1993–94 FA Premier League

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

FA Premier League
Season1993–94
Dates14 August 1993 – 08 May 1994
ChampionsManchester United
2nd Premier League title
9th English title
RelegatedSheffield United
Oldham Athletic
Swindon Town
Champions LeagueManchester United
Cup Winners' CupArsenal
Chelsea
UEFA CupBlackburn Rovers
Newcastle United
Aston Villa
Goals scored1,195
Top goalscorerAndy Cole (34)
Biggest home winNewcastle United 7–1 Swindon Town
(12 March 1994)
Biggest away winSwindon Town 0–5 Liverpool
(22 August 1993)
Swindon Town 0–5 Leeds United
(7 May 1994)
Highest scoringNorwich City 4–5 Southampton
(9 April 1994)
Longest winning run8 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest unbeaten run22 games[1]
Manchester United
Longest winless run15 games[1]
Swindon Town
Longest losing run7 games[1]
Tottenham Hotspur
Highest attendance45,347[2]
Aston Villa v Liverpool
(7 May 1994)
Lowest attendance4,739[2]
Wimbledon v Coventry City
(26 December 1993)

Overview

New league sponsors

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

Transfers

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

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

Summary

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

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

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

Swindon Town managed just five league wins all season and were relegated in bottom place having conceded 100 league goals in 42 games. Oldham Athletic, who had avoided relegation on goal difference the previous season, were relegated on the final day of the season after failing to win at Norwich City. The final relegation place went to Sheffield United, who were relegated from the top flight after a 3–2 defeat at Chelsea, with the winning goal coming in injury time (a draw would have been enough to survive, and a loss would have still been enough had Everton not won their final match, 3–2 at home to Wimbledon after coming from 0–2 down).

Teams

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

Stadiums and Locations
Locations of the 1993–94 Premier League teams
Greater London Premier League football clubs
Greater Manchester Premier League football clubs
Team Location Stadium Capacity
Arsenal London (Highbury) Arsenal Stadium 38,419
Aston Villa Birmingham Villa Park 39,399
Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Ewood Park 31,367
Chelsea London (Fulham) Stamford Bridge 36,000
Coventry City Coventry Highfield Road 23,489
Everton Liverpool (Walton) Goodison Park 40,157
Ipswich Town Ipswich Portman Road 30,300
Leeds United Leeds Elland Road 40,204
Liverpool Liverpool (Anfield) Anfield 42,730
Manchester City Manchester Maine Road 35,150
Manchester United Old Trafford Old Trafford 55,314
Newcastle United Newcastle upon Tyne St James' Park 36,649
Norwich City Norwich Carrow Road 27,010
Oldham Athletic Oldham Boundary Park 13,512
Queens Park Rangers London (Shepherd's Bush) Loftus Road 18,439
Sheffield United Sheffield (Highfield) Bramall Lane 32,702
Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield (Owlerton) Hillsborough Stadium 39,859
Southampton Southampton The Dell 15,200
Swindon Town Swindon County Ground 15,728
Tottenham Hotspur London (Tottenham) White Hart Lane 36,230
West Ham United London (Upton Park) Boleyn Ground 28,000
Wimbledon London (Wimbledon) Selhurst Park[lower-alpha 1] 26,309
  1. Due to Wimbledon lacking a home stadium, they played their home games at Selhurst Park, which is the home stadium of Crystal Palace.

Personnel and kits

(as of 8 May 1994)

Team Manager Captain Kit manufacturer Shirt sponsor
Arsenal George Graham Tony Adams Adidas JVC
Aston Villa Ron Atkinson Kevin Richardson ASICS Müller
Blackburn Rovers Kenny Dalglish Tim Sherwood ASICS McEwan's Lager
Chelsea Glenn Hoddle Dennis Wise Umbro Amiga
Coventry City Phil Neal Brian Borrows Ribero Peugeot
Everton Mike Walker Dave Watson Umbro NEC
Ipswich Town John Lyall Steve Palmer Umbro Fisons
Leeds United Howard Wilkinson Gordon Strachan ASICS Thistle Hotels
Liverpool Roy Evans Ian Rush Adidas Carlsberg
Manchester City Brian Horton Keith Curle Umbro Brother
Manchester United Alex Ferguson Bryan Robson Umbro Sharp
Newcastle United Kevin Keegan Peter Beardsley ASICS McEwan's Lager
Norwich City John Deehan Ian Butterworth Ribero Norwich and Peterborough
Oldham Athletic Joe Royle Mike Milligan Umbro JD Sports
Queens Park Rangers Gerry Francis David Bardsley Clubhouse CSF
Sheffield United Dave Bassett Brian Gayle Umbro Laver
Sheffield Wednesday Trevor Francis Chris Waddle Puma Sanderson
Southampton Alan Ball / Matt Le Tissier Pony Dimplex
Swindon Town John Gorman Shaun Taylor Loki Burmah
Tottenham Hotspur Osvaldo Ardiles Gary Mabbutt Umbro Holsten
West Ham United Billy Bonds Steve Potts Pony Dagenham Motors
Wimbledon Joe Kinnear Vinnie Jones Ribero LBC

Managerial changes
Team Outgoing manager Manner of departure Date of vacancy Position in table Incoming manager Date of appointment
Chelsea David Webb End of caretaker spell 11 May 1993 Pre-season Glenn Hoddle 4 June 1993
Ipswich Town John Lyall Promoted to Director of Football 30 May 1993 Mick McGiven 1 June 1993
Swindon Town Glenn Hoddle Signed by Chelsea 4 June 1993 John Gorman 4 June 1993
Tottenham Hotspur Doug Livermore
Ray Clemence		 Sacked 19 June 1993 Osvaldo Ardiles 19 June 1993
Manchester City Peter Reid Sacked 26 August 1993 20th Tony Book (caretaker) 27 August 1993
Tony Book End of caretaker spell 28 August 1993 17th Brian Horton 28 August 1993
Coventry City Bobby Gould Resigned 23 October 1993 14th Phil Neal 23 October 1993
Everton Howard Kendall 4 December 1993 13th Jimmy Gabriel (caretaker) 4 December 1993
Everton Jimmy Gabriel End of caretaker spell 6 January 1994 19th Mike Walker 6 January 1993
Norwich City Mike Walker Signed by Everton 8th John Deehan
Southampton Ian Branfoot Sacked 10 January 1994 21st Dave Merrington (caretaker) 10 January 1994
Southampton Dave Merrington End of caretaker spell 20 January 1994 20th Alan Ball 20 January 1994
Liverpool Graeme Souness Sacked 28 January 1994 5th Roy Evans 30 January 1994
Ipswich Town Mick McGiven Became assistant manager 15 February 1994 14th John Lyall 16 February 1994

League table
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Manchester United (C) 42 27 11 4 80 38 +42 92 Qualification for the Champions League group stage
2 Blackburn Rovers 42 25 9 8 63 36 +27 84 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3 Newcastle United 42 23 8 11 82 41 +41 77
4 Arsenal 42 18 17 7 53 28 +25 71 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
5 Leeds United 42 18 16 8 65 39 +26 70
6 Wimbledon 42 18 11 13 56 53 +3 65
7 Sheffield Wednesday 42 16 16 10 76 54 +22 64
8 Liverpool 42 17 9 16 59 55 +4 60
9 Queens Park Rangers 42 16 12 14 62 61 +1 60
10 Aston Villa 42 15 12 15 46 50 −4 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
11 Coventry City 42 14 14 14 43 45 −2 56
12 Norwich City 42 12 17 13 65 61 +4 53
13 West Ham United 42 13 13 16 47 58 −11 52
14 Chelsea 42 13 12 17 49 53 −4 51 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 3]
15 Tottenham Hotspur 42 11 12 19 54 59 −5 45
16 Manchester City 42 9 18 15 38 49 −11 45
17 Everton 42 12 8 22 42 63 −21 44
18 Southampton 42 12 7 23 49 66 −17 43
19 Ipswich Town 42 9 16 17 35 58 −23 43
20 Sheffield United (R) 42 8 18 16 42 60 −18 42 Relegation to the Football League First Division
21 Oldham Athletic (R) 42 9 13 20 42 68 −26 40
22 Swindon Town (R) 42 5 15 22 47 100 −53 30
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(C) Champion; (R) Relegated.
Notes:
  1. Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.
  2. Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
  3. Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

Results
Home \ Away ARS AVL BLB CHE COV EVE IPS LEE LIV MCI MUN NEW NOR OLD QPR SHU SHW SOU SWI TOT WHU WIM
Arsenal 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–3 2–0 4–0 2–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–1
Aston Villa 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 4–1 1–0 2–2 0–2 5–0 1–0 3–1 0–1
Blackburn Rovers 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–3 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–0
Chelsea 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 4–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 3–2 1–1 2–0 2–0 4–3 2–0 2–0
Coventry City 1–0 0–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 1–0 4–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–2
Everton 1–1 0–1 0–3 4–2 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 0–2 1–5 2–1 0–3 4–2 0–2 1–0 6–2 0–1 0–1 3–2
Ipswich Town 1–5 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–2 0–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–3 3–2 1–4 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–1 0–0
Leeds United 2–1 2–0 3–3 4–1 1–0 3–0 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–2 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 4–0
Liverpool 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–1 3–3 0–2 0–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–0 4–2 2–2 1–2 2–0 1–1
Manchester City 0–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–0 1–3 1–1 2–1 0–2 0–0 0–1
Manchester United 1–0 3–1 1–1 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–1 3–0 5–0 2–0 4–2 2–1 3–0 3–1
Newcastle United 2–0 5–1 1–1 0–0 4–0 1–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 3–2 1–2 4–0 4–2 1–2 7–1 0–1 2–0 4–0
Norwich City 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 1–1 0–2 1–2 1–1 3–4 0–1 1–1 4–5 0–0 1–2 0–0 0–1
Oldham Athletic 0–0 1–1 1–2 2–1 3–3 0–1 0–3 1–1 0–3 0–0 2–5 1–3 2–1 4–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–1
Queens Park Rangers 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–1 5–1 2–1 3–0 0–4 1–3 1–1 2–3 1–2 2–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 2–1 1–3 1–1 0–0 1–0
Sheffield United 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 1–1 2–2 0–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 3–1 2–2 3–2 2–1
Sheffield Wednesday 0–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 0–0 5–1 5–0 3–3 3–1 1–1 2–3 0–1 3–3 3–0 3–1 3–1 2–0 3–3 1–0 5–0 2–2
Southampton 0–4 4–1 3–1 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 0–2 4–2 0–1 1–3 2–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 3–3 1–1 5–1 1–0 0–2 1–0
Swindon Town 0–4 1–2 1–3 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 0–5 0–5 1–3 2–2 2–2 3–3 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–4
Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 3–3 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–3 5–0 1–2 2–2 1–3 3–0 1–1 1–4 1–1
West Ham United 0–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 3–2 0–1 2–1 0–1 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–4 3–3 2–0 0–4 0–0 2–0 3–3 0–0 1–3 0–2
Wimbledon 0–3 2–2 4–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–1 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–2
Source:
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Season statistics

Top scorers
Newcastle's Andy Cole was the top scorer in the 1993–94 Premier League season, with 34 goals. In addition, he also assisted 13 goals for the club over the season.
Rank Player Club Goals
1 Andy Cole Newcastle United 34
2 Alan Shearer Blackburn Rovers 31
3 Matt Le Tissier Southampton 25
Chris Sutton Norwich City 25
5 Ian Wright Arsenal 23
6 Peter Beardsley Newcastle United 21
7 Mark Bright Sheffield Wednesday 19
8 Eric Cantona Manchester United 18
9 Dean Holdsworth Wimbledon 17
Rod Wallace Leeds United 17

Hat-tricks
Main article: List of Premier League hat-tricks
Tony Cottee was one of five players who scored more than one hat-trick in the 1993–94 Premier League season.
PlayerForAgainstResultDateRef
Micky QuinnCoventry CityArsenal3–0 (A)14 August 1993[3]
Tony CotteeEvertonSheffield United4–2 (H)21 August 1993[4]
Kevin CampbellArsenalIpswich Town4–0 (H)11 September 1993[5]
Efan EkokuNorwich CityEverton5–1 (A)25 September 1993[6]
Alan ShearerBlackburn RoversLeeds United3–3 (A)23 October 1993[7]
Peter BeardsleyNewcastle UnitedWimbledon4–0 (H)30 October 1993[8]
Robbie FowlerLiverpoolSouthampton4–2 (H)30 October 1993[9]
Bradley AllenQueens Park RangersEverton3–0 (A)20 October 1993[10]
Andy ColeNewcastle UnitedLiverpool3–0 (H)21 October 1993[11]
Kevin CampbellArsenalSwindon Town4–0 (H)27 December 1993[12]
Tony CotteeEvertonSwindon Town6–2 (H)15 January 1994[13]
Jan Åge FjørtoftSwindon TownCoventry City3–1 (H)5 February 1994[14]
Dean SaundersAston VillaSwindon Town4–0 (H)12 February 1994[15]
Matt Le TissierSouthamptonLiverpool4–2 (H)14 February 1994[16]
Andy ColeNewcastle UnitedCoventry City4–0 (H)23 February 1994[17]
Ian WrightArsenalIpswich Town5–1 (A)5 March 1994[18]
Ian WrightArsenalSouthampton4–0 (A)19 March 1994[19]
Matt Le TissierSouthamptonNorwich City5–4 (A)9 April 1994[20]
Dean HoldsworthWimbledonOldham Athletic3–0 (H)26 April 1994[21]
Note: (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Top assists
Rank Player Club Assists[22]
1 Andy Cole Newcastle United 13
2 Eric Cantona Manchester United 12
3 Brian Deane Sheffield United 11
Ruel Fox Norwich City
Chris Sutton Norwich City
6 Matty Holmes West Ham United 10
Paul Ince Manchester United
Scott Sellars Newcastle United
/ Matt Le Tissier Southampton

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

Monthly awards
Month Manager of the Month References
Manager Club
August Alex Ferguson Manchester United [23]
September Joe Kinnear Wimbledon [23]
October Mike Walker Norwich City [23]
November Kevin Keegan Newcastle United [23]
December Trevor Francis Sheffield Wednesday [23]
January Kenny Dalglish Blackburn Rovers [23]
February Joe Royle Oldham Athletic [23]
March Joe Kinnear Wimbledon [23]
April [23]

Annual awards
Award Winner Club
Premier League Manager of the Season Alex Ferguson Manchester United
PFA Players' Player of the Year Eric Cantona[24] Manchester United
PFA Young Player of the Year Andy Cole[25] Newcastle United
FWA Footballer of the Year Alan Shearer[26] Blackburn Rovers
PFA Team of the Year
Goalkeeper Tim Flowers (Blackburn Rovers)
Defence Gary Kelly (Leeds United) Gary Pallister (Manchester United) Tony Adams (Arsenal) Denis Irwin (Manchester United)
Midfield Paul Ince (Manchester United) Gary McAllister (Leeds United) David Batty (Blackburn Rovers)
Attack Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) Eric Cantona (Manchester United) Peter Beardsley (Newcastle United)

See also

References and notes
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  24. England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Players' Players of the Year
  25. England Player Honours – Professional Footballers' Association Young Players of the Year
  26. England Player Honours – Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year
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