The entry of the teams and action from both halves of an Edwardian football game at Ewood Park. | dG1fNzl3emFkSTJ3UlE
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00:00 Two of the aristocrats and founder members of the football league, Blackburn Rovers and
00:10 Aston Villa in action at Ewood Park on the 9th April 1904.
00:15 The landscape behind the Nottlestan, demolished to make way for the Jack Walkerstan, is still
00:19 recognisable to today's fans.
00:21 Despite the atrocious weather that included rain, hailstorms, snow, lightning and thunder,
00:26 Pearce and Garrity, Matthews all scored for Villa in the second half, who were deserved
00:31 winners according to the reporter for the Athletic News, and that was notwithstanding
00:35 their indifferent shooting.
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