| LC control no. | nb2007006313 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Corporate name heading | Blackburn Rovers Football Club |
| Variant(s) | Blackburn Rovers F.C. (Soccer team) Blackburn Rovers A.F.C. (Soccer team) Blackburn Rovers (Soccer team) Rovers (Soccer team) Riversiders (Soccer team) Blue and Whites (Soccer team) |
| Beginning date | 1875 |
| Associated country | Great Britain England |
| Located | Blackburn (England) |
| Field of activity | Soccer |
| Found in | History of the Blackburn Rovers Football Club 1875-1925 , c2005. t.p. (Blackburn Rovers Football Club) front cover (Blackburn Rovers F.C.) back cover (Blackburn Rovers A.F.C., formed 1874) Its website, viewed 20 February 2020: home page (Blackburn Rovers; Blackburn Rovers F.C., 1875 [in badge]; Rovers) history page (the Blackburn Rovers club was formed in 1875 under Association rules following a meeting on November 5th in the St. Leger Hotel on King William Street, organised by two old boys of Shrewsbury school; majority of the people who attended were Blackburn Grammar School old boys; Rovers' first game took place on 11th December 1875; "Rovers club, Blackburn", as reported in the Blackburn Times) fans pages (Blackburn Rovers Football Club, Ewood Park, Blackburn BB2 4JF) Wikipedia, viewed 20 February 2020 (Blackburn Rovers F.C.; Blackburn Rovers Football Club; professional football club in Blackburn, Lancashire, England; nicknames: Rovers; The Blue and Whites; The Riversiders; its home ground has been Ewood Park since 1890) |
| Associated language | eng |
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