2003–04 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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Blackburn Rovers
2003–04 season
ChairmanJohn Williams
ManagerGraeme Souness
FA Premier League15th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
UEFA CupFirst round
Top goalscorerLeague: Andy Cole (11)
All: Andy Cole (11)
Highest home attendance30,074 (vs. Liverpool, 13 September 2003)
Lowest home attendance19,939 (vs. Charlton Athletic, 20 October 2003)
Average home league attendance24,376

During the 2003–04 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Barclaycard Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

Finishing sixth in the Premiership at the end of 2002–03 had booked Blackburn Rovers their second successive UEFA Cup campaign, but it was short-lived. A 5–1 opening-day victory against newly promoted Wolverhampton Wanderers kickstarted their new season, however, their overall Premiership form was far too dismal to give the side any hope of a third successive European qualification. Indeed, much of the season was spent battling against relegation; a decent finish to the season saw relegation fears eradicated by the end of April. Rovers finished 15th in the final table, putting intense pressure on manager Graeme Souness to turn things around.

Final league table

Main article: 2003–04 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
13 Portsmouth 38 12 9 17 47 54 −7 45
14 Tottenham Hotspur 38 13 6 19 47 57 −10 45
15 Blackburn Rovers 38 12 8 18 51 59 −8 44
16 Manchester City 38 9 14 15 55 54 +1 41
17 Everton 38 9 12 17 45 57 −12 39
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK United States USA Brad Friedel
2 DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill
3 DF Slovakia SVK Vratislav Greško
5 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso
6 DF England ENG Craig Short
7 MF England ENG Garry Flitcroft
8 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu
9 FW England ENG Andy Cole
10 FW England ENG Matt Jansen
11 DF Germany GER Markus Babbel (on loan from Liverpool)
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steven Reid[note 1]
14 DF Sweden SWE Nils-Eric Johansson
No. Pos. Nation Player
15 DF England ENG Andy Todd
17 FW Scotland SCO Paul Gallagher
18 FW England ENG Jonathan Stead
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Dwight Yorke
20 MF England ENG David Thompson
23 MF Australia AUS Brett Emerton
24 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson
25 MF Norway NOR Martin Andresen (on loan from Stabæk)
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonathan Douglas
30 MF England ENG Neil Danns
31 GK Finland FIN Peter Enckelman
33 DF England ENG 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. Pos. Nation Player
4 DF England ENG Martin Taylor (to Birmingham City)
13 GK Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Kelly (retired)
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Mahon (on loan to Ipswich Town; to Wigan Athletic)
18 FW Italy ITA Corrado Grabbi (to Ancona)
21 MF Italy ITA Dino Baggio (on loan from Lazio)
No. Pos. Nation Player
22 FW Norway NOR Egil Østenstad (to Rangers)
25 DF Germany GER Sebastian Pelzer (to Eintracht Trier)
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonathan Douglas (on loan to Blackpool)
27 DF Scotland SCO Gordon Greer (to Kilmarnock)
30 MF England ENG Neil Danns (on loan to Blackpool and Hartlepool United)

Reserve squad

The following players did not appear for the first-team this season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
22 MF England ENG Ciaran Donnelly
28 GK Germany GER David Yelldell[note 2]
29 DF England ENG Jay McEveley[note 3]
— DF England ENG Alex Bruce
— DF England ENG Michael Taylor
— DF Scotland SCO Craig Barr
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL John Fitzgerald
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Republic of Ireland IRL Gavin Peers
— MF England ENG Jerome Watt
— MF Scotland SCO Ian Black
— MF Scotland SCO Gary Harkins
— MF Scotland SCO Alan Morgan
— FW England ENG Matt Derbyshire
— FW United States USA Jemal Johnson

Statistics

Appearances and goals

No. Pos Nat Player Total Premier League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Goalkeepers
1 GK United States USA Brad Friedel 40 1 36 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
31 GK Finland FIN Peter Enckelman 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Defenders
2 DF Australia AUS Lucas Neill 35 2 30+2 2 1 0 1 0 1 0
3 DF Slovakia SVK Vratislav Greško 28 1 22+2 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
5 DF Italy ITA Lorenzo Amoruso 14 3 11+1 3 0 0 0 0 2 0
6 DF England ENG Craig Short 20 1 19 1 1 0 0 0 0 0
11 DF Germany GER Markus Babbel 28 3 23+2 3 1 0 1 0 1 0
14 DF Sweden SWE Nils-Eric Johansson 15 0 7+7 0 0 0 0+1 0 0 0
15 DF England ENG Andy Todd 21 0 19 0 1 0 0 0 1 0
33 DF England ENG Michael Gray 14 0 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Midfielders
7 MF England ENG Garry Flitcroft 33 3 29+2 3 1 0 0 0 1 0
8 MF Turkey TUR Tugay Kerimoğlu 40 1 30+6 1 1 0 1 0 2 0
12 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Steven Reid 19 0 9+7 0 0 0 1 0 1+1 0
20 MF England ENG David Thompson 14 1 10+1 1 0 0 1 0 2 0
23 MF Australia AUS Brett Emerton 40 3 31+6 2 0 0 0+1 0 2 1
24 MF Scotland SCO Barry Ferguson 16 2 14+1 1 0 0 1 1 0 0
25 MF Norway NOR Martin Andresen 11 0 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
26 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Jonathan Douglas 14 1 14 1 0 0 0 0 0 0
30 MF England ENG Neil Danns 1 0 0+1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Forwards
9 FW England ENG Andy Cole 37 11 27+7 11 1 0 1 0 0+1 0
10 FW England ENG Matt Jansen 21 3 9+10 2 0 0 0 0 2 1
17 FW Scotland SCO Paul Gallagher 28 3 12+14 3 1 0 0+1 0 0 0
18 FW England ENG Jon Stead 15 6 13 6 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
19 FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Dwight Yorke 27 6 15+8 4 0+1 0 1 2 1+1 0
Players transferred out during the season
4 DF England ENG Martin Taylor 14 0 10+1 0 0+1 0 1 0 0+1 0
16 MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan Mahon 4 0 1+2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
18 FW Italy ITA Corrado Grabbi 7 0 0+5 0 0 0 0 0 1+1 0
21 MF Italy ITA Dino Baggio 12 1 0+9 1 0+1 0 0 0 1+1 0

Last updated: 31 May 2004
Source: [1]

Starting 11

Considering appearances in all competitions[2]

Results

Premier League

Results by matchday

Matchday1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundHAHAHAHAHAAHAHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAH
ResultWDLDLWLLLLLWLWWLLDWDLDLWDLDLWLLLWWWWLD
Position14791091112151619161716141416161415161616141415151615161617171614131315
Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
16 August 2003 1 Blackburn Rovers 5–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 BST Amoruso File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Thompson File:Soccerball shade.svg 29'
Emerton File:Soccerball shade.svg 52'
Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 79', 87'		 Report Iversen File:Soccerball shade.svg 71' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 26,270
Referee: Jeff Winter
23 August 2003 2 Bolton Wanderers 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Bolton, Greater Manchester
15:00 BST Djorkaeff File:Soccerball shade.svg 3' (pen.)
Davies File:Soccerball shade.svg 25'		 Report Jansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 50'
Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Stadium: Reebok Stadium
Attendance: 27,423
Referee: Andy D'Urso
25 August 2003 3 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Manchester City Blackburn, Lancashire
20:00 Sinclair File:Soccerball shade.svg 44' (o.g.)
Amoruso File:Soccerball shade.svg 61'		 Report File:Soccerball shade.svg 4' Tarnat
File:Soccerball shade.svg 59' Barton
File:Soccerball shade.svg 87' Anelka		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 23,361
Referee: Alan Wiley (Staffordshire)
30 August 2003 4 Chelsea 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Fulham, London
15:00 BST (UTC+01) Mutu File:Soccerball shade.svg 45'
Hasselbaink File:Soccerball shade.svg 63' (pen.)		 Report Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 58' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 41,066
Referee: Mike Dean
12 September 2003 5 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Liverpool Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 Jansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 8'
Neill Red card 45'		 Report Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 12' (pen.), 68'
Kewell File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,074
Referee: Neale Barry
20 September 2003 6 Portsmouth 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth, Hampshire
15:00 De Zeeuw File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Report Neill File:Soccerball shade.svg 35'
Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 20,024
Referee: Paul Durkin
28 September 2003 7 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Fulham Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 Report Luís Boa Morte File:Soccerball shade.svg 5'
Louis Saha File:Soccerball shade.svg 56'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 21,985
Referee: Matt Messias
4 October 2003 8 Leeds United 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Leeds, West Yorkshire
15:00 Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 11', 27' Report Baggio File:Soccerball shade.svg 86' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 35,039
Referee: Uriah Rennie
20 October 2003 9 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Charlton Athletic Blackburn, Lancashire
20:00 BST Report Hreidarsson File:Soccerball shade.svg 33' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 19,939
Referee: Graham Barber
25 October 2003 10 Southampton 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Southampton, Hampshire
15:00 Beattie File:Soccerball shade.svg 59'
Griffit File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Report Stadium: St Mary's Stadium
Attendance: 31,620
Referee: Steve Bennett
2 November 2003 11 Leicester City 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Leicester, Leicestershire
16:05 Bent File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'
Howey File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		 Report Stadium: Walkers Stadium
Attendance: 30,975
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
10 November 2003 12 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Everton Blackburn, Lancashire
20:00 Babbel File:Soccerball shade.svg 6'
Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 13'		 Report Radzinski File:Soccerball shade.svg 49' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,179
Referee: Paul Dowd
22 November 2003 13 Manchester United 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Trafford, Greater Manchester
12:30 van Nistelrooy File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Kleberson File:Soccerball shade.svg 38'		 Report Emerton File:Soccerball shade.svg 62' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 67,748
Referee: Mark Halsey
29 November 2003 14 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Tottenham Hotspur Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 Greško File:Soccerball shade.svg 78' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,802
Referee: Graham Poll
6 December 2003 15 Birmingham City 0–4 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 GMT (UTC) Dugarry Red card 72' Report Ferguson File:Soccerball shade.svg 66'
Neill File:Soccerball shade.svg 68'
Tugay File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'
Gallagher File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		 Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 29,354
Referee: Graham Barber
14 December 2003 (2003-12-14) 16 Arsenal 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Islington, London
14:00 GMT Bergkamp File:Soccerball shade.svg 11' Report Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 37,677
Referee: Andy D'Urso
20 December 2003 17 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Aston Villa Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 Report Moore File:Soccerball shade.svg 62'
Ángel File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 20,722
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
26 December 2003 18 Blackburn Rovers 2–2 Middlesbrough Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 Babbel File:Soccerball shade.svg 3', 90' Report Juninho File:Soccerball shade.svg 31', 51' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 25,452
Referee: Alan Wiley
28 December 2003 19 Newcastle United 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear
14:00 Report Gallagher File:Soccerball shade.svg 72' Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 51,648
Referee: Mark Halsey
7 January 2004 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Wolverhampton, West Midlands
19:45 GMT Butler File:Soccerball shade.svg 63'
Rae File:Soccerball shade.svg 72'		 Report Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 14'
Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'		 Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,393
Referee: Neale Barry
10 January 2004 21 Blackburn Rovers 3–4 Bolton Wanderers Blackburn, Lancashire
Greško File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 24'
Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 34'		 Report Nolan File:Soccerball shade.svg 1', 78'
Djorkaeff File:Soccerball shade.svg 43'
Giannakopoulos File:Soccerball shade.svg 73'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 23,538
Referee: Steve Dunn
17 January 2004 22 Manchester City 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Manchester, Greater Manchester
15:00 Anelka File:Soccerball shade.svg 50' Report File:Soccerball shade.svg 55' Flitcroft Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
Attendance: 47,090
Referee: Mike Dean
1 February 2004 23 Blackburn Rovers 2–3 Chelsea Blackburn, Lancashire
Flitcroft File:Soccerball shade.svg 3'
Gallagher File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Report Lampard File:Soccerball shade.svg 25', 35'
Johnson File:Soccerball shade.svg 88'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 24,867
Referee: Dermot Gallagher
7 February 2004 24 Middlesbrough 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire
Report Stead File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 28,307
Referee: Rob Styles
11 February 2004 25 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Newcastle United Blackburn, Lancashire
Jon Stead File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Report Craig Bellamy File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 23,459
Referee: Matt Messias
21 February 2004 26 Charlton Athletic 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Greenwich, London
Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 10'
Euell File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Jensen File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Report Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 74'
Friedel File:Soccerball shade.svg 90'		 Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 26,332
Referee: Uriah Rennie
28 February 2004 27 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Southampton Blackburn, Lancashire
Andy Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 52' Report Kevin Phillips File:Soccerball shade.svg 5' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 21,970
Referee: Mike Dean
13 March 2004 (2004-03-13) 28 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Arsenal Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 GMT Report Henry File:Soccerball shade.svg 57'
Pires File:Soccerball shade.svg 87'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 28,627
Referee: Alan Wiley
20 March 2004 29 Aston Villa 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 Report Flitcroft File:Soccerball shade.svg 26'
Stead File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'		 Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 37,532
Referee: Andy D'Urso
27 March 2004 30 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Portsmouth Blackburn, Lancashire
Tugay File:Soccerball shade.svg 37' Report Sheringham File:Soccerball shade.svg 17'
Yakubu File:Soccerball shade.svg 82'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,855
Referee: Paul Durkin
4 April 2004 31 Liverpool 4–0 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool, Merseyside
Owen File:Soccerball shade.svg 7', 24'
Todd File:Soccerball shade.svg 22' (o.g.)
Heskey File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'		 Report Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 41,559
Referee: Jeff Winter
10 April 2004 32 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Leeds United Blackburn, Lancashire
Short File:Soccerball shade.svg 90' Report Caldwell File:Soccerball shade.svg 2'
Viduka File:Soccerball shade.svg 89'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 26,611
Referee: Steve Dunn
12 April 2004 33 Fulham 3–4 Blackburn Rovers Fulham, London
John File:Soccerball shade.svg 26', 45'
Boa Morte File:Soccerball shade.svg 60'		 Report Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
Douglas File:Soccerball shade.svg 49'
Amoruso File:Soccerball shade.svg 51'
Stead File:Soccerball shade.svg 75'		 Attendance: 13,981
Referee: Mike Dean
17 April 2004 34 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Leicester City Blackburn, Lancashire
Dabizas File:Soccerball shade.svg 42' (o.g.) Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 22,749
Referee: Rob Styles
24 April 2004 35 Everton 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Liverpool, Merseyside
Report Stead File:Soccerball shade.svg 81' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 38,884
Referee: Paul Dowd
1 May 2004 36 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Manchester United Blackburn, Lancashire
Stead File:Soccerball shade.svg 85' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 29,616
Referee: Mike Dean
8 May 2004 37 Tottenham Hotspur 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Haringey, London
Defoe File:Soccerball shade.svg 18' Report Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 35,698
Referee: Andy D'Urso
15 May 2004 38 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Birmingham City Blackburn, Lancashire
15:00 BST (UTC+01) Cole File:Soccerball shade.svg 24' Report John File:Soccerball shade.svg 83' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 26,070
Referee: Dermot Gallagher

FA Cup

3 January 2004 Third round Birmingham City 4–0 Blackburn Rovers Birmingham, West Midlands
15:00 Morrison File:Soccerball shade.svg 23'
Clemence File:Soccerball shade.svg 36'
Forssell File:Soccerball shade.svg 78'
Hughes File:Soccerball shade.svg 84'		 Report Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 18,688
Referee: Paul Durkin

League Cup

29 October 2003 Third round Blackburn Rovers 3–4 Liverpool Blackburn, Lancashire
20:00 Yorke File:Soccerball shade.svg 35', 90'
Ferguson File:Soccerball shade.svg 81'		 Report Murphy File:Soccerball shade.svg 39' (pen.)
Heskey File:Soccerball shade.svg 49', 61'
Kewell File:Soccerball shade.svg 79'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 16,918
Referee: Mike Riley

UEFA Cup

24 September 2003 First round 1
First leg		 Gençlerbirliği S.K. Turkey 3–1 Blackburn Rovers England Ankara 19 Mayıs Stadium
14:55 Skoko File:Soccerball shade.svg 42'
Youla File:Soccerball shade.svg 43', 60'		 Report Emerton File:Soccerball shade.svg 57' Attendance: Ulus, Ankara
Referee: Paolo Vertini (Italy)
15 October 2003 Round 1
Leg 2		 Blackburn Rovers England 1–1 Gençlerbirliği S.K. Turkey Blackburn, Lancashire
20:15 Jansen File:Soccerball shade.svg 64' Report Özkan File:Soccerball shade.svg 66' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 14,573
Referee: Eric Braamhaar (Netherlands)

Top scorers

Premiership

Notes

  1. ↑ Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualifies to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  2. ↑ Yelldell was born in Stuttgart, West Germany, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and made his international debut for the United States in March 2011
  3. ↑ McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and made his full international debut for Scotland in August 2007

References

  1. ↑ "All Blackburn Rovers players: 2004". 11v11.com.
  2. ↑ "Blackburn Rovers in FA Premier League 2003/2004 analysis and predictions". Football-Lineups.

External links

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