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2004–05 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Blackburn Rovers
season	2004–05
manager	Graeme Souness (until 6 September)
Mark Hughes (from 16 September)
league	Premier League
league result	15th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Semi-finals
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Second round
league topscorer
Paul Dickov (9)
season topscorer
Paul Dickov (10)
highest attendance	29,271 (vs. Newcastle United, 26 December)
lowest attendance	18,006 (vs. Crystal Palace, 20 April)
average attendance	22,315
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prevseason	2003–04
nextseason	2005–06

Mark Hughes (from 16 September) Paul Dickov (9) Paul Dickov (10) During the 2004–05 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

The authoritative methods of manager Graeme Souness had caused Blackburn to struggle the previous season and alienated several key players, including the strike partnership of Andy Cole and Dwight Yorke, who left Blackburn during the summer for Fulham and Birmingham City respectively. Eventually Souness departed Blackburn to become manager at Newcastle United, with Blackburn struggling in the relegation zone. Wales manager and former Rovers player Mark Hughes came in as his replacement; Hughes' lack of experience in club management showed and the club were bottom of the Premiership after 14 games played, but he soon rallied the team to finish comfortably clear of relegation in 15th – as close to a relegation spot as they were to a UEFA Cup place, in terms of points. The club also enjoyed a good run in the FA Cup, reaching the semi-finals before losing to eventual cup winners Arsenal.

During the close season, Hughes signed striker Craig Bellamy, who had played for Hughes with Wales, from Newcastle, in the hope that the Tyneside club's out-of-favour striker could fire Rovers to a higher place next season.

Final league table

Main article: 2004–05 FA Premier League

Players

First-team squad

:Squad at end of season

Left club during season

Reserve squad

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Results

Premier League

Results by matchday

Anders Svensson James Beattie Paul Dickov Fàbregas Reyes Shearer O'Brien Brett Emerton Olof Mellberg George Boateng Damien Duff Emerton Baroš Dickov Reid Gallagher Savage Dunn Paul Dickov Todd Robert Dickov Andreas Jakobsson Steven Reid Heskey Brian McBride

League Cup

Pedersen Gallagher Broadhurst Spicer Neill Pedersen Stead Gallagher Douglas Jansen Tugay Holmes O'Connor Connell Elliott Spicer Maher Howe

FA Cup

Replay Pedersen Collins Johnson Matteo Replay Pedersen Final Van Persie

Notes

References

(16 September 2004). "Blackburn appoint Hughes". BBC News.
"Blackburn Rovers 2004-2005 Home".
"FootballSquads – Blackburn Rovers – 2004/05".

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