Rovers |
Blackburn Rovers FC
Founded 5 November 1875 at Leger Hotel
Turned professional 1880
Players provided 48
Different scorers 12-14 (37-42 goals)
Total appearances 322
1880-2008 |
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Ewood Park |
Domestic Honours |
FA Cup
runners-up 1881-82, 1959-60, winners 1883-84, 1884-85,
1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1927-28; Football League
(founder members) Champions 1911-12, 1913-14;
Division Two winners 1938-39, runners-up 1958-59, play-off winners
1991-92;
Division Three winners 1974-75, runners-up 1979-80;
FA Charity Shield winners 1912, runners-up 1928, 1994, 1995;
Football League War Cup runners-up 1940;
Full-Members Cup winners 1986-87; After league
restructure:
FA Premier League runners-up 1993-94, Champions 1994-95,
Division One/Championship runners-up 2000-01;
Division Two/League One runners-up 2017-18;
Football League Cup winners 2001-02; |
European Honours |
UEFA Champions League best:
fourth place, Group B, 1995-96;
UEFA Cup best: round of 32, 2006-07
(beaten by Bayer Leverkusen, agg 2-3); UEFA Intertoto Cup winners
2007; |
Home
venue |
Ewood Park, since 1890; previously
occupied Leamington Street, 1881-90; Alexandra Meadows,
1878-81; Pleasington Cricket Ground, 1877-78; Oozehead
Ground, 1876-77; All matches were played away from home before this; |
Home strip |
Blue and white halved shirts, white shorts, white
socks. |
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