1886 Bootle Fc v Blackburn Olympic match programme, played at Hawthorne Road, on 4th December,four fold programme card with centre page line-up, bears wear to edge Bootle FC defeated Blackburn Olympic 2-1.Blackburn Olympic have a place in football history when in 1883 they defeated Old Etonians in the FA Cup Final 2-1 to become the first northern professional club to win FAC, the amateur side of the sport had been broken. However Olympic were the poor relations of Blackburn Rovers who then won the Cup the next three seasons 1884, 1885 and 1886. Only Hunter remained onf the FAC winning team.
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1886 Bootle Fc v Blackburn Olympic match programme, played at Hawthorne Road, on 4th December,four fold programme card with centre page line-up, bears wear to edge Bootle FC defeated Blackburn Olympic 2-1.Blackburn Olympic have a place in football history when in 1883 they defeated Old Etonians in the FA Cup Final 2-1 to become the first northern professional club to win FAC, the amateur side of the sport had been broken. However Olympic were the poor relations of Blackburn Rovers who then won the Cup the next three seasons 1884, 1885 and 1886. Only Hunter remained onf the FAC winning team.