20 YEARS ON: Kevin Gallacher gives the lowdown on Blackburn Rovers' title-winning squad

Here Lancashire Telegraph columnist Kevin Gallacher, a member of Kenny Dalglish’s title-winning squad, gives the lowdown on the 21 players who pulled on the Rovers shirt in the memorable 1994-95 league campaign.

Tim Flowers

He was a quality goalkeeper and one of the hardest working goalkeepers I’ve come across. He was a funny guy as well but he was very serious about his job. He called himself The Cat, he never earned the nickname, and some of the saves he clawed out of the net were phenomenal. 

Bobby Mimms

Big Bobby knew he was going to be back-up as soon as Tim was bought in. But he worked hard and it was great to have two quality keepers who we knew would do a great job. He was a great character and big mates with Mark Atkins.

Henning Berg

The Iceman. He was cool, nothing flustered him, he just got on with his job. He just liked to be one of the boys and have a bit of fun as well and he just got on with it quietly.

Colin Hendry 

Colin was unbelievable. When he headed the ball away on the ground at Everton will always stick in my mind. I’ve never seen anybody do that. He wore Blackburn Rovers on his sleeve and that game epitomised that for me.

Graeme Le Saux

Graeme and I both signed together and his ambition was to become England’s left back. He was the modern full-back and, yes, he did read the Guardian. He said he was an intelligent fella and who were we to argue when we were all sat reading The Sun?

Ian Pearce

Pearcey came in as a young centre-half or centre-forward, reminiscent of a young Colin Hendry. But he got put as a central defender and did very well. He became great friends with big Sutty.

Tony Gale

We needed a bit of experience in that area, as we’d just lost Kevin Moran, so to go and get big Tony was brilliant. He played a massive part for us, particularly in the first half of the season, and his experience was crucial.

Jeff Kenna 

Jeff came in a full-back role from Southampton and slotted in right away. I think he only played half-a-dozen games or so but he did fantastically well, scoring a crucial goal against Crystal Palace, like myself. Like Graeme Le Saux, he was a modern-day full-back, getting down the line.

Alan Wright
Wee Wrighty had played four or five games and been on the bench as well but he just couldn’t get ahead of Graeme Le Saux. It was inevitable that Alan would want to play football and he got a good move to Aston Villa and did well there.

Tim Sherwood

The captain. He was your typical Cockney character. We nicknamed him Slippery for obvious reasons. He was our organiser and I can see why he went into football management because he organises people right and when he talks to you, you get a buzz off him. He was fantastic.

Stuart Ripley
Rippers was brilliant. He ran into train tracks and knocked everybody down just to get the ball into the box and create things for people. Then after the game he’d sit and do some studying for his French and his law. He was a very studious lad whose head was always in a book. 

Mark Atkins

Super Atko. For a right-back who could not run he went on to become a great goalscoring midfielder. He just timed his runs into the box perfectly. David Batty got a bad Achilles injury and Mark took over the role and didn’t look out of place.

Jason Wilcox

Jason was a home-grown talent. He understood what the club was about but it also meant he was the first on the boo-boy list when things weren’t going right. But he had the character to deal with that and he was a great impersonator – he had everyone down to a tee. He was a fantastic footballer and we all appreciated what he did for us.

Paul Warhurst
We called him Albert, after Albert Tatlock, as he never stopped moaning. He believed he was the best centre-forward in the world but we saw him as a central midfielder and he more than played his part for us. He could play in any position and he’d always do a job for you.

Robbie Slater
We all had basic cars, Ford Escorts, Honda Preludes, Jaguars, and Robbie turned up with a Porsche. After an away match he tried to start his Porsche up and it wouldn’t start. So right away he got slaughtered. But it helped him fit in and he played a fantastic amount of games.

David Batty

I spent six months with Batts and he was sending me doolally. He didn’t seem to care too much about football and I never got to know him but he helped pull me through with his amazing mental strength. He’s also the only person I know to bust a 25-year guarantee trampette in the first week. 

Richard Witschge
He only made one appearance and a lot of the players will say he should never have made that many, because he was poor. He was a Dutch international from a great footballing family but unfortunately he made that single appearance, just like myself, but he didn’t perform.

Alan Shearer

Blackburn Rovers Football Club was built around Alan Shearer. He was the centrepiece of the jigsaw. When you have someone like him who you know will score goals all we had to do was create chances for him. We did that and he scored the goals. He was the star but he was never egotistic, he fitted in with the boys. 

Chris Sutton

People were aghast when Kenny paid £5m for a young lad who we didn’t know whether he was a centre-half or a centre-forward. But he played up front and that was the start of the SAS. Big Chris underestimates how good he was. Myself, Alan Shearer, Henrik Larsson all had our best seasons with him.

Mike Newell
Unfortunately for Newelly most of his action came off the bench. When called upon, he always did well. He was great for me when I came to the club and between us we had a great partnership. He was a very good player.

Kevin Gallacher

I was told my career was over after the leg break so I was proud to get back fit and get that goal against Crystal Palace. Before the game I was like a nervous kid and everything was going well and then unfortunately a bad tackle sent me back to the hospital again.