IT IS 25 years today since Blackburn Rovers paid a then British transfer record of £3.6million to bring Alan Shearer to Ewood Park from Southampton.
And the rest, as they say, is history.
Shearer scored twice on his Rovers debut on the opening weekend of the Premier League season in a 3-3 draw with Crystal Palace and never looked back.
He would go on to score 130 goals in a Rovers shirt, inspiring the club to their Premier League title success of 1994/95.
Shearer topped the club’s goalscoring charts in each of his four seasons at Ewood Park and won the Football Writers’ Association player of the year in 1993/94 and PFA player of the year the following season.
He departed Ewood Park for hometown club Newcastle United in the summer of 1996 for £15m.
25 years ago I signed for @Rovers I hope one day this great club can get back to the top. Come on Venkys, sort it out! pic.twitter.com/Sd6Um1UTNY
— Alan Shearer (@alanshearer) July 27, 2017
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