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Blackburn Rovers Football Club was founded in 1875, first entered the FA Cup four years later, and became a founder member of the Football League in 1888 and of the Premier League in 1992. The club's first team have been English champions three times, and have won six FA Cups, one Football League Cup and one Full Members' Cup. All players who ...
Blackburn Rovers F.C. wartime guest players (12 P) Pages in category "Blackburn Rovers F.C. players" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,133 total.
Blackburn Rovers was the first provincial team to reach the final, [10] but the result was a 1–0 defeat by the Old Etonians. [ 11 ] Rovers finally won the FA Cup on 29 March 1884 with a 2–1 victory over the Scottish team Queen's Park . [ 12 ]
Bill Beaumont, former rugby union player [2] Jim Bowen, former actor, presenter, and comedian [3] [4] Bradley Brooks, darts player [5] Ronnie Clayton, former footballer for Blackburn Rovers; Nick Dougherty, former golfer [6] Bryan Douglas, former footballer for Blackburn Rovers; David Dunn, former footballer for Blackburn Rovers; Mickey Ellison ...
Despite losing, cup final man of the match was future Scotland manager Ally MacLeod (left winger MacLeod scored 47 goals in 193 appearances for Rovers). During the 1950s and 1960s Blackburn Rovers had several players who made were selected for national teams.
Graeme Pierre Le Saux (/ l ə ˈ s oʊ / lə SOH; born 17 October 1968) is an English former professional footballer and television pundit.. As a versatile left sided player he played most of his career at left back with two spells at Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers, Southampton, and for the England national football team.
Howard Anthony Gayle (born 18 May 1958) is an English former footballer who played for Birmingham City, Blackburn Rovers, Fulham, Halifax Town, Liverpool, Newcastle United, Sunderland and Stoke City. [1] Gayle began his career with Liverpool, becoming the first black player to play for the team.
Wales manager and former Rovers player Mark Hughes came in as his replacement; Hughes' lack of experience in club management showed and the club were bottom of the Premiership after 14 games played, [2] but he soon rallied the team to finish comfortably clear of relegation in 15th – as close to a relegation spot as they were to a UEFA Cup ...