page_title: 2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season
section_title: Season summary
hierarchical_section_title: 2000–01 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season / Season summary
caption_attribution_description: English: Souness - Signing autographs outside Loftus Road following QPR vs Blackburn Rovers on 07.04.2001
context_page_description: During the 2000–01 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
context_section_description: Rovers returned to the top flight of English football, thanks to a second-place finish in Division One which came two seasons after relegation. Rovers looked intent on returning to the top flight in style fulfilling the wishes of late owner Jack Walker who died shortly after the season began. Striker Matt Jansen, signed during the relegation campaign, was the club's top scorer with 23 Division One goals. Rovers also re-signed Henning Berg just after the start of the season, three years after they sold him to Manchester United. Berg was one of the club's last remaining links with the 1995 title winning side.
caption: Souness signing autographs outside Loftus Road following Queens Park Rangers vs Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 2001.
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