1993–94 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

December 2014 May 2026 Blackburn Rovers 1993–94 Kenny Dalglish Jack Walker Robert Coar Ewood Park FA Premier League 2nd FA Cup Third round League Cup Fourth round Shearer (31) Shearer (34) 17,721 _blackburn9294 _whitetop 0000ff 0000ff 1992–93 1994–95 During the 1993–94 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary It was another strong season for a resurgent Blackburn, who were in the higher reaches of the Premier League all season long and, at one stage in early April, were level on points with leaders Manchester United, who had led the league almost from start to finish and entered 1994 with a 16-point lead. The return of Alan Shearer from a long-term injury saw him make a swift return to his superb form of old, with the 23-year-old hitman scoring 31 goals in the league, including both of Blackburn's goals in an early April win over Manchester United at Ewood Park. Before the start of the season, Blackburn had been pipped by Manchester United to the signature of Nottingham Forest midfielder Roy Keane for a national record fee of £3.75million. In the end, though, it wasn't quite enough to snatch the title crown off Manchester United, who had returned to their winning ways before the end of April, after Blackburn took their turn to drop points, and Kenny Dalglish's men had to settle for runners-up spot and a UEFA Cup place. This meant that Blackburn would be competing in Europe for the very first time in their history, although in the UEFA Cup rather than the European Cup as would have happened if they had won the league. Blackburn's fourth-place finish a year earlier had not been enough for a UEFA Cup place due to English clubs still not having all their UEFA Cup places back despite their ban from European competitions arising from the Heysel disaster having been lifted for the 1990–91 season. Blackburn fans were thrilled after the end of the season when 21-year-old Norwich City striker Chris Sutton joined the club for an English record fee of £5 million, following competition from the likes of Arsenal and Manchester United for his signature. With the most expensive striker-partnership in the country, the club's fans were given all the more reason to expect their team to succeed in at least one of the four major competitions that they would be contesting next season. Kit Japanese company Asics manufactured Blackburn's kit this season. British brewery McEwan's Lager were the kit sponsors. Final league table 1993–94 FA Premier League BLB Results Blackburn Rovers' score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1993-1994 Blackburn Rovers 1993-1994 Home - statto.com 21 May 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120517034546/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1993-1994 17 May 2012 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 14 August 1993 ChelseaA2–129,189Newell, Ripley 18 August 1993 Norwich CityH2–314,236Atkins, Wilcox 21 August 1993 Oldham AthleticH1–014,397Moran 24 August 1993 Manchester CityA2–025,185Newell, Gallacher 29 August 1993 Newcastle UnitedA1–134,272Shearer 2 September 1993 ArsenalH1–114,051Gallacher 12 September 1993 LiverpoolA1–037,355Newell 18 September 1993 West Ham UnitedH0–213,943 25 September 1993 Sheffield WednesdayH1–113,917Shearer 2 October 1993 Swindon TownA3–115,224Shearer (2), Ripley 18 October 1993 Sheffield UnitedH0–013,505 23 October 1993 Leeds UnitedA3–337,827Shearer (3) 30 October 1993 Tottenham HotspurH1–016,849Shearer 6 November 1993 Queens Park RangersA0–117,636 20 November 1993 SouthamptonH2–016,666 Shearer (2) 23 November 1993 Coventry CityH2–115,136Shearer (2) 27 November 1993 Ipswich TownA0–114,582 5 December 1993 ChelseaH2–015,736Le Saux, Shearer 11 December 1993 Oldham AthleticA2–113,887Shearer (2) 18 December 1993 Manchester CityH2–018,741Gallacher, Shearer 26 December 1993 Manchester UnitedA1–144,511Gallacher 29 December 1993 EvertonH2–026,015Shearer (2) 1 January 1994 Aston VillaA1–040,903Shearer 15 January 1994 Sheffield UnitedA2–119,124Shearer (2) 23 January 1994 Leeds UnitedH2–116,938Shearer (2) 5 February 1994 WimbledonH3–016,215Shearer, Wilcox, Ripley 12 February 1994 Tottenham HotspurA2–030,236Shearer, Gallacher 19 February 1994 Newcastle UnitedH1–021,269May 22 February 1994 Norwich CityA2–215,193Gallacher (2) 26 February 1994 ArsenalA0–135,030 5 March 1994 LiverpoolH2–020,831Wilcox, Sherwood 20 March 1994 Sheffield WednesdayA2–124,699Wilcox, Newell 26 March 1994 Swindon TownH3–120,046Shearer (2, 1 pen), Sherwood 29 March 1994 WimbledonA1–410,537Wilcox 2 April 1994 Manchester UnitedH2–020,866Shearer (2) 4 April 1994 EvertonA3–027,427Newell (2), Wilcox 11 April 1994 Aston VillaH1–019,287Shearer 16 April 1994 SouthamptonA1–319,105Ripley 24 April 1994 Queens Park RangersH1–119,913Shearer 27 April 1994 West Ham UnitedA2–122,186Berg, Pearce 2 May 1994 Coventry CityA1–216,653Le Saux 7 May 1994 Ipswich TownH0–020,633 FA Cup 1993–94 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 1994 PortsmouthH3–317,219Gallacher, Shearer, SherwoodR3R19 January 1994 PortsmouthA3–123,035Shearer, Wilcox, MayR429 January 1994 Charlton AthleticA0–08,532R4R8 February 1994 Charlton AthleticH0–115,348 League Cup 1993–94 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st leg21 September 1993 BournemouthH1–010,733ShearerR2 2nd leg5 October 1993 BournemouthA0–0 (won 1–0 on agg)10,321R326 October 1993 Shrewsbury TownH0–010,603R3R9 November 1993 Shrewsbury TownA4–37,330Newell (2), May, PearceR41 December 1993 Tottenham HotspurA0–122,295 Squad 1 ENG GK Bobby Mimms 2 ENG DF David May 3 ENG DF Alan Wright 4 ENG MF Tim Sherwood captain 5 SCO DF Colin Hendry 6 ENG DF Graeme Le Saux 7 ENG MF Stuart Ripley 8 SCO FW Kevin Gallacher 9 ENG FW Alan Shearer 10 ENG FW Mike Newell 11 ENG MF Jason Wilcox 12 ENG DF Nicky Marker 13 AUS GK Frank Talia 14 ENG MF Lee Makel 15 ENG DF Richard Brown 18 SCO DF Andy Morrison 19 ENG MF Simon Ireland 20 NOR DF Henning Berg 21 IRL MF Kevin Moran 22 ENG MF Mark Atkins 23 ENG MF David Batty 24 ENG DF Paul Warhurst 25 ENG DF Ian Pearce 26 ENG GK Tim Flowers Left the club during season 16 ENG DF Tony Dobson to Portsmouth 17 SWE DF Patrik Andersson to Borussia Mönchengladbach References Category:Blackburn Rovers F.C. seasons Blackburn Rovers