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1992–93 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Blackburn Rovers
season	1992–93
manager	Kenny Dalglish
owner	Jack Walker
chairman	Robert Coar
stadium	Ewood Park
league	Premier League
league result	4th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Quarter-finals
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Semi-finals
league topscorer	Shearer (16)
average attendance	16,248
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prevseason	1991–92
nextseason	1993–94

The 1992–93 season was Blackburn Rovers' 105th season as a professional football club. This was their first year in the Premier League, but it was their first season in the top division since 1966.

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,{{cite news |url=https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sport/football/159429.stm |title=The Kenny Dalglish file

Kit

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

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

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, Atkins
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

Main article: 1992–93 FA Cup

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	7,054	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

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Cup

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 10', Palmer (own goal) 32'
SF Second Leg	14 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2 (lost 3–6 on agg)	30,048	Andersson 34'

First-team squad

Left club during season

Transfers

In

SCO Kevin Gallacher - ENG Coventry City, March, £1,500,000
AUS Frank Talia - AUS Sunshine George Cross, August
SWE Patrik Andersson - SWE Malmö, December, £800,000
ENG Stuart Ripley - ENG Middlesbrough, £1,300,000
ENG Graeme Le Saux - ENG Chelsea, March, £700,000
ENG Nicky Marker - ENG Plymouth Argyle, £200,000 plus Keith Hill and Craig Skinner
NOR Henning Berg - Lillestrøm, £400,000
ENG Lee Makel - ENG Newcastle United, £160,000
ENG Alan Shearer - ENG Southampton, £3,400,000 plus David Speedie

Out

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

References

(27 July 1992). "Shearer to move for £3.4 million". The Times.
"Blackburn Rovers 1992-1993 Results - statto.com".
"All Blackburn Rovers players: 1993".
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 men's national soccer team. United States]] in May 1992.

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