[Archived] team name..

[Wilky]

just watching pointless and they had a question on where the contestants had to name the last name of English football teams...

we were under rovers but if the BBC actually did some research they would know our full name is Blackburn Rovers & Athletic..(see website)

so which one should we come under.. rovers or athletic?

[chocky]

Rovers...

[92er]

Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic PLC. If that helps.

[wilyrover]

Not sure we're even called Blackburn Rovers. The early reports from our formation call us Rovers F.C. of Blackburn. Wouldn't it be great if there was an original record of the formation meeting in the St Leger Hotel in 1975 and it could be made available. Then we would know the answer.

Sorry - 1875

[Robbo]

just watching pointless and they had a question on where the contestants had to name the last name of English football teams...

we were under rovers but if the BBC actually did some research they would know our full name is Blackburn Rovers & Athletic..(see website)

so which one should we come under.. rovers or athletic?

There is only one Athletic, much the same as there is only one Rovers, and that is the mighty Dunfermline Athletic.:-)

[Fife Rover]

There is only one Athletic, much the same as there is only one Rovers, and that is the mighty Dunfermline Athletic.:-)

Well said Robbo! I heartily endorse that. My two favourite football clubs together there.

C'MON THE ROVERS!!! AND C'MON YE PARS!!!!!

[Robbo]

Well said Robbo! I heartily endorse that. My two favourite football clubs together there.

C'MON THE ROVERS!!! AND C'MON YE PARS!!!!!

Always good to meet a fellow Pars fan Fife, there's not many of us. Disappointing draw during the week but it'll be close this season. Robbo from Pitcorthie

[cletus]

Always good to meet a fellow Pars fan Fife, there's not many of us. Disappointing draw during the week but it'll be close this season. Robbo from Pitcorthie

& another!! My dad`s side of the family hail from High Valleyfield (between Dunfirmline & Kinkardine) The Pars have always been my 'Scottish' club

[cletus]

Always good to meet a fellow Pars fan Fife, there's not many of us. Disappointing draw during the week but it'll be close this season. Robbo from Pitcorthie

Just checked out where Pitcorthie is on google maps (cos i don`t know it) & found 'Wardlaw Crescent'.....my nan`s family name (before marriage)

My dad has been looking up his family name now for a few years, & he`s found the 'Wardlaw association'. Apparently the Wardlaws` were land owners in Fife hundreds of years ago, but my Grandad always said they were nothing but a bunch of sheep rustlers A lot of my dad`s family still live around Dunfirmline, Valleyfield, Toryburn & Saline.

[bluebruce]

A lot of my dad`s family still live around Dunfirmline, Valleyfield, Toryburn & Saline.

My contact lenses live in that last one.

As somebody has stated, we are Blackburn Rovers Football and Athletic Club. PLC. Far as I see it, Blackburn Rovers is the name, Football and Athletic Club is what we are (as are many other clubs). Along with the PLC. Think that answers the original post.

The one question it does perhaps raise is, are we Blackburn Rovers F.C., or are we Blackburn Rovers F.A.C.?

[Ricky]

I know this was always a common quiz question but I never thought about adding dons to the list for mk dons. Surely that would have been a winning answer on pointless.

[Wilky]

dons was a very low answer if I remember rightly

[RoversFanUSA]

What's plc ?

[Neil Weaver]

plc = Public Limited Company . Don't know if it's quite the same legally, but it's a similar abbreviation to 'inc' in the US.

[m1st]

You can tell there's no League game for us to worry about this weekend, can't you?

[Wilky]

well we still have to worry, we've got arsenal... almost at the end if the season and scrapping it out at the bottom... lots to worry about if u ask me