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Brief History of Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers established in 1875 which was the brainchild of John Lewis and Arthur Constantine through the meeting of 17 people at the Leger Hotel. Members of the club from the beginning of class to wealthy and have a good connection, so no wonder a lot to help the club progress. Rovers had to wait until the 1911/12 season to celebrate their existence as a prestigious club in England by winning the Division One title. Achievement same thing happened two seasons later.

Afterwards, Rovers struggled to disappear and more often at a lower level of English football competition. In 1991, the club was taken over by local steel entrepreneur, Jack Walker, who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager of the team. Fruit, one season later Rovers direct promotion to the Premier League. Walker did not hesitate to disburse more funds for star players, like Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. The peak of this era is the success of Rovers won the Premier League 1994/95 season in the middle of Manchester United's starting power hegemony of English football.

History always repeats. Rovers never fly high again since then. This Lancashire club lost spurs and had degraded in 1999. Two seasons later, Rovers again reached the status of the participants Premier League club, which can be maintained until today. Rovers began to rise when handled when Mark Hughes broke through the six major league seasons 2005/06. But, that's the best performance after Rovers win the Premier League until last season. Now, the presence of Sam Allardyce is expected to restore the prestige of the club.

Profile Blackburn Rovers

Founded: 1875

Address: Ewood Park, Blackburn, Lancashire BB2 4JF England

Telephone: 08701 113232

Fax: 01254 671042

Electronic Mail: publicity@papr.co.uk

Official URL: http://www.rovers.premiumtv.co.uk

Stadium: Ewood Park

Achievement Blackburn Rovers

3 time champions League / Division One (1911/12, 1913/14, 1994/95)

1 time champion of the League Championship / Division Two old (1938/39)

1 time champion of the old Division Three (1974/75)

6 time FA Cup winners(1883/84, 1884/85, 1885/86, 1889/90, 1890/91, 1927/28)

1 time champion of the League Cup (2001/02)

1 time champion Charity Shield (1912)

BLACKBURN ROVERS SQUAD

BLACKBURN ROVERS SQUAD: GOALKEEPERS Paul Robinson Mark Bunn BLACKBURN ROVERS SQUAD: DEFENDERS Michel Salgado Martin Olsson Christopher Samba Gael Givet Ryan Nelsen Scott Dann Grant Hanley Bruno Ribeiro Josh Morris Myles Anderson Adam Henley BLACKBURN ROVERS SQUAD: MIDFIELDERS David Dunn Mauro Formica Vincenzo Grella Morten Gamst Pedersen Radosav Petrovic Steven N'zonzi Simon Vukcevic Jason Lowe Zac Aley BLACKBURN ROVERS SQUAD: FORWARDS Ruben Rochina Nick Blackman David Hoilett Yakubu Aiyegbeni David Goodwillie Jason Roberts Jordan Slew