never won, other than the unfinished Combination, was the Lancashire Senior Cup. Rivalries Blackburn Olympic's chief rivalry was with Blackburn Rovers. The first match between the two clubs was a game in February 1879, which resulted in a 3–1 win for Olympic. The clubs played each other forty times, but Olympic won only six of these matches. The rivalry became especially fierce in September 1884, when, amid accusations that the clubs were using underhand tactics in attempts to "poach" each other's star players, the Rovers' secretary sent a telegram to his opposite number stating that his club would play no matches against Olympic in the 1884–85 season. In December, however, the clubs were drawn against each other in the FA Cup, and matches between the rivals resumed later that season. Their final meeting was a benefit match for Olympic in February 1889, which Rovers won 6–1. Rovers agreed to allow the financially embarrassed Olympic to keep all available gate money, instead of sharing it. In popular culture A Blackburn-based team and its victory in the 1883 FA Cup final is the focus of the 2020 Netflix mini-series "The English Game", although the club is only referred to as "Blackburn" and includes players who, although genuine, did not actually play for Olympic. Bibliography References External links FA Cup final 1883 line-ups Football club history database 1889 disestablishments in England 1878 establishments in England Association football clubs disestablished in 1889 Association football clubs established in 1878 Defunct football clubs in England FA Cup winners Sport in Blackburn Defunct football clubs in Lancashire