2011–12 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers

2011–12 season

Manager

Steve Kean

Stadium

19th (Relegated)

Third round

Quarter-finals

Top goalscorer

League: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (18)
All: Yakubu Aiyegbeni (18)

Highest home attendance

26,532 vs Manchester United
(League, 2 April 2012)

Lowest home attendance

7,104 vs Leyton Orient
(League Cup, 20 September 2011)

Average home league attendance

22,551

Home colours

Away colours

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The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers 124th season as a professional football club. The 2011–12 season is Blackburn Rovers' 18th season in the Premier League, and their 11th consecutive season in the top division of English football.

The club have been confirmed as relegated to the Football League Championship. The decisive result was failure to beat Wigan Athletic F.C. on 7 May 2012. They ended the season at 19th place after losing the last Premier League game 2–1 against Chelsea on 13 May 2012.^[1]

Club

Blackburn players celebrate winning at home against Arsenal on 17 September 2011

Technical staff

Position	Staff
Head coach	Steve Kean
Assistant manager	John Jensen (until 28 September 2011) Eric Black (appointed 20 January 2012)
Assistant head coach	Paul Clement (appointed 14 October 2011) (until 6 January 2012)
Assistant coaches	Iain Brunskill Bobby Mimms
Goalkeeping coach	Bobby Mimms
Youth coach	David Lowe

Last updated: October 2011
Source: ^[2]

Medical staff

Position	Staff
Doctor	Duncan Robertson
Youth team Doctor	Chris Dalton
Physiotherapist	Dave Fevre Paul Kelly Mark Palmer

Last updated: October 2011
Source: ^[2]

League table

Team		Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
C	Manchester City	38	28	5	5	93	29	+64	89
2	Manchester United	38	28	5	5	89	33	+56	89
3	Arsenal	38	21	7	10	74	49	+25	70
4	Tottenham Hotspur	38	20	9	9	66	41	+25	69
5	Newcastle United	38	19	8	11	56	51	+5	65
6	Chelsea	38	18	10	10	65	46	+19	64
7	Everton	38	15	11	12	50	40	+10	56
8	Liverpool	38	14	10	14	47	40	+7	52
9	Fulham	38	14	10	14	48	51	-3	52
10	West Bromwich Albion	38	13	8	17	45	52	-7	47
11	Swansea City	38	12	11	15	44	51	-7	47
12	Norwich City	38	12	11	15	52	66	-14	47
13	Sunderland	38	11	12	15	45	46	-1	45
14	Stoke City	38	11	12	15	36	53	-17	45
15	Wigan Athletic	38	11	10	17	42	62	-20	43
16	Aston Villa	38	7	17	14	37	53	-16	38
17	Queens Park Rangers	38	10	7	21	43	66	-23	37
R	Bolton Wanderers	38	10	6	22	46	77	-31	36
R	Blackburn Rovers	38	8	7	23	48	78	-30	31
R	Wolverhampton Wanderers	38	5	10	23	40	82	-42	25


	Premier League Champions
	Qualifies for 2012–13 UEFA Champions League
	Qualifies for 2012–13 UEFA Europa League
	Relegation to Championship
	Last updated: 20:00, 13 May 2012 (UTC)

Pre-season friendlies

First Team

13 July 2011 12:00 (Behind-closed-doors friendly)	Blackburn Rovers	5 – 0	Oldham Athletic	Brockhall
	Roberts Salgado Henley	Details		Stadium: Brockhall training complex

16 July 2011 12:15	Accrington Stanley	1 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Morecambe
	Guthrie 54'	Report	Andrews 15' Kalinić 66'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: Unknown

16 July 2011 15:00	Morecambe	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Morecambe
	Jevons 25'	Report	Formica 73'	Stadium: Globe Arena Attendance: Unknown

27 July 2011 18:00 (11:00 GMT) 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy	Aston Villa	1 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Hong Kong
	Bent 49'	Report		Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 40,000 sellout credited for 2 matches

31 July 2011 18:00 (11:00 GMT) 2011 Barclays Asia Trophy	Kitchee	0 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Hong Kong
		Report	Formica 35' Dunn 70' Blackman 86' (pen.)	Stadium: Hong Kong Stadium Attendance: 40,000 sellout credited for 2 matches

6 August 2011 15:00	Kilmarnock	1 – 4	Blackburn Rovers	Kilmarnock
	Harkins 13'	Report	Dunn 15' (pen.) Roberts 16', 34' (pen.) Goodwillie 76'	Stadium: Rugby Park Attendance: 2,283

Reserves

9 July 2011 15:00	Kendal Town	1 – 7	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Kendal
	Danny Williams 1'	Report	Aaron Doran 5' Micah Evans 25' Jamie Maclaren 27' (pen.) James Knowles Tom Hitchcock 60', 69'	Stadium: Lakeland Radio Stadium Attendance: 266

19 July 2011 19:30	Bamber Bridge	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Bamber Bridge
	Matty Jones 37' Danny Mahoney 75' (pen.)	Report	Reece Hands 45' (pen.)	Stadium: QED Stadium Attendance: Unknown

23 July 2011 15:00 2011 Lancashire Senior Cup Final	Preston North End	1 – 1 (1 – 3 p)	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Leyland
	Iain Hume 73'	Report	Jamie Maclaren 56'	Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 1,288

26 July 2011 14:00	Rangers	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Glasgow
		Report	Jamie Maclaren	Stadium: Murray Park Attendance: Unknown

28 July 2011 13:00	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	2 – 2	Bulgaria U-19	Glasgow
	Matthew Pearson Micah Evans	Report		Stadium: Murray Park Attendance: Unknown

31 July 2011 13:00	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	3 – 1	Curzon Ashton	Ashton-under-Lyne
	Ryan Edwards 56' Curtis Haley 67' Robbie Cotton 84'	Report	Matthew Purcell 55'	Stadium: Tameside Stadium Attendance: Unknown

3 August 2011 19:00	Harrogate Town	0 – 3	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Harrogate
		Report	Osayamen Osawe Jadan Hall John O'Sullivan	Stadium: Wetherby Road

10 August 2011 19:30	Chorley	1 – 2	Blackburn Rovers Reserves	Victory Park
	Shelton Payne	Report	Curtis Haley Sean Cooke	Stadium: Victory Park Attendance: 452

Mid-season friendlies

7 October 2011 14:00 *	Pune	0 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Pune
		Report	Roberts 35', 78' Rochina 52'	Stadium: Shree Shiv Chhatrapati Sports Complex

Following the 13 July 2011 Mumbai bombings, Blackburn Rovers postponed this pre-season tour following the advice from the British Foreign office, and this includes the friendly against Pune.^[3] The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.

Premier League

Matches

13 August 2011 1	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackburn
15:00	Formica 20'	Report	Fletcher 22' Ward 47'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,996

20 August 2011 2	Aston Villa	3 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Birmingham
15:00	Agbonlahor 12' Heskey 25' 55' Delph 58' Bent 67' Petrov 80'	Report	Pedersen 52'	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 32,319

27 August 2011 3	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Everton	Blackburn
15:00		Report	Arteta 90+2' (pen.)	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,826

11 September 2011 4	Fulham	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	London
16:00	Zamora 38'	Report	Rochina 32'	Stadium: Craven Cottage Attendance: 24,856

17 September 2011 5	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 3	Arsenal	Blackburn
12:45	Yakubu 25', 59' Song 50' (o.g.) Koscielny 68' (o.g.)	Report	Gervinho 10' Arteta 34' Chamakh 85'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,637

24 September 2011 6	Newcastle United	3 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00	Ba 27', 30', 54'	Report	Hoilett 37'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 46,236

1 October 2011 7	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 4	Manchester City	Blackburn
15:00		Report	A. Johnson 56' Balotelli 59' Nasri 73' Savić 87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 24,760

15 October 2011 8	Queens Park Rangers	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	London
15:00	Helguson 16'	Report	Samba 24'	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 16,487

23 October 2011 9	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	Tottenham Hotspur	Blackburn
15:00	Formica 28'	Report	van der Vaart 15', 53'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,786

29 October 2011 10	Norwich City	3 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Norwich
15:00	Morison 53' Johnson 82' Holt 90+4' (pen.)	Report	Hoilett 45+3' Yakubu 62' Samba 64'	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 26,440 Referee: Anthony Taylor

5 November 2011 11	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Chelsea	Blackburn
15:00		Report	Lampard 51'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 21,985 Referee: Mike Dean

19 November 2011 12	Wigan Athletic	3 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Wigan
15:00	Gómez 7' Caldwell 31' Crusat 88'	Report	Yakubu 2', 90+9' (pen.) Hoilett 59'	Stadium: DW Stadium Attendance: 17,329 Referee: Andre Marriner

26 November 2011 13	Stoke City	3 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Stoke
12:45	Delap 28' Whelan 58' Crouch 71'	Report	Rochina 85'	Stadium: Britannia Stadium Attendance: 26,686 Referee: Mark Halsey

3 December 2011 14	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 2	Swansea City	Blackburn
15:00	Lowe 55' Hanley 70' Givet 76' Pedersen 79'	Report	51' Lampard 76' Sturridge 89' Meireles	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,080 Referee: Chris Foy

11 December 2011 15	Sunderland	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Sunderland
13:30	Vaughan 83' Larsson 90+2'		Vukčević 17'	Stadium: Stadium of Light Attendance: 39,863 Referee: Peter Walton

17 December 2011 16	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	West Bromwich Albion	Blackburn
15:00	Dann 72'	Report	Morrison 52' Odemwingie 89'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 22,909 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

20 December 2011 17	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	Bolton Wanderers	Blackburn
20:00	Yakubu 67'	Report	M. Davies 5' Reo-Coker 30'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 25,570 Referee: Martin Atkinson

26 December 2011 18	Liverpool	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Liverpool
15:00	Maxi 53'	Report	Adam 45' (o.g.)	Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 44,441 Referee: Mike Jones

31 December 2011 19	Manchester United	2 – 3	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
12:45	Berbatov 52', 62'	Report	Yakubu 16' (pen.), 51' Hanley 80'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 75,146 Referee: Mike Dean

2 January 2012 20	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 2	Stoke City	Blackburn
15:00	Goodwillie 69'	Report	Crouch 17', 45'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,615 Referee: Lee Mason

14 January 2012 21	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 1	Fulham	Blackburn
15:00	Pedersen 45+4' Dunn 46' Formica 79'	Report	Duff 56'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 18,003 Referee: Anthony Taylor

21 January 2012 22	Everton	1 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Everton
15:00	Cahill 24'	Report	Goodwillie 72'	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 32,464

1 February 2012 23	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 2	Newcastle United	Blackburn
19:45		Report	Dann 12' (o.g.) Obertan 90+2'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,817 Referee: Phil Dowd

4 February 2012 24	Arsenal	7 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	London
13:00	van Persie 2', 38', 62' Chamberlain 40', 54' Arteta 51' Henry 90+3'	Report	Pedersen 32'	Stadium: Emirates Stadium Attendance: 59,643 Referee: Andre Marriner

11 February 2012 25	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 2	Queens Park Rangers	Blackburn
15:00	Yakubu 15' N'Zonzi 23' Onuoha 45+3' (o.g.)	Report	Mackie 71', 90+2'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,252 Referee: Mike Dean

25 February 2012 26	Manchester City	3 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
17:30	Balotelli 30' Agüero 52' Džeko 81'	Report		Stadium: Etihad Stadium Attendance: 46,782 Referee: Mike Jones

3 March 2012 27	Blackburn Rovers	1 – 1	Aston Villa	Blackburn
15:00	Dunn 85'	Report	N'Zogbia 24'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,717 Referee: Howard Webb

10 March 2012 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0 – 2	Blackburn Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00		Report	Hoilett 43', 69'	Stadium: Molineux Stadium Attendance: 26,121 Referee: Chris Foy

20 March 2012 29	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Sunderland	Blackburn
19:45	Hoilett 58' Yakubu 86'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 20,056 Referee: Martin Atkinson

24 March 2012 30	Bolton Wanderers	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Manchester
15:00	Wheater 28', 35'	Report	N'Zonzi 56'	Stadium: Reebok Stadium Attendance: 26,901 Referee: Andre Marriner

2 April 2012 31	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 2	Manchester United	Blackburn
20:00	Hanley 54'	Report	Valencia 40' 81' Young 86'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,532 Referee: Howard Webb

7 April 2012 32	West Bromwich Albion	3 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	West Bromwich
15:00	Martin Olsson 7' (o.g.) Fortuné 69' Ridgewell 85'	Report		Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 23,414 Referee: Lee Probert

10 April 2012 33	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 3	Liverpool	Blackburn
20:00	Orr 28' Yakubu 36', 61' (pen.) Hoilett 62' Formica 64' Hanley 90'		Flanagan 12' Maxi 13', 16' 45+1' Doni 25' Jones 61' Bellamy 72' Henderson 86' Carroll 90'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,517 Referee: Paul Taylor

14 April 2012 34	Swansea City	3 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Swansea
15:00 GMT	Sigurðsson 37' Dyer 43' Dann 63' (o.g.)	Report	Hoilett 33' Formica 90+1'	Stadium: Liberty Stadium Attendance: 18,985 Referee: Mark Clattenburg

21 April 2012 35	Blackburn Rovers	2 – 0	Norwich City	Blackburn
15:00 GMT	Formica 41' Hoilett 49'	Report		Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 23,218 Referee: Kevin Friend

29 April 2012 36	Tottenham Hotspur	2 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	London
16:00 GMT	van der Vaart 22' Walker 75'	Report		Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 35,798 Referee: Mike Jones

7 May 2012 37	Blackburn Rovers	0 – 1	Wigan Athletic	Blackburn
20:00 GMT		Report	Alcaraz 87'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 26,144

13 May 2012 38	Chelsea	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	London
15:00 GMT	Terry 31' Raul Meireles 34'	Report	Yakubu 60'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 40,742 Referee: Lee Mason

Round by Round

Match	01	02	03	04	05	06	07	08	09	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
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L

FA Cup

7 January 2012 Third round	Newcastle United	2 – 1	Blackburn Rovers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT	Ben Arfa 70' Jonás 90+5'	Report	Goodwillie 35'	Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 30,876

League Cup

24 August 2011 Second round	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 1	Sheffield Wednesday	Blackburn
20:00 BST	Rochina 3', 4' Goodwillie 7'	Report	Morrison 50'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 8,607

20 September 2011 Third round	Blackburn Rovers	3 – 2	Leyton Orient	Blackburn
20:00 BST	Roberts 44' (pen.) Rochina 71' Vukčević 75'	Report	Mooney 64' Cox 86'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 7,104

26 October 2011 Fourth round	Blackburn Rovers	4 – 3 (a.e.t.)	Newcastle United	Blackburn
20:00 BST	Rochina 5' Yakubu 64' (pen.) Pedersen 99' Givet 120'	Report	Guthrie 90+3' Cabaye 90+6' Løvenkrands 105+3'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 10,682

29 November 2011 Quarter-finals	Cardiff City	2 – 0	Blackburn Rovers	Cardiff
19:45 GMT	Miller 19' Gerrard 50'	Report		Stadium: Cardiff City Stadium Attendance: 19,436

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

As of 7 April 2012

No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Total		Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup
No.	Pos	Nat	Player	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
1	GK		Paul Robinson	28	0	28+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
3	DF		Martin Olsson	25	0	19+3	0	1+0	0	2+0	0
5	DF		Gaël Givet	21	1	16+1	0	1+0	0	3+0	1
8	MF		David Dunn	23	2	16+5	2	0+0	0	1+1	0
9	FW		Anthony Modeste	5	0	2+3	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
10	MF		Mauro Formica	32	3	20+8	3	0+1	0	2+1	0
11	MF		Vince Grella	2	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	1+0	0
12	MF		Morten Gamst Pedersen	30	3	27+0	3	1+0	0	2+0	0
13	GK		Mark Bunn	7	0	3+0	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
14	MF		Radosav Petrović	21	0	10+7	0	1+0	0	3+0	0
15	MF		Steven N'Zonzi	31	2	28+1	2	1+0	0	1+0	0
16	DF		Scott Dann	22	1	21+0	1	0+0	0	1+0	0
18	MF		Bradley Orr	7	0	5+2	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
19	FW		Jordan Slew	2	0	0+1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0
20	FW		Rubén Rochina	19	6	9+6	2	1+0	0	2+1	4
21	MF		Marcus Olsson	6	0	5+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
22	FW		Nick Blackman	3	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	2+0	0
23	FW		Junior Hoilett	29	6	27+0	6	0+0	0	0+2	0
24	FW		Yakubu Aiyegbeni	25	15	23+0	14	0+0	0	0+2	1
25	FW		David Goodwillie	18	4	4+11	2	1+0	1	2+0	1
29	MF		Simon Vukčević	8	2	3+3	1	1+0	0	1+0	1
31	DF		Grant Hanley	25	1	18+3	1	1+0	0	3+0	0
32	DF		Bruno Ribeiro	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
33	DF		Josh Morris	1	0	0+1	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
34	GK		Jake Kean	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
35	MF		Jason Lowe	29	0	24+1	0	0+1	0	2+1	0
36	MF		Amine Linganzi	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
37	FW		Zac Aley	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
38	DF		Myles Anderson	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
39	DF		Adam Henley	7	0	3+3	0	1+0	0	0+0	0
40	MF		Robbie Cotton	0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club:
4	DF		Christopher Samba	15	2	15+0	2	0+0	0	0+0	0
6	DF		Ryan Nelsen	1	0	1+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0
30	FW		Jason Roberts	11	1	4+5	0	0+0	0	1+1	1
Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have been stripped of shirt number:
2	DF		Míchel Salgado (removed from 1st team duty)^[4]*	9	0	9+0	0	0+0	0	0+0	0

Due to clauses in the above players contracts regards an automatic payrise and year extension to current contracts. They have been excluded from 1st team duty and expected to leave the club.

Top scorers

Place	Position	Number	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW	24	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	14	0	1	15
2	FW	20	Rubén Rochina	2	0	4	6
2	MF	23	Junior Hoilett	6	0	0	6
4	FW	25	David Goodwillie	2	1	1	4
	MF	12	Morten Gamst Pedersen	3	0	1	4
			Own Goals	4	0	0	4
7	MF	10	Mauro Formica	3	0	0	3
8	MF	8	David Dunn	2	0	0	2
	MF	15	Steven N'Zonzi	2	0	0	2
	DF	4	Christopher Samba	2	0	0	2
	FW	29	Simon Vukčević	1	0	1	2
11	DF	16	Scott Dann	1	0	0	1
	DF	5	Gaël Givet	0	0	1	1
	DF	31	Grant Hanley	1	0	0	1
	FW	30	Jason Roberts	0	0	1	1
			TOTALS	42	1	10	53

Disciplinary record

Number	Nation	Position	Name	Premier League		FA Cup		League Cup		Total
Number	Nation	Position	Name
8		MF	David Dunn	3	1	0	0	0	0	3	1
3		DF	Martin Olsson	3	1	0	0	1	0	4	1
8		DF	Gaël Givet	2	1	0	0	0	0	2	1
9		FW	Anthony Modeste	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
24		FW	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	1
35		MF	Jason Lowe	10	0	0	0	1	0	11	0
15		MF	Steven N'Zonzi	7	0	0	0	0	0	7	0
31		DF	Grant Hanley	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
12		MF	Morten Gamst Pedersen	5	0	0	0	0	0	5	0
2		DF	Míchel Salgado	4	0	0	0	0	0	4	0
23		MF	Junior Hoilett	2	0	0	0	1	0	3	0
16		DF	Scott Dann	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
14		MF	Radosav Petrović	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
30		FW	Jason Roberts	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
20		FW	Rubén Rochina	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
4		DF	Christopher Samba	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
13		GK	Mark Bunn	0	0	1	0	0	0	1	0
7		MF	Brett Emerton	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
10		MF	Mauro Formica	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
21		MF	Marcus Olsson	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
18		DF	Bradley Orr	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0
			TOTALS	57	5	1	0	3	0	61	5

2011–12 transfers

Summer 2011

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source
July 2011	DF	Myles Anderson	Aberdeen	Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)	^[5]
August 2011	FW	David Goodwillie	Dundee United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.8 million)	^[6]
August 2011	MF	Radosav Petrović	Partizan	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.7 million)	^[7]
August 2011	DF	Bruno Ribeiro	Grêmio Prudente	Free transfer/End of contract	^[8]
August 2011	MF	Simon Vukčević	Sporting CP	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2 million)	^[9]
August 2011	FW	Yakubu Aiyegbeni	Everton	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1.5 million)	^[10]
August 2011	DF	Scott Dann	Birmingham City	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £6m-£8m)	^[11]
August 2011	FW	Jordan Slew	Sheffield United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1m)	^[12]

Total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £16 million-£18 million + additional undisclosed fees & add-ons

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Source
May 2011	GK	Frank Fielding	Derby County	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £400,000)	^[13]
June 2011	DF	Zurab Khizanishvili	Kayserispor	Free transfer/End of contract	^[14]
June/July 2011	GK	Jason Brown	Aberdeen	Free transfer/End of contract	^[15]
June 2011	DF	Phil Jones	Manchester United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £16.5m-£22m plus add ons)	^[16]
June 2011	MF	Michael Potts	York City	Free transfer/End of contract
July 2011	CF	Maceo Rigters	Gold Coast United	End of contract	^[17]
July 2011	MF	Jordan Bowen	Chorley	Free transfer/End of contract	^[18]
July 2011	DF	Damilola Ajagbe	Free agent	End of contract
July 2011	DF	Andy Parry	Free agent	End of contract
July 2011	FW	Toni Vastić	Bayern Munich II	Minimal fee
July 2011	FW	Benjani	Portsmouth	Free transfer/End of contract	^[19]
July 2011	MF	Aaron Doran	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Undisclosed fee *(rep. 50% sell on fee)	^[20]
August 2011	FW	Nikola Kalinić	FC Dnipro	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £7m)	^[21]
August 2011	DF	Gavin Gunning	Dundee United	Undisclosed fee	^[22]
August 2011	MF	Brett Emerton	Sydney FC	Undisclosed fee	^[23]
September 2011	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Free agent	Mutually agreed contract termination	^[24]
October 2011	DF	Cameron Lindsay	Free agent (later signed for) Wellington Phoenix	Released	^[25]

Total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee) £23.9 million-£29.4 million + Undisclosed fees

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
31 June 2011	31 October 2011	FW	Tom Hitchcock	Plymouth Arygle
2 August 2011	5 November 2011	GK	Jake Kean	Rochdale
12 August 2011	31 January 2012	MF	Keith Andrews	Ipswich Town
31 October 2011	31 July 2012	FW	Micah Evans	Accrington Stanley
23 November 2011	26 Jan 2012	MF	Hérold Goulon	Doncaster Rovers

January transfer window 2012

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee	Source
January 2012	MF	Tim Payne	Waitakere United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)	^[26]
January 2012	MF	Marcus Olsson	Free agent	Free transfer	^[27]
January 2012	DF	Bradley Orr	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)	^[28]

Total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee	Source
January 2012	FW	Jason Roberts	Reading	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £500,000)	^[29]
January 2012	DF	Ryan Nelsen	Free agent (later signed for) Tottenham Hotspur	Released	^[30]
January 2012	MF	Keith Andrews	Free agent (later signed for) West Brom	Released	^[31]
February 2012	FW	Tom Hitchcock	Free agent	Released	^[32]
February 2012	CB	Christopher Samba	Anzhi	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £11 million)	^[33]

Total income: Undisclosed fee *(rep.£11.5 million)

Loan in

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	From
19 January 2012	31 July 2012	FW	Anthony Modeste	FC Girondins de Bordeaux

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
1 February 2012	31 July 2012	FW	Filip Pivkovski	FC Nordsjælland

References

External links

Blackburn Rovers F.C. official website

Blackburn Rovers Football Club

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