1993–94 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1993–94 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. compete in the FA Premier League.

Leeds United

1993–94 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Rod Wallace (17) All: Rod Wallace (17)
Highest home attendance	41,125 vs Manchester United (27 Apr 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	22,167 vs Oxford United (9 Feb 1994, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	34,493

Season summary

After last season's 17th-place finish and failure to win away from home, one season after winning the league title, Howard Wilkinson decided to bolster his squad in order to avoid another torrid season. He paid a club record £2.7 million for Sheffield United striker Brian Deane and by Christmas he had paid a further £2 million for Manchester City midfielder David White. Leeds were now well on the road to recovery, and that recovery process was completed at the end of the season when they finished fifth in the final table.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
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

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

1. Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

Results

Leeds United's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W
Position	11	8	12	17	18	14	12	9	5	3	4	4	6	4	5	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	7	6	6	7	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1993	Manchester City	A	1–1	Deane	32,366
17 August 1993	West Ham United	H	1–0	Speed	34,588
21 August 1993	Norwich City	H	0–4	—	32,008
24 August 1993	Arsenal	A	1–2	Strachan	29,042
28 August 1993	Liverpool	A	0–2	—	44,068
30 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	Strachan	28,717
11 September 1993	Southampton	A	2–0	Deane, Speed	13,511
19 September 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–1	Strachan, McAllister	33,892
25 September 1993	Coventry City	A	2–0	Wallace (2)	28,717
2 October 1993	Wimbledon	H	4–0	Speed (2), McAllister (2)	30,020
17 October 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	—	17,548
23 October 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–3	Sherwood (o.g.), Newsome, McAllister (pen.)	37,827
30 October 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	Speed, Fairclough, Wallace	31,892
6 November 1993	Chelsea	H	4–1	Deane, Rocastle, Wallace (2)	35,022
20 November 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Deane	31,275
23 November 1993	Everton	A	1–1	Wallace	17,066
27 November 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–0	Deane, Speed, Wallace	32,630
4 December 1993	Manchester City	H	3–2	Deane, Speed, Wallace	33,821
8 December 1993	West Ham United	A	1–0	Wallace	20,468
13 December 1993	Norwich City	A	1–2	Wallace	16,586
18 December 1993	Arsenal	H	2–1	Adams (o.g.), McAllister	37,515
22 December 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–1	Fairclough	36,388
29 December 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	Hodge	39,106
1 January 1994	Manchester United	A	0–0	—	44,724
15 January 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	—	31,317
23 January 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	Speed	16,938
6 February 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–1	—	26,919
19 February 1994	Liverpool	H	2–0	Wetherall, McAllister	40,053
28 February 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	McAllister	11,136
5 March 1994	Southampton	H	0–0	—	30,890
13 March 1994	Sheffield United	A	2–2	Deane, Speed	19,250
16 March 1994	Aston Villa	H	2–0	Deane, Wallace	33,120
19 March 1994	Coventry City	H	1–0	Wallace	30,023
26 March 1994	Wimbledon	A	0–1	—	9,035
1 April 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Fairclough	40,005
4 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–0	Deane, White (2), Wallace	13,365
17 April 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Wallace (2)	33,658
23 April 1994	Chelsea	A	1–1	Speed	18,544
27 April 1994	Manchester United	H	0–2	—	41,125
30 April 1994	Everton	H	3–0	White, Watson (o.g.), McAllister	35,487
3 May 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–2	White, Wallace	41,125
7 May 1994	Swindon Town	A	5–0	Deane (2), White, Fairclough, Wallace	17,228

Premier League Goalscorers

• Rod Wallace 17
• Brian Deane 11
• Gary Speed 10
• Gary McAllister 8
• David White 5
• Chris Fairclough 4
• Gordon Strachan 3
• Steve Hodge 1
• Jon Newsome 1
• David Rocastle 1
• David Wetherall 1

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	8 January 1994	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	Deane, Forrester (2)	23,475
Fourth round	29 January 1994	Oxford United	A	2–2	Speed, Wetherall	11,029
Fourth round replay	9 February 1994	Oxford United	H	2–3	White, Strachan	22,167

Goalscorers

• Jamie Forrester 2
• Brian Deane 1
• Gary Speed 1
• David Wetherall 1
• David White 1
• Gordon Strachan 1

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Second round first leg	21 September 1993	Sunderland	A	1–2	Speed	17,101
Second round second leg	6 October 1993	Sunderland	H	1–2[lower-alpha 1]	Whelan	22,265

Goalscorers

• Gary Speed 1
• Noel Whelan 1

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[2]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  ENG John Lukic 2 DF  ENG Mel Sterland 3 DF  ENG Tony Dorigo[3] 4 MF  ENG David White 5 DF  ENG Chris Fairclough 6 DF  IRL David O'Leary[4] 7 MF  SCO Gordon Strachan (captain) 8 FW  ENG Rod Wallace 9 FW  ENG Brian Deane 10 MF  SCO Gary McAllister 11 MF  WAL Gary Speed 12 DF  ENG John Pemberton 13 GK  ENG Mark Beeney 14 FW  ENG Steve Hodge

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 DF  ENG Jon Newsome 17 FW  NOR Frank Strandli 18 DF  ENG David Wetherall 19 DF  ENG Ray Wallace 20 DF  ENG Kevin Sharp[5] 21 MF  SCO Mark Humphries 22 DF  IRL Gary Kelly 23 MF  ENG Mark Tinkler 24 MF  ENG Andy Couzens 25 FW  ENG Noel Whelan 26 FW  ENG Jamie Forrester 27 MF  ENG Mark Ford 28 DF  ENG Rob Bowman 30 GK  ENG Paul Pettinger

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 4 MF  ENG David Batty (to Blackburn Rovers) 15 MF  ENG David Rocastle (to Manchester City)

No. Pos. Nation Player 27 FW  ENG Carl Shutt (to Birmingham City)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions[6]

• GK: #13, Mark Beeney, 22
• RB: #22, Gary Kelly, 31
• CB: #5, Chris Fairclough, 40
• CB: #16, Jon Newsome, 25
• CB: #18, David Wetherall, 31
• LB: #3, Tony Dorigo, 37
• CM: #7, Gordon Strachan, 32
• CM: #10, Gary McAllister, 42
• CM: #11, Gary Speed, 35
• CF: #8, Rod Wallace, 34
• CF: #9, Brian Deane, 41

Transfers and loans

Transfers in Date N P Player From club Transfer fee 1 Jul 1993 6 DF David O'Leary Arsenal Free 14 Jul 1993 9 FW Brian Deane Sheffield United £2,700,000^† 15 Nov 1993 12 DF John Pemberton Sheffield United £250,000 27 Dec 1993 4 MF David White Manchester City £2,000,000 ^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out Date N P Player To club Transfer fee 1 Jul 1993 GK Mervyn Day Carlisle United Free 1 Jul 1993 DF Dylan Kerr Reading £75,000 1 Aug 1993 27 FW Carl Shutt Birmingham City £50,000 1 Aug 1993 DF Chris Whyte Birmingham City £250,000 7 Aug 1993 9 FW Lee Chapman Portsmouth £250,000[7] 1 Sep 1993 DF David Kerslake Tottenham Hotspur £450,000 26 Oct 1993 4 MF David Batty Blackburn Rovers £2,750,000 20 Dec 1993 15 MF David Rocastle Manchester City £2,000,000 22 Jan 1994 2 DF Mel Sterland Retired[8] —

Total spending: £875,000

Loaned in Start date End date N P Player From club

Loaned out Start date End date N P Player To club 1 Mar 1994 1 Jun 1994 19 DF Ray Wallace Reading

Notes

1. Leeds United lost 4–2 on aggregate

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/leeds.htm
3. Dorigo was born in Australia.
4. O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.
5. Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.
6. http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1994
7. Football: Portsmouth recruit Chapman to replace Whittingham, Phil Shaw, The Independent
8. Sterland retires