2006–07 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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. The club also 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. Rovers overcame the sale of Craig Bellamy to Liverpool, with his replacement, former Porto striker Benni McCarthy, scoring 18 goals to finish as the season's second-highest scorer.

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Brad Friedel
3	DF	Zurab Khizanishvili
4	DF	Andy Todd
5	MF	Tugay Kerimoğlu
6	DF	Ryan Nelsen (captain)
7	MF	Brett Emerton
8	MF	Robbie Savage
9	FW	Shabani Nonda^[4] (on loan from Roma)
10	FW	Benni McCarthy
11	FW	David Bentley
12	MF	Morten Gamst Pedersen
13	GK	Peter Enckelman
14	MF	Steven Reid^[5]
15	MF	Aaron Mokoena
16	DF	Stéphane Henchoz
18	FW	Paul Gallagher

No.	Position	Player
19	MF	David Dunn
20	DF	André Ooijer
21	DF	Christopher Samba^[6]
22	MF	Jonathan Douglas
22	DF	Stephen Warnock
23	GK	Jason Brown^[7]
25	DF	Bruno Berner
26	DF	Andy Taylor
27	FW	Matt Derbyshire
28	GK	Frank Fielding
29	MF	Keith Treacy
30	FW	Jason Roberts^[8]
31	MF	Sergio Peter
32	DF	Eddie Nolan
33	DF	Michael Gray
34	DF	Tony Kane^[9]

Left club during season

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No.	Position	Player
2	DF	Lucas Neill (to West Ham United)
9	FW	Shefki Kuqi^[10] (to Crystal Palace)
17	FW	Francis Jeffers (on loan to Ipswich Town)

No.	Position	Player
21	DF	Dominic Matteo (to Stoke City)
22	MF	Jonathan Douglas (to Leeds United)
24	DF	Jay McEveley^[11] (to Derby County)

Statistics

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[12]

Considering a 4-4-2 formation

GK: #1, Brad Friedel, 53
RB: #7, Brett Emerton, 44
CB: #20, André Ooijer, 27
CB: #3, Zurab Khizanishvili, 27
LB: #2, Lucas Neill, 26
RM: #11, David Bentley, 51
CM: #8, Robbie Savage, 27 (#15, Aaron Mokoena, has 27 starts)
CM: #5, Tugay Kerimoğlu, 36
LM: #12, Morten Gamst Pedersen, 48
CF: #10, Benni McCarthy, 47
CM: #9, Shabani Nonda, 24

Transfers

In

Jason Brown - Gillingham, free, 26 June^[13]
Francis Jeffers - Charlton Athletic, free, 3 July^[14]
Jason Roberts - Wigan Athletic, 3 July, undisclosed^[15]
Benni McCarthy - Porto, 28 July, undisclosed (believed to be £2,500,000)^[16]
André Ooijer - PSV Eindhoven, 23 August, £2,000,000^[17]
Shabani Nonda - Roma, season loan, 31 August^[18]
Stéphane Henchoz - Wigan Athletic, free, 8 September^[19]
Christopher Samba - Hertha Berlin, £450,000, 25 January^[20]
David Dunn - Birmingham City, £2,200,000, 17 January
Stephen Warnock - Liverpool, undisclosed (believed to be £2,500,000), 22 January^[21]
Bruno Berner - FC Basel, 30 January, nominal^[22]

Out

Craig Bellamy - Liverpool, undisclosed (thought to be £6,000,000), 22 June^[23]
Shefki Kuqi - Crystal Palace, £2,500,000, 1 September^[24]
Dominic Matteo - Stoke City, free, 19 January^[25]
Lucas Neill - West Ham United, £1,500,000, 22 January^[26]
Jay McEveley - Derby County, £600,000, 29 January^[27]
Francis Jeffers - Ipswich Town, loan, 2 March^[28]

Results

Premier League

19 August 2006 1	Portsmouth	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
15:00	Svetoslav Todorov 26' Nwankwo Kanu 62', 84'

2	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Everton
	Benni McCarthy 50'		Tim Cahill 84'

3	Blackburn Rovers	0-2	Chelsea
			Frank Lampard 50' (pen.) Didier Drogba 81'

9 September 2006 4	Sheffield United	0-0	Blackburn Rovers
15:00

5	Blackburn Rovers	4-2	Manchester City
	Trevor Sinclair 18' (o.g.) Morten Gamst Pedersen 44' Benni McCarthy 66' Paul Gallagher 89'		Joey Barton 39' André Ooijer 45' (o.g.)

6	Middlesbrough	0-1	Blackburn Rovers
			Shabani Nonda 27'

7	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Wigan
	David Bentley 45' Benni McCarthy 81'		Emile Heskey 2'

8	Liverpool	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Craig Bellamy 64'		Benni McCarthy 17'

9	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Bolton
			Iván Campo 62'

29 October 2006 10	West Ham	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
16:00	Teddy Sheringham 21' Hayden Mullins 80'		David Bentley 90'

11	Aston Villa	2-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Gareth Barry 41' (pen.) Juan Pablo Ángel 50'

11 November 2006 12	Blackburn Rovers	0-1	Manchester United
			Louis Saha 64'

13	Blackburn Rovers	1-1	Tottenham
	Tugay 23'		Jermain Defoe 62' (pen.)

14	Blackburn Rovers	2-0	Fulham
	Shabani Nonda 6' Benni McCarthy 24'

15	Charlton	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Talal El Karkouri 90'

16	Blackburn Rovers	1-3	Newcastle
	Morten Gamst Pedersen 47'		Obafemi Martins 31' Steven Taylor 35' Obafemi Martins 90'

17	Reading	1-2	Blackburn Rovers
	James Harper 41'		Benni McCarthy 64' David Bentley 84'

18	Arsenal	6-2	Blackburn Rovers
	Gilberto Silva 10' Hleb 23' Adebayor 27' (pen.) van Persie 85', 88' Flamini 90'		Nonda 3' (pen.), 69'

19	Blackburn Rovers	1-0	Liverpool
	Benni McCarthy 49'

20	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Middlesbrough
	Shabani Nonda 9' Benni McCarthy 74'		Yakubu 61' (pen.)

21	Wigan	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
			Emile Heskey 37' (o.g.) Matt Derbyshire 58' Benni McCarthy 76' (pen.)

22	Blackburn Rovers	0-2	Arsenal
			Kolo Touré 37' Thierry Henry 71'

23	Manchester City	0-3	Blackburn Rovers
			Pedersen 44', 62' Derbyshire 90'

24	Watford	2-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Brett Emerton 12' (o.g.) Jay Demerit 70'		Benni McCarthy 45'

25	Chelsea	3-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Didier Drogba 6' Frank Lampard 67' Salomon Kalou 90'

26	Blackburn Rovers	2-1	Sheffield United
	Pedersen 22', 90'		Stead 25'

27	Everton	1-0	Blackburn Rovers
	Andrew Johnson 10'

28	Blackburn Rovers	3-0	Portsmouth
	Shabani Nonda 1', 25' Stephen Warnock 50'

29	Bolton	1-2	Blackburn Rovers
	Anelka 87'		McCarthy 58' (pen.), 68' (pen.)

30	Blackburn Rovers	1-2	West Ham
	Christopher Samba 47'		Carlos Tevez 71' (pen.) Bobby Zamora 75'

31	Manchester United	4-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Paul Scholes 61' Michael Carrick 73' Ji-Sung Park 83' Ole Gunnar Solskjær 90'		Matt Derbyshire 29'

32	Blackburn Rovers	1-2	Aston Villa
	Benni McCarthy 24' (pen.)		Patrik Berger 34' Gabriel Agbonlahor 73'

33	Blackburn Rovers	3-1	Watford
	Christopher Samba 7' Jason Roberts 10' Benni McCarthy 32'		Douglas Rinaldi 21'

34	Fulham	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Vincenzo Montella 10'		Benni McCarthy 61'

35	Blackburn Rovers	4-1	Charlton
	Roberts 60', 80' Hreiðarsson 77' (o.g.) Derbyshire 83'		Darren Bent 71'

36	Newcastle	0-2	Blackburn Rovers
			Benni McCarthy 14' Jason Roberts 73'

37	Tottenham	1-1	Blackburn Rovers
	Jermain Defoe 67'		Benni McCarthy 32'

38	Blackburn Rovers	3-3	Reading
	Benni McCarthy 21' David Bentley 56' Matt Derbyshire 67'		Seol Ki-Hyeon 36' Kevin Doyle 58' Brynjar Gunnarsson 77'

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

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

Group stage

19 October 2006	Wisła Kraków	1–2	Blackburn Rovers	Krakow, Poland
	Cantoro 28'	Report	Savage 56' Bentley 90'	Stadium: Stadion Miejski Attendance: 14,000 Referee: 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: Oleh Oriekhov

23 November 2006	Feyenoord	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	Rotterdam, Netherlands
		Report		Stadium: De Kuip Attendance: 35,000 Referee: Knut Kircher

12 December 2006	Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Nancy	Blackburn, England
	Neill 90'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 12,568 Referee: 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 Referee: Pieter Vink (Netherlands)

22 February 2007	Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Bayer Leverkusen	Blackburn, England
19:00		Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Referee: Alberto Undiano Mallenco (Spain)

Top scorers

Premier League

League Cup

FA Cup

Matt Derbyshire 4
Benni McCarthy 3

UEFA Cup

David Bentley 3
Benni McCarthy 3

References

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↑ "Blackburn Rovers | Match | Club Statistics | Attendance". Rovers.co.uk. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
↑ "Blackburn Rovers 2006-2007 Home". statto.com. Retrieved 29 November 2011.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ 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.
↑ Kuqi was born in Vushtrri, Kosovo (then SFR Yugoslavia).
↑ McEveley was born in Liverpool, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his full international debut for Scotland in August 2007.
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