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2011–12 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Blackburn Rovers
season	2011–12
manager	Steve Kean
mgrtitle	Manager
stdtitle	Stadium
stadium	Ewood Park
league	Premier League
league result	19th (relegated)
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Quarter-finals
league topscorer	Yakubu (18)
season topscorer	Yakubu (18)
highest attendance	26,532 vs Manchester United
(League, 2 April 2012)
lowest attendance	7,104 vs Leyton Orient
(League Cup, 20 September 2011)
average attendance	22,551
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prevseason	2010–11
nextseason	2012–13

(League, 2 April 2012) (League Cup, 20 September 2011) The 2011–12 season was 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.

On 7 May 2012, Blackburn were relegated to the Football League Championship after a 0–1 home defeat to Wigan Athletic. They ended the season at 19th place after losing the last Premier League game 2–1 against Chelsea on 13 May 2012.

Club

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

Technical staff

Eric Black (appointed 20 January 2012)

Medical staff

League table

Pre-season friendlies

First Team

Salgado Henley Kalinić

Dunn Blackman Roberts Goodwillie

Reserves

Micah Evans Jamie Maclaren James Knowles Tom Hitchcock Danny Mahoney Micah Evans

Curtis Haley Robbie Cotton Jadan Hall John O'Sullivan Sean Cooke

Mid-season friendlies

Rochina

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. The original date of the fixture was 22 July 2011.

Competitions

Premier League

Ward Heskey
Delph
Bent
Petrov Song Koscielny Arteta Chamakh Balotelli
Nasri
Savić Johnson Holt Yakubu Samba Caldwell
Crusat Hoilett Whelan
Crouch Moore Larsson Odemwingie Reo-Coker Hanley Dunn Formica

Obertan

Chamberlain Arteta Henry

Nzonzi Onuoha

Agüero Džeko

Yakubu

Young

Fortuné Ridgewell

Yakubu Hoilett Formica Hanley Maxi
Doni Jones Bellamy Henderson Carroll

Dyer
Dann Formica

Hoilett

Walker

Raul Meireles

Results by Round

Match	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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
Ground	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	L	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	W	D	L	L	W	L	D	W	W	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	L
Position	15	19	19	20	16	18	19	20	20	18	19	20	20	18	19	19	20	20	17	20	18	18	19	20	18	18	17	16	16	16	18	18	19	19	19	19	19	19

FA Cup

Jonás

League Cup

Goodwillie Rochina Vukčević Cox Yakubu Pedersen Givet Cabaye Løvenkrands Gerrard

Squad statistics

Appearances and goals

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Due to clauses in Salgado's contracts regarding an automatic payrise and a one-year extension to his current contract, he was excluded from first team duty.

Top scorers

Place	Position	Nation	Number	Name	Premier League	FA Cup	League Cup	Total
1	FW		24	Yakubu	17	0	1	18
2	FW		20	Rubén Rochina	2	1	4	7
	MF		23	Junior Hoilett	7	0	0	7
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 Nzonzi	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	47	1	10	53

Disciplinary record

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

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
1 July 2011	DF	Myles Anderson	Aberdeen	Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)
4 August 2011	FW	David Goodwillie	Dundee United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.8 million)
10 August 2011	MF	Radosav Petrović	Partizan	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2.7 million)
22 August 2011	DF	Bruno Ribeiro	Grêmio Prudente	Free transfer/End of contract
26 August 2011	MF	Simon Vukčević	Sporting CP	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £2 million)
31 August 2011	FW	Yakubu	Everton	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1.5 million)
31 August 2011	DF	Scott Dann	Birmingham City	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £6m-£8m)
31 August 2011	FW	Jordan Slew	Sheffield United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £1m)
17 January 2012	MF	Tim Payne	Waitakere United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)
31 January 2012	MF	Marcus Olsson	Free agent	Free transfer
31 January 2012	DF	Bradley Orr	Queens Park Rangers	Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)

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

January total spending: Undisclosed fee *(rep. minimal fee)

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
May 2011	GK	Frank Fielding	Derby County	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £400,000)
June 2011	DF	Zurab Khizanishvili	Kayserispor	Free transfer/End of contract
June/July 2011	GK	Jason Brown	Aberdeen	Free transfer/End of contract
13 June 2011	DF	Phil Jones	Manchester United	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £16.5m-£22m plus add ons)
June 2011	MF	Michael Potts	York City	Free transfer/End of contract
July 2011	CF	Maceo Rigters	Gold Coast United	End of contract
July 2011	MF	Jordan Bowen	Chorley	Free transfer/End of contract
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
July 2011	MF	Aaron Doran	Inverness Caledonian Thistle	Undisclosed fee *(rep. 50% sell on fee)
11 August 2011	FW	Nikola Kalinić	FC Dnipro	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £7m)
12 August 2011	DF	Gavin Gunning	Dundee United	Undisclosed fee
25 August 2011	MF	Brett Emerton	Sydney FC	Undisclosed fee
1 September 2011	MF	El Hadji Diouf	Free agent	Mutually agreed contract termination
October 2011	DF	Cameron Lindsay	Free agent
(later signed for) Wellington Phoenix	Released
26 January 2012	FW	Jason Roberts	Reading	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £500,000)
31 January 2012	MF	Keith Andrews	Free agent
(later signed for) West Brom	Released
1 February 2012	DF	Ryan Nelsen	Free agent
(later signed for) Tottenham Hotspur	Released
2 February 2012	FW	Tom Hitchcock	Free agent	Released
24 February 2012	CB	Christopher Samba	Anzhi	Undisclosed fee *(rep. £11 million)

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

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

Loan in

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

Loan out

Date from	Date to	Pos.	Name	To
31 June 2011	31 October 2011	FW	Tom Hitchcock	Plymouth Argyle
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 January 2012	MF	Hérold Goulon	Doncaster Rovers
1 February 2012	31 July 2012	FW	Filip Pivkovski	FC Nordsjælland

References

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[https://archive.today/20120805170141/http://www.rovers.co.uk/page/NewsDetail/0,,10303~2438792,00.html Blackburn Rovers sign Yakubu Aiyegbeni. 1 September 2011]
(2011-08-31). "A Dann deal as Birmingham City defender joins Blackburn Rovers". Lancashire Telegraph.
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[http://www.chorleyfc.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1057:one-in-one-out&catid=3:news&Itemid=22. 1 November 2011]
[http://www.portsmouthfc.co.uk/LatestNews/news/Benjani-Returns-2451.aspx Portsmouth sign Benjani. 13 August 2011] {{webarchive. link. (6 April 2012)
[http://www.ictfc.co.uk/articles/20110713/double-swoop_2208825_2392151 Inverness Caledonian Thistle sign Aaron Doran. 13 July 2011]
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[http://www.skysports.com/story/0,19528,11676_7095848,00.html Dundee United sign Gavin Gunning. 12 August 2011]
[http://www.theage.com.au/sport/soccer/history-as-emerton-swaps-epl-for-sydney-20110824-1ja9v.html#ixzz1VxHi9tg4 Sydney FC sign Brett Emerton. 25 August 2011]
(1 September 2011). "Diouf released by Blackburn Rovers". BBC Sport.
[http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/football/5739865/Lindsay-joins-Phoenix-but-awaits-clearance/ Cameron Lindsay released by Blackburn Rovers. Later joins Wellington Phoenix. 5 October 2011]
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[https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/football/16826084 Keith Andrews released. Signs for WBA. 31 January 2012]
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