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Blackburn Rovers F.C.

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Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Full nameBlackburn Rovers Football Club
Nickname(s)Rovers
Founded1875
GroundEwood Park
Capacity31,367
ManagerJon Dahl Tomasson
LeagueThe Championship
2017–18 EFL League One, 3rd

Blackburn Rovers F.C.[1] is an English football club. They play at Ewood Park, which is in Blackburn, Lancashire.[2] The manager of the club is Jon Dahl Tomasson.[3] They are famously nicknamed 'The Bottlers'[4] due to how many times they have failed to get promotion to the Premier League while being so close.

History

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Blackburn Rovers won the FA Premier League once in the 1994/1995 season.[5] However, in 1999, they were relegated. Blackburn Rovers were then promoted.

League title

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League position

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SeasonLeaguePosition
2000/01First Division2nd
2001/02Premier League10th
2002/03Premier League6th
2003/04Premier League15th
2004/05Premier League15th
2005/06Premier League6th
2006/07Premier League10th
2007/08Premier League7th
2008/09Premier League15th
2009/10Premier League10th
2010/11Premier League15th
2011/12Premier League19th
2012/13The Championship17th
2013/14The Championship8th
2014/15The Championship9th

Former position

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  1. ↑ FC is an acronym. FC stands for "Football Club".
  2. ↑ "Location of Ewood Park". Archived from the original on 2010-08-19. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  3. ↑ "First team staff". Archived from the original on 2011-03-10. Retrieved 2010-03-07.
  4. ↑ "20 years to the day Blackburn Rovers proved they had the 'bottle' to win the Premiership". Lancashire Telegraph. 2015-05-08. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2025-03-18.
  5. ↑ "Title history". Archived from the original on 2009-05-18. Retrieved 2010-03-07.

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