- Blackburn Park Road F.C.
Blackburn Park Road F.C. was a football team formed in 1875. They played in
Blackburn , Lancashire, not far from the railway station.For a few years in the 1880s they entered the
FA Cup , then known as the English Cup. Despite some good results they were rarely a match for the two major town teams of that time: Blackburn Rovers and Blackburn Olympic. In 1883-84 they beat Clitheroe Low Moor 6-0, before losing narrowly (2-3) to one of the region's best teams, Accrington. They played for four seasons in theLancashire Combination , without ever finishing in the top half of the table. In 1887-88 they beat (Northern) Irish invitee (Lisburn) Distillery 2-1 in the FA Cup, but were disqualified and Distillery advanced.Eventually they folded, as Rovers creamed off their best players.
Notable Former Players
* flagicon|England Jack Reynolds
ources
The Guinness Record of the FA Cup
External links
* [http://www.fchd.btinternet.co.uk/BLACKBPR.HTM Football club history database]
* [http://www.soccerbase.com/results2.sd?teamid=372 FA Cup history]
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