Blackburn Rovers Football Club

Blackburn Rovers Football Club are an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The club was established in 1875, and in 1888 became a founding 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 the club's success was pre-1930 when they won the league and FA Cup on several occasions.

In 1992, Blackburn were promoted to the new Premier League a year after being taken over by local steel baron Jack Walker, who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager. Three years after winning promotion Blackburn were league champions, having spent millions of pounds on players like Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. But the title winning team was quickly split up and in 1999 Blackburn were relegated. They were promoted back to the Premiership two years later, just after Jack Walker's death, and have been in the top flight ever since. During this time they have qualified for the UEFA Cup three times, once as League Cup winners and twice as the Premiership's sixth-placed team.

The club's Latin motto "Arte et labore", which was used by the town council even before the club were formed, literally translated means "by art and by labour". However it is more commonly translated as "by skill and hard work".

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Current First-Team Squad
1 GK Brad Friedel
2 DF Lucas Neill
3 DF Zurab Khizanishvili
4 DF Andy Todd (captain)
5 MF Tugay Kerimoğlu
6 DF Ryan Nelsen
7 MF Brett Emerton
8 MF Robbie Savage
9 FW Shabani Nonda (on loan from A.S. Roma)
10 FW Benni McCarthy
11 MF David Bentley
12 MF Morten Gamst Pedersen
13 GK Peter Enckelman
14 MF Steven Reid
15 MF Aaron Mokoena
16 DF Stéphane Henchoz
17 FW Francis Jeffers
18 FW Paul Gallagher
20 DF André Ooijer
21 DF Dominic Matteo
23 GK Jason Brown
24 MF James McEveley
26 DF Andy Taylor
27 FW Matt Derbyshire
29 MF Keith Treacy
30 FW Jason Roberts
31 MF Sergio Peter
32 DF Eddie Nolan
33 DF Michael Gray
34 DF Tony Kane