The 2008–09 season was Blackburn Rovers' 121st season as a professional club. The close season saw the departure of manager Mark Hughes to

Manchester City Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of Salford to the west. The tw ...

. He was replaced by

Paul Ince Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince (; born 21 October 1967) is an English professional football manager and former player who is the current manager of EFL Championship side Reading. A former midfielder, Ince played professionally from 1982 to 2007, star ...

, although after a poor start to the campaign, Ince was sacked and succeeded by Sam Allardyce.

First-team squad

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Stephen Warnock Stephen Warnock (born 12 December 1981) is an English former professional footballer who played as a defender. Starting off his career at Liverpool, he went on to also represent Coventry City, Bradford City, Blackburn Rovers, Aston Villa, Bolt ...

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Christopher Samba Veijeany Christopher Samba (born 28 March 1984), known as Christopher Samba, is a former professional footballer who played as a defender. Born in France, he played for the Congo national team. Samba notably played in the Premier League for ...

, align=center, , align=center, Defender , align=center, 96 , align=center, 8 , align=center, 6 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 5 , align=center,

Tugay Kerimoğlu Tugay Kerimoğlu (born 24 August 1970) is a Turkish former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. He spent the majority of his career for Galatasaray and Blackburn Rovers; winning silverware at Rangers F.C. in-between. He was the coo ...

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Roque Santa Cruz Roque Luis Santa Cruz Cantero (; born 16 August 1981) is a Paraguayan professional footballer who plays as a striker for Paraguayan club Club Libertad. He is the record goal scorer and has earned over 100 caps for the Paraguay national team, ...

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Vince Grella Vince is a given name, it is the anglicisation and shortened form of the name Vincent, as well as a surname. It may refer to: Given name People * Vince Agnew (born 1987), American football player * Vince Cable (born 1943), British politici ...

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Aaron Mokoena Teboho Aaron Mokoena (born 25 November 1980), known as Aaron Mokoena, is a South African former footballer. He is currently the assistant coach of Cape Town City. Club career Early career Mokoena was born in Boipatong. He moved to Bayer Leverk ...

, align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 137 , align=center, 2 , align=center, 7 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 16 , align=center,

Steven Reid Steven John Reid (born 10 March 1981) is a former professional footballer who played as a right back, having previously played most of his career in midfield. He was most recently the first team coach at Nottingham Forest. Reid began his caree ...

, align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 124 , align=center, 7 , align=center, 10 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 17 , align=center, Keith Andrews , align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 33 , align=center, 4 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 18 , align=center,

Paul Gallagher Paul Gallagher may refer to: * Paul Gallagher (barrister) (born 1955), Attorney General of Ireland, 2007–2011 * Paul Gallagher (bishop) (born 1954), diplomat of the Holy See * Paul Gallagher (footballer) (born 1984), Scottish football player for ...

, align=center, , align=center, Winger , align=center, 74 , align=center, 8 , align=center, 7 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 18 , align=center,

El Hadji Diouf El Hadji Ousseynou Diouf (; born 15 January 1981) is a Senegalese former professional footballer. Throughout his career, Diouf played as a winger or a forward. Having started his professional football career in France with Sochaux, Rennes an ...

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Gaël Givet Gaël Givet-Viaros (born 9 October 1981), known as Gaël Givet, is a French former professional footballer who played as a left-footed centre back and as a left-back. Givet was a UEFA Champions League runner-up with Monaco in 2004 and was part of ...

, align=center, , align=center, Defender , align=center, 16 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 22 , align=center,

Danny Simpson Daniel Peter Simpson (born 4 January 1987) is an English professional association football, footballer who last played as a right-back for EFL Championship, Championship side Bristol City F.C., Bristol City. A product of the Manchester United ...

, align=center, , align=center, Full Back , align=center, 20 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 24 , align=center,

Keith Treacy Keith Patrick Treacy (born 13 September 1988) is an Irish footballer who is a former Republic of Ireland international who last played for St Patrick's Athletic. He spent his youth at Belvedere and began his professional career at Blackburn Rove ...

, align=center, , align=center, Winger , align=center, 22 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 1 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 25 , align=center, Alan Judge , align=center, , align=center, Winger , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 26 , align=center,

Julio Santa Cruz Julio Eduardo Santa Cruz Cantero (; born 12 May 1990) is a Paraguayan footballer forward who last played for General Díaz in the Primera División Paraguaya. Santa Cruz is most notable for scoring during the first–leg of the 2014 Copa Libert ...

, align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 27 , align=center,

Matt Derbyshire Matthew Anthony Derbyshire (born 14 April 1986) is an English professional footballer who plays as a forward for Indian Super League club NorthEast United. He played for Blackburn Rovers for five years, and had loan spells with Plymouth Argy ...

, align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 85 , align=center, 19 , align=center, 10 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 28 , align=center,

Tony Kane Anthony Michael Kane (born 29 August 1987) is a Northern Irish former footballer Kane was best known for his time at Ballymena United where he made over 250 appearances for the Sky Blues. As an international, Kane has represented both the Repub ...

, align=center, , align=center, Full Back , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 29 , align=center, Martin Olsson , align=center, , align=center, Full-back , align=center, 18 , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 30 , align=center, Jason Roberts , align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 84 , align=center, 17 , align=center, 13 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 31 , align=center, Bryan Hodge , align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 32 , align=center, Jason Brown , align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 8 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 33 , align=center,

Frank Fielding Francis David Fielding (born 4 April 1988) is an English professional footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Stoke City. He began his career at Blackburn Rovers in the Premier League. He spent time on loan at Wycombe Wanderers, Northampton T ...

, align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 34 , align=center, Gunnar Nielsen , align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 36 , align=center,

Marcus Marshall Marcus Marshall (born 25 November 1978) is a former Champ Car driver from Australia. Biography He began racing in British Formula Three, where he was generally a running outside the top ten, but took a hard-fought win in a wet race. He contes ...

, align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 37 , align=center,

Alex Marrow Alexander James Marrow (born 21 January 1990) is an English professional association football, footballer. Career Blackburn Rovers (first spell, 2008–2011) Marrow started his youth career at Bolton Wanderers F.C., Bolton Wanderers. After leav ...

, align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 38 , align=center,

Mark Bunn Mark Bunn may refer to: * Mark Bunn (Australian footballer) (born 1970), Australian rules footballer *Mark Bunn (English footballer) Mark John Bunn (born 16 November 1984) is an English professional football coach and a former player who played ...

, align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 39 , align=center,

Aaron Doran Aaron Brian Doran Cogan (born 13 May 1991), known as Aaron Doran, is an Irish professional footballer who plays as a winger for Scottish Championship club Inverness Caledonian Thistle. He previously played at Blackburn Rovers, from where he spe ...

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Gavin Gunning Gavin Jude Gunning (born 26 January 1991) is an Irish former footballer who is a coach at club Swindon Town. He has represented the Republic of Ireland at under-21 and youth team levels. He played Gaelic football and association football in ...

, align=center, , align=center, Defender , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center, , - , align=center, , align=center, 43 , align=center, Jamie Clarke , align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, , align=center, , align=center,

Transfers

In

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Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur Football Club, commonly referred to as Tottenham () or Spurs, is a professional association football, football club based in Tottenham, London, England. It competes in the Premier League, the top flight of English footba ...

, £3,500,000 , - , , align=center, , 19 , Carlos Villanueva , Versatile ,

Audax Italiano Audax Club Sportivo Italiano () is a Chilean football club based in La Florida. Founded in 1910, it plays in the Campeonato Nacional and has spent most of its history in the top tier of Chilean football. Audax has been national champions four t ...

, Loan , - , 4 August 2008 , align=center, , 22 ,

, Full-back ,

Manchester United Manchester () is a city in Greater Manchester, England. It had a population of 552,000 in 2021. It is bordered by the Cheshire Plain to the south, the Pennines to the north and east, and the neighbouring city of City of Salford, Salford to ...

, Loan , - , , align=center, , 26 ,

, Forward , Cerro Porteño , Free , - , , align=center, , 11 ,

, Midfielder ,

Torino Turin ( , Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital from 1861 to 1865. T ...

, £4,000,000 , - , 28 August 2008 , align=center, , 17 , Keith Andrews , Midfielder ,

MK Dons Milton Keynes Dons Football Club (), usually abbreviated to MK Dons, is a professional association football club based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, England. The team competes in , the third tier of the English football league system. The ...

, £1,000,000 , - , 12 September 2008 , align=center, , 23 ,

Robbie Fowler Robert Bernard Fowler (born 9 April 1975) is an English football manager and former player, who most recently managed East Bengal in the Indian Super League. As a player, he was a striker, and is the eighth-highest goalscorer in the history ...

, Forward ,

Cardiff City Cardiff City Football Club ( cy, Clwb Pêl-droed Dinas Caerdydd) is a professional association football club based in Cardiff, Wales. It competes in the Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1899 as R ...

, Free , - , , align=center, , 38 ,

, Goalkeeper , Northmapton Town , Undisclosed , - , , align=center, , 21 ,

, Defender ,

Marseille Marseille ( , , ; also spelled in English as Marseilles; oc, Marselha ) is the prefecture of the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône and capital of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region. Situated in the camargue region of southern Franc ...

, Loan , - , , align=center, , 18 ,

, Winger ,

Sunderland Sunderland () is a port city in Tyne and Wear, England. It is the City of Sunderland's administrative centre and in the Historic counties of England, historic county of County of Durham, Durham. The city is from Newcastle-upon-Tyne and is on t ...

, £2,000,000

Out

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Brad Friedel Bradley Howard Friedel (born May 18, 1971) is an American professional soccer coach and former player who played as a goalkeeper. Friedel played 84 games for the United States national team between 1992 and 2005, and represented his country at ...

, Goalkeeper ,

Aston Villa Aston Villa Football Club is a professional football club based in Aston, Birmingham, England. The club competes in the , the top tier of the English football league system. Founded in 1874, they have played at their home ground, Villa Park ...

, £2,000,000 , - , , align=center, , Bruno Berner , Full-back , Leicester City , Free , - , , align=center, , Stéphane Henchoz , Defender , Retired , Free , - , , align=center, , Peter Enckelman , Goalkeeper ,

, Free , - , 31 July 2008 , align=center, ,

David Bentley David Michael Bentley (born 27 August 1984) is an English former professional footballer who played primarily as a winger, but also played as a central midfielder or as a second striker. Bentley started his career with Arsenal in the Premie ...

, Winger ,

, £15,000,000 , - , 9 August 2008 , align=center, ,

Maceo Rigters Maceo Rigters (born 22 January 1984) is a Dutch former professional footballer who played as a striker for SC Heerenveen, Dordrecht, NAC Breda and Willem II in the Netherlands, for Blackburn Rovers, Norwich City and Barnsley in England, and fo ...

, Forward ,

Barnsley Barnsley () is a market town in South Yorkshire, England. As the main settlement of the Metropolitan Borough of Barnsley and the fourth largest settlement in South Yorkshire. In Barnsley, the population was 96,888 while the wider Borough has ...

, Loan , - , , align=center, ,

, Winger ,

Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle Football Club is a professional football club based in the city of Plymouth, Devon, England. As of the 2021–22 season, the team are competing in League One, the third tier of English football. They have played at Home Park, ...

, Loan , - , , align=center, ,

Rostyn Griffiths Rostyn John Griffiths (born 10 March 1988) is an Australian professional footballer who plays as a defender or defensive midfielder for Indian Super League club Mumbai City. Griffiths is a former captain of A-League club Perth Glory. In Augu ...

, Midfield , Accrington Stanley , Loan , - , 2 January 2009 , align=center, , Eddie Nolan , Defender ,

Preston North End Preston North End Football Club, commonly referred to as Preston, North End or PNE, is a professional football club in Preston, Lancashire, England, who currently play in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league syste ...

, Undisclosed , - , , align=center, ,

David Hoilett David Wayne Hoilett Jr. (born 5 June 1990), known as Junior Hoilett, is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a winger for EFL Championship club Reading and the Canada national team. After impressing in a youth tournament, Hoilett ...

, Forward ,

FC St. Pauli Fußball-Club St Pauli von 1910 e.V., commonly known as simply FC St Pauli (), is a German professional football club based in the St. Pauli district of Hamburg, that competes in the 2. Bundesliga. The football department is part of a larger sp ...

, Loan , - , 23 December 2008 , align=center, ,

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Sergio Peter Sergio Mario Peter (born 12 October 1986) is a German former professional footballer who played as a winger. Early career Born in Ludwigshafen, Rhineland-Palatinate, Peter began his career with TSV Mannheim Schönau and joined local heavyweigh ...

, Winger , Sparta Prague , Undisclosed , - , , align=center, , Alan Judge , Winger ,

, Loan , - , 28 January 2009 , align=center, ,

, Forward ,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

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, Free * Fees are an estimate

Results

Pre-season

Premier League

FA Cup

League Cup

Season statistics

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, align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 27 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 22 , align=center, 5 , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 28 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Full Back , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 29 , align=center, Martin Olsson , align=center, , align=center, Full Back , align=center, 14 , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 3 , align=center, 1 , - , align=center, , align=center, 30 , align=center, Jason Roberts , align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 29 , align=center, 7 , align=center, 5 , align=center, 4 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 31 , align=center, Bryan Hodge , align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 32 , align=center, Jason Brown , align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 7 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 33 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 34 , align=center, Gunnar Nielsen , align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 35 , align=center, Eddie Nolan , align=center, , align=center, Defender , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 36 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 37 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Midfielder , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 38 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 1 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 39 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Winger , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 40 , align=center, Björn Bussmann , align=center, , align=center, Goalkeeper , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 41 , align=center, Andy Haworth , align=center, , align=center, Winger , align=center, 2 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 42 , align=center,

, align=center, , align=center, Defender , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , - , align=center, , align=center, 43 , align=center, Jamie Clarke , align=center, , align=center, Forward , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0 , align=center, 0

Final league table

References

External links

Official Club sitePlayer Statistics – RoversMad
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