A silver & enamel Lancashire Football Association Senior Cup runners-up medal 1898 awarded to P. Chambers of Blackburn Rovers, inscribed LANCASHIRE FO
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A silver & enamel Lancashire Football Association Senior Cup runners-up medal 1898 awarded to P. Chambers of Blackburn Rovers, inscribed LANCASHIRE FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION, 1898, RUNNERS UP, BLACKBURN ROVERS, P.CHAMBERS In the 1898 Lancashire Senior Cup final Blackburn Rovers were beaten by 2-1 by Newton Heath (later Manchester United). The match was played at Goodison Park before 5,000 spectators. For Newton Heath this win represented the highest honour achieved so far in their history.