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
1997–98 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season him come joint top of the Premiership goalscoring charts with 18 goals, a Premier League Player of the Month award for February and led to him earning a long-awaited international call-up, though he didn't make the final squad for the World Cup after refusing to play for the England B team. "Blackburn Rovers' score comes first" 1997–98 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season During the 1997–98 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons). After last season's slip-up, Blackburn Rovers emerged as title contenders under new manager Roy Hodgson, and