 By the turn of 1992 they were top of the Second Division, and then suffered a dip in form before recovering to qualify for the playoffs, during which Dalglish led Blackburn into the new Premier League by beating Leicester City 1–0 in the Second Division Play-off final at Wembley.The resulting promotion meant that Blackburn were back in the top flight of English football for the first time since 1966.In the 1992 close season, Dalglish signed Southampton's Alan Shearer for a British record fee of £3.5 million.