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Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Chris Sutton: How The League Was Won

Revista de la Liga with Graham Hunter

Graham Hunter

Soccer, Football, Sports

4.5863 Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2017

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

Chris Sutton had the pick of every top team in England in 1994, but it was upwardly mobile Blackburn Rovers that took him from Norwich for a British record transfer fee of £5 million.What happened next would become one of the most epic tales in Premier League history. Paired with Alan Shearer in the famous SAS partnership, Chris helped Blackburn win the 1994/95 league title ahead of Manchester United.Here, Chris breaks down the twists and turns of that dramatic campaign; Shearer’s ruthlessness in front of goal; and Kenny Dalglish’s unshakeable confidence when the squad looked as though they might throw it all away.Chris also discusses the character in that Blackburn side - a team which included Tim Sherwood, Graeme Le Saux and Tim Flowers - which dragged them over the line eventually.Enjoy!

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0:00.0

You're going to. Chris Sutton had the pick of every top team in England in 1994, but it was

0:19.8

upwardly mobile Blackburn Rovers who took him from Norwich for a British record transfer fee of 5 million quid.

0:26.4

What happened next became one of the most epic tales in Premier League history.

0:30.6

Paired with Alan Shearer up front in that memorable SAS partnership, Chris's Blackburn

0:35.8

won the 1994 title ahead of Sir Alex for instance Manchester United.

0:40.8

Here, Chris breaks down the twists and turns of that epic campaign. Shearers ruthlessness in front of goal,

0:46.0

Kenny Douglas' unshakable confidence when the squad looked like they might throw it all away,

0:51.0

and Blackburn's character, including Tim Slippery Sherwood

0:55.2

David Batty, Grem Lasso and Tim Flowers that character which dragged them over the

0:59.8

line eventually he also compares and contrasts his relationship with Shearer to that of Henric Larson

1:05.9

with whom he formed a telepathic understanding at Martin O'Neil's Celtic.

1:10.0

Oh, and do listen out for the best car diving anecdote you'll ever hear.

1:15.0

And finally, we're recording another big interview live on Thursday, March 9th at the concert hall in Glasgow with special guest,

1:22.3

Aberdeen legend Alex McLeish.

1:24.0

Alex will be reflecting on his decorated playing in management career

1:28.0

how his football manager obsessed son alerted him to the talents of a teenage Leo

1:32.2

Messy before the world knew of that genius,

1:35.3

and how he'd later inquire about bringing messy to Rangers on loan only to be told by Frank

1:40.6

Ricard's assistant to try and secure a deal for Andresin E.S. to instead.

1:45.7

Sir Alex Ferguson, McCliche's first manager at Aberdeen, will pop up in stories and they'll

1:50.1

be at an audience Q&A. To buy tickets go to I write.com that's A Y W R I T E dot com and search for Graham

1:58.3

Hunter. The link is also on a pinned tweet at GH podcast on Twitter. See you there. I always wondered what it's like to be signed. The signing process, when you move

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