# 2010–11 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

The 2010–11 season was Blackburn Rovers' 123rd season as a professional football club. The 2010–11 season was also Blackburn Rovers' 17th season in the Premier League, and their 10th consecutive season in the top division of English football.
In November 2010, the Indian company V H Group bought Blackburn Rovers under the name of Venky's London Limited for £23 million. A few weeks later the new owners sacked manager Sam Allardyce and replaced him with first-team coach Steve Kean, initially on a temporary basis, but by January 2011 he had been awarded a full-time contract until June 2013. Kean's appointment was shrouded in a great deal of controversy since his agent Jerome Anderson had earlier played a major role in advising Venky's during the takeover of the club in the preceding months.

## First-team squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | ENG | Paul Robinson |
| 2 | MF | USA | Jermaine Jones (on loan from Schalke 04) |
| 3 | DF | SWE | Martin Olsson |
| 4 | DF | CGO | Christopher Samba (captain) |
| 5 | DF | FRA | Gaël Givet |
| 6 | DF | NZL | Ryan Nelsen (vice-captain) |
| 7 | MF | AUS | Brett Emerton |
| 8 | MF | ENG | David Dunn |
| 9 | FW | CRO | Nikola Kalinić |
| 10 | MF | ARG | Mauro Formica |
| 11 | MF | AUS | Vince Grella |
| 12 | MF | NOR | Morten Gamst Pedersen |
| 13 | GK | ENG | Mark Bunn |
| 15 | MF | FRA | Steven Nzonzi |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | MF | IRL | Keith Andrews |
| 18 | FW | PAR | Roque Santa Cruz (on loan from Manchester City) |
| 20 | FW | ESP | Rubén Rochina |
| 21 | FW | ZIM | Benjani |
| 23 | FW | CAN | David Hoilett |
| 26 | MF | FRA | Hérold Goulon |
| 27 | DF | ESP | Míchel Salgado |
| 28 | DF | ENG | Phil Jones |
| 30 | FW | GRN | Jason Roberts |
| 31 | DF | SCO | Grant Hanley |
| 33 | DF | ENG | Josh Morris |
| 36 | MF | ENG | Michael Potts |
| 41 | FW | SEN | Mame Biram Diouf (on loan from Manchester United) |

## Results
### Pre-season
### Premier League
#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 13 | Stoke City | 38 | 13 | 7 | 18 | 46 | 48 | −2 | 46 | Qualification for the Europa League third qualifying round |
| 14 | Bolton Wanderers | 38 | 12 | 10 | 16 | 52 | 56 | −4 | 46 | |
| 15 | Blackburn Rovers | 38 | 11 | 10 | 17 | 46 | 59 | −13 | 43 | |
| 16 | Wigan Athletic | 38 | 9 | 15 | 14 | 40 | 61 | −21 | 42 | |
| 17 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 38 | 11 | 7 | 20 | 46 | 66 | −20 | 40 | |
* ↑ Stoke City qualified for the third qualifying round of the Europa League as FA Cup runners-up to Champions League-qualified Manchester City.

#### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Last updated: 4 December 2018. Source: 11v11

#### Results per matchday

| Matchday | 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 | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A |
| Result | W | L | L | D | D | W | L | D | L | L | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | D | L | W | L | W | L | W | L | L | D | L | L | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | W |
| Position | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 13 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 14 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 16 | 16 | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 |

#### May
### League Cup
### FA Cup
## Statistics
### Goal scorers

| Place | Position | Number | Name | Premier League | League Cup | FA Cup | Total |
| 1 | FW | 41 | Mame Biram Diouf | 3 | 3 | 0 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 9 | Nikola Kalinić | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 1 | FW | 23 | David Hoilett | 5 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | FW | 30 | Jason Roberts | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| 5 | MF | 12 | Morten Gamst Pedersen | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | DF | 4 | Christopher Samba | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 | MF | 7 | Brett Emerton | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 8 | MF | 8 | David Dunn | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 8 | FW | 21 | Benjani | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | DF | 5 | Gaël Givet | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 6 | Ryan Nelsen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 10 | DF | 3 | Martin Olsson | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | MF | 15 | Steven Nzonzi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | DF | 31 | Grant Hanley | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| | | | TOTALS | 43 | 4 | 2 | 49 |