During the 1995–96 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the

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(known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Blackburn had a disappointing title defence in the Premier League, dropping to 7th in the standings in the wake of

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's resignation as manager. Their first half of the season was little short of disastrous, their 5–0 defeat at struggling

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in mid December being their eighth in the league, with relegation a distinct possibility. However, Blackburn improved in the second half of the season, losing just five more games and only narrowly missing out on a UEFA Cup place. They also got knocked out of the Champions League already in the group stage against comparatively unknown Rosenborg and

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. Compounding the misery was the sale of fan favourite and top scorer

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, who went to Newcastle for a British transfer record at the end of July.

Final league table

;Results summary ;Results by round

Results

''Blackburn Rovers' score comes first''

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Charity Shield

FA Cup

League Cup

UEFA Champions League

Squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Transfers

In

Out

:Transfers in: £5,750,000 :Transfers out: £1,050,000 :Total spending: £4,700,000

Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Starting 11

:''Only considering Premier League starts'' * GK: #1, Tim Flowers, 37 * RB: #20, Henning Berg, 38 * CB: #5, Colin Hendry, 33 * CB: #2, Chris Coleman, 19 * LB: #3,

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, 32 * RM: #7, Stuart Ripley, 28 * CM: #23, David Batty, 23 * CM: #4, Tim Sherwood, 33 * LM: #22, Lars Bohinen, 17 * CF: #9,

, 35 * CF: #10, Mike Newell, 25

References

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