1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 95th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1993–94 season
Chairman	Jonathan Hayward
Manager	Graham Turner (until 16 March) Graham Taylor (from 29 March)
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Quarter-finals
League Cup	2nd Round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Bull (14) All: Steve Bull (15)
Highest home attendance	28,234 (vs Ipswich, 19 February 1994)
Lowest home attendance	9,092 (vs Stoke, 31 August 1993)
Average home league attendance	21,996 (league only)

This season saw the completion of the redevelopment of Molineux which was officially opened on 7 December 1993 to bring the club's highest crowds since the early 1980s.[1] With the expense of the stadium completed by owner Sir Jack Hayward, manager Graham Turner was afforded the biggest budget he had been granted during his tenure but he resigned in March 1994 to end his ​7 ¹⁄₂-year reign with the team in 13th place.[2]

Former England manager Graham Taylor was appointed as Turner's replacement but the team were unable to improve enough to reach the promotion play-offs, ending in 8th place.[3]

Results

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1993–94 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

14 August 1993 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Bristol City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Bull  9', 87' Mountfield  67'		Scott  58'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,052

22 August 1993 2	Birmingham City	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
14:55 BST	Peschisolido  50' Saville  52'		Venus  35' Thomas  36'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 15,117

25 August 1993 3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Millwall	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Bull  32' Kelly  52'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,570

28 August 1993 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Middlesbrough	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Kelly  5' Thomas  9'		Hendrie  3', 73' Pollock  85'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,061

5 September 1993 5	West Bromwich Albion	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
14:55 BST	Raven  16' Bradley  51' Donovan  58'		Bull  12' Thomas  62'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 25,615

7 September 1993 6	Watford	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
19:45 BST	Venus  10' (o.g.)			Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 7,870

11 September 1993 7	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Portsmouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Kelly  47'		Durnin  64'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,019

18 September 1993 8	Sunderland	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sunderland
15:00 BST			Small  15' Thomas  88'	Stadium: Roker Park Attendance: 18,292

25 September 1993 9	Grimsby Town	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Cleethorpes
15:00 BST	Childs  35' Mendonca  80'			Stadium: Blundell Park Attendance: 6,310

2 October 1993 10	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Charlton Athletic	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Keen  60'		Chapple  88'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 16,907

17 October 1993 11	Crystal Palace	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
14:55 BST	Humphrey  44'		Kelly  7'	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 13,056

23 October 1993 12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Stoke City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Kelly  24'		Stein  33'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,421

30 October 1993 13	Southend United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT	Jones  73'		Cook  80' (pen.)	Stadium: Roots Hall Attendance: 8,071

2 November 1993 14	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Notts County	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Birch  9' Keen  67' Bull  86'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,989

7 November 1993 15	Derby County	0–4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Derby
14:55 GMT			Bull  19', 60', 68' Keen  90'	Stadium: Baseball Ground Attendance: 14,310

10 November 1993 16	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Nottingham Forest	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Kelly  12'		Collymore  50'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 21,621

13 November 1993 17	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Barnsley	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Kelly  60'		Biggins  18'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,355

27 November 1993 18	Leicester City	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Roberts  56', 62'		Bull  29', 33'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 18,395

5 December 1993 19	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Derby County	Wolverhampton
14:55 GMT	Bull  45' Kelly  90'		Gabbiadini  40', 62'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 16,900

11 December 1993 20	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Bull  25' Dennison  33'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 17,460

18 December 1993 21	Bristol City	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Allison  29' Brown  72'		Kelly  89'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,151

27 December 1993 22	Tranmere Rovers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birkenhead
15:00 GMT	Irons  1'		Bull  61'	Stadium: Prenton Park Attendance: 15,603

28 December 1993 23	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Oxford United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Cook  85' (pen.) Keen  86'		Elliott  80'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,908

1 January 1994 24	Peterborough United	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Peterborough
15:00 GMT			Regis  89'	Stadium: London Road Attendance: 10,298

3 January 1994 25	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Dennison  21'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,053

15 January 1994 26	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–0	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Thompson  42' (pen.) Keen  78'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,851

23 January 1994 27	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
14:55 GMT				Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 23,008

5 February 1994 28	Stoke City	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT	Overson  53'		Blades  37'	Stadium: Victoria Ground Attendance: 22,579

12 February 1994 29	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Southend United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT			Jones  56'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,774

22 February 1994 30	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Birmingham City	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Regis  45' Kelly  47' Keen  90'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 24,931

26 February 1994 31	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	West Bromwich Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Keen  18'		Taylor  35' Mardon  39'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,039

5 March 1994 32	Middlesbrough	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT	Wilkinson  87'			Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 12,092

15 March 1994 33	Portsmouth	3–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portsmouth
19:45 GMT	Chamberlain  35' Creaney  61', 82'			Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 7,840

19 March 1994 34	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Grimsby Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,224

26 March 1994 35	Charlton Athletic	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 GMT			Whittingham  10'	Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 8,416

29 March 1994 36	Bolton Wanderers	1–3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bolton
19:30 BST	McGinlay  50'		Whittingham  25', 76' Thompson  56'	Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 12,405

2 April 1994 37	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Tranmere Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Whittingham  20' Mills  83'		Aldridge  73'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 26,592

4 April 1994 38	Oxford United	4–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Byrne  25' Venus  36' (o.g.) Moody  42' Elliott  62'			Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 10,423

9 April 1994 39	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Peterborough United	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Whittingham  26'		McGlashan  16'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 23,676

12 April 1994 40	Luton Town	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Luton
19:45 BST			Burke  23' Whittingham  47'	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,545

16 April 1994 41	Notts County	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
15:00 BST			Thompson  54' (pen.) Whittingham  89'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 13,438

20 April 1994 42	Millwall	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:45 BST	Mitchell  84'			Stadium: The New Den Attendance: 11,883

23 April 1994 43	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Luton Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Whittingham  42'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,479

30 April 1994 44	Barnsley	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 BST	O'Connell  55' Payton  65'			Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 11,329

3 May 1994 45	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Sunderland	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Bull  30'		Goodman  36'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,079

8 May 1994 46	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Kelly  75'		Coatsworth  26'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 27,229

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72
6	Derby County	46	20	11	15	73	68	0+5	71
7	Notts County	46	20	8	18	65	69	0–4	68
8	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	17	17	12	60	47	+13	68
9	Middlesbrough	46	18	13	15	66	54	+12	67
10	Stoke City	46	18	13	15	57	59	0–2	67

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	17	17	12	60	47	+13	68	10	10	3	34	19	+15	7	7	9	26	28	−2

Source: Statto.com

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	43	44	45	46
Result	W	D	W	L	L	L	D	W	L	D	D	D	D	W	W	D	D	D	D	W	L	D	W	W	W	W	D	D	L	W	L	L	L	D	W	W	W	L	D	W	W	L	W	L	D	D
Position	2	7	3	4	8	8	7	6	8	8	16	17	18	12	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	12	12	12	10	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	13	15	13	10	8	10	11	8	9	9	8	8	8	8

Source: Statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

8 January 1994 R3	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Crystal Palace	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Kelly  74'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 25,047

29 January 1994 R4	Port Vale	0–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burslem
15:00 GMT			Blades  25' Keen  89'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 21,996

19 February 1994 R5	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Kelly  81'		Wark  28'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 28,234

2 March 1994 R5 rep.	Ipswich Town	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
19:45 GMT	Palmer  46'		Mills  8' Thompson  38'	Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 19,385

13 March 1994 QF	Chelsea	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:05 GMT	Peacock  58'			Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 29,340

League Cup

22 September 1993 R2.1	Swindon Town	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Swindon
19:45 BST	Summerbee  20' Mutch  67'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 8,649

5 October 1993 R2.2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1 (2–3 agg.)	Swindon Town	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Mountfield  81' Burke  88'		Summerbee  59'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 11,756

Anglo-Italian Cup

Wolves played in Group 5 of the preliminary round alongside two other domestic First Division clubs. The winner of the group would advance to the main group stage to play both English and Italian opposition. However, Wolves finished in second place in this initial round and so were eliminated.

31 August 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	Stoke City	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Kelly  42' Bull  79' Keen  90'		Carruthers  23', 38' Gleghorn  68'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 9,092

14 September 1993	Birmingham City	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Birmingham
19:45 BST	Wratten  68', 76'		Burke  65' Mills  85'	Stadium: St Andrew's Attendance: 2,710

Players

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

• # = Squad number
• Pos = Playing position
• P = Number of games played
• G = Number of goals scored
• GK = Goalkeeper
• DF = Defender
• MF = Midfielder
• FW = Forward
• = Yellow cards
• = Red cards
• † Permanent player left club during the season
• ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
		League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
GK	David Felgate †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Paul Jones	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
GK	Mike Stowell	46	0	5	0	2	0	2	0	55	0	0	0
DF	Kevin Ashley	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0	0
DF	Paul Blades	35	1	5	1	1	0	2	0	43	2	0	0
DF	Paul Edwards †	10(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10(1)	0	0	0
DF	Lawrie Madden †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Neil Masters	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	0	0	0
DF	Derek Mountfield	17(2)	1	0	0	2	1	0	0	19(2)	2	0	0
DF	Peter Shirtliff (c)	39	0	5	0	2	0	1	0	47	0	0	0
DF	Darren Simkin	7(1)	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	8(1)	0	0	0
DF	Andy Thompson	36(1)	3	5	1	0	0	1	0	42(1)	4	0	0
DF	Mark Venus	38(1)	1	5	0	2	0	2	0	47(1)	1	0	0
MF	Tom Bennett	8(2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	8(2)	0	0	0
MF	Paul Birch	25(7)	1	0	0	1	0	2	0	28(7)	1	0	0
MF	Mark Burke ¤	10(2)	1	0	0	2	1	2	1	14(2)	3	0	0
MF	Paul Cook	34(2)	2	1(2)	0	1	0	0(1)	0	36(5)	2	0	0
MF	Robbie Dennison	10(4)	2	2(1)	0	0	0	0	0	12(5)	2	0	0
MF	Darren Ferguson	12(2)	0	4	0	0	0	0	0	16(2)	0	0	0
MF	Kevin Keen	36(5)	7	5	1	2	0	2	1	45(5)	9	0	0
MF	Jimmy Kelly ¤	4	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
MF	Chris Marsden	8	0	3	0	0	0	0	0	11	0	0	0
MF	Mark Rankine	28(3)	0	5	0	1	0	2	0	36(3)	0	0	0
MF	Geoff Thomas	8	4	0	0	0	0	2	0	10	4	0	0
MF	Mark Turner	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Shaun Bradbury ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Steve Bull	27	14	2	0	0	0	0(1)	1	29(1)	15	0	0
FW	David Kelly	35(1)	11	5	2	2	0	1	1	43(1)	14	0	0
FW	Lee Mills	6(8)	1	1	1	1	0	1	1	9(8)	3	0	0
FW	Andy Mutch †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Cyrille Regis	8(11)	2	1(2)	0	0	0	1	0	10(13)	2	0	0
FW	Darren Roberts ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Mike Small ‡	2(1)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	3(1)	1	0	0
FW	Guy Whittingham ‡	13	8	1	0	0	0	0	0	14	8	0	0

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record[4]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
18 June 1993	Geoff Thomas	Crystal Palace	£800,000
23 June 1993	David Kelly	Newcastle United	£750,000
7 July 1993	Kevin Keen	West Ham United	£600,000
3 August 1993	Cyrille Regis	Aston Villa	£600,000
12 August 1993	David Felgate	Bolton Wanderers	Free
18 August 1993	Peter Shirtliff	Sheffield Wednesday	£250,000
22 December 1993	Neil Masters	Bournemouth	£300,000
7 January 1994	Chris Marsden	Huddersfield Town	£250,000
12 January 1994	Darren Ferguson	Manchester United	£250,000

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
July 1993	Rob Hindmarch	Telford United	Free
July 1993	Colin Taylor	Telford United	Free
16 July 1993	Tim Steele	Bradford City	Free
22 July 1993	Keith Downing	Birmingham City	Free
16 August 1993	Andy Mutch	Swindon Town	£250,000
3 September 1993	Lawrie Madden	Darlington	Free
1 October 1993	David Felgate	Chester City	Free
19 January 1994	Paul Edwards	West Bromwich Albion	£55,000

Loans in

Start date	Player	From	End date
15 September 1993	Mike Small	West Ham United	October 1993
11 March 1994	Guy Whittingham	Aston Villa	End of season

Loans out

Start date	Player	From	End date
January 1994	Jimmy Kelly	Wrexham	End of season
4 March 1994	Mark Burke	Luton Town	March 1994
18 March 1994	Darren Roberts	Hereford United	End of season

Management and coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Graham Turner (until 16 March), then Peter Shirtliff as caretaker manager, then Graham Taylor (from 29 March onward)
First team coach	Garry Pendrey (until 16 March)
Director of Youth School of Excellence	Rob Kelly
Youth Team Coach	Chris Evans
Club Doctors	Dr Tweddell and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio	Paul Darby

Kit

The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar. The away kit, a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms, was retained from the previous season. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.

References

1. "Golden shirts stir old memories of Puskas and the past". The Independent. 7 December 1993.
2. "Turner resigns from Wolves". The Independent. 17 March 1994.
3. "Happy Taylor back in business at Wolves". The Independent. 30 March 1994.
4. Matthews, Tony (2008). Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3.