1998–99 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season


The 1998–99 season was Blackburn Rovers' seventh season in the Premier League, and their seventh consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Season summary

Four years earlier, Blackburn Rovers were Premiership champions. Just one year earlier, they had qualified for the UEFA Cup. They were among some people's outsiders for a title challenge.
But it all went wrong for Rovers, who were soon in the depth of a relegation battle. Manager Roy Hodgson paid with his job in November. Manchester United assistant Brian Kidd was named as his replacement, but he was unable to steer Rovers to safety and their relegation was confirmed in the penultimate game of the season. They were condemned to a place in Division One, but managed to hold on to many key players and approached the new season as most people's favourites for an immediate return to the elite.

Final league table

;Results summary
;Results by round

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Legend

FA Premier League

FA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R32 January 1999Charlton AthleticH2–016,631Davies, Wilcox
R423 January 1999SunderlandH1–030,125Gillespie
R514 February 1999Newcastle UnitedA0–036,295
R5R24 February 1999Newcastle UnitedH0–127,483

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R328 October 1998Crewe AlexandraA1–05,403Sutton
R411 November 1998Newcastle UnitedA1–1 34,702Sherwood
QF2 December 1998Leicester CityA0–119,442

UEFA Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersReferee
R1 1st leg15 September 1998LyonH0–113,646 Knud Erik Fisker
R1 2nd leg29 September 1998LyonA2–2 24,558 Pérez, FlitcroftRené Temmink

First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Goalkeepers
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Defenders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Midfielders
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Forwards
! colspan=14 style=background:#dcdcdc; text-align:center| Players transferred out during the season

Starting 11

In

Out