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The 1992–93 FA Premier League was the inaugural season of the Premier League, the top division of English football. The season began on 15 August 1992 and ended on 11 May 1993. The league was made up of the 22 clubs that broke away from the Football League at the end of the 1991–92 season. The new league was backed up by a five-year, £304 million deal with Sky to televise Premier League matches. In concept, the Premier League was identical to the old First Division of the Football League, which was now reduced to three divisions.

FA Premier League
Season1992–93
Dates15 August 1992 – 11 May 1993
ChampionsManchester United
1st Premier League title
8th English title
RelegatedCrystal Palace
Middlesbrough
Nottingham Forest
Champions LeagueManchester United
Cup Winners' CupArsenal
UEFA CupAston Villa
Norwich City
Matches played462
Goals scored1,222 (2.65 per match)
Top goalscorerTeddy Sheringham
(21 goals)
Best goalkeeperBobby Mimms (19 clean sheets)
Biggest home winBlackburn Rovers 7–1 Norwich City
(3 October 1992)
Sheffield United 6–0 Tottenham Hotspur
(2 March 1993)
Biggest away winManchester United 0–3 Everton
(19 August 1992)
Sheffield Wednesday 0–3 Manchester City
(5 September 1992)
Leeds United 1–4 Nottingham Forest
(5 December 1992)
Blackburn Rovers 2–5 Coventry City
(26 January 1993)
Nottingham Forest 0–3 Norwich City
(17 March 1993)
Queens Park Rangers 0–3 Blackburn Rovers
(24 March 1993)
Manchester City 2–5 Everton
(8 May 1993)
Highest scoringOldham Athletic 5–3 Nottingham Forest
(22 August 1992)
Blackburn Rovers 7–1 Norwich City
(3 October 1992)
Oldham Athletic 6–2 Wimbledon
(3 April 1993)
Everton 3–5 Queens Park Rangers
(12 April 1993)
Liverpool 6–2 Tottenham Hotspur
(8 May 1993)
Longest winning run7 games[1]
Manchester United
Sheffield Wednesday
Longest unbeaten run11 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest winless run13 games[1]
Ipswich Town
Longest losing run6 games[1]
Nottingham Forest
Highest attendance44,619
Liverpool 1–0 Everton
(20 March 1993)
Lowest attendance3,039[a]
Wimbledon 1–3 Everton
(26 January 1993)

Overview

Background

In May 1992, the breakaway league signed a broadcasting rights contract with Sky and the BBC valued at £304 million, the largest such agreement in the history of British sport.[2] The league's executive committee was unable, however, to secure title sponsorship for the new competition after eight clubs blocked a proposed £13 million deal with brewers Bass.[3] Nonetheless, clubs began to utilise their dramatically increased wealth to fund a series of high-profile transfers.[4]

Although the idea of a super league had been mentioned by football's governing bodies and evaluated by the media since the mid-1980s, plans for a new Premier League of 22 clubs were first unveiled by the Football Association in October 1990, and included in the Football Association's Blueprint for the Future of Football, published in June 1991.[5] The majority of First Division clubs, particularly long-established top clubs including Arsenal and Manchester United, were in favour of a breakaway from the Football League, although Football League president Bill Fox criticised the planned Premier League as an attempt by the Football Association to "hijack" the First Division.

Shortly before the season began, newly promoted Blackburn Rovers signed Southampton's 21-year-old England international striker Alan Shearer for a new British record fee variously reported as £3.3 million,[6] £3.4 million,[7] or £3.6 million.[8] Several other players moved for fees of £2 million or more, including Arsenal's David Rocastle, who joined Leeds United,[9] Dean Saunders, who moved from Liverpool to Aston Villa,[10] and Teddy Sheringham, who left Nottingham Forest for Tottenham Hotspur.[11]

The structure of the new league was identical to that of the previous season's Football League First Division, comprising 22 teams, with each playing the other 21 twice for a total of 42 matches. Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough had been promoted from the old Second Division as champions and runners-up respectively, and Blackburn Rovers took the third promotion place after winning the 1991–92 Second Division play-off.[12]

Season summary

The first Premier League title went to Manchester United, the club's first title in 26 years. Their title was achieved with a 10-point lead over runners-up Aston Villa, after overcoming a slow start to the season which had seen them slip to mid table, with the signing of French striker Eric Cantona in late November proving to be the catalyst for their improved form which saw them lose just two league games after his arrival.

Norwich City led the table for most of the first half of the season, but their challenge faded in the final weeks of the campaign, and were out of contention with three games remaining, after they lost 3–1 to Ipswich Town. Norwich did however finish in third place, achieving European qualification in Mike Walker's debut season as manager; with a goal difference of −4, this is the highest Premier League finish by a team with a negative goal difference. Blackburn, in the top division for the first time in almost 30 years, finished in fourth place. They briefly led the league early in the season, but suffered a shortage of goals after Alan Shearer, who had scored 16 times before the turn of the year, suffered a torn cruciate ligament and missed the second half of the season. The title race was largely between the clubs who finished in the top four after early challenges from the likes of Arsenal, Coventry City, and Queens Park Rangers were not sustained.

Nottingham Forest's league form had suffered through the sale of key players including Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham, and they were bottom of the Premier League for the majority of the season. Their relegation was confirmed in early May when they lost to Sheffield United, and manager Brian Clough announced his retirement after 18 years as manager, which had yielded one league title, two European Cups and four League Cups. Next to go were newly promoted Middlesbrough, who fell from mid-table at Christmas to go down in second from bottom place. Last to go down were Crystal Palace, who failed to win their final game of the season which would have instead consigned Oldham Athletic to the final relegation place - Oldham's survival was secured with a thrilling 4–3 win over Southampton.[13]

Title holders Leeds United finished 17th, which was the lowest finish from a defending league champion since Ipswich Town finished 17th in 1962–63 after having won the title in 1961–62, and the lowest any top tier champions have so far finished in the Premier League. Leeds failed to win an away game in the league. The lowest a defending champion has finished since then has been 12th (Leicester City in 2016–17, having won the title in 2015–16). Liverpool, who had been the English league’s dominant force of the previous two decades with an honours list including 11 league titles between 1973 and 1990, finished a disappointing sixth, and had been in the bottom half of the table as late as March.

[14]

In total 1,222 goals were scored, which as of 2024 still stands as a Premier League record, mainly due to significantly larger number of games from 1995–96 season onward.[15] The top scorer in the new Premier League was Teddy Sheringham, who found the net for Nottingham Forest in their opening game of the season before being sold to Tottenham Hotspur, scoring a further 21 goals for the North London side in the league. PFA Player of the Year was Paul McGrath of Aston Villa. FWA Player of the Year was Chris Waddle, who helped Sheffield Wednesday achieve runners-up spot in both of the cups after ending his three-year spell in France. PFA Young Player of the Year was Ryan Giggs, who won the award for the second year running, and also picked up a league title medal with Manchester United.

On 26 January, Wimbledon hosted Everton at Selhurst Park in front of a crowd of just over 3,000. More than 30 years on, this remains the lowest attendance recorded at a Premier League match. Despite their frequently low attendances, Wimbledon managed to climb clear of the relegation battle during the second half of the season to finish 12th.[16]

Teams

Twenty-two teams competed in the league – the top nineteen teams from the First Division and the three teams promoted from the Second Division. The promoted teams were Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers, returning to the top flight after an absence of six, three and twenty-six years respectively. They replaced Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United, who were relegated to the First Division, ending Luton Town's ten-year spell in the top flight, whilst both Notts County and West Ham United were relegated after only one year in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

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Locations of the 1992–93 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
Crystal PalaceLondon (Selhurst)Selhurst Park26,309
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
MiddlesbroughMiddlesbroughAyresome Park26,667
Norwich CityNorwichCarrow Road27,010
Nottingham ForestWest BridgfordCity Ground30,539
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
Tottenham HotspurLondon (Tottenham)White Hart Lane36,230
WimbledonLondon (Selhurst)Selhurst Park[a]26,309

Personnel and kits

(as of 9 May 1993)

TeamManagerCaptainKit manufacturerShirt sponsor
Arsenal George Graham Tony AdamsAdidasJVC
Aston Villa Ron Atkinson Kevin RichardsonUmbroMita Copiers
Blackburn Rovers Kenny Dalglish Tim SherwoodAsicsMcEwan's Lager
Chelsea David Webb (caretaker) Andy TownsendUmbroCommodore International
Coventry City Bobby Gould Brian BorrowsRiberoPeugeot
Crystal Palace Steve Coppell Geoff ThomasBukta (until December)
Ribero (from December)		Tulip Computers
Everton Howard Kendall Dave WatsonUmbroNEC
Ipswich Town John Lyall John WarkUmbroFisons
Leeds United Howard Wilkinson Gordon StrachanAdmiralAdmiral
Liverpool Graeme Souness Mark WrightAdidasCarlsberg
Manchester City Peter Reid Terry PhelanUmbroBrother Industries
Manchester United Alex Ferguson Bryan RobsonUmbroSharp
Middlesbrough Lennie Lawrence Alan KernaghanAdmiralImperial Chemical Industries
Norwich City Mike Walker Ian ButterworthRiberoNorwich and Peterborough
Nottingham Forest Brian Clough Stuart PearceUmbroShipstones (home), Labatt's (away)
Oldham Athletic Joe Royle Mike MilliganUmbroJD Sports
Queens Park Rangers Gerry Francis Alan McDonaldBrooks RunningClassic FM
Sheffield United Dave Bassett Brian GayleUmbroLaver
Sheffield Wednesday Trevor Francis Nigel PearsonUmbroSanderson
Southampton Ian Branfoot Glenn CockerillAdmiralDraper Tools
Tottenham Hotspur Doug Livermore
Ray Clemence		 Gary MabbuttUmbroHolsten
Wimbledon Joe Kinnear John ScalesAdmiral

Managerial changes

TeamOutgoing managerManner of departureDate of vacancyPosition in tableIncoming managerDate of appointment
Norwich City David WilliamsEnd of caretaker spell1 May 1992Pre-season Mike Walker1 June 1992
Coventry City Don Howe14 May 1992 Bobby Gould6 June 1992
Tottenham Hotspur Peter ShreevesSacked19 May 1992 Doug Livermore
Ray Clemence		19 May 1992
Chelsea Ian Porterfield15 February 199312th David Webb15 February 1993

League table

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Manchester United (C)42241266731+3684Qualification for the Champions League first round
2Aston Villa422111105740+1774Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
3Norwich City42219126165−472
4Blackburn Rovers422011116846+2271
5Queens Park Rangers421712136355+863
6Liverpool421611156255+759
7Sheffield Wednesday421514135551+459
8Tottenham Hotspur421611156066−659
9Manchester City421512155651+557
10Arsenal421511164038+256Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
11Chelsea421414145154−356
12Wimbledon421412165655+154
13Everton42158195355−253
14Sheffield United421410185453+152
15Coventry City421313165257−552
16Ipswich Town421216145055−552
17Leeds United421215155762−551
18Southampton421311185461−750
19Oldham Athletic421310196374−1149
20Crystal Palace (R)421116154861−1349Relegation to Football League First Division
21Middlesbrough (R)421111205475−2144
22Nottingham Forest (R)421010224162−2140
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

Results

Home \ AwayARSAVLBLBCHECOVCRYEVEIPSLEELIVMCIMUNMIDNORNFOOLDQPRSHUSHWSOUTOTWIM
Arsenal—0–10–12–13–03–02–00–00–00–11–00–11–12–41–12–00–01–12–14–31–30–1
Aston Villa1–0—0–01–30–03–02–12–01–14–23–11–05–12–32–10–12–03–12–01–10–01–0
Blackburn Rovers1–03–0—2–02–51–22–32–13–14–11–00–01–17–14–12–01–01–01–00–00–20–0
Chelsea1–00–10–0—2–13–12–12–11–00–02–41–14–02–30–01–11–01–20–21–11–14–2
Coventry City0–23–00–21–2—2–20–12–23–35–12–30–12–11–10–13–00–11–31–02–01–00–2
Crystal Palace1–21–03–31–10–0—0–23–11–01–10–00–24–11–21–12–21–12–01–11–21–32–0
Everton0–01–02–10–11–10–2—3–02–02–11–30–22–20–13–02–23–50–21–12–11–20–0
Ipswich Town1–21–12–11–10–02–21–0—4–22–23–12–10–13–12–11–21–10–00–10–01–12–1
Leeds United3–01–15–21–12–20–02–01–0—2–21–00–03–00–01–42–01–13–13–12–15–02–1
Liverpool0–21–22–12–14–05–01–00–02–0—1–11–24–14–10–01–01–02–11–01–16–22–3
Manchester City0–11–13–20–11–00–02–53–14–01–1—1–10–13–12–23–31–12–01–21–00–11–1
Manchester United0–01–13–13–05–01–00–31–12–02–22–1—3–01–02–03–00–02–12–12–14–10–1
Middlesbrough1–02–33–20–00–20–11–22–24–11–22–01–1—3–31–22–30–12–01–12–13–02–0
Norwich City1–11–00–02–11–14–21–10–24–21–02–11–31–1—3–11–02–12–11–01–00–02–1
Nottingham Forest0–10–11–33–01–11–10–10–11–11–00–20–21–00–3—2–01–00–21–21–22–11–1
Oldham Athletic0–11–10–13–10–11–11–04–22–23–20–11–04–12–35–3—2–21–11–14–32–16–2
Queens Park Rangers0–02–10–31–12–01–34–20–02–10–11–11–33–33–14–33–2—3–23–13–14–11–2
Sheffield United1–10–21–34–21–10–11–03–02–11–01–12–12–00–10–02–01–2—1–12–06–02–2
Sheffield Wednesday1–01–20–03–31–22–13–11–11–11–10–33–32–31–02–02–11–01–1—5–22–01–1
Southampton2–02–01–11–02–21–00–04–31–12–10–10–12–13–01–21–01–23–21–2—0–02–2
Tottenham Hotspur1–00–01–21–20–22–22–10–24–02–03–11–12–25–12–14–13–22–00–24–2—1–1
Wimbledon3–22–31–10–01–24–01–30–11–02–00–11–22–03–01–05–20–22–01–11–21–1—
Source: 11v11
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers

Teddy Sheringham was the top scorer in the inaugural Premier League season.

The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22.[17] Alan Shearer had scored 16 goals by Christmas before suffering a season-ending injury.

RankPlayerClubGoals[18]
1 Teddy SheringhamNottingham Forest
Tottenham Hotspur		22
2 Les FerdinandQueens Park Rangers20
3 Dean HoldsworthWimbledon19
4 Micky QuinnCoventry City17
5 Alan ShearerBlackburn Rovers16
David WhiteManchester City
7 Chris ArmstrongCrystal Palace15
Eric CantonaLeeds United
Manchester United
Brian DeaneSheffield United
Mark HughesManchester United
Matt Le TissierSouthampton
Mark RobinsNorwich City
Ian WrightArsenal

Hat-tricks

Eric Cantona scored the first ever Premier League hat-trick, in a 5–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur. In addition, he also assisted 16 goals for Leeds United and Manchester United over the season.
PlayerForAgainstResultDate
Eric CantonaLeeds UnitedTottenham Hotspur5–0 (H)[19]25 August 1992
Mark RobinsNorwich CityOldham Athletic3–2 (A)[20]8 November 1992
John HendrieMiddlesbroughBlackburn Rovers3–2 (H)[21]5 December 1992
Andy SintonQueens Park RangersEverton4–2 (H)[22]28 December 1992
Brian DeaneSheffield UnitedIpswich Town3–0 (H)[23]17 January 1993
Teddy SheringhamTottenham HotspurLeeds United4–0 (H)[24]22 February 1993
Gordon StrachanLeeds UnitedBlackburn Rovers5–2 (H)[25]10 April 1993
Les FerdinandQueens Park RangersNottingham Forest4–3 (H)[26]
Chris Bart-WilliamsSheffield WednesdaySouthampton5–2 (H)[27]12 April 1993
Les FerdinandQueens Park RangersEverton5–3 (A)[28]
Chris SuttonNorwich CityLeeds United4–2 (H)[29]14 April 1993
Mark WaltersLiverpoolCoventry City4–0 (H)[30]17 April 1993
Rod WallaceLeeds United3–3 (A)[31]8 May 1993
Matt Le TissierSouthamptonOldham Athletic3–4 (A)[32]
Note: (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Historic goals

First ever Premier League goal was scored by Sheffield United's Brian Deane against Manchester United on 15 August 1992. Goal number 100 was scored by Leeds United's Eric Cantona against Tottenham Hotspur on 25 August 1992. Later in the season, a 1000th goal milestone was reached, when Mike Newell scored away at Nottingham Forest for Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 1993.[33]

Top assists

RankPlayerClubAssists[34]
1 Eric CantonaLeeds United
Manchester United		16
2 Darren AndertonTottenham Hotspur11
Niall QuinnManchester City
4 Brian DeaneSheffield United10
Matt Le TissierSouthampton
Jason WilcoxBlackburn Rovers
7 Jason DozzellIpswich Town9
Rick HoldenManchester City
Lee SharpeManchester United
Teddy SheringhamTottenham Hotspur
Andy SintonQueens Park Rangers
Ian WoanNottingham Forest

Clean sheets

Bobby Mimms kept 19 clean sheets in the 1992–93 season, the most of all goalkeepers in the first ever Premier League season.
RankPlayerClubClean
sheets[35]
1 Bobby MimmsBlackburn Rovers19
2 Peter SchmeichelManchester United18
3 David SeamanArsenal15
4 Hans SegersWimbledon13
5 Tony CotonManchester City11
Bryan GunnNorwich City
John LukicLeeds United
Nigel MartynCrystal Palace
Neville SouthallEverton
10 Tim FlowersSouthampton10

Discipline

Player

Club

  • Most yellow cards: 58[38]
    • Sheffield United
  • Fewest yellow cards: 23[38]
    • Aston Villa
    • Norwich City
  • Most red cards: 5[39]
    • Wimbledon
  • Fewest red cards: 0[39]
    • Aston Villa
    • Leeds United
    • Manchester United
    • Norwich City
    • Oldham Athletic
    • Queens Park Rangers

Annual awards

AwardWinnerClub
PFA Players' Player of the Year[40] Paul McGrathAston Villa
PFA Young Player of the Year[40] Ryan GiggsManchester United
FWA Footballer of the Year[41] Chris WaddleSheffield Wednesday
Ryan Giggs won the PFA Young Player of the Year award.

The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) presented its annual Players' Player of the Year award to Paul McGrath, a veteran central defender who contributed to Aston Villa's second-place finish in the Premier League. Manchester United's Paul Ince came second and Blackburn's Alan Shearer third.[40] The Young Player of the Year award was given to Ryan Giggs, the 19-year-old Manchester United left winger who had also won the award in the previous season. Giggs, who finished ahead of Tottenham's Nick Barmby and Nottingham Forest's Roy Keane, became the first player to win the award more than once.[40]

The Football Writers' Association (the FWA) chose Chris Waddle as its Footballer of the Year.[41] Waddle, who made his return to English football with Sheffield Wednesday after three years in France with Olympique Marseille, became the first Wednesday player to win the award in its 45-year history. McGrath and Giggs finished in second and joint third place respectively in the writers' poll.[42]

The PFA also selected eleven players to form its Team of the Year. The team included four Manchester United players (Giggs, Ince, Peter Schmeichel and Gary Pallister) and two from Leeds United (Tony Dorigo and Gary Speed). The other members of the team were McGrath, Keane, Shearer, David Bardsley (Queens Park Rangers) and Ian Wright (Arsenal).[40] The Manager of the Year award, chosen by a panel representing football's governing body, the media, and fans, was given to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.[43] The newly formed League Managers Association also presented its own Manager of the Year award for the first time, specifically designed to recognise "the manager who made best use of the resources available to him". This award went to Dave Bassett of Sheffield United.[43]

PFA Team of the Year[43]
Goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel
(Manchester United)
Defenders David Bardsley
(Queens Park Rangers)		 Gary Pallister
(Manchester United)		 Paul McGrath
(Aston Villa)		 Tony Dorigo
(Leeds United)
Midfielders Roy Keane
(Nottingham Forest)		 Paul Ince
(Manchester United)		 Gary Speed
(Leeds United)		 Ryan Giggs
(Manchester United)
Forwards Alan Shearer
(Blackburn Rovers)		 Ian Wright
(Arsenal)

See also

References

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