1996–97 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Blackburn Rovers F.C. 1996–97 Jack Walker Robert Coar Ray Harford(until 25 October)Tony Parkes(from 25 October) Ewood Park FA Premier League 13th FA Cup Fourth round League Cup Third round Chris Sutton (11) Chris Sutton (12) 24,947 1995–96 1997–98 During the 1996–97 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary An early exit from the League Cup at the hands of Division Two side Stockport County was the final straw for manager Ray Harford, who stepped down on 25 October with Rovers also bottom of the FA Premier League with no wins from their opening 11 games.https://www.soccerbase.com/teams/team.sd?team_id=308&teamTabs=results Latest Blackburn Results, Fixtures & Betting Odds | Soccer Base www.soccerbase.com 18 months earlier, they had been league champions. Long-serving coach Tony Parkes was appointed caretaker, remaining in the post until the end of the season, when he handed over the reins to Roy Hodgson after Sampdoria's Sven-Göran Eriksson lied about accepting the manager's job and joined Lazio instead. Parkes steered Blackburn to safety as they finished 13th. The world record £15 million sale of striker Alan Shearer to Newcastle United was seen as the biggest factor in Blackburn's lowest top flight finish since they returned to the elite in 1992. However, his strike-partner Chris Sutton helped keep the club alive after recovering from a drastic loss of form triggered by a spate of injuries the previous season. The acquisition of Swedish striker Martin Dahlin at the end of the season enhanced Blackburn's attack and gave fans hope for a higher finish next time round. Final league table 1996–97 FA Premier League BLB Results summary 8 4 7 28 23 1 11 7 14 20 Statto September 2015 Results by round table b Round Ground H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/A/H/H Result L/L/D/L/L/L/D/D/L/D/L/W/D/D/W/D/L/W/D/W/W/D/L/W/D/W/D/D/W/L/L/D/L/D/W/L/D/L Position 16/19/18/19/19/20/20/20/20/20/20/20/19/19/18/17/17/18/18/17/14/14/16/13/15/14/13/12/12/12/12/13/14/14/13/13/13/13 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss 1st 2nd 3rd red1 Statto.com September 2015 Results Blackburn Rovers' score comes firstBlackburn Rovers 1996-1997 Home - statto.com http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1996-1997 https://web.archive.org/web/20120103112442/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1996-1997 3 January 2012 live 2012-02-25 dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League 1996–97 FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers 17 August 1996 Tottenham HotspurH0–226,960 21 August 1996 Aston VillaA0–132,457 25 August 1996 Manchester UnitedA2–254,178Warhurst, Bohinen 4 September 1996 Leeds UnitedH0–123,226 9 September 1996 Derby CountyH1–219,214Sutton 14 September 1996 Newcastle UnitedA1–236,424Sutton 21 September 1996 EvertonH1–127,091Donis 28 September 1996 Coventry CityA0–017,032 12 October 1996 ArsenalH0–224,303 19 October 1996 Sheffield WednesdayA1–122,191Bohinen 26 October 1996 West HamA1–223,947Berg 3 November 1996 LiverpoolH3–029,598Sutton (2), Wilcox 16 November 1996ChelseaH1–127,229Gallacher 25 November 1996 Nottingham ForestA2–217,525Gallacher, Wilcox 30 November 1996 SouthamptonH2–123,018Sherwood, Sutton 7 December 1996 Leicester CityA1–119,306Sutton 14 December 1996 WimbledonA0–113,246 26 December 1996 Newcastle UnitedH1–030,398Gallacher 28 December 1996 Derby CountyA0–017,847 1 January 1997 EvertonA2–030,427Sherwood, Sutton 11 January 1997 Coventry CityH4–024,055Sutton (2), Gallacher, Donis 18 January 1997 SunderlandA0–020,850 29 January 1997 Tottenham HotspurA1–222,943Hendry 1 February 1997 West Ham UnitedH2–121,994Gallacher, Sutton 22 February 1997 LiverpoolA0–040,747 1 March 1997 SunderlandH1–024,208Gallacher 5 March 1997 ChelseaA1–125,784Pedersen 11 March 1997 Nottingham ForestH1–120,485Gallacher 15 March 1997 WimbledonH3–123,333Gallacher (3) 19 March 1997 MiddlesbroughA1–229,891Sutton 22 March 1997 Aston VillaH0–224,274 7 April 1997 Leeds UnitedH0–027,264 12 April 1997 Manchester UnitedH2–330,476McKinlay, Warhurst 19 April 1997 ArsenalA1–138,086Flitcroft 22 April 1997 Sheffield WednesdayH4–120,845Berg, Sherwood, Le Saux, Flitcroft 3 May 1997 SouthamptonA0–215,247 8 May 1997 MiddlesbroughH0–027,411 11 May 1997 Leicester CityH2–425,881Flitcroft, Fenton FA Cup 1996–97 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1997 Port ValeH1–019,891BohinenR415 February 1997 Coventry CityH1–221,123Sherwood League Cup 1996–97 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 17 September 1996 BrentfordA2–18,938Flitcroft, SuttonR2 2nd Leg 24 September 1996 BrentfordH2–0 (won 4–1 on agg)9,599Gallacher, SherwoodR322 October 1996 Stockport CountyH0–114,622 Squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1996-1997/faprem/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 1996/97 www.footballsquads.co.uk 1 ENG GK Tim Flowers 2 WAL DF Chris Coleman 3 IRL DF Jeff Kenna 4 ENG MF Tim Sherwood captain 5 SCO DF Colin Hendry 6 ENG DF Graeme Le Saux 7 ENG MF Stuart Ripley 8 SCO FW Kevin Gallacher 9 ENG FW Chris Sutton 10 NOR MF Lars Bohinen 11 ENG MF Jason Wilcox 12 ENG DF Nicky Marker 13 IRL GK Shay Given 14 ENG MF Graham Fenton 15 ENG MF Matty Holmes 16 DEN FW Per Pedersen 17 SCO DF Billy McKinlay 18 SWE MF Niklas Gudmundsson 19 ENG DF Adam Reed 20 NOR DF Henning Berg 21 GRE MF Georgios Donis 23 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft 24 ENG DF Paul Warhurst 25 ENG DF Ian Pearce 26 ENG DF Marlon Broomes 27 ENG DF Tony Whealing 28 ENG MF Wayne Gill 29 ENG DF Steve Hitchen 30 ENG FW James Beattie 32 IRL MF Damien Duff 33 NIR DF Damien Johnson 34 ENG DF Gary Croft 35 WAL FW James Thomas Reserve squad - ENG GK Gareth Stewart - WAL GK Anthony Williams - IRL DF Graham Coughlan - IRL DF David Worrell Transfers In https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/sport/football/fa_carling_premiership/342956.stm BBC News Boom and bust the Blackburn way 13 May 1999 July 1996: George Donis - Panathinaikos, free February 1997: Per Pedersen - Odense, £2,500,000 Out Alan Shearer - Newcastle United, £15,000,000 References Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Blackburn Rovers