Blackburn Rovers guide - emblem, history, titles

Full Name: Blackburn Rovers Football Club
Town: Blackburn
Founded: 1875
Stadium: Ewood Park (31,154)
Colors: Blue, White
Nickname: Rovers
Rivals: Burnley

Official Website: rovers.co.uk

Description:

Blackburn Rovers were founded on November 5th, 1875. The club did not have a ground of its own in its first couple of years and played at a number of different locations resulting in the Rovers name. The club were founder members of the Football League, launched in 1888. Blackburn Rovers are still the only club to have won the FA Cup three consecutive times and, as a result, are allowed to display the FA Cup emblem on their corner flags during matches.

Rovers' emblem includes the Lancashire rose (Blackburn is a city in Lancashire county), the year of the club's foundation and the club motto - Arte et Labore (Through Skill and Hard Work). The club's original jerseys were green and white quarters, modeled after that of Malvern College, which several founders attended. Several years later the leadership of the club passed to some former Cambridge University students, who changed the colors to the blue and white of that school.

Ewood Park:

Ewood Park is named for the Ewood area of Blackburn. Previous stadiums - Oozehead (1876-77), Pleasington Cricket Ground (1877-78), Alexandra Meadows (1878-81), Learnington Street (1881-90).

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League Titles:

• English Premier League (1995)
• Football League First Division (1912, 14)

• Football League Second Division (1939)

• Football League Third Division (1975)

Cup Titles:

• FA Cup (1884, 85, 86, 90, 91, 1928)
• Football League Cup (2002)
• Full Members Cup (1987)
• Charity Shield (1912)

Links:

• RoversMAD