  ewood park is a football stadium in the english town of blackburn, lancashire, and is the home of blackburn rovers football club â one of the founder members of the football league and premier league. rovers have played there since they moved from leamington street in the summer of 1890. the stadium opened in 1882 and is an all seater multi-sports facility with a capacity of 31,367. it comprises four sections: darwen end, riverside stand (named as such because it stands practically on the banks of the river darwen), ronnie clayton blackburn end, and jack walker stand, which is named after blackburn industrialist and club supporter, jack walker. the football pitch within the stadium measures . ==history== thumb|250px|left|ewood park main stand in 1985 football had been played on the site since at least 1881; rovers played four matches there when it was known as ewood bridge and was most likely little more than a field. their first match was against sheffield wednesday on 9 april 1881. ewood park was officially opened in april 1882 and during the 1880s staged football, athletics and greyhound racing. rovers moved back in in 1890, signing a ten year lease at an initial annual rent of Â£60. their first match at the ground was against accrington in september. the ground became a great success and was given the honour of hosting an international â england v scotland in 1891. in 1893, blackburn rovers bought the freehold of the ground for Â£2500, but came cl
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