in Edgworth in 1871,[3] several football clubs were formed in East Lancashire in the next years, such as Blackburn Rovers in 1875, Accrington in 1876 and Burnley in 1882.

Including matches played in regional competitions such as the Lancashire Cup, Burnley have won 71 games to Blackburn's 65.

The match was played at Burnley's home ground, Turf Moor, in front of a 5,000 crowd, with Blackburn emerging as 4–2 winners.

[4] Blackburn Rovers and Burnley were among the 12 founder members of the Football league and took their places in the inaugural season, which was dominated by fellow Lancashire side Preston North End.

In this period, striker Jack Southworth scored 12 goals in 10 appearances against Burnley, including Rovers' first ever league hat-trick.

Burnley recorded their first league victory over Rovers in December 1891, albeit in heavy snowy conditions and controversial circumstances.

The mid-1920s saw three hat-tricks in two seasons by Blackburn players in the fixture, from Johnny McIntyre, Arthur Rigby and Ted Harper.

Burnley were promoted to the second tier in 1993–94 but were relegated the following year, while Blackburn won the Premier League title, having been bankrolled by local businessman Jack Walker.

Blackburn also won the return fixture at Ewood Park with a scoreline of 5–0 and were promoted back to the Premier League at the end of the season.

Blackburn completed the double over their rivals later that season, with David Dunn scoring the only goal from the penalty spot after a dive from Martin Olsson.

After the game, 150 seats in the away end were ripped up and the sinks in the toilets were smashed, with 42 arrests made involving both fan groups.

After the following three matches in the Football League Championship between both sides ended in draws, Burnley defeated Blackburn for the first time in 35 years in March 2014.

Bruton would make 344 appearances for Blackburn, scoring 115 goals and also managed the club for a short period in the late 1940s.

[17] Full-back Keith Newton, a youth product of Blackburn Rovers, played 357 times for the side before he joined Everton in 1969.

[17] Another full-back to make the move from Turf Moor to Ewood Park via another club, Leeds United, was Kevin Hird.

[21] Andy Cole, who signed for Rovers for a then club-record £8 million in 2001,[22] spent six months on loan from Sunderland at Burnley towards the end of his career in 2008.

[1] The Burnley fans gained some revenge in 1994, after Blackburn Rovers were beaten by Swedish semi-professional team Trelleborgs FF in the UEFA Cup.

In the lead up to the return fixture in March 2010, the police allegedly foiled a plot by Burnley fans to paint Blackburn midfielder David Dunn's house claret and blue.

[26] In May 2012, during Blackburn's home game against Wigan Athletic, Burnley supporters arranged a plane to fly over Ewood Park which read — In Venky's we trust-Burnley SU.

McDonough made the shortlist for the managers job with some of the shortest odds with the online bookmakers including BetVictor.

[27] His intentions as manager included "Bringing back the derby with Accrington Stanley" and "relegating the club within two seasons!"

[30] The prank received further coverage on an episode of Judge Rinder, with the Blackburn supporter losing the case for compensation.