2004–05 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

August 2010 December 2022 Blackburn Rovers 2004–05 Graeme Souness (until 6 September)Mark Hughes (from 16 September)https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/3655384.stm Blackburn appoint Hughes 16 September 2004 BBC News Premier League 15th FA Cup Semi-finals League Cup Second round Paul Dickov (9) Paul Dickov (10) 29,271 (vs. Newcastle United, 26 December) 18,006 (vs. Crystal Palace, 20 April) 22,315 _whitelower _bluehalf2 _bluelower _white stripes _whitetop 0000ff ffffff ffffff 0000ff 0000ff _whitelower _blackcollar _whitelower _2 black stripes 000000 ff0000 000000 000000 ff0000 2003–04 2005–06 During the 2004–05 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary The authoritative methods of manager Graeme Souness had caused Blackburn to struggle the previous season and alienated several key players, including the strike partnership of Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke, who left Blackburn during the summer for Fulham and Birmingham City respectively. Eventually Souness departed Blackburn to become manager at Newcastle United, with Blackburn struggling in the relegation zone. Wales manager and former Rovers player Mark Hughes came in as his replacement; Hughes' lack of experience in club management showed and the club were bottom of the Premiership after 14 games played,Blackburn Rovers 2004-2005 Home http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2004-2005 live https://web.archive.org/web/20080520040628/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2004-2005 2008-05-20 statto.com but he soon rallied the team to finish comfortably clear of relegation in 15th – as close to a relegation spot as they were to a UEFA Cup place, in terms of points. The club also enjoyed a good run in the FA Cup, reaching the semi-finals before losing to eventual cup winners Arsenal. During the close season, Hughes signed striker Craig Bellamy, who had played for Hughes with Wales, from Newcastle, in the hope that the Tyneside club's out-of-favour striker could fire Rovers to a higher place next season. Final league table 2004–05 FA Premier League BLB Players First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/faprem/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads – Blackburn Rovers – 2004/05 footballsquads.co.uk 1 USA GK Brad Friedel 2 AUS DF Lucas Neill 4 ITA DF Lorenzo Amoruso 5 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft 6 ENG DF Craig Short 7 AUS MF Brett Emerton 8 TUR MF Tugay Kerimoğlu 9 ENG FW Jon Stead 10 SCO FW Paul Dickov 12 NOR MF Morten Gamst Pedersen 13 FIN GK Peter Enckelman 14 SWE DF Nils-Eric Johansson 15 RSA MF Aaron Mokoena 17 ENG FW Matt Jansen 18 IRL MF Steven ReidReid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, and represented England at U-16 level, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001. 19 SCO FW Paul Gallagher 20 ENG MF David Thompson 21 IRL MF Jonathan Douglas 22 SCO DF Dominic Matteo 23 SVK DF Vratislav Greško 24 ENG DF Andy Todd 25 ENG DF Jay McEveleyMcEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his international debut for Scotland in August 2007. 27 ENG FW Jay Bothroyd on loan from Perugia 28 USA FW Jemal Johnson 29 NZL DF Ryan Nelsen 30 ENG FW Matt Derbyshire 31 WAL MF Robbie Savage 33 ENG DF Michael Gray Left club during season 11 ESP MF Javier de Pedro released 15 TRI FW Dwight Yorke to Birmingham City 15 FRA FW Youri Djorkaeff to NY/NJ Metrostars 16 SCO MF Barry Ferguson to Rangers ENG MF Neil Danns to Colchester United ENG DF Alex Bruce to Birmingham CityBruce was born in Norwich, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his grandmother and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007 before changing his nationality to Northern Ireland in July 2011. ENG MF Ciaran Donnelly to Blackpool Reserve squad 26 GER GK David YelldellYelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany (now Germany), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through his father and made his international debut for the United States in March 2011. 32 ENG DF Andy Taylor SCO DF Craig Barr Statistics Appearances and goals Premier League FA Cup League Cup |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers 1 Brad Friedel GK USA 38 0 7 0 0 0 13 Peter Enckelman GK FIN 0 0 0 0 1 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders 2 Lucas Neill DF AUS 34+2 1 7 0 1 0 4 Lorenzo Amoruso DF ITA 5+1 0 0 0 1 0 6 Craig Short DF ENG 13+1 1 0 0 0 0 14 Nils-Eric Johansson DF SWE 18+4 0 4+1 0 1 0 22 Dominic Matteo DF SCO 25+3 0 4 1 0 0 23 Vratislav Greško DF SVK 2+1 0 0 0 1 0 24 Andy Todd DF ENG 26 1 6 0 0 0 25 Jay McEveley DF ENG 5 0 0 0 0 0 29 Ryan Nelsen DF NZL 15 0 4+1 0 0 0 33 Michael Gray DF ENG 9 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders 5 Garry Flitcroft MF ENG 17+2 0 3+1 0 0 0 7 Brett Emerton MF AUS 33+4 4 4+2 0 1 1 8 Tugay Kerimoğlu MF TUR 13+8 0 4 1 1 0 12 Morten Gamst Pedersen MF NOR 19 4 7 3 0+1 1 15 Aaron Mokoena MF RSA 16 0 5+1 0 0 0 18 Steven Reid MF IRL 23+5 2 2+4 0 0 0 20 David Thompson MF ENG 11+13 0 5+1 2 0 0 21 Jonathan Douglas MF IRL 0+1 0 0 0 1 0 31 Robbie Savage MF WAL 9 0 3+1 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards 9 Jon Stead FW ENG 19+10 2 1+3 0 0+1 0 10 Paul Dickov FW SCO 27+2 9 6 1 0 0 17 Matt Jansen FW ENG 3+4 2 0 0 1 0 19 Paul Gallagher FW SCO 5+11 2 3+1 0 0+1 1 22 Jemal Johnson FW USA 0+3 0 1+2 1 0 0 27 Jay Bothroyd FW ENG 6+5 1 0+1 0 1 0 30 Matt Derbyshire FW ENG 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 |- ! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season 11 Javier de Pedro MF ESP 1+1 0 0 0 1 0 15 Dwight Yorke FW TRI 2+2 0 0 0 0 0 15 Youri Djorkaeff FW FRA 3 0 0 0 0 0 16 Barry Ferguson MF SCO 21 2 1 0 0 0 31 May 2005 Competitions November 2017 Results Premier League Results by matchday table b Matchday Ground H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/A/H/A/A/H/A/H/A/H/H/A/H/A Result D/L/L/D/L/W/L/D/L/L/D/D/D/D/W/L/D/D/D/W/L/W/W/L/L/L/W/D/W/L/D/W/D/D/D/L/L/D Position 8/13/19/19/19/16/16/17/18/20/20/20/19/20/17/17/18/16/16/15/16/16/16/16/16/16/16/15/14/14/14/14/14/13/13/14/14/15 Home Away green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss gold green1 blue1 red1 worldfootball.net 26 January 2020 1 14 August 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 D Report West Bromwich Albion Craig Short 70 Neil Clement 33 23,500 (4,000 away) 2 21 August 2004 Southampton 3–2 L Blackburn Rovers Kevin Phillips 32Anders Svensson 74James Beattie 90 Barry Ferguson 50Paul Dickov 68 3 25 August 2004 Arsenal 3–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Henry 50Fàbregas 58Reyes 79 Highbury, London Highbury 37,496 Neale Barry L 4 28 August 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 D Report Manchester United Paul Dickov 17 Alan Smith 90 11 September 2004 5 Newcastle United 3–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Flitcroft 9 o.g.Shearer 16O'Brien 83 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear 52,015 Dermot Gallagher 6 18 September 2004 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 W Portsmouth Matt Jansen 75 (1,000 away) 7 27 September 2004 Charlton 1–0 L Blackburn Rovers Talal El Karkouri 49 8 2 October 2004 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 D Report Aston Villa Barry Ferguson 30Brett Emerton 63 Juan Pablo Ángel 25Olof Mellberg 80 9 16 October 2004 Blackburn Rovers 0–4 L Report Middlesbrough Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 46 57 90George Boateng 50 10 23 October 2004 Chelsea 4–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Eiður Guðjohnsen 37 38 53 pen.Damien Duff 74 11 30 October 2004 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Report Liverpool Bothroyd 16Emerton 45 Riise 7Baroš 54 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 26,314 Rob Styles D 6 November 2004 15:00 GMT Norwich City 1–1 12 D Report Blackburn Rovers Svensson 56 Bothroyd 0 44Dickov 86 Carrow Road Norwich, Norfolk 23,834 Steve Dunn 13 13 November 2004 Manchester City 1–1 D Blackburn Rovers Antoine Sibierski 45 Paul Dickov 78 pen. 14 21 November 2004 16:05 GMT (UTC) Blackburn Rovers 3–3 D Report Birmingham City Jansen 4Reid 57Gallagher 63 Anderton 17Savage 38Dunn 45 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 20,290 Neale Barry 15 27 November 2004 Fulham 0–2 W Blackburn Rovers Paul Gallagher 10Paul Dickov 77 pen. 16 4 December 2004 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 L Tottenham Robbie Keane 56 17 11 December 2004 Crystal Palace 0–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Selhurst, London Selhurst Park 22,010 Alan Wiley D 18 18 December 2004 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 D Report Everton 26 December 2004 19 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 D Report Newcastle United Dickov 26Todd 54 Dyer 6Robert 34 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 29,271 Matt Messias 20 28 December 2004 Bolton Wanderers 0–1 W Report Blackburn Rovers Paul Dickov 6 21 1 January 2005 Aston Villa 1–0 L Report Blackburn Rovers Nolberto Solano 88 22 3 January 2005 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 W Charlton Brett Emerton 41 23 15 January 2005 Portsmouth 0–1 W Blackburn Rovers Morten Gamst Pedersen 55 24 24 January 2005 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 L Report Bolton El Hadji Diouf 77 25 2 February 2005 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 L Report Chelsea Arjen Robben 5 26 5 February 2005 Middlesbrough 1–0 L Blackburn Rovers Franck Queudrue 35 12 February 2005 15:00 GMT Blackburn Rovers 3–0 W 27 Report Norwich City Pedersen 17Dickov 39 62 Ewood Park Blackburn, Lancashire 20,923 Steve Dunn 29 6 March 2005 Everton 0–1 W Blackburn Rovers Jon Stead 71 28 16 March 2005 Liverpool 0–0 Report Blackburn Rovers Liverpool, Merseyside Anfield 37,765 Barry Knight D 30 19 March 2005 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Report Arsenal van Persie 43 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park 22,992 Graham Poll L 31 2 April 2005 Manchester United 0–0 D Report Blackburn Rovers 32 9 April 2005 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 W Southampton Morten Gamst Pedersen 11Andreas Jakobsson 48 o.g.Steven Reid 55 34 20 April 2005 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Report Crystal Palace Pedersen 45 Blackburn, Lancashire Ewood Park W 35 23 April 2005 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 D Manchester City 33 26 April 2005 West Bromwich 1–1 D Blackburn Rovers Kieran Richardson 32 Brett Emerton 64 30 April 2005 15:00 BST (UTC+01) Birmingham City 2–1 36 L Report Blackburn Rovers Blake 61Heskey 80 Stead 13 St Andrew's Birmingham, West Midlands 28,621 Barry Knight 37 7 May 2005 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 L Fulham Lucas Neill 6 Steed Malbranque 20 77Brian McBride 53 38 15 May 2005 Tottenham Hotspur 0–0 D Blackburn Rovers League Cup Round 2 22 September 2004 19:45 Blackburn Rovers 3–3 D AFC Bournemouth Emerton 8Pedersen 90Gallagher 91 O'Connor 13Broadhurst 82Spicer 115 Ewood Park Blackburn 7,226 Amoruso Neill Pedersen Stead Gallagher Douglas Jansen Tugay 6–7 Cummings Holmes O'Connor Connell Elliott Spicer Maher Howe FA Cup Round 3 8 January 2005 15:00 Cardiff City 1–1 D Blackburn Rovers Lee 35 Morten Gamst Pedersen 5 14,145 Round 3Replay 19 January 2005 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 3–2 W Cardiff City Thompson 9 32Pedersen 47 McAnuff 24Collins 54 9,140 Round 4 29 January 2005 15:00 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 W Colchester United Watson 21 O.G.Johnson 27Matteo 51 10,634 Round 5 20 February 2005 13:30 Burnley 0–0 D Blackburn Rovers 21,468 (4,033 away) Round 5Replay 1 March 2005 20:00 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 W Burnley Tugay 31Pedersen 86 Hyde 42 28,691 (7,000 away) Round 6 13 March 2005 13:05 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 W Leicester City Dickov 83 pen. 22,113 (7,200 away) SemiFinal 16 April 2005 12:15 Arsenal 3–0 L Blackburn Rovers Pires 42Van Persie 86 90 Millennium Stadium 52,077 (14,800 Blackburn) Notes note References Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Black