1999–2000 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
1999–2000 season
OwnerJack Walker
ManagerBrian Kidd
Tony Parkes
Graeme Souness
First Division11th
FA CupFifth round
League CupFourth round
Top goalscorer
Lee Carsley (10)

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.[1]

Squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK Australia AUS John Filan
2 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Jeff Kenna
3 DF Scotland SCO Callum Davidson
4 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jason McAteer[3]
5 DF England ENG Darren Peacock
6 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Carsley[4]
7 MF England ENG Garry Flitcroft
9 FW England ENG Ashley Ward
10 FW Norway NOR Egil Ostenstad
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Damien Duff
13 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Kelly
14 FW Wales WAL Nathan Blake
15 FW England ENG Matt Jansen
16 DF England ENG Marlon Broomes
17 MF Scotland SCO Billy McKinlay
18 MF Northern Ireland NIR Keith Gillespie
19 MF Northern Ireland NIR Damien Johnson
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF Denmark DEN Per Frandsen
21 MF England ENG Jimmy Corbett
22 FW England ENG Ben Burgess
23 DF Scotland SCO Christian Dailly
24 DF Scotland SCO David McNamee
25 MF Scotland SCO Burton O'Brien[5]
26 FW Wales WAL James Thomas
27 MF England ENG David Dunn
28 DF England ENG Martin Taylor
29 DF England ENG Craig Short
30 GK Wales WAL Anthony Williams
31 DF England ENG Simon Grayson
32 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Peter Murphy
33 DF England ENG Steve Harkness
35 GK England ENG Alan Miller
36 DF England ENG Leam Richardson
37 FW Northern Ireland NIR Gary Hamilton

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Chris Sutton (to Chelsea)
— GK England ENG Tim Flowers (to Leicester City)
8 FW Scotland SCO Kevin Gallacher (to Newcastle United)
10 FW England ENG Kevin Davies (to Southampton)
11 MF England ENG Jason Wilcox (to Leeds United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
20 MF England ENG Gary Croft (to Ipswich Town)
22 GK Northern Ireland NIR Alan Fettis (to York City)
34 MF England ENG Wayne Gill (to Blackpool)
35 DF England ENG Keith Brown (to Barnsley)

Final league table

Main article: 1999–2000 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Charlton Athletic (C, P) 46 27 10 9 79 45 +34 91 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Manchester City (P) 46 26 11 9 78 40 +38 89
3 Ipswich Town (O, P) 46 25 12 9 71 42 +29 87 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Barnsley 46 24 10 12 88 67 +21 82
5 Birmingham City 46 22 11 13 65 44 +21 77
6 Bolton Wanderers 46 21 13 12 69 50 +19 76
7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 21 11 14 64 48 +16 74
8 Huddersfield Town 46 21 11 14 62 49 +13 74
9 Fulham 46 17 16 13 49 41 +8 67
10 Queens Park Rangers 46 16 18 12 62 53 +9 66
11 Blackburn Rovers 46 15 17 14 55 51 +4 62
12 Norwich City 46 14 15 17 45 50 −5 57
13 Tranmere Rovers 46 15 12 19 57 68 −11 57
14 Nottingham Forest 46 14 14 18 53 55 −2 56
15 Crystal Palace 46 13 15 18 57 67 −10 54
16 Sheffield United 46 13 15 18 59 71 −12 54
17 Stockport County 46 13 15 18 55 67 −12 54
18 Portsmouth 46 13 12 21 55 66 −11 51
19 Crewe Alexandra 46 14 9 23 46 67 −21 51
20 Grimsby Town 46 13 12 21 41 67 −26 51
21 West Bromwich Albion 46 10 19 17 43 60 −17 49
22 Walsall (R) 46 11 13 22 52 77 −25 46 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Port Vale (R) 46 7 15 24 48 69 −21 36
24 Swindon Town (R) 46 8 12 26 38 77 −39 36
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Pre-season

15 July 1999 Friendly IFK Göteborg vs Blackburn Rovers
19 July 1999 Friendly Lillestrøm SK vs Blackburn Rovers
21 July 1999 Friendly Fredrikstad vs Blackburn Rovers
24 July 1999 Friendly Blackpool vs Blackburn Rovers
27 July 1999 Friendly Oldham Athletic vs Blackburn Rovers
31 July 1999 Friendly Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Liverpool Ewood Park, Blackburn

Division One

7 August 1999 Round 1 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Port Vale Ewood Park, Blackburn
13 August 1999 Round 2 Huddersfield Town 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Huddersfield
Simon Grayson 26' (o.g.)
Marcus Stewart 51'
Rob Edwards 90'		 Lee Carsley 65'
Marlon Broomes 89'
21 August 1999 Round 3 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Barnsley Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 81' (pen.) Ǵorǵi Hristov 65'
Neil Shipperley 85'
28 August 1999 Round 4 Norwich City 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Carrow Road, Norwich
Egil Østenstad 6'
Egil Østenstad 51'
11 September 1999 Round 5 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Tranmere Rovers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward 82'
Nathan Blake 87'
18 September 1999 Round 6 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
Kevin Kilbane 20'
Kevin Kilbane 87'		 Christian Dailly 57'
Matt Jansen 67'
25 September 1999 Round 7 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Walsall Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward 34'
Lee Carsley 44'
28 September 1999 Round 8 Swindon Town 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Swindon
Mark Walters 30'
Bobby Howe 32'		 Egil Østenstad 85'
2 October 1999 Round 9 Queens Park Rangers 0–0 Blackburn Rovers London
16 October 1999 Round 10 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Grimsby Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 45' (pen.) Lee Ashcroft 43' (pen.)
20 October 1999 Round 11 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Crystal Palace Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 86' Hayden Mullins 55'
23 October 1999 Round 12 Manchester City 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Richard Edghill 39'
Jeff Whitley 82'
26 October 1999 Round 13 Walsall 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Walsall
Michael Ricketts 85' Lee Carsley 28' (pen.)
30 October 1999 Round 14 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Queens Park Rangers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Stuart Wardley 40'
Kevin Gallen 89'
6 November 1999 Round 15 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Ipswich Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 1'
Lee Carsley 67' (pen.)		 Matthew Holland 75'
Tony Mowbray 90'
20 November 1999 Round 16 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Fulham Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad 11'
Damien Duff 90'
23 November 1999 Round 17 Crewe Alexandra 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Crewe
27 November 1999 Round 18 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Stockport County Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 44'
Egil Østenstad 68'
30 November 1999 Round 19 Charlton Athletic 1–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Shaun Newton 45' Ashley Ward 11'
Ashley Ward 48'
4 December 1999 Round 20 Port Vale 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Stoke
7 December 1999 Round 21 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Bolton Wanderers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward 56'
Jason McAteer 59'
Nathan Blake 80'		 Robbie Elliott 57'
19 December 1999 Round 22 Sheffield United 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Sheffield
Marcus Bent 29'
Marcus Bent 71'		 Ashley Ward 10'
26 December 1999 Round 23 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Nottingham Forest Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 18'
Lee Carsley 68' (pen.)		 Andy Johnson 31'
28 December 1999 Round 24 Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
Steve Claridge 14' Christian Dailly 33'
Egil Østenstad 44'
3 January 2000 Round 25 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad 39' Lee Naylor 36'
15 January 2000 Round 26 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Huddersfield Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff 29'
Damien Johnson 44'
22 January 2000 Round 27 Barnsley 5–1 Blackburn Rovers Barnsley
Bruce Dyer 5'
Craig Hignett 15'
Neil Shipperley 22'
Darren Barnard 32'
Bruce Dyer 72'		 Per Frandsen 7'
5 February 2000 Round 28 Bolton Wanderers 3–1 Blackburn Rovers Bolton
Guðni Bergsson 17'
Michael Johansen 39'
Eiður Guðjohnsen 69'		 Nathan Blake 16'
12 February 2000 Round 29 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Swindon Town Ewood Park, Blackburn
15 February 2000 Round 30 Birmingham City 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham
Martin O'Connor 33'
19 February 2000 Round 31 Stockport 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Stockport
Jason McAteer 79'
26 February 2000 Round 32 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 West Bromwich Albion Ewood Park, Blackburn
Keith Gillespie 70'
Christian Dailly 76'		 Matt Carbon 14'
29 February 2000 Round 33 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Norwich City Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 90' Daryl Sutch 25'
4 March 2000 Round 34 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Birkenhead
Alan Mahon 47' (pen.)
Wayne Allison 90'		 Christian Dailly 90'
7 March 2000 Round 35 Ipswich Town 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Ipswich
12 March 2000 Round 36 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Crewe Alexandra Ewood Park, Blackburn
Colin Cramb 80'
18 March 2000 Round 37 Fulham 2–2 Blackburn Rovers London
Barry Hayles 18'
Karl-Heinz Riedle 75'		 David Dunn 38'
Keith Gillespie 85'
22 March 2000 Round 38 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Birmingham City Ewood Park, Blackburn
David Dunn 90'
25 March 2000 Round 39 Nottingham Forest 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Nottingham
Ashley Ward 7'
1 April 2000 Round 40 Blackburn Rovers 5–0 Sheffield United Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff 4'
Ashley Ward 42'
Egil Østenstad 67'
Damien Duff 82'
Matt Jansen 89'
8 April 2000 Round 41 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Wolverhampton
Kevin Muscat 40' (pen.)
Allan Nielsen 72'		 Damien Duff 54'
15 April 2000 Round 42 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Portsmouth Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 22' (pen.) Ceri Hughes 41'
22 April 2000 Round 43 Grimsby Town 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Grimsby
24 April 2000 Round 44 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 63' (pen.) Mathias Svensson 23'
29 April 2000 Round 45 Crystal Palace 2–1 Blackburn Rovers London
Ashley Cole 60'
Clinton Morrison 72'		 Matt Jansen 27'
7 May 2000 Round 46 Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Manchester City Ewood Park, Blackburn
Matt Jansen 42' Shaun Goater 60'
Christian Dailly 67' ([[own goal|o.g.]])
Mark Kennedy 75'
Paul Dickov 81'

League Cup

14 September 1999 Round 2, Leg 1 Portsmouth 0–3 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
Cundy 58' (O.G.)
Jansen 72', 78'
22 September 1999 Round 2, Leg 2 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Portsmouth Ewood Park, Blackburn
Duff 59'
Dunn 64'
Gallacher 90'		 McLoughlin 7'
13 October 1999 Round 3 Leeds United 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Leeds
Mills 90'

FA Cup

11 December 1999 Round 3 West Bromwich Albion 2–2 Blackburn Rovers West Bromwich
Hughes 66'
Evans 80'		 Frandsen 65'
Blake 70'
22 December 1999 Round 3 replay Blackburn Rovers 2–0 (a.e.t.) West Bromwich Albion Ewood Park, Blackburn
Duff 94'
Carsley 114' (pen.)
10 January 2000 Round 4 Liverpool 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool
Blake 84'
31 January 2000 Round 5 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Newcastle United Ewood Park, Blackburn
Jansen 25' Shearer 21', 79'

Topscorers

League

References

  1. ^ "Football: Blackburn sack Kidd as pounds 30m investment fails". Independent.co.uk. 21 September 2011. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
  2. ^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d1/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads – Blackburn Rovers – 1999/2000
  3. ^ McAteer was born in Birkenhead, England.
  4. ^ Carsley was born in Birmingham, England.
  5. ^ O'Brien was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.