1999–2000 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers

1999–2000 season

Manager

Brian Kidd
Tony Parkes
Graeme Souness

Championship

12th

FA Cup

Fifth round

League Cup

Fourth Round

Top goalscorer

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.^[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.	Position	Player
1	GK	John Filan
2	DF	Jeff Kenna
3	DF	Callum Davidson
4	MF	Jason McAteer^[3]
5	DF	Darren Peacock
6	MF	Lee Carsley^[4]
7	MF	Garry Flitcroft
9	FW	Ashley Ward
10	FW	Egil Ostenstad
12	MF	Damien Duff
13	GK	Alan Kelly
14	FW	Nathan Blake
15	FW	Matt Jansen
16	DF	Marlon Broomes
17	MF	Billy McKinlay
18	MF	Keith Gillespie
19	MF	Damien Johnson

No.	Position	Player
20	MF	Per Frandsen
21	MF	Jimmy Corbett
22	FW	Ben Burgess
23	DF	Christian Dailly
24	DF	David McNamee
25	MF	Burton O'Brien^[5]
26	FW	James Thomas
27	MF	David Dunn
28	DF	Martin Taylor
29	DF	Craig Short
30	GK	Anthony Williams
31	DF	Simon Grayson
32	DF	Peter Murphy
33	DF	Steve Harkness
35	GK	Alan Miller
36	DF	Leam Richardson
37	FW	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.	Position	Player
8	FW	Kevin Gallacher (to Newcastle United)
10	FW	Kevin Davies (to Southampton)
11	MF	Jason Wilcox (to Leeds United)
20	MF	Gary Croft (to Ipswich Town)

No.	Position	Player
22	GK	Alan Fettis (to York City)
34	MF	Wayne Gill (to Blackpool)
35	DF	Keith Brown (to Barnsley)

Results

Pre-Season

Friendly	IFK Gothenborg		vs		Blackburn		15 July 1999

Friendly	Lilletsrom SK		vs		Blackburn		19 July 1999

Friendly	Fredrikstad		vs		Blackburn		21 July 1999

Friendly	Blackpool		vs		Blackburn		24 July 1999

Friendly	Oldham Athletic		vs		Blackburn		27 July 1999

Friendly	Blackburn		vs		Liverpool	Ewood Park, Blackburn	31 July 1999

Division One

Round 1	Blackburn		0-0		Port Vale	Ewood Park, Blackburn

Round 2	Huddersfield		2-3		Blackburn	Huddersfield
Simon Grayson 26' (o.g.) Marcus Stewart 51' Rob Edwards 90'					Lee Carsley 65' Marlon Broomes 89'

Round 3	Blackburn		1-2		Barnsley	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 81' (pen.)					Ǵorǵi Hristov 65' Neil Shipperley 85'

Round 4	Norwich		0-2		Blackburn	Carrow Road, Norwich
					Egil Østenstad 6' Egil Østenstad 51'

Round 5	Blackburn		2-0		Tranmere	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward 82' Nathan Blake 87'

Round 6	West Bromwich		2-2		Blackburn	West Bromwich
Kevin Kilbane 20' Kevin Kilbane 87'					Christian Dailly 57' Matt Jansen 67'

Round 7	Blackburn		2-0		Walsall	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward 34' Lee Carsley 44'

Round 8	Swindon		2-1		Blackburn	Swindon
Mark Walters 30' Bobby Howe 32'					Egil Østenstad 85'

Round 9	Queens Park Rangers		0-0		Blackburn	London

Round 10	Blackburn		1-1		Grimsby	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 45' (pen.)					Lee Ashcroft 43' (pen.)

Round 11	Blackburn		1-1		Crystal Palace	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 86'					Hayden Mullins 55'

Round 12	Manchester City		2-0		Blackburn	Manchester
Richard Edghill 39' Jeff Whitley 82'

Round 13	Walsall		1-1		Blackburn	Walsall
Michael Ricketts 85'					Lee Carsley 28' (pen.)

Round 14	Blackburn		0-2		Queens Park Rangers	Ewood Park, Blackburn
					Stuart Wardley 40' Kevin Gallen 89'

Round 15	Blackburn		2-2		Ipswich	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 1' Lee Carsley 67' (pen.)					Matthew Holland 75' Tony Mowbray 90'

Round 16	Blackburn		2-0		Fulham	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad 11' Damien Duff 90'

Round 17	Crewe		0-0		Blackburn	Crewe

Round 18	Blackburn		2-0		Stockport	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 44' Egil Østenstad 68'

Round 19	Charlton		1-2		Blackburn	London
Shaun Newton 45'					Ashley Ward 11' Ashley Ward 48'

Round 20	Port Vale		0-0		Blackburn	Stoke

Round 21	Blackburn		3-1		Bolton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Ashley Ward 56' Jason McAteer 59' Nathan Blake 80'					Robbie Elliott 57'

Round 22	Sheffield United		2-1		Blackburn	Sheffield
Marcus Bent 29' Marcus Bent 71'					Ashley Ward 10'

Round 23	Blackburn		2-1		Nottingham	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 18' Lee Carsley 68' (pen.)					Andy Johnson 31'

Round 24	Portsmouth		1-2		Blackburn	Portsmouth
Steve Claridge 14'					Christian Dailly 33' Egil Østenstad 44'

Round 25	Blackburn		1-1		Wolves	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Egil Østenstad 39'					Lee Naylor 36'

Round 26	Blackburn		2-0		Huddersfield	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff 29' Damien Johnson 44'

Round 27	Barnsley		5-1		Blackburn	Barnsley
Bruce Dyer 5' Craig Hignett 15' Neil Shipperley 22' Darren Barnard 32' Bruce Dyer 72'					Per Frandsen 7'

Round 28	Bolton		3-1		Blackburn	Bolton
Guðni Bergsson 17' Michael Johansen 39' Eiður Guðjohnsen 69'					Nathan Blake 16'

Round 29	Blackburn		0-0		Swindon	Ewood Park, Blackburn

Round 30	Birmingham		1-0		Blackburn	Birmingham
Martin O'Connor 33'

Round 31	Stockport		0-1		Blackburn	Stockport
					Jason McAteer 79'

Round 32	Blackburn		2-1		West Bromwich	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Keith Gillespie 70' Christian Dailly 76'					Matt Carbon 14'

Round 33	Blackburn		1-1		Norwich	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Per Frandsen 90'					Daryl Sutch 25'

Round 34	Tranmere		2-1		Blackburn	Birkenhead
Alan Mahon 47' (pen.) Wayne Allison 90'					Christian Dailly 90'

Round 35	Ipswich		0-0		Blackburn	Ipswich

Round 36	Blackburn		0-1		Crewe	Ewood Park, Blackburn
					Colin Cramb 80'

Round 37	Fulham		2-2		Blackburn	London
Barry Hayles 18' Karl-Heinz Riedle 75'					David Dunn 38' Keith Gillespie 85'

Round 38	Blackburn		1-0		Birmingham	Ewood Park, Blackburn
David Dunn 90'

Round 39	Nottingham		0-1		Blackburn	Nottingham
					Ashley Ward 7'

Round 40	Blackburn		5-0		Sheffield United	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Damien Duff 4' Ashley Ward 42' Egil Østenstad 67' Damien Duff 82' Matt Jansen 89'

Round 41	Wolves		2-1		Blackburn	Wolverhampton
Kevin Muscat 40' (pen.) Allan Nielsen 72'					Damien Duff 54'

Round 42	Blackburn		1-1		Portsmouth	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 22' (pen.)					Ceri Hughes 41'

Round 43	Grimsby		0-0		Blackburn	Grimsby

Round 44	Blackburn		1-1		Charlton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
Lee Carsley 63' (pen.)					Mathias Svensson 23'

Round 45	Crystal Palace		2-1		Blackburn	London
Ashley Cole 60' Clinton Morrison 72'					Matt Jansen 27'

Round 46	Blackburn		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

Round 2, Leg 1	Portsmouth		0-3		Blackburn	Portsmouth	14 September 1999
					Cundy 58' (O.G.) Jansen 72', 78'

Round 2, Leg 2	Blackburn		3-1		Portsmouth	Ewood Park, Blackburn	22 September 1999
Duff 59' Dunn 64' Gallacher 90'					McLoughlin 7'

Round 3	Leeds United		1-0		Blackburn	Leeds	13 October 1999
Mills 90'

FA Cup

Round 3	West Bromwich Albion		2-2		Blackburn	West Bromwich	11 December 1999
Hughes 66' Evans 80'					Frandsen 65' Blake 70'

Round 3 Replay	Blackburn		2-0 (a.e.t.)		West Bromwich Albion	Ewood Park, Blackburn	22 December 1999
Duff 94' Carsley 114' (pen.)

Round 4	Liverpool		0-1		Blackburn	Liverpool	10 January 2000
					Blake 84'

Round 5	Blackburn		1-2		Newcastle United	Ewood Park, Blackburn	31 January 2000
Jansen 25'					Shearer 21', 79'

Starting 11

Only considering Division 1 starts

GK: #13, Alan Kelly, Jr., 30
RB: #31, Simon Grayson, 32
CB: #29, Craig Short, 17
CB: #23, Christian Dailly, 44
LB: #3, Callum Davidson, 28
RM: #4, Jason McAteer, 25
CM: #6, Lee Carsley, 31
CM: #20, Per Frandsen, 27
LM: #12, Damien Duff, 34
CF: #9, Ashley Ward, 36
CF: #10, Egil Ostenstad, 22

Topscorers

League

References

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↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1999-2000/d1/blackbrn.htm FootballSquads - Blackburn Rovers - 1999/2000
↑ McAteer was born in Birkenhead, England.
↑ Carsley was born in Birmingham, England.
↑ O'Brien was born in Johannesburg, South Africa.

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