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 the Lancashire Combination, without ever finishing in the top half of the table. On 17 October 1885 they were beaten 2-1 at Scottish side Third Lanark in the F.A. Cup.^[1] In 1887-88 they beat (Northern) Irish invitee (Lisburn) Distillery 2-1 in the FA Cup, but were disqualified and Distillery advanced.

Eventually the club ran out of money and had to disband.

Notable former players

Jack Reynolds

References

Sources

The Guinness Record of the FA Cup

External links

Culture and infrastructure of Blackburn with Darwen

Transport

A678 road Blackburn and Over Darwen Tramways Company Blackburn Boulevard bus station Blackburn Corporation Tramways Blackburn Railway Blackburn Transport East Lancashire Line Lancashire Union Railway Lancashire United Ribble Valley Line Ribble Valley Rail Witton Weavers Way

Railway stations	Blackburn Cherry Tree Darwen Entwistle Mill Hill (Lancashire) Pleasington Ramsgreave and Wilpshire

Disused stations	Blackburn Bolton Road Daisyfield Feniscowles Lower Darwen Spring Vale Turton and Edgworth Wilpshire

Sport

History

Media

Politics

Council Council elections 2004 06 07 08 14 15 For Darwen Party

Constituencies: Blackburn By-elections: 1869 1875 Darwen By-election: 1943 Rossendale and Darwen North East Lancashire By-election: 1880

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