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Premier League: Jack Walker’s Blackburn Rovers dream

Michael Stewart recalls Blackburn's Premier League title triumph 30 years ago...

It all started with a dream. Think big. That was his motto. And boy, did he reach for the stars.
Jack Walker took a small family-owned business and created a colossal empire with it. When he finally sold Walkersteel in 1989, there were over 50 different departments all over the country. Selling for £330m, it was, at the time, the largest sale of a privately owned company.
But Walker wasn’t finished making an impact on the world. In 1991 he purchased Blackburn Rovers. The team he had supported all his life. The ...

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