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	History of the club The club was formed by John Lewis and sixteen passionate football lovers mainly from the well-educated class of the mill-town in the year 1868. The club had no own playing ground and hence does not have any gate revenue. The income came from members' subscriptions. These members were wealthy and well-connected, and this helped the club survive and rise beyond the large number of other local teams around at the time. John Lewis was the treasurer of the club. Blackburn Rovers played their first game on 11th December 1875. Our first ground was a rented farmland at Oozehead, followed by renting Alexandra Meadows belonging to the East Lancashire Cricket Club. Eventually in 1882, Ewood Park was built which remains today as the oldest home to a Premier League club.

	Did you know about the Club Crest on our Corner Flags? As the only football club to have won the English F.A. Cup 3 times in 3 consecutive seasons, and for this achievement Blackburn Rovers is the only club in the English Football League with permission to display their club crest on the four corner flags. Rumours are that back in the year 1885, the Football Association could not afford the FA Cup Trophy for Blackburn Rovers. Hence the club was granted the unique permission to to display the club crest on the corner flags on match days. This rumour is denied by the Football Association.


	Blackburn Rovers cup winners in 1883-1884. The first FA Cup win for the team. Photo shows the East Lancashire Charity Cup; the FA Cup and the Lancashire Cup.


	Blackburn Rovers with the FA Cup in the 1889-90 season.


	Blackburn Rovers with the FA Cup in the 1891 season. Blackburn won the FA Cup for the 5th time in 8 years.

		Rivalry between Blackburn and Burnley Arguably the greatest rivalry in the game, Blackburn Rovers have been the bitterest rivals of Burnley Football Club. And their hatred and respect towards each other has always been mutual. The rivalry started in 1888, the year the Football League was formed. It consisted of six clubs from Lancashire (Preston North End , Accrington , Blackburn Rovers , Burnley , Bolton Wanderers and Everton) and six from the Midlands (Aston Villa , Derby County , Notts County , Stoke , West Bromwich Albion and Wolverhampton Wanderers). Burnley, in the season 1889-90 won their first honours, winning the Lancashire Cup with a 2-0 final victory over Blackburn Rovers. Both clubs were among the founder members of the Football League, and both have won the Football League Championship twice. Blackburn Rovers edged out on being six time winners of the FA Cup.

		Burnley Football club's anthem is Wild Rover by The Pogues with adapted lyrics to offend their main rivals Blackburn Rovers. In their last meeting at Turf Moor, the M65 had to be closed to allow the convoy of 80 buses full of Blackburn supporters to attend the game. The Clarets fans even rioted in their own town centre as the two Lancashire towns are only a few miles apart. It would been less hard on the gaffers to losing matches to other clubs, than to live up with a single East Lancashire derby defeat on the hands of their bitterest rivals. Local pride means they have to win, and losing to the other is not something non-supporters can contemplate.
	When Jack Walker passed away, the then Burnley manager Stan Ternett put aside the club rivalry and gave credits to Jack for his contributions. The Clarets recognized Jack Walker as a great football person Over the years, the two clubs have played 91 competitive matches against one another. Blackburn have won 39 of them Burnley have won 37 of them. There have been 15 draws. Blackburn's biggest win over Burnley was also their first, winning 7-1 in 1888. Burnley's biggest win over Blackburn was a 6-0 win in the 1895/96 season. Mike Holgate has written "The Rivals", a book about the East Lancashire derby, covering all their official matches the two played against each other.