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2018–19 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

All: 5,211 vs Lincoln City(28 August 2018, [[2018–19 EFL Cup|EFL Cup) | average attendance = 14,552


2018–19 season
Steve Waggott
Tony Mowbray
Ewood Park
15th
Third round replay
Third round
League: Bradley Dack / Danny Graham (15)All: Bradley Dack (18)
League/All: 21,577 vs Preston North End(9 March 2019)
League: 11,818 vs Reading(22 August 2018)
All: 5,211 vs Lincoln City(28 August 2018, [[2018–19 EFL Cup|EFL Cup)
| average attendance = 14,552

| largest win = 5–1 vs Carlisle United(14 August 2018, EFL Cup]]) | | | | 1–4 vs Bristol City(2 September 2018, League round 6) | | | | | | | | Home colours

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The 2018–19 season is Blackburn Rovers' 131st season as a professional football club and it will participate in the Championship following promotion from League One the previous season. Along with competing in the Championship, the club will also participate in the FA Cup and EFL Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2018 to 30 June 2019.

On 14 May, Rovers confirmed their retained list. Danny Graham, Craig Conway, Lewis Mansell were offered new contracts whilst Rovers took up the option to extend Charlie Albinson's and Andrew Jackson's contracts by 12 months.

Elliott Ward, Liam Feeney, Aaron Dillon and scholars Matthew Campbell, Matthew Chan, Callum Dolan, Ben Donnelly-Blackburn, Frank Jones and Brad Lynch have been informed that they will not be retained by the club upon the expiration of their current contract/scholarship.

On 11 June Rovers announced striker Danny Graham had signed a new 12-month contract, until 2019, with the option of a further 12 months.

On 13 June Rovers announced midfielder Craig Conway signed a new 12-month contract, until 2019, with the option of a further 12 months.

On 22 June Rovers announced Rovers signed midfielder Joe Rothwell from Oxford United for an undisclosed fee on a three-year deal, until 2021. Also David Dunn left his role as the club's under-23 assistant manager.

On 2 July Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Jacob Davenport from Manchester City for an undisclosed fee on a 4-year deal, until 2022.

On 3 July Rovers announced that defender Darragh Lenihan had signed a new 4-year contract, until 2022.

On 12 July Rovers announced that defender Derrick Williams had signed a new 3-year contract, until 2021.

On 13 July Rovers announced that defender Richie Smallwood had signed a new 2-year contract, until 2020.

On 18 July Rovers announced that defender Scott Wharton had signed a new 3-year contract, until 2021.

On 20 July Rovers announced that attacking midfielder Bradley Dack had signed a new 3-year contract, until 2021.

On 22 July Rovers announced defender Scott Wharton has re-joined Lincoln City on loan until the end of the season.

On 30 July Rovers announced the signing of attacking midfielder Kasey Palmer from Chelsea on loan until the end of the season.

On 3 August Rovers announced defender Matthew Platt has joined Accrington Stanley on loan until the end of the season.

On 6 August Rovers announced the signing of attacker Adam Armstrong from Newcastle United for an undisclosed fee on a 4-year deal, until 2022.

On 23 August Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Jack Rodwell on a free transfer on a 12-month contract until 2019, following his release from Sunderland. Also Blackpool announced the signing of Liam Feeney following his release from Rovers in the summer.

On 27 August Rovers announced the signing of midfielder Harrison Reed from Southampton on loan until the end of the season.

On 28 August Rovers announced the signing of forward Ben Brereton from Nottingham Forest on loan until January, with the option to make his transfer permanent.

On 30 August Rovers announced defender Sam Hart had re-joined Rochdale on loan until the end of the season and midfielder Lewis Hardcastle had joined Port Vale on loan until the end of the season.

On 31 August Rovers announced that goalkeeper Andrew Fisher had signed a new 3-year contract, until 2021. It was also announced that Rovers had reached a mutual agreement with Paul Caddis and Peter Whittingham to terminate their contracts with immediate effect. Rovers also announced the signing of young forward Mitchel Candlin from Walsall on loan with the option to make the move permanent in January.

On 3 September Notts County announced the signing of Elliott Ward following his release in the summer.

On 4 September Rovers announced the deadline day signing of young attacking midfielder Brad Lyons from Coleraine on loan until January, with the option to make his transfer permanent, had been approved.

On 7 September Rovers announced young development squad pair Lewis Thompson & Lewis Mansell have joined FC United on a 1-month loan until 6 October.

On 21 September Rovers announced young defender Jack Doyle has joined Maidstone United on a 3-month loan until 22 December.

On 28 September Rovers announced young goalkeeper Oliver Byrne have joined Bamber Bridge on a 1-month loan until 27 October.

On 8 October Rovers announced young development squad pair Lewis Thompson & Lewis Mansell will remain at FC United for a further month until 10 November.

On 26 October Rovers announced young goalkeeper Charlie Albinson have joined Warrington Town on a 1-month loan until 1 December.

On 9 November it was announced that defender Jack Doyle has returned from his loan spell from Maidstone United due to injury.

On 12 November Rovers announced youngster Lewis Thompson will remain at FC United for a further month until 15 December, while Lewis Mansell will return to the club following the end of his loan spell.

On 15 November Rovers announced that defender Charlie Mulgrew had signed a new .mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}2+1⁄2-year contract, until 2021.

On 16 November Rovers announced that midfielder Elliott Bennett had signed a new 2+1⁄2-year contract, until 2021. Also Bradford City announced the signing of Paul Caddis following his release.

On 30 November Rovers announced manager Tony Mowbray had signed a new long-term contract putting pen to paper on a new 3+1⁄2-year deal, until 2020.

On 3 December Rovers announced u23 goalkeeper Charlie Albinson will remain at Warrington Town for a further month until 2 January.

On 10 December Rovers announced that u23 defender Joe Grayson had signed a new 2+1⁄2-year contract, until 2021.

On 13 December Rovers announced that midfielder Corry Evans had signed a new 2+1⁄2-year contract, until 2021.

On 2 January Rovers announced Matthew Platt and Sam Hart had been recalled from their loan spells from Accrington Stanley and Rochdale.

On 4 January Rovers announced the permanent signing of forward Ben Brereton from Nottingham Forest for an undisclosed fee on a 3+1⁄2-year deal, until 2022 and that forward Danny Graham had signed a one-year contract extension, until 2020.

On 7 January Rovers announced Lewis Hardcastle had been recalled from their loan spells from Port Vale.

On 9 January Rovers announced Kasey Palmer had been recalled by Chelsea, to join Bristol City on loan.

On 11 January Rovers announced the permanent signing of attacking midfielder Brad Lyons from Coleraine on an 18-month deal, until 2020.

On 14 January Rovers announced Mitchel Candlin had been recalled by Walsall. Also u23 goalkeeper Oliver Byrne had joined Stevenage on loan until the end of the season.

On 15 January Rovers announced that u23 attacking midfielder Brad Lyons had joined St Mirren on loan until the end of the season. Also defender Sam Hart had joined Southend United on loan until the end of the season.

On 16 January Rovers announced that u23 defender Sam Barnes had joined Marine on short loan deal until 14 February. Also u23 forward Lewis Mansell had joined Partick Thistle on loan until the end of the season.

On 18 January Rovers announced that defender Joe Grayson had joined Grimsby Town on loan until the end of the season.

On 22 January Rovers announced that defender Sam Hart had signed a 1-year contract extension, until 2020.

On 23 January Rovers announced that defender Scott Wharton has been recalled from his loan spell at Lincoln City & joined Bury on loan until the end of the season.

On 24 January Rovers announced that defender Paul Downing had joined Doncaster Rovers on loan until the end of the season.

On 28 January Rovers announced the signing of winger Harry Chapman from Middlesbrough for an undisclosed fee on a 2+1⁄2-year deal, until 2021.

On 30 January Rovers announced the signing of young Gibraltar international Louie Annesley from Lincoln Red Imps for an undisclosed fee on a 2+1⁄2-year deal, until 2021.

On 31 January Rovers announced u23 goalkeeper Oliver Byrne had joined Stevenage permanently, It was also announced that U23 pair Willem Tomlinson and Okera Simmonds had left the club by mutual consent.

On 1 February Rovers announced that u23 defender Tyler Magloire had signed a new 3+1⁄2-year contract, until 2022. It was also announced that Okera Simmonds had joined Accrington Stanley following his release.

On 4 February it was announced Willem Tomlinson had joined Mansfield Town following his release.

On 8 February Rovers announced that u23 goalkeeper Andy Fisher had joined FC United on a months loan. Also announced u23 midfielder Lewis Hardcastle had joined Barrow on a months loan. Rovers hosted an Hall of Fame event with the following players been introduced into it Ronnie Clayton, Bob Crompton, Bryan Douglas, Derek Fazackerley, Simon Garner, Alan Shearer & Brad Friedel.

On 9 February Rovers announced that u23 defender Matthew Platt had joined Southport on a months loan./

On 15 February Rovers announced that u23 defender Sam Barnes had signed his 1st professional contract putting pen to paper on a 2+1⁄2-year contract, until 2021.

On 20 February Rovers announced that u23 Canadian midfielder Ben Paton had signed a new 1+1⁄2-year contract, until 2020.

On 1 March Rovers announced that u23 midfielder John Buckley had signed a new 3+1⁄2-year contract, until 2022.

On 5 March Rovers announced Indian forward Aniket Jadhav will join the academy for a 3-month training spell.

On 8 March Rovers announced that u23 goalkeeper Andy Fisher had extended his loan at FC United for a further month.

On 13 March Rovers announced that u23 pair Lewis Hardcastle & Matthew Platt had their loan spells extended, midfielder Hardcastle will remain at Barrow until 7 April & defender Platt will remain at Southport until 29 April.

On 16 March Rovers announced that u23 defender Lewis Thompson had signed a new deal until 2020.

On 21 March Rovers announced that u23 forward Daniel Butterworth had signed a new 3+1⁄2-year contract, until 2022.

On 27 March Rovers announced that u23 midfielder Stefan Mols had signed a new 2-year contract, until 2021.

On 28 March Rovers announced that u23 midfielder Lewis Hardcastle had joined Barrow permanently.

On 2 April Rovers announced that u23 defender Charley Doyle had signed a new 12-month contract, until 2020.

On 4 April Rovers announced that u23 midfielder Joe Rankin-Costello had signed a new 2-year contract, until 2021.

On 23 April Rovers announced that defender Ryan Nyambe had signed a new contract until 2021.

On 31 April Rovers held their end of season awards the winners follow:

Young Player – Lewis Travis, Players’ Player – Danny Graham, Best Newcomer – Harrison Reed, Unsung Hero – Damien Johnson, Man of the Match (Seasonal) – Darragh Lenihan, Goal of the Season – Joe Rothwell, Player of the Year – Danny Graham.

On 11 May Rovers announced that defender Matthew Platt had signed a new 1-year contract until 2020.

Squad no.NameNationalityPosition(s)Date of birth (age)Contract expiresOther
33Andy FisherGK(1998-02-12) 12 February 19982021On loan at FC United
13Jayson LeutwilerGK(1989-04-25) 25 April 19892019Option for 1-year extension
1David RayaGK(1995-09-15) 15 September 19952021
17Amari'i BellDF(1994-05-05) 5 May 19942020
25Paul DowningDF(1991-10-26) 26 October 19912019Option for 1-year extension, on loan at Doncaster Rovers
35Joe GraysonDF(1999-03-26) 26 March 19992021on loan at Grimsby Town
30Sam HartDF(1996-09-10) 10 September 19962020on loan at Southend United
26Darragh LenihanDF(1994-03-16) 16 March 19942022
38Tyler MagloireDF(1998-12-21) 21 December 19982022
14Charlie MulgrewDF(1986-03-06) 6 March 19862021
2Ryan NyambeDF(1997-12-04) 4 December 19972021
5Jack RodwellDF(1991-03-11) 11 March 19912019
Scott WhartonDF(1997-10-03) 3 October 19972021on loan at Bury
3Derrick WilliamsDF(1993-01-17) 17 January 19932021
31Elliott BennettMF(1988-12-18) 18 December 19882021
39John BuckleyMF(1999-10-13) 13 October 19992022
11Harry ChapmanMF(1997-11-05) 5 November 19972021
32Craig ConwayMF(1985-05-02) 2 May 19852019Option for 1-year extension
23Bradley DackMF(1993-12-31) 31 December 19932021
18Jacob DavenportMF(1998-12-28) 28 December 19982022
29Corry EvansMF(1990-07-30) 30 July 19902021
22Ben GladwinMF(1992-06-08) 8 June 19922019
4Harrison ReedMF(1995-01-27) 27 January 19952019on loan from Southampton
8Joe RothwellMF(1995-01-11) 11 January 19952021
6Richie SmallwoodMF(1990-12-29) 29 December 19902020
27Lewis TravisMF(1997-10-16) 16 October 19972021
7Adam ArmstrongFW(1997-02-10) 10 February 19972022
19Ben BreretonFW(1999-04-18) 18 April 19992022
34Daniel ButterworthFW(1999-09-14) 14 September 19992022
10Danny GrahamFW(1985-08-12) 12 August 19852020
24Joe NuttallFW(1997-01-27) 27 January 19972021
9Dominic SamuelFW(1994-04-01) 1 April 19942020

Blackburn Rovers announced six pre-season friendlies against Scottish Premiership side Hibernian, EFL League Two's Port Vale, Champions League finalists Liverpool, EFL League Two's Lincoln City, Premier League side Everton and newly promoted EFL League One side Accrington Stanley,

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On 21 June 2018, the Championship fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.

Rovers entered the EFL Cup in the first round and were drawn away to Carlisle United. The second round draw was made from the Stadium of Light on 16 August. The third round draw was made on 30 August 2018 by David Seaman and Joleon Lescott.

The third round draw was made live on BBC by Ruud Gullit and Paul Ince from Stamford Bridge on 3 December 2018.

PositionStaff
ManagerTony Mowbray
Assistant managerMark Venus
First-team coachDavid Lowe
Goalkeeping coachBen Benson
Head of AcademyStuart Jones
Head of Academy coachingTony Carss
Under-23 lead coachDamien Johnson
Under-13 lead coachGeorge Boateng

As of 5 May 2019

As of 5 May 2019

RankNo.Pos.NameLeagueFA CupEFL CupTotal
123MFBradley Dack151218
210FWDanny Graham150116
314DFCharlie Mulgrew100010
47FWAdam Armstrong5139
54MFHarrison Reed3003
=17DFAmari'i Bell3003
=24FWJoe Nuttall2013
=26DFDarragh Lenihan2103
=45MFKasey Palmer1023
98MFJoe Rothwell2002
=32MFCraig Conway1012
125DFJack Rodwell1001
=19FWBen Brereton1001
=25DFPaul Downing0011
=27MFLewis Travis1001
=31MFElliott Bennett1001
Own goal1000
Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
1 July 2018CMJoe RothwellOxford UnitedUndisclosed
1 July 2018CMSam DurrantLiverpoolUndisclosed
2 July 2018CMJacob DavenportManchester CityUndisclosed
6 August 2018CFAdam ArmstrongNewcastle United£1,750,000
23 August 2018CMJack RodwellSunderlandFree transfer

Total outgoing: +/- ~£ 1,750,000+

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
30 June 2018GKMatthew CampbellFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018CMMatthew ChanFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018GKAaron DillonFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018RMCallum DolanFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018CBBen Donnelly-BlackburnFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018LMLiam FeeneyBlackpoolEnd of contract
30 June 2018CBFrank JonesFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018CFBrad LynchFree agentEnd of contract
30 June 2018CBElliott WardNotts CountyEnd of contract
31 August 2018RBPaul CaddisBradford CityMutual consent
31 August 2018CMPeter WhittinghamFree agentMutual consent

Total incoming: +/- ~£ 0

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromLengthRef.
30 July 2018AMKasey PalmerChelseaSeason Long (Recalled 9 Jan 2019)
27 August 2018CMHarrison ReedSouthamptonSeason Long
28 August 2018CFBen BreretonNottingham ForestInitial Loan until January
31 August 2018FWMitchel CandlinWalsallInitial Loan until January (Recalled)
4 September 2018CMBrad LyonsColeraineInitial Loan until January
Date fromPositionNationalityNameToLengthRef.
22 July 2018DFScott WhartonLincoln CitySeason Long (Recalled)
3 August 2018DFMatthew PlattAccrington StanleySeason Long (recalled)
30 August 2018DFSam HartRochdaleSeason Long (recalled)
30 August 2018MFLewis HardcastlePort ValeSeason Long (recalled)
7 September 2018CFLewis MansellFC United of ManchesterOne Month (extended)
7 September 2018LBLewis ThompsonFC United of ManchesterOne Month (extended) (recalled)
21 September 2018LBJack DoyleMaidstone UnitedThree Months (cut short)
28 September 2018GKOliver ByrneBamber BridgeOne Month
26 October 2018GKCharlie AlbinsonWarrington TownOne Month (extended)
Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromFeeRef.
4 January 2019CFBen BreretonNottingham ForestUndisclosed
11 January 2019CMBrad LyonsColeraineUndisclosed
28 January 2019RWHarry ChapmanMiddlesbroughUndisclosed
30 January 2019CBLouie AnnesleyLincoln Red ImpsUndisclosed

Total outgoing: +/- ~£

Date fromPositionNationalityNameToFeeRef.
31 January 2019GKOliver ByrneStevenageUndisclosed
31 January 2019CMWillem TomlinsonMansfield TownMutual Consent
31 January 2019FWOkera SimmondsAccrington StanleyMutual Consent
28 March 2019CMLewis HardcastleBarrowFree
1 April 2019GKBen WinterbottomLiverpoolUndisclosed

Total incoming: +/- ~£ 0

Date fromPositionNationalityNameFromLengthRef.
Date fromPositionNationalityNameToLengthRef.
14 January 2019GKOliver ByrneStevenage31 January 2019
15 January 2019LBSam HartSouthend UnitedSeason-Long
15 January 2019CMBrad LyonsSt MirrenSeason-Long
16 January 2019CBSam BarnesMarineOne Month (extended)
16 January 2019FWLewis MansellPartick ThistleSeason-Long
18 January 2019CBJoe GraysonGrimsby TownSeason-Long
23 January 2019CBScott WhartonBurySeason-Long
24 January 2019CBPaul DowningDoncaster RoversSeason-Long
8 February 2019GKAndy FisherFC United of ManchesterOne Month (extended)
8 February 2019CMLewis HardcastleBarrowOne Month (extended)
9 February 2019CBMatthew PlattSouthportOne Month (extended)
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