Blackburn Rovers (Blues and Whites) Football Club General Information

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is situated in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. It is an English Premier League football club that was one of the founder members of both the Football League and the Premier League.

The Latin motto “Arte et labore” that is depicted on the club’s badge literally means “by art and by labour”, but Rovers translate it like “by skill and hard work”. The team proved these words, winning the English F.A. Cup 3 times in 3 consecutive seasons. For this record they were awarded permission to display its club crest on the corner flags. The present squad of the team includes:

The club was formed in 1875 by John Lewis and Arthur Constantine. The first ground located at Oozehead. Today the home of Blackburn Rovers is Ewood Park or the Wood. It is the oldest football ground to a Premier League club. It was built and opened in 1890. The
stadium is situated in Blackburn, Lancashire. Ewood Park consists of four parts: Darwen End, Riverside Stand, Blackburn End and Jack Walker Stand. The capacity of the stadium is 31,367 all seated. The current manager of the club is Leslie Mark Hughes OBE. His nickname is Sparky. He played for such clubs as: Manchester United (1980–1986), Barcelona (1986–1987), Bayern Munich (1987–1988), Manchester United (1988–1995), Chelsea (1995–1998), Southampton (1998–2000), Everton (2000), Blackburn Rovers (2000–2002). Sparky started his career of a football manager from Wales in 1999-2004. Rovers have a long list of managers:

• 1884 – 1896 – Thomas Mitchell
• 1896 – 1803 – J Warmsley
• 1903 – 1925 – R B Middleton
• 1922 – 1926 – Jack Carr
• 1926 – 1930 – Bob Crompton
• 1931 – 1936 - Arthur Barritt
• 1936 -1938 - Reg Taylor
• 1938 – 1941 – Bob Crompton
• 1944 – 1947 - Eddie Hapgood
• 1947 – Will Scott
• 1947 – 1949 - Jack Bruton
• 1949 – 1953 – Jackie Bestall
• 1953 – 1958 – Johnny Carey
• 1958 – 1960 – Dally Duncan
• 1960 – 1967 - Jack Marshall
• 1967 – 1970 – Eddie Quiqley
• 1970 – 1971 – Johnny Carey
• 1971 – 1973 – Ken Furphy
• 1974 – 1975 – Gordon Lee
• 1975 – 1978 – Jim Smith
• 1978 - Jim Iley
• 1978 – 1979 - John Pickering
• 1979 – 1981 – Howard Kendall
• 1981 – 1986 – Bobby Saxton
• 1987 – 1991 – Don Mackay
• 1991- 1996 - Kenny Dalglish
• 1995 – 1997 - Ray Harford
• 1997 – 1998 – Roy Hodgson
• 1998 – 1999 – Brian Kidd
• 1999 – 2000 – Tony Parks
• 2000 – 2004 – Graeme Souness
• 2004 - present Mark Hughes

Through its history The Blues have a long list of victories. Except winning the F.A. Cup 3 times in 3 consecutive seasons Rovers have a number of other achievements. Among them are: