Tag: Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers & The 5000 Club.
English football history is littered with milestones. The creation of the Premier League; Treble winning seasons of both Manchester Clubs; England winning the World Cup; the creation of the football league itself. In 1888, Scotsman William McGregor founded the football league and 12 clubs began playing each other home and away. These clubs were Accrington,…
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The Humble Caretaker
The caretaker manager deserves more respect, that much is clear. We as football fans should never underestimate their sacrifice to the sport we love and the clubs we hold dear, as Simon Toye argues.
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Eid-wood Park: The Pride of Lancashire
Virtually every club in the region claims to be “The Pride of Lancashire”…for me, Blackburn Rovers are the pride of Lancashire.
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La Roja – The Rover
There is absolutely no reason for me to have any affiliation with Chile. The north-west of England bears no resemblance to the south-west of South America. A Chilean’s English may be no better than my Spanish, though it probably is. However, at the tender age of 12 with a VHS on my television highlighting the…
Heart of Football 