[4] They moved into their parent club's lavish training facility at Brockhall Village,[3] England youth striker Katie Anderton arrived from Tranmere Rovers and manager Marek Walsh demoted himself in favour of 25-year-old coaching prodigy Andy McNally.

[3] McNally won FA Manager of the Year award, the first person from outside the top-flight to do so,[3] while during the season Lynda Shepherd was called into a training camp with the senior England squad.

[10] The controversial performance of the 20-year-old referee saw him leave Shawbridge under police escort,[11] while Andy McNally was sent-off and subsequently banned for a month by the FA for foul and abusive language.

[3] Although Amanda Barr also departed in January, to Leeds United, Blackburn rallied to finish in the top half of the table and reach the semi-final of the FA Women's Cup, where they lost 0–1 to Charlton Athletic.

[4] Another aberrant refereeing performance in October 2008 saw four Blackburn players sent-off in a Premier League Cup defeat to Portsmouth, a scenario which manager Adam Lakeland described as "making a mockery of the women's game.

[15] The club relocated to Stainton Park, the home of Radcliffe Borough FC,[15] for the 2009–10 season, in which they finished seventh-placed in the Premier League National Division.

Defender Charlotte Farrell and Northern Irish international midfielder Kim Turner arrived from Manchester City[18] and versatile Amanda Goodwin signed from Curzon Ashton.