Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.
- Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C.
Football club infobox
clubname = Blackpool Wren Rovers
fullname = Blackpool Wren Rovers Football Club
nickname = Wrens
founded = 1931 (as Wren Rovers)
ground = Bruce Park, School Road, Squires Gate
capacity = 1,000
chairman = David Brewell
manager = David Worthington, Mark Williams, Alan Grieve
league = West Lancashire League
Premier Division
season = 2007–08
position = West Lancashire League
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Blackpool Wren Rovers F.C. are a football club based in Blackpool in Lancashire. The club ground is Bruce Park, School Road in Squires Gate, a suburb of Blackpool. 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 Lancashire Football Association, with their senior team playing in the West Lancashire League Premier Division, which is at the 11th level of the English football league system. The club's colours are red shirts and red shorts. They do not now produce a programme for their home games.
History
The club were formed in 1931 and were originally known as Wren Rovers. They later amended the club name to Blackpool Rovers, 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 and the North West Counties League. Financial considerations necessitated that they dropped down the football pyramid and they returned to the West Lancashire League. For the 2008-09 season, David Worthington takes control in his first season as manager with Mark Williams and Alan Grieve as assistant managers, all three are former players.Fact|date=June 2008 The club operates a women's football club, Blackpool Wren Rovers L.F.C..
References
External links
* [http://www.pyramidpassion.co.uk/html/blackpool_rovers.html Pictures of Bruce Park]
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