1993–94 FA Premier League
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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 at one stage, 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 towards the end of April 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, whose top scorer Alan Shearer found the net 31 times in the league. 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; their record for the most goals conceded in a Premier League season would last for three decades before it was surpassed by Sheffield United in 2024. 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). Ipswich Town, who failed to win any of their final 11 games, avoided relegation by holding Blackburn to a goalless draw at Ewood Park, and were less than a minute from being relegated, only to be saved by Chelsea’s late win over Sheffield United.
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, who were relegated to the First Division after their top flight spells of four, one and sixteen years, respectively.
Stadiums and locations
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Personnel and kits
(as of 8 May 1994)
Managerial changes
League table
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Results
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Season statistics
Top scorers
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| Rank | Player | Club | Goals[1] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon Andy Cole | Newcastle United | 34 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer | Blackburn Rovers | 31 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Matt Le Tissier | Southampton | 25 |
| Template:Flagicon Chris Sutton | Norwich City | ||
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Ian Wright | Arsenal | 23 |
| 6 | Template:Flagicon Peter Beardsley | Newcastle United | 21 |
| 7 | Template:Flagicon Mark Bright | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 |
| 8 | Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona | Manchester United | 18 |
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Dean Holdsworth | Wimbledon | 17 |
| Template:Flagicon Rod Wallace | Leeds United | ||
| 10 | Template:Flagicon Tony Cottee | Everton | 16 |
| Template:Flagicon Les Ferdinand | Queens Park Rangers |
Hat-tricks
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| Player | For | Against | Result | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Coventry City | Arsenal | 3–0 (A)[2] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Everton | Sheffield United | 4–2 (H)[3] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Arsenal | Ipswich Town | 4–0 (H)[4] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort".4 | Norwich City | Everton | 5–1 (A)[5] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Blackburn Rovers | Leeds United | 3–3 (A)[6] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Newcastle United | Wimbledon | 4–0 (H)[7] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Liverpool | Southampton | 4–2 (H)[8] | |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Queens Park Rangers | Everton | 3–0 (A)[9] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Newcastle United | Liverpool | 3–0 (H)[10] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Arsenal | Swindon Town | 4–0 (A)[11] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Everton | 6–2 (H)[12] | Template:Dts | |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Swindon Town | Coventry City | 3–1 (H)[13] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Aston Villa | Swindon Town | 5–0 (H)[14] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Southampton | Liverpool | 4–2 (H)[15] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Newcastle United | Coventry City | 4–0 (H)[16] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Arsenal | Ipswich Town | 5–1 (A)[17] | Template:Dts |
| Southampton | 4–0 (A)[18] | Template:Dts | ||
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Southampton | Norwich City | 5–4 (A)[19] | Template:Dts |
| Template:Flagicon Script error: No such module "Sort". | Wimbledon | Oldham Athletic | 3–0 (H)[20] | Template:Dts |
- Note: 4 – player scored 4 goals; (H) – Home; (A) – Away
Clean sheets
| Rank | Player | Club | Clean sheets[21] |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Template:Flagicon David Seaman | Arsenal | 19 |
| 2 | Template:Flagicon Peter Schmeichel | Manchester United | 15 |
| 3 | Template:Flagicon Luděk Mikloško | West Ham United | 14 |
| 4 | Template:Flagicon Tim Flowers | Southampton | 13 |
| 5 | Template:Flagicon Dmitri Kharine | Chelsea | 11 |
| Template:Flagicon Steve Ogrizovic | Coventry City | ||
| Template:Flagicon Hans Segers | Wimbledon | ||
| Template:Flagicon Neville Southall | Everton | ||
| 9 | Template:Flagicon Tony Coton | Manchester City | 10 |
| Template:Flagicon Craig Forrest | Ipswich Town | ||
| Template:Flagicon Bryan Gunn | Norwich City |
Discipline
Player
- Most yellow cards: 10[22]
- Template:Flagicon Dane Whitehouse (Sheffield United)
- Most red cards: 2[23]
- Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona (Manchester United)
- Template:Flagicon Chris Makin (Oldham Athletic)
Club
- Most yellow cards: 44[24]
- Sheffield United
- Fewest yellow cards: 12[24]
- Coventry City
- Most red cards: 4[25]
- Oldham Athletic
- Sheffield United
- Fewest red cards: 0[25]
- Blackburn Rovers
- Coventry City
- Everton
- Ipswich Town
- Leeds United
- Manchester City
- Wimbledon
Awards
Monthly awards
| Month | Manager of the Month | References | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manager | Club | ||
| August | Template:Flagicon Alex Ferguson | Manchester United | [26] |
| September | Template:Flagicon Joe Kinnear | Wimbledon | [26] |
| October | Template:Flagicon Mike Walker | Norwich City | [26] |
| November | Template:Flagicon Kevin Keegan | Newcastle United | [26] |
| December | Template:Flagicon Trevor Francis | Sheffield Wednesday | [26] |
| January | Template:Flagicon Kenny Dalglish | Blackburn Rovers | [26] |
| February | Template:Flagicon Joe Royle | Oldham Athletic | [26] |
| March | Template:Flagicon Joe Kinnear | Wimbledon | [26] |
| April | [26] | ||
Annual awards
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PFA Team of the Year
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Shearer
Cantona
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| Award | Winner | Club |
|---|---|---|
| Premier League Manager of the Season | Template:Flagicon Alex Ferguson[27] | Manchester United |
| PFA Players' Player of the Year | Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona[28] | |
| PFA Young Player of the Year | Template:Flagicon Andy Cole[29] | Newcastle United |
| FWA Footballer of the Year | Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer[30] | Blackburn Rovers |
| PFA Team of the Year[31] | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goalkeeper | Template:Flagicon Tim Flowers (Blackburn Rovers) | |||||||||||
| Defenders | Template:Flagicon Gary Kelly (Leeds United) |
Template:Flagicon Gary Pallister (Manchester United) |
Template:Flagicon Tony Adams (Arsenal) |
Template:Flagicon Denis Irwin (Manchester United) | ||||||||
| Midfielders | Template:Flagicon Paul Ince (Manchester United) |
Template:Flagicon Gary McAllister (Leeds United) |
Template:Flagicon David Batty (Blackburn Rovers) | |||||||||
| Forwards | Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers) |
Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona (Manchester United) |
Template:Flagicon Peter Beardsley (Newcastle United) | |||||||||
Attendances
Manchester United drew the highest average home attendance in the second edition of the Premier League. Template:Row counter
See also
References and notes
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- ↑ England Player Honours – Football Writers' Association Footballers of the Year
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External links
- League and cup results for all the 1993/94 Premier Division clubs at footballsite
- 1993–94 Premier League Season at RSSSF
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