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| Full name | Ewood Park |
| Location | Blackburn Lancashire England BB2 4JF |
| Built | 1882 |
| Opened | 1882 |
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| Tenants | Blackburn Rovers (1890-present) |
| Capacity | 31,367[1] |
| Field dimensions | 115 x 76 yards |
Ewood Park is a football stadium in Blackburn, Lancashire and has been the home of Blackburn Rovers football club since they moved there from Leamington Road in the summer of 1890. Blackburn ( is a large town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered A modern stadium (plural stadiums or stadia in English is a place or venue for (mostly outdoor Sports Concerts or other events consisting Blackburn ( is a large town in Lancashire, England. It lies to the north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley Lancashire is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in the North West of England, bounded to the west by the Irish Sea Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The stadium opened in 1882 and is an all seater multi-sports facility with a capacity of 31,367. It comprises four sections: Darwen End, Riverside Stand (named as such because it stands practically on the banks of the River Darwen), Blackburn End, and Jack Walker Stand, which is named after Blackburn industrialist and club supporter, Jack Walker. Darwen is a Market town in Lancashire, England extending onto the West Pennine Moors. Jack Walker ( 19 May 1929 - 17 August 2000) was an Industrialist from the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire The football pitch within the stadium measures 115 yards (105 m) x 76 yards (69 m). A yard (abbreviation yd) is a unit of Length in several different systems including English units Imperial units and United The metre or meter is a unit of Length. It is the basic unit of Length in the Metric system and in the International
Blackburn Rovers is one of only two football clubs, the other being the Wanderers, to have won the English FA Cup 3 times in 3 consecutive seasons, and for this achievement it is the only club in the English Football League with permission to display its club crest on the corner flags. The Wanderers Football Club were an Amateur football club based in Battersea, in the London Borough of Wandsworth, and were one of the leading The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after This rule is still applicable at Ewood Park, despite the victories being achieved whilst at the club's previous Leamington Road ground.
The stadium hosted three matches during the Women's Euro 2005 competition— two England matches in group play, and the final. The 2005 UEFA Women's Championship, also referred to as WOMEN'S EURO 2005 ( Trademark of UEFA) was a football tournament for women
Ewood Park is the oldest home to a Premier League club. Though both Anfield and Stamford Bridge were constructed earlier (1884 and 1877), their current tenants (Liverpool FC and Chelsea FC) did not start playing there until 1892 and 1905, respectively. Anfield is an all-seater Association football Stadium in the district of Anfield, in Liverpool, England Stamford Bridge is a football Stadium on the border of Fulham and Chelsea, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham that
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Record Attendance: 62,522 v Bolton Wanderers, 2 March 1929 (FA Cup 6th Round). Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football club based in Horwich, in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Events 986 - Louis V becomes King of the Franks. 1127 - Assassination of Charles the Good Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. [2]
Average attendances
- 2003-04: 24,376
- 2004-05: 22,315
- 2005-06: 21,015
- 2006-07: 21,275
- 2007-08 (as of 26/02/08) 23,571
The average attendance for 2006-07 was approximately 21,275. [1] This represents a 5,000 decline in average attendance in just four years, despite the success experienced by Blackburn Rovers in the 2005-06 Premiership. Rovers have taken action to reverse this by reducing ticket prices by 25% for the coming season, a move which has been commended by everyone involved in the game. An adult Season ticket now costs £250. 00 in the Fraser Eagle Stand, £300. 00 in the Blackburn End, and £350. 00 in the Jack Walker Stand, Adult Matchday Prices Range from £15. 00 to £35. 00
Although Ewood Park is the 14th largest facility in capacity in the Premiership, it generally has the lowest average attendance as a percentage of capacity. This is a list of English football stadia, ranked in descending order of capacity. On average, more than 25% of the seats remain unsold. [2]. On the other hand, the attendance Blackburn attracts to Ewood Park is one of the highest in proportion to town/city size. Blackburn has a population of 105,085 [3], so the attendance accounts for a fifth of the town's population.
Redevelopment
Like many English stadia, Ewood Park remained relatively unchanged for most of the 20th century until outside factors forced change. In the summer of 1984, part of the Nuttall Street Stand was damaged by fire. Instead of rebuilding the stand, the club's directors decided to install two banks of executive boxes in place of the destroyed section. Later in the decade, the old Riverside stand was deemed unsafe in high winds and needed to be rebuilt. The steel for the new stand was provided by Walkersteel, then owned by Jack Walker, who was later to buy the club. Jack Walker ( 19 May 1929 - 17 August 2000) was an Industrialist from the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire The newly-named for 2007-08 season Fraser Eagle Stand provides 5,000 seats and is now the only part of Ewood Park to date from before the nineties. [4]
After Jack Walker bought Blackburn in 1991, Ewood Park was extensively rebuilt for the modern Premiership era. Three of the four stands - the Darwen End now seating 8,000 and all allocated to Away fans, the Blackburn End a mirror image of the Darwen End Seating 8,000, and the Nuttall Street Stand - were demolished and rebuilt. The Nuttall Street stand was renamed the Jack Walker stand in his honour. It seats 11,000 fans and houses the players dressing room and media facilities. The old boardroom was dismantled piece by piece and, when rebuilding was finished, reassembled in the Blackburn End of the ground. [5]
Footnotes
- ^ Premiership Club-by-club Guide. A large number of English football clubs have ongoing schemes to redevelop existing grounds or to move to newly constructed stadiums BBC. Retrieved on 2006-12-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St
- ^ Club Records. Blackburn Rovers official website. Retrieved on 2006-12-30. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. Events 1460 - Wars of the Roses: Battle of Wakefield. 1816 - The Treaty of St
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