On 18 May 2024, Rovers announced their retained list, The club confirmed they activated the one-year options in the contracts of Sam Gallagher & Tyrhys Dolan, meaning the attacking duo will remain contracted to the club for a further 12 months, discussions are ongoing with Kyle McFadzean & John Fleck while Sam Barnes, Lenni Cirino, Ben Fyles, Jay Haddow, Jared Harlock, Ethan Walker & Charlie Weston, along with second year scholar Ben Thirkill, will not be retained by the club upon the expiration of their current agreements.[1]
June
On 14 June 2024, Rovers announced the appointments of Rudy Gestede as Head of Football Operations, replacing Gregg Broughton, and the return of John Park as Head of Recruitment, replacing Sean Kimberley.[2]
July
On 2 July 2024, Rovers announced that Igor Tyjon will remain at the club he is one of 14 promising players to sign a two-year scholarship contract with the club until 2026 along with Michael Decandia, Isaac Dunn, Valentin Joseph, Leon Kelly-Quinn, Freddie Leatherbarrow, Bruce Leeming, Tyler Mansbridge, Harvey Pates, Aaron Potter, Jayden Sergeant, Luke Thompson, Frank Vare & Blake Wolsoncroft.[3]
On 3 July 2024, Rovers announced that a number of Academy graduates have now signed their first professional contracts with the club, Lewis Bell, Rhys Doherty, Adam Khan, Matty Litherland, Paul Murphy-Worrell, Brandon Powell & Zack Stritch signed one-year contracts until 2025, with the option of an extra 12 months & Solomon Honor signed a two-year deal until 2026, with a 12-month option.[4]
On 6 July 2024, Rovers announced the appointment of Adam Owen as the club's new Head of Technical Development.[5]
On 12 July 2024, Rovers announced u21 defender Charlie Olson had signed a new 2-year contract until 2026, with the option of a further 12 months.[6]
On 15 July 2024, Rovers announced u21 midfielder Isaac Whitehall had signed a new 1-year contract until 2025, with the option of a further 12 months.[7]
On 17 July 2024, Rovers announced u21 winger Harrison Wood had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2-year deal until 2026.[8]
August
On 2 August 2024, Rovers announced u18 attacker Nathan Dlamini had signed a new 1-year contract until 2025, with the option of a further 12 months.[9]
On 11 August 2024, Rovers announced u18 attacking midfielder Patrik Farkas had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2-year deal until 2026.[10]
September
On 6 September 2024, Rovers announced u21 defender Max Davies had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2-year deal until 2026.[11]
On 13 September 2024, Rovers announced u18 attacking midfielder Dan Shaw had signed his 1st professional contract, a 2-year deal until 2026.[12]
October
November
On 15 November 2024, Rovers announced u21 defender Tom Atcheson had signed a new long term contract, a 4-year deal until 2028, with the option of a further 12 months.[13]
Players and squad numbers last updated on 1 February 2024. List is representative of players who have made an appearance for the first-team this season and of information available on Rovers.co.uk.[15]
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Updated to match(es) played on 1 January 2025. Source: EFL Official Website Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored; 4) Head-to-head results; 5) Wins; 6) Away goals; 7) Penalty points (sec 9.5); 8) Number of 12-point sending off offences; 9) Play-off (only if needed to determine promotion/relegation)[102]
As an EFL Championship side, Blackburn entered the EFL Cup in the first round, where they were drawn away to League One side Stockport County on 27 June.[113] In the second round, they were drawn at home to Blackpool on 14 August.[114][115]
