Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Full name | Blackburn Rovers Football Club | |||
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Nickname(s) | The Riversiders[1] | |||
Founded | 1875 | |||
Ground | Ewood Park | |||
Capacity | 31,367[2] | |||
Owner | Venkys London Ltd. (99.9%) | |||
CEO | Steve Waggott | |||
Head coach | John Eustace | |||
League | EFL Championship | |||
2022–23 | EFL Championship, 7th of 24 | |||
Website | Club website | |||
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Blackburn Rovers Football Club is a professional football club, based in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, which competes in the EFL Championship, the second level 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 was founded in 1875, becoming a founding member of
In 1992, Rovers gained promotion to the new
History
Early years
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
Blackburn Rovers again reached the
The 1890–91 season saw Blackburn Rovers win the FA Cup for the fifth time against
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
Mid 20th century
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
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
1990s
Following the Walker takeover Rovers finished 19th in the Second Division at the end of the
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
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
2000s
In
In
Rovers reached the semi-final of the
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 5 February 2024[53]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
Out on Loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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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 |
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Director of Football | Gregg Broughton |
Head Coach | John Eustace |
Assistant Head Coach | Matt Gardiner |
Performance Director | Ben Rosen |
First-Team Coach | David Lowe |
First-Team Coach | Damien Johnson |
Goalkeeping Coach | Ben Benson |
Awards
Player of the season
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Season-by-season record
European football
Blackburn Rovers in Europe | ||||||||
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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
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1–1 | 1–3 | 2–4 | ||
2006–07 | UEFA Cup | First round | Red Bull Salzburg | 2–0 | 2–2 | 4–2 | ||
Group E | Nancy
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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
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2–1 | 0–2 | 2–3 |
Managerial history
Team colours and badge
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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,[54] and sponsored by vaping brand, Totally Wicked, since January 2022.[55]
Period | Kit manufacturer | Shirt sponsor |
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1974–81 | Umbro | None |
1981–84 | Spall | |
1984–88 | Perspex
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1988–90 | Ellgren | |
1990–91 | Ribero | |
1991–92 | McEwan's Lager | |
1992–96 | ASICS
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1996–98 | CIS
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1998–2000 | Uhlsport | |
2000–02 | Kappa
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Time Computers |
2002–03 | AMD
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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
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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 | |
2021–22 | Macron | |
2022– | Totally Wicked |
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]
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]
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.
1913 terrorist incident
An attempt was made to destroy the ground in 1913. As part of the
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.
Blackburn's primary rivals are
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
in August 2012- Transfer Fee Received:
Up to £22m from Crystal Palace for Adam Wharton in February 2024
- Record win:
11–0 v
- 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]
Honours and achievements
League
- First Division / Premier League (level 1)
- Championship(level 2)
- League One(level 3)
Cup
- FA Cup
- Football League Cup
- Winners: 2001–02
- FA Charity Shield
- Full Members' Cup
- Winners: 1986–87
- Winners:
- Football League War Cup
- Runners-up: 1939–40
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