Blackpool Wren Rovers Football Club is a

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club based in

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, England. They are currently members of the and play at Brews Park, which is located on School Road; the ground adjoins the ground of Squires Gate, and is also very close to the ground of AFC Blackpool. Blackpool Wren Rovers are members of the

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. The club's colours are red shirts and red shorts.

History

The club were formed in 1931 and were originally known as Wren Rovers. They changed the club name to Blackpool Rovers in 1990, before adopting their present name in 1998. They were founder members of the re-formed West Lancashire League in 1959, and subsequently played in the

Lancashire Combination The Lancashire Combination was a football league founded in the North West of England in 1891–92. It absorbed the Lancashire League in 1903. In 1968 the Combination lost five of its clubs to the newly formed Northern Premier League. In 1982 i ...

and the

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. They entered the

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regularly between 1983–84 and 1990–91. Financial considerations necessitated that they dropped down the football pyramid, and they returned to the West Lancashire League. The club operates a

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club, Blackpool Wren Rovers L.F.C.

Honours

Division Two **Runners-up 1990–91 *

**Champions 1978–79, 1980–81 **Runners-up 1977–78 *

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Premier Division **Champions 2009–10, 2010–11, 2015–16 **Runners-up 2007–08, 2008–09, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2016–17, 2017–18 *West Lancashire League Division One **Champions 2000–01 **Runners-up 2004–05 **Champions Reserves 2024-25 *West Lancashire League Division Two **Champions 1998–99

Records

*Best

performance: Second qualifying round, 1984–85, 1986-87 *Best

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performance: Fourth round, 1987-88

References

External links

Official website
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