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Blackburn Rovers is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire.
Introduction Blackburn Rovers was established in 1875, and in 1888 became a founder member of the English Football League. In 1890 Rovers moved to its permanent home at Ewood Park.
Until the formation of the Premier League in 1992, the majority of Blackburn Rovers' success was pre-1930 when they won the league and F.A. Cup on several occasions.
In the early 1990s Jack Walker, a local boy and life-long supporter who made millions in the steel industry, invested heavily in the club. He lured former Liverpool legend Kenny Dalglish as manager and a number of shrewd player purchases followed, most notably Alan Shearer. This lifted the club back into the Premier League and after finishing runners-up to Manchester United in 1993/1994, Rovers won the championship the following year. A slump followed in the late 1990s, with relegation to League Division One. The team returned to form in 2000 and secured promotion back into the Premier League and in 2002 won the League Cup, beating Tottenham Hotspur 2_1 at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Blackburn Rovers is still the only team to win the F.A. Cup three years in succession, for which they were awarded a special trophy in 1886, and is one of only a handful of clubs to be a founder member of both the Football League and the Premier League.
 Blackburn Rovers' club badge
Contact details
Address Ewood Park,
Nutall Street,
Blackburn,
Lancashire,
BB2 4JF.
United Kingdom.
Phone numbers Telephone: 01254_698888
Fax: 01254_671042
Ticket Office: 01254_671666
Current Squad
Grounds | Date | Ground | | 1876-77 | Oozehead Ground | | 1877-78 | Pleasington Cricket Ground | | 1878-81 | Alexandra Meadows | | 1881-90 | Leamington Road | | 1890-present | Ewood Park |
Club honours
Performance in the top division Blackburn Rovers has spent a total of sixty-four seasons in the national top division, finishing in these positions: | Position | frequency | | 15th | 6 times | | 6th | 5 | | 4th | 5 | | 8th | 4 | | 9th | 4 | | 10th | 4 | | 12th | 4 | | 14th | 4 | | 16th | 4 | | 1st | 3 | | 3rd | 3 | | 7th | 3 | | 5th | 2 | | 11th | 2 | | 13th | 2 | | 17th | 2 | | 22nd | 2 | | 18th | 1 | | 19th | 1 | | 20th | 1 | | 21st | 1 | | 2nd | 1 | As with Chelsea and Aston Villa, Blackburn Rovers has, over the years, finished the season in every league position.
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