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England Players' Club
Affiliations
Blackburn Rovers
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Blackburn Rovers FC
Profile |
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Club name
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Blackburn Rovers Football Club |
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Ground(s) |
Ewood Park, since 1890; previously occupied
Leamington Road 1881-90; Alexandra Meadows 1878-81; |
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Founded
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5 November 1875, turned professional 1880 |
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Colours |
Blue and white halved shirts, white shorts, white
stockings. |
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Domestic honours |
Football League Champions 1911-12, 1913-14, as FA
Premiership 1994-95, Division Two winners 1938-39, Division Three
winners 1974-75;
FA Cup winners 1883-84, 1884-85, 1885-86, 1889-90, 1890-91, 1927-28,
runners-up 1881-82, 1959-60;
Football League Cup (Worthington) winners 2001-02;
Full-Members Cup winners 1986-87;
FA Charity Shield winners 1912, runners-up 1928, 1994, 1995; |
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European honours |
None |
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International honours |
None |
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Most capped player |
Henning Berg, Norway, 61 (100), 1993-97, 2000-03 |
Chronologically
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Most Capped |
Player
No. |
England
Players |
Years |
Starts |
Subs |
Apps |
Capt |
Goals |
| 271 |
Crompton,
Robert |
1902-14 |
41 |
0 |
41 |
22 |
0 |
| 763 |
Douglas,
Bryan |
1957-63 |
36 |
0 |
36 |
0 |
11 |
| 751 |
Clayton,
Ronald |
1955-60 |
35 |
0 |
35 |
5 |
0 |
| 1040 |
Shearer,
Alan |
1992-96 |
24 |
1 |
25 |
0 |
9 |
| 1051 |
Le Saux,
Graeme Pierre |
1994-97 |
19 |
1 |
20 |
0 |
1 |
| 842 |
Newton,
Keith Robert |
1966-69 |
19 |
0 |
19 |
0 |
0 |
| 695 |
Eckersley, William |
1950-53 |
17 |
0 |
17 |
0 |
0 |
| 114 |
Forrest,
James Henry |
1884-90 |
11 |
0 |
11 |
1 |
0 |
| 1049 |
Flowers,
Timothy David |
1994-98 |
10 |
0 |
10 |
0 |
0 |
| 353 |
Simpson,
John |
1911-14 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
0 |
1 |
|
115 |
Arthur,
William John Herbert |
1885-87 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
| 663 |
Langton,
Robert |
1946-47 |
7 |
0 |
7 |
0 |
1 |
| 118 |
Lofthouse, Joseph Morris |
1885-90 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
2 |
| 517 |
Jones, Herbert |
1927-28 |
6 |
0 |
6 |
0 |
0 |
|
85 |
Brown,
James |
1881-85 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| 520 |
Rigby,
Arthur |
1927 |
5 |
0 |
5 |
0 |
3 |
| 347 |
Bradshaw, William |
1910-13 |
4 |
0 |
4 |
0 |
0 |
| 76 |
Hargreaves, Frederick William |
1880-82 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 110 |
Beverley, Joseph |
1884 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 155 |
Southworth, John |
1889-92 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
| 269 |
Blackburn, Frederick |
1901-04 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
1 |
| 374 |
Hodkinson, Joseph |
1913-19 |
3 |
0 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
| 1026 |
Batty, David |
1994-95 |
2 |
1 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
|
87 |
Hargreaves, John |
1881 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 92 |
Greenwood, Doctor Haydock |
1882 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
|
156 |
Townley,
William John |
1889-90 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
| 277 |
Houlker, Albert Edward |
1902 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 298 |
Wolstenholme, Samuel |
1905 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 373 |
Latheron,
Edwin Gladstone |
1913-14 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
1 |
| 377 |
Shea,
Daniel |
1914 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 480 |
Healless, Henry |
1924-28 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 498 |
Puddefoot, Sydney Charles |
1925-26 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 536 |
Campbell,
Austen Fenwick |
1928 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 573 |
Cunliffe,
Arthur |
1932 |
2 |
0 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 1050 |
Ripley,
Stuart Edward |
1993-97 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 1073 |
Wilcox,
Jason Martin |
1996-99 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| 170 |
Barton, John |
1890 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 173 |
Walton,
Nathaniel |
1890 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 213 |
Chippendale, Henry |
1894 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 208 |
Whitehead, James |
1894 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 241 |
Booth, Thomas Edward |
1898 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 345 |
Cowell,
Arthur |
1910 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 468 |
Sewell,
Walter Ronald |
1924 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 502 |
Harper, Edward Cashfield |
1926 |
1 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1084 |
Sutton,
Christopher Roy |
1997 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 1119 |
Dunn,
David John Ian |
2002 |
0 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 46 |
Total |
1880-2002 |
309 |
7 |
316 |
28 |
39 |
Notes
Five Rovers players appeared in the England starting
line-up in the 9-1 drubbing of Ireland, 15 March 1890. John Barton,
James Forrest, Joe Lofthouse, Nat Walton and Bill Townley.
Four players had already started three times for England as
early as 1885. Herbert Arthur, James Forrest, Joe Lofthouse and James
Brown all started against Ireland, 28 February 1885, against Wales, 14 March
1885 and against Scotland, 21 March 1885.
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