Blackburn Rovers FC Personalised Gifts
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Blackburn Rovers Memorabilia and Gift Ideas
GoneDigging has a fabulous range of personalised Blackburn Rovers merchandise, including unique memorabilia and great gift ideas. Below you will find a selection of our most popular Blackburn gifts, in addition to a few interesting facts about the Rovers.
Brief History of Blackburn Rovers FC
Blackburn Rovers FC was formed in 1875 by John Lewis and Arthur Constantine. The club was later a founder member of both the Football League and the Premiership. Blackburn became First Division Champions in 1912 and had won five FA Cups by the end of the 1920s. The club was relegated in 1966 and Rovers spent twenty-six consecutive seasons outside the top flight. Lifelong fan Jack Walker took over the club in 1991 and invested heavily in the team. Blackburn was promoted to the new Premier League in 1992 and they won the title three years later. A key part of the club’s revival was the appointment of former Liverpool player Kenny Dalglish as manager, but he left Blackburn Rovers soon after winning the Premiership. The club slipped down to the second division in 1999 and was promoted once again in 2001.
Did you know…
“Rovers" is a common name in football and it is attached to clubs that were forced to travel around for games, due to no home ground. Blackburn had no fixed home until the club rented a piece of farmland at Oozehead in 1877. The team then moved to Alexandra Meadows, the home of the East Lancashire Cricket Club, before relocating to Leamington Street.
Blackburn Rovers settled in their current stadium, Ewood Park, in 1890. The ground had been built eight years earlier and had already held various sporting events. Rovers spent £1000 on refurbishments and hosted Accrington in their first home match. Ewood Park has a capacity of 31,367 and it includes a stand named after the club’s former owner, Jack Walker. Despite Blackburn’s early reputation as ‘rovers’, no Premiership side has played at their home ground longer than Blackburn has played at Ewood Park.
Blackburn Rovers Memorabilia
We offer an exciting range of Personalised Blackburn Rovers Gifts, which include various items of Blackburn Memorabilia. These presents can be kept for years to come and they are a terrific idea for any fan of the club.
Our Personalised Blackburn Rovers Football Book incorporates a variety of match reports from the past one hundred years. Written by journalists who were there at the time, this reproduced newspaper coverage forms a fascinating record of some of the biggest games in the club’s history.
The Football Book opens with Blackburn’s FA Cup draw against Tottenham Hotspur in 1907 and it goes on to feature a range of cup final victories and promotion-clinching games. Other highlights include Blackburn winning the league in 1912 and 1995. There is also a selection of high-scoring games, such as the 7-2 win against Spurs in 1963, the 8-3 thrashing of Bristol Rovers in 1955 and the 6-1 defeat of Notts County in 1963. The book features stories on the appointment of various managers, such as Kenny Dalglish, Graeme Souness and Mark Hughes, and the sad death of Jack Walker in 2000. Recent coverage includes the 4-3 win against Manchester United in 2006, the 1-0 defeat of Chelsea in 2006 and the 1-0 victory over Arsenal in the 2007 FA Cup fifth round.
Twelve of the best match reports are featured in our Personalised Blackburn Rovers Diary and Personalised Blackburn Rovers Calendar. Games include Rovers’ thrilling 3-1 win against Huddersfield Town in the 1928 FA Cup final and the 1-0 victory against Leicester City in 1992, which guaranteed promotion to the Premiership. There is also an interesting article on the signing of Chris Sutton in 1994 for the British transfer record, which then stood at £5 million. Both gifts can start from the month of your choice and they are a fantastic way to keep track of future events, whilst reminiscing upon former glory days.
If you are more interested in the current season, why not sign up to My Blackburn Rovers Football Year? This service allows you to create a customised season book, with the option of editing match reports, statistics and photographs from every Blackburn game. At the end of the season you will receive your professionally printed and bound book, with up to two hundred pictures included.
More Gift Ideas
Our Personalised Blackburn Rovers Commentaries make unusual and entertaining presents for fans of the club. A professional radio commentator will record an original commentary, based upon your choice of match highlights. Your recipient could become the hero of Ewood Park by saving a crucial penalty, providing a great assist or scoring a stunning last-minute goal. In doing so, they could also be nominated as Man of the Match.
Another fun gift idea is a Spoof Newspaper Headline. Recipients can become Player of the Year, the New England Manager or a Babe-Magnet Football Star.