Blackburn Rovers Personalised Football Calendar
Bring A Smile To The Face Of A Blackburn Fan!
Blackburn Rovers has swung from one football extreme to the other over the years! From a successful pre-war era, the club sunk towards twenty-six years of hurt outside football’s top division, before then winning the Premiership within three years of their promotion. Steered through the highest points of the Rovers rollercoaster by owner Jack Walker and Manager Kenny Dalglish, many football fans are still gasping at the incredible success of Uncle Jack’s five-year plan!
GoneDigging has found some original newspaper reports on a selection of highlights from Blackburn FC’s history, incorporating FA Cup success in the 1920s and the incredible Jack Walker era that included promotion to the Premiership. Collated in a smart A3 Calendar, this great gift idea is a useful way to keep track of your schedule, whilst doubling up as a fantastic item of sport nostalgia.
Calendar Headlines
These A3 Calendar Gifts can start from any month and include a wonderful variety of newspaper reports.
In addition to the highlights mentioned above, the Blackburn Calendar also includes: ‘The King presents the Cup to Blackburn’, an account of the Rovers’ sixth FA Cup win that took place in 1928; ‘Savage Attack on County’, an article detailing a 6-1 mauling of Notts County in 1976; ‘Rovers Take Short Cut’, a newspaper piece describing the 5-0 thrashing of Burnleyin one of Blackburn’s successful promotion years, and ‘ I Love It’, which is the headline accompanying a report on the very convincing 2005 win over Charlton.
These Football Calendars also feature the incredible 5-4 victory against Crystal Palace from 1988. This was a season that had excited supporters of the Rovers immensely, as it was the first promotion challenge the club had put together in years. There is also a piece written about the purchase of Chris Sutton for the British transfer record in 1994, which then stood at £5 million pounds.
Calendar Contents At A Glance
Blackburn Rovers Calendars contain newspaper stories on the following selection of matches:
- 25th March 1928 - ‘London’s last hope of the Cup gone’ (Blackburn beat Arsenal 0-1)
- 22nd April 1928 - ‘The King presents the Cup to Blackburn’ (Blackburn beat Huddersfield 3-1 in FA Cup Final)
- 27th March 1960 - ‘Secret of Hero Dougan’ (Blackburn beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-1)
- 10th October 1976 - ‘Savage Attack on County’ (Blackburn beat Notts County 6-1)
- 9th October 1988 - ‘Cool it Coppell’ (Blackburn beat Crystal Palace 5-4)
- 12th October 1991 - ‘£43m – What Kenny Really has to Spend’ (Kenny Dalglish appointed Blackburn Manager)
- 26th May 1992 - ‘Rovers Return’ (Blackburn beat Leicester 1-0. Promoted to Premiership)
- 16th July 1994 - ‘£27m – and Dalglish will keep on spending’ (Chris Sutton joins Blackburn)
- 9th March 1995 - ‘Big Al!’ (Blackburn beat Arsenal 3-1)
- 2nd April 2001 - ‘Rovers Take Short Cut’ (Blackburn beat Burnley 5-0)
- 14th March 2005 - ‘Spotted Dickov’ (Blackburn beat Leicester 1-0)
- 1st December 2005 - ‘I Love It’ (Blackburn beat Charlton 2-3)
Other Football Gifts
We also have a selection of other gifts that are designed especially for fans of the Rovers. These include our Personalised Blackburn Diaries and Personalised Blackburn Football Books. You could also choose one of our general Football Gifts, such as Spoof Football Headlines or Personalised Football Commentaries.
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