2006–07_Blackburn_Rovers_F.C._season

2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers 2006–07 football season

During the 2006–07 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

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Season summary

A run of only 5 wins from their first 18 games[3] killed off Blackburn's hopes of improving on the previous season's 6th place to qualify for the Champions League, but the club's form was markedly improved in the second half of the season, NLP expert Jimmy Petruzzi had delivered an NLP training workshop to the coaches during Blackburn Rovers loss of form and coincided with the club turning their season around achieving a top-half finish for the second season running. Rovers overcame the sale of Craig Bellamy to Liverpool, with his replacement, former Porto striker Benni McCarthy, scoring 18 league goals to finish as the Premier League's second-highest scorer behind Didier Drogba.

After a history of European underachievement, Rovers had a relatively successful UEFA Cup campaign, beating Red Bull Salzburg in the first round and topping Group E in the next stage, before succumbing to Bayer Leverkusen in the Round of 32. The club continued their recent habit of reaching cup semi-finals to be eliminated by the cup winners, being knocked out of the FA Cup semi-final by eventual winners Chelsea.

Final league table

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Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. The highest-placed team who applied for the Intertoto Cup and not in an automatic UEFA Cup spot was awarded with a place in that competition. Blackburn Rovers occupied the Intertoto place, because Portsmouth and Reading did not apply.[4] A further place in the UEFA Cup was up for grabs via the Premiership Fair Play League. The winner is placed into a draw with the winners of Fair Play leagues in other countries. The representatives from the two countries that come out of the hat first are given a place in the UEFA Cup first qualifying round. Since the winners of the Premiership Fair Play League, Tottenham Hotspur, had already qualified for the UEFA Cup by virtue of their league position, their place in the Fair Play draw was given to Aston Villa. However, the places in the UEFA Cup were awarded to the representatives from Finland and Norway.

Squad

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Left club during season

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Reserve squad

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

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Statistics

Appearances and goals

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Last updated: 15 May 2007
Source: Competitions

Transfers

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Out

Results

Premier League

Results by matchday

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A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss
19 August 2006 1 Portsmouth 3–0 Blackburn Rovers Portsmouth
15:00 Svetoslav Todorov 26'
Nwankwo Kanu 62', 84'		 Stadium: Fratton Park
23 August 2006 2 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Everton Blackburn
Benni McCarthy 50' Tim Cahill 84' Stadium: Ewood Park
27 August 2006 3 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Chelsea Blackburn
Frank Lampard 50' (pen.)
Didier Drogba 81'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
9 September 2006 4 Sheffield United 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Sheffield
15:00 Stadium: Bramall Lane
17 September 2006 5 Blackburn Rovers 4–2 Manchester City Blackburn
Trevor Sinclair 18' (o.g.)
Morten Gamst Pedersen 44'
Benni McCarthy 66'
Paul Gallagher 89'		 Joey Barton 39'
André Ooijer 45' (o.g.)		 Stadium: Ewood Park
23 September 2006 6 Middlesbrough 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough
Shabani Nonda 27' Stadium: Riverside Stadium
1 October 2006 7 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Wigan Athletic Blackburn
David Bentley 45'
Benni McCarthy 81'		 Emile Heskey 2' Stadium: Ewood Park
14 October 2006 8 Liverpool 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Anfield, Liverpool
Craig Bellamy 64' Benni McCarthy 17' Stadium: Anfield
22 October 2006 9 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Bolton Wanderers Blackburn
Iván Campo 62' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,662 (7,700 away)
29 October 2006 10 West Ham 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Upton Park, London
16:00 Teddy Sheringham 21'
Hayden Mullins 80'		 David Bentley 90' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
5 November 2006 11 Aston Villa 2–0 Blackburn Rovers Aston, Birmingham
Gareth Barry 41' (pen.)
Juan Pablo Ángel 50'		 Stadium: Villa Park
11 November 2006 12 Blackburn Rovers 0–1 Manchester United Blackburn
Louis Saha 64' Stadium: Ewood Park
19 November 2006 13 Blackburn Rovers 1–1 Tottenham Blackburn
Tugay 23' Jermain Defoe 62' (pen.) Stadium: Ewood Park
2 December 2006 14 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Fulham Blackburn
Shabani Nonda 6'
Benni McCarthy 24'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
5 December 2006 15 Charlton 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Charlton, London
Talal El Karkouri 90' Stadium: The Valley
9 December 2006 16 Blackburn Rovers 1–3 Newcastle Blackburn
Morten Gamst Pedersen 47' Obafemi Martins 31'
Steven Taylor 35'
Obafemi Martins 90'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
16 December 2006 17 Reading 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Reading
James Harper 41' Benni McCarthy 64'
David Bentley 84'		 Stadium: Madejski Stadium
23 December 2006 18 Arsenal 6–2 Blackburn Rovers Holloway, London
Gilberto Silva 10'
Hleb 23'
Adebayor 27' (pen.)
van Persie 85', 88'
Flamini 90'		 Nonda 3' (pen.), 69' Stadium: Emirates Stadium
26 December 2006 19 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Liverpool Blackburn
Benni McCarthy 49' Stadium: Ewood Park
30 December 2006 20 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Middlesbrough Blackburn
Shabani Nonda 9'
Benni McCarthy 74'		 Yakubu 61' (pen.) Stadium: Ewood Park
1 January 2007 21 Wigan Athletic 0–3 Blackburn Rovers Wigan
Emile Heskey 37' (o.g.)
Matt Derbyshire 58'
Benni McCarthy 76' (pen.)		 Stadium: JJB Stadium
13 January 2007 22 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Arsenal Blackburn
Kolo Touré 37'
Thierry Henry 71'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
20 January 2007 23 Manchester City 0–3 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Pedersen 44', 62'
Derbyshire 90'		 Stadium: City of Manchester Stadium
23 January 2007 24 Watford 2–1 Blackburn Rovers Watford
Brett Emerton 12' (o.g.)
Jay Demerit 70'		 Benni McCarthy 45' Stadium: Vicarage Road
31 January 2007 25 Chelsea 3–0 Blackburn Rovers Fulham, London
Didier Drogba 6'
Frank Lampard 67'
Salomon Kalou 90'		 Stadium: Stamford Bridge (stadium)
3 February 2007 26 Blackburn Rovers 2–1 Sheffield United Blackburn
Pedersen 22', 90' Stead 25' Stadium: Ewood Park
10 February 2007 27 Everton 1–0 Blackburn Rovers Walton, Liverpool
Andrew Johnson 10' Stadium: Goodison Park
25 February 2007 28 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 Portsmouth Blackburn
Shabani Nonda 1', 25'
Stephen Warnock 50'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
4 March 2007 29 Bolton Wanderers 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Horwich, Bolton
Anelka 87' McCarthy 58' (pen.), 68' (pen.) Stadium: Reebok Stadium
17 March 2007 30 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 West Ham Blackburn
Christopher Samba 47' Carlos Tevez 71' (pen.)
Bobby Zamora 75'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
31 March 2007 31 Manchester United 4–1 Blackburn Rovers Manchester
Paul Scholes 61'
Michael Carrick 73'
Park Ji-sung 83'
Ole Gunnar Solskjær 90'		 Matt Derbyshire 29' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 76,098
7 April 2007 32 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Aston Villa Blackburn
Benni McCarthy 24' (pen.) Patrik Berger 34'
Gabriel Agbonlahor 73'		 Stadium: Ewood Park
18 April 2007 33 Blackburn Rovers 3–1 Watford Blackburn
Christopher Samba 7'
Jason Roberts 10'
Benni McCarthy 32'		 Douglas Rinaldi 21' Stadium: Ewood Park
21 April 2007 34 Fulham 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Fulham, London
Vincenzo Montella 10' Benni McCarthy 61' Stadium: Craven Cottage
28 April 2007 35 Blackburn Rovers 4–1 Charlton Blackburn
Roberts 60', 80'
Hreiðarsson 77' (o.g.)
Derbyshire 83'		 Darren Bent 71' Stadium: Ewood Park
5 May 2007 36 Newcastle 0–2 Blackburn Rovers Newcastle upon Tyne
Benni McCarthy 14'
Jason Roberts 73'		 Stadium: St James' Park
10 May 2007 37 Tottenham 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Tottenham, London
Jermain Defoe 67' Benni McCarthy 32' Stadium: White Hart Lane
13 May 2007 38 Blackburn Rovers 3–3 Reading Blackburn
Benni McCarthy 21'
David Bentley 56'
Matt Derbyshire 67'		 Seol Ki-Hyeon 36'
Kevin Doyle 58'
Brynjar Gunnarsson 77'		 Stadium: Ewood Park

League Cup

Round 3 Blackburn Rovers 0–2 Chelsea
Joe Cole
Kalou		 Attendance: 14,732

FA Cup

7 January 2007 Round 3 Everton 1–4 Blackburn Rovers
Johnson (pen) Derbyshire
Pedersen
Gallagher
McCarthy		 Attendance: 24,426
27 January 2007 Round 4 Luton Town 0–4 Blackburn Rovers
Report Derbyshire (2)
McCarthy
Pedersen		 Attendance: 5,887
Round 5 Arsenal 0–0 Blackburn Rovers
Report Attendance: 56,761
Round 5
Replay		 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Arsenal
McCarthy Report Attendance: 18,882
11 March 2007 Round 6 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Manchester City Blackburn
16:00 Mokoena 28'
Derbyshire 90'		 [ Report] Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 27,743
Referee: Mike Dean
15 April 2007 Semi
Final		 Blackburn Rovers 1–2
(a.e.t.)		 Chelsea Manchester
16:00 GMT Roberts 64' [ Report] Lampard 16'
Ballack 109'		 Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 50,559
Referee: Alan Wiley

UEFA Cup

First round

14 September 2006 Red Bull Salzburg 2–2 Blackburn Rovers Wals-Siezenheim, Austria
19:45 Zickler 32'
Janko 90'		 Savage 32'
McCarthy 39'		 Attendance: 17,000 (529 away)
Referee: Tomasz Mikulski (Poland)
28 September 2006 Blackburn Rovers 2–0 Red Bull Salzburg Blackburn, England
McCarthy 32'
Bentley 56'		 Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 18,888
Referee: Joao Francisco Lopes Ferreira (Portugal)

Group stage

19 October 2006 Wisła Kraków 1–2 Blackburn Rovers Kraków, Poland
Cantoro 28' Report Savage 56'
Bentley 90'		 Stadium: Stadion Miejski
Attendance: 14,000 (400 away)
Referee: Sweden Stefan Johannesson
2 November 2006 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 FC Basel Blackburn, England
Tugay 75'
Jeffers 89' (pen.)
McCarthy 90'		 Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,789
Referee: Ukraine Oleh Oriekhov
23 November 2006 Feyenoord 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Rotterdam, Netherlands
Report Stadium: De Kuip
Attendance: 35,000 (2,500 away)
Referee: Germany Knut Kircher
12 December 2006 Blackburn Rovers 1–0 Nancy Blackburn, England
Neill 90' Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 12,568
Referee: Austria Gerald Lehner

Round of 32

14 February 2007 Bayer Leverkusen 3–2 Blackburn Rovers Leverkusen, Germany
18:15 Callsen-Bracker 18'
Ramelow 43'
Schneider 56'		 Report Bentley 38'
Nonda 87'		 Stadium: BayArena
Attendance: 22,500 (1,125 away)
Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)
22 February 2007 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Bayer Leverkusen Blackburn, England
19:00 Report Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 25,124 (450 away)
Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Top scorers

Premier League

League Cup

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FA Cup

UEFA Cup

Notes

  1. [N 1]
    Nonda was born in Bujumbura, Burundi, but also qualified to represent the DR Congo internationally and made his international debut for the DR Congo in 2000.
  2. [N 2]
    Reid was born in Kingston upon Thames, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his father, and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 2001.
  3. [N 3]
    Samba was born in Créteil, France, but also qualified to represent the Republic of the Congo internationally and made his international debut for the Congo in 2004.
  4. [N 4]
    Brown was born in Southwark, London, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally, and made his full international debut for Wales in May 2006.
  5. [N 5]
    Roberts was born in Park Royal, London, England, but also qualified to represent Grenada internationally through his father, and made his international debut for Grenada in 1999.
  6. [N 6]
    Kuqi was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo (then SFR Yugoslavia).
  7. [N 7]
    McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his international debut for Scotland in August 2007.
  8. [N 8]
    Kane was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and has represented Northern Ireland at youth level, but later chose to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally at level. He would however later switch allegiances back and was called up to the Northern Ireland squad in November 2007.

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