Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers FC is a professional English football club that currently plays in the English Premier League, the best football league in the country. It is located in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team has many nicknames including the Rovers, the Blue and Whites and the Riversiders. Founded in 1875, Blackburn Rovers have the distinction of being one of only three English football clubs that were founder members of both the Football League (1888) and the English Premier League (1992). The other two teams are Everton FC and Ason Villa FC.

Despite its formidable history, in terms of football achievements Blackburn Rovers has had many hardships. For instance, most of the club's successes came about prior to 1930, when it won several Football League and FA Cup trophies. But after that, the team went into a downward spiral. And in 1966, it finally hit rock bottom and was relegated for a record 26 consecutive seasons, before finally playing its way back into the (new) Premier League in 1992. Blackburn's owner, steel baron Jack Walker, hired Kenny Dalglish as the team's manager and invested tens of millions of pounds on new players such as Alan Shearer.

The result was that in 1995 the Blackburn Rovers became the English Premier League champions. But that success was short-lived as in 1999, the club was again relegated. Two years later, however, it fought its way back into the Premier League where it has remained ever since, winning the League once and qualifying for the UEFA Cup on four occasions.

The uniform of Blackburn Rovers consists of large striped dark blue and white jerseys, white shorts and dark blue socks.

Steve Kean is a Scottish football manager and former player. He joined the Rovers in December of 2010. He has experience as a coach at multiple sides in the top flight in England and Spain.

Ewood Park in Blackburn, Lancashire. Has a capacity of 31,367.