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Wikipedia - Blackburn United F.C.
Blackburn United Football Club are a Scottish football club from the town of Blackburn, West Lothian. The team plays at Tier 6 of the Scottish Football Pyramid in the East of Scotland League First Division having moved from the junior leagues in 2018. Blackburn United became full members of the Scottish Football Association in June 2019.
History
Formed in 1978, the club joined the junior grade of football two years later before taking the step up into Senior football in 2018. United play their home matches at the purpose built Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium (New Murrayfield Park), which has room for 1,100 spectators, in the centre of the town. The whole facility that is the Purdie Worldwide Community Stadium complex boasts a six-dressing room pavilion and associated amenities, an enclosed and floodlit 3G main Stadium pitch and three further 11-a-side pitches.
The club was one of many to move from junior football to the East of Scotland Football League in 2018.
El Blackburn United es conocido por su fuerte tradición y su apoyo apasionado. El club tiene una larga historia de producir jugadores talentosos, como Alan Shearer, Chris Sutton y David Beckham. El Blackburn United también es conocido por su estilo de juego atractivo y su compromiso con el fútbol ofensivo.
El estadio del Blackburn United es el Ewood Park, que tiene capacidad para más de 31.000 espectadores. El club tiene una fuerte rivalidad con el Burnley FC, con sede en la cercana ciudad de Burnley.
El Blackburn United es uno de los clubes más exitosos de Inglaterra y tiene una larga historia de logros. El club es querido por sus aficionados y es una parte importante de la comunidad local.