1992–93 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
	1992–93 season
Chairman	Robert Coar
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Stadium	Ewood Park
Premier League	4th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	Semi-finals
Top goalscorer	Shearer (16)
Average home league attendance	16,246
← 1991–92	1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Blackburn Rovers competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

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,^[1] £3.4 ;million,^[2] or £3.6 million), Blackburn enjoyed an extraordinary 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 UEFA Cup qualification. Blackburn's cup form nearly saw them qualify for Europe anyway, but they were knocked out of the FA Cup in the quarter-finals and the League Cup in the semi-finals.

Kit

Japanese company Asics manufactured Blackburn's kit this season. British brewery McEwan's Lager were the kit sponsors.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
11	Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest (R)	42	10	10	22	41	62	−21	40

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Crystal Palace	A	3–3	17,086	Ripley, Shearer (2)
18 August 1992	Arsenal	H	1–0	16,454	Shearer
22 August 1992	Manchester City	H	1–0	19,433	Newell
26 August 1992	Chelsea	A	0–0	19,575
29 August 1992	Coventry City	A	2–0	14,541	Shearer (pen), Atkins
5 September 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	4–1	16,180	Shearer (2, 1 pen), Atkins, Crossley (own goal)
12 September 1992	Arsenal	A	1–0	28,643	Newell
15 September 1992	Everton	H	2–3	19,563	Shearer (2, 1 pen)
19 September 1992	Wimbledon	A	1–1	6,117	Shearer
26 September 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	18,393	Shearer, Ripley
3 October 1992	Norwich City	H	7–1	16,312	Wegerle (2), Sherwood, Shearer (2), Cowans, Ripley
19 October 1992	Aston Villa	A	0–0	30,398
24 October 1992	Manchester United	H	0–0	20,305
31 October 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	31,044
7 November 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	17,305
22 November 1992	Southampton	A	1–1	16,626	Moran
28 November 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	15,850	Shearer
5 December 1992	Middlesbrough	A	2–3	20,096	Wilcox, Phillips (own goal)
13 December 1992	Liverpool	A	1–2	43,668	Shearer
19 December 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–0	16,057	Moran
26 December 1992	Leeds United	H	3–1	19,910	Wilcox, Shearer (2)
28 December 1992	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	21,431	Wegerle
9 January 1993	Wimbledon	H	0–0	14,504
16 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	13,742	Ripley
26 January 1993	Coventry City	H	2–5	15,215	Newell, Hendry
30 January 1993	Manchester City	A	2–3	29,122	Newell, Phelan (own goal)
2 February 1993	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	14,163	Wegerle
21 February 1993	Chelsea	H	2–0	14,780	Newell (2)
28 February 1993	Norwich City	A	0–0	15,821
3 March 1993	Everton	A	1–2	18,086	May
9 March 1993	Southampton	H	0–0	13,556
20 March 1993	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	14,041	Atkins
24 March 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–0	10,677	Ripley, Moran, Atkins
3 April 1993	Liverpool	H	4–1	15,032	Newell, Moran, Gallacher, Wilcox
7 April 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	3–1	20,467	Wilcox, Ripley, Newell
10 April 1993	Leeds United	A	2–5	31,791	Gallacher, Newell
12 April 1993	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	14,071	Ripley, Whelan (own goal)
17 April 1993	Sheffield United	A	3–1	18,186	Gallacher, Newell, Sherwood
21 April 1993	Aston Villa	H	3–0	15,127	Newell (2), Gallacher
3 May 1993	Manchester United	A	1–3	40,447	Gallacher
5 May 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	23,097	Newell (2)
8 May 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	14,956	Sherwood

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Bournemouth	H	3–1	13,733	Ripley (2), Newell
R4	23 January 1993	Crewe Alexandra	A	3–0	?	Wegerle, Newell, Moran
R5	13 February 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–0	19,972	Wegerle
QF	6 March 1993	Sheffield United	H	0–0	6,721
QFR	16 March 1993	Sheffield United	A	2–2 (lost 3-5 on pens)	23,920	Newell, Livingstone

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Huddersfield Town	A	1–1	11,071	Shearer
R2 Second Leg	6 October 1992	Huddersfield Town	H	4–3 (won 5-4 on agg)	15,038	Shearer (2), Wegerle, Newell
R3	28 October 1992	Norwich City	H	2–0	14,216	Shearer, May
R4	9 December 1992	Watford	H	6–1	13,187	Shearer (2), Atkins, Newell (2), Wegerle
QF	6 January 1993	Cambridge United	H	3–2	14,165	Newell (2), Wegerle
SF First Leg	10 February 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–4	17,283	Wegerle, Palmer (own goal)
SF Second Leg	14 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2 (lost 3-6 on agg)	30,048	Andersson

First-team squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Darren Collier
		GK	Matt Dickins
		GK	Bobby Mimms
		GK	Frank Talia
		DF	Patrik Andersson
		DF	Henning Berg
		DF	Richard Brown
		DF	Rob Dewhurst
		DF	Tony Dobson
		DF	Colin Hendry
		DF	Graeme Le Saux
		DF	Nicky Marker
		DF	David May
		DF	Chris Price
		DF	Alan Wright

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Steve Agnew
		MF	Mark Atkins
		MF	Wayne Burnett
		MF	Gordon Cowans
		MF	Simon Ireland
		MF	Lee Makel
		MF	Kevin Moran
		MF	Stuart Ripley
		MF	Tim Sherwood (captain)
		MF	Jason Wilcox
		FW	Mike Newell
		FW	Alan Shearer
		FW	Kevin Gallacher
		FW	Peter Thorne
		FW	Roy Wegerle^[5]

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Keith Hill (to Plymouth Argyle)
		MF	Craig Skinner (to Plymouth Argyle)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Steve Livingstone (to Chelsea)

Transfers

In

Kevin Gallacher - Coventry City, March, £1,500,000
Frank Talia - Sunshine George Cross, August
Patrik Andersson - Malmö, December, £800,000
Stuart Ripley - Middlesbrough, £1,300,000
Graeme Le Saux - Chelsea, March, £700,000
Nicky Marker - Plymouth Argyle, £200,000 plus Keith Hill and Craig Skinner
Henning Berg - Lillestrøm, £400,000
Lee Makel - Newcastle United, £160,000

Out

Lee Richardson - Aberdeen
Steve Livingstone - Chelsea, March, £350,000
Roy Wegerle - Coventry, March, £1,000,000
Keith Hill - Plymouth Argyle, part-exchange
Craig Skinner - Plymouth Argyle, part-exchange

References

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↑ Wegerle was born in Pretoria, South Africa, but qualified to represent the United States internationally through citizenship obtained by marriage and made his international debut for the United States in May 1992.

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[4] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/blackburn-rovers/tab/players/season/1993

[5] Wegerle was born in Pretoria, South Africa, but qualified to represent the United States internationally through citizenship obtained by marriage and made his international debut for the United States in May 1992.

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1992–93 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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Results

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