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Football Clubs organized by club name with first letter “B”
The club was formed in 1881, and plays at Shielfield Park (capacity: 4,130 – of which 1,366 are seated). The club is based in the English Border town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, but plays in the Scottish Football League (as an elected member since 1955). There is an active Supporters Trust and the highest honour achieved by the club was a Second Division Championship (1978–79).
Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club was formed in 1875 and in 1888 was a founding member of The Football League. In 1890 Rovers moved to its permanent home at Ewood Park (capacity: 31,397). In 1991 Blackburn were taken over by locally-born steel baron Jack Walker, a millionaire who lavished considerable sums of money on re-establishing the club that had fallen behind since being one of the dominant forces in English League football pre-WWI (FA Cup winners 1884, 1885, 1886, 1890, 1891, 1928 and League Champions in seasons 1911/12 and 1913/14 ).
The club was originally founded in 1887 as Barnsley St. Peter’s, playing in the Sheffield and District League from 1890, then in the Midland League from 1895 and finally joining the Football League proper in 1898. Barnsley FC plays at The Oakwell Stadium (capacity 23,009, and 3 whippets). Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions. Relegation and the collapse of ITV Digital led to the football club being placed into administration in October 2002 by then owner John Dennis.