Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: result and report

Premier League · Saturday 16 August 2003

Result

Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers

Premier League · Saturday 16 August 2003, 14:00 UTC · half-time 2-0

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Blackburn Rovers 5-1 Wolverhampton Wanderers: match report

Blackburn Rovers beat Wolverhampton Wanderers 5-1 in the Premier League on Saturday 16 August 2003. It was 2-0 at half-time.

L. Amoruso opened the scoring in the 17th minute. Blackburn Rovers's goals came from L. Amoruso (17'), David Thompson (29'), Brett Emerton (52'), Andy Cole (79') and Andy Cole (87'). Wolverhampton Wanderers scored through Steffen Iversen (71').

Discipline: Blackburn Rovers received 1 yellow card; Wolverhampton Wanderers received 1 yellow card.

Blackburn Rovers went on to finish that season 15th with 44 points, and Wolverhampton Wanderers 20th with 33.

Data as of 3 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 17'Goal · L. AmorusoBlackburn Rovers · 1-0
  • 29'Goal · David ThompsonBlackburn Rovers · 2-0
  • 40'Yellow card · David ThompsonBlackburn Rovers
  • 52'Goal · Brett EmertonBlackburn Rovers · 3-0
  • 71'Goal · Steffen IversenWolverhampton Wanderers · 3-1
  • 79'Goal · Andy ColeBlackburn Rovers · 4-1
  • 85'Yellow card · N. BlakeWolverhampton Wanderers
  • 87'Goal · Andy ColeBlackburn Rovers · 5-1