The club first played in the FA Cup in 1879 and managed to reach the final of the competition in 1882.
Mitchell would guide Blackburn to a further two FA Cup wins in 1890 and 1891 before he left the club in 1896.
The longest-serving person to manage Blackburn is Robert Middleton, who was in charge of the club for 22 years and 3 months: from 1 August 1903 to 1 February 1922; a total of 605 competitive matches.
[2] During his tenure Middleton won two First Division titles (1912, 1914) and one FA Charity Shield in 1912.
[4] Every manager has come from the UK except for Johnny Carey and Owen Coyle who were Irish, Henning Berg who is Norwegian, and Jon Dahl Tomasson who is Danish.