1992–93 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season 1992–93 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season During the 1992–93 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the Premier League. With the riches of owner Jack Walker allowing manager Kenny Dalglish to sign Southampton striker Alan Shearer for a new British record fee (variously reported as £3.3 million, £3.4 ;million, or £3.6 million), Blackburn enjoyed an excellent season in their return to the top flight. In spite of Shearer being restricted to only 21 league appearances and 16 league goals after he snapped his right anterior cruciate ligament in a match against Leeds in December, Blackburn finished fourth - one point off
Ken Blackburn (footballer) May 1969, but was released at the end of the following season and went on to play non-league football for clubs including Dover and Gloucester City. He took up coaching, and spent 19 years as head of youth football at Gloucester City before taking up a similar role at Tuffley Rovers in 2018. Ken Blackburn (footballer) Kenneth Alan Blackburn (born 13 May 1951) is an English former professional footballer who played as a centre forward in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion. Born in Wembley, Middlesex, and raised in the west of England, Blackburn played both rugby and