It’s exactly 30 years since Rovers last appeared at Wembley – and the club are one of just five league teams to have never played at the new stadium.
In manager Ray Harford’s first competitive match after taking over from Kenny Dalglish, the champions lost 1-0 to FA Cup winners Everton with a lobbed effort from Vinny Samways winning it.
It was Alan Shearer's 25th birthday but it was the first sign of the break-up of the famous SAS – Chris Sutton played in defence due to an injury to Colin Hendry.
Report from the match are here and brief highlights are below if you can make out the kit clashing teams...