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Football Economy The Business of the Beautiful Game
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Stats & Data

Blackburn Rovers Football & Athletic plc

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. 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 )and they won the Premier League in season 1994/95 and the League Cup in 2002. Turnover and pre-tax profit figures are in millions.

Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2007/08

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Year
Turnover
Pre-tax profit
Wages / Turnover ratio (%)
Employees

2007/08

53.395

3.030

70.3

238

2006/07

43.303

-3.408

84.8

232

2005/06

43.396

-6.904

76.9

223

2004/05

41.303

-5.044

75.8

231

2003/04

40.843

-5.107

76.7

244

2002/03

45.438

-12.005

78.2

243

2001/02

38.480

-10.864

77.3

237

2000/01

17.498

-31.056

229

1999/00

12.886

-12.732

171.6

219

1998/99

21.274

-7.780

105.6

206

1997/98

19.356

-3.700

98.3

182

1996/97

14.302

8.093

 

204

1995/96

16.325

-9.056

66.4

203

1994/95

14.068

-3.954

 

149

1993/94

6.927

-8.209

 

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