2004–05 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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,^[4] 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.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brad Friedel
2	DF	Lucas Neill
4	DF	Lorenzo Amoruso
5	MF	Garry Flitcroft
6	DF	Craig Short
7	MF	Brett Emerton
8	MF	Tugay Kerimoğlu
9	FW	Jon Stead
10	FW	Paul Dickov
12	MF	Morten Gamst Pedersen
13	GK	Peter Enckelman
14	DF	Nils-Eric Johansson
15	MF	Aaron Mokoena
17	FW	Matt Jansen

No.	Position	Player
18	MF	Steven Reid^[6]
19	FW	Paul Gallagher
20	MF	David Thompson
21	MF	Jonathan Douglas
22	DF	Dominic Matteo
23	DF	Vratislav Greško
24	DF	Andy Todd
25	DF	Jay McEveley^[7]
27	FW	Jay Bothroyd (on loan from Perugia)
28	FW	Jemal Johnson
29	DF	Ryan Nelsen
30	FW	Matt Derbyshire
31	MF	Robbie Savage
33	DF	Michael Gray

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.	Position	Player
11	MF	Javier de Pedro (to Perugia)
15	FW	Dwight Yorke (to Birmingham City)
15	FW	Youri Djorkaeff (to NY/NJ Metrostars)
16	MF	Barry Ferguson (to Rangers)

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Neil Danns (to Colchester United)
		DF	Alex Bruce (to Birmingham City^[8])
		MF	Ciaran Donnelly (to Blackpool)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
26		GK	David Yelldell^[9]

No.		Position	Player
32		DF	Andy Taylor

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[10]

Considering a 4-4-2 formation

GK: #1 Brad Friedel, 45
RB: #2, Lucas Neill, 42
CB: #14, Nils-Eric Johansson, 23
CB: #22, Dominic Matteo, 29
LB: #24, Andy Todd, 32
RM: #7, Brett Emerton, 38
CM: #18, Steven Reid, 25
CM: #16, Barry Ferguson, 22
LM: #12, Morten Gamst Pedersen, 26
CF: #9, Jon Stead, 20
CF: #10, Paul Dickov, 33

Top scorers

Premier League

Results

Premier League

1	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	West Bromwich Albion
	Craig Short 70'	Report	Neil Clement 33'

2	Southampton	3-2	Blackburn Rovers
	Kevin Phillips 32' Anders Svensson 74' James Beattie 90'		Barry Ferguson 50' Paul Dickov 68'

25 August 2004 3	Arsenal	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Highbury, London
	Henry 50' Fàbregas 58' Reyes 79'	Report		Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,496 Referee: Neale Barry

4	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Manchester United
	Paul Dickov 17'	Report	Alan Smith 90'

11 September 2004 5	Newcastle United	3–0	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
	Flitcroft 9' (o.g.) Shearer 16' O'Brien 83'	Report		Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 52,015 Referee: Dermot Gallagher

6	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Portsmouth
	Matt Jansen 75'

7	Charlton	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Talal El Karkouri 49'

8	Blackburn Rovers	2-2	Aston Villa
	Barry Ferguson 30' Brett Emerton 63'	Report	Juan Pablo Ángel 25' Olof Mellberg 80'

9	Blackburn Rovers	0-4	Middlesbrough
		Report	Jimmy Floyd Hasselbaink 46', 57', 90' George Boateng 50'

10	Chelsea	4-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Eiður Guðjohnsen 37', 38', 53' (pen.) Damien Duff 74'	Report

30 October 2004 11	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Liverpool	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Bothroyd 16' Emerton 45'	Report	Riise 7' Baroš 54'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,314 Referee: Rob Styles

6 November 2004 12	Norwich City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers	Norwich, Norfolk
15:00 GMT	Svensson 56'	Report	Bothroyd 44' Dickov 86'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 23,834 Referee: Steve Dunn

13	Manchester City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Antoine Sibierski 45'		Paul Dickov 78' (pen.)

21 November 2004 14	Blackburn Rovers	3–3	Birmingham City	Blackburn, Lancashire
16:05 GMT (UTC)	Jansen 4' Reid 57' Gallagher 63'	Report	Anderton 17' Savage 38' Dunn 45'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,290 Referee: Neale Barry

15	Fulham	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
			Paul Gallagher 10' Paul Dickov 77' (pen.)

16	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Tottenham
			Robbie Keane 56'

11 December 2004 17	Crystal Palace	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	South Norwood, London
		Report		Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 22,010 Referee: Alan Wiley

18	Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Everton
		Report

26 December 2004 19	Blackburn Rovers	2–2	Newcastle United	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Dickov 26' Todd 54'	Report	Dyer 6' Robert 34'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 29,271 Referee: Matt Messias

20	Bolton	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
		Report	Paul Dickov 6'

21	Aston Villa	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Nolberto Solano 88'	Report

22	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Charlton
	Brett Emerton 41'

23	Portsmouth	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
			Morten Gamst Pedersen 55'

24	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Bolton
		Report	El Hadji Diouf 77'

25	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Chelsea
		Report	Arjen Robben 5'

26	Middlesbrough	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Franck Queudrue 35'

12 February 2005 27	Blackburn Rovers	3–0	Norwich City	Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 GMT	Pedersen 17' Dickov 39', 62'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,923 Referee: Steve Dunn

28	Everton	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
			Jon Stead 71'

16 March 2005 29	Liverpool	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool, Merseyside
		Report		Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 37,765 Referee: Barry Knight

19 March 2005 30	Blackburn Rovers	0–1	Arsenal	Blackburn, Lancashire
		Report	van Persie 43'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,992 Referee: Graham Poll

31	Manchester United	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
		Report

32	Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Southampton
	Morten Gamst Pedersen 11' Andreas Jakobsson 48' (o.g.) Steven Reid 55'

33	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Crystal Palace	Blackburn, Lancashire
	Pedersen 45'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park

34	Blackburn Rovers	0-0	Manchester City

35	West Bromwich	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Kieran Richardson 32'		Brett Emerton 64'

30 April 2005 36	Birmingham City	2–1	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 BST (UTC+01)	Blake 61' Heskey 80'	Report	Stead 13'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 28,621 Referee: Barry Knight

37	Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Fulham
	Lucas Neill 6'		Steed Malbranque 20', 77' Brian McBride 53'

38	Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	Blackburn Rovers

League Cup

22 September 2004 Round 2	Blackburn Rovers	3-3 (a.e.t.) (6-7 p)	Bournemouth	Blackburn
19:45	Emerton 8' Pedersen 90' Gallagher 91'		O'Connor 13' Broadhurst 82' Spicer 115'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 7,226
		Penalties
	Amoruso Neill Pedersen Stead Gallagher Douglas Jansen Tugay		Cummings Holmes O'Connor Connell Elliott Spicer Maher Howe

FA Cup

8 January 2005 Round 3	Cardiff City	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
15:00	Lee 35'		Morten Gamst Pedersen 5'	Attendance: 14,145

19 January 2005 Round 3 Replay	Blackburn Rovers	3-2	Cardiff City
20:00	Thompson 9', 32' Pedersen 47'		McAnuff 24' Collins 54'	Attendance: 9,140

29 January 2005 Round 4	Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Colchester United
15:00	Watson 21' (O.G.) Jemal Johnson 27' Matteo 51'			Attendance: 10,634

20 February 2005 Round 5	Burnley	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
13:30				Attendance: 21,468

1 March 2005 Round 5 Replay	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Burnley
20:00	Tugay 31' Pedersen 86'		Hyde 42'

13 March 2005 Round 6	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Leicester City
13:05	Dickov 83' (pen.)

16 April 2005 Semi Final	Arsenal	3-0	Blackburn Rovers	Millennium Stadium
12:15	Pires 42' Van Persie 86', 90'

References

↑ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/football/teams/b/blackburn_rovers/3655384.stm
↑ http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Goalscorers/0,,10303~200410303,00.html
↑ http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Attendance/0,,10303~200410303,00.html
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/2004-2005
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/2004-2005/faprem/blackbrn.htm
↑ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
↑ McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualifies to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in 2007.
↑ Bruce was born in Norwich, England, but also qualifies to represent both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland internationally through his grandmother and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in May 2007, although he later changed his nationality to Northern Ireland in July 2011.
↑ Yelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany (now part of Germany), but also qualifies to represent the United States internationally through his father and would make his international debut for the United States in March 2011.
↑ http://origin-www.rovers.co.uk/page/Appearances/0,,10303~200410303,00.html

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