1999–2000 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Blackburn Rovers 1999–2000 Brian Kidd Tony Parkes Graeme Souness Jack Walker First Division 11th FA Cup Fifth round League Cup Fourth round Lee Carsley (10) 1998–99 2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. were in Division One for the 1999–2000 season, having been relegated from the FA Premier League after seven years. The expected comeback to the top flight did not materialise, in spite of several expensive purchases staying at the club. Brian Kidd was sacked on 3 November 1999 after 11 months in charge, with Rovers 19th in the league despite more than £30 million having been spent on players in that time. Long-serving coach Tony Parkes was placed in temporary charge of the team as the search for a successor began. Former defender Colin Hendry, who had been part of the title winning team in 1995 and who had started his first spell at Ewood Park in the 1980s, was linked with a return to the club as player-manager. Other names linked with the vacancy included Graeme Souness, Colin Todd, Roy Evans and Joe Kinnear. The appointment of Graeme Souness on 15 March 2000 gave renewed hopes of a resurgence in 2000–01. Blackburn finished 11th in the final table.https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-blackburn-sack-kidd-as-pounds-30m-investment-fails-1129338.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-blackburn-sack-kidd-as-pounds-30m-investment-fails-1129338.html 1 May 2022 subscription live Football: Blackburn sack Kidd as pounds 30m investment fails Independent.co.uk 21 September 2011 Squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d1/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads – Blackburn Rovers – 1999/2000 1 AUS GK John Filan 2 IRL DF Jeff Kenna 3 SCO DF Callum Davidson 4 IRL MF Jason McAteerMcAteer was born in Birkenhead, England. 5 ENG DF Darren Peacock 6 IRL MF Lee CarsleyCarsley was born in Birmingham, England. 7 ENG MF Garry Flitcroft 9 ENG FW Ashley Ward 10 NOR FW Egil Ostenstad 12 IRL MF Damien Duff 13 IRL GK Alan Kelly 14 WAL FW Nathan Blake 15 ENG FW Matt Jansen 16 ENG DF Marlon Broomes 17 SCO MF Billy McKinlay 18 NIR MF Keith Gillespie 19 NIR MF Damien Johnson 20 DEN MF Per Frandsen 21 ENG MF Jimmy Corbett 22 ENG FW Ben Burgess 23 SCO DF Christian Dailly 24 SCO DF David McNamee 25 SCO MF Burton O'BrienO'Brien was born in Johannesburg, South Africa. 26 WAL FW James Thomas 27 ENG MF David Dunn 28 ENG DF Martin Taylor 29 ENG DF Craig Short 30 WAL GK Anthony Williams 31 ENG DF Simon Grayson 32 IRL DF Peter Murphy 33 ENG DF Steve Harkness 35 ENG GK Alan Miller 36 ENG DF Leam Richardson 37 NIR FW Gary Hamilton Left club during season ENG FW Chris Sutton to Chelsea ENG GK Tim Flowers to Leicester City 8 SCO FW Kevin Gallacher to Newcastle United 10 ENG FW Kevin Davies to Southampton 11 ENG MF Jason Wilcox to Leeds United 20 ENG MF Gary Croft to Ipswich Town 22 NIR GK Alan Fettis to York City 34 ENG MF Wayne Gill to Blackpool 35 ENG DF Keith Brown to Barnsley Final league table 1999–2000 Football League First Division y BLB Results Pre-season f9f9f9; 15 July 1999 Friendly vs IFK Göteborg Blackburn Rovers f9f9f9; 19 July 1999 Friendly vs Lillestrøm SK Blackburn Rovers f9f9f9; 21 July 1999 Friendly vs Fredrikstad Blackburn Rovers f9f9f9; 24 July 1999 Friendly vs Blackpool Blackburn Rovers f9f9f9; 27 July 1999 Friendly vs Oldham Athletic Blackburn Rovers f9f9f9; 31 July 1999 Friendly 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn Division One ffffcc 7 August 1999 Round 1 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Port Vale Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 13 August 1999 Round 2 3–2 Huddersfield Town Simon Grayson 26 o.g.Marcus Stewart 51Rob Edwards 90 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 65Marlon Broomes 89 Huddersfield ffcccc 21 August 1999 Round 3 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 81 pen. Barnsley Ǵorǵi Hristov 65Neil Shipperley 85 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 28 August 1999 Round 4 0–2 Norwich City Blackburn Rovers Egil Østenstad 6Egil Østenstad 51 Carrow Road, Norwich ccffcc 11 September 1999 Round 5 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Ashley Ward 82Nathan Blake 87 Tranmere Rovers Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 18 September 1999 Round 6 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Kevin Kilbane 20Kevin Kilbane 87 Blackburn Rovers Christian Dailly 57Matt Jansen 67 West Bromwich ccffcc 25 September 1999 Round 7 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Ashley Ward 34Lee Carsley 44 Walsall Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 28 September 1999 Round 8 2–1 Swindon Town Mark Walters 30Bobby Howe 32 Blackburn Rovers Egil Østenstad 85 Swindon ffffcc 2 October 1999 Round 9 0–0 Queens Park Rangers Blackburn Rovers London ffffcc 16 October 1999 Round 10 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 45 pen. Grimsby Town Lee Ashcroft 43 pen. Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 20 October 1999 Round 11 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Per Frandsen 86 Crystal Palace Hayden Mullins 55 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 23 October 1999 Round 12 2–0 Manchester City Richard Edghill 39Jeff Whitley 82 Blackburn Rovers Manchester ffffcc 26 October 1999 Round 13 1–1 Walsall Michael Ricketts 85 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 28 pen. Walsall ffcccc 30 October 1999 Round 14 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Queens Park Rangers Stuart Wardley 40Kevin Gallen 89 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 6 November 1999 Round 15 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 1Lee Carsley 67 pen. Ipswich Town Matthew Holland 75Tony Mowbray 90 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 20 November 1999 Round 16 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Egil Østenstad 11Damien Duff 90 Fulham Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 23 November 1999 Round 17 0–0 Crewe Alexandra Blackburn Rovers Crewe ccffcc 27 November 1999 Round 18 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Per Frandsen 44Egil Østenstad 68 Stockport County Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 30 November 1999 Round 19 1–2 Charlton Athletic Shaun Newton 45 Blackburn Rovers Ashley Ward 11Ashley Ward 48 London ffffcc 4 December 1999 Round 20 0–0 Port Vale Blackburn Rovers Stoke ccffcc 7 December 1999 Round 21 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Ashley Ward 56Jason McAteer 59Nathan Blake 80 Bolton Wanderers Robbie Elliott 57 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 19 December 1999 Round 22 2–1 Sheffield United Marcus Bent 29Marcus Bent 71 Blackburn Rovers Ashley Ward 10 Sheffield ccffcc 26 December 1999 Round 23 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Per Frandsen 18Lee Carsley 68 pen. Nottingham Forest Andy Johnson 31 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 28 December 1999 Round 24 1–2 Portsmouth Steve Claridge 14 Blackburn Rovers Christian Dailly 33Egil Østenstad 44 Portsmouth ffffcc 3 January 2000 Round 25 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Egil Østenstad 39 Wolverhampton Wanderers Lee Naylor 36 Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 15 January 2000 Round 26 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Damien Duff 29Damien Johnson 44 Huddersfield Town Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 22 January 2000 Round 27 5–1 Barnsley Bruce Dyer 5Craig Hignett 15Neil Shipperley 22Darren Barnard 32Bruce Dyer 72 Blackburn Rovers Per Frandsen 7 Barnsley ffcccc 5 February 2000 Round 28 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Guðni Bergsson 17Michael Johansen 39Eiður Guðjohnsen 69 Blackburn Rovers Nathan Blake 16 Bolton ffffcc 12 February 2000 Round 29 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Swindon Town Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 15 February 2000 Round 30 1–0 Birmingham City Martin O'Connor 33 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham ccffcc 19 February 2000 Round 31 0–1 Stockport Blackburn Rovers Jason McAteer 79 Stockport ccffcc 26 February 2000 Round 32 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Keith Gillespie 70Christian Dailly 76 West Bromwich Albion Matt Carbon 14 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 29 February 2000 Round 33 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Per Frandsen 90 Norwich City Daryl Sutch 25 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 4 March 2000 Round 34 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Alan Mahon 47 pen.Wayne Allison 90 Blackburn Rovers Christian Dailly 90 Birkenhead ffffcc 7 March 2000 Round 35 0–0 Ipswich Town Blackburn Rovers Ipswich ffcccc 12 March 2000 Round 36 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Crewe Alexandra Colin Cramb 80 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 18 March 2000 Round 37 2–2 Fulham Barry Hayles 18Karl-Heinz Riedle 75 Blackburn Rovers David Dunn 38Keith Gillespie 85 London ccffcc 22 March 2000 Round 38 1–0 Blackburn Rovers David Dunn 90 Birmingham City Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 25 March 2000 Round 39 0–1 Nottingham Forest Blackburn Rovers Ashley Ward 7 Nottingham ccffcc 1 April 2000 Round 40 5–0 Blackburn Rovers Damien Duff 4Ashley Ward 42Egil Østenstad 67Damien Duff 82Matt Jansen 89 Sheffield United Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 8 April 2000 Round 41 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Kevin Muscat 40 pen.Allan Nielsen 72 Blackburn Rovers Damien Duff 54 Wolverhampton ffffcc 15 April 2000 Round 42 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 22 pen. Portsmouth Ceri Hughes 41 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffffcc 22 April 2000 Round 43 0–0 Grimsby Town Blackburn Rovers Grimsby ffffcc 24 April 2000 Round 44 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Lee Carsley 63 pen. Charlton Athletic Mathias Svensson 23 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 29 April 2000 Round 45 2–1 Crystal Palace Ashley Cole 60Clinton Morrison 72 Blackburn Rovers Matt Jansen 27 London ffcccc 7 May 2000 Round 46 1–4 Blackburn Rovers Matt Jansen 42 Manchester City Shaun Goater 60Christian Dailly 67 [[own goal o.g.]]Mark Kennedy 75Paul Dickov 81 Ewood Park, Blackburn League Cup ccffcc 14 September 1999 Round 2, Leg 1 0–3 Portsmouth Blackburn Rovers Cundy 58 O.G.Jansen 72 78 Portsmouth ccffcc 22 September 1999 Round 2, Leg 2 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Duff 59Dunn 64Gallacher 90 Portsmouth McLoughlin 7 Ewood Park, Blackburn ffcccc 13 October 1999 Round 3 1–0 Leeds United Mills 90 Blackburn Rovers Leeds FA Cup ffffcc 11 December 1999 Round 3 2–2 West Bromwich Albion Hughes 66Evans 80 Blackburn Rovers Frandsen 65Blake 70 West Bromwich ccffcc 22 December 1999 Round 3 replay 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Duff 94Carsley 114 pen. West Bromwich Albion Ewood Park, Blackburn ccffcc 10 January 2000 Round 4 0–1 Liverpool Blackburn Rovers Blake 84 Liverpool ffcccc 31 January 2000 Round 5 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Jansen 25 Newcastle United Shearer 21 79 Ewood Park, Blackburn Topscorers League IRE Lee Carsley 10 NOR Egil Østenstad 8 ENG Ashley Ward 8 IRE Damien Duff 5 ENG Matt Jansen 4 References Blackburn – Soccerbase.com Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Blackburn