Blackburn Rovers Football Club
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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)
Identifies LC/NAF RWO
Identifies RWO
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Soccer
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Sources
found: 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)
found: 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)
found: 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)
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Change Notes
2007-03-12: new
2020-02-21: revised
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