Just 22 years ago, Alan Shearer and Chris Sutton’s strike partnership led Rovers to title glory and now, under the disastrous ownership of Venky’s since November 2010, they have become the first Premier League champion to fall into the third tier of English football.
On the way to becoming the super power of English football in the Premier League era, the Red Devils narrowly missed out on the 1995 title to Blackburn (and lost the FA Cup final to Everton).