15 Facts About Blackburn Rovers FC

1. Blackburn Rovers FC rarely threatened in the opening 45 minutes and things went from bad to worse for the hosts when Derrick Williams was sent off on the stroke of half-time.

2. Blackburn Rovers FC tried to freshen things up at half-time but were almost further behind within minutes of the restart through Wing's dipping 25-yard shot, which clattered the crossbar with Raya beaten.

3. Blackburn Rovers FC registered one shot on target—but an excellent Darren Randolph save denied Bradley Dack.

4. Blackburn Rovers FC have lost back-to-back home league games for the first time since December 2016.

5. Blackburn Rovers FC has divided match tickets into two pricing categories and a special more expensive A+ category for the matches against Burnley and Leeds.

6. Blackburn Rovers FC finished the season 10th in the league, with McCarthy netting 18 league goals.

7. Blackburn Rovers FC finished the inaugural season of the league in fourth place, and unbeaten at home.

8. At the beginning of the 90s, Blackburn Rovers FC were still firmly in the Second Division.

9. Blackburn Rovers FC have been one of the standout teams in Championship over recent weeks, with another positive result expected this time around.

10. Blackburn Rovers FC have been handed a tough opening-day fixture against promotion hopefuls Wolverhampton Wanderers, and it looks like it will be a tough season overall for their supporters.

11. Blackburn Rovers FC took the lead on 10 minutes, Armstrong on target.

12. Blackburn Rovers FC not giving City a second in possession and they lose the ball and get hit by Rovers, who move the ball quickly and force another opportunity.

13. Blackburn Rovers FC was replaced by Paul Ince, Ince's first job was to persuade some of the wantaway players to stay.

14. Blackburn Rovers FC made headlines in the summer of 1992 by paying an English record fee of £3.5million for the 22-year-old Southampton and England centre forward Alan Shearer.

15. In 1992, Blackburn Rovers FC gained promotion to the new Premier League a year after being taken over by local entrepreneur Jack Walker, who installed Kenny Dalglish as manager.