1993–94 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers
1993–94 season
Chairman	Jack Walker
Manager	Kenny Dalglish
Stadium	Ewood Park
FA Premier League	2nd
FA Cup	Third round
Coca-Cola Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Shearer (31) All: Shearer (34)
Average home league attendance	17,721
← 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, whose lead from late October until well into the new year had been in excess of 10 points. 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.

In the end, though, it wasn't quite enough to snatch the title crown off Manchester United, who had returned to their winning ways by 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 the 1994-95 season, 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. 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

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round¹
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round²
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round³
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Chelsea	A	2–1	29,189	Newell, Ripley
18 August 1993	Norwich City	H	2–3	14,236	Atkins, Wilcox
21 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	13,731	Moran
24 August 1993	Manchester City	A	2–0	25,185	Newell, Gallacher
29 August 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–1	34,272	Shearer
2 September 1993	Arsenal	H	1–1	14,051	Gallacher
12 September 1993	Liverpool	A	1–0	37,355	Newell
18 September 1993	West Ham United	H	0–2	13,943
25 September 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	13,917	Shearer
2 October 1993	Swindon Town	A	3–1	15,224	Shearer (2), Ripley
18 October 1993	Sheffield United	H	0–0	13,505
23 October 1993	Leeds United	A	3–3	37,827	Shearer (3)
30 October 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	16,849	Shearer
6 November 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	17,636
20 November 1993	Southampton	H	2–0	16,666	Shearer (2)
23 November 1993	Coventry City	H	2–1	15,136	Shearer (2)
27 November 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	14,582
5 December 1993	Chelsea	H	2–0	15,736	Le Saux, Shearer
11 December 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	2–1	13,887	Shearer (2)
18 December 1993	Manchester City	H	2–0	11,800	Gallacher, Shearer
26 December 1993	Manchester United	A	1–1	44,511	Gallacher
29 December 1993	Everton	H	2–0	26,015	Shearer (2)
1 January 1994	Aston Villa	A	1–0	40,903	Shearer
15 January 1994	Sheffield United	A	2–1	19,124	Shearer (2)
23 January 1994	Leeds United	H	2–1	16,938	Shearer (2)
5 February 1994	Wimbledon	H	3–0	16,215	Shearer, Wilcox, Ripley
12 February 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	30,236	Shearer, Gallacher
19 February 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–0	21,269	May
22 February 1994	Norwich City	A	2–2	15,193	Gallacher (2)
26 February 1994	Arsenal	A	0–1	35,030
5 March 1994	Liverpool	H	2–0	20,831	Wilcox, Sherwood
20 March 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	24,699	Wilcox, Newell
26 March 1994	Swindon Town	H	3–1	20,046	Shearer (2, 1 pen), Sherwood
29 March 1994	Wimbledon	A	1–4	10,537	Wilcox
2 April 1994	Manchester United	H	2–0	20,866	Shearer (2)
4 April 1994	Everton	A	3–0	27,427	Newell (2), Wilcox
11 April 1994	Aston Villa	H	1–0	19,287	Shearer
16 April 1994	Southampton	A	1–3	19,105	Ripley
24 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	19,913	Shearer
27 April 1994	West Ham United	A	2–1	22,186	Berg, Pearce
2 May 1994	Coventry City	A	1–2	16,653	Le Saux
7 May 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	20,633

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Portsmouth	H	3–3	17,219	Gallacher, Shearer, Sherwood
R3R	19 January 1994	Portsmouth	A	3–1	23,035	Shearer, Wilcox, May
R4	29 January 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	8,532
R4R	8 February 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	15,348

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Bournemouth	H	1–0	10,733	Shearer
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Bournemouth	A	0–0 (won 1-0 on agg)	10,321
R3	26 October 1993	Shrewsbury Town	H	0–0	10,603
R3R	9 November 1993	Shrewsbury Town	A	4–3	7,330	Newell (2), Pearce, May
R4	1 December 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	22,295

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Bobby Mimms
2	DF	David May
3	DF	Alan Wright
4	MF	Tim Sherwood (captain)
5	DF	Colin Hendry
6	DF	Graeme Le Saux
7	MF	Stuart Ripley
8	FW	Kevin Gallacher
9	FW	Alan Shearer
10	FW	Mike Newell
11	MF	Jason Wilcox
12	DF	Nicky Marker

No.	Position	Player
13	GK	Frank Talia
14	MF	Lee Makel
15	DF	Richard Brown
18	DF	Andy Morrison
19	MF	Simon Ireland
20	DF	Henning Berg
21	MF	Kevin Moran
22	MF	Mark Atkins
23	MF	David Batty
24	DF	Paul Warhurst
25	DF	Ian Pearce
26	GK	Tim Flowers

Left the 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
16		DF	Tony Dobson (to Portsmouth)

No.		Position	Player
17		DF	Patrik Andersson (to Borussia Mönchengladbach)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/blackburn-rovers/1993-1994

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