GARY Bowyer has told the current Blackburn Rovers crop to embrace the club’s glorious Premiership title-winning past.

Twenty years ago today Rovers were crowned champions of England for the third time in their rich history.

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Fast forward to today and the club is preparing for a fourth season in the Championship after its relegation from the top flight in 2012.

But Bowyer insists there is no chance he will allow his players to shy away from the incredible 1994-95 championship victory.

The 43-year-old plastered the walls of Brockhall and Ewood Park with images of Kenny Dalglish’s famous side soon after his appointment as Rovers’ senior boss in May 2013.

He believes the club should celebrate the greatest triumph its modern history every year and not just on significant anniversaries.

Bowyer, who has worked for Rovers for 11 years, said: “The first thing the players see when they come out of the dressing room is a picture of Kenny Dalglish with the trophy.

“And so they should because it’s the history of the club.

“We’re one of only five clubs to have won the Premier League. People said Jack Walker won us it but Manchester United spent more money than us that year.

“And from an old romantic like me I certainly hope that it can be achieved again by a club that gets up and is not classed as one of the big boys.

“But, when you look at the rules and regulations of Financial Fair Play, it’s going to be difficult, so it just makes our achievement, under Kenny and Jack and everyone connected to the club at that time, all the more special.

“You’ve got to have huge, huge admiration for what they achieved and they deserve all the plaudits they are getting now.

“It’s the history of the club and it’s something we should celebrate after 20 years, 25 years, in fact every year, because it was such a magnificent achievement.

“We’ve got to embrace it and be proud of it and that’s certainly what we’re going to continue to do.”

Bowyer, then 23, watched Rovers’ claim the Premiership crown at Anfield on May 14, 1995 from his home.

But it is a match from earlier in the unforgettable campaign that sticks out more in his mind.

“Away to Manchester United on Sunday, January 22 as that was the day my daughter was born,” said Bowyer.

“I’d just got back from the hospital, switched on the TV, and Blackburn were playing at Old Trafford when Giggs crossed it and Cantona scored. I remember thinking United would go on to win it.

“So all credit to Kenny’s team and to win it in the way they did, at Anfield, well you couldn’t have scripted it any better.

“It was a special day for Blackburn Rovers and one the club should be enormously proud of and celebrate.”

Bowyer, meanwhile, has yet to announce his retained list.

But one player who has already left is midfielder Paulo Jorge.

The 22-year-old is the last of the five unknown Portuguese players signed by Rovers in the summer of 2012, by Steve Kean and Shebby Singh, to have departed the club.

Jorge made just two appearances for Rovers.

Defender Darragh Lenihan, meanwhile, is set for a double date with England after being named in the latest Republic of Ireland U21s squad.

The Irish youngsters will take on the England C team, which is for players operating outside of the Football League, in Galway on Monday, June 1, and then the England U21s team at St George’s Park, the English FA’s national football centre in Burton-upon-Trent, on Friday, June 5.

Both friendlies will kick-off at 3pm.