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

First-team squad

 * Squad at end of season

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

 * Considering starts in all competitions


 * GK: #13, 🇦🇺 John Filan, 32
 * RB: #2, 🇮🇪 Jeff Kenna, 29
 * CB: #5, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Darren Peacock, 34
 * CB: #6, Stéphane Henchoz, 41
 * LB: #3, Callum Davidson, 39
 * RM: #19, Damien Johnson, 17 (#23,  Christian Dailly, has 18 starts)
 * CM: #4, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tim Sherwood, 23
 * CM: #11, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Wilcox, 33
 * LM: #12, 🇮🇪 Damien Duff, 25
 * CF: #9, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Sutton, 20
 * CF: #32, 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Ward, 19

Top scorers

 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Ashley Ward 5
 * Kevin Gallacher 5
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Chris Sutton 4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jason Wilcox 4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Tim Sherwood 4
 * 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Nathan Blake 3

Out

 * Transfers in: £36,250,000
 * Transfers out: £11,675,000
 * Total spending: £24,750,000