Arte Et Labore - Club motto
It means by skill and by hard work.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club are an English Premier League
football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The club
was established in 1875, and in 1888 became a founding member of
The Football League. In 1890 Rovers moved to its permanent home at
Ewood Park. Until the formation of the Premier League in 1992, the
majority of the club's success was pre-1930 when they won the
league and FA Cup on several occasions.
In 1992, Blackburn were promoted to the new Premier League a year
after being taken over by local steel baron Jack Walker, who
installed Kenny Dalglish as manager. Three years after winning
promotion Blackburn were league champions, having spent millions of
pounds on players like Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton. But the title
winning team was quickly split up and in 1999 Blackburn were
relegated. They were promoted back to the Premiership two years
later, just after Jack Walker's death, and have been in the top
flight ever since. During this time they have qualified for the
UEFA Cup three times, once as League Cup winners and twice as the
Premiership's sixth-placed team.
