Blackburn had a disappointing title defence in the Premier League , dropping to 7th in the standings in the wake of Kenny Dalglish 's resignation as manager. Their first half of the season was little short of disastrous, their 5–0 defeat at struggling Coventry City 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 Legia Warsaw . Compounding the misery was the sale of fan favourite and top scorer Alan Shearer , who went to Newcastle for a British transfer record at the end of July.
Source:
Premier League Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
Results summary
Overall
Home
Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38
18
7
13
61
47
+14
61
14
2
3
44
19
+25
4
5
10
17
28
−11
Results by round Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 Ground H A A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A H A H H A A H H A H A A H A H A H A H H A Result W L L L D L W L W D W L L W D W L W D W W D W W W L L L D W W L L W W W D W Position 6 7 13 13 14 17 13 15 11 11 11 11 11 10 13 10 11 11 10 9 9 10 8 5 6 6 9 9 10 8 6 8 9 9 8 6 7 7
Source:
Statto.com A = Away;
H = Home;
W = Win;
D = Draw;
L = Loss
Blackburn Rovers' score comes first [ 2]
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
19 August 1995
Queens Park Rangers H
1–0
22,860
Shearer (pen)
23 August 1995
Sheffield Wednesday A
1–2
25,544
Shearer
26 August 1995
Bolton Wanderers A
1–2
20,253
Holmes
28 August 1995
Manchester United H
1–2
29,843
Shearer
9 September 1995
Aston Villa H
1–1
27,084
Shearer
16 September 1995
Liverpool A
0–3
39,502
23 September 1995
Coventry City H
5–1
24,382
Shearer (3), Hendry , Pearce
30 September 1995
Middlesbrough A
0–2
29,462
14 October 1995
Southampton H
2–1
26,780
Bohinen , Shearer
21 October 1995
West Ham United A
1–1
21,776
Shearer
28 October 1995
Chelsea H
3–0
27,733
Sherwood , Shearer , Newell
5 November 1995
Everton A
0–1
30,097
8 November 1995
Newcastle United A
0–1
36,473
18 November 1995
Nottingham Forest H
7–0
27,660
Shearer (3), Bohinen (2), Newell , Le Saux
26 November 1995
Arsenal A
0–0
37,695
2 December 1995
West Ham United H
4–2
26,638
Shearer (3, 1 pen), Newell
9 December 1995
Coventry City A
0–5
29,469
16 December 1995
Middlesbrough H
1–0
27,996
Shearer
23 December 1995
Wimbledon A
1–1
7,105
Kimble (own goal)
26 December 1995
Manchester City H
2–0
28,915
Shearer , Batty
30 December 1995
Tottenham Hotspur H
2–1
30,004
Marker , Shearer
1 January 1996
Leeds United A
0–0
31,285
13 January 1996
Queens Park Rangers A
1–0
13,957
Shearer
20 January 1996
Sheffield Wednesday H
3–0
24,732
Shearer , Bohinen , Gallacher
3 February 1996
Bolton Wanderers H
3–1
30,419
Shearer (3)
10 February 1996
Manchester United A
0–1
42,681
24 February 1996
Liverpool H
2–3
30,895
Wilcox , Sherwood
28 February 1996
Aston Villa A
0–2
28,008
2 March 1996
Manchester City A
1–1
29,078
Shearer
13 March 1996
Leeds United H
1–0
23,358
Fenton
16 March 1996
Tottenham Hotspur A
3–2
32,387
Shearer (3, 1 pen)
30 March 1996
Everton H
0–3
29,468
6 April 1996
Southampton A
0–1
14,793
8 April 1996
Newcastle United H
2–1
30,717
Fenton (2)
13 April 1996
Nottingham Forest A
5–1
25,273
Shearer , McKinlay , Wilcox (2), Fenton
17 April 1996
Wimbledon H
3–2
24,174
Shearer (2), Fenton
27 April 1996
Arsenal H
1–1
29,834
Gallacher
5 May 1996
Chelsea A
3–2
28,436
Sherwood , McKinlay , Fenton
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Scorers
13 August 1995
Everton N 0–1
40,149
Round
Date
Opponent
Venue
Result
Attendance
Goalscorers
R3
6 January 1996
Ipswich Town A
0–0
21,236
R3R
16 January 1996
Ipswich Town H
0–1
19,606
UEFA Champions League
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[ 3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Left club during season
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Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules . Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Date
Pos
Name
From
Fee
9 August 1995
DF
Adam Reed
Darlington
£200,000
15 August 1995
MF
Matty Holmes
West Ham United
£1,200,000
1 October 1995
MF
Lars Bohinen
Nottingham Forest
£700,000
10 October 1995
MF
Billy McKinlay
Dundee United
£1,750,000
14 October 1995
DF
Graham Coughlan
Bray Wanderers
£100,000
6 November 1995
ST
Graham Fenton
Aston Villa
£1,500,000
21 December 1995
DF
Chris Coleman
Crystal Palace
£2,800,000
1 March 1996
MF
Niklas Gudmundsson
Halmstads BK
£750,000
28 March 1996
MF
Garry Flitcroft
Manchester City
£3,500,000
29 March 1996
DF
Gary Croft
Grimsby Town
£1,600,000
Transfers in:
Transfers out:
Total spending:
Appearances and goals
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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, Jeff Kenna , 32
RM: #7, Stuart Ripley , 28
CM: #23, David Batty , 23
CM: #4, Tim Sherwood , 33
LM: #22, Lars Bohinen , 17
CF: #9, Alan Shearer , 35
CF: #10, Mike Newell , 25 
£5,750,000
£1,050,000
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