1992-93 in English football
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The 1992–1993 season was the 113th season of competitive football in England.
. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League
that had operated until then with four divisions.
In 1992 all of the First Division Clubs resigned from the football league and, on 27 May 1992, the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company
, which worked out of an office at the then Football Association
's headquarters, Lancaster Gate
.
The three divisions which remained in the Football League were renamed. The old Division Two
was now called Division One
. The old Division Three
was now called Division Two
, and the old Division Four
was now Division Three
.
, 19, was voted PFA Young Player of the Year
for the second year running after helping his employers win their first league title for 26 years.
Teddy Sheringham
was the new Premier League's top scorer with 22 goals. He scored once for Nottingham Forest and was then transferred to Tottenham Hotspur
, opening his goalscoring account with the club by scoring 21 league goals.
Chris Waddle
was voted Player of the Year by the FWA after helping Sheffield Wednesday
reach both domestic cup finals.
Guy Whittingham
scores a club record 42 league goals during the season for Portsmouth
. He was on target 46 times in all competitions.
The PFA Player of the Year award went to experienced Aston Villa
centre-back Paul McGrath
.
Coventry
signed Newcastle
striker Micky Quinn
for a nominal fee in November, and he responded by scoring 17 Premier League goals (the first 10 in 6 games) to keep the Sky Blues clear of relegation.
Striker Les Ferdinand
established himself as one of the country's top marksmen with more than 20 goals in all competitions for Queens Park Rangers
.
Alan Shearer
scored 16 goals in his first 21 Premier League games for Blackburn Rovers
before a serious knee injury ended his season.
David Kelly
scored 25 Division One goals to help Newcastle win promotion to the Premier League, but surprisingly he spurned the chance of Premier League football to sign for Wolves
as strike-partner for the ever-prolific Steve Bull
.
Andrew Cole scored 12 goals in his first 12 games for Division One champions Newcastle.
took Manchester United
to title success in the new Premier League, ending their 26-year wait for the league title.
George Graham
guided Arsenal
to a unique double of winning both domestic cups in the same season.
Mike Walker pulled off one of the surprises of the season by taking Norwich City
to a club best finish of third in the Premiership and helping them achieve European qualification for the first time in their history.
Gerry Francis
helped Queens Park Rangers
finish highest out of all the London-based clubs in the new Premier League as they finished fifth.
Kevin Keegan
restored success to Newcastle United
by guiding them to the Division One title.
Glenn Hoddle
guided Swindon Town
to success in the Division One playoffs to achieve promotion to the Premiership – and top flight football for a club who had never played at that level before.
Lou Macari
won the Division Two title with Stoke City
.
Bruce Rioch
continued the revival at Bolton Wanderers
by gaining automatic promotion to Division One.
Alan Little had a dream start in management by winning the Division Three playoff with York City
, just two months after he had taken over from John Ward.
Martin O'Neill
took Wycombe Wanderers
into the Football League as Conference champions.
launched its new Premier League
of 22 elite clubs, which broke away from the Football League
. The new league was backed up by a £305million exclusive TV rights deal with BSkyB. This paved the way for the Premier League's members to spend heavily on new players and also to convert their stadia into an all-seater format, which was necessary as a result of the Taylor Report's requirement that top division stadia should be all seater from the start of the 1994–95 season.
won the first Premier League championship to end their 26-year wait for the league title. They fought off stiff competition from runners-up Aston Villa, third-placed Norwich City and fourth-placed Blackburn Rovers to finish top of the league. Brilliant young winger Ryan Giggs was PFA Young Player of the Year for the second year running, while Alex Ferguson received the Manager of the Year award. Other significant players in the title winning side were top goalscorer Mark Hughes, temperamental but brilliant French striker Eric Cantona, reliable centre back Gary Pallister and confident midfielder Paul Ince. Manchester United would go on further to dominate the Premier League till the present day, with challenges coming from Arsenal, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Liverpool and Chelsea for the title.
retired after 18 years as manager of Nottingham Forest
. In his final season as manager they were relegated from the Premier League, but earlier in his reign he had brought league championship and European Cup
glory to the previously unfashionable club. There had even been some success in the final few years of his reign, as Forest were League Cup winners in 1989 and 1990. They were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup and 1992 League Cup, but finally bowed out of the top flight after the sale of key players like Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham who proved impossible to replace.
died of cancer aged 51. He is best remembered for captaining England
to World Cup
glory in 1966. He also won the FA Cup
and Cup Winners' Cup
with West Ham United
. Just over a week before his death, Moore had given radio commentary on an England game.
became the first team to win the FA Cup and League Cup
in the same season, beating Sheffield Wednesday
2–1 in both finals. Steve Morrow
scored the winning goal in the League Cup final, but was accidentally dropped by captain Tony Adams
during the post-match celebrations, broke his arm and missed the FA Cup triumph. Arsenal's double gave them two places in UEFA
competitions, meaning that Norwich City
were awarded a UEFA Cup
place for finishing third in the League. Norwich had never qualified for Europe before, due to the ban on English clubs following the Heysel stadium disaster
.
finally reached the top flight of English football by beating Leicester City
4–3 in the Division One
playoff final. They had been denied promotion three years earlier because of financial irregularities.
Manager of the jubilant Swindon side was 36-year-old Glenn Hoddle, the former Tottenham and England midfielder, who had built a formidable squad containing players like Shaun Taylor, Micky Hazard and Craig Maskell. Shortly after achieving promotion glory with Swindon, Hoddle agreed to become manager of Chelsea and was replaced at the County Ground by his assistant John Gorman.
, who played in the great Nottingham Forest team of the late 1970s and early 1980s, achieved his first success in management by getting Wycombe Wanderers
promoted to the Football League as well as completing the double by winning the FA Trophy
. They replaced Halifax Town, who finished bottom of Division Three. Wycombe's fortunes had been looking good since they moved into their new Adams Park
ground in 1990, and the Conference and FA Trophy double all but erased memories of the previous year when they went through the agony of missing out on promotion on goal difference to their bitter rivals Colchester United.
ended their six-year sponsorship of the Football League. They were replaced by Endsleigh Insurance
, who put pen to paper in a three-year sponsorship deal.
quit Barnet
after a season of turmoil in which he regularly sacked and reinstated manager Barry Fry
, but the club still managed to win promotion from Division Three
despite spending months on the verge of oblivion due to a mounting financial crisis. They had been banned from the transfer market for most of the season because they were unable to afford their player's wages.
, struggling in the league's basement division with huge debts, no registered stadium and just two registered players, had their first game of the 1992–93 season cancelled and were given two days to guarantee that they would be able to fulfill their fixtures. Unable to comply with these requirements, the club resigned from the league on 17 August 1992. The club was soon reformed and applied to join the Kent County League
for the following season. The League decided that Maidstone would not be replaced by another club, so the top four tiers of the English league pyramid would revert to the 92-club format which it had adopted until 1991.
.
16 September 1992: Gary Neville
, 17-year-old defender, makes his debut for Manchester United against Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup
first round first leg tie at Old Trafford
, which ends in a goalless draw.
23 September 1992: David Beckham
, 17-year-old midfielder, comes on as a substitute for Manchester United
as they draw 1–1 at Brighton
in the Football League Cup
second round first leg.
27 September 1992: Nick Barmby
, 18-year-old attacking midfielder, makes his debut for Tottenham Hotspur
in a 2–0 Premier League defeat at Sheffield Wednesday
.
21 November 1992: Nicky Butt
, 17-year-old midfielder, comes on a substitute for Manchester United in their 3–0 home win over Oldham Athletic in the Premier League.
5 December 1992: Sol Campbell
, 18-year-old defender, scores on his debut for Tottenham Hotspur
as they lose 2–1 at home to Chelsea
in the Premier League.
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Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour (First Division & Premier League). Number after slash is Premier League only. * indicates new record for competition
Going down were Cambridge United (who had just missed out on promotion a year earlier), Brentford and Bristol Rovers. Brentford, newly promoted a season earlier, had stood in 10th place at the turn of 1993, but a sharp decline in form during the final few months of the season saw them relegated on the final day of the season.
Third-placed Portsmouth had opened up a 9-point gap over fourth-placed Tranmere Rovers, but lost to Leicester City in the playoff semi-finals and this ended any promotion hopes for a club who had begun the season as favourites for promotion, and ended it with 88 points.
Preston North End, Wigan Athletic, Mansfield Town and Chester City occupied Division Two's four relegation places. Mansfield were newly promoted, while the other three teams had been established at this level for no less than six years.
Halifax Town, after 72 years of league membership, finished bottom of the league and were replaced by Conference champions Wycombe Wanderers.
appoints Dave Sexton
, the man he succeeded as Manchester United manager 11 years ago, to his coaching staff at Aston Villa.
6 July 1992 – Liverpool sign 21-year-old goalkeeper David James
from Watford
for £1million, with manager Graeme Souness
anticipating him as an eventual long-term successor to Bruce Grobbelaar
.
7 July 1992 – Southampton
manager Ian Branfoot
announces that highly-rated striker Alan Shearer
can leave the club if the price is right. Manchester United are said to be favourites in the race to sign Shearer, who turns 22 next month.
8 July 1992 – Blackburn Rovers sign Middlesbrough winger Stuart Ripley
for £1.3million.
10 July 1992 – Oldham Athletic pay a club record £600,000 for Manchester City defender Neil Pointon
.
11 July 1992 – Ted Fenton
, who was manager of West Ham United
from 1950 to 1961, dies aged 77 after being injured in a car crash in Leicester
.
14 July 1992 – Arsenal
sign John Jensen
, midfielder of Denmark's
Euro 92 winning team, from Brondby in a £1.1million deal.
17 July 1992 – Chris Waddle
returns to England after three years in France
with Olympique Marseille, joining Sheffield Wednesday for £1million.
19 July 1992 – Striker Kerry Dixon
ends nine years at Chelsea to sign for Southampton in a £575,000 deal.
21 July 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur sign defender Neil Ruddock
from Southampton for £750,000.
23 July 1992 – David Rocastle
ends nine years at Arsenal by joining Leeds United
in a £2million deal.
25 July 1992 – Everton
are reported to be £3.6million in debt. It is also reported that they lost £2million in the financial year ending May 1992.
27 July 1992 – The new Premier League rejects sponsorship deals offered by Bass Breweries
and Ford Motor Company
, meaning that it will be without a sponsor in its first season.
28 July 1992 – Alan Shearer
signs for newly promoted Blackburn Rovers
for an English record fee of £3.5million – with striker David Speedie
moving in the opposite direction in part exchange. Aston Villa add Ray Houghton
(from Liverpool for £900,000) to their ranks as Ron Atkinson
looks to build a title-winning side.
29 July 1992 – Lou Macari
, former Swindon Town
manager (now at Stoke City
), is cleared of tax fraud offences at Winchester
Crown Court
. Swindon's former chairman Brian Hillier
is found guilty, however, and given a one-year prison sentence. Club accountant
Vince Farrar is also found guilty and receives a six-month suspended sentence.
31 July 1992 – Coca-Cola
become sponsors of the Football League Cup
in a two-year deal worth £2.25million.
1 August 1992 – Nottingham Forest sell defender Des Walker
to Sampdoria of Italy
for £1.5million.
5 August 1992 – Manchester City sign winger Rick Holden
from Oldham Athletic for £900,000.
7 August 1992 – Manchester United sign 23-year-old Cambridge United
striker Dion Dublin
for £1million.
8 August 1992 – Eric Cantona
scores hat-trick for Leeds United
who win the FA Charity Shield with a 4–3 victory over Liverpool
at Wembley Stadium.
12 August 1992 – Chelsea
pay a club record £2.1million for Norwich City's
Scottish
striker Robert Fleck.
14 August 1992 – Norwich City replace Robert Fleck with Mark Robins
from Manchester United for £800,000, while Everton boost their attack with a £500,000 move for Paul Rideout
. West Ham United winger Stuart Slater
joins Celtic
for £1.5million as manager Liam Brady
looks to end the dominance of Rangers, who have been Scottish league champions four seasons in a row.
15 August 1992 – The new FA Premier League
kicks off on the opening day of the season. The honour of scoring the first Premier League goal goes to Sheffield United
striker Brian Deane
, who opens the scoring in a 2–1 home win over title favourites Manchester United
. In Division Three, debt ridden Maidstone United
have their first game of the season cancelled and are given 48 hours to guarantee that they will be able to fulfill their fixtures for this season. Alan Shearer begins his Blackburn career with two goals against Crystal Palace
in a 3–3 draw at Selhurst Park
.
16 August 1992 – Sky Sports
broadcast their first live Premier League game. Teddy Sheringham
scores the only goal as Nottingham Forest beat Liverpool
at the City Ground
.
17 August 1992 – Maidstone United resign from the Football League after being unable to guarantee that they can fulfill their fixtures for this season.
24 August 1992 – Manchester United finally record their first Premier League win at the fourth time of asking when a late goal by Dion Dublin
(his first for the club) gives them a 1–0 win at Southampton.
25 August 1992 –
27 August 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur
pay £2.1million for Nottingham Forest
's 26-year-old striker Teddy Sheringham
to take over from Gary Lineker
who is now playing in Japan
.
30 August 1992 – Exeter City manager Alan Ball and former Bolton Wanderers manager Phil Neal
join the England coaching staff.
31 August 1992 – The first month of the league season sees Blackburn Rovers
top the new Premier League in their first top division season since 1965–66. Queens Park Rangers
occupy second place, with third place is occupied by a Norwich City
side who were predicted to struggle this season but have started the season strongly, their best result coming with a 4–2 win over Arsenal
. Bottom of the table are Tottenham Hotspur
, whose acquisition of Teddy Sheringham gives fans hope of improving upon the dismal form that their team has incurred since the departure of Gary Lineker
and Paul Gascoigne
. Charlton Athletic
lead Division One, with Swindon Town
standing second and the playoff zone being occupied by Leicester City
, Newcastle United
, Wolverhampton Wanderers
and Watford
.
1 September 1992 – Crystal Palace
sign 21-year-old striker Chris Armstrong
from Millwall
for £1million.
2 September 1992 – Aston Villa
pay a club record £2.5million for Liverpool
striker Dean Saunders
, after manager Ron Atkinson's
failed bids for John Aldridge
of Tranmere Rovers
and Mark Hughes
of Manchester United
.
5 September 1992 – Chester City
beat Burnley
3–0 in Division Two in their first game at the new Deva Stadium, with Neil Morton scoring the first goal there.
6 September 1992 – Hereford United have a Football League record four players sent off in a 1–1 Division Three draw with Northampton Town at the County Ground
.
9 September 1992 – Vinnie Jones returns to Wimbledon after three years away in a £700,000 move from Chelsea.
15 September 1992 – All 22 Division Three
clubs receive £10,000 compensation each from the Football League to cover the loss of gate revenue brought upon by the recent demise of Aldershot
and Maidstone United
.
16 September 1992 – Derby County
pay the record fee for a club outside the top division – and a national record for a defender – when they sign Notts County
centre-back Craig Short
, 24, in a 2.5million deal. In the Premier League, Blackburn's unbeaten start comes to an end when Everton beat them 3–2 at Ewood Park
with Tony Cottee
scoring twice.
20 September 1992 – Division One leaders Newcastle United
boost their promotion bid by signing Charlton Athletic
midfielder Robert Lee
for £700,000.
27 September 1992 – In a live televised Division One match at St Andrew's, 22-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers
striker Darren Roberts
scores a hat-trick on his Football League debut in a 4–0 win over Birmingham
.
28 September 1992 – Preston North End's Les Chapman
and Carlisle United's Aidan McCaffrey
become the first managerial casualties of the season.
29 September 1992 – Manchester United are eliminated from the UEFA Cup
on penalties after two goalless draws in their First Round contest with Torpedo Moscow of Russia
.
30 September 1992 – September ends with Norwich City
(a team who have never been league champions) topping the Premier League, while Blackburn Rovers are still doing well in second place and Manchester United's slow start has been improved upon as they stand fourth. Coventry City, another team predicted to struggle and another team without a top division title to their name, are defying the odds and are currently third in the league. Brian Clough's
Nottingham Forest are still struggling as they prop up the top flight with just one win from their opening nine games. Crystal Palace, who came third in the league two seasons ago, are now struggling in second from bottom place with just one win from their opening 10 games. Newcastle United lead Division One with a 100% record in the league stretching eight games, with Charlton Athletic occupying second place without any defeats from their opening nine games. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City, Birmingham City
(in the hunt for a second successive promotion) and Millwall
occupy the playoff zone. Derby County, who began the season as most people's favourites for the Division One title, are third from bottom in the table.
3 October 1992 – Blackburn Rovers go top of the Premier League, displacing former leaders Norwich City in dramatic fashion with a 7–1 win at Ewood Park
. Strikers Alan Shearer and Roy Wegerle
both find the net twice.
14 October 1992 – England
draw 1–1 with Norway
in their disappointing opener to the World Cup
qualifying series.
16 October 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur
striker Gordon Durie
is banned for three games after feigning an injury in order to win his team a free kick.
18 October 1992 – Cardiff City
chairman Rick Wright announces that he is considering withdrawing the club from the Football League in order to transfer to the League of Wales
. Ian Rush
breaks Roger Hunt's
23-year goalscoring for Liverpool, and scores his 287th goal for the club in their 2–2 league draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
20 October 1992 – Chester City
part company with charismatic manager Harry McNally
after seven years in charge, following a poor start to the season.
22 October 1992 – Cambridge United
sack controversial manager John Beck
, who had guided them to successive promotions in the first two of his three seasons as manager. Cambridge had narrowly missed out on a unique third successive promotion at the end of last season, but they have struggled in the new Division One
after the sale of key striker Dion Dublin
.
23 October 1992 – Barclays Bank announce that they will not be renewing their sponsorship of the Football League
after the end of the season. Barclays have been the league's sponsors since the start of the 1987–88 season.
24 October 1992 – Newcastle United's 11-match winning start to the Division One campaign – one of the longest in professional league history – ends with a 1–0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town.
26 October 1992 – Former Queen's Park Rangers captain Glenn Roeder
is appointed player-manager of Gillingham
in place of Damien Richardson
.
31 October 1992 – October ends with Blackburn Rovers still top of the league, now leading only due to a far superior goal difference over second-placed Norwich City. Queens Park Rangers are keeping up the pressure being just two places and four points off the top. Arsenal, Coventry City, Aston Villa and Manchester United are also pushing for the title, while Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace remain in deep trouble along with the likes of Everton. Liverpool, one of the pre-season title favourites, are just six places and three places clear of the drop zone. Newcastle United remain top of Division One with 11 wins from their opening 13 games, with Swindon Town second in the table. Leicester City, West Ham United
, Tranmere Rovers
and Wolverhampton Wanderers occupying the playoff zone. Derby County's terrible start to the season has given way to a good recovery and they now stand 10th in the league.
9 November 1992 – Mark Robins
scores a hat-trick for Norwich City
in their 3–2 away win over Oldham Athletic
, which takes them to the top of the Premier League. He is only the second player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League.
10 November 1992 – Dennis Rofe
resigns as manager of Division One strugglers Bristol Rovers, and is succeeded by 65-year-old Malcolm Allison
(the oldest manager in the Football League or Premier League) on an interim basis.
13 November 1992 – Graham Barrow
is appointed player-manager of Chester City.
15 November 1992 – Transfer listed Newcastle United striker Micky Quinn joins Coventry City on a month's loan.
18 November 1992 – Wimbledon
midfielder Vinnie Jones
is fined £20,000 for his controversial appearance in the video Soccer's Hard Men
. On the same day, England achieve a comfortable 4–0 win over Turkey
in the second World Cup qualifying game.
19 November 1992 – The High Court
rules that Liverpool
fan Tony Bland
, 22, who suffered massive brain damage
in the Hillsborough disaster
in April 1989 and has been in a Persistent vegetative state
ever since, can have treatment withdrawn and be allowed to die.
20 November 1992 – Manchester United's seven-match winless Premier League run ends with a 3–0 home win over Oldham Athletic. Out of favour midfielder Neil Webb
leaves Old Trafford after three years and returns to Nottingham Forest for £800,000.
22 November 1992 – Alan Shearer plays his first game against old club Southampton for Blackburn Rovers, who are held to a 1–1 league draw at The Dell.
26 November 1992 – Manchester United
sign the dynamic Leeds United
and France
striker Eric Cantona
in a £1.2million deal.
27 November 1992 – 65-year-old former Manchester City manager Malcolm Allison
is appointed team manager by Division One strugglers Bristol Rovers.
30 November 1992 – Norwich City finish November as Premier League leaders and look well on course for a first-ever top division title, as they lead by five points ahead of second-placed Blackburn Rovers. Arsenal and Aston Villa continue to keep up the pressure, along with a resurgent Manchester United side who were tenth earlier in the month and whose title hopes had looked dead and buried. Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest continue to prop up the top flight, while Everton have climbed out of the relegation zone at the expense of Wimbledon. Liverpool, meanwhile, have improved after last month's wobbles and are homing in on the top five. Newcastle United now have a 12-point lead over their nearest contenders, Tranmere Rovers (in the hunt for top flight football for the first time in their history, which would give them three promotions in just five seasons). The playoff zone is occupied by West Ham United, Swindon Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Millwall. A surprise promotion challenge is coming from Grimsby Town
(who were playing in the old Fourth Division three years ago) who now occupy eighth place in Division One. UEFA
announces that Euro 96, held in England, will be contested by 16 teams – doubling the number of entrants from the traditional eight.
1 December 1992 – Barnet sack manager Barry Fry
.
4 December 1992 – Birmingham City coach Ian Atkins
is appointed manager of Cambridge United, who had spent over a month searching for the successor to John Beck.
5 December 1992 – The Manchester derby
at Old Trafford
sees United beat City 2–1, with Eric Cantona making his United debut as a substitute. Fellow title hopefuls Blackburn Rovers suffer a shock 3–2 defeat to Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park
, with John Hendrie
scoring a hat-trick.
7 December 1992 – Birmingham City
are put up for sale with offers in the region of £750,000 invited for the 84% shareholding of former owner Samesh Kumar, who was recently declared bankrupt
.
8 December 1992 – John McGrath resigns as manager of Halifax Town.
11 December 1992 – Ipswich Town
sign Bulgaria
n striker Bontcho Guentchev
from Sporting Lisbon of Portugal
for £250,000. Barnet reinstate manager Barry Fry 10 days after sacking him.
15 December 1992 – Micky Quinn
signs for Coventry City on a permanent basis for £250,000, having scored six goals in four games on loan.
18 December 1992 – Liverpool sign Norway
defender Stig-Inge Bjornbye from Rosenborg for £600,000. A takeover of Peterborough United sees manager Chris Turner
installed as chairman, with Lil Fuccillo
being appointed manager.
19 December 1992 – Coventry City achieve one of the biggest shocks of the Premier League season by beating Liverpool 5–1 at Highfield Road
– inflicting Liverpool's heaviest league defeat for 16 years. Micky Quinn scores twice, taking his tally to eight goals in five games, as does defender Brian Borrows
. The other goal comes from striker Kevin Gallacher
, with Liverpool's consolation goal being scored by 19-year-old midfielder Jamie Redknapp
.
20 December 1992 – Eric Cantona scores his first goal for Manchester United in a 1–1 league draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
.
22 December 1992 – Chelsea
sign Russia
n goalkeeper Dmitri Kharin from CSKA Moscow for £200,000.
26 December 1992 – One of the most thrilling Premier League games yet sees Manchester United draw 3–3 at Sheffield Wednesday
after being 3–0 down at half time. United are now second in the table behind Norwich City
, a side who began the season among the relegation favourites. Mick Quinn's prolific goalscoring for Coventry City continues as he scores twice in their 3–0 home win over title chasing Aston Villa. Alan Shearer
scores in a 2–1 home win for Blackburn over Leeds United to take his goals tally to 16 in the league and 22 in all competitions, but suffers a serious knee injury and is expected to be ruled out until next season.
28 December 1992 – Andy Sinton
, QPR winger, becomes the first non-striker to score a hat-trick in the Premier League in his side's 4–2 win over Everton
.
31 December 1992 – 1992 draws to a close with Norwich City still leading the table, though with their lead cut down to three points and their goals condeded tally equal to their goals scored tally. Manchester United's revival continue as they are Norwich City's closest contenders in second place. Fifth placed Ipswich Town are starting to look like title contenders, while Nottingham Forest remain bottom, Wimbledon have sunk deeper into relegation trouble, and Crystal Palace have jumped clear of the bottom three at the expense of Sheffield United. Newcastle United enter the new year with a 12-point lead over Tranmere Rovers. West Ham United, Millwall, Portsmouth and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. Newly promoted Brentford occupy 10th place, and are just two points short of the playoff zone that would give them a real chance of reclaiming the top division place they lost in 1947. Birmingham City's early promotion challenge, however, has given way to a drastic loss of form that has pushed them to the bottom of Division One. Also facing the threat of relegation are Luton Town (who only slipped out of the top flight last season) as well as Southend United and Cambridge United who were in last season's promotion hunt.
1 January 1993 – 35-year-old midfielder Gordon Strachan
, who won the league title last season with Leeds United, is awarded an OBE.
2 January 1993 – Crystal Palace, the 1990 FA Cup finalists, suffer a shock third round exit from the competition when they lose 1–0 at Hartlepool United
.
4 January 1993 – Scunthorpe United manager Bill Green
becomes the first Football League managerial casualty of 1993 when he is sacked in favour of Richard Money.
6 January 1993 – 18 months after leaving them for Aston Villa
, Les Sealey
returns to Manchester United on a free transfer following a goalkeeping backup crisis which saw Swindon Town's
Fraser Digby
join them on loan after Gary Walsh
was injured.
7 January 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Swedish
midfielder Patrik Andersson from Malmo
for £800,000.
13 January 1993 – Liverpool suffer a shock FA Cup exit in the third round replay, losing 2–0 at home to Division Two side Bolton Wanderers.
14 January 1993 – Notts County, bottom of Division One and in real danger of a second successive relegation, sack manager Neil Warnock
.
21 January 1993 – Denis Smith is sacked after less than 10 months as manager of Bristol City due to their disappointing form in Division One and failure to mount a promotion challenge, despite the prolific goalscoring of striker Andy Cole.
26 January 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Norway
defender Henning Berg
(who had a trial at Manchester United six years ago) from Lillestrom in a £400,000 deal.
31 January 1993 – January ends with Norwich City still top, but with their lead over Manchester United now down to a single point. Aston Villa and Ipswich Town are continuing to keep up the pressure, but Blackburn Rovers have slumped to fifth place with Alan Shearer
now out of action for the rest of the season due to injury. Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic are bracketed together in the bottom two places, with Sheffield United still occupying the final relegation position but Wimbledon now out of the drop zone. Shockingly, a Liverpool side expected to feature in the title race as they have done for most of the last 30 seasons are now in a relegation battle standing a mere three places and four points above the drop zone. The Division One promotion chase is still led by runaway leaders Newcastle United, whose nearest challenge is from a West Ham United side who are 11 points behind them with a game in hand. Millwall, Tranmere Rovers, Portsmouth and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. The division's bottom two clubs, Luton Town and Notts County, are under serious threat of a second successive relegation, joined in the bottom three by a Southend United side who spent much of last season challenging for promotion to the Premier League.
1 February 1993 – Sunderland
, struggling in Division One, sack Malcolm Crosby
as manager, nine months after he led them to their first FA Cup final
since 1973.
4 February 1993 – Nearly seven years after selling him to Aston Villa, Arsenal buy Martin Keown
from Everton for £2million.
5 February 1993 – Terry Butcher
is named as the new manager of Sunderland, one year after being sacked by Coventry City
, and re-registers himself as a player nearly two years after deciding to hang up his boots.
12 February 1993 – Newcastle United sign Andy Cole
from Bristol City
for a club record £1.75million.
13 February 1993 – Manchester United's double hopes are ended when they lose 2–1 to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane
in the FA Cup fifth round. Steve Bruce's
penalty miss was seen as the lost opportunity for a United side. However, the FA Cup dream is still on for neighbouring Manchester City after their 2–0 win over Barnsley.
15 February 1993 – Ian Porterfield is sacked after less than two years as manager of Chelsea
, who were near the top of the league in the first stages of this season but have now fallen into mid table. Former player David Webb
, who left the Southend United
job last summer, is appointed as Chelsea's new manager on a trial contract until the end of the season. Alan Shearer will miss the rest of the season following surgery on his knee injury.
17 February 1993 – England's recent upturn in form continues when they achieve a third successive win in their World Cup qualifying series, triumphing 6–0 over San Marino
at Wembley. Bobby Moore commentates for radio on the match, despite recently announcing that he is suffering from bowel cancer.
19 February 1993 – Bass Breweries agree to sponsor the Premier League for the next four seasons in a deal worth £12million, which will see it become the FA Carling Premier League.
24 February 1993 – Bobby Moore
, captain of England
's 1966 World Cup winning team, dies of bowel cancer at the age of 51.
28 February 1993 – February draws to a close with Aston Villa top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Manchester United who have a game in hand. Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers complete the top five. Oldham Athletic prop up the table, with Middlesbrough (on a terrible run of form after occupying 12th place two months ago) and Sheffield United joining them in the bottom three. A slight improvement in form has lifted Nottingham Forest out of the relegation zone where they have spent most of the season, while another club accustomed to success (Everton) are just two places above the drop zone. Division One leaders Newcastle United have a seven-point margin over their nearest rivals West Ham United, and the playoff zone is occupied by Millwall, Swindon Town, Portsmouth and Tranmere Rovers. Grimsby Town's unlikely promotion challenge continues as they are just three goals away from a place in the top six. An improvement in form has seen Notts County and Luton Town climb out of the bottom three and ease their fears of a second successive relegation.
3 March 1993 – Tony Bland dies in hospital after treatment was withdrawn, making him the Hillsborough disaster's 96th victim after nearly four years in a coma.
6 March 1993 – Manchester United beat struggling Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield in the Premier League, although Ian Rush
(dropped from the first eleven) comes on a substitute and scores only his fourth league goal of the season for a Liverpool side now 15th in the league.
8 March 1993 – Birmingham City are taken over by newspaper publisher David Sullivan, who appoints 24-year-old Karren Brady
as the first female managing director of a professional football club.
12 March 1993 – Newcastle United pay a club record £1.75million for Bristol City
striker Andy Cole, 21, on the same day that Russell Osman
becomes the West Country
club's new manager. John Ward leaves York City, the Football League Trophy
holders, to take over at Bristol Rovers; he is succeeded at Bootham Crescent by Alan Little.
19 March 1993 – The Football Association announces that the all-Sheffield FA Cup semi-final will be played at Wembley instead of Elland Road
as originally planned.
25 March 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign out-of-favour Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux
for £700,000. Norwich City sign 25-year-old AFC Bournemouth striker Efan Ekoku
for £500,000 to bolster their attack in the Premier League title run-in. Blackburn Rovers pay Coventry City £2.5million for striker Kevin Gallacher
, with £1million-rated Roy Wegerle
moving in the opposite direction as part of the deal.
28 March 1993 – Aston Villa's Paul McGrath
is voted PFA Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year award goes to Manchester United's Ryan Giggs
for the second year running.
31 March 1993 – England make it four wins from their first five World Cup qualifying games by beating Turkey
2–0 in Izmir
. Meanwhile, the month ends with Norwich City back on top of the Premier League, though Aston Villa are just a point behind with a game in hand as well as a vastly superior goal difference. Manchester United are still close behind, while Blackburn Rovers are hoping to take advantage of their three games in hand and make a late run for the title. Nottingham Forest, however, have slipped back into the relegation zone behind Sheffield United, while Oldham Athletic are still in the relegation zone and Middlesbrough's bad run of form shows no sign of recovery as they now occupy bottom place just three months after being mid-table. In Division One, Newcastle United still lead the way, though West Ham United have cut their lead down to five points. Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Millwall and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. A dismal run of form for Tranmere Rovers has taken them from second to seventh place in just three months, and they are now six points outside the playoff zone. A dismal month for Grimsby Town has seen their promotion challenge virtually ended. Controversial chairman Stan Flashman
leaves Barnet, and as a parting shot sacks and reinstates manager Barry Fry on the same day.
1 April 1993 – Within 24 hours of his latest dismissal and reinstatement at Barnet, Barry Fry finally leaves the troubled North London
club to succeed Colin Murphy as manager of Southend United. Controversial chairman Stan Flashman
left Barnet yesterday.
3 April 1993 – Sheffield Wednesday reach their first FA Cup final in 27 years as they defeat Sheffield United 2–1 at Wembley with goals from Mark Bright
and Chris Waddle
. United's consolation goal came from Alan Cork
. The two teams are led out by Sheffield United's cancer-stricken goalkeeper Mel Rees
.
4 April 1993 – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur meet in the FA Cup semi-finals for the second time in three seasons. This time, however, Arsenal are victors – winning 1–0 with captain Tony Adams
scoring the only goal of the game.
9 April 1993 – Norwich City's Premier League title hopes are left looking slimmer by a 5–1 defeat at Tottenham
.
10 April 1993 – Centre-back and joint captain Steve Bruce
scores two late goals to give Manchester United
a 2–1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday
and push them closer to title glory. Meanwhile, Ian Rush's return to form for Liverpool continues as he scores his sixth goal in seven league games as they beat Oldham Athletic 1–0 at Anfield.
12 April 1993 – Ian Rush continues his return to form with his seventh league goal in eight games as Liverpool draw 1–1 with Manchester City at Maine Road
.
17 April 1993 – Midfielder Mark Walters
scores a hat-trick as Liverpool beat Coventry City 4–0 in the Premier League at Anfield
.
18 April 1993 – Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the League Cup final. Steve Morrow
, the scorer of Arsenal's winning goal, breaks his arm in a freak accident during the on-pitch celebrations and is likely to miss next month's FA Cup final between the two teams.
19 April 1993 – The Premier League title race is narrowed down to Manchester United and Aston Villa after Norwich's 3–1 defeat at Ipswich Town
ends their title hopes, while the Suffolk
side move closer to confirming their survival, though it is a disappointing position for a club who were still in contention for the title a couple of months ago.
26 April 1993 – Brian Clough
announces that he will retire as Nottingham Forest
manager at the end of the season after 18 years in charge, regardless of whether his team is relegated from the Premier League or not.
28 April 1993 – England hold Holland
to a 2–2 draw at Wembley, giving them a six-match unbeaten start (four wins, two draws) to their World Cup qualifying series. Stoke City clinch the Division Two title, having led the table continuously for six months.
30 April 1993 – Former Charlton Athletic
defender Tommy Caton
dies at his home in Oxfordshire
at the age of 30 after suffering a heart attack, just weeks after retiring from playing following a two-year absence due to injury. Caton, who was an England under-21 regular in the early 1980s, had been at Charlton since moving from Oxford United in November 1988, but is best remembered for his spells with Manchester City
(where he established himself in the centre of defence at the age of 17) and Arsenal
. As April draws to a close, Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers are out of the running for the title, and it's now down to Manchester United and Aston Villa. Alex Ferguson's team are four points ahead with two games remaining, and will be assured of the title if Aston Villa lose against Oldham Athletic on Sunday, and even a draw for Villa will virtually secure it for United. Oldham, meanwhile, will be eager to win that game to boost their survival bid as they remain in the bottom three along with Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough. The Division One promotion race is still wide open, with Newcastle United still top and needing just two points from their final three games to seal promotion. Portsmouth occupy second place and need four points from their final two games to get promoted, but West Ham United could still overtake them if they managed at least one win and a draw from their next two games. West Ham United, Swindon Town, Leicester City and Tranmere Rovers complete the top six. Millwall are now the only team who can prevent the Wirral
side from finishing in the playoff zone and maintaining their challenge to get into the Premier League.
1 May 1993 – Nottingham Forest are relegated from the Premier League with a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane
.
2 May 1993 – Manchester United
are confirmed as league champions of England
for the first time in 26 years after their nearest contenders Aston Villa
lost 1–0 at home to Oldham Athletic
, who are in line for a 'great escape' from relegation.
4 May 1993 – Newcastle United
seal the Division One title and promotion to the Premier League with a 2–0 win at Grimsby Town
.
5 May 1993 – Oldham Athletic remain in with a slim chance of Premier League survival by achieving a surprise 3–2 home win over Liverpool at Boundary Park
, a game in which Ian Rush scores two consolation goals.
8 May 1993 – Liverpool's late-season revival ends in a 6–2 home win over Tottenham Hotspur which sees them finish sixth, two months after they had occupied 15th place. Ian Rush (who has scored 11 times in the last 13 games, and a total of 14 league goals all season) and John Barnes
both score twice, with Rush reaching the 300-goal margin for his Liverpool career. Millwall lose 3–0 at home to Bristol Rovers in Division One in their last game at The Den; they will move into a new 20,000-seat stadium at the start of next season.
9 May 1993 – The first season of the Premier League ends with Manchester United
as champions and European Cup
entrants, with Aston Villa
and Norwich City
going into the UEFA Cup
. The Cup Winners' Cup place will be taken by either Arsenal
or Sheffield Wednesday
, who play each other in next weekend's F.A Cup final. Oldham Athletic
pull off a remarkable survival act by beating Southampton
4–3 away, with the three relegations places going to Crystal Palace
(who came third two years ago and lost 3–0 to Arsenal today), Middlesbrough
and Nottingham Forest
. Sixth-placed Liverpool announce that Graeme Souness will remain manager, ending weeks of speculation that he was due to be sacked.
11 May 1993 – David Webb
, who was appointed Chelsea
manager on a trial contract in February, is told that he will not receive the job on a permanent basis.
12 May 1993 – Leyton Orient managing director Frank Clark, a former Nottingham Forest player, returns to the City Ground
as the club's new manager.
13 May 1993 – Chris Waddle
is voted FWA Player of the Year.
14 May 1993 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Alan Sugar
sacks chief executive and former team manager Terry Venables
, who helped him take control of the club two years ago. However, Venables is reinstated within hours by a High Court
injunction.
15 May 1993 – Arsenal
and Sheffield Wednesday
draw 1–1 in the FA Cup final. Ian Wright
opened the scoring for the North London
ers in the 20th minute, but David Hirst
equalised for Trevor Francis's
men after 61 minutes. It is the first time that squad numbers, rather than the traditional 1–11 shirt numbering system, have been used in a competitive English game. Squad numbering will be a mandatory introduction in the Premier League next season, and will also be optional for Football League clubs.
17 May 1993 – Six days after leaving Chelsea, David Webb is named as the new manager of Brentford, in place of Phil Holder
after the West London
club's relegation from Division One.
20 May 1993 – Arsenal
beat Sheffield Wednesday
2–1 in the FA Cup final replay. Once again, Ian Wright opened the scoring, with a goal in the 34th minute. Chris Waddle
equalised in the 68th minute, leaving the scores level after 90 minutes. With just one minute remaining and a penalty shoot-out looking certain, Andy Linighan
won the match with a goal for Arsenal. Steve Coppell
resigns after nine years manager of Crystal Palace
.
21 May 1993 – Keith Alexander
becomes the first black manager of an English league side when he is named as Steve Thompson's successor at Lincoln City
.
27 May 1993 – Striker Nigel Clough
agrees to join Liverpool
from Nottingham Forest
in a £2.75million deal. He is expected to take over from the disappointing Paul Stewart as Ian Rush's
strike partner.
29 May 1993 – England endure a disappointing 1–1 draw with Poland
in Katowice
, although their unbeaten run in the World Cup qualifiers is extended to seven games. On the same day, York City
win the Division Three playoff final on penalties over Crewe Alexandra
after a 1–1 draw, just two months into the management of Alan Little.
30 May 1993 –
31 May 1993 – Swindon Town
are promoted to the top division of English football after 73 years of trying thanks to a 4–3 win over Leicester City
in the Division One
playoff final. They join champions Newcastle United
and runners-up West Ham United
in the FA Premier League
.
1 June 1993 – Media reports suggest that Glenn Hoddle
has accepted an offer to become Chelsea
manager, but chairman Ken Bates
refuses to comment on these reports.
2 June 1993 – England suffer their first defeat of this World Cup qualifying series, after a seven-match unbeaten start, by crashing 2–0 to Norway in Oslo
.
3 June 1993 – Following the resignation of Steve Coppell
after nine years manager, former assistant manager Alan Smith is promoted to role of manager at Crystal Palace
. On the same day, Barnsley
recruit 36-year-old defender Viv Anderson
from Sheffield Wednesday
to become their new player-manager. Anderson, who was the first black full England international
15 years ago, recruits fellow Wednesday player Danny Wilson to Oakwell as his assistant.
4 June 1993 – After nearly a month of speculation, Glenn Hoddle is named as Chelsea's new manager. Hoddle, 36, will also be registered as a player with the club. It was widely expected that his assistant John Gorman
would follow him to Stamford Bridge
, but he remains at the County Ground
as Swindon's new manager instead.
6 June 1993 – Arsenal
join the race for Nottingham Forest and Ireland
midfielder Roy Keane, putting forward a £4million bid.
7 June 1993 – Nottingham Forest sell striker Nigel Clough
to Liverpool for £2.275million; he is expected to displace the disappointing Paul Stewart in the first XI at Anfield
.
9 June 1993 – Paul Ince
becomes England's first black captain in their 2–0 defeat against the USA
in Foxboro
.
10 June 1993 – David Kelly, whose 25 Division One goals helped Newcastle United reach the Premier League this season, will not be part of the club's top flight comeback; he will remain in Division One, having completed a £750,000 transfer to ambitious Wolverhampton Wanderers.
14 June 1993 – Arsenal pay Crystal Palace
£1million for Ireland winger Eddie McGoldrick
, filling the position on the left wing which Kevin Campbell
had adapted to since the sale of Perry Groves
to Southampton
last year. Terry Venables is finally ousted by Tottenham Hotspur after losing his High Court battle with Alan Sugar.
17 June 1993 – Manchester United break the national transfer record by paying Nottingham Forest £3.75million for Roy Keane. Manager Alex Ferguson
is expected to partner Keane with Paul Ince
in midfield, seeing him as a long-term successor to the ageing Bryan Robson
.
18 June 1993 – David O'Leary
, who has spent his whole career (nearly 20 years) playing for Arsenal, moves to Leeds United on a free transfer.
19 June 1993 – Ossie Ardiles, who won promotion from Division Two as manager of West Bromwich Albion this year, is unveiled as manager of Tottenham Hotspur – the club he served as a player between 1978 and 1988. His assistant at Albion, former Spurs boss Keith Burkinshaw
, succeeds him.
23 June 1993 – Peter Beardsley
signs for Newcastle United
in a £1.5million deal from Everton
, six years after he left Tyneside
in a then national record £1.9million move to Liverpool
. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest prepare for their promotion push by paying £2.5million for Southend United
striker Stan Collymore
.
28 June 1993 – More than 1,800 people attend a memorial service to Bobby Moore at Westminster Abbey
.
29 June 1993 – Merthyr Fydfil
decide against joining the League of Wales and opt to remain in the GM Vauxhall Conference
.
30 June 1993 – Edwin Stein resigns as Barnet manager and follows his predecessor Barry Fry to Southend United, where he becomes assistant manager.
Overview
This season saw the birth of the FA Premier LeagueFA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
that had operated until then with four divisions.
In 1992 all of the First Division Clubs resigned from the football league and, on 27 May 1992, the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company
Limited company
A limited company is a company in which the liability of the members or subscribers of the company is limited to what they have invested or guaranteed to the company. Limited companies may be limited by shares or by guarantee. And the former of these, a limited company limited by shares, may be...
, which worked out of an office at the then Football Association
The Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
's headquarters, Lancaster Gate
Lancaster Gate
Lancaster Gate is a mid-19th century development in the Bayswater district of west central London, immediately to the north of Kensington Gardens. It consists of two long terraces of houses overlooking the park, with a wide gap between them opening onto a square containing a church. Further...
.
The three divisions which remained in the Football League were renamed. The old Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
was now called Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
. The old Division Three
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
was now called Division Two
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
, and the old Division Four
Football League Fourth Division
The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...
was now Division Three
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
.
Successful players
Manchester United winger Ryan GiggsRyan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...
, 19, was voted PFA Young Player of the Year
PFA Young Player of the Year
The Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player aged 23 or under at the start of the season who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football...
for the second year running after helping his employers win their first league title for 26 years.
Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
was the new Premier League's top scorer with 22 goals. He scored once for Nottingham Forest and was then transferred to Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, opening his goalscoring account with the club by scoring 21 league goals.
Chris Waddle
Chris Waddle
Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...
was voted Player of the Year by the FWA after helping Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
reach both domestic cup finals.
Guy Whittingham
Guy Whittingham
Guy Whittingham is a retired professional footballer with over 450 appearances for a number of English clubs, after leaving the British Army. He is currently serving as joint caretaker manager of Portsmouth together with Stuart Gray...
scores a club record 42 league goals during the season for Portsmouth
Portsmouth F.C.
Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...
. He was on target 46 times in all competitions.
The PFA Player of the Year award went to experienced Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
centre-back Paul McGrath
Paul McGrath (footballer)
Paul McGrath is a retired Irish footballer, who played as a defender. McGrath is widely recognised as one of the greatest players to have ever come out of Ireland....
.
Coventry
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
signed Newcastle
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
striker Micky Quinn
Micky Quinn
Michael "Micky" Quinn is a former footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League.- Club career :...
for a nominal fee in November, and he responded by scoring 17 Premier League goals (the first 10 in 6 games) to keep the Sky Blues clear of relegation.
Striker Les Ferdinand
Les Ferdinand
Leslie "Les" Ferdinand MBE is a former English footballer. His playing career included spells at Queens Park Rangers, Besiktas J.K., Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, West Ham United and Bolton Wanderers F.C., during which period he earned a number of appearances for England...
established himself as one of the country's top marksmen with more than 20 goals in all competitions for Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
.
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
scored 16 goals in his first 21 Premier League games for Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
before a serious knee injury ended his season.
David Kelly
David Kelly (footballer)
David Thomas Kelly is a retired footballer and former assistant manager of Nottingham Forest. As a child, Kelly suffered from Perthes Disease, but recovered to forge a long and successful career in professional football.-Playing career:Kelly turned out for Walsall, West Ham United, Leicester City,...
scored 25 Division One goals to help Newcastle win promotion to the Premier League, but surprisingly he spurned the chance of Premier League football to sign for Wolves
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
as strike-partner for the ever-prolific Steve Bull
Steve Bull
Stephen George "Steve" Bull, MBE, is an English former footballer who is best remembered for his 13-year spell at Wolverhampton Wanderers...
.
Andrew Cole scored 12 goals in his first 12 games for Division One champions Newcastle.
Successful managers
Alex FergusonAlex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...
took Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
to title success in the new Premier League, ending their 26-year wait for the league title.
George Graham
George Graham (footballer)
George Graham is a Scottish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his success at Arsenal, as a player in the 1970s and then as manager from 1986 until 1995.-Early life:...
guided Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
to a unique double of winning both domestic cups in the same season.
Mike Walker pulled off one of the surprises of the season by taking Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
to a club best finish of third in the Premiership and helping them achieve European qualification for the first time in their history.
Gerry Francis
Gerry Francis
Gerald Charles James Francis is an English former footballer and manager, now working as First Team coach at Stoke City.-Playing career:Francis made his debut for Queens Park Rangers v Liverpool in March 1969...
helped Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
finish highest out of all the London-based clubs in the new Premier League as they finished fifth.
Kevin Keegan
Kevin Keegan
Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....
restored success to Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
by guiding them to the Division One title.
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle is an English former footballer and manager who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England....
guided Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
to success in the Division One playoffs to achieve promotion to the Premiership – and top flight football for a club who had never played at that level before.
Lou Macari
Lou Macari
Luigi "Lou" Macari is a Scottish former footballer and football manager of Italian descent.-Playing career:...
won the Division Two title with Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
.
Bruce Rioch
Bruce Rioch
Bruce David Rioch is an English-born football manager and former player. He was manager of Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga, until his sacking on 23 October 2008....
continued the revival at Bolton Wanderers
Bolton Wanderers F.C.
Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....
by gaining automatic promotion to Division One.
Alan Little had a dream start in management by winning the Division Three playoff with York City
York City F.C.
York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...
, just two months after he had taken over from John Ward.
Martin O'Neill
Martin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.Until resigning the post on 9 August 2010, he was manager of Aston Villa. Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham...
took Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
into the Football League as Conference champions.
The Premier League is born
The FAThe Football Association
The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...
launched its new Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
of 22 elite clubs, which broke away from the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
. The new league was backed up by a £305million exclusive TV rights deal with BSkyB. This paved the way for the Premier League's members to spend heavily on new players and also to convert their stadia into an all-seater format, which was necessary as a result of the Taylor Report's requirement that top division stadia should be all seater from the start of the 1994–95 season.
United's 26-year title wait ends
Manchester UnitedManchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
won the first Premier League championship to end their 26-year wait for the league title. They fought off stiff competition from runners-up Aston Villa, third-placed Norwich City and fourth-placed Blackburn Rovers to finish top of the league. Brilliant young winger Ryan Giggs was PFA Young Player of the Year for the second year running, while Alex Ferguson received the Manager of the Year award. Other significant players in the title winning side were top goalscorer Mark Hughes, temperamental but brilliant French striker Eric Cantona, reliable centre back Gary Pallister and confident midfielder Paul Ince. Manchester United would go on further to dominate the Premier League till the present day, with challenges coming from Arsenal, Newcastle United, Aston Villa, Blackburn, Liverpool and Chelsea for the title.
The Fall of Forest
Brian CloughBrian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...
retired after 18 years as manager of Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
. In his final season as manager they were relegated from the Premier League, but earlier in his reign he had brought league championship and European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
glory to the previously unfashionable club. There had even been some success in the final few years of his reign, as Forest were League Cup winners in 1989 and 1990. They were losing finalists in the 1991 FA Cup and 1992 League Cup, but finally bowed out of the top flight after the sale of key players like Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham who proved impossible to replace.
Bobby Moore dies
Bobby MooreBobby Moore
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...
died of cancer aged 51. He is best remembered for captaining England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
to World Cup
FIFA World Cup
The FIFA World Cup, often simply the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the members of Fédération Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global governing body...
glory in 1966. He also won the FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
and Cup Winners' Cup
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup
The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a football club competition contested annually by the most recent winners of all European domestic cup competitions. The cup is one of the many inter-European club competitions that have been organised by UEFA. The first competition was held in the 1960–61 season—but...
with West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
. Just over a week before his death, Moore had given radio commentary on an England game.
Morrow crocked as Arsenal crack the cup double
ArsenalArsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
became the first team to win the FA Cup and League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
in the same season, beating Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
2–1 in both finals. Steve Morrow
Steve Morrow
Stephen Joseph "Steve" Morrow is a Northern Irish former football player. He is currently International Partnerships Performance Supervisor at Arsenal Football Club, where he also played for much of the 1990s.-Playing career:...
scored the winning goal in the League Cup final, but was accidentally dropped by captain Tony Adams
Tony Adams (footballer)
Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends...
during the post-match celebrations, broke his arm and missed the FA Cup triumph. Arsenal's double gave them two places in UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
competitions, meaning that Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
were awarded a UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
place for finishing third in the League. Norwich had never qualified for Europe before, due to the ban on English clubs following the Heysel stadium disaster
Heysel Stadium disaster
The Heysel Stadium disaster occurred on 29 May 1985 when escaping fans were pressed against a wall in the Heysel Stadium in Brussels, Belgium, as a result of rioting before the start of the 1985 European Cup Final between Liverpool of England and Juventus of Italy...
.
Swindon in the big time at last
Swindon TownSwindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
finally reached the top flight of English football by beating Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
4–3 in the Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
playoff final. They had been denied promotion three years earlier because of financial irregularities.
Manager of the jubilant Swindon side was 36-year-old Glenn Hoddle, the former Tottenham and England midfielder, who had built a formidable squad containing players like Shaun Taylor, Micky Hazard and Craig Maskell. Shortly after achieving promotion glory with Swindon, Hoddle agreed to become manager of Chelsea and was replaced at the County Ground by his assistant John Gorman.
Wycombe reach the league
Martin O'NeillMartin O'Neill
Martin Hugh Michael O'Neill, OBE, is a Northern Irish football manager and former player.Until resigning the post on 9 August 2010, he was manager of Aston Villa. Starting his career in his native Northern Ireland, O'Neill moved to England where he spent most of his playing career with Nottingham...
, who played in the great Nottingham Forest team of the late 1970s and early 1980s, achieved his first success in management by getting Wycombe Wanderers
Wycombe Wanderers F.C.
Wycombe Wanderers Football Club is an English professional football team from High Wycombe in Buckinghamshire, which has been promoted to Football League One after finishing third in Football League Two in the season 2010–11. The club's nicknames are "The Chairboys" and "The Blues", and they play...
promoted to the Football League as well as completing the double by winning the FA Trophy
FA Trophy
The Football Association Challenge Trophy, commonly known as the FA Trophy, is a knockout cup competition in English football, run by and named after The Football Association and competed for primarily by semi-professional teams...
. They replaced Halifax Town, who finished bottom of Division Three. Wycombe's fortunes had been looking good since they moved into their new Adams Park
Adams Park
Adams Park is a football stadium in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire. It is the home ground of Wycombe Wanderers F.C. and the Aviva Premiership Rugby Union club London Wasps...
ground in 1990, and the Conference and FA Trophy double all but erased memories of the previous year when they went through the agony of missing out on promotion on goal difference to their bitter rivals Colchester United.
Barclays pull out
Barclays bankBarclays plc
Barclays PLC is a global banking and financial services company headquartered in London, United Kingdom. As of 2010 it was the world's 10th-largest banking and financial services group and 21st-largest company according to a composite measure by Forbes magazine...
ended their six-year sponsorship of the Football League. They were replaced by Endsleigh Insurance
Endsleigh Insurance
Endsleigh Insurance is a Cheltenham-based UK insurance intermediary specialising in the student and graduate markets. It is the preferred insurer for several unions and professional associations....
, who put pen to paper in a three-year sponsorship deal.
Barnet come out on top against all the odds
Controversial chairman Stan FlashmanStan Flashman
Stan Flashman was known for many years as a ticket tout who claimed he could obtain tickets for almost anything, from Cup Finals to the Queen's Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace.-Chairmanship of Barnet:...
quit Barnet
Barnet F.C.
Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....
after a season of turmoil in which he regularly sacked and reinstated manager Barry Fry
Barry Fry
Barry Francis Fry is an English football manager. A former Manchester United apprentice as a winger, his playing career involved brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury.He has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone...
, but the club still managed to win promotion from Division Three
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
despite spending months on the verge of oblivion due to a mounting financial crisis. They had been banned from the transfer market for most of the season because they were unable to afford their player's wages.
Maidstone go under
Maidstone UnitedMaidstone United F.C.
Maidstone United Football Club is an English football team from Maidstone, Kent.The current club is a continuation of the old Maidstone United, which was a member of the Football League between 1989 and 1992. The club was forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the...
, struggling in the league's basement division with huge debts, no registered stadium and just two registered players, had their first game of the 1992–93 season cancelled and were given two days to guarantee that they would be able to fulfill their fixtures. Unable to comply with these requirements, the club resigned from the league on 17 August 1992. The club was soon reformed and applied to join the Kent County League
Kent County League
The Kent County League, currently known as the haart of Kent County League for sponsorship reasons, is a football competition based in Kent, England. The league has four senior divisions - a Premier Division, Division One Division Two East and West, plus reserve divisions...
for the following season. The League decided that Maidstone would not be replaced by another club, so the top four tiers of the English league pyramid would revert to the 92-club format which it had adopted until 1991.
Famous debutants
5 September 1992: Andy Turner, midfielder aged 17 years and 166 days, becomes the youngest Premier League scorer when he scores on his competitive debut for Tottenham Hotspur against EvertonEverton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
.
16 September 1992: Gary Neville
Gary Neville
Gary Alexander Neville is a former English footballer. He is England's most capped right-back and was Manchester United's club captain for five years....
, 17-year-old defender, makes his debut for Manchester United against Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
first round first leg tie at Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
, which ends in a goalless draw.
23 September 1992: David Beckham
David Beckham
David Robert Joseph Beckham, OBE is an English footballer who plays midfield for Los Angeles Galaxy in Major League Soccer, having previously played for Manchester United, Preston North End, Real Madrid, and A.C...
, 17-year-old midfielder, comes on as a substitute for Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
as they draw 1–1 at Brighton
Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.
Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....
in the Football League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
second round first leg.
27 September 1992: Nick Barmby
Nick Barmby
Nicholas Jon "Nick" Barmby is an English footballer who plays for Hull City as a midfielder, where he is also caretaker manager. At his peak he earned a total of 23 caps for England between 1995 and 2001...
, 18-year-old attacking midfielder, makes his debut for Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
in a 2–0 Premier League defeat at Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
.
21 November 1992: Nicky Butt
Nicky Butt
Nicholas "Nicky" Butt is an English footballer. He began his career with Manchester United and spent 12 years in their first-team before moving to Newcastle United in 2004. He spent one season on loan to Birmingham City in 2005–06...
, 17-year-old midfielder, comes on a substitute for Manchester United in their 3–0 home win over Oldham Athletic in the Premier League.
5 December 1992: Sol Campbell
Sol Campbell
Sulzeer Jeremiah "Sol" Campbell is an English footballer who is currently a free agent. A central defender, Campbell has played for Tottenham Hotspur, Arsenal, Portsmouth, Notts County and Newcastle United, as well as the English national team.Born in East London to Jamaican parents, Campbell's...
, 18-year-old defender, scores on his debut for Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
as they lose 2–1 at home to Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
in the Premier League.
Notable retirements
- Tommy CatonTommy CatonThomas Stephen "Tommy" Caton was an English football player.Born in Kirkby, Liverpool, Caton was a centre half who played for England schoolboys, before signing for Manchester City as an apprentice in 1978...
, Charlton Athletic defender formerly with Manchester City and Arsenal, retired in March after two years out of action with injury, and died the following month from a heart attack at the age of 30. - Chris HughtonChris HughtonChristopher William Gerard "Chris" Hughton is a professional football manager and former player who is currently the manager of Birmingham City F.C....
, former Tottenham Hotspur and Republic of Ireland defender, retired at end of season when playing for Brentford. - Darren SaltonDarren SaltonDarren Brian Salton is a former Scottish under-21 international footballer, whose career was cut short by injuries suffered in a car accident.-Playing career:...
, retired after being badly injured in a car crash in November. Had played 18 times in the league for Luton Town and was capped six times by the Scotland under-21 side. His team mate Paul TelferPaul Telfer (footballer)Paul Norman Telfer is a retired Scottish footballer who played as a full-back for various clubs, including Luton Town, Coventry City, Southampton and Celtic. He also made one appearance for the Scotland national football team...
was also in the car but suffered only minor injuries. - Gary A. StevensGary A. StevensGary Andrew Stevens is an English former footballer who played in the Football League for Brighton & Hove Albion, Tottenham Hotspur and Portsmouth. He won seven caps for England.-Career:...
, Portsmouth defender, retired after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered in the 1988–89 season when tackled by Vinnie Jones.
Division Three
- Darren ForemanDarren Foreman (footballer)Darren Foreman is an English former footballer.He played for Fareham Town, Barnsley, Crewe Alexandra and Scarborough. He is Scarborough's all-time top goalscorer in the Football League with 35 goals, 27 of which were scored in the 1992-93 season...
(Scarborough)/Carl GriffithsCarl GriffithsCarl Brian Griffiths is an English-born Welsh footballer, now manager. He is currently manager of Aveley.He started his career with Shrewsbury Town in 1988, and after five years moved on to Manchester City. In 1995 he transferred to Portsmouth, moving on to Peterborough United a year later...
(Shrewsbury Town) – 27 goals
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Honours
| Competition | Winner |
|---|---|
| FA Cup FA Cup 1992-93 The 1992–93 FA Cup was the 112th season of the FA Cup, also known as The Football Association Challenge Cup. It was won by Arsenal, who beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the replay after a 1–1 draw in the final at the old Wembley Stadium... |
Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... (6) |
| League Cup 1993 Football League Cup Final The 1993 Coca Cola Cup Final took place on 18 April 1993 at Wembley Stadium, and was played between Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday. Arsenal won 2–1 in normal time, in what was the first of three Wembley finals between the two sides that season; Arsenal and Wednesday also met in the FA Cup... |
Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups... (2) |
| FA Premier League FA Premier League The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier... |
Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958... (8/1) |
| Football League First Division Football League First Division The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship.... |
Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... |
| Football League Second Division Football League Second Division From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams... |
Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... |
| Football League Third Division Football League Third Division The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two... |
Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... |
| Autoglass Trophy | Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
| Charity Shield | Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C. Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system... |
Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour (First Division & Premier League). Number after slash is Premier League only. * indicates new record for competition
English national team
| Date | Opposition | Venue | Competition | Result | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 September 1992 | Spain Spain national football team The Spain national football team represents Spain in international association football and is controlled by the Royal Spanish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Spain. The current head coach is Vicente del Bosque... |
El Sardinero, Santander | Friendly | Lost | 0–1 |
| 14 October 1992 | Norway Norway national football team The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen... |
Wembley Stadium | World Cup Qualifier | Drew | 1–1 |
| 18 November 1992 | Turkey Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA... |
Wembley Stadium | World Cup Qualifier | Won | 4–0 |
| 17 February 1993 | San Marino San Marino national football team The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation... |
Wembley Stadium | World Cup Qualifier | Won | 6–0 |
| 31 March 1993 | Turkey Turkey national football team The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA... |
Atatürk Stadyumu, Izmir, Turkey | World Cup Qualifier | Won | 2–0 |
| 28 April 1993 | Netherlands Netherlands national football team The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands... |
Wembley Stadium | World Cup Qualifier | Drew | 2–2 |
| 29 May 1993 | Poland Poland national football team The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland... |
Stadion S'la;ski, Chorzów, Poland | World Cup Qualifier | Drew | 1–1 |
| 2 June 1993 | Norway Norway national football team The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen... |
Ullevaal Stadion, Oslo, Norway | World Cup Qualifier | Lost | 0–2 |
| 9 June 1993 | U.S.A. United States men's national soccer team The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF... |
Foxboro Stadium, Foxboro, Massachusetts, USA | US Cup | Lost | 0–2 |
| 13 June 1993 | Brazil Brazil national football team The Brazil national football team represents Brazil in international men's football and is controlled by the Brazilian Football Confederation , the governing body for football in Brazil. They are a member of the International Federation of Association Football since 1923 and also a member of the... |
R. F. Kennedy Stadium, Washington DC, USA | US Cup | Drew | 1–1 |
| 19 June 1993 | Germany Germany national football team The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900.... |
Silverdome, Pontiac, Michigan, USA | US Cup | Lost | 1–2 |
FA Premier League
- For more detail on the Premiership this season see FA Premier League 1992-93FA Premier League 1992-93The 1992–93 FA Premier League was the first season of the Premier League, the top division of English football. 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, £305 million deal with...
Pos. Team Pld W D L GF GA Pts 1. Manchester United Manchester United F.C.Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
(C)42 24 12 6 67 31 84 2. Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C.Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...42 21 11 10 57 40 74 3. Norwich City Norwich City F.C.Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...42 21 9 12 61 65 72 4. Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....42 20 11 11 68 46 71 5. Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C.Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...42 17 12 13 63 55 63 6. Liverpool Liverpool F.C.Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...42 16 11 15 62 55 59 7. Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C.Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...42 15 14 13 55 51 59 8. Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C.Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....42 16 11 15 60 66 59 9. Manchester City Manchester City F.C.Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...42 15 12 15 56 51 57 10. Arsenal Arsenal F.C.Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...42 15 11 16 40 38 56 11. Chelsea Chelsea F.C.Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...42 14 14 14 51 54 56 12. Wimbledon Wimbledon F.C.Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...42 14 12 16 56 55 54 13. Everton Everton F.C.Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...42 15 8 19 53 55 53 14. Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C.Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...42 14 10 18 54 53 52 15. Coventry City Coventry City F.C.Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...42 13 13 16 52 57 52 16. Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C.Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....42 12 16 14 50 55 52 17. Leeds United Leeds United A.F.C.Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...42 12 15 15 57 62 51 18. Southampton Southampton F.C.Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...42 13 11 18 54 61 50 19. Oldham Athletic Oldham Athletic A.F.C.Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...42 13 10 19 63 74 49 20. Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C.Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
(R)42 11 16 15 48 61 49 21. Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C.Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
(R)42 11 11 20 54 75 44 22. Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C.Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
(R)42 10 10 22 41 62 40
League Division One
Newcastle United's first full season under the management of Kevin Keegan ended in Division One championship glory and promotion to the Premiership. Following the Geordies into football's big-money league were West Ham United and Swindon Town. West Ham had suffered relegation just one season earlier, and had been many people's favourites for an automatic return to the elite. Swindon, meanwhile, had finally reached the top flight after 73 years of trying – they had actually won promotion via the playoffs three years earlier, but promotion had been denied a few weeks later due to financial irregularities.Going down were Cambridge United (who had just missed out on promotion a year earlier), Brentford and Bristol Rovers. Brentford, newly promoted a season earlier, had stood in 10th place at the turn of 1993, but a sharp decline in form during the final few months of the season saw them relegated on the final day of the season.
Third-placed Portsmouth had opened up a 9-point gap over fourth-placed Tranmere Rovers, but lost to Leicester City in the playoff semi-finals and this ended any promotion hopes for a club who had begun the season as favourites for promotion, and ended it with 88 points.
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger... (C) (P) |
46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 92 | 38 | 96 |
| 2. | West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current... (P) |
46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 41 | 88 |
| 3. | Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from... |
46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 46 | 88 |
| 4. | Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers F.C. Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system... |
46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 72 | 56 | 79 |
| 5. | Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011... (P) |
46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 59 | 76 |
| 6. | Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester... |
46 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 71 | 64 | 76 |
| 7. | Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the... |
46 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 65 | 53 | 70 |
| 8. | Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English... |
46 | 19 | 9 | 18 | 68 | 57 | 66 |
| 9. | Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town... |
46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 58 | 57 | 64 |
| 10. | Peterborough United Peterborough United F.C. Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is... |
46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 63 | 62 |
| 11. | Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at... |
46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 56 | 61 |
| 12. | Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,... |
46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 46 | 61 |
| 13. | Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's... |
46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 60 | 60 |
| 14. | Oxford United Oxford United F.C. Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The... |
46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 53 | 56 | 56 |
| 15. | Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City... |
46 | 14 | 14 | 18 | 49 | 67 | 56 |
| 16. | Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade... |
46 | 14 | 13 | 19 | 57 | 71 | 55 |
| 17. | Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system... |
46 | 12 | 16 | 18 | 55 | 70 | 52 |
| 18. | Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had... |
46 | 13 | 13 | 20 | 54 | 64 | 52 |
| 19. | Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the... |
46 | 13 | 12 | 21 | 50 | 72 | 51 |
| 20. | Luton Town Luton Town F.C. Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was... |
46 | 10 | 21 | 15 | 48 | 62 | 51 |
| 21. | Sunderland Sunderland A.F.C. Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League... |
46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 50 | 64 | 50 |
| 22. | Brentford Brentford F.C. Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One.... (R) |
46 | 13 | 10 | 23 | 52 | 71 | 49 |
| 23. | Cambridge United Cambridge United F.C. Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League... (R) |
46 | 11 | 16 | 19 | 48 | 69 | 49 |
| 24. | Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city.... (R) |
46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 55 | 87 | 41 |
League Division Two
Lou Macari guided Stoke City to their first successful season in years as they were crowned Division Two champions. Bruce Rioch brought some long-awaited success to Bolton Wanderers as they occupied the division's second promotion place. Osvaldo Ardiles guided West Bromwich Albion to promotion via the playoffs, bringing some long-awaited success to another club who had once enjoyed better times.Preston North End, Wigan Athletic, Mansfield Town and Chester City occupied Division Two's four relegation places. Mansfield were newly promoted, while the other three teams had been established at this level for no less than six years.
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts... (C) (P) |
46 | 27 | 12 | 7 | 73 | 34 | 93 |
| 2. | Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001.... (P) |
46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 80 | 41 | 90 |
| 3. | Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as... |
46 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 79 | 44 | 89 |
| 4. | West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands... (P) |
46 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 88 | 54 | 85 |
| 5. | Swansea City Swansea City A.F.C. Swansea City Association Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Swansea, Wales. One of the most successful clubs in Welsh football, it has won 10 Welsh Cups and led the English Football League First Division in December 1981, before finishing the season in 6th position... |
46 | 20 | 13 | 13 | 65 | 47 | 73 |
| 6. | Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport... |
46 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 81 | 57 | 72 |
| 7. | Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63... |
46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 53 | 72 |
| 8. | Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship... |
46 | 18 | 15 | 13 | 66 | 51 | 69 |
| 9. | Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system.... |
46 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 63 | 59 | 69 |
| 10. | Bradford City Bradford City A.F.C. Bradford City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Bradford, West Yorkshire, playing in League Two.... |
46 | 18 | 14 | 14 | 69 | 67 | 68 |
| 11. | Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history... |
46 | 17 | 14 | 15 | 60 | 60 | 65 |
| 12. | Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season... |
46 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 57 | 55 | 65 |
| 13. | Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... |
46 | 15 | 16 | 15 | 57 | 59 | 61 |
| 14. | Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the... |
46 | 16 | 12 | 18 | 59 | 64 | 60 |
| 15. | Huddersfield Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One... |
46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 54 | 61 | 60 |
| 16. | Hartlepool United Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season... |
46 | 14 | 12 | 20 | 42 | 60 | 54 |
| 17. | Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899.... |
46 | 12 | 17 | 17 | 45 | 52 | 53 |
| 18. | Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the... |
46 | 12 | 15 | 19 | 63 | 75 | 51 |
| 19. | Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003... |
46 | 11 | 17 | 18 | 54 | 69 | 50 |
| 20. | Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football... |
46 | 13 | 11 | 22 | 46 | 69 | 50 |
| 21. | Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One... (R) |
46 | 13 | 8 | 25 | 65 | 94 | 47 |
| 22. | Mansfield Town Mansfield Town F.C. Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910... (R) |
46 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 52 | 80 | 44 |
| 23. | Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW... (R) |
46 | 10 | 11 | 25 | 43 | 72 | 41 |
| 24. | Chester City Chester City F.C. Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the... (R) |
46 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 49 | 102 | 29 |
League Division Three
Cardiff City and Wrexham continued their good progress by occupying Division Three's top two places. They were joined in third place by Barnet, who had spent most of the season on the brink of expulsion from the league due to financial problems. The final promotion place went to York City, who won the playoffs just weeks after Alan Little was appointed manager.Halifax Town, after 72 years of league membership, finished bottom of the league and were replaced by Conference champions Wycombe Wanderers.
| Pos. | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for... (C) (P) |
42 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 77 | 47 | 83 |
| 2. | Wrexham Wrexham A.F.C. Wrexham Football Club are a professional football team based in Wrexham, north-east Wales, who play in the English football pyramid.Founded in 1872, they are one of the oldest surviving football clubs in Britain and the oldest professional club in Wales... (P) |
42 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 75 | 52 | 80 |
| 3. | Barnet Barnet F.C. Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet.... (P) |
42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 66 | 48 | 79 |
| 4. | York City York City F.C. York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions... (P) |
42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 72 | 45 | 75 |
| 5. | Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second... |
42 | 22 | 7 | 13 | 76 | 61 | 73 |
| 6. | Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club... |
42 | 21 | 7 | 14 | 75 | 56 | 70 |
| 7. | Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the... |
42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 63 | 55 | 63 |
| 8. | Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League.... |
42 | 18 | 9 | 15 | 57 | 53 | 63 |
| 9. | Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town F.C. Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football... |
42 | 17 | 11 | 14 | 57 | 52 | 62 |
| 10. | Colchester United Colchester United F.C. Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910.... |
42 | 18 | 5 | 19 | 67 | 76 | 59 |
| 11. | Rochdale Rochdale A.F.C. Rochdale Association Football Club is an English professional football club based in Rochdale, Greater Manchester. They play their home matches at Spotland Stadium. Formed in 1907, they were accepted into the Football League in 1921... |
42 | 16 | 10 | 16 | 70 | 70 | 58 |
| 12. | Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower... |
42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 59 | 63 | 56 |
| 13. | Scarborough Scarborough F.C. Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season... |
42 | 15 | 9 | 18 | 66 | 71 | 54 |
| 14. | Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One.... |
42 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 57 | 54 | 54 |
| 15. | Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003... |
42 | 12 | 14 | 16 | 48 | 53 | 50 |
| 16. | Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in... |
42 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 42 | 57 | 47 |
| 17. | Hereford United Hereford United F.C. Hereford United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League Two in the 2011–12 season. Hereford have played at Edgar Street for their entire history and are nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites',... |
42 | 10 | 15 | 17 | 47 | 60 | 45 |
| 18. | Carlisle United Carlisle United F.C. Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system.... |
42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 51 | 65 | 44 |
| 19. | Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley... |
42 | 12 | 7 | 23 | 45 | 67 | 43 |
| 20. | Northampton Town Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season... |
42 | 11 | 8 | 23 | 48 | 74 | 41 |
| 21. | Gillingham Gillingham F.C. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium... |
42 | 9 | 13 | 20 | 48 | 64 | 40 |
| 22. | Halifax Town Halifax Town A.F.C. Halifax Town Association Football Club were an English football team who most recently played in the Conference National, although prior to that they participated in the Football League for over eighty years... (R) |
42 | 9 | 9 | 24 | 45 | 68 | 36 |
Diary of the season
3 July 1992 – Ron AtkinsonRon Atkinson
Ronald Ernest Atkinson, commonly known as "Big Ron" and "Bojangles" is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits...
appoints Dave Sexton
Dave Sexton
David "Dave" Sexton OBE is an English former football manager and player.-Playing career:Son of former professional boxer Archie Sexton, he started his playing career with West Ham United in 1948. Playing mainly at inside-forward, he would finish his career with time at Luton Town, Leyton Orient,...
, the man he succeeded as Manchester United manager 11 years ago, to his coaching staff at Aston Villa.
6 July 1992 – Liverpool sign 21-year-old goalkeeper David James
David James (footballer)
David Benjamin James is an English footballer who plays as a goalkeeper for Bristol City.On 14 February 2009, he achieved the all-time Premier League appearance record with 536 appearances, overtaking Gary Speed. He held this record until being overtaken by Ryan Giggs on the 14th May 2011...
from Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
for £1million, with manager Graeme Souness
Graeme Souness
Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...
anticipating him as an eventual long-term successor to Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce Grobbelaar
Bruce David Grobbelaar is a former football goalkeeper and manager.He played for a number of clubs in a career which spanned for more than 20 years at professional level, most notably Liverpool during their dominant period in the 1980s and early 1990s.-Early years:In his teenage years, Grobbelaar...
.
7 July 1992 – Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
manager Ian Branfoot
Ian Branfoot
Ian Grant Branfoot is an English former footballer and manager.He played as a defender, and after starting at Gateshead joined Sheffield Wednesday, making his Football League debut in 1965. After 42 senior appearances for the club he left in 1969-70 for Doncaster Rovers...
announces that highly-rated striker Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
can leave the club if the price is right. Manchester United are said to be favourites in the race to sign Shearer, who turns 22 next month.
8 July 1992 – Blackburn Rovers sign Middlesbrough winger Stuart Ripley
Stuart Ripley
Stuart Edward Ripley is a retired English footballer, who played as a winger.With speed as his main asset, he also scored numerous goals, especially in his early career at Middlesbrough.-Football career:...
for £1.3million.
10 July 1992 – Oldham Athletic pay a club record £600,000 for Manchester City defender Neil Pointon
Neil Pointon
Neil Geoffrey Pointon, born November 28, 1964 in Church Warsop, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, England, is a former professional football player...
.
11 July 1992 – Ted Fenton
Ted Fenton
Edward "Ted" Fenton was manager of English football club West Ham United between 1950 and 1961.- West Ham United :...
, who was manager of West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
from 1950 to 1961, dies aged 77 after being injured in a car crash in Leicester
Leicester
Leicester is a city and unitary authority in the East Midlands of England, and the county town of Leicestershire. The city lies on the River Soar and at the edge of the National Forest...
.
14 July 1992 – Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
sign John Jensen
John Jensen
John Jensen , nicknamed Faxe, is a former Danish international footballer who is unemployed. He is known for his temper and is often outspoken in interviews. His playing career lasted over a decade, during which he played most famously for Arsenal F.C...
, midfielder of Denmark's
Denmark national football team
The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...
Euro 92 winning team, from Brondby in a £1.1million deal.
17 July 1992 – Chris Waddle
Chris Waddle
Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...
returns to England after three years in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
with Olympique Marseille, joining Sheffield Wednesday for £1million.
19 July 1992 – Striker Kerry Dixon
Kerry Dixon
Kerry Michael Dixon is a retired English professional footballer who played most notably for Chelsea and England.-Early years:...
ends nine years at Chelsea to sign for Southampton in a £575,000 deal.
21 July 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur sign defender Neil Ruddock
Neil Ruddock
Neil "Razor" Ruddock is a retired English footballer, who played as a central defender.He made his debut at Millwall , and he had a long career playing for Tottenham Hotspur, Southampton, Liverpool, West Ham, Crystal Palace, and finally a short-lived spell as a player/coach at Swindon Town Neil...
from Southampton for £750,000.
23 July 1992 – David Rocastle
David Rocastle
David Carlyle Rocastle, nicknamed Rocky, was an English football player, who spent the majority of his career at Arsenal...
ends nine years at Arsenal by joining Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
in a £2million deal.
25 July 1992 – Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
are reported to be £3.6million in debt. It is also reported that they lost £2million in the financial year ending May 1992.
27 July 1992 – The new Premier League rejects sponsorship deals offered by Bass Breweries
Bass (beer)
The Bass Brewery was founded as a brewery in 1777 by William Bass in Burton upon Trent, England. The main brand was Bass Pale Ale, which was once the highest selling beer in the UK...
and Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company
Ford Motor Company is an American multinational automaker based in Dearborn, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit. The automaker was founded by Henry Ford and incorporated on June 16, 1903. In addition to the Ford and Lincoln brands, Ford also owns a small stake in Mazda in Japan and Aston Martin in the UK...
, meaning that it will be without a sponsor in its first season.
28 July 1992 – Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
signs for newly promoted Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
for an English record fee of £3.5million – with striker David Speedie
David Speedie
David Robert Speedie is a retired Scottish footballer who played for several clubs in England during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. He accumulated more than 500 football league appearances and scored almost 150 goals in a 14 year...
moving in the opposite direction in part exchange. Aston Villa add Ray Houghton
Ray Houghton
Raymond James "Ray" Houghton is a retired Scottish-born footballer who represented the Republic of Ireland at international level, qualifying through his Irish father...
(from Liverpool for £900,000) to their ranks as Ron Atkinson
Ron Atkinson
Ronald Ernest Atkinson, commonly known as "Big Ron" and "Bojangles" is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits...
looks to build a title-winning side.
29 July 1992 – Lou Macari
Lou Macari
Luigi "Lou" Macari is a Scottish former footballer and football manager of Italian descent.-Playing career:...
, former Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
manager (now at Stoke City
Stoke City F.C.
Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...
), is cleared of tax fraud offences at Winchester
Winchester
Winchester is a historic cathedral city and former capital city of England. It is the county town of Hampshire, in South East England. The city lies at the heart of the wider City of Winchester, a local government district, and is located at the western end of the South Downs, along the course of...
Crown Court
Crown Court
The Crown Court of England and Wales is, together with the High Court of Justice and the Court of Appeal, one of the constituent parts of the Senior Courts of England and Wales...
. Swindon's former chairman Brian Hillier
Brian Hillier
Brian Hillier was a football chairman most notable for being chairman of Swindon Town.A lifelong Swindon Town supporter, he became chairman of the club in 1984 when they were in the Football League Fourth Division - the lowest division of the Football League...
is found guilty, however, and given a one-year prison sentence. Club accountant
Accountant
An accountant is a practitioner of accountancy or accounting , which is the measurement, disclosure or provision of assurance about financial information that helps managers, investors, tax authorities and others make decisions about allocating resources.The Big Four auditors are the largest...
Vince Farrar is also found guilty and receives a six-month suspended sentence.
31 July 1992 – Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola
Coca-Cola is a carbonated soft drink sold in stores, restaurants, and vending machines in more than 200 countries. It is produced by The Coca-Cola Company of Atlanta, Georgia, and is often referred to simply as Coke...
become sponsors of the Football League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
in a two-year deal worth £2.25million.
1 August 1992 – Nottingham Forest sell defender Des Walker
Des Walker
Desmond Sinclair "Des" Walker is a former England international footballer who is best remembered for his spells with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday...
to Sampdoria of Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
for £1.5million.
5 August 1992 – Manchester City sign winger Rick Holden
Rick Holden
Richard William "Dick" Holden is an English former professional footballer. He played for six clubs in a decade-long career. He moved into management after retiring.-Oldham Athletic:...
from Oldham Athletic for £900,000.
7 August 1992 – Manchester United sign 23-year-old Cambridge United
Cambridge United F.C.
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...
striker Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin , is a retired English footballer. He was capped four times for England. Dublin started his career as a centre back with Norwich City, but made his name at Cambridge United as a goal-scoring centre forward. However, in his later years he showed his versatility by becoming an...
for £1million.
8 August 1992 – Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...
scores hat-trick for Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
who win the FA Charity Shield with a 4–3 victory over Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
at Wembley Stadium.
12 August 1992 – Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
pay a club record £2.1million for Norwich City's
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
Scottish
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
striker Robert Fleck.
14 August 1992 – Norwich City replace Robert Fleck with Mark Robins
Mark Robins
Mark Gordon Robins is an English football manager, appointed manager of Barnsley in 2009.As a player, he was most notable for his exploits with Manchester United, Norwich City and Leicester City...
from Manchester United for £800,000, while Everton boost their attack with a £500,000 move for Paul Rideout
Paul Rideout
Paul Rideout is a retired English professional football player who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a youth coach with Sporting Kansas City, heading their U-16, U-17 and U-18 teams.-Playing career:...
. West Ham United winger Stuart Slater
Stuart Slater
Stuart Slater is a former professional footballer who played as a winger and forward for West Ham United, Celtic, Ipswich Town, Leicester City and Watford. He also represented England at under-21 and B level....
joins Celtic
Celtic F.C.
Celtic Football Club is a Scottish football club based in the Parkhead area of Glasgow, which currently plays in the Scottish Premier League. The club was established in 1887, and played its first game in 1888. Celtic have won the Scottish League Championship on 42 occasions, most recently in the...
for £1.5million as manager Liam Brady
Liam Brady
Liam Brady is a former Irish association football player, and former assistant manager of the Republic of Ireland national football team....
looks to end the dominance of Rangers, who have been Scottish league champions four seasons in a row.
15 August 1992 – The new FA Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
kicks off on the opening day of the season. The honour of scoring the first Premier League goal goes to Sheffield United
Sheffield United F.C.
Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...
striker Brian Deane
Brian Deane
Brian Christopher Deane is an English former footballer.Signed for £40,000 from Doncaster Rovers in the close season of 1988, Deane first played and scored for Sheffield United in an 8–1 victory against Skegness Town...
, who opens the scoring in a 2–1 home win over title favourites Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
. In Division Three, debt ridden Maidstone United
Maidstone United F.C.
Maidstone United Football Club is an English football team from Maidstone, Kent.The current club is a continuation of the old Maidstone United, which was a member of the Football League between 1989 and 1992. The club was forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the...
have their first game of the season cancelled and are given 48 hours to guarantee that they will be able to fulfill their fixtures for this season. Alan Shearer begins his Blackburn career with two goals against Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
in a 3–3 draw at Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park
Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...
.
16 August 1992 – Sky Sports
Sky Sports
Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...
broadcast their first live Premier League game. Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
scores the only goal as Nottingham Forest beat Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
at the City Ground
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....
.
17 August 1992 – Maidstone United resign from the Football League after being unable to guarantee that they can fulfill their fixtures for this season.
24 August 1992 – Manchester United finally record their first Premier League win at the fourth time of asking when a late goal by Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin , is a retired English footballer. He was capped four times for England. Dublin started his career as a centre back with Norwich City, but made his name at Cambridge United as a goal-scoring centre forward. However, in his later years he showed his versatility by becoming an...
(his first for the club) gives them a 1–0 win at Southampton.
25 August 1992 –
-
- – Chester CityChester City F.C.Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...
lose 2–1 to Stockport County in the first match at their new Deva Stadium home in the Football League CupFootball League CupThe Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...
. Manchester City equal the British national record for a defender (which they set last year when signing Keith CurleKeith CurleKeith Curle is an English former professional football player, who is currently first team coach at Queens Park Rangers.As a player, he was capped three times by England at senior level.-Playing career:...
) by paying £2.5million for Wimbledon'sWimbledon F.C.Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
Terry PhelanTerry PhelanTerrence "Terry" Phelan is a former footballer who played as a left-back for a number of clubs, including Leeds United, Swansea City, Wimbledon, Manchester City, Chelsea, Everton and Fulham...
.- – Eric CantonaEric CantonaEric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...
becomes the first player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League in Leeds United's 5–0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur.
- – Eric Cantona
- – Chester City
27 August 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
pay £2.1million for Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
's 26-year-old striker Teddy Sheringham
Teddy Sheringham
Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
to take over from Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...
who is now playing in Japan
Japan
Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...
.
30 August 1992 – Exeter City manager Alan Ball and former Bolton Wanderers manager Phil Neal
Phil Neal
Philip George "Phil" Neal is a former footballer who was, at one time, the most successful player in English football history. He played for Liverpool 650 times over an eleven year period and is the only player to have appeared in the first five of their European Cup finals, winning four of them...
join the England coaching staff.
31 August 1992 – The first month of the league season sees Blackburn Rovers
Blackburn Rovers F.C.
Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
top the new Premier League in their first top division season since 1965–66. Queens Park Rangers
Queens Park Rangers F.C.
Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...
occupy second place, with third place is occupied by a Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
side who were predicted to struggle this season but have started the season strongly, their best result coming with a 4–2 win over Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
. Bottom of the table are Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
, whose acquisition of Teddy Sheringham gives fans hope of improving upon the dismal form that their team has incurred since the departure of Gary Lineker
Gary Lineker
Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...
and Paul Gascoigne
Paul Gascoigne
Paul John Gascoigne , commonly referred to as Gazza, is a retired English professional footballer.Playing in the position of midfield, Gascoigne's career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton and Gansu Tianma, where he scored at least a goal...
. Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
lead Division One, with Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
standing second and the playoff zone being occupied by Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
, Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
, Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
and Watford
Watford F.C.
Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...
.
1 September 1992 – Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
sign 21-year-old striker Chris Armstrong
Chris Armstrong (footballer born 1971)
Christopher Peter "Chris" Armstrong is an English former England B international footballer who has played as a striker for Wrexham , Millwall, Crystal Palace, Tottenham Hotspur and Bolton Wanderers between 1989 and 2005.-Crystal Palace:After short spells with Wrexham and Millwall, Armstrong found...
from Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
for £1million.
2 September 1992 – Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
pay a club record £2.5million for Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
striker Dean Saunders
Dean Saunders
Dean Nicholas Saunders is a former Wales international footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He is the manager of Doncaster Rovers....
, after manager Ron Atkinson's
Ron Atkinson
Ronald Ernest Atkinson, commonly known as "Big Ron" and "Bojangles" is an English former football player and manager. In recent years he has become one of Britain's best-known football pundits...
failed bids for John Aldridge
John Aldridge
John William Aldridge is a former Republic of Ireland international footballer and football manager...
of Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
and Mark Hughes
Mark Hughes
Leslie Mark Hughes, OBE , is a former Welsh international footballer. As an international footballer, he made 72 appearances and scored 16 goals....
of Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
.
5 September 1992 – Chester City
Chester City F.C.
Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...
beat Burnley
Burnley F.C.
Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...
3–0 in Division Two in their first game at the new Deva Stadium, with Neil Morton scoring the first goal there.
6 September 1992 – Hereford United have a Football League record four players sent off in a 1–1 Division Three draw with Northampton Town at the County Ground
County Cricket Ground, Northampton
The County Ground, is a cricket venue on Wantage Road in the Abington area of Northampton, UK. It is home to Northamptonshire County Cricket Club....
.
9 September 1992 – Vinnie Jones returns to Wimbledon after three years away in a £700,000 move from Chelsea.
15 September 1992 – All 22 Division Three
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...
clubs receive £10,000 compensation each from the Football League to cover the loss of gate revenue brought upon by the recent demise of Aldershot
Aldershot F.C.
Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
and Maidstone United
Maidstone United F.C.
Maidstone United Football Club is an English football team from Maidstone, Kent.The current club is a continuation of the old Maidstone United, which was a member of the Football League between 1989 and 1992. The club was forced out of the league by financial ruin but the youth squad formed the...
.
16 September 1992 – Derby County
Derby County F.C.
Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...
pay the record fee for a club outside the top division – and a national record for a defender – when they sign Notts County
Notts County F.C.
Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...
centre-back Craig Short
Craig Short
Craig Jonathan Short is a former football player who played as a central-defender...
, 24, in a 2.5million deal. In the Premier League, Blackburn's unbeaten start comes to an end when Everton beat them 3–2 at Ewood Park
Ewood Park
Ewood Park is a football stadium in the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is the home of Blackburn Rovers Football Club — one of the founder members of the Football League and Premier League. Rovers have played there since they moved from Leamington Street in the summer of 1890. The...
with Tony Cottee
Tony Cottee
Anthony Richard "Tony" Cottee is a former football player who now works as a television football commentator...
scoring twice.
20 September 1992 – Division One leaders Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
boost their promotion bid by signing Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
midfielder Robert Lee
Rob Lee
Robert Martin "Rob" Lee is a retired English footballer who played the majority of his career for Charlton Athletic and Newcastle United.-Charlton Athletic:...
for £700,000.
27 September 1992 – In a live televised Division One match at St Andrew's, 22-year-old Wolverhampton Wanderers
Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.
Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...
striker Darren Roberts
Darren Roberts (footballer)
Darren Roberts is an English football striker currently playing for Sutton Coldfield Town in the English Southern League Division One Midlands...
scores a hat-trick on his Football League debut in a 4–0 win over Birmingham
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
.
28 September 1992 – Preston North End's Les Chapman
Les Chapman
Leslie "Les" Chapman is an English former football player and manager and legendary Kit Man at Manchester City F.C. As a player, he made 749 appearances in the Football League in a career that spanned 22 seasons, playing for Oldham Athletic, Huddersfield Town, Stockport County, Bradford City,...
and Carlisle United's Aidan McCaffrey
Aidan McCaffrey
Aidan McCaffery is an English former professional footballer and football club manager. As player, he made 370 appearances in the Football League, playing as a central defender for Newcastle United, Derby County, Bristol Rovers, Bristol City, Torquay United, Exeter City, Hartlepool United and...
become the first managerial casualties of the season.
29 September 1992 – Manchester United are eliminated from the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
on penalties after two goalless draws in their First Round contest with Torpedo Moscow of Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
30 September 1992 – September ends with Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
(a team who have never been league champions) topping the Premier League, while Blackburn Rovers are still doing well in second place and Manchester United's slow start has been improved upon as they stand fourth. Coventry City, another team predicted to struggle and another team without a top division title to their name, are defying the odds and are currently third in the league. Brian Clough's
Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...
Nottingham Forest are still struggling as they prop up the top flight with just one win from their opening nine games. Crystal Palace, who came third in the league two seasons ago, are now struggling in second from bottom place with just one win from their opening 10 games. Newcastle United lead Division One with a 100% record in the league stretching eight games, with Charlton Athletic occupying second place without any defeats from their opening nine games. Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City, Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
(in the hunt for a second successive promotion) and Millwall
Millwall F.C.
Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...
occupy the playoff zone. Derby County, who began the season as most people's favourites for the Division One title, are third from bottom in the table.
3 October 1992 – Blackburn Rovers go top of the Premier League, displacing former leaders Norwich City in dramatic fashion with a 7–1 win at Ewood Park
Ewood Park
Ewood Park is a football stadium in the English town of Blackburn, Lancashire, and is the home of Blackburn Rovers Football Club — one of the founder members of the Football League and Premier League. Rovers have played there since they moved from Leamington Street in the summer of 1890. The...
. Strikers Alan Shearer and Roy Wegerle
Roy Wegerle
Roy Wegerle is a South African-American former soccer player, who played for the United States in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. He is one of two players who played in both the NASL and MLS; the other is Hugo Sánchez....
both find the net twice.
14 October 1992 – England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
draw 1–1 with Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
in their disappointing opener to the World Cup
1994 FIFA World Cup
The 1994 FIFA World Cup, the 15th staging of the FIFA World Cup, was held in nine cities across the United States from June 17 to July 17, 1994. The United States was chosen as the host by FIFA on July 4, 1988...
qualifying series.
16 October 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
striker Gordon Durie
Gordon Durie
Gordon Scott Durie , known as Jukebox after the TV programme 'Jukebox Jury', is a Scottish former professional footballer, a utility player who usually played as a striker.- Playing career :...
is banned for three games after feigning an injury in order to win his team a free kick.
18 October 1992 – Cardiff City
Cardiff City F.C.
Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...
chairman Rick Wright announces that he is considering withdrawing the club from the Football League in order to transfer to the League of Wales
League of Wales
The Welsh Premier League is the national football league for Wales. It has both Professional and Semi-Professional status clubs and is at the top of the Welsh football league system. Prior to 2002, the league was known as the League of Wales, but changed its name as part of a sponsorship deal...
. Ian Rush
Ian Rush
Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...
breaks Roger Hunt's
Roger Hunt
Roger Hunt, MBE is an English former footballer. He was a member of the England team which won the 1966 World Cup.-Club career:...
23-year goalscoring for Liverpool, and scores his 287th goal for the club in their 2–2 league draw with Manchester United at Old Trafford.
20 October 1992 – Chester City
Chester City F.C.
Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...
part company with charismatic manager Harry McNally
Harry McNally
Harry McNally was a football player, coach and manager, noted for his spells as manager of Wigan Athletic and Chester City.-The Non-League Background:...
after seven years in charge, following a poor start to the season.
22 October 1992 – Cambridge United
Cambridge United F.C.
Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...
sack controversial manager John Beck
John Beck (footballer)
John Alexander Beck is an English former footballer and manager. As a player he made nearly 500 league appearances between 1972 and 1988....
, who had guided them to successive promotions in the first two of his three seasons as manager. Cambridge had narrowly missed out on a unique third successive promotion at the end of last season, but they have struggled in the new Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
after the sale of key striker Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin
Dion Dublin , is a retired English footballer. He was capped four times for England. Dublin started his career as a centre back with Norwich City, but made his name at Cambridge United as a goal-scoring centre forward. However, in his later years he showed his versatility by becoming an...
.
23 October 1992 – Barclays Bank announce that they will not be renewing their sponsorship of the Football League
The Football League
The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...
after the end of the season. Barclays have been the league's sponsors since the start of the 1987–88 season.
24 October 1992 – Newcastle United's 11-match winning start to the Division One campaign – one of the longest in professional league history – ends with a 1–0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town.
26 October 1992 – Former Queen's Park Rangers captain Glenn Roeder
Glenn Roeder
Glenn Victor Roeder is an English football manager and former player, most recently in charge at Norwich City. As a player, Roeder represented England B on 7 occasions...
is appointed player-manager of Gillingham
Gillingham F.C.
Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...
in place of Damien Richardson
Damien Richardson
Damien John Richardson is an Irish football manager and former player. He currently has no club attachments, having left Cork City at the end of the 2007 season. Richardson formerly managed Gillingham in England and Cobh Ramblers, Shelbourne and Shamrock Rovers in Ireland.Richardson's father...
.
31 October 1992 – October ends with Blackburn Rovers still top of the league, now leading only due to a far superior goal difference over second-placed Norwich City. Queens Park Rangers are keeping up the pressure being just two places and four points off the top. Arsenal, Coventry City, Aston Villa and Manchester United are also pushing for the title, while Nottingham Forest and Crystal Palace remain in deep trouble along with the likes of Everton. Liverpool, one of the pre-season title favourites, are just six places and three places clear of the drop zone. Newcastle United remain top of Division One with 11 wins from their opening 13 games, with Swindon Town second in the table. Leicester City, West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
, Tranmere Rovers
Tranmere Rovers F.C.
Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...
and Wolverhampton Wanderers occupying the playoff zone. Derby County's terrible start to the season has given way to a good recovery and they now stand 10th in the league.
9 November 1992 – Mark Robins
Mark Robins
Mark Gordon Robins is an English football manager, appointed manager of Barnsley in 2009.As a player, he was most notable for his exploits with Manchester United, Norwich City and Leicester City...
scores a hat-trick for Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
in their 3–2 away win over Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
, which takes them to the top of the Premier League. He is only the second player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League.
10 November 1992 – Dennis Rofe
Dennis Rofe
Dennis Rofe, born Epping 1 June 1950, is a former professional football player, who spent most of his playing career with Leicester City before spending many years in various coaching capacities at Southampton.-Early days:...
resigns as manager of Division One strugglers Bristol Rovers, and is succeeded by 65-year-old Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and cigar, controversies off the pitch and outspoken nature.Allison's managerial potential become...
(the oldest manager in the Football League or Premier League) on an interim basis.
13 November 1992 – Graham Barrow
Graham Barrow
Graham Barrow is an English former footballer who has since become a lower division manager. He is currently part of the coaching staff at Premier League side Wigan Athletic, where he has previously been both a player and manager.-Barrow the Player:Barrow first entered the Football League at the...
is appointed player-manager of Chester City.
15 November 1992 – Transfer listed Newcastle United striker Micky Quinn joins Coventry City on a month's loan.
18 November 1992 – Wimbledon
Wimbledon F.C.
Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...
midfielder Vinnie Jones
Vinnie Jones
Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...
is fined £20,000 for his controversial appearance in the video Soccer's Hard Men
Soccer's Hard Men
Soccer's Hard Men is a 1992 football video by Video Vision, presented by then-footballer and current actor Vinnie Jones. The video featured footage of British players known for their ferocity, including Graeme Souness, Bryan Robson, Nobby Stile, Norman Hunter, Jack Charlton, Steve McMahon, Tommy...
. On the same day, England achieve a comfortable 4–0 win over Turkey
Turkey national football team
The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...
in the second World Cup qualifying game.
19 November 1992 – The High Court
High Court
The term High Court usually refers to the superior court of a country or state. In some countries, it is the highest court . In others, it is positioned lower in the hierarchy of courts The term High Court usually refers to the superior court (or supreme court) of a country or state. In some...
rules that Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
fan Tony Bland
Tony Bland
Anthony David Bland was a supporter of Liverpool F.C. injured in the Hillsborough disaster. He suffered severe brain damage that left him in a persistent vegetative state whereby the hospital, with the support of his parents, applied for a court order allowing him to 'die with dignity'...
, 22, who suffered massive brain damage
Brain damage
"Brain damage" or "brain injury" is the destruction or degeneration of brain cells. Brain injuries occur due to a wide range of internal and external factors...
in the Hillsborough disaster
Hillsborough disaster
The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....
in April 1989 and has been in a Persistent vegetative state
Persistent vegetative state
A persistent vegetative state is a disorder of consciousness in which patients with severe brain damage are in a state of partial arousal rather than true awareness. It is a diagnosis of some uncertainty in that it deals with a syndrome. After four weeks in a vegetative state , the patient is...
ever since, can have treatment withdrawn and be allowed to die.
20 November 1992 – Manchester United's seven-match winless Premier League run ends with a 3–0 home win over Oldham Athletic. Out of favour midfielder Neil Webb
Neil Webb
Neil John Webb is an English former footballer and television pundit. He played as a midfielder and defender between 1980 and 1997 notably for Portsmouth, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United...
leaves Old Trafford after three years and returns to Nottingham Forest for £800,000.
22 November 1992 – Alan Shearer plays his first game against old club Southampton for Blackburn Rovers, who are held to a 1–1 league draw at The Dell.
26 November 1992 – Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
sign the dynamic Leeds United
Leeds United A.F.C.
Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...
and France
France national football team
The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...
striker Eric Cantona
Eric Cantona
Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...
in a £1.2million deal.
27 November 1992 – 65-year-old former Manchester City manager Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Allison
Malcolm Alexander Allison was an English football player and manager. Nicknamed "Big Mal", he was one of English football's most flamboyant and intriguing characters because of his panache, fedora and cigar, controversies off the pitch and outspoken nature.Allison's managerial potential become...
is appointed team manager by Division One strugglers Bristol Rovers.
30 November 1992 – Norwich City finish November as Premier League leaders and look well on course for a first-ever top division title, as they lead by five points ahead of second-placed Blackburn Rovers. Arsenal and Aston Villa continue to keep up the pressure, along with a resurgent Manchester United side who were tenth earlier in the month and whose title hopes had looked dead and buried. Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest continue to prop up the top flight, while Everton have climbed out of the relegation zone at the expense of Wimbledon. Liverpool, meanwhile, have improved after last month's wobbles and are homing in on the top five. Newcastle United now have a 12-point lead over their nearest contenders, Tranmere Rovers (in the hunt for top flight football for the first time in their history, which would give them three promotions in just five seasons). The playoff zone is occupied by West Ham United, Swindon Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers and Millwall. A surprise promotion challenge is coming from Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
(who were playing in the old Fourth Division three years ago) who now occupy eighth place in Division One. UEFA
UEFA
The Union of European Football Associations , almost always referred to by its acronym UEFA is the administrative and controlling body for European association football, futsal and beach soccer....
announces that Euro 96, held in England, will be contested by 16 teams – doubling the number of entrants from the traditional eight.
1 December 1992 – Barnet sack manager Barry Fry
Barry Fry
Barry Francis Fry is an English football manager. A former Manchester United apprentice as a winger, his playing career involved brief spells with Bolton Wanderers, Luton Town and Leyton Orient, before he retired prematurely due to injury.He has managed Dunstable Town, Bedford Town, Maidstone...
.
4 December 1992 – Birmingham City coach Ian Atkins
Ian Atkins
Ian Leslie Atkins is a former English professional footballer who became a manager later in his career, and now works as a coach with Sunderland. During a 20-year playing career he had eight clubs, including two spells with Sunderland and Birmingham City and playing more than 200 games with his...
is appointed manager of Cambridge United, who had spent over a month searching for the successor to John Beck.
5 December 1992 – The Manchester derby
Manchester derby
The Manchester derby is the name given to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United. The local derby centres on the City of Manchester and Greater Manchester with approximately four miles separating the clubs with City based in east Manchester at the City of Manchester Stadium...
at Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
sees United beat City 2–1, with Eric Cantona making his United debut as a substitute. Fellow title hopefuls Blackburn Rovers suffer a shock 3–2 defeat to Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park
Ayresome Park
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, with John Hendrie
John Hendrie
John Grattan Hendrie is a Scottish former professional association footballer who played on the right wing or in attack....
scoring a hat-trick.
7 December 1992 – Birmingham City
Birmingham City F.C.
Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...
are put up for sale with offers in the region of £750,000 invited for the 84% shareholding of former owner Samesh Kumar, who was recently declared bankrupt
Bankruptcy
Bankruptcy is a legal status of an insolvent person or an organisation, that is, one that cannot repay the debts owed to creditors. In most jurisdictions bankruptcy is imposed by a court order, often initiated by the debtor....
.
8 December 1992 – John McGrath resigns as manager of Halifax Town.
11 December 1992 – Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
sign Bulgaria
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n striker Bontcho Guentchev
Bontcho Guentchev
Boncho Lyubomirov Genchev is a retired Bulgarian footballer who played as an attacking midfielder.-Club career:Born in General Toshevo, Dobrich Province, Genchev started playing with PFC Dobrudzha Dobrich, switching to PFC Litex Lovech in 1982, for another sole season...
from Sporting Lisbon of Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
for £250,000. Barnet reinstate manager Barry Fry 10 days after sacking him.
15 December 1992 – Micky Quinn
Micky Quinn
Michael "Micky" Quinn is a former footballer. He was predominantly a centre forward during a career in which he scored 228 goals from 515 games in the Football League.- Club career :...
signs for Coventry City on a permanent basis for £250,000, having scored six goals in four games on loan.
18 December 1992 – Liverpool sign Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
defender Stig-Inge Bjornbye from Rosenborg for £600,000. A takeover of Peterborough United sees manager Chris Turner
Chris Turner (footballer born 1951)
Christopher James "Chris" Turner is an English former professional footballer and manager, best known for a nine year association as a player with Peterborough United.-Playing career:...
installed as chairman, with Lil Fuccillo
Lil Fuccillo
Pasquale "Lil" Fuccillo is a former footballer and is currently chief scout for Swansea City .-Playing career:Fuccillo was born in Bedford to Italian parents and joined Luton Town from school. He established himself in the their starting line-up, and there was even talk of a call-up to the Italian...
being appointed manager.
19 December 1992 – Coventry City achieve one of the biggest shocks of the Premier League season by beating Liverpool 5–1 at Highfield Road
Highfield Road
The Highfield Road Stadium was a football stadium in the city of Coventry, England. It was the home ground for Coventry City F.C. until the club moved to the new Ricoh Arena after the 2005-06 season...
– inflicting Liverpool's heaviest league defeat for 16 years. Micky Quinn scores twice, taking his tally to eight goals in five games, as does defender Brian Borrows
Brian Borrows
Brian Borrows is a retired English football defender. He played for Everton and Bolton Wanderers, but spent the majority of his career with Coventry City...
. The other goal comes from striker Kevin Gallacher
Kevin Gallacher
Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish former professional footballer and now a sports pundit.He is the grandson of the late Celtic forward Patsy Gallacher, who died before he was born.-Career:...
, with Liverpool's consolation goal being scored by 19-year-old midfielder Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Redknapp
Jamie Frank Redknapp is a retired English footballer who was active from 1989 until 2005. He is now a football pundit with Sky Sports, and an editorial columnist with the Daily Mail....
.
20 December 1992 – Eric Cantona scores his first goal for Manchester United in a 1–1 league draw with Chelsea at Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...
.
22 December 1992 – Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
sign Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n goalkeeper Dmitri Kharin from CSKA Moscow for £200,000.
26 December 1992 – One of the most thrilling Premier League games yet sees Manchester United draw 3–3 at Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
after being 3–0 down at half time. United are now second in the table behind Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
, a side who began the season among the relegation favourites. Mick Quinn's prolific goalscoring for Coventry City continues as he scores twice in their 3–0 home win over title chasing Aston Villa. Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
scores in a 2–1 home win for Blackburn over Leeds United to take his goals tally to 16 in the league and 22 in all competitions, but suffers a serious knee injury and is expected to be ruled out until next season.
28 December 1992 – Andy Sinton
Andy Sinton
Andrew "Andy" Sinton born 19 March 1966 in Cramlington, Northumberland, is an English former professional footballer and current manager of A.F.C. Telford United...
, QPR winger, becomes the first non-striker to score a hat-trick in the Premier League in his side's 4–2 win over Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
.
31 December 1992 – 1992 draws to a close with Norwich City still leading the table, though with their lead cut down to three points and their goals condeded tally equal to their goals scored tally. Manchester United's revival continue as they are Norwich City's closest contenders in second place. Fifth placed Ipswich Town are starting to look like title contenders, while Nottingham Forest remain bottom, Wimbledon have sunk deeper into relegation trouble, and Crystal Palace have jumped clear of the bottom three at the expense of Sheffield United. Newcastle United enter the new year with a 12-point lead over Tranmere Rovers. West Ham United, Millwall, Portsmouth and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. Newly promoted Brentford occupy 10th place, and are just two points short of the playoff zone that would give them a real chance of reclaiming the top division place they lost in 1947. Birmingham City's early promotion challenge, however, has given way to a drastic loss of form that has pushed them to the bottom of Division One. Also facing the threat of relegation are Luton Town (who only slipped out of the top flight last season) as well as Southend United and Cambridge United who were in last season's promotion hunt.
1 January 1993 – 35-year-old midfielder Gordon Strachan
Gordon Strachan
Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...
, who won the league title last season with Leeds United, is awarded an OBE.
2 January 1993 – Crystal Palace, the 1990 FA Cup finalists, suffer a shock third round exit from the competition when they lose 1–0 at Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United F.C.
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...
.
4 January 1993 – Scunthorpe United manager Bill Green
Bill Green (football manager)
William "Bill" Green is an English former professional football player and manager....
becomes the first Football League managerial casualty of 1993 when he is sacked in favour of Richard Money.
6 January 1993 – 18 months after leaving them for Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
, Les Sealey
Les Sealey
Leslie Jesse "Les" Sealey was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for, among others, Coventry City, Luton Town, Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham United...
returns to Manchester United on a free transfer following a goalkeeping backup crisis which saw Swindon Town's
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
Fraser Digby
Fraser Digby
Fraser Charles Digby is a retired goalkeeper who spent much of his career with Swindon Town, for whom he played in the Premier League...
join them on loan after Gary Walsh
Gary Walsh (English footballer)
Gary Walsh is a retired English footballer who played as goalkeeper with a number of clubs including Manchester United, Middlesbrough, Bradford City and Wigan Athletic. He became goalkeeping coach at Wigan under manager Paul Jewell before teaming back up with Jewell at Derby County...
was injured.
7 January 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....
midfielder Patrik Andersson from Malmo
Malmö
Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...
for £800,000.
13 January 1993 – Liverpool suffer a shock FA Cup exit in the third round replay, losing 2–0 at home to Division Two side Bolton Wanderers.
14 January 1993 – Notts County, bottom of Division One and in real danger of a second successive relegation, sack manager Neil Warnock
Neil Warnock
Neil Warnock is an English former footballer who is currently manager of English Premier League club Queens Park Rangers....
.
21 January 1993 – Denis Smith is sacked after less than 10 months as manager of Bristol City due to their disappointing form in Division One and failure to mount a promotion challenge, despite the prolific goalscoring of striker Andy Cole.
26 January 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Norway
Norway national football team
The Norway national football team represents Norway in association football and is controlled by the Football Association of Norway, the governing body for football in Norway. Norway's home ground is Ullevaal Stadion in Oslo and their head coach is Egil Olsen...
defender Henning Berg
Henning Berg
Henning Stille Berg is a Norwegian former football player. He played as a central defender or right-back.He is one of only three players to have won the Premier League with two different clubs, the others being Ashley Cole and Nicolas Anelka .-Club career:Born in Eidsvoll, Berg played for...
(who had a trial at Manchester United six years ago) from Lillestrom in a £400,000 deal.
31 January 1993 – January ends with Norwich City still top, but with their lead over Manchester United now down to a single point. Aston Villa and Ipswich Town are continuing to keep up the pressure, but Blackburn Rovers have slumped to fifth place with Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer
Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...
now out of action for the rest of the season due to injury. Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic are bracketed together in the bottom two places, with Sheffield United still occupying the final relegation position but Wimbledon now out of the drop zone. Shockingly, a Liverpool side expected to feature in the title race as they have done for most of the last 30 seasons are now in a relegation battle standing a mere three places and four points above the drop zone. The Division One promotion chase is still led by runaway leaders Newcastle United, whose nearest challenge is from a West Ham United side who are 11 points behind them with a game in hand. Millwall, Tranmere Rovers, Portsmouth and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. The division's bottom two clubs, Luton Town and Notts County, are under serious threat of a second successive relegation, joined in the bottom three by a Southend United side who spent much of last season challenging for promotion to the Premier League.
1 February 1993 – Sunderland
Sunderland A.F.C.
Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...
, struggling in Division One, sack Malcolm Crosby
Malcolm Crosby
Malcolm Crosby is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, Crosby played his football for Aldershot, making 258 appearances between 1971 and 1980 and netting 21 goals. In an exchange deal involving Ian MacDonald he moved to York City and was a...
as manager, nine months after he led them to their first FA Cup final
FA Cup Final
The FA Cup Final, commonly referred to in England as just the Cup Final, is the last match in the Football Association Challenge Cup. With an official attendance of 89,826 at the 2007 FA Cup Final, it is the fourth best attended domestic club championship event in the world and the second most...
since 1973.
4 February 1993 – Nearly seven years after selling him to Aston Villa, Arsenal buy Martin Keown
Martin Keown
Martin Raymond Keown is a former English footballer. Widely regarded as one of the best man-markers of his generation, Keown played for six different football clubs during his career but it was with Arsenal that he will be best remembered. Keown made over three hundred appearances for Arsenal...
from Everton for £2million.
5 February 1993 – Terry Butcher
Terry Butcher
Terence Ian "Terry" Butcher is an English football manager and former player. He was a highly successful football player and made his name as an uncompromising defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in a ten-year international career...
is named as the new manager of Sunderland, one year after being sacked by Coventry City
Coventry City F.C.
Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...
, and re-registers himself as a player nearly two years after deciding to hang up his boots.
12 February 1993 – Newcastle United sign Andy Cole
Andy Cole
Andrew Alexander Cole is a retired English footballer. He is most well known by the name Andy Cole , but in 2000, he reputedly asked to be known as Andrew Cole...
from Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
for a club record £1.75million.
13 February 1993 – Manchester United's double hopes are ended when they lose 2–1 to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane
-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...
in the FA Cup fifth round. Steve Bruce's
Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger "Steve" Bruce is an English football manager and former player. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by a number of professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham...
penalty miss was seen as the lost opportunity for a United side. However, the FA Cup dream is still on for neighbouring Manchester City after their 2–0 win over Barnsley.
15 February 1993 – Ian Porterfield is sacked after less than two years as manager of Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
, who were near the top of the league in the first stages of this season but have now fallen into mid table. Former player David Webb
David Webb (footballer)
David James Webb is an English former professional footballer who made 555 appearances in the Football League playing for Leyton Orient, Southampton, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester City, Derby County, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Torquay United. He became a manager, taking charge of A.F.C...
, who left the Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
job last summer, is appointed as Chelsea's new manager on a trial contract until the end of the season. Alan Shearer will miss the rest of the season following surgery on his knee injury.
17 February 1993 – England's recent upturn in form continues when they achieve a third successive win in their World Cup qualifying series, triumphing 6–0 over San Marino
San Marino national football team
The San Marino national football team is the national football team of San Marino, controlled by the San Marino Football Federation...
at Wembley. Bobby Moore commentates for radio on the match, despite recently announcing that he is suffering from bowel cancer.
19 February 1993 – Bass Breweries agree to sponsor the Premier League for the next four seasons in a deal worth £12million, which will see it become the FA Carling Premier League.
24 February 1993 – Bobby Moore
Bobby Moore
Robert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...
, captain of England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
's 1966 World Cup winning team, dies of bowel cancer at the age of 51.
28 February 1993 – February draws to a close with Aston Villa top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Manchester United who have a game in hand. Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers complete the top five. Oldham Athletic prop up the table, with Middlesbrough (on a terrible run of form after occupying 12th place two months ago) and Sheffield United joining them in the bottom three. A slight improvement in form has lifted Nottingham Forest out of the relegation zone where they have spent most of the season, while another club accustomed to success (Everton) are just two places above the drop zone. Division One leaders Newcastle United have a seven-point margin over their nearest rivals West Ham United, and the playoff zone is occupied by Millwall, Swindon Town, Portsmouth and Tranmere Rovers. Grimsby Town's unlikely promotion challenge continues as they are just three goals away from a place in the top six. An improvement in form has seen Notts County and Luton Town climb out of the bottom three and ease their fears of a second successive relegation.
3 March 1993 – Tony Bland dies in hospital after treatment was withdrawn, making him the Hillsborough disaster's 96th victim after nearly four years in a coma.
6 March 1993 – Manchester United beat struggling Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield in the Premier League, although Ian Rush
Ian Rush
Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...
(dropped from the first eleven) comes on a substitute and scores only his fourth league goal of the season for a Liverpool side now 15th in the league.
8 March 1993 – Birmingham City are taken over by newspaper publisher David Sullivan, who appoints 24-year-old Karren Brady
Karren Brady
Karren Brady is an English sporting executive, television broadcaster, newspaper columnist, author and novelist. She is the former managing director of Birmingham City Football Club and current vice-chairman of West Ham United...
as the first female managing director of a professional football club.
12 March 1993 – Newcastle United pay a club record £1.75million for Bristol City
Bristol City F.C.
Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
striker Andy Cole, 21, on the same day that Russell Osman
Russell Osman
Russell Charles Osman is a retired England international footballer.-Playing career:Osman was born in Repton, Derbyshire, the son of Rex Osman who played a handful of games for Derby County in the early 1950s...
becomes the West Country
West Country
The West Country is an informal term for the area of south western England roughly corresponding to the modern South West England government region. It is often defined to encompass the historic counties of Cornwall, Devon, Dorset and Somerset and the City of Bristol, while the counties of...
club's new manager. John Ward leaves York City, the Football League Trophy
Football League Trophy
The Football League Trophy, currently known as the Johnstone's Paint Trophy for sponsorship reasons, is an annual English association football knock-out competition open to the 48 clubs in Football League One and Football League Two, the bottom two divisions in the four fully professional top...
holders, to take over at Bristol Rovers; he is succeeded at Bootham Crescent by Alan Little.
19 March 1993 – The Football Association announces that the all-Sheffield FA Cup semi-final will be played at Wembley instead of Elland Road
Elland Road
Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...
as originally planned.
25 March 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign out-of-favour Chelsea defender Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Le Saux
Graeme Pierre Le Saux is a retired English footballer of French ancestry who played for the Premier League clubs Chelsea, Blackburn Rovers and Southampton, and for the England national football team. Primarily a left back, he was sometimes also played in midfield or on the left wing.After...
for £700,000. Norwich City sign 25-year-old AFC Bournemouth striker Efan Ekoku
Efan Ekoku
Efangwu Goziem "Efan" Ekoku is an English-born Nigerian former footballer who played as a striker.- Playing career :...
for £500,000 to bolster their attack in the Premier League title run-in. Blackburn Rovers pay Coventry City £2.5million for striker Kevin Gallacher
Kevin Gallacher
Kevin William Gallacher is a Scottish former professional footballer and now a sports pundit.He is the grandson of the late Celtic forward Patsy Gallacher, who died before he was born.-Career:...
, with £1million-rated Roy Wegerle
Roy Wegerle
Roy Wegerle is a South African-American former soccer player, who played for the United States in the 1994 and 1998 World Cups. He is one of two players who played in both the NASL and MLS; the other is Hugo Sánchez....
moving in the opposite direction as part of the deal.
28 March 1993 – Aston Villa's Paul McGrath
Paul McGrath (footballer)
Paul McGrath is a retired Irish footballer, who played as a defender. McGrath is widely recognised as one of the greatest players to have ever come out of Ireland....
is voted PFA Player of the Year and the Young Player of the Year award goes to Manchester United's Ryan Giggs
Ryan Giggs
Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...
for the second year running.
31 March 1993 – England make it four wins from their first five World Cup qualifying games by beating Turkey
Turkey national football team
The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...
2–0 in Izmir
Izmir
Izmir is a large metropolis in the western extremity of Anatolia. The metropolitan area in the entire Izmir Province had a population of 3.35 million as of 2010, making the city third most populous in Turkey...
. Meanwhile, the month ends with Norwich City back on top of the Premier League, though Aston Villa are just a point behind with a game in hand as well as a vastly superior goal difference. Manchester United are still close behind, while Blackburn Rovers are hoping to take advantage of their three games in hand and make a late run for the title. Nottingham Forest, however, have slipped back into the relegation zone behind Sheffield United, while Oldham Athletic are still in the relegation zone and Middlesbrough's bad run of form shows no sign of recovery as they now occupy bottom place just three months after being mid-table. In Division One, Newcastle United still lead the way, though West Ham United have cut their lead down to five points. Portsmouth, Swindon Town, Millwall and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. A dismal run of form for Tranmere Rovers has taken them from second to seventh place in just three months, and they are now six points outside the playoff zone. A dismal month for Grimsby Town has seen their promotion challenge virtually ended. Controversial chairman Stan Flashman
Stan Flashman
Stan Flashman was known for many years as a ticket tout who claimed he could obtain tickets for almost anything, from Cup Finals to the Queen's Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace.-Chairmanship of Barnet:...
leaves Barnet, and as a parting shot sacks and reinstates manager Barry Fry on the same day.
1 April 1993 – Within 24 hours of his latest dismissal and reinstatement at Barnet, Barry Fry finally leaves the troubled North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
club to succeed Colin Murphy as manager of Southend United. Controversial chairman Stan Flashman
Stan Flashman
Stan Flashman was known for many years as a ticket tout who claimed he could obtain tickets for almost anything, from Cup Finals to the Queen's Garden Parties at Buckingham Palace.-Chairmanship of Barnet:...
left Barnet yesterday.
3 April 1993 – Sheffield Wednesday reach their first FA Cup final in 27 years as they defeat Sheffield United 2–1 at Wembley with goals from Mark Bright
Mark Bright
Mark Abraham Bright is a former English footballer who is now a sports pundit and BBC London's sport presenter, as well as a coach at Crystal Palace....
and Chris Waddle
Chris Waddle
Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...
. United's consolation goal came from Alan Cork
Alan Cork
Alan Cork is an English former professional football player. He played as a striker for several clubs, most notably Wimbledon and has held a number of managerial and coaching posts since his retirement from playing. Cork is a member of the Wimbledon Old Players Association...
. The two teams are led out by Sheffield United's cancer-stricken goalkeeper Mel Rees
Mel Rees
Melvyn John "Mel" Rees was a Welsh professional footballer who made over 50 appearances in The Football League as a goalkeeper before he died from cancer at the age of 26.-Career:...
.
4 April 1993 – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur meet in the FA Cup semi-finals for the second time in three seasons. This time, however, Arsenal are victors – winning 1–0 with captain Tony Adams
Tony Adams (footballer)
Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends...
scoring the only goal of the game.
9 April 1993 – Norwich City's Premier League title hopes are left looking slimmer by a 5–1 defeat at Tottenham
Tottenham Hotspur F.C.
Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....
.
10 April 1993 – Centre-back and joint captain Steve Bruce
Steve Bruce
Stephen Roger "Steve" Bruce is an English football manager and former player. Born in Corbridge, Northumberland, he was a promising schoolboy footballer but was rejected by a number of professional clubs. He was on the verge of quitting the game altogether when he was offered a trial with Gillingham...
scores two late goals to give Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
a 2–1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
and push them closer to title glory. Meanwhile, Ian Rush's return to form for Liverpool continues as he scores his sixth goal in seven league games as they beat Oldham Athletic 1–0 at Anfield.
12 April 1993 – Ian Rush continues his return to form with his seventh league goal in eight games as Liverpool draw 1–1 with Manchester City at Maine Road
Maine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...
.
17 April 1993 – Midfielder Mark Walters
Mark Walters
Mark Everton Walters is a retired professional footballer from Birmingham, England.-Aston Villa:Walters began his career as an apprentice at Aston Villa on leaving school in the summer of 1980, turning the professional a year later - just after Villa's Football League First Division title triumph...
scores a hat-trick as Liverpool beat Coventry City 4–0 in the Premier League at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
.
18 April 1993 – Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the League Cup final. Steve Morrow
Steve Morrow
Stephen Joseph "Steve" Morrow is a Northern Irish former football player. He is currently International Partnerships Performance Supervisor at Arsenal Football Club, where he also played for much of the 1990s.-Playing career:...
, the scorer of Arsenal's winning goal, breaks his arm in a freak accident during the on-pitch celebrations and is likely to miss next month's FA Cup final between the two teams.
19 April 1993 – The Premier League title race is narrowed down to Manchester United and Aston Villa after Norwich's 3–1 defeat at Ipswich Town
Ipswich Town F.C.
Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....
ends their title hopes, while the Suffolk
Suffolk
Suffolk is a non-metropolitan county of historic origin in East Anglia, England. It has borders with Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south. The North Sea lies to the east...
side move closer to confirming their survival, though it is a disappointing position for a club who were still in contention for the title a couple of months ago.
26 April 1993 – Brian Clough
Brian Clough
Brian Howard Clough, OBE was an English footballer and football manager. He is most notable for his success with Derby County and Nottingham Forest. His achievement of winning back-to-back European Cups with Nottingham Forest, a traditionally moderate provincial English club, is considered to be...
announces that he will retire as Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
manager at the end of the season after 18 years in charge, regardless of whether his team is relegated from the Premier League or not.
28 April 1993 – England hold Holland
Netherlands national football team
The Netherlands National Football Team represents the Netherlands in association football and is controlled by the Royal Dutch Football Association , the governing body for football in the Netherlands...
to a 2–2 draw at Wembley, giving them a six-match unbeaten start (four wins, two draws) to their World Cup qualifying series. Stoke City clinch the Division Two title, having led the table continuously for six months.
30 April 1993 – Former Charlton Athletic
Charlton Athletic F.C.
Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...
defender Tommy Caton
Tommy Caton
Thomas Stephen "Tommy" Caton was an English football player.Born in Kirkby, Liverpool, Caton was a centre half who played for England schoolboys, before signing for Manchester City as an apprentice in 1978...
dies at his home in Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire
Oxfordshire is a county in the South East region of England, bordering on Warwickshire and Northamptonshire , Buckinghamshire , Berkshire , Wiltshire and Gloucestershire ....
at the age of 30 after suffering a heart attack, just weeks after retiring from playing following a two-year absence due to injury. Caton, who was an England under-21 regular in the early 1980s, had been at Charlton since moving from Oxford United in November 1988, but is best remembered for his spells with Manchester City
Manchester City F.C.
Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...
(where he established himself in the centre of defence at the age of 17) and Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
. As April draws to a close, Norwich City and Blackburn Rovers are out of the running for the title, and it's now down to Manchester United and Aston Villa. Alex Ferguson's team are four points ahead with two games remaining, and will be assured of the title if Aston Villa lose against Oldham Athletic on Sunday, and even a draw for Villa will virtually secure it for United. Oldham, meanwhile, will be eager to win that game to boost their survival bid as they remain in the bottom three along with Nottingham Forest and Middlesbrough. The Division One promotion race is still wide open, with Newcastle United still top and needing just two points from their final three games to seal promotion. Portsmouth occupy second place and need four points from their final two games to get promoted, but West Ham United could still overtake them if they managed at least one win and a draw from their next two games. West Ham United, Swindon Town, Leicester City and Tranmere Rovers complete the top six. Millwall are now the only team who can prevent the Wirral
Wirral Peninsula
Wirral or the Wirral is a peninsula in North West England. It is bounded by three bodies of water: to the west by the River Dee, forming a boundary with Wales, to the east by the River Mersey and to the north by the Irish Sea. Both terms "Wirral" and "the Wirral" are used locally , although the...
side from finishing in the playoff zone and maintaining their challenge to get into the Premier League.
1 May 1993 – Nottingham Forest are relegated from the Premier League with a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield United at Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane
-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...
.
2 May 1993 – Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
are confirmed as league champions of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...
for the first time in 26 years after their nearest contenders Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
lost 1–0 at home to Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
, who are in line for a 'great escape' from relegation.
4 May 1993 – Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
seal the Division One title and promotion to the Premier League with a 2–0 win at Grimsby Town
Grimsby Town F.C.
Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...
.
5 May 1993 – Oldham Athletic remain in with a slim chance of Premier League survival by achieving a surprise 3–2 home win over Liverpool at Boundary Park
Boundary Park
Boundary Park is the main sports stadium of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with the towns of Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively, giving rise to the name Boundary Park....
, a game in which Ian Rush scores two consolation goals.
8 May 1993 – Liverpool's late-season revival ends in a 6–2 home win over Tottenham Hotspur which sees them finish sixth, two months after they had occupied 15th place. Ian Rush (who has scored 11 times in the last 13 games, and a total of 14 league goals all season) and John Barnes
John Barnes (footballer)
John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is an English football manager and former player.During his playing career, Barnes had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times...
both score twice, with Rush reaching the 300-goal margin for his Liverpool career. Millwall lose 3–0 at home to Bristol Rovers in Division One in their last game at The Den; they will move into a new 20,000-seat stadium at the start of next season.
9 May 1993 – The first season of the Premier League ends with Manchester United
Manchester United F.C.
Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
as champions and European Cup
UEFA Champions League
The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...
entrants, with Aston Villa
Aston Villa F.C.
Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...
and Norwich City
Norwich City F.C.
Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...
going into the UEFA Cup
UEFA Cup
The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...
. The Cup Winners' Cup place will be taken by either Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
or Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
, who play each other in next weekend's F.A Cup final. Oldham Athletic
Oldham Athletic A.F.C.
Oldham Athletic Association Football Club is an English association football club based at Boundary Park, on Sheepfoot Lane in Oldham, Greater Manchester. The club currently competes in the Football League One, the third tier of the English league...
pull off a remarkable survival act by beating Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
4–3 away, with the three relegations places going to Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
(who came third two years ago and lost 3–0 to Arsenal today), Middlesbrough
Middlesbrough F.C.
Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...
and Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
. Sixth-placed Liverpool announce that Graeme Souness will remain manager, ending weeks of speculation that he was due to be sacked.
11 May 1993 – David Webb
David Webb (footballer)
David James Webb is an English former professional footballer who made 555 appearances in the Football League playing for Leyton Orient, Southampton, Chelsea, Queens Park Rangers, Leicester City, Derby County, A.F.C. Bournemouth and Torquay United. He became a manager, taking charge of A.F.C...
, who was appointed Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
manager on a trial contract in February, is told that he will not receive the job on a permanent basis.
12 May 1993 – Leyton Orient managing director Frank Clark, a former Nottingham Forest player, returns to the City Ground
City Ground
The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....
as the club's new manager.
13 May 1993 – Chris Waddle
Chris Waddle
Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...
is voted FWA Player of the Year.
14 May 1993 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Alan Sugar
Alan Sugar
Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British entrepreneur, media personality and political advisor. From humble origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of £770m , and was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011...
sacks chief executive and former team manager Terry Venables
Terry Venables
Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables , often referred to as "El Tel", is a former football player and manager, as well as being a media pundit. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England...
, who helped him take control of the club two years ago. However, Venables is reinstated within hours by a High Court
High Court
The term High Court usually refers to the superior court of a country or state. In some countries, it is the highest court . In others, it is positioned lower in the hierarchy of courts The term High Court usually refers to the superior court (or supreme court) of a country or state. In some...
injunction.
15 May 1993 – Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
and Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
draw 1–1 in the FA Cup final. Ian Wright
Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright, MBE is a retired English footballer turned television and radio personality.Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he has lifted the Premier League title and both major...
opened the scoring for the North London
North London
North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
ers in the 20th minute, but David Hirst
David Hirst (footballer)
David Eric Hirst is an English former professional footballer, an exciting but injury prone striker who played for Sheffield Wednesday for much of his career.-Playing career:...
equalised for Trevor Francis's
Trevor Francis
Trevor John Francis , is a former footballer who won the European Cup with Nottingham Forest and played for England 52 times. He was England's first £1 million player...
men after 61 minutes. It is the first time that squad numbers, rather than the traditional 1–11 shirt numbering system, have been used in a competitive English game. Squad numbering will be a mandatory introduction in the Premier League next season, and will also be optional for Football League clubs.
17 May 1993 – Six days after leaving Chelsea, David Webb is named as the new manager of Brentford, in place of Phil Holder
Phil Holder
Philip "Phil" Holder is an English former association football player and manager. As player, he made more than 150 appearances in the Football League representing Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and A.F.C. Bournemouth, and played in the North American Soccer League for the Memphis Rogues...
after the West London
West (London sub region)
The West is a sub-region of the London Plan corresponding to the London Boroughs of Brent, Ealing, Hammersmith and Fulham, Harrow, Hillingdon and Hounslow. The sub region was established in 2004 and was adjusted in 2008 to include Kensington and Chelsea. The west has a population of 1.6 million and...
club's relegation from Division One.
20 May 1993 – Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
beat Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
2–1 in the FA Cup final replay. Once again, Ian Wright opened the scoring, with a goal in the 34th minute. Chris Waddle
Chris Waddle
Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...
equalised in the 68th minute, leaving the scores level after 90 minutes. With just one minute remaining and a penalty shoot-out looking certain, Andy Linighan
Andy Linighan
Andrew "Andy" Linighan is a former English football player.Linighan was born in Hartlepool into a footballing family – his brothers David and Brian were also professional footballers. He first played for his local side, Hartlepool United, before spells at Leeds United , Oldham Athletic and...
won the match with a goal for Arsenal. Steve Coppell
Steve Coppell
Stephen James "Steve" Coppell is an English former footballer and manager, currently without a club.As a player, he was a highly regarded right winger known for his speed and work rate. He won domestic honours with Manchester United and represented England at the World Cup...
resigns after nine years manager of Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
.
21 May 1993 – Keith Alexander
Keith Alexander (footballer)
Keith Alexander was a Saint Lucian footballer and manager. Born in Nottingham, England, he was the manager of League Two side Macclesfield Town at the time of his death, in a career that included international appearances for Saint Lucia. Alexander played for a whole host of lower league football...
becomes the first black manager of an English league side when he is named as Steve Thompson's successor at Lincoln City
Lincoln City F.C.
Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....
.
27 May 1993 – Striker Nigel Clough
Nigel Clough
Nigel Howard Clough is an English former footballer and the current manager of Derby County. Playing predominately as a striker, but later in his career was used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s....
agrees to join Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
from Nottingham Forest
Nottingham Forest F.C.
Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...
in a £2.75million deal. He is expected to take over from the disappointing Paul Stewart as Ian Rush's
Ian Rush
Ian James Rush, MBE, is a retired football player from Flint, Wales. He is best remembered as a player for Liverpool, where he was among the top strikers in the English game in the 1980s and 1990s. He also had spells playing at Chester City, Juventus, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Sheffield...
strike partner.
29 May 1993 – England endure a disappointing 1–1 draw with Poland
Poland national football team
The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...
in Katowice
Katowice
Katowice is a city in Silesia in southern Poland, on the Kłodnica and Rawa rivers . Katowice is located in the Silesian Highlands, about north of the Silesian Beskids and about southeast of the Sudetes Mountains.It is the central district of the Upper Silesian Metropolis, with a population of 2...
, although their unbeaten run in the World Cup qualifiers is extended to seven games. On the same day, York City
York City F.C.
York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...
win the Division Three playoff final on penalties over Crewe Alexandra
Crewe Alexandra F.C.
Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...
after a 1–1 draw, just two months into the management of Alan Little.
30 May 1993 –
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- – West Bromwich AlbionWest Bromwich Albion F.C.West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...
win the Division Two playoff final and secure promotion to Division One with a 3–0 win over Port ValePort Vale F.C.Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...
. While Albion are preparing for Division One football, another side preparing for life at this level – Nottingham Forest, who have been relegated from the Premier League – are reportedly on the verge of selling midfielder Roy KeaneRoy KeaneRoy Maurice Keane is an Irish former footballer and manager. In his 18-year playing career, he played for Cobh Ramblers in the League of Ireland, Nottingham Forest and Manchester United, before ending his career at Celtic in Scotland....
to Blackburn RoversBlackburn Rovers F.C.Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
for what would be a national transfer fee record of £3.6million.- – Sheffield United goalkeeper Mel Rees dies of cancer aged 26.
- – West Bromwich Albion
31 May 1993 – Swindon Town
Swindon Town F.C.
Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...
are promoted to the top division of English football after 73 years of trying thanks to a 4–3 win over Leicester City
Leicester City F.C.
Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
in the Division One
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....
playoff final. They join champions Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
and runners-up West Ham United
West Ham United F.C.
West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...
in the FA Premier League
FA Premier League
The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...
.
1 June 1993 – Media reports suggest that Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle
Glenn Hoddle is an English former footballer and manager who played as an attacking midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur, AS Monaco, Chelsea and Swindon Town and at international level for England....
has accepted an offer to become Chelsea
Chelsea F.C.
Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...
manager, but chairman Ken Bates
Ken Bates
Kenneth William Bates is a British businessman and football executive. The current chairman and now owner of Leeds United AFC, Bates was previously chairman and majority shareholder of Chelsea FC from 1982 until 2003....
refuses to comment on these reports.
2 June 1993 – England suffer their first defeat of this World Cup qualifying series, after a seven-match unbeaten start, by crashing 2–0 to Norway in Oslo
Oslo
Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...
.
3 June 1993 – Following the resignation of Steve Coppell
Steve Coppell
Stephen James "Steve" Coppell is an English former footballer and manager, currently without a club.As a player, he was a highly regarded right winger known for his speed and work rate. He won domestic honours with Manchester United and represented England at the World Cup...
after nine years manager, former assistant manager Alan Smith is promoted to role of manager at Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
. On the same day, Barnsley
Barnsley F.C.
Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...
recruit 36-year-old defender Viv Anderson
Viv Anderson
Vivian Alexander "Viv" Anderson MBE is an English football player and coach, who played for clubs including Nottingham Forest, Arsenal, Manchester United and Sheffield Wednesday in the 1970s and 1980s...
from Sheffield Wednesday
Sheffield Wednesday F.C.
Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...
to become their new player-manager. Anderson, who was the first black full England international
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...
15 years ago, recruits fellow Wednesday player Danny Wilson to Oakwell as his assistant.
4 June 1993 – After nearly a month of speculation, Glenn Hoddle is named as Chelsea's new manager. Hoddle, 36, will also be registered as a player with the club. It was widely expected that his assistant John Gorman
John Gorman (footballer)
John Gorman is a Scottish former football player and coach. He is currently Assistant Manager at MK Dons in the English League One....
would follow him to Stamford Bridge
Stamford Bridge (stadium)
Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...
, but he remains at the County Ground
County Ground, Swindon
The County Ground is a stadium located near the town centre of Swindon, England. It is home to Swindon Town Football Club and has been for over a century.The current capacity is 15,728, all-seated...
as Swindon's new manager instead.
6 June 1993 – Arsenal
Arsenal F.C.
Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...
join the race for Nottingham Forest and Ireland
Republic of Ireland national football team
The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....
midfielder Roy Keane, putting forward a £4million bid.
7 June 1993 – Nottingham Forest sell striker Nigel Clough
Nigel Clough
Nigel Howard Clough is an English former footballer and the current manager of Derby County. Playing predominately as a striker, but later in his career was used as a midfielder, Clough was capped by England 14 times in the early 1990s....
to Liverpool for £2.275million; he is expected to displace the disappointing Paul Stewart in the first XI at Anfield
Anfield
Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...
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9 June 1993 – Paul Ince
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...
becomes England's first black captain in their 2–0 defeat against the USA
United States men's national soccer team
The United States men's national soccer team represents the United States in international association football competitions. It is controlled by the United States Soccer Federation and competes in CONCACAF...
in Foxboro
Foxborough, Massachusetts
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 16,246 people, 6,141 households, and 4,396 families residing in the town. The population density was 809.1 people per square mile . There were 6,299 housing units at an average density of 313.7 per square mile...
.
10 June 1993 – David Kelly, whose 25 Division One goals helped Newcastle United reach the Premier League this season, will not be part of the club's top flight comeback; he will remain in Division One, having completed a £750,000 transfer to ambitious Wolverhampton Wanderers.
14 June 1993 – Arsenal pay Crystal Palace
Crystal Palace F.C.
Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...
£1million for Ireland winger Eddie McGoldrick
Eddie McGoldrick
Edward John Paul "Eddie" McGoldrick is a former Irish footballer whose clubs included most notably Northampton Town, Crystal Palace, Arsenal and Manchester City...
, filling the position on the left wing which Kevin Campbell
Kevin Campbell (footballer)
Kevin Joseph Campbell is an English former football player who played as a striker.-Playing career:Campbell began his career as a trainee with Arsenal, joining the club on schoolboy forms in 1985...
had adapted to since the sale of Perry Groves
Perry Groves
Perry Groves is a former English footballer, known chiefly for his time at Arsenal. He was a fast-paced player who usually played as winger, and occasionally as a striker...
to Southampton
Southampton F.C.
Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...
last year. Terry Venables is finally ousted by Tottenham Hotspur after losing his High Court battle with Alan Sugar.
17 June 1993 – Manchester United break the national transfer record by paying Nottingham Forest £3.75million for Roy Keane. Manager Alex Ferguson
Alex Ferguson
Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...
is expected to partner Keane with Paul Ince
Paul Ince
Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...
in midfield, seeing him as a long-term successor to the ageing Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson
Bryan Robson OBE is an English football manager and a former player. He is best known for playing in midfield for Manchester United, where he was the longest serving captain in club history. He was the manager of Sheffield United, being relieved of his first team duties at the club in February 2008...
.
18 June 1993 – David O'Leary
David O'Leary
David Anthony O'Leary is an Irish football manager and former player. His managerial career began at Leeds United and later he managed Aston Villa. He most recently worked as the manager of Al-Ahli Dubai...
, who has spent his whole career (nearly 20 years) playing for Arsenal, moves to Leeds United on a free transfer.
19 June 1993 – Ossie Ardiles, who won promotion from Division Two as manager of West Bromwich Albion this year, is unveiled as manager of Tottenham Hotspur – the club he served as a player between 1978 and 1988. His assistant at Albion, former Spurs boss Keith Burkinshaw
Keith Burkinshaw
Harry Keith Burkinshaw is an English former professional footballer and football manager.-Playing career:...
, succeeds him.
23 June 1993 – Peter Beardsley
Peter Beardsley
Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999. He once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain...
signs for Newcastle United
Newcastle United F.C.
Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
in a £1.5million deal from Everton
Everton F.C.
Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...
, six years after he left Tyneside
Tyneside
Tyneside is a conurbation in North East England, defined by the Office of National Statistics, which is home to over 80% of the population of Tyne and Wear. It includes the city of Newcastle upon Tyne and the Metropolitan Boroughs of Gateshead, North Tyneside and South Tyneside — all settlements on...
in a then national record £1.9million move to Liverpool
Liverpool F.C.
Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...
. Meanwhile, Nottingham Forest prepare for their promotion push by paying £2.5million for Southend United
Southend United F.C.
Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
striker Stan Collymore
Stan Collymore
Stanley Victor "Stan" Collymore is an English football pundit and former footballer, who played from 1990 until 2001. He held the British transfer record when he moved from Nottingham Forest to Liverpool for £8.5 million in 1995 and was capped three times at senior level by the England...
.
28 June 1993 – More than 1,800 people attend a memorial service to Bobby Moore at Westminster Abbey
Westminster Abbey
The Collegiate Church of St Peter at Westminster, popularly known as Westminster Abbey, is a large, mainly Gothic church, in the City of Westminster, London, United Kingdom, located just to the west of the Palace of Westminster. It is the traditional place of coronation and burial site for English,...
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29 June 1993 – Merthyr Fydfil
Merthyr Tydfil F.C.
Merthyr Tydfil Football Club was a Welsh football club based at the Penydarren Park ground in Merthyr Tydfil. In 2010 the club was liquidated and reformed under the name Merthyr Town, which was accepted into Division One of the Western League.-History:...
decide against joining the League of Wales and opt to remain in the GM Vauxhall Conference
Football Conference
The Football Conference is a football league in England which consists of three divisions called Conference National, Conference North, and Conference South. Some Football Conference clubs are fully professional, such as Luton Town, but most of them are semi-professional...
.
30 June 1993 – Edwin Stein resigns as Barnet manager and follows his predecessor Barry Fry to Southend United, where he becomes assistant manager.
Deaths
- 17 February 1993 – Jack FroggattJack FroggattJolly' Jack Froggatt was an English football player.-Career:Coming from a footballing family, Froggatt started his football career in 1945, whilst in the RAF...
, 70, forward who won the league with Portsmouth in 1948 and 1949, and was capped 13 times by England. - 24 February 1993 – Bobby MooreBobby MooreRobert Frederick Chelsea "Bobby" Moore, OBE was an English footballer. He captained West Ham United for more than ten years and was captain of the England team that won the 1966 World Cup...
, 51, who captained England to World Cup glory in 1966 as well as winning an F.A Cup and Cup Winners Cup with West Ham, died after a two-year battle against bowel cancer. - 3 March 1993 – Tony Bland, 22, who had been in a coma for nearly four years due to injuries suffered in the Hillsborough disaster, became the tragedy's 96th victim when he died following a landmark High Court ruling which allowed treatment to be withdrawn.
- April 1993 – Roy BaileyRoy Bailey (footballer)Roy Bailey was an English-born professional footballer.Bailey was born in Epsom, Surrey, the fifth child in a family of thirteen. During World War II, he was evacuated to Somerset, and was educated in Weston-super-Mare, before returning to his native Surrey at the age of 15...
, 60, former Crystal Palace and Ipswich goalkeeper. Kept goal for Ipswich when they won the league in 1962. Father of Manchester United and England goalkeeper Gary BaileyGary BaileyGary Richard Bailey is a former footballer who made nearly 300 appearances in the Football League playing as a goalkeeper for Manchester United. He was capped twice for England....
. - 30 April 1993 – Tommy CatonTommy CatonThomas Stephen "Tommy" Caton was an English football player.Born in Kirkby, Liverpool, Caton was a centre half who played for England schoolboys, before signing for Manchester City as an apprentice in 1978...
, 30, who played for Manchester City, Arsenal, Oxford United and Charlton Athletic. Was on the losing side for Manchester City in the 1981 F.A Cup final. Died following a heart attack in April 1993. - 30 May 1993 – Mel ReesMel ReesMelvyn John "Mel" Rees was a Welsh professional footballer who made over 50 appearances in The Football League as a goalkeeper before he died from cancer at the age of 26.-Career:...
, 26, Sheffield United goalkeeper, died of cancer. Had previously played for Cardiff City and West Bromwich Albion. - 9 June 1993 – John AtyeoJohn AtyeoJohn Atyeo was an English football striker who spent the majority of his career at Bristol City. He won six England caps between 1955 and 1957, scoring five goals...
, 61, who played for Bristol City during the postwar years, scored a total of 350 goals in nearly 600 games for his club – a club record which remains to this day.