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'''Blackburn Rovers F.C.''' is a [[British]] [[soccer]] club playing in [[Blackburn]], Lancashire. They are one of four teams to have won an [[English Premier League]] title, the others being [[Arsenal F.C.]], [[Chelsea F.C.]], and [[Manchester United]]. Despite this, they have never been well-known in the U.S. The current manager is Sam Allerdyce. The team is sponsored by Crown Paints.<ref>http://www.premierleague.com/page/blackburn-rovers</ref>
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'''Blackburn Rovers F.C.''' is a [[English]] [[soccer]] club playing in [[Blackburn]], Lancashire. They are one of five teams to have won an [[English Premier League]] title, the others being [[Arsenal F.C.]], [[Chelsea F.C.]], [[Manchester City F.C.]] and [[Manchester United]]. The current manager is Gary Bowyer.
  
 
==History<ref>http://www.4thegame.com/club/blackburn-rovers-fc/history/index.html</ref>==
 
==History<ref>http://www.4thegame.com/club/blackburn-rovers-fc/history/index.html</ref>==
 
Blackburn Rovers were one of the founding twelve members of the original Football League that formed in 1875. Before the advent of the Premiership, most of the club's success was in the 1930s and before. During that early time, they had two League Championships and six FA Cups. But since then, local millionaire Jack Walker realized his dream of getting a championship to Blackburn. With the help of superstar [[striker]] [[Alan Shearer]], they won in the 1994-95 season. However, when Walker passed on, the team sunk until the leadership of [[Mark Hughes]] brought them back to prominence.
 
Blackburn Rovers were one of the founding twelve members of the original Football League that formed in 1875. Before the advent of the Premiership, most of the club's success was in the 1930s and before. During that early time, they had two League Championships and six FA Cups. But since then, local millionaire Jack Walker realized his dream of getting a championship to Blackburn. With the help of superstar [[striker]] [[Alan Shearer]], they won in the 1994-95 season. However, when Walker passed on, the team sunk until the leadership of [[Mark Hughes]] brought them back to prominence.
  
==Roster==
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The team has recently suffered from poor form, and a string of management changes has meant that the team are now playing their second season in the [[Football League Championship]], the second tier of the English football pyramid.
===Goalkeepers===
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*1 [[Paul Robinson]]
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*32 Jason Brown
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*33 Frank Fielding
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*34 Gunnar Nielsen
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*38 Mark Bunn
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*40 Bjorn Bussman
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===Defenders===
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*2 Andre Ooijer
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*3 Stephen Warnock
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*4 Christopher Samba
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*6 Ryan Nelsen
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*13 Zurab Khizanishvili
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*15 Aaron Mokoena
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*22 Danny Simpson
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*28 Tony Kane
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*29 Martin Olsson
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*42 Gavin Gunning
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===Midfielders===
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*5 Tugay Kerimoglu
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*7 Brett Emerton
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*8 David Dunn
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*11 Vincenzo Grella
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*12 Morten Garnst Pedersen
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*14 Johann Vogel
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*16 Steven Reid
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*17 Keith Andrews
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*19 Carlos Villanueva
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*24 Keith Treacy
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*25 Alan Judge
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*31 Bryan Hodge
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*37 Alex Marrow
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*41 Andrew Haworth
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===Strikers===
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*9 Roque Santa Cruz
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*10 Benedict McCarthy
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*18 Paul Gallagher
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*26 Julio Santa Cruz
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*27 Matt Derbyshire
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*30 Jason Roberts
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*36 Marcus Marshall
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*39 Aaron Doran
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*43 Jamie Clarke
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*Maceo Rigters
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==Notable former players==
 
==Notable former players==
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Latest revision as of 15:26, May 15, 2017

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Blackburn Rovers F.C. is a English soccer club playing in Blackburn, Lancashire. They are one of five teams to have won an English Premier League title, the others being Arsenal F.C., Chelsea F.C., Manchester City F.C. and Manchester United. The current manager is Gary Bowyer.

History[1]

Blackburn Rovers were one of the founding twelve members of the original Football League that formed in 1875. Before the advent of the Premiership, most of the club's success was in the 1930s and before. During that early time, they had two League Championships and six FA Cups. But since then, local millionaire Jack Walker realized his dream of getting a championship to Blackburn. With the help of superstar striker Alan Shearer, they won in the 1994-95 season. However, when Walker passed on, the team sunk until the leadership of Mark Hughes brought them back to prominence.

The team has recently suffered from poor form, and a string of management changes has meant that the team are now playing their second season in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football pyramid.

Notable former players

  • GK Tim Flowers
  • CB Colin Hendry
  • CB Derek Fazackerley
  • FB Bob Crompton
  • FB Henning Berg
  • ST Alan Shearer
  • ST Andy Cole
  • ST Dwight Yorke

References

  1. http://www.4thegame.com/club/blackburn-rovers-fc/history/index.html