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title: "Hendrie joins Blackburn on a season-long loan"
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language: "en-GB"
author: "Michael Oliver"
section: "West Ham News"
published: "2016-06-21T15:11:47Z"
modified: "2016-06-21T15:11:47Z"
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# Hendrie joins Blackburn on a season-long loan

Young West Ham defender Stephen Hendrie has completed a season-long loan move to Championship side Blackburn Rovers, [the club have confirmed](https://www.rovers.co.uk/news/article/2016-17/stephen-hendrie-west-ham-united-3148020.aspx).

The Scotland U21 international joined the Hammers on a free transfer last summer from Hamilton Academical, a deal that was agreed the January prior. A compensation fee of £1m was agreed for the deal to go ahead.

Hendrie made a number of bench appearances for the Hammers’ first-team but was mainly used as a regular in their reserve side. He didn’t make a single appearance in the first-team last season.

![stephen-hendrie-03-4x3195-3148004_613x460](https://media.readwestham.com/readwestham/2016/06/stephen-hendrie-03-4x3195-3148004_613x460.png)

He joined Southend United on loan in the second half of last season and made five impressive appearances, and scored the winner in a 2-1 victory over Shrewsbury.

The 21-year-old was a key player in the team’s U21 cup success, a regular at left-back and scored in their penalty shoot-out victory against Hull.

We’re wishing Stephen well in his development at Blackburn and hope to reap the rewards in the future to come! Best of luck!