| 1881-82 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1883-84 | F.A. Cup Winners |
| 1884-85 | F.A. Cup Winners (2nd time) |
| 1885-86 | F.A. Cup Winners (3rd successive time) |
| 1888-89 | Founder member of Football League |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1889-90 | F.A. Cup Winners (4th time) |
| 1890-91 | F.A. Cup Winners (5th time) |
| 1892-93 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1893-94 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1898 | Relegated after Test Matches, but re-elected to First Division |
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| when it was extended to 18 teams |
| 1910-11 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1911-12 | Football League Champions |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1913-14 | Football League Champions (2nd time) |
| 1924-25 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1927-28 | F.A. Cup Winners (6th time) |
| 1936 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1938-39 | Football League Division Two Champions |
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| Promoted to Division One |
| 1939-40 | Football League programme abandoned due to outbreak of war |
| 1948 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1951-52 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1957-58 | Football League Division Two runner-up |
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| Promoted to Division One |
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| F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 1959-60 | F.A. Cup runner-up |
| 1961-62 | Football League Cup semi-finalists |
| 1966 | Relegated to Division Two |
| 1971 | Relegated to Division Three |
| 1974-75 | Football League Division Three Champions |
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| Promoted to Division Two |
| 1979 | Relegated to Division Three |
| 1979-80 | Football League Division Three runner-up |
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| Promoted to Division Two |
| 1980-81 | Missed promotion to Division One on goal difference |
| 1987-88 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Blackburn Rovers 0 Chelsea 2, |
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| Chelsea 4 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Agg 1-6) |
| 1988-89 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Blackburn Rovers 0 Watford 0, |
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| Watford 1 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Agg 1-1, won on away goals, F |
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| Blackburn Rovers 3 Crystal Palace 1, Crystal Palace 3 Blackburn |
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| Rovers 0 - Agg 3-4) |
| 1989-90 | Not promoted after play-offs (SF Blackburn Rovers 1 Swindon |
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| Town 2, Swindon Town 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Agg 2-4) |
| 1991-92 | Promoted to Division One after play-offs (SF Blackburn Rovers 4 |
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| Derby County 2, Derby County 2 Blackburn Rovers 1 - Agg 4-5, F |
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| Blackburn Rovers 1 Leicester City 0 @ Wembley). Division One |
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| clubs then formed F.A. Premiership |
| 1992-93 | Founder members of F.A. Premiership |
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| Football League Cup semi-finalists |
| 1993-94 | F. A. Premiership runner-up |
| 1994-95 | F. A. Premiership Champions |
| 1999 | Relegated to Football League Division One |
| 2000-01 | Football League runner-up |
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| Promoted to F. A. Premiership |
| 2001-02 | Football League Cup Winners |
| 2002-03 | Football League Cup semi-finalists |
| 2004-05 | F.A. Cup semi-finalists |
| 2005-06 | Football League Cup semi-finalists |
