Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire.

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English - Premier League - Football - Blackburn - Lancashire

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The club was established in 1875, and in 1888 became a founder member of The 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 FA Cup on several occasions. The club's Latin motto "Arte et labore" means "by skill and labour".

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The Football League - Ewood Park - Premier League - FA Cup - Latin

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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 first division, just before it became the F.A. Premier League — making Blackburn one of only a handful of clubs to be founders of both the Football League and the Premier League. 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. In 2000, the team secured promotion back into the Premier League, and in 2002 won the League Cup.

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Jack Walker - Liverpool - Kenny Dalglish - Alan Shearer - Manchester United - League Division One - League Cup

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