Nationality English
Position Goalkeeper
Team(s) Blackburn 1990-1996, Crystal Palace 1996
Stats 127 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Early on during his time at Tottenham Hotspur, a match at Loftus Road saw him let a soft shot go through his hands and body for an embarrassing goal for which he was dubbed “Booby Mimms”.
Nationality English
Positon Defender
Team(s) Blackburn Rovers 1988-1994, Manchester United 1994-2003
Stats 208 Appearances, 9 Goals
Fun Fact As a first team regular at Blackburn his wages were £500 per week whilst Alan Shearer was on £9000 a week.
Submitted by Tom Little
Nationality English
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Manchester City 1991-1996, Blackburn Rovers 1996-2006
Stats 364 appearances, 27 goals
Fun Fact During his marriage to ex wife Karen, Flitcroft was accused of having two affairs. The media picked up on the story after Flitcroft was involved in a disagreement with one of the women and a High-Court injunction was taken out, banning media coverage of the affairs. He is currently giving information in the Leveson enquiry.
Submitted by arghbrainzaps
Nationality Welsh
Position Striker
Team(s) Sheffield United 1993-1995, Bolton Wanderers 1995-1998, Blackburn Rovers 1998-2001, Wolves 2001-2004
Stats 306 Apps, 109 Goals
Fun Fact Relegated 5 times with 4 different clubs in the space of 10 years.
Submitted by Arun Khoot-Lloyd
Nationality English
Position Winger
Team(s) Middlesbrough 1985-1992, Blackburn Rovers 1992-1998, Southampton 1998-2002
Stats 490 Appearances, 40 Goals
Fun Fact Ripley earned a first class combined honours degree in Law and French form The University of Central Lancashire and has gone on to become a solicitor.
Submitted by arghbrainzaps
Nationality English
Position Left Back
Team(s) Blackburn Rovers 1996-1999, Ipswich Town 1999-2002
Stats 89 Appearances, 2 Goals
Fun Fact Gary was the first footballer to play a football league match while wearing an electronic tag.
Submitted by arghbrainzaps
Nationality Norwegian
Position Midfielder
Team(s) Nottingham Forest 1993-1995, Blackburn Rovers 1995-1998, Derby County 1998-2001
Stats 179 Appearances, 15 Goals
Fun Fact He once refused to play for the Norwegian national team against France in protest after the French Army started carrying out nuclear tests in the South Pacific.
Submitted by Justin Patel
Nationality Irish
Position Defender
Team(s) Southampton 1989-1995, Blackburn 1995-2002
Stats 271 Appearances, 5 Goals
Fun Fact Jeff is the brother of heavyweight boxer Colin Kenna and second cousin of football manager Pat Scully whilst his father Liam is a former Irish snooker player
Nationality Guinean
Position Striker
Team(s) Arsenal 1999, Blackburn 2001 (loan), West Ham 2001 (loan)
Stats 28 Appearances, 0 Goals
Fun Fact Diawara only scored once in English football, despite having three spells there. His sole goal coming for Blackburn in a 6-1 League Cup win over Rochdale.
submitted by ashadowofmyformerself
Nationality English
Position Striker
Team(s) Everton 1997-2001, Arsenal 2001-2004, Charlton 2004-2006, Blackburn 2006-2007
Stats 119 Appearances 25 Goals
Fun Fact Has a 100% scoring record for England (all be it one goal) And Jeffers is the joint, all-time leading scorer for England Under-21s with 13 goals, a record he shares with Alan Shearer.
submitted by r2-deepthroat
Nationality Norwegian
Position Forward
Club(s) Southampton 1996-1999, Blackburn 1999-2003
Stats 158 Appearances, 41 Goals
Fun Fact His first 3 goals for Southampton came in his third game for the club in a 6-3 win against Man United. He was later denied his hat-trick after his third goal was credited as an own goal by Phil Neville.
Nationality English
Position Defender
Team(s) QPR 1990-1994, Newcastle 1994-1998, Blackburn 1998-2000
Stats 306 appearances, 9 goals
Fun Fact During a game a collision with his own goalkeeper led to Peacock suffering damaged vertebrae in his neck and compression to his spine, he played on in the game despite being knocked unconscious. It was only after the game when it became clear how close he had come to full paralysis.
