History of Blackburn Rovers F.C. at Wembley where they beat Leicester City 1–0 thanks to a Mike Newell penalty. Rovers made headlines in the summer of 1992 by paying an English record fee of £3.5million for the 22-year-old Southampton and England centre forward Alan Shearer. They remained in the title challenge for most of the season before finishing fourth in the final table. In 1993–94, they were Premiership runners-up to Manchester United. Rovers broke the English transfer fee record again a few weeks later when paying Norwich City £5million for 21-year-old striker Chris Sutton. Blackburn won the Premier League in 1994–95. Kenny Dalglish moved upstairs
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