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Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second tier of the English football league system. They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890. The club's motto is "Arte et Labore", meaning "By Skill and Hard Work" in Latin. They have a long-standing rivalry with nearby club Burnley, with whom they contest the East Lancashire derby.

Blackburn Rovers
Full nameBlackburn Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)The Riversiders[1]
Founded1875; 148 years ago (1875)
GroundEwood Park
Capacity31,367[2]
OwnerVenkys London Ltd. (99.9%)
CEOSteve Waggott
Head coachJon Dahl Tomasson
LeagueEFL Championship
2022–23EFL Championship, 7th of 24
WebsiteClub website
Current season

Blackburn Rovers was founded in 1875, becoming a founding member of The Football League in 1888. They won five FA Cup finals in the 19th century: 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890 and 1891. The team was crowned English League champions in 1911–12 and 1913–14, then won a sixth FA Cup in 1928. However, they were relegated for the first time in 1936, but returned to the top-flight as Second Division champions in 1938–39. Relegated in 1948, Rovers secured promotion again in 1957–58, but would be relegated in 1966 and again in 1971. Blackburn won the Third Division title in 1974–75, and were again promoted in 1979–80 after suffering relegation the previous year. They won the Full Members' Cup in 1987.

In 1992, Rovers gained promotion to the new Premier League via the play-offs; this achievement came a year after being taken over by local entrepreneur Jack Walker, who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager. In 1994–95, Rovers became Premier League champions.[3] Relegated just four seasons after being crowned champions, they secured promotion at the end of the 2000–01 season, and went on to win the League Cup in 2002. They spent eleven successive seasons in the Premier League, but were relegated in 2012 and again into the third tier in 2017. Blackburn secured promotion out of League One at the end of the 2017–18 season.

History

Early years

 
Leaflet advertising a Blackburn Rovers match on 12 September 1887 against 'The Wednesday' at Olive Grove.
 
Blackburn Rovers cup winners in 1883–84. The first FA Cup win for the team. The photograph includes the East Lancashire Charity Cup; the FA Cup and the Lancashire Cup. Back row (left to right): J. M. Lofthouse, H. McIntrye, J. Beverly, Kurt Edwards, F. Suter, J. Forrest, R. Birtwistle (umpire) Front row (left to right): J. Douglas, J. E. Sowerbutts, J. Brown, G. Avery, J. Hargreaves.
 
FA Cup winning side of the 1890–91 season

The club was founded following a meeting, at the Leger Hotel, Blackburn, on 5 November 1875. The meeting was organised by two young men, namely John Lewis and Arthur Constantine, two old-boys of Shrewsbury School. The purpose of the meeting was "to discuss the possibility of forming a football club to play under Association rules".[4] The first match played by Blackburn Rovers took place in Church, Lancashire on 18 December 1875 and was a 1–1 draw.[5]

On 28 September 1878, Blackburn Rovers became one of 23 clubs to form the Lancashire Football Association.[6] On 1 November 1879 the club played in the FA Cup for the first time, beating the Tyne Association Football Club 5–1.[6] Rovers were eventually put out of the competition in the third round after suffering a heavy 6–0 defeat by Nottingham Forest.[7]

On 25 March 1882 the club won through to the final of the FA Cup against the Old Etonians. Blackburn Rovers was the first provincial team to reach the final,[8] but the result was a 1–0 defeat by the Old Etonians.[9]

Rovers finally won the FA Cup on 29 March 1884 with a 2–1 victory over the Scottish team Queen's Park.[10] The same teams played the FA Cup final again the next season, with Blackburn Rovers again emerging victorious, with a 2–0 score.[10] Rovers repeated this success yet again the next season, winning the final replay 2–0 against West Bromwich Albion. For this three-in-a-row of FA Cup victories, the club was awarded a specially commissioned silver shield.[10]

The 1885–86 season was the birth of the legal professional footballer, and Blackburn Rovers spent £615 on player wages for the season.[11]

Football League commences

Blackburn Rovers were founder members of the Football League in 1888.[12]

Blackburn Rovers again reached the FA Cup final on 29 March 1890 at the Kennington Oval.[13] The club claimed the trophy for the fourth time, by beating Sheffield Wednesday a hefty 6–1 with left forward William Townley scoring three goals and becoming the first player to achieve a hat-trick in the FA Cup final.[14]

The 1890–91 season saw Blackburn Rovers win the FA Cup for the fifth time against Notts County with a 3–1 victory.[15] During the 1897–98 season the club were relegated but were elected back into the first division at the Football League's AGM along with Newcastle United.[16] The season did, however, mark the beginning of Bob Crompton's 45-year association with the club, both as a player and eventually as an FA Cup winning manager.

Early 20th century

Blackburn Rovers continued to struggle during the early years of the 20th century, but the results began a gradual improvement. Major renovations were made to Ewood Park: in 1905 the Darwen End was covered at a cost of £1680 and the new Nuttall Stand was opened on New Year's Day 1907. During the first three decades of the 20th century, Blackburn Rovers were still considered a top side in the English league. They were First Division champions in 1911–12 and 1913–14, and F.A Cup winners in 1927–28 with a 3–1 victory against Huddersfield Town, but the F.A Cup win was their last major trophy for nearly 70 years.

Mid 20th century

 
Chart showing the progress of Blackburn Rovers F.C. through the English football league system from the inaugural season in 1888–89 to present

Blackburn Rovers maintained a respectable mid-table position in the First Division until they were finally relegated (along with Aston Villa) from the top flight (for the first time since the foundation of the league) in the 1935–36 season.

When the league resumed after the war, Blackburn Rovers were relegated in their second season (1947–48). At this time the tradition of burying a coffin began. The club remained in the second division for the following ten years. After promotion in 1958, they again returned to the mid-table position they had occupied in the earlier part of the century. During this time, they seldom made a serious challenge for a major trophy – although they did reach the 1960 FA Cup Final when managed by Scot Dally Duncan. Rovers lost this game 3–0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers after playing most of the game with only 10 men on the field following an injury to Dave Whelan, who broke a leg.

There were brief hopes of a return to glory in the 1963–64 season, when a remarkable 8–2 away win over West Ham United in east London on Boxing Day took them to the top of the league. However, their lead of the league was short-lived, and they finished the season some way down the table, as the title was seized by a Liverpool side who would record a further 12 league titles over the next 26 years, while Blackburn's fortunes took a very different route. They were relegated from the First Division in 1966 and began a 26-year exile from the top division.

1970s and 1980s

During the 1970s, Blackburn Rovers bounced between the Second and Third Divisions, winning the Third Division title in 1975, but never mounted a challenge for promotion to the First Division despite the efforts of successive managers to put the club back on track, and fell back into the Third Division in 1979. They went up as runners-up in the Third Division in 1980 and, save for one season in League One in 2017–18, have remained in the upper two tiers of the English league ever since. A second successive promotion was nearly achieved the following year, but the club missed out on goal difference, and promotion-winning manager Howard Kendall moved to Everton that summer. Kendall's successor, Bobby Saxton only managed mid-table finishes for the next three seasons, then nearly achieved promotion in the 1984–85 season, but a poor finish the following year (just one place above relegation) followed by an abysmal start to the 1986–87 season cost Saxton his job.

Saxton was replaced by Don Mackay, who steered them to a decent finish that season and also victory in the Full Members Cup. In the following three seasons Mackay re-established Rovers as promotion contenders, but they fell just short of promotion each time; the closest they came was in 1988–89 reached the Second Division play-off final in its last season of the home-away two-legged format – but lost to Crystal Palace. A defeat in the 1989–90 Second Division playoff semi-finals brought more frustration to Ewood Park, but the following season saw the club taken over by local steelworks owner and lifelong supporter Jack Walker (1929–2000).[17]

1990s

Following the Walker takeover Rovers finished 19th in the Second Division at the end of the 1990–91 season, but the new owner had made millions of pounds available to spend on new players and appointed Kenny Dalglish as manager in October 1991.[18] Rovers secured promotion to the new FA Premier League at the end of 1991–92 season as play-off winners, ending 26 years outside the top flight.[19]

Rovers made headlines in the summer of 1992 by paying an English record fee of £3.5million for the 22-year-old Southampton and England centre forward Alan Shearer.[20] After finishing fourth in 1992–93[21] and runners-up in 1993–94,[22] they went on to win the Premier League title in 1994–95.[23] The title chase went down to the last game of the season, but despite Rovers losing to Liverpool they edged out rivals Manchester United to win the championship.

Kenny Dalglish moved upstairs to the position of Director of Football at the end of the Premier League winning season, and handed over the reins to his assistant Ray Harford.[24] Blackburn Rovers made a poor start to the 1995–96 season, and found themselves in the bottom half for most of the first half of the season. Rovers also struggled in the Champions League and finished bottom of their group with just four points.[25]

A poor start to the 1996–97 Premier League campaign saw Harford resign in late October with the club bottom of the division, having failed to win any of their first ten games. Relegation looked a real possibility, just two seasons after winning the league. After an abortive attempt to bring in Sven-Göran Eriksson as manager, long-serving coach Tony Parkes took over as manager for the rest of the campaign, narrowly steering the side to survival. That summer, the manager's job was taken by Roy Hodgson, who joined the club from Internazionale.[26] UEFA Cup football was secured with a 6th-place finish. However, Rovers made a poor start to the 1998–99 campaign and Hodgson was sacked in December less than an hour after a 2–0 home defeat by bottom side Southampton, a result that locked Rovers in the relegation zone.[27] He was replaced as manager by Brian Kidd.[28] However Kidd failed to save Rovers from relegation.

2000s

 
The Jack Walker Stand during a match

In 1999–2000 Rovers began the season as promotion favourites, but with the club hovering just above the Division One relegation zone Brian Kidd was sacked in October[29] and replaced in March by Graeme Souness.[30] Jack Walker died just after the start of the 2000–01 season,[31] and the club dedicated its promotion challenge in memory of their benefactor. Fittingly, they returned to the Premier League after a much improved season, finishing second behind Fulham.

In 2001–02, record signing Andy Cole was bought in for £8million,[32] and Rovers won their first-ever League Cup by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2–1 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Cole scoring the winner in the 69th minute.[33] The following season Rovers finished sixth to qualify for the UEFA Cup for the second season running. Souness left just after the start of 2004–05 to take charge at Newcastle,[34] and he was replaced by Welsh national coach Mark Hughes.[35] Hughes secured Rovers' Premier League survival for the 2004–05 season as well as an FA Cup semi-final against Arsenal, with Rovers finishing 15th once again. He led the team to sixth the following season and Rovers's third European qualification in five years.

Rovers reached the semi-final of the 2006–07 FA Cup, but lost to Chelsea in extra time, and finished that season's league in tenth, qualifying for the Intertoto Cup, which led to a short run in the 2007–08 UEFA Cup. In May 2008, Mark Hughes left Blackburn Rovers for the vacancy at Manchester City. He was replaced by Paul Ince,[36] whose first job was to persuade some of the wantaway players to stay.[37] with Archie Knox coming in as his assistant.[38] Ince's time in charge started well, but following a run of eleven games without a win he was sacked in December 2008.[39] Sam Allardyce was appointed as Ince's replacement[40] and in 2009–10 he led the team to a tenth-place finish and a League Cup semi-final.

2010 onwards

In November 2010, the Indian company V H Group bought Blackburn Rovers under the name of Venky's London Limited for £23 million.[41] The new owners immediately sacked manager Sam Allardyce and replaced him with first-team coach Steve Kean, initially on a temporary basis, but by January 2011 he had been awarded a full-time contract until June 2013.[42][43] Kean's appointment was shrouded in controversy since his agent Jerome Anderson had earlier played a major role in advising Venky's during the takeover of the club in the preceding months.[44][45][46]

In December 2011, Blackburn Rovers posted an annual pre-tax loss of £18.6m for the year ending 30 June 2011. Despite this, the owners of Blackburn Rovers provided assurances over the continued funding of the club, even if they were relegated.[47]

On 7 May 2012, Blackburn were relegated to the Championship after being defeated at home by Wigan Athletic in the penultimate game of the season, ending eleven years in the Premier League.[48] At the start of the 2012–2013 season, Kean was given a chance by the owners to win promotion and kept his job as the manager. Ultimately though, pressure from the supporters who had been calling for the manager's removal for months resulted in his resignation as manager on 29 September 2012.[49]

On 7 May 2017, Blackburn were relegated to League One. On 24 April 2018, the club were promoted back to the second tier with a 1–0 win at Doncaster Rovers.[50]

In recent years, they have finished 15th (2018–2019), 11th (2019–2020), 15th (2020–2021), 8th (2021–2022),[51] and 7th (2022–2023) in the Championship.[52]

Players

Current squad

As of 4 August 2023[53]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
20 FW   ENG Harry Leonard
21 MF   ENG John Buckley
22 MF   IRL Zak Gilsenan
23 MF   ENG Adam Wharton
25 DF   ENG Jake Batty
26 DF   ENG Sam Barnes
27 MF   ENG Lewis Travis (captain)
28 MF   ENG Charlie Weston
29 FW   WAL Jack Vale
30 MF   ENG Jake Garrett
31 DF   NIR Tom Atcheson
34 GK   ENG Joe Hilton
35 GK   ENG Jordan Eastham
36 MF   ENG James Edmondson
37 MF   IRL Thomas Bloxham
38 GK   ENG Nicholas Michalski

For recent transfers, see 2023–24 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season.

Development/Academy squad

Notable players

For a list of notable Blackburn Rovers players in sortable-table format see List of Blackburn Rovers F.C. players.

Coaching staff

Position Staff
Director of Football   Gregg Broughton
Head Coach   Jon Dahl Tomasson
Assistant Head Coach   Remy Reynierse
Performance Director   Ben Rosen
First-Team Coach   David Lowe
First-Team Coach   Damien Johnson
Goalkeeping Coach   Ben Benson

Awards

Player of the season

 
Year Winner
1980–81   Mick Speight
1981–82   Mick Rathbone
1982–83   Derek Fazackerley
1983–84   Simon Garner
1984–85   Terry Gennoe
1985–86   Simon Barker
1986–87   David Mail
1987–88   Colin Hendry
1988–89   Howard Gayle
1989–90   Scott Sellars
 
Year Winner
1990–91   Kevin Moran
1991–92   David Speedie
1992–93   Colin Hendry
1993–94   David Batty
1994–95   Alan Shearer
1995–96   Alan Shearer
1996–97   Colin Hendry
1997–98   Chris Sutton
1998–99   John Filan
1999–2000   Damien Duff
 
Year Winner
2000–01   Matt Jansen
2001–02   Damien Duff
2002–03   Brad Friedel
2003–04   Tugay Kerimoğlu
2004–05   Andy Todd
2005–06   Craig Bellamy
2006–07   David Bentley
2007–08   Roque Santa Cruz
2008–09   Stephen Warnock
2009–10   Steven Nzonzi
 
Year Winner
2010–11   Paul Robinson
2011–12   Yakubu
2012–13   Jordan Rhodes
2013–14   Tom Cairney
2014–15   Marcus Olsson
2015–16   Grant Hanley
2016–17   Derrick Williams
2017–18   Bradley Dack
2018–19   Danny Graham
2019–20   Adam Armstrong
 
Year Winner
2020–21   Thomas Kaminski
2021–22   Jan Paul van Hecke
2022–23   Dominic Hyam

Honours and achievements

source:[54][55]

League

Cup

Season-by-season record

European football

Blackburn Rovers in Europe
Season Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate
1994–95 UEFA Cup First round   Trelleborg 0–1 2–2 2–3
1995–96 UEFA Champions League Group B   Spartak Moscow 0–1 0–3 4th
  Legia Warsaw 0–0 0–1
  Rosenborg 4–1 1–2
1998–99 UEFA Cup First round   Lyon 0–1 2–2 2–3
2002–03 UEFA Cup First round   CSKA Sofia 1–1 3–3 4–4 (a)
Second round   Celtic 0–2 0–1 0–3
2003–04 UEFA Cup First round   Gençlerbirliği 1–1 1–3 2–4
2006–07 UEFA Cup First round   Red Bull Salzburg 2–0 2–2 4–2
Group E   Nancy 1–0 1st
  Feyenoord 0–0
  Wisła Kraków 2–1
  Basel 3–0
Round of 32   Bayer Leverkusen 0–0 2–3 2–3
2007–08 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round   Vėtra 4–0 2–0 6–0
UEFA Cup Second qualifying round   MyPa 2–0 1–0 3–0
First round   Larissa 2–1 0–2 2–3

Managerial history

Team colours and badge

Unlike most teams, Blackburn Rovers have only ever had one design to their home kit. The distinctive blue and white halved jersey is widely acknowledged as the "town colour". Although the design has remained the same, the side in which the colours fall has often changed. Blue has resided on the wearers left since 1946 however prior to this regulation the blue and white often switched order almost yearly.

Blackburn Rovers' first ever kit is however indefinite. The 1905 book; Book of Football by Jonathan Russell describes Blackburn Rovers' first kit as a white jersey with Maltese Cross on the wearers left breast, Trousers and a blue and white skull cap. The Maltese Cross notorious with the public schools in which the founders of the club were educated. In contrast an account from the Blackburn Standard on 6 January 1894 accounts the first kit as navy blue and white quartered jersey (quartered accounting for the shirts four panels front and back), white knickers and navy hose. This account is much more synonymous with the kit today. Photographic evidence from 1878 shows the team in Blue and white halved (quartered) jerseys, white shorts and blue socks, complete with blue and white cap and Maltese Cross.

Through its history the club has adopted four badges as its crest; the Maltese Cross, the towns coat of arms, Lancashire Rose and the present day Blackburn Rovers Badge. From 1875 to approximately 1882 The Maltese Cross was present on the club's first ever home kit and was worn by both the Shrewsbury and Malvern school teams. Two former Malvernians and two former Salopians played in that first team, so there is a clear link with these public schools.

During FA Cup finals it is tradition for the club to adopt the town's coat of arms as their badge. This tradition has carried through all eight FA Cup finals the club has been a part of all the way to their last FA Cup final against Woverhampton Wanderers in 1960.

From roughly 1882 and excluding cup finals the club did not use a badge until 1974. In this year the club opted for an embroidered Lancashire Rose with the club's initials "B.R.F.C." below. This badge lasted unchanged for 15 years until it was 1989 due to visibility issues of the dark red rose on the dark blue of the shirt.

From 1989 to the present day the current Blackburn Rovers badge has been used. It has encompassed the previous badge in a newer design for the Lancashire Red Rose. Circling the rose is the team name "Blackburn Rovers F.C." and the date in which the club was founded "1875". At the base of the badge is the club motto, "Arte Et Labore" which translated means, "by skill and by labour". This motto has been taken from the town motto which was adopted in 1852.

Kit

As of 2021, the club's kit has been manufactured by Macron, and sponsored by vaping brand, Totally Wicked, since January 2022.

Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
1974–81 Umbro None
1981–84 Spall
1984–88 Perspex
1988–90 Ellgren
1990–91 Ribero
1991–92 McEwan's Lager
1992–96 ASICS
1996–98 CIS
1998–2000 Uhlsport
2000–02 Kappa Time Computers
2002–03 AMD
2003–04 HSA
2004–05 Lonsdale
2005–06 Lonsdale
2006–07 Bet24
2007–08 Umbro
2008–11 Crown Paints
2011–12 The Prince's Trust

Venky's (2011 pre-season India tour)

2012–13 PROBIZ

Prostate Cancer UK (Back of shirt, 2013)

2013–14 Nike Regulatory Finance Solutions
2014–15 Zebra Claims Ltd.
2015–16 Dafabet
2016–18 Umbro
2018–20 10Bet
2020–21 Recoverite Compression

Totally Wicked (January 2022-)

2021– Macron

Grounds

Oozehead Ground 1875–1877

Rovers first home ground was a field at Oozehead on Preston New Road to the north west of the town. This field was farmland and was owned by a local farmer; when Blackburn Rovers weren't using the field it was used to graze cows. In the centre of the field was a large watering hole, which on match days was covered with timber and turf.[56]

Pleasington Cricket Ground 1877

Due to the rough conditions at Oozehead, the committee felt an established sports ground would be best to play on. Therefore, during the 1877 season they acquired the use of Pleasington's cricket ground to the south west of the town. Play stopped on this ground after Henry Smith of Preston North End died of a heart attack whilst playing.[56]

Alexandra Meadows 1877–1881

Still adopting cricket grounds, the committee acquired the use of the East Lancashire Cricket Club's ground in the centre of the town, Alexandra Meadows. Sources differ as to the date of the first match played by Rovers at Alexandra Meadows. A programme from Clitheroe F.C. states that Clitheroe was the first team to beat Blackburn at Alexandra Meadows on 17 November 1877.[57] Other sources indicate that the first match took place on 2 January 1878 with a Blackburn victory against Partick Thistle.[58][59] It was on this ground Blackburn Rovers played for the first time under artificial light against Accrington on 4 November 1878.[56]

International Venue

26 February 1881 Friendly England   0–1   Wales Blackburn
Vaughan   54' Stadium: Alexandra Meadows
Attendance: 3,000
Referee: Segar R. Bastard

Leamington Road 1881–1890

Due to the increasing demand in football in the area and in particular for Blackburn Rovers the committee felt that a private ground was more fitting. Therefore, in 1881 the club moved to Leamington Road, Blackburn Rovers' first purpose built ground including a 700-person capacity seated grandstand, costing £500. The first game played at this ground was held on 8 October 1881 against Blackburn Olympic resulting in a 4–1 win for Rovers. Whilst at Leamington Road and under James Fielding[60] the club won three FA Cups and was inaugurated into the Football League as a founding Member in 1888. However, despite the club's success, they had to leave Leamington Road due to increases in lease costs.[56]

International Venue

14 March 1885 Match 2 England   1–1   Wales Blackburn
Mitchell   35' Lewis   37' Stadium: Leamington Road
Attendance: 7,500
Referee: Alexander Stewart
19 March 1887 Match 4 England   2–3   Scotland Blackburn
Lindley   32'
Dewhurst   51'
McCall   30'
Keir   50'
Allan   53'
Stadium: Leamington Road
Attendance: 12,000
Referee: John Sinclair

Ewood Park 1890–present

Built in April 1882 as Ewood Bridge. The ground was an all purpose sporting venue hosting football, athletics and dog racing. The Blackburn Rovers committee felt this was the ideal venue for the club after having already played numerous games there in 1882. The first game played at the new Ewood Park ground was on 13 September 1890 against Accrington, the 0–0 draw was viewed by 10,000 people and on 31 October 1892 artificial lights were installed.[56] Ewood sits on the bank of the River Darwen in Blackburn, Lancashire.

1913 terrorist incident

An attempt was made to destroy the ground in 1913. As part of the suffragette bombing and arson campaign, suffragettes carried out a series of bombings and arson attacks nationwide to publicise their campaign for women's suffrage.[61] In November 1913, suffragettes attempted to burn down Ewood Park's grandstand but were foiled.[62] In the same year, suffragettes succeeded in burning down Arsenal's then South London stadium, and also attempted to burn down Preston North End's ground.[62] More traditionally male sports were targeted in order to protest against male dominance.[63]

International Venue

4 April 1891 Match 6 England   2–1   Scotland Blackburn
Goodall   22'
Chadwick   35'
Watt   78' Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 10,000
Referee: William J. Morrow
3 March 1924 Match 4 England   1–2   Wales Blackburn
Roberts   55' Davies   60'
Vizard   63'
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 30,000
Referee: George Noel Watson

Supporters and rivalries

Blackburn Rovers supporters have formed several support clubs related to the team, and almost all of them are partially focused on making trips to Ewood Park easier. Rovers home games were well attended as a percentage of the Blackburn population throughout the 2000s with average attendances of around 25,000, equal to roughly a quarter of Blackburn's population (approximately 100,000).[citation needed] The supporters' long-running fanzine is called 4,000 Holes.

Clement Charnock and his brother Harry were Blackburn Rovers fans who introduced football into Russia in the 1880s.[citation needed]

Blackburn's primary rivals are Burnley, with whom they contest the East Lancashire derby. Other rivalries for Rovers include Preston North End, Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic, all by proximity.

Statistics and records

Records

  • Most League appearances:

Derek Fazackerley, 593+3 sub, 1970–71 to 1986–87

  • Record goalscorer:

Simon Garner, 194 goals (168 league), 1978–79 to 1991–92

  • Record attendance at Ewood Park:

62,255 v Bolton Wanderers, FA Cup 6th round, 2 March 1929

  • Transfer Fee Paid:

£8m to Manchester United for Andrew Cole in December 2001
£8m to Huddersfield Town for Jordan Rhodes in August 2012

  • Transfer Fee Received:

£18m from Manchester City for Roque Santa Cruz in June 2009

  • Record win:

11–0 v Rossendale United, Ewood Park, FA Cup 1st round 13 October 1884

  • Record League win:

9–0 v Middlesbrough, Ewood Park, Division 2, 6 November 1954

  • Record away win:

8–2 v West Ham United, Division 1, 26 December 1963

  • Record League defeat:

0–8 v Arsenal, Division 1, 25 February 1933, 0–8 v Lincoln City, Division 2, 29 August 1953[64]

  • Record home League defeat:

0-7 v Fulham, 3 November 2021

  • Record aggregate League score:

13: 5–8 v Derby County, 6 September 1890

  • Most points gained in a season (2pts):

60 (1974–75)

  • Most points gained in a season (3pts):

91 (2000–01)

  • Fewest points gained in a season (2pts):

20 (1965–66)

  • Fewest points gained in a season (3pts):

31 (2011–12)[65]

  • Most consecutive League appearances:

Walter Crook, 208 (1934–46)

  • Most goals scored by a player in a season:

Ted Harper, 43, Division 1, 1925–26

  • Most goals scored by a player in a match:

Tommy Briggs, 7 v Bristol Rovers, Ewood Park, Division 2, 5 February 1955

  • Most hat-tricks in a season:

8, 1963–64

  • Most individual hat-tricks:

13, Jack Southworth, 1887–1893

  • Most FA Cup appearances:

Ronnie Clayton, 56, 1949–1969

  • Most League Cup appearances:

Derek Fazackerley, 38, 1969–1987

  • Youngest player to appear for Rovers:

Harry Dennison, aged 16 yrs and 155 days against Bristol City, Division 1, 8 April 1911

  • Oldest player to appear for Rovers:

Bob Crompton, 40 yrs and 150 days against Bradford City, Division 1, 23 February 1920

  • Longest undefeated FA Cup run:

24 games including 3 consecutive FA Cup wins, 1884–86. Still an FA Cup record

Reference for above facts[66][67]

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For the women s club see Blackburn Rovers L F C For the defunct South African club see Blackburn Rovers F C South Africa Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club based in Blackburn Lancashire England which competes in the EFL Championship the second tier of the English football league system They have played home matches at Ewood Park since 1890 The club s motto is Arte et Labore meaning By Skill and Hard Work in Latin They have a long standing rivalry with nearby club Burnley with whom they contest the East Lancashire derby Blackburn RoversFull nameBlackburn Rovers Football ClubNickname s The Riversiders 1 Founded1875 148 years ago 1875 GroundEwood ParkCapacity31 367 2 OwnerVenkys London Ltd 99 9 CEOSteve WaggottHead coachJon Dahl TomassonLeagueEFL Championship2022 23EFL Championship 7th of 24WebsiteClub websiteHome coloursAway coloursThird coloursCurrent seasonBlackburn Rovers was founded in 1875 becoming a founding member of The Football League in 1888 They won five FA Cup finals in the 19th century 1884 1885 1886 1890 and 1891 The team was crowned English League champions in 1911 12 and 1913 14 then won a sixth FA Cup in 1928 However they were relegated for the first time in 1936 but returned to the top flight as Second Division champions in 1938 39 Relegated in 1948 Rovers secured promotion again in 1957 58 but would be relegated in 1966 and again in 1971 Blackburn won the Third Division title in 1974 75 and were again promoted in 1979 80 after suffering relegation the previous year They won the Full Members Cup in 1987 In 1992 Rovers gained promotion to the new Premier League via the play offs this achievement came a year after being taken over by local entrepreneur Jack Walker who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager In 1994 95 Rovers became Premier League champions 3 Relegated just four seasons after being crowned champions they secured promotion at the end of the 2000 01 season and went on to win the League Cup in 2002 They spent eleven successive seasons in the Premier League but were relegated in 2012 and again into the third tier in 2017 Blackburn secured promotion out of League One at the end of the 2017 18 season Contents 1 History 1 1 Early years 1 2 Football League commences 1 3 Early 20th century 1 4 Mid 20th century 1 5 1970s and 1980s 1 6 1990s 1 7 2000s 1 8 2010 onwards 2 Players 2 1 Current squad 2 2 Development Academy squad 2 3 Notable players 3 Coaching staff 4 Awards 4 1 Player of the season 5 Honours and achievements 5 1 Season by season record 5 2 European football 6 Managerial history 7 Team colours and badge 7 1 Kit 8 Grounds 8 1 Oozehead Ground 1875 1877 8 2 Pleasington Cricket Ground 1877 8 3 Alexandra Meadows 1877 1881 8 3 1 International Venue 8 4 Leamington Road 1881 1890 8 4 1 International Venue 8 5 Ewood Park 1890 present 8 5 1 1913 terrorist incident 8 5 2 International Venue 9 Supporters and rivalries 10 Statistics and records 10 1 Records 11 References 12 External linksHistoryEarly years Leaflet advertising a Blackburn Rovers match on 12 September 1887 against The Wednesday at Olive Grove Blackburn Rovers cup winners in 1883 84 The first FA Cup win for the team The photograph includes the East Lancashire Charity Cup the FA Cup and the Lancashire Cup Back row left to right J M Lofthouse H McIntrye J Beverly Kurt Edwards F Suter J Forrest R Birtwistle umpire Front row left to right J Douglas J E Sowerbutts J Brown G Avery J Hargreaves FA Cup winning side of the 1890 91 seasonThe club was founded following a meeting at the Leger Hotel Blackburn on 5 November 1875 The meeting was organised by two young men namely John Lewis and Arthur Constantine two old boys of Shrewsbury School The purpose of the meeting was to discuss the possibility of forming a football club to play under Association rules 4 The first match played by Blackburn Rovers took place in Church Lancashire on 18 December 1875 and was a 1 1 draw 5 On 28 September 1878 Blackburn Rovers became one of 23 clubs to form the Lancashire Football Association 6 On 1 November 1879 the club played in the FA Cup for the first time beating the Tyne Association Football Club 5 1 6 Rovers were eventually put out of the competition in the third round after suffering a heavy 6 0 defeat by Nottingham Forest 7 On 25 March 1882 the club won through to the final of the FA Cup against the Old Etonians Blackburn Rovers was the first provincial team to reach the final 8 but the result was a 1 0 defeat by the Old Etonians 9 Rovers finally won the FA Cup on 29 March 1884 with a 2 1 victory over the Scottish team Queen s Park 10 The same teams played the FA Cup final again the next season with Blackburn Rovers again emerging victorious with a 2 0 score 10 Rovers repeated this success yet again the next season winning the final replay 2 0 against West Bromwich Albion For this three in a row of FA Cup victories the club was awarded a specially commissioned silver shield 10 The 1885 86 season was the birth of the legal professional footballer and Blackburn Rovers spent 615 on player wages for the season 11 Football League commences Blackburn Rovers were founder members of the Football League in 1888 12 Blackburn Rovers again reached the FA Cup final on 29 March 1890 at the Kennington Oval 13 The club claimed the trophy for the fourth time by beating Sheffield Wednesday a hefty 6 1 with left forward William Townley scoring three goals and becoming the first player to achieve a hat trick in the FA Cup final 14 The 1890 91 season saw Blackburn Rovers win the FA Cup for the fifth time against Notts County with a 3 1 victory 15 During the 1897 98 season the club were relegated but were elected back into the first division at the Football League s AGM along with Newcastle United 16 The season did however mark the beginning of Bob Crompton s 45 year association with the club both as a player and eventually as an FA Cup winning manager Early 20th century Blackburn Rovers continued to struggle during the early years of the 20th century but the results began a gradual improvement Major renovations were made to Ewood Park in 1905 the Darwen End was covered at a cost of 1680 and the new Nuttall Stand was opened on New Year s Day 1907 During the first three decades of the 20th century Blackburn Rovers were still considered a top side in the English league They were First Division champions in 1911 12 and 1913 14 and F A Cup winners in 1927 28 with a 3 1 victory against Huddersfield Town but the F A Cup win was their last major trophy for nearly 70 years Mid 20th century Chart showing the progress of Blackburn Rovers F C through the English football league system from the inaugural season in 1888 89 to presentBlackburn Rovers maintained a respectable mid table position in the First Division until they were finally relegated along with Aston Villa from the top flight for the first time since the foundation of the league in the 1935 36 season When the league resumed after the war Blackburn Rovers were relegated in their second season 1947 48 At this time the tradition of burying a coffin began The club remained in the second division for the following ten years After promotion in 1958 they again returned to the mid table position they had occupied in the earlier part of the century During this time they seldom made a serious challenge for a major trophy although they did reach the 1960 FA Cup Final when managed by Scot Dally Duncan Rovers lost this game 3 0 to Wolverhampton Wanderers after playing most of the game with only 10 men on the field following an injury to Dave Whelan who broke a leg There were brief hopes of a return to glory in the 1963 64 season when a remarkable 8 2 away win over West Ham United in east London on Boxing Day took them to the top of the league However their lead of the league was short lived and they finished the season some way down the table as the title was seized by a Liverpool side who would record a further 12 league titles over the next 26 years while Blackburn s fortunes took a very different route They were relegated from the First Division in 1966 and began a 26 year exile from the top division 1970s and 1980s During the 1970s Blackburn Rovers bounced between the Second and Third Divisions winning the Third Division title in 1975 but never mounted a challenge for promotion to the First Division despite the efforts of successive managers to put the club back on track and fell back into the Third Division in 1979 They went up as runners up in the Third Division in 1980 and save for one season in League One in 2017 18 have remained in the upper two tiers of the English league ever since A second successive promotion was nearly achieved the following year but the club missed out on goal difference and promotion winning manager Howard Kendall moved to Everton that summer Kendall s successor Bobby Saxton only managed mid table finishes for the next three seasons then nearly achieved promotion in the 1984 85 season but a poor finish the following year just one place above relegation followed by an abysmal start to the 1986 87 season cost Saxton his job Saxton was replaced by Don Mackay who steered them to a decent finish that season and also victory in the Full Members Cup In the following three seasons Mackay re established Rovers as promotion contenders but they fell just short of promotion each time the closest they came was in 1988 89 reached the Second Division play off final in its last season of the home away two legged format but lost to Crystal Palace A defeat in the 1989 90 Second Division playoff semi finals brought more frustration to Ewood Park but the following season saw the club taken over by local steelworks owner and lifelong supporter Jack Walker 1929 2000 17 1990s Following the Walker takeover Rovers finished 19th in the Second Division at the end of the 1990 91 season but the new owner had made millions of pounds available to spend on new players and appointed Kenny Dalglish as manager in October 1991 18 Rovers secured promotion to the new FA Premier League at the end of 1991 92 season as play off winners ending 26 years outside the top flight 19 Rovers made headlines in the summer of 1992 by paying an English record fee of 3 5million for the 22 year old Southampton and England centre forward Alan Shearer 20 After finishing fourth in 1992 93 21 and runners up in 1993 94 22 they went on to win the Premier League title in 1994 95 23 The title chase went down to the last game of the season but despite Rovers losing to Liverpool they edged out rivals Manchester United to win the championship Kenny Dalglish moved upstairs to the position of Director of Football at the end of the Premier League winning season and handed over the reins to his assistant Ray Harford 24 Blackburn Rovers made a poor start to the 1995 96 season and found themselves in the bottom half for most of the first half of the season Rovers also struggled in the Champions League and finished bottom of their group with just four points 25 A poor start to the 1996 97 Premier League campaign saw Harford resign in late October with the club bottom of the division having failed to win any of their first ten games Relegation looked a real possibility just two seasons after winning the league After an abortive attempt to bring in Sven Goran Eriksson as manager long serving coach Tony Parkes took over as manager for the rest of the campaign narrowly steering the side to survival That summer the manager s job was taken by Roy Hodgson who joined the club from Internazionale 26 UEFA Cup football was secured with a 6th place finish However Rovers made a poor start to the 1998 99 campaign and Hodgson was sacked in December less than an hour after a 2 0 home defeat by bottom side Southampton a result that locked Rovers in the relegation zone 27 He was replaced as manager by Brian Kidd 28 However Kidd failed to save Rovers from relegation 2000s The Jack Walker Stand during a matchIn 1999 2000 Rovers began the season as promotion favourites but with the club hovering just above the Division One relegation zone Brian Kidd was sacked in October 29 and replaced in March by Graeme Souness 30 Jack Walker died just after the start of the 2000 01 season 31 and the club dedicated its promotion challenge in memory of their benefactor Fittingly they returned to the Premier League after a much improved season finishing second behind Fulham In 2001 02 record signing Andy Cole was bought in for 8million 32 and Rovers won their first ever League Cup by beating Tottenham Hotspur 2 1 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff Cole scoring the winner in the 69th minute 33 The following season Rovers finished sixth to qualify for the UEFA Cup for the second season running Souness left just after the start of 2004 05 to take charge at Newcastle 34 and he was replaced by Welsh national coach Mark Hughes 35 Hughes secured Rovers Premier League survival for the 2004 05 season as well as an FA Cup semi final against Arsenal with Rovers finishing 15th once again He led the team to sixth the following season and Rovers s third European qualification in five years Rovers reached the semi final of the 2006 07 FA Cup but lost to Chelsea in extra time and finished that season s league in tenth qualifying for the Intertoto Cup which led to a short run in the 2007 08 UEFA Cup In May 2008 Mark Hughes left Blackburn Rovers for the vacancy at Manchester City He was replaced by Paul Ince 36 whose first job was to persuade some of the wantaway players to stay 37 with Archie Knox coming in as his assistant 38 Ince s time in charge started well but following a run of eleven games without a win he was sacked in December 2008 39 Sam Allardyce was appointed as Ince s replacement 40 and in 2009 10 he led the team to a tenth place finish and a League Cup semi final 2010 onwards In November 2010 the Indian company V H Group bought Blackburn Rovers under the name of Venky s London Limited for 23 million 41 The new owners immediately sacked manager Sam Allardyce and replaced him with first team coach Steve Kean initially on a temporary basis but by January 2011 he had been awarded a full time contract until June 2013 42 43 Kean s appointment was shrouded in controversy since his agent Jerome Anderson had earlier played a major role in advising Venky s during the takeover of the club in the preceding months 44 45 46 In December 2011 Blackburn Rovers posted an annual pre tax loss of 18 6m for the year ending 30 June 2011 Despite this the owners of Blackburn Rovers provided assurances over the continued funding of the club even if they were relegated 47 On 7 May 2012 Blackburn were relegated to the Championship after being defeated at home by Wigan Athletic in the penultimate game of the season ending eleven years in the Premier League 48 At the start of the 2012 2013 season Kean was given a chance by the owners to win promotion and kept his job as the manager Ultimately though pressure from the supporters who had been calling for the manager s removal for months resulted in his resignation as manager on 29 September 2012 49 On 7 May 2017 Blackburn were relegated to League One On 24 April 2018 the club were promoted back to the second tier with a 1 0 win at Doncaster Rovers 50 In recent years they have finished 15th 2018 2019 11th 2019 2020 15th 2020 2021 8th 2021 2022 51 and 7th 2022 2023 in the Championship 52 PlayersCurrent squad As of 4 August 2023 53 Note Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules Players may hold more than one non FIFA nationality No Pos Nation Player1 GK ENG Aynsley Pears2 DF ENG Callum Brittain3 DF ENG Harry Pickering5 DF SCO Dominic Hyam vice captain 6 MF NOR Sondre Tronstad7 MF ISL Arnor Sigurdsson8 MF IRL Sammie Szmodics9 FW ENG Sam Gallagher10 MF ENG Tyrhys Dolan11 MF ENG Joe Rankin Costello12 GK SWE Leopold Wahlstedt14 FW ENG Niall Ennis15 DF ENG Patrick Gamble16 DF ENG Scott Wharton17 DF ENG Hayden Carter18 FW ENG Dilan Markanday19 MF WAL Ryan Hedges No Pos Nation Player20 FW ENG Harry Leonard21 MF ENG John Buckley22 MF IRL Zak Gilsenan23 MF ENG Adam Wharton25 DF ENG Jake Batty26 DF ENG Sam Barnes27 MF ENG Lewis Travis captain 28 MF ENG Charlie Weston29 FW WAL Jack Vale30 MF ENG Jake Garrett31 DF NIR Tom Atcheson34 GK ENG Joe Hilton35 GK ENG Jordan Eastham36 MF ENG James Edmondson37 MF IRL Thomas Bloxham38 GK ENG Nicholas MichalskiFor recent transfers see 2023 24 Blackburn Rovers F C season Development Academy squad Further information on the development and academy squads Blackburn Rovers F C Under 23s and Academy Notable players For a list of notable Blackburn Rovers players in sortable table format see List of Blackburn Rovers F C players Coaching staffPosition StaffDirector of Football Gregg BroughtonHead Coach Jon Dahl TomassonAssistant Head Coach Remy ReyniersePerformance Director Ben RosenFirst Team Coach David LoweFirst Team Coach Damien JohnsonGoalkeeping Coach Ben BensonAwardsPlayer of the season Year Winner1980 81 Mick Speight1981 82 Mick Rathbone1982 83 Derek Fazackerley1983 84 Simon Garner1984 85 Terry Gennoe1985 86 Simon Barker1986 87 David Mail1987 88 Colin Hendry1988 89 Howard Gayle1989 90 Scott Sellars Year Winner1990 91 Kevin Moran1991 92 David Speedie1992 93 Colin Hendry1993 94 David Batty1994 95 Alan Shearer1995 96 Alan Shearer1996 97 Colin Hendry1997 98 Chris Sutton1998 99 John Filan1999 2000 Damien Duff Year Winner2000 01 Matt Jansen2001 02 Damien Duff2002 03 Brad Friedel2003 04 Tugay Kerimoglu2004 05 Andy Todd2005 06 Craig Bellamy2006 07 David Bentley2007 08 Roque Santa Cruz2008 09 Stephen Warnock2009 10 Steven Nzonzi Year Winner2010 11 Paul Robinson2011 12 Yakubu2012 13 Jordan Rhodes2013 14 Tom Cairney2014 15 Marcus Olsson2015 16 Grant Hanley2016 17 Derrick Williams2017 18 Bradley Dack2018 19 Danny Graham2019 20 Adam Armstrong Year Winner2020 21 Thomas Kaminski2021 22 Jan Paul van Hecke2022 23 Dominic HyamHonours and achievementssource 54 55 League First Division Premier League level 1 Champions 1911 12 1913 14 1994 95 Runners up 1993 94Second Division Championship level 2 Champions 1938 39 Runners up 1957 58 2000 01 Play off winners 1992Third Division League One level 3 Champions 1974 75 Runners up 1979 80 2017 18Cup FA Cup Winners 6 1883 84 1884 85 1885 86 1889 90 1890 91 1927 28 Runners up 1881 82 1959 60Football League Cup Winners 2001 02FA Charity Shield Winners 1912 Runners up 1928 1994 1995Full Members Cup Winners 1986 87Football League War Cup Runners up 1939 40Season by season record Main article Blackburn Rovers F C seasons European football Blackburn Rovers in EuropeSeason Competition Round Country Club Home Away Aggregate1994 95 UEFA Cup First round Trelleborg 0 1 2 2 2 31995 96 UEFA Champions League Group B Spartak Moscow 0 1 0 3 4th Legia Warsaw 0 0 0 1 Rosenborg 4 1 1 21998 99 UEFA Cup First round Lyon 0 1 2 2 2 32002 03 UEFA Cup First round CSKA Sofia 1 1 3 3 4 4 a Second round Celtic 0 2 0 1 0 32003 04 UEFA Cup First round Genclerbirligi 1 1 1 3 2 42006 07 UEFA Cup First round Red Bull Salzburg 2 0 2 2 4 2Group E Nancy 1 0 1st Feyenoord 0 0 Wisla Krakow 2 1 Basel 3 0 Round of 32 Bayer Leverkusen 0 0 2 3 2 32007 08 UEFA Intertoto Cup Third round Vetra 4 0 2 0 6 0UEFA Cup Second qualifying round MyPa 2 0 1 0 3 0First round Larissa 2 1 0 2 2 3Managerial historyMain article List of Blackburn Rovers F C managersTeam colours and badgeThis section needs additional citations for verification Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section Unsourced material may be challenged and removed Find sources Blackburn Rovers F C news newspapers books scholar JSTOR August 2022 Learn how and when to remove this template message Unlike most teams Blackburn Rovers have only ever had one design to their home kit The distinctive blue and white halved jersey is widely acknowledged as the town colour Although the design has remained the same the side in which the colours fall has often changed Blue has resided on the wearers left since 1946 however prior to this regulation the blue and white often switched order almost yearly Blackburn Rovers first ever kit is however indefinite The 1905 book Book of Football by Jonathan Russell describes Blackburn Rovers first kit as a white jersey with Maltese Cross on the wearers left breast Trousers and a blue and white skull cap The Maltese Cross notorious with the public schools in which the founders of the club were educated In contrast an account from the Blackburn Standard on 6 January 1894 accounts the first kit as navy blue and white quartered jersey quartered accounting for the shirts four panels front and back white knickers and navy hose This account is much more synonymous with the kit today Photographic evidence from 1878 shows the team in Blue and white halved quartered jerseys white shorts and blue socks complete with blue and white cap and Maltese Cross Through its history the club has adopted four badges as its crest the Maltese Cross the towns coat of arms Lancashire Rose and the present day Blackburn Rovers Badge From 1875 to approximately 1882 The Maltese Cross was present on the club s first ever home kit and was worn by both the Shrewsbury and Malvern school teams Two former Malvernians and two former Salopians played in that first team so there is a clear link with these public schools During FA Cup finals it is tradition for the club to adopt the town s coat of arms as their badge This tradition has carried through all eight FA Cup finals the club has been a part of all the way to their last FA Cup final against Woverhampton Wanderers in 1960 From roughly 1882 and excluding cup finals the club did not use a badge until 1974 In this year the club opted for an embroidered Lancashire Rose with the club s initials B R F C below This badge lasted unchanged for 15 years until it was 1989 due to visibility issues of the dark red rose on the dark blue of the shirt From 1989 to the present day the current Blackburn Rovers badge has been used It has encompassed the previous badge in a newer design for the Lancashire Red Rose Circling the rose is the team name Blackburn Rovers F C and the date in which the club was founded 1875 At the base of the badge is the club motto Arte Et Labore which translated means by skill and by labour This motto has been taken from the town motto which was adopted in 1852 Kit As of 2021 the club s kit has been manufactured by Macron and sponsored by vaping brand Totally Wicked since January 2022 Period Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor1974 81 Umbro None1981 84 Spall1984 88 Perspex1988 90 Ellgren1990 91 Ribero1991 92 McEwan s Lager1992 96 ASICS1996 98 CIS1998 2000 Uhlsport2000 02 Kappa Time Computers2002 03 AMD2003 04 HSA2004 05 Lonsdale2005 06 Lonsdale2006 07 Bet242007 08 Umbro2008 11 Crown Paints2011 12 The Prince s Trust Venky s 2011 pre season India tour 2012 13 PROBIZ Prostate Cancer UK Back of shirt 2013 2013 14 Nike Regulatory Finance Solutions2014 15 Zebra Claims Ltd 2015 16 Dafabet2016 18 Umbro2018 20 10Bet2020 21 Recoverite Compression Totally Wicked January 2022 2021 MacronGroundsMain articles Leamington Road and Ewood Park Oozehead Ground 1875 1877 Rovers first home ground was a field at Oozehead on Preston New Road to the north west of the town This field was farmland and was owned by a local farmer when Blackburn Rovers weren t using the field it was used to graze cows In the centre of the field was a large watering hole which on match days was covered with timber and turf 56 Pleasington Cricket Ground 1877 Due to the rough conditions at Oozehead the committee felt an established sports ground would be best to play on Therefore during the 1877 season they acquired the use of Pleasington s cricket ground to the south west of the town Play stopped on this ground after Henry Smith of Preston North End died of a heart attack whilst playing 56 Alexandra Meadows 1877 1881 Still adopting cricket grounds the committee acquired the use of the East Lancashire Cricket Club s ground in the centre of the town Alexandra Meadows Sources differ as to the date of the first match played by Rovers at Alexandra Meadows A programme from Clitheroe F C states that Clitheroe was the first team to beat Blackburn at Alexandra Meadows on 17 November 1877 57 Other sources indicate that the first match took place on 2 January 1878 with a Blackburn victory against Partick Thistle 58 59 It was on this ground Blackburn Rovers played for the first time under artificial light against Accrington on 4 November 1878 56 International Venue England v Wales 26 February 1881 FriendlyEngland 0 1 WalesBlackburnVaughan 54 Stadium Alexandra Meadows Attendance 3 000Referee Segar R Bastard Leamington Road 1881 1890 Due to the increasing demand in football in the area and in particular for Blackburn Rovers the committee felt that a private ground was more fitting Therefore in 1881 the club moved to Leamington Road Blackburn Rovers first purpose built ground including a 700 person capacity seated grandstand costing 500 The first game played at this ground was held on 8 October 1881 against Blackburn Olympic resulting in a 4 1 win for Rovers Whilst at Leamington Road and under James Fielding 60 the club won three FA Cups and was inaugurated into the Football League as a founding Member in 1888 However despite the club s success they had to leave Leamington Road due to increases in lease costs 56 International Venue England v Wales 14 March 1885 Match 2England 1 1 WalesBlackburnMitchell 35 Lewis 37 Stadium Leamington Road Attendance 7 500Referee Alexander Stewart England v Scotland 19 March 1887 Match 4England 2 3 ScotlandBlackburnLindley 32 Dewhurst 51 McCall 30 Keir 50 Allan 53 Stadium Leamington Road Attendance 12 000Referee John Sinclair Ewood Park 1890 present Built in April 1882 as Ewood Bridge The ground was an all purpose sporting venue hosting football athletics and dog racing The Blackburn Rovers committee felt this was the ideal venue for the club after having already played numerous games there in 1882 The first game played at the new Ewood Park ground was on 13 September 1890 against Accrington the 0 0 draw was viewed by 10 000 people and on 31 October 1892 artificial lights were installed 56 Ewood sits on the bank of the River Darwen in Blackburn Lancashire 1913 terrorist incident See also Suffragette bombing and arson campaign An attempt was made to destroy the ground in 1913 As part of the suffragette bombing and arson campaign suffragettes carried out a series of bombings and arson attacks nationwide to publicise their campaign for women s suffrage 61 In November 1913 suffragettes attempted to burn down Ewood Park s grandstand but were foiled 62 In the same year suffragettes succeeded in burning down Arsenal s then South London stadium and also attempted to burn down Preston North End s ground 62 More traditionally male sports were targeted in order to protest against male dominance 63 International Venue England v Scotland 4 April 1891 Match 6England 2 1 ScotlandBlackburnGoodall 22 Chadwick 35 Watt 78 Stadium Ewood Park Attendance 10 000Referee William J Morrow England v Wales 3 March 1924 Match 4England 1 2 WalesBlackburnRoberts 55 Davies 60 Vizard 63 Stadium Ewood Park Attendance 30 000Referee George Noel WatsonSupporters and rivalriesBlackburn Rovers supporters have formed several support clubs related to the team and almost all of them are partially focused on making trips to Ewood Park easier Rovers home games were well attended as a percentage of the Blackburn population throughout the 2000s with average attendances of around 25 000 equal to roughly a quarter of Blackburn s population approximately 100 000 citation needed The supporters long running fanzine is called 4 000 Holes Clement Charnock and his brother Harry were Blackburn Rovers fans who introduced football into Russia in the 1880s citation needed Blackburn s primary rivals are Burnley with whom they contest the East Lancashire derby Other rivalries for Rovers include Preston North End Bolton Wanderers and Wigan Athletic all by proximity Statistics and recordsRecords Most League appearances Derek Fazackerley 593 3 sub 1970 71 to 1986 87 Record goalscorer Simon Garner 194 goals 168 league 1978 79 to 1991 92 Record attendance at Ewood Park 62 255 v Bolton Wanderers FA Cup 6th round 2 March 1929 Transfer Fee Paid 8m to Manchester United for Andrew Cole in December 2001 8m to Huddersfield Town for Jordan Rhodes in August 2012 Transfer Fee Received 18m from Manchester City for Roque Santa Cruz in June 2009 Record win 11 0 v Rossendale United Ewood Park FA Cup 1st round 13 October 1884 Record League win 9 0 v Middlesbrough Ewood Park Division 2 6 November 1954 Record away win 8 2 v West Ham United Division 1 26 December 1963 Record League defeat 0 8 v Arsenal Division 1 25 February 1933 0 8 v Lincoln City Division 2 29 August 1953 64 Record 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