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, £3.4 million, or £3.6 million), Blackburn enjoyed an excellent 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 - just 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

Results Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1992 Crystal PalaceA3–317,086Ripley, Shearer (2) 18 August 1992 ArsenalH1–016,454Shearer 22 August 1992 Manchester CityH1–019,433Newell 26 August 1992 ChelseaA0–019,575 29 August 1992 Coventry CityA2–014,541Shearer (pen), Atkins 5 September 1992 Nottingham ForestH4–116,180Shearer (2, 1 pen), Atkins, Crossley (own goal) 12 September 1992 ArsenalA1–028,643Newell 15 September 1992 EvertonH2–319,563Shearer (2, 1 pen) 19 September 1992 WimbledonA1–16,117Shearer 26 September 1992 Oldham AthleticH2–018,393Shearer, Ripley 3 October 1992 Norwich CityH7–116,312Wegerle (2), Sherwood, Shearer (2), Cowans, Ripley 19 October 1992 Aston VillaA0–030,398 24 October 1992 Manchester UnitedH0–020,305 31 October 1992 Sheffield WednesdayA0–031,044 7 November 1992 Tottenham HotspurH0–217,305 22 November 1992 SouthamptonA1–116,626Moran 28 November 1992 Queens Park RangersH1–015,850Shearer 5 December 1992 MiddlesbroughA2–320,096Wilcox, Phillips (own goal) 13 December 1992 LiverpoolA1–243,668Shearer 19 December 1992 Sheffield UnitedH1–016,057Moran 26 December 1992 Leeds UnitedH3–119,910Wilcox, Shearer (2) 28 December 1992 Ipswich TownA1–221,431Wegerle 9 January 1993 WimbledonH0–014,504 16 January 1993 Oldham AthleticA1–013,742Ripley 26 January 1993 Coventry CityH2–515,215Newell, Hendry 30 January 1993 Manchester CityA2–329,122Newell, Phelan (own goal) 2 February 1993 Crystal PalaceH1–214,163Wegerle 21 February 1993 ChelseaH2–014,780Newell (2) 28 February 1993 Norwich CityA0–015,821 3 March 1993 EvertonA1–218,086May 9 March 1993 SouthamptonH0–013,556 20 March 1993 MiddlesbroughH1–114,041Atkins 24 March 1993 Queens Park RangersA3–010,677Ripley, Moran, Atkins 3 April 1993 LiverpoolH4–115,032Newell, Moran, Gallacher, Wilcox 7 April 1993 Nottingham ForestA3–120,467Wilcox, Ripley, Newell 10 April 1993 Leeds UnitedA2–531,791Gallacher, Atkins 12 April 1993 Ipswich TownH2–114,071Ripley, Whelan (own goal) 17 April 1993 Sheffield UnitedA3–118,186Gallacher, Newell, Sherwood 21 April 1993 Aston VillaH3–015,127Newell (2), Gallacher 3 May 1993 Manchester UnitedA1–340,447Gallacher 5 May 1993 Tottenham HotspurA2–123,097Newell (2) 8 May 1993 Sheffield WednesdayH1–014,956Sherwood

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1993 BournemouthH3–113,733Ripley (2), NewellR423 January 1993 Crewe AlexandraA3–07,054Wegerle, Newell, MoranR513 February 1993 Newcastle UnitedH1–019,972WegerleQF6 March 1993 Sheffield UnitedH0–06,721 (2,543)QFR16 March 1993 Sheffield UnitedA2–2 (lost 3–5 on pens)23,920

(400)Newell, Livingstone

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 First Leg 23 September 1992 Huddersfield TownA1–111,071ShearerR2 Second Leg 6 October 1992 Huddersfield TownH4–3 (won 5–4 on agg)15,038Shearer (2), Wegerle, NewellR328 October 1992 Norwich CityH2–014,216Shearer, MayR49 December 1992 WatfordH6–113,187Shearer (2), Atkins, Newell (2), WegerleQF6 January 1993 Cambridge UnitedH3–214,165Newell (2), WegerleSF First Leg 10 February 1993 Sheffield WednesdayH2–417,283Wegerle 10', Palmer (own goal) 32'SF Second Leg 14 March 1993 Sheffield WednesdayA1–2 (lost 3–6 on agg)30,048Andersson 34'

First-team squad

Left club during season

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.

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 Alan Shearer - Southampton, £3,400,000 plus David Speedie

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 David Speedie - Southampton, part-exchange

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