Blackburn Rovers have announced that they will part company with manager, Tony Mowbray upon expiration of his contract.
Mowbray first arrived at Ewood Park in February 2017 where he was unable to save the club from relegation to League One at the conclusion of that season, yet guided Rovers to automatic promotion the following season to bounce back up to the Sky Bet Championship.
In their four seasons back in the second tier, Mowbray led the team to two 15th placed finishes in 2018-19 and 2020-21, either side of a 11th placed finish in 2019-20 season before Blackburn this season enjoyed their highest league finish of eighth for the first time since 2013-14 campaign.
Explaining the decision to not renew Mowbray’s contract, V H Group released the following statement: “We would like to take this opportunity to thank Tony for the way he has headed up the football management of the club and the tremendous amount of effort and self-sacrifice he made during his time at the club.
“We appreciate the hard work he has put in during his tenure, nearly avoiding relegation out of the Championship and for then getting us promoted out of League One at the first time of asking.
“Also for all the work that has been done behind the scenes to develop a strong young team that we hope to build upon in future years.
“We wish him well now and also in any future role he may undertake.”
Rovers’ CEO, Steve Waggot previously worked with Mowbray during their spells at Coventry City and paid “total respect” in his tribute to the 58 year-old as he praised Mowbray for having “brought stability to the club” and leaves a “talented” platform for his successor to build on in the future.
Mowbray meanwhile paid tribute to the club for entrusting him as manager for over five years and described the job as a “real privilege” to have been in charge of, as he rebuilt the team across his tenure at Ewood Park.
Reflecting on his time at Ewood Park, Mowbray continued: “It’s been a wonderful experience to bring my values to a football club over a five-year period and to create an environment where people enjoy coming into work every day and where players feel like they can improve every day.
“I’ve really enjoyed it, it’s been very rewarding and I thank everybody for coming along on the journey with me, but I feel as though the time is right to move on and let somebody else have a go. I wish this amazing group of young players and the club in general every success going forward.”
Rovers have confirmed that a ‘recruitment process for appointing a new manager will now begin and the club will make no further comment on the matter at this stage.’
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