 39 Ewood Park Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire 28,307 Rob Styles 25 11 February 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 D Report Newcastle United Jon Stead 85 Craig Bellamy 52 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 23,459 Matt Messias 26 21 February 2004 Charlton Athletic 3–2 L Report Blackburn Rovers Cole 10Euell 36Jensen 90 Cole 74Friedel 90 The Valley Greenwich, London 26,332 Uriah Rennie 27 28 February 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 D Report Southampton Andy Cole 52 Kevin Phillips 5 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 21,970 Mike Dean 2004 3 13 y 15:00 GMT 28 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Report Arsenal Henry 57Pires 87 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 28,627 Alan Wiley L 20 March 2004 29 15:00 Aston Villa 0–2 Report Blackburn Rovers Flitcroft 26Stead 36 Villa Park Birmingham, West Midlands 37,532 Andy D'Urso W 27 March 2004 30 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Report Portsmouth Tugay 37 Sheringham 17Yakubu 82 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 22,855 Paul Durkin L 31 4 April 2004 Liverpool 4–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Owen 7 24Todd 22 o.g.Heskey 79 Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 41,559 Jeff Winter L 32 10 April 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 L Report Leeds United Short 90 Caldwell 2Viduka 89 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 26,611 Steve Dunn 33 12 April 2004 Fulham 3–4 W Report Blackburn Rovers John 26 45Boa Morte 60 Cole 23Douglas 49Amoruso 51Stead 75 Fulham, London 13,981 Mike Dean 34 17 April 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 W Report Leicester City Dabizas 42 o.g. Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 22,749 Rob Styles 35 24 April 2004 Everton 0–1 W Report Blackburn Rovers Stead 81 Goodison Park Liverpool, Merseyside 38,884 Paul Dowd 36 1 May 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 W Report Manchester United Stead 85 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 29,616 Mike Dean 37 8 May 2004 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Defoe 18 White Hart Lane Haringey, London 35,698 Andy D'Urso 38 15 May 2004 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Blackburn Rovers 1–1 D Report Birmingham City Cole 24 John 83 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 26,070 Dermot Gallagher FA Cup Third round 3 January 2004 15:00 Birmingham City 4–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Morrison 23Clemence 36Forssell 78 Hughes 84 St Andrew's Birmingham, West Midlands 18,688 Paul Durkin League Cup Third round 29 October 2003 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 3–4 L Report Liverpool Murphy 39 pen.Heskey 49 61Kewell 79 Yorke 35 90Ferguson 81 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 16,918 Mike Riley UEFA Cup First round 1First leg 24 September 2003 14:55 Gençlerbirliği S.K. TUR 3–1 L Report Blackburn Rovers ENG Skoko 42Youla 43 60 Emerton 57 Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium Ulus, Ankara Paolo Vertini (Italy) Round 1Leg 2 15 October 2003 20:15 Blackburn Rovers ENG 1–1 D Report Gençlerbirliği S.K. TUR Jansen 64 Özkan 66 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 14,573 Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands) Top scorers Premiership ENG Andy Cole 11 ENG Jon Stead 6 TRI Dwight Yorke 4 ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 3 GER Markus Babbel 3 Notes note References External links FootballSquads – Blackburn Rovers – 2003/04 September 2010 Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Blackburn