2016–17 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
2016–17 season
Manager Owen Coyle
Stadium Ewood Park
Championship 21st
EFL Cup Third round
(vs. Leeds United)
FA Cup TBD
Top goalscorer League: Sam Gallagher (7)
All: Sam Gallagher (7)
Average home league attendance 11,049
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours
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The 2016–17 season is Blackburn Rovers' 129th season as a professional football club and its fifth playing in the Championship.[1] Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2016 to 30 June 2017.

Summer Activity

May

On 12 May Rovers announced a five-year deal with kit supplier Umbro.[2]

On 20 May Rovers announced their retained list, Tommy Spurr, Matthew Kilgallon, Chris Taylor, Chris Brown, Lee Williamson, Nathan Delfouneso, Simon Eastwood and Simeon Jackson will all be free to talk to and sign for other clubs at the expiration of their contracts on June 30, However, several players have been informed that final decisions over their futures will be made once a new manager has been appointed. Those under 24, Jack Doyle and Connor Thomson have agreed 1 year deals, scholars Josh Askew, Ramirez Howarth and Lewis Travis have also agreed to sign professional terms. Stuart Callaway, David Carson, Modou Cham, Ryan Crump, Anton Forrester, Devarn Green, Sam Joel, Sam Lavelle, Jan Pirretas, Jordan Preston, Hyuga Tanner and Luke Wall have been released.[3]

June

On 1 June Rovers announced that Owen Coyle has been appointed as new manager on a 2-year deal.[4]

On 17 June Rovers announced the signing of Anthony Stokes on a 3-year deal, following his release from Celtic.[5]

On 18 June it was confirmed that Goalkeeping Coach Laurence Batty had left the club and that new Rovers manager Owen Coyle was in the process of firming up a new coach who would be in place before the players started training.[6]

On 21 June Rovers announced the signing of Stephen Hendrie on a season-long loan from West Ham United.[7]

On 23 June Rovers announced the signing of Danny Graham on a 2-year deal, following his release from Sunderland.[8]

On 23 June Oxford United announced the signing of Simon Eastwood following his contract expiry.[9]

On 25 June Rovers announced the signing of Liam Feeney on a 2-year deal, following his release from Bolton Wanderers.[10]

On 27 June Preston North End announced the signing of Tommy Spurr, who was offered a new contract by Rovers, on a 3-year deal following his contract expiry.[11]

On 29 June Rovers announced that Alan Irvine has mutually agreed to leave the club with immediate effect.[12]

On 29 June Rovers announced the signing of Jack Byrne on a season-long loan from Manchester City.[13]

July

On 1 July Bolton Wanderers announced the signing of Chris Taylor following his contract expiry.[14]

On 4 July Rovers announced Sandy Stewart as assistant manager.[15]

On 12 July Port Vale announced signing of Anton Forrester on 2-year deal, following his release.[16]

On 18 July Walsall announced signing of Simeon Jackson on 2-year deal, following his release.[17]

On 21 July Rovers announced the sale of Grant Hanley to Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee.[18]

On 25 July Burton Albion announced signing of Lee Williamson on 1-year deal, following his release.[19]

August

On 1 August Bradford City announced signing of Matthew Kilgallon on 1-year deal, following his release.[20]

On 2 August Rovers announced the signing of Gordon Greer on a 1-year deal, following his release from Brighton & Hove Albion.[21]

On 3 August Rovers announced that Rob Kelly has mutually agreed to leave the club with immediate effect.[22]

On 5 August Rovers announced the appointment of John Henry as first team coach.[23]

On 5 August Bury announced signing of Chris Brown on 1-year deal, following his release.[24]

On 8 August Rovers announced John O'Sullivan has joined Accrington Stanley on loan until 7 January.[25]

On 11 August Rovers announced the signing of Sam Gallagher on a season long loan from Southampton.[26]

On 25 August Rovers announced the signing of Martin Samuelsen on a season long loan from West Ham United.[27]

On 26 August Rovers announced Shane Duffy has joined Brighton & Hove Albion for an undisclosed fee.[28]

On 26 August Rovers announced the double signing of Tommie Hoban on a season long loan from Watford and Derrick William on a 3-year deal from Bristol City.[25]

On 29 August Rovers announced squad numbers for the development squad for the EFL Trophy.[29]

On 31 August Rovers announced the signing of Charlie Mulgrew on a 3-year deal following his release Celtic.[30]

On 31 August Rovers announced the signing of Marvin Emnes on loan from Swansea City until 17 January 2017.[31]

September

On 21 September Rovers announced the signing of Wes Brown on a free transfer following his release fron Sunderland in the summer, he will also help coach the u23s team.[32]

November

On 22 November Martin Samuelsen left Rovers with immediate effect cutting short loan deal by returning to parent club.

Squad information

Squad No. Name Nationality Position(s) Date of Birth (Age) Contract Expires
Goalkeepers
1 Jason Steele England GK 18 August 1990 2018
33 David Raya Spain GK 15 September 1995 2018
37 Andrew Fisher England GK 12 February 1998 (age 18) 2018
Defenders
2 Adam Henley Wales DF 14 June 1994 2017
3 Gordon Greer Scotland DF 14 December 1980 2017
4 Tommie Hoban (on loan from Watford) Republic of Ireland DF 24 January 1994 —
5 Derrick Williams Republic of Ireland DF 17 January 1993 2019
6 Jason Lowe England DF 2 September 1991 2017
14 Charlie Mulgrew Scotland DF 6 March 1986 2019
15 Elliott Ward England DF 19 January 1985 2018
20 Stephen Hendrie (on loan from West Ham United) Scotland DF 8 January 1995 —
24 Ryan Nyambe Namibia DF 4 December 1997 2018
30 Wes Brown England DF 13 October 1979 2017
34 Scott Wharton England DF 3 October 1997 2018
36 Jack Doyle England DF 2 February 1997 2017
Midfielders
7 Liam Feeney England MF 21 January 1987 2018
8 Jack Byrne (on loan from Manchester City) Republic of Ireland MF 24 April 1996 —
10 Ben Marshall England MF 29 March 1991 2017
18 John O'Sullivan (on loan at Accrington Stanley) Republic of Ireland MF 18 September 1993 2017
21 Hope Akpan Nigeria MF 14 August 1991 2017
23 Danny Guthrie England MF 18 April 1987 2017
26 Darragh Lenihan Republic of Ireland MF 16 March 1994 2019
27 Willem Tomlinson England MF 27 January 1998 2018
28 Connor Mahoney England MF 12 February 1997 —
29 Corry Evans Northern Ireland MF 30 July 1990 2019
31 Elliott Bennett Jamaica MF 18 December 1988 2018
32 Craig Conway Scotland MF 2 May 1985 2018
Forwards
9 Anthony Stokes Republic of Ireland FW 25 July 1988 2019
12 Danny Graham England FW 12 August 1985 2018
17 Marvin Emnes (on loan from Swansea City) Netherlands FW 27 May 1988 —
19 Sam Gallagher (on loan from Southampton) England FW 15 September 1995 —

Pre-Season Friendlies

On 23 May 2016, Blackburn Rovers announced five pre-season friendlies, with a sixth friendly expected to be confirmed at a later date. The games are during, and follow a six-day training camp in Austria from July 4–10 which included a friendly against Austrian Bundesliga side SV Ried.

Upon returning to England following the training camp, Rovers had three hour long friendlies in the shape of a tournament against Morecambe and Bury at Morecambe's Globe Arena. The following week Rovers will travel to Rochdale for a friendly at Spotland Stadium and Blackpool four days later at at Bloomfield Road.[33]

Rovers only friendly at Ewood Park was finally announced on 22 June against second tier Spanish team Girona.

Championship Season

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
19 Burton Albion 19 5 7 7 21 25 −4 22
20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 19 5 6 8 21 24 −3 21
21 Blackburn Rovers 19 5 5 9 21 28 −7 20
22 Cardiff City 19 5 4 10 18 30 −12 19 Relegation to Football League One
23 Wigan Athletic 19 4 6 9 16 21 −5 18
Updated to match(es) played on 3 December 2016. Source: English Football League
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored

Result by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHHAAHAHHHHAAHAHAHA
Result L L L D L D L W W L L D W L D L W W D                                                      
Position 23 24 24 24 24 24 24 23 20 22 22 23 21 22 23 23 22 20 21                                                      

Last updated: 5 November 2016.
Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

EFL Cup

The first round draw of EFL Cup took place on Wednesday 22 June, Rovers were drawn away to League Two side Mansfield Town.[35]

EFL Trophy

Blackburn Development Squad entered the competition at the first round group stage and were drawn against Carlisle United, Fleetwood Town and Oldham Athletic in Northern Group D.[36]

Pos Lge Team Pld W PW PL L GF GA GD Pts Qualification
1 L2 Carlisle United 3 3 0 0 0 11 6 +5 9 Advance to Round 2
2 L1 Oldham Athletic 3 1 1 0 1 8 7 +1 5
3 L1 Fleetwood Town 3 1 0 0 2 3 6 −3 3
4 ACA Blackburn Rovers Academy 3 0 0 1 2 2 5 −3 1
Source: EFL.com

Backroom Staff

Position Staff
Manager Scotland Owen Coyle
Assistant Manager Scotland Sandy Stewart
First Team Coach Scotland John Henry
Goalkeeping Coach Northern Ireland Phil Hughes
Head of Academy England Eric Kinder
Under-23 Head Coach Northern Ireland Damien Johnson
Under-23 Assistant Coach England David Dunn
Under-23 Coach England Wes Brown

Last updated: September 2016
Source: [37]

Squad Statistics

Appearances and Goals

As of 4 December 2016[38]
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup EFL Cup EFL Trophy
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK England Jason Steele 20 0 19+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
33 GK Spain David Raya 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 3+0 0
37 GK England Andy Fisher 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
2 DF Wales Adam Henley 3 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
3 DF Scotland Gordon Greer 15 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0
4 DF Republic of Ireland Tommie Hoban (on loan from Watford) 10 0 10+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
5 DF Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams 13 0 13+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
6 DF England Jason Lowe (Captain) 21 0 18+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
14 DF Scotland Charlie Mulgrew 8 1 6+2 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
15 DF England Elliott Ward 1 0 1+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
20 DF Scotland Stephen Hendrie (on loan from West Ham United) 8 0 2+2 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
24 DF Namibia Ryan Nyambe 6 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 3+0 0
30 DF England Wes Brown 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
34 DF England Scott Wharton 7 1 1+1 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 3+0 0
36 DF England Jack Doyle 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+1 0
41 DF England Josh Askew 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
42 DF England Lewis Travis 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
45 DF England Matthew Platt 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
50 DF England Tyler Magloire 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
7 MF England Liam Feeney 16 1 5+7 0 0+0 0 2+1 0 1+0 1
8 MF Republic of Ireland Jack Byrne (on loan from Manchester City) 7 0 3+1 0 0+0 0 3+0 0 0+0 0
10 MF England Ben Marshall 20 1 18+0 1 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
21 MF Nigeria Hope Akpan 11 1 6+3 0 0+0 0 2+0 1 0+0 0
23 MF England Danny Guthrie 11 0 9+1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
26 MF Republic of Ireland Darragh Lenihan 20 0 10+8 0 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
27 MF England Willem Tomlinson 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
28 MF England Connor Mahoney 5 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+2 0 3+0 0
29 MF Northern Ireland Corry Evans 14 0 13+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
31 MF Jamaica Elliott Bennett 7 0 1+4 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
32 MF Scotland Craig Conway 21 3 17+1 2 0+0 0 2+0 1 1+0 0
40 MF England Connor Thomson 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
46 MF England Lewis Hardcastle 3 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 3+0 0
48 MF England Joe Grayson 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
49 DF England Joe Rankin-Costello 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
9 FW Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes 10 4 2+4 1 0+0 0 2+0 2 2+0 1
12 FW England Danny Graham 16 5 11+3 5 0+0 0 1+1 0 0+0 0
17 FW Netherlands Marvin Emnes (on loan from Swansea City) 14 3 9+4 3 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
19 FW England Sam Gallagher (on loan from Southampton) 20 7 15+3 7 0+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
43 FW England Ramirez Howarth 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
44 FW England Dean Rittenberg 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0
47 FW England Lewis Mansell 2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 0
Players out on loan:
18 MF Republic of Ireland John O'Sullivan (on loan at Accrington Stanley) 0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
Players that played for Blackburn Rovers this season that have left the club:
22 DF Republic of Ireland Shane Duffy 5 2 3+0 0 0+0 0 2+0 2 0+0 0
11 MF Norway Martin Samuelsen (on loan from West Ham United) 4 0 1+2 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 0+0 0

Goalscorers

As of 4 December 2016[38]
RankNo.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal
119FWEngland Sam Gallagher7007
212FWEngland Danny Graham5005
39FWRepublic of Ireland Anthony Stokes1023
=32MFScotland Craig Conway2013
=17FWNetherlands Marvin Emnes3003
622DFRepublic of Ireland Shane Duffy*0022
721MFNigeria Hope Akpan0011
=34DFEngland Scott Wharton0011
=10MFEngland Ben Marshall1001
=14DFScotland Charlie Mulgrew1001
——— Own goal1001
Total210728

Assists

As of 4 December 2016[38]
RankNo.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal
132MF Scotland Craig Conway3025
212FWEngland Danny Graham2024
=29MFNorthern Ireland Corry Evans4004
414FWNetherlands Marvin Emnes3003
510MFEngland Ben Marshall1012
=6DFEngland Jason Lowe1012
=7MFEngland Liam Feeney2002
=19FWEngland Sam Gallagher2002
914DFScotland Charlie Mulgrew1001
——— No assist2013
Total210728

Disciplinary record

As of 4 December 2016[38]
No. Pos. Name Championship FA Cup EFL Cup Total
Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card Yellow cardRed card Red card
31MFEngland Elliott Bennett 100000000100
3DFScotland Gordon Greer 300000000300
8MFRepublic of Ireland Jack Byrne 000000100100
6DFEngland Jason Lowe 800000000800
10MFEngland Ben Marshall 500000000500
29MFNorthern Ireland Corry Evans 300000000300
22DFRepublic of Ireland Shane Duffy * 210000000210
21MFNigeria Hope Akpan 400000100500
12FWEngland Danny Graham 200000000200
19FWEngland Sam Gallagher 200000100300
23MFEngland Danny Guthrie 300000100400
5DFRepublic of Ireland Derrick Williams 100000000100
14DFNetherlands Marvin Emnes 000000100100
26DFRepublic of Ireland Darragh Lenihan 300000100400
4DFRepublic of Ireland Tommie Hoban 100000000100
7MFEngland Liam Feeney 100000000100
14DFScotland Charlie Mulgrew 100000000100
32MFScotland Craig Conway 200000000200
24DFNamibia Ryan Nyambe 100000000100
Total44100006004910

Penalty record

For

Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition
24 Sep Ben Marshall No
(Hit Post) 		Derby County Championship
19 Nov Danny Graham Yes Brentford Championship
3 Dec Danny Graham Yes Huddersfield Town Championship

Against

Date Penalty Taker Scored Opponent Competition
5 Nov Jonathan Kodjia Yes Aston Villa Championship

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
1 July 2016 CF England Danny Graham Sunderland Free transfer [8]
1 July 2016 CF Republic of Ireland Anthony Stokes Celtic Free transfer [5]
1 July 2016 RW England Liam Feeney Bolton Wanderers Free transfer [10]
2 August 2016 CB Scotland Gordon Greer Brighton & Hove Albion Free transfer [21]
26 August 2016 CB Republic of Ireland Derrick Williams Bristol City Undisclosed (~£250,000) [39]
31 August 2016 CB Scotland Charlie Mulgrew Celtic Free Transfer [30]
21 September 2016 CB England Wes Brown Sunderland Free Transfer [32]

Total outgoing: ~£0 £0+/- (estimated £250,000)

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Length Ref.
1 July 2016 LB Scotland Stephen Hendrie West Ham United Season-long [7]
1 July 2016 CM Republic of Ireland Jack Byrne Manchester City Season-long [13]
11 August 2016 CF England Sam Gallagher Southampton Season-long [26]
25 August 2016 AM Norway Martin Samuelsen West Ham United Season-long [27]
26 August 2016 CB Republic of Ireland Tommie Hoban Watford Season-long [39]
31 August 2016 FW Netherlands Marvin Emnes Swansea City 4 Month loan (17 January 2017) [31]

    Transfers out

    Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
    1 July 2016 CF England Chris Brown Bury [lower-alpha 1] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF England Stuart Callaway Free agent Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CM England David Carson South Shields [lower-alpha 2] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 LW England Modou Cham Clitheroe [lower-alpha 3] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 GK Scotland Ryan Crump Southport [lower-alpha 4] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF England Nathan Delfouneso Swindon Town [lower-alpha 5] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 GK England Simon Eastwood Oxford United [lower-alpha 6] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF England Anton Forrester Port Vale[lower-alpha 7] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF England Devarn Green Free agent Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF Canada Simeon Jackson Walsall [lower-alpha 8] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF England Sam Joel Free agent Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CB England Matthew Kilgallon Bradford City [lower-alpha 9] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CB Scotland Sam Lavelle Bolton Wanderers [lower-alpha 10] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 RB Spain Jan Pirretas Bayer Leverkusen [lower-alpha 11] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CF Scotland Jordan Preston Guiseley [lower-alpha 12] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 LB England Tommy Spurr Preston North End [lower-alpha 13] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CM Australia Hyuga Tanner Free agent Released [3]
    1 July 2016 LM England Chris Taylor Bolton Wanderers [lower-alpha 14] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 LW England Luke Wall Accrington Stanley [lower-alpha 15] Released [3]
    1 July 2016 CM Jamaica Lee Williamson Burton Albion [lower-alpha 16] Released [3]
    21 July 2016 CB Scotland Grant Hanley Newcastle United Undisclosed (~£5,500,000 + add-ons worth £500,000)[48] [18]
    26 August 2016 CB Republic of Ireland Shane Duffy Brighton & Hove Albion Undisclosed (~£4,200,000) [28]
    1. ↑ Following Brown's release, he signed for Bury.[24]
    2. ↑ Following Carson's release, he signed for South Shields.[40]
    3. ↑ Following Cham's release, he signed for Clitheroe.[41]
    4. ↑ Following Crump's release, he signed for Southport.[42]
    5. ↑ Following Delfouneso's release, he signed for Swindon Town.[43]
    6. ↑ Following Eastwood's release, he signed for Oxford United.[9]
    7. ↑ Following Forrester's release, he signed for Port Vale.[16]
    8. ↑ Following Jackson's release, he signed for Walsall.[17]
    9. ↑ Following Kilgallon's release, he signed for Bradford City.[20]
    10. ↑ Lavelle signs for Bolton Wanderers.[44]
    11. ↑ Following Pirretas' release, he signed for Bayer Leverkusen.[45]
    12. ↑ Following Preston's release, he signed for Guiseley.[46]
    13. ↑ Following Spurr's release, he signed for Preston North End.[11]
    14. ↑ Following Taylor's release, he signed for Bolton Wanderers.[14]
    15. ↑ Following Wall's release, he signed for Accrington Stanley.[47]
    16. ↑ Following Williamson's release, he signed for Burton Albion.[19]

    Total incoming: Increase ~£10,467,500-£10,917,500

    Loans out

    Date from Position Nationality Name To Length Ref.
    8 August 2016 CM Republic of Ireland John O'Sullivan Accrington Stanley 6-month loan (7 January) [25]

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