Blackburn Rovers F.C. season 1994-95 - Wikipedia


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The 1994–95 season was Blackburn Rovers third season in the Premier League, and their 3rd consecutive season in the top division of English football.

Blackburn Rovers
1994–95 season
ChairmanEngland Robert Coar
ManagerScotland Kenny Dalglish
FA Premier League1st
FA CupFifth Round
Coca-Cola CupFourth Round
Charity ShieldRunners Up
UEFA CupFirst Round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Alan Shearer (34)
All:
Alan Shearer (42)
Highest home attendance30,545 vs Newcastle United (7 May 1995)
Lowest home attendance14,517 vs Birmingham City (20 September 1994)

The season was marked by the club winning the Premier League title, ending their 81-year run without an English league title. They ended up winning the title by just a 1-point margin over runners-up Manchester United. Rovers led the way for most of the season but a 2–1 defeat at Kenny Dalglish's old club Liverpool on the final day of the season looked to have blown the club's dreams to pieces. But the news came through that title rivals Manchester United could only manage a 1–1 draw at West Ham United and the league title was back at Blackburn Rovers for the first time since 1914. Jack Walker's dream had come true: within five years of buying the club, he had taken them from strugglers in the old Second Division to champions of England.

Early exits from the, League Cup, FA Cup and UEFA Cup to Liverpool, Newcastle and Trelleborgs respectively were frustrating for Rovers in 1994–95, but turned out for the best as they could concentrate on the league challenge.

Kenny Dalglish won the Premier League Manager of the Year award for leading Blackburn to success, Alan Shearer ended up won both the golden boot contributing to 34 of Blackburns 80 league goals the title win and also PFA Players' Player of the Year award by his fellow professionals. Graeme Le Saux, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood and Shearer all made it into PFA Team of the Year

FA Charity Shield

Date Opponents H / A Result
F – A 		Scorers Attendance
1994-08-14 Manchester United Wembley – 2 60,402

Awards

Despite leading his team to Premier league glory, Kenny Dalglish only won the Premier League Manager of the Month award once. This came in November 1994 when he guided Blackburn to 4 Successive wins[1] The same month also saw Shearer and Sutton jointly win the Premier League Player of the Month award"|[2] knocking in 8 goals between them.

Kenny Dalglish won the Premier League Manager of the Year award for leading Blackburn to success [3], Alan Shearer ended up winning both the golden boot contributing to 34 of Blackburns 80 league goals and also the PFA Players' Player of the Year award by his fellow professionals. [4]

Graeme Le Saux, Colin Hendry, Tim Sherwood and Shearer all made it into PFA Team of the Year

Blackburn also provided the opposition when Matt Le Tissier scored the eventual Goal of the Season winner on 10 Decmber 1994.

First–team squad

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

Results

FA Premier League

Date Opponents H / A Result Scorers Attendance
20 August 1994 Southampton A 1 – 1 Shearer 14,209
23 August 1994 Leicester City H 3 – 0 Berg, Sutton, Shearer 21,050
27 August 1994 Coventry City H 4 – 0 Sutton 3, Wilcox 21,657
31 August 1994 Arsenal A 0 – 0 37,629
10 September 1994 Everton H 3 – 0 Shearer 2, Wilcox 26,538
18 September 1994 Chelsea A 1 – 2 Johnsen o.g., Sutton 17,513
24 September 1994 Aston Villa H 3 – 1 Shearer 2, Sutton 22,694
1 October 1994 Norwich City A 2 – 1 Sutton 18,145
9 October 1994 Newcastle United A 1 – 1 Shearer 33,441
15 October 1994 Liverpool H 3 – 2 Atkins, Sutton 2 30,263
23 October 1994 Manchester United H 2 – 4 Hendry, Warhurst 30,260
29 October 1994 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 2 Sutton 2 22,131
2 November 1994 Sheffield Wednesday A 0 – 1 Shearer 24,207
5 November 1994 Tottenham Hotspur H 2 – 0 Shearer, Wilcox 26,933
19 November 1994 Ipswich Town A 1 – 3 Shearer, Tim Sherwood, Sutton 17,329
26 November 1994 Queens Park Rangers H 4 – 0 Shearer 3, Sutton 38,301
3 December 1994 Wimbledon A 0 – 3 Atkins, Shearer, Wilcox 12,341
10 December 1994 Southampton H 3 – 2 Atkins, Shearer 2 23,372
17 December 1994 Leicester City A 0 – 0 20,559
26 December 1994 Manchester City A 1 – 3 Atkins, Le Saux, Shearer 23,387
31 December 1994 Crystal Palace A 0 – 1 Sherwood 14,232
2 January 1995 West Ham United H 4 – 2 Le Saux, Shearer 3 25,503
14 January 1995 Nottingham Forest A 0 – 3 Chettle o.g., Warhurst, Wilcox 22,131
22 January 1995 Manchester United A 1 – 0 43,742
28 January 1995 Ipswich Town H 4 – 1 Shearer 3, Sherwood 21,325
1 February 1995 Leeds United H 1 – 1 Shearer 28,561
5 February 1995 Tottenham Hotspur A 3 – 1 Sherwood 28,124
12 February 1995 Sheffield Wednesday H 3 – 1 Atkins, Shearer, Sherwood 22,223
22 February 1995 Wimbledon H 2 – 1 Atkins, Shearer 20,586
25 February 1995 Norwich City H 0 – 0 25,579
8 March 1995 Aston Villa A 0 – 1 Hendry 40,011
8 March 1995 Arsenal H 3 – 1 Le Saux, Shearer 3 23,452
11 March 1995 Coventry City A 1 – 1 Shearer 18,547
18 March 1995 Chelsea H 2 – 1 Shearer, Sutton 25,490
1 April 1995 Everton A 1 – 2 Shearer, Sutton 37,905
4 April 1995 Queens Park Rangers A 0 – 1 Sutton 16,508
15 April 1995 Leeds United A 1 – 1 Hendry 39,426
17 April 1995 Manchester City H 2 – 3 Hendry, Shearer 27,851
20 April 1995 Crystal Palace H 2 – 1 Gallagher, Kenna 28,005
30 April 1995 West Ham United A 2 – 0 24,202
8 May 1995 Newcastle United H 1 – 0 Shearer 30,545
14 May 1995 Liverpool A 2 – 1 Shearer 40,014
Pos
Club
Pld
W
D
L
F
A
GD
Pts
1
Blackburn Rovers
42
27
8
7
80
39
+41
89
2
Manchester United
42
26
10
6
77
28
+49
88
3
Nottingham Forest
42
22
11
9
72
43
+29
77

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

FA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
8 January 1995 Round 3 Newcastle United A 1 – 1 Sutton 31,721
28 January 1995 Round 3 Replay Newcastle United H 1 – 2 Sutton 22,658

League Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
20 September 1994 Round 2
First leg 		Birmingham City H 2 – 0 Sutton, Wilcox 14,517
5 October 1994 Round 2
Second leg 		Birmingham City A 1 – 1 Sutton 16,275
26 October 1994 Round 3 Coventry City H 2 – 0 Shearer 2 14,538
30 November 1994 Round 4 Liverpool H 1 – 3 Sutton 30,115

UEFA Cup

Date Round Opponents H / A Result

F – A

Scorers Attendance
13 September 1994 Round 1
First Leg 		Trelleborgs H 0 – 1 13,775
27 September 1994 Round 1
Second Leg 		Trelleborgs A 2 – 2 Shearer, Sutton ?

Appearances and goals

No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup UEFA Cup Total
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK   Tim Flowers 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 0
2 DF   Tony Gale 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 0
3 DF   Alan Wright 4 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0
4 MF   Tim Sherwood 38 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 5
5 DF   Colin Hendry 38 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 4
6 DF   Graeme Le Saux 39 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 3
7 MF   Stuart Ripley 36 (1) 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 36 (1) 1
8 FW   Kevin Gallagher 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 FW   Alan Shearer 42 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 34
10 FW   Mike Newell 2 (10) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 (10) 0
11 MF   Jason Wilcox 27 5 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 5
12 DF   Nicky Marker 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
13 GK   Bobby Mimms 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 1
14 MF   Lee Makel 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
15 DF   Richard Brown 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
16 FW   Chris Sutton 40 15 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 15
17 MF   Robbie Slater 12 (6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 (6) 0
18 DF   Andy Morrison 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW   Peter Thorne 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
20 DF   Henning Berg 40 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 40 1
21 DF   Jeff Kenna 9 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 1
22 MF   Mark Atkins 30 (4) 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 (4) 6
23 MF   David Batty 4 (1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 (1) 0
24 MF   Paul Warhurst 20 (7) 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 (7) 2
25 DF   Ian Pearce 22 (6) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 (6) 0
26 DF   Richard Witschge 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
31 GK   Shay Given 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Substitution appearances in brackets

  • Last Update: 22 January 2010 [6]
  • Data does not include appearances/goals obtained whilst at another club
  • Substitution appearances in (brackets)
  • League – Premier League
  • FA Cup – FA Cup
  • League Cup – League Cup

Discipline

  • As of: 14 May 1995 [7]
No. Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Total
               
1 GK   Tim Flowers 1 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
2 DF   Tony Gale 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
3 DF   Alan Wright 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
4 MF   Tim Sherwood 10 0 0 0 0 0 10 0
5 DF   Colin Hendry 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
6 DF   Graeme Le Saux 8 0 0 0 0 0 8 0
7 MF   Stuart Ripley 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
9 FW   Alan Shearer 4 0 0 0 0 0 4 0
10 FW   Mike Newell 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
11 MF   Jason Wilcox 5 2 0 0 0 0 5 2
16 FW   Chris Sutton 7 0 0 0 0 0 7 0
17 MF   Robbie Slater 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
20 DF   Henning Berg 2 1 0 0 0 0 2 1
21 DF   Jeff Kenna 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
22 MF   Mark Atkins 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
23 MF   David Batty 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0
24 MF   Paul Warhurst 5 0 0 0 0 0 5 0
25 DF   Ian Pearce 2 0 0 0 0 0 2 0
TOTALS 58 4 0 0 0 0 58 4

Transfers

In

Date Player Previous Club Cost
13 July 1994   Chris Sutton   Norwich City £5,000,000[8]
4 August 1994   Robbie Slater   Lens £300,000[8]
8 August 1994   Shay Given   Celtic Free[8]
11 August 1994   Tony Gale   Wealdstone Free [8]
28 August 1994   Tony Carss   Bradford City Free[8]
15 March 1995   Jeff Kenna   Southampton £1,500,000[8]

Out

Date Player New Club Cost
9 August 1994   Andy Scott   Cardiff City Free[8]
12 August 1994   Simon Ireland   Mansfield Town £60,000[8]
9 December 1994   Andy Morrison   Blackpool Free[8]
18 January 1995   Peter Thorne   Swindon Town £225,000[8]
13 February 1995   Matt Dickins   Stockport County Free[8]
3 March 1995   Richard Brown   Stockport County Free[8]
10 March 1995   Alan Wright   Aston Villa £1,000,000[8]

Loaned in

Date Player Club Return Date
1 April 1995   Richard Witschge   Bordeaux 31 May 1995 [8]

Loaned out

Date Player Club Return Date
2 September 1994   Paul Harford   Wigan Athletic ?
9 September 1994   Matt Dickens   Grimsby Town ?
14 October 1994   Matt Dickens   Rochdale ?
15 December 1994   Paul Harford   Shrewsbury Town ?

References

  1. ^ "Carling Premiership Manager of the Month 1994/95". Premier League. Archived from the original on 9 December 2006. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Carling Premiership Player of the Month 1994/95". premierleague.com. Premier League. Archived from the original on 11 December 2006. Retrieved 3 October 2009.
  3. ^ "Kenny Dalglish at Blackburn". The Independent. 23 August 1996. Retrieved 22 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Only here for the peers". BBC. 2001-04-20. Retrieved 2010-01-22.
  5. ^ "Premier League 94/95 / Blackburn Rovers / Seasons Squad". Stat Bunker. Retrieved 2010-01-21.
  6. ^ "Premier League 94/95 / Blackburn Rovers / Seasons Appearances". Stat Bunker. Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  7. ^ "Premier League 94/95 / Blackburn Rovers / Club Discipline". Retrieved 22 January 2010.
  8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Blackburn's transfers in 1994/1995". Racing Post soccerbase. 22 January 2010.