#3 Blackburn Rovers 1992-1993
Trending
Newly promoted and playing top flight English football for the first time in 26 years, Blackburn Rovers were one of the first teams to be promoted to the newly formed Premier League. They had just won the play-off final against Leicester City and were about to start something special that would end three years later with the Premier League title in their hands.
With Kenny Daglish at the helm and backed by chairman Jack Walker, they broke the English transfer record by signing Southampton striker Alan Shearer, for €3.5 million. However, despite injury curtailing Shearer’s season, the English international still made 21 appearances, scoring 16 league goals in the process, which proved vital towards the end of the season.
But Rovers fell short in January with two losses against Manchester City and Coventry City, by one goal, which proved fatal in the end and they missed a UEFA Cup spot by just one point. However, the very next season they finished second before going on to win the title during the 1994-1995 season, beating Manchester United by a point.
