4.3 • 4.5K Ratings
🗓️ 18 June 2025
⏱️ 75 minutes
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Sir Kenny Dalglish, Chris Sutton and Alan Shearer are among the guests as Kelly Cates looks back on Blackburn's famous title win in 1995. Midfielder Mark Atkins explains how the club was rejuvenated by owner Jack Walker's investment, while Rob Coar, then club chairman, gives the view from the boardroom. And is it fair to say the club bought the title? Football finance expert Kieran Maguire goes through the figures.
[This is re-versioned episode from the Football Daily’s archive. It was first published on the 26th March 2025]
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0:00.0 | Before this BBC podcast kicks off, I'd like to tell you about some others you might enjoy. |
0:05.1 | My name's Will Wilkin and I Commission Music Podcast for the BBC. |
0:08.7 | It's a really cool job, but every day we get to tell the incredible stories behind songs, |
0:13.5 | moments and movements, stories of struggle and success, rises and falls, the funny, the ridiculous. |
0:19.1 | And the BBC's position, at the heart of British music |
0:21.7 | means we can tell those stories like no one else. |
0:24.5 | We were, are and always will be right there at the centre of the narrative. |
0:28.6 | So whether you want an insightful take on music right now |
0:31.3 | or a nostalgic deep dive into some of the most famous and infamous moments in music, |
0:36.1 | check out the music podcasts on BBC Sounds. |
0:40.0 | BBC Sounds, music, radio, podcasts. |
0:44.2 | The Football Daily Podcast. |
0:47.0 | With Kelly Kitts. At the delft, at the del, the pre-match |
1:07.9 | on the pre-match hype is centred on Rovers' record signing from Norwich, Chris Sutton. |
1:11.3 | The club seemed a very warm and friendly club, and the people have been good while I've been up there. |
1:15.8 | And that's, you know, a big part of signing. |
1:18.7 | Sutton in the area now, tries a shot and scores. |
1:24.4 | Chance for Shearer with a follow-up, driven awkwardly back across, and it's been turned home. Mark Atkins is the man who followed it up. |
1:31.4 | Blackburn's fifth consecutive league win puts them top tonight. |
1:34.2 | Crosses high! Shearer heads into the net! |
1:36.3 | Blackburn extend their lead to three points. |
1:38.6 | Shearer is the first to admit he gets by with a lot of help from his friends. |
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