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1993–94 FA Premier League

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The 1993–94 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the FA Premier League, the top division of professional football in England. Manchester United won the league by eight points over nearest challengers Blackburn Rovers, their second consecutive league title. Swindon Town finished bottom of the league in their first season of top-flight football and were relegated along with Sheffield United and Oldham Athletic. Manchester United also broke their own record of the most points in a season, set by themselves the previous season. This would be surpassed by Chelsea in the 2004–05 season.

FA Premier League
Season1993–94
Dates14 August 1993 – 8 May 1994
ChampionsManchester United
2nd Premier League title
9th English title
RelegatedSheffield United
Oldham Athletic
Swindon Town
Champions LeagueManchester United
Cup Winners' CupArsenal
Chelsea
UEFA CupBlackburn Rovers
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
Matches played462
Goals scored1,195 (2.59 per match)
Top goalscorerAndy Cole
(34 goals)
Best goalkeeperDavid Seaman (19 clean sheets)
Biggest home winNewcastle United 7–1 Swindon Town
(12 March 1994)
Biggest away winSwindon Town 0–5 Liverpool
(22 August 1993)
Swindon Town 0–5 Leeds United
(7 May 1994)
Highest scoringNorwich City 4–5 Southampton
(9 April 1994)
Longest winning run8 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run22 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest winless run15 games[1]
Swindon Town
Longest losing run7 games[1]
Tottenham Hotspur
Highest attendance45,347[2]
Aston Villa 2–1 Liverpool
(7 May 1994)
Lowest attendance4,739[2]
Wimbledon 1–2 Coventry City
(26 December 1993)
Total attendance10,642,228[3]
Average attendance23,035[3]

Overview

New league sponsors

From the start of the 1993–94 season, the FA Premier League was sponsored by Carling Breweries.

Transfers

Just before the start of the season, Roy Keane became the most expensive footballer signed by an English football team. The 22-year-old Irish midfielder left relegated Nottingham Forest for Manchester United for a fee of £3.75 million.

During the 1993–94 season, many players were transferred between Premier League clubs for fees exceeding £1 million. They included David White (Manchester City to Leeds United), David Rocastle (Leeds United to Manchester City), Roy Wegerle (Blackburn Rovers to Coventry City) and Tim Flowers (Southampton to Blackburn Rovers). At £2.5 million, Flowers became the most expensive goalkeeper in English football.

Summary

Manchester United led the 1993–94 Premier League for almost all of the season, eventually finishing as champions eight points ahead of runners-up Blackburn Rovers. They also won the FA Cup after beating Chelsea 4–0 in the final, thereby becoming only the fourth team to achieve this feat in the 20th century (after Tottenham in 1961, Arsenal in 1971 and Liverpool in 1986). Their lead of the Premier League stood at 11 points by the end of October and peaked at 16 points at one stage, but a run of bad results in March was followed by defeat at Blackburn at the beginning of April, which meant that they now led the league merely on goal difference. A return to form towards the end of April then saw United seal the league title with two games still to play.

Norwich City, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Everton and Aston Villa were among the sides who showed promise early in the season before Manchester United established a runaway lead. Norwich reached the third round of the UEFA Cup after famously beating Bayern Munich in the second round, but their league form slumped after manager Mike Walker departed to Everton in January, and the Norfolk side finished 12th. Everton's brief lead of the league in the opening stages of the season was followed by a slump in form, and manager Howard Kendall stepped down at the beginning of December with the Toffees now in the bottom half of the table. They only narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the season. Aston Villa finished a disappointing 10th in the league, but won the Football League Cup for the fourth time.

Finishing runners-up in the Premier League were Blackburn Rovers, whose top scorer Alan Shearer found the net 31 times in the league. In third place came Newcastle United, whose 22-year-old striker Andy Cole was the Premier League's leading scorer with 34 goals in 40 games, with a total of 41 goals in all competitions. In fourth place came Arsenal, who achieved success in European competition with a 1–0 win over Parma in the Cup Winners' Cup final.

Swindon Town managed just five league wins all season and were relegated in bottom place having conceded 100 league goals in 42 games; their record for the most goals conceded in a Premier League season would last for three decades before it was surpassed by Sheffield United in 2024. Oldham Athletic, who had avoided relegation on goal difference the previous season, were relegated on the final day of the season after failing to win at Norwich City. The final relegation place went to Sheffield United, who were relegated from the top flight after a 3–2 defeat at Chelsea, with the winning goal coming in injury time (a draw would have been enough to survive, and a loss would have still been enough had Everton not won their final match, 3–2 at home to Wimbledon after coming from 0–2 down). Ipswich Town, who failed to win any of their final 11 games, avoided relegation by holding Blackburn to a goalless draw at Ewood Park, and were less than a minute from being relegated, only to be saved by Chelse’s late win over Sheffield United.

Teams

Twenty-two teams competed in the league – the top nineteen teams from the previous season and the three teams promoted from the First Division. The promoted teams were Newcastle United, West Ham United and Swindon Town. Newcastle United and West Ham United returned to the top flight after absences of four and one year respectively, while Swindon Town played in the top flight for the first and only time. They replaced Crystal Palace, Middlesbrough and Nottingham Forest, who were relegated to the First Division after their top flight spells of four, one and sixteen years respectively.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 1993–94 Premier League teams
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Greater London Premier League football clubs
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Greater Manchester Premier League football clubs
TeamLocationStadiumCapacity
ArsenalLondon (Highbury)Highbury38,419
Aston VillaBirminghamVilla Park39,399
Blackburn RoversBlackburnEwood Park31,367
ChelseaLondon (Fulham)Stamford Bridge36,000
Coventry CityCoventryHighfield Road23,489
EvertonLiverpool (Walton)Goodison Park40,157
Ipswich TownIpswichPortman Road30,300
Leeds UnitedLeedsElland Road40,204
LiverpoolLiverpool (Anfield)Anfield42,730
Manchester CityManchester (Moss Side)Maine Road35,150
Manchester UnitedManchester (Old Trafford)Old Trafford55,314
Newcastle UnitedNewcastle upon TyneSt James' Park36,649
Norwich CityNorwichCarrow Road27,010
Oldham AthleticOldhamBoundary Park13,512
Queens Park RangersLondon (Shepherd's Bush)Loftus Road18,439
Sheffield UnitedSheffield (Highfield)Bramall Lane32,702
Sheffield WednesdaySheffield (Owlerton)Hillsborough Stadium39,859
SouthamptonSouthamptonThe Dell15,200
Swindon TownSwindonCounty Ground18,152
Tottenham HotspurLondon (Tottenham)White Hart Lane36,230
West Ham UnitedLondon (Upton Park)Boleyn Ground28,000
WimbledonLondon (Selhurst)Selhurst Park[a]26,309

Personnel and kits

(as of 8 May 1994)

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Arsenal George Graham Tony AdamsAdidasJVC
Aston Villa Ron Atkinson Kevin RichardsonAsicsMüller
Blackburn Rovers Kenny Dalglish Tim SherwoodAsicsMcEwan's Lager
Chelsea Glenn Hoddle Dennis WiseUmbroAmiga
Coventry City Phil Neal Brian BorrowsRiberoPeugeot
Everton Mike Walker Dave WatsonUmbroNEC
Ipswich Town John Lyall Steve PalmerUmbroFisons
Leeds United Howard Wilkinson Gordon StrachanAsicsThistle Hotels
Liverpool Roy Evans Ian RushAdidasCarlsberg
Manchester City Brian Horton Keith CurleUmbroBrother
Manchester United Alex Ferguson Bryan RobsonUmbroSharp
Newcastle United Kevin Keegan Peter BeardsleyAsicsMcEwan's Lager
Norwich City John Deehan Ian ButterworthRiberoNorwich and Peterborough
Oldham Athletic Joe Royle Mike MilliganUmbroJD Sports
Queens Park Rangers Gerry Francis David BardsleyClubhouseCSF
Sheffield United Dave Bassett Brian GayleUmbroLaver
Sheffield Wednesday Trevor Francis Chris WaddlePumaSanderson
Southampton Alan Ball Matt Le TissierPonyDimplex
Swindon Town John Gorman Shaun TaylorLokiBurmah
Tottenham Hotspur Osvaldo Ardiles Gary MabbuttUmbroHolsten
West Ham United Billy Bonds Steve PottsPonyDagenham Motors
Wimbledon Joe Kinnear Vinnie JonesRiberoLBC

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Chelsea David WebbEnd of caretaker spell11 May 1993Pre-season Glenn Hoddle4 June 1993
Ipswich Town John LyallPromoted to Director of Football30 May 1993 Mick McGiven1 June 1993
Swindon Town Glenn HoddleSigned by Chelsea4 June 1993 John Gorman4 June 1993
Tottenham Hotspur Doug Livermore
Ray Clemence		Sacked19 June 1993 Osvaldo Ardiles19 June 1993
Manchester City Peter ReidSacked26 August 199320th Tony Book (caretaker)27 August 1993
Tony BookEnd of caretaker spell28 August 199317th Brian Horton28 August 1993
Coventry City Bobby GouldResigned23 October 199314th Phil Neal23 October 1993
Everton Howard Kendall4 December 199313th Jimmy Gabriel (caretaker)4 December 1993
Jimmy GabrielEnd of caretaker spell6 January 199419th Mike Walker6 January 1994
Norwich City Mike WalkerSigned by Everton8th John Deehan
Southampton Ian BranfootSacked10 January 199421st Dave Merrington (caretaker)10 January 1994
Dave MerringtonEnd of caretaker spell20 January 199420th Alan Ball20 January 1994
Liverpool Graeme SounessSacked28 January 19945th Roy Evans30 January 1994
Ipswich Town Mick McGivenBecame assistant manager15 February 199414th John Lyall16 February 1994

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Manchester United (C)42271148038+4292Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2Blackburn Rovers4225986336+2784Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3Newcastle United42238118241+4177
4Arsenal42181775328+2571Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
5Leeds United42181686539+2670
6Wimbledon421811135653+365
7Sheffield Wednesday421616107654+2264
8Liverpool42179165955+460
9Queens Park Rangers421612146261+160
10Aston Villa421512154650−457Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[b]
11Coventry City421414144345−256
12Norwich City421217136561+453
13West Ham United421313164758−1152
14Chelsea421312174953−451Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[c]
15Tottenham Hotspur421112195459−545
16Manchester City42918153849−1145
17Everton42128224263−2144
18Southampton42127234966−1743
19Ipswich Town42916173558−2343
20Sheffield United (R)42818164260−1842Relegation to Football League First Division
21Oldham Athletic (R)42913204268−2640
22Swindon Town (R)425152247100−5330
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARSAVLBLBCHECOVEVEIPSLEELIVMCIMUNNEWNOROLDQPRSHUSHWSOUSWITOTWHUWIM
Arsenal—1–21–01–00–32–04–02–11–00–02–22–10–01–10–03–01–01–01–11–10–21–1
Aston Villa1–2—0–11–00–00–00–11–02–10–01–20–20–01–24–11–02–20–25–01–03–10–1
Blackburn Rovers1–11–0—2–02–12–00–02–12–02–02–01–02–31–01–10–01–12–03–11–00–23–0
Chelsea0–21–11–2—1–24–21–11–11–00–01–01–01–20–12–03–21–12–02–04–32–02–0
Coventry City1–00–12–11–1—2–11–00–21–04–00–12–12–11–10–10–01–11–11–11–01–11–2
Everton1–10–10–34–20–0—0–01–12–01–00–10–21–52–10–34–20–21–06–20–10–13–2
Ipswich Town1–51–21–01–00–20–2—0–01–22–21–21–12–10–01–33–21–41–01–12–21–10–0
Leeds United2–12–03–34–11–03–00–0—2–03–20–21–10–41–01–12–12–20–03–02–01–04–0
Liverpool0–02–10–12–11–02–11–02–0—2–13–30–20–12–13–21–22–04–22–21–22–01–1
Manchester City0–03–00–22–21–11–02–11–11–1—2–32–11–11–13–00–01–31–12–10–20–00–1
Manchester United1–03–11–10–10–01–00–00–01–02–0—1–12–23–22–13–05–02–04–22–13–03–1
Newcastle United2–05–11–10–04–01–02–01–13–02–01–1—3–03–21–24–04–21–27–10–12–04–0
Norwich City1–11–22–21–11–03–01–02–12–21–10–21–2—1–13–40–11–14–50–01–20–00–1
Oldham Athletic0–01–11–22–13–30–10–31–10–30–02–51–32–1—4–11–10–02–12–10–21–21–1
Queens Park Rangers1–12–21–01–15–12–13–00–41–31–12–31–22–22–0—2–11–22–11–31–10–01–0
Sheffield United1–11–21–21–00–00–01–12–20–00–10–32–01–22–11–1—1–10–03–12–23–22–1
Sheffield Wednesday0–10–01–23–10–05–15–03–33–11–12–30–13–33–03–13–1—2–03–31–05–02–2
Southampton0–44–13–13–11–00–20–10–24–20–11–32–10–11–30–13–31–1—5–11–00–21–0
Swindon Town0–41–21–31–33–11–12–20–50–51–32–22–23–30–11–00–00–12–1—2–11–12–4
Tottenham Hotspur0–11–10–21–11–23–21–11–13–31–00–11–21–35–01–22–21–33–01–1—1–41–1
West Ham United0–00–01–21–03–20–12–10–11–23–12–22–43–32–00–40–02–03–30–01–3—0–2
Wimbledon0–32–24–11–11–21–10–21–01–11–01–04–23–13–01–12–02–11–03–02–11–2—
Source: 11v11
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Newcastle's Andy Cole was the top scorer in the 1993–94 Premier League season, with 34 goals. In addition, he also assisted 13 goals for the club over the season.
RankPlayerClubGoals[4]
1 Andy ColeNewcastle United34
2 Alan ShearerBlackburn Rovers31
3 Matt Le TissierSouthampton25
Chris SuttonNorwich City
5 Ian WrightArsenal23
6 Peter BeardsleyNewcastle United21
7 Mark BrightSheffield Wednesday19
8 Eric CantonaManchester United18
9 Dean HoldsworthWimbledon17
Rod WallaceLeeds United
10 Tony CotteeEverton16
Les FerdinandQueens Park Rangers

Hat-tricks

Tony Cottee was one of five players who scored more than one hat-trick in the 1993–94 Premier League season.
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Micky QuinnCoventry CityArsenal3–0 (A)[5]14 August 1993
Tony CotteeEvertonSheffield United4–2 (H)[6]21 August 1993
Kevin CampbellArsenalIpswich Town4–0 (H)[7]11 September 1993
Efan Ekoku4Norwich CityEverton5–1 (A)[8]25 September 1993
Alan ShearerBlackburn RoversLeeds United3–3 (A)[9]23 October 1993
Peter BeardsleyNewcastle UnitedWimbledon4–0 (H)[10]30 October 1993
Robbie FowlerLiverpoolSouthampton4–2 (H)[11]
Bradley AllenQueens Park RangersEverton3–0 (A)[12]20 November 1993
Andy ColeNewcastle UnitedLiverpool3–0 (H)[13]21 November 1993
Kevin CampbellArsenalSwindon Town4–0 (A)[14]27 December 1993
Tony CotteeEverton6–2 (H)[15]15 January 1994
Jan Åge FjørtoftSwindon TownCoventry City3–1 (H)[16]5 February 1994
Dean SaundersAston VillaSwindon Town5–0 (H)[17]12 February 1994
Matt Le TissierSouthamptonLiverpool4–2 (H)[18]14 February 1994
Andy ColeNewcastle UnitedCoventry City4–0 (H)[19]23 February 1994
Ian WrightArsenalIpswich Town5–1 (A)[20]5 March 1994
Southampton4–0 (A)[21]19 March 1994
Matt Le TissierSouthamptonNorwich City5–4 (A)[22]9 April 1994
Dean HoldsworthWimbledonOldham Athletic3–0 (H)[23]26 April 1994
Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Clean sheets

RankPlayerClubClean
sheets[24]
1 David SeamanArsenal19
2 Peter SchmeichelManchester United15
3 Luděk MikloškoWest Ham United14
4 Tim FlowersSouthampton13
5 Dmitri KharineChelsea11
Steve OgrizovicCoventry City
Hans SegersWimbledon
Neville SouthallEverton
9 Tony CotonManchester City10
Craig ForrestIpswich Town
Bryan GunnNorwich City

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 44[27]
    • Sheffield United
  • Fewest yellow cards: 12[27]
    • Coventry City
  • Most red cards: 4[28]
    • Oldham Athletic
    • Sheffield United
  • Fewest red cards: 0[28]
    • Blackburn Rovers
    • Coventry City
    • Everton
    • Ipswich Town
    • Leeds United
    • Manchester City
    • Wimbledon

Awards

Joe Kinnear was Manager of the Month three times during the 1993–94 Premier League season.

Monthly awards

MonthManager of the MonthReferences
ManagerClub
August Alex FergusonManchester United[29]
September Joe KinnearWimbledon[29]
October Mike WalkerNorwich City[29]
November Kevin KeeganNewcastle United[29]
December Trevor FrancisSheffield Wednesday[29]
January Kenny DalglishBlackburn Rovers[29]
February Joe RoyleOldham Athletic[29]
March Joe KinnearWimbledon[29]
April[29]

Annual awards

AwardWinnerClub
Premier League Manager of the Season Alex Ferguson[30]Manchester United
PFA Players' Player of the Year Eric Cantona[31]
PFA Young Player of the Year Andy Cole[32]Newcastle United
FWA Footballer of the Year Alan Shearer[33]Blackburn Rovers
PFA Team of the Year[34]
Goalkeeper Tim Flowers
(Blackburn Rovers)
Defenders Gary Kelly
(Leeds United)		 Gary Pallister
(Manchester United)		 Tony Adams
(Arsenal)		 Denis Irwin
(Manchester United)
Midfielders Paul Ince
(Manchester United)		 Gary McAllister
(Leeds United)		 David Batty
(Blackburn Rovers)
Forwards Alan Shearer
(Blackburn Rovers)		 Eric Cantona
(Manchester United)		 Peter Beardsley
(Newcastle United)

See also

References and notes

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