Blackburn Rovers F.C. Under-23s and Academy

In January 1991, British industrialist and businessman Jack Walker a lifelong fan of Blackburn Rovers completed the takeover of the club. In the following years, the Brockhall Village Academy, was constructed at a cost of approximately £4.75 million. The centre included state of the art facilities on a par with top training facilities elsewhere in Europe. It includes 6 full-size pitches, indoor training facilities, an indoor running track, outdoor running "hill", a swimming pool, goalkeeper training facilities as well as accommodation for the youth players.

On 19 November 2010, Pune based chicken meat processing, and pharmaceutical company, Venkateshwara Hatcheries Private Limited., completed the takeover of Blackburn Rovers, under the name Venky's London Limited.[2][3]

One of the companies early ambitions was to open an Academy back in their home nation of India. Managing director, told The Indian Express newspaper the club was planning a centre of excellence near Pune which is 100 km (60 miles) from Mumbai.

"We are getting an academy and a stadium in Pune," Venky's B. Balaji Rao was quoted as saying. "The site is near the Mumbai-Pune highway and will be ready in a year-and-a-half or two years." Rao said the academy, on the outskirts of the city, will be run exactly like a Rovers' training centre at Brockhall in northwest England, taking players from the age of 11 and 12. As of 2016 however no academy or stadium has been constructed.[4]

As of 9 August 2022[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 35 GK  ENG Jordan Eastham — GK  ENG Solomon Honor 31 DF  NIR Tom Atcheson 26 DF  ENG Sam Barnes 25 DF  ENG Jake Batty — DF  ENG Lenni Cirino — DF  ENG Max Davies 15 DF  ENG Patrick Gamble — DF  JPN Jay Haddow — DF  ENG Charlie Olson — DF  ENG George Pratt — MF  ENG Adam Caddick — MF  ENG Leo Duru 36 MF  ENG James Edmondson — MF  WAL Ben Fyles 30 MF  ENG Jake Garrett

No. Pos. Nation Player 22 MF  IRL Zak Gilsenan — MF  SCO Kristi Montgomery — MF  POL Junior Nsangou — MF  FRA Jalil Saadi 28 MF  ENG Charlie Weston — MF  ENG Isaac Whitehall 23 MF  ENG Adam Wharton — MF  ENG Harrison Wood — FW  ENG Alex Baker — FW  POL Dominik Biniek 37 FW  IRL Tom Bloxham 20 FW  ENG Harry Leonard — FW  ENG Harley O'Grady-Macken

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Felix Goddard (on loan at Marine) — DF  ENG Georgie Gent (on loan at Motherwell) — MF  ENG Jared Harlock (on loan at The New Saints) — FW  ENG Ethan Walker (on loan at Morecambe)

Updated 9 August 2022.[6]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Solomon Honor — GK  ENG Adam Khan 38 GK  ENG Nicholas Michalski 31 DF  NIR Tom Atcheson — DF  ENG Max Davies — DF  ENG Matthew Litherland — DF  ENG Charlie Olson — DF  ENG Brandon Powell — DF  ENG Teddy Ramwell — DF  ENG Ben Thirkill — MF  ENG Lewis Bell — MF  ENG Joe Boggan — MF  ENG Nathan Dlamini 40 MF  ENG Rhys Doherty

No. Pos. Nation Player 36 MF  ENG James Edmondson — MF  ENG Stephen Edmondson — MF  HUN Patrik Farkas — MF  ENG Rory Finneran — MF  ENG Lucas Houghton — MF  ENG Lorenzo Mullarky-Matthews — MF  ENG Paul Murphy-Worrell — MF  POL Junior Nsangou — MF  ENG Daniel Shaw — MF  ENG Jackson Shorrocks — MF  ENG Zack Stritch — MF  ENG Bradley Taylor — MF  ENG Nathan Willis — FW  ENG Harley O'Grady-Macken