1992–93 Chelsea F.C. season

1st season of Chelsea F.C in the Premier League

Chelsea F.C. 1992–93 football season
Chelsea F.C.
1992–93 season
ChairmanKen Bates
ManagerIan Porterfield (until 15 February)
David Webb (from 15 February)
StadiumStamford Bridge
FA Premier League11th
FA CupThird round
League CupQuarter-finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Harford/Stuart (9)
All: Harford (11)
Average home league attendance18,787
Home colours
Away colours
Third colours

During the 1992–93 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

The season was the club's 88th year in existence since their foundation in 1905. It was their 58th season within England's highest tier of football and their fourth season of their current top-flight spell following promotion at the end of the 1988–89 season.[1]

Season summary

Chelsea started the season well and stood second after 19 games, but went into freefall after that, going 12 matches without a win, a run that pulled Chelsea down to 12th,[2] replacing hopes of a title challenge with relegation fears. Manager Ian Porterfield paid for the team's poor form by becoming the first manager to be sacked in the new Premier League on 15 February. He was replaced by David Webb, the scorer of the Chelsea winner that won the 1970 FA Cup Final. Webb managed to steer Chelsea to safety, but his contract was not renewed by the board. Instead, they appointed former Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle, who had just taken Swindon Town to their first ever top-flight campaign, as player-manager.

The club ended the season with 56 points, having won 14, drawn 14 and lost 14 matches. By finishing 11th of 22 clubs, it was Chelsea's first top-half finish since coming 5th in 1989–90. With 54 goals conceded, this was Chelsea's best defence in the top flight, a record broken next season as well.[3]

Chelsea went out in the third round of the FA Cup this season, beaten 2–1 by Middlesbrough away at Ayresome Park.

Kit

Chelsea retained the previous season's home kit,[4] manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Commodore. It featured a geometric pattern on the players' right shoulder, repeated on the left leg of the shorts, an Umbro trademark of the time also used by Everton[5] and Manchester United's [6] home shirts of the same time. For this season, Chelsea re-introduced white socks as first choice for the first time since 1984–85. White socks had been introduced by Tommy Docherty for Chelsea in 1965, to make Chelsea stand out among other clubs wearing blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.[7]

The away kit was based on football kits of the game's early days as part of a nostalgia craze following the 1990 World Cup.[8] It was a white shirt with red pinstripes, red shorts and socks.[9] Its laces were also worn on the Umbro home kits of Aston Villa[10] and Sheffield United.[11] The Chelsea lion badge was included in a blue shield; the kits for next season retained this style. The kit was the final one in which Chelsea wore a red garment, the colour having been a popular away kit throughout the 1970s and 1980s.[12]

Chelsea wore a third kit of all-yellow with a blue collar and pattern on the front,[13] also worn by Everton.[14] The kit was from an Umbro range called Porto.[15]

Transfers

In

No. Pos. Player From Date Fee
Summer
DF Northern Ireland Mal Donaghy England Manchester United 1 July 1992 £100,800
FW Scotland John Spencer Scotland Rangers 1 July 1992 free transfer
GK Republic of Ireland Nick Colgan Republic of Ireland Drogheda United 1 July 1992 undisclosed
FW Scotland Robert Fleck England Norwich City 1 July 1992 undisclosed

Final league table

Pos Team
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 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
9 Manchester City 42 15 12 15 56 51 +5 57
10 Arsenal 42 15 11 16 40 38 +2 56 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[a]
11 Chelsea 42 14 14 14 51 54 −3 56
12 Wimbledon 42 14 12 16 56 55 +1 54
13 Everton 42 15 8 19 53 55 −2 53
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup and therefore did not take up their UEFA Cup spot for winning the League Cup, which reverted to the league.

Results

Chelsea's score comes first[16]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 August 1992 Oldham Athletic H 1–1 20,699 Harford
19 August 1992 Norwich City A 1–2 15,164 Stuart
22 August 1992 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–3 26,338 Jones, Stuart, Newton
26 August 1992 Blackburn Rovers H 0–0 19,575
29 August 1992 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 22,910 Harford
2 September 1992 Aston Villa A 3–1 19,125 Fleck, Newton, Wise
5 September 1992 Liverpool A 1–2 34,199 Harford
12 September 1992 Norwich City H 2–3 16,880 Harford, Townsend
20 September 1992 Manchester City A 1–0 22,420 Harford
26 September 1992 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 19,760
3 October 1992 Arsenal A 1–2 27,780 Wise
17 October 1992 Ipswich Town H 2–1 16,707 Hall, Harford
24 October 1992 Coventry City A 2–1 15,626 Harford, Stuart
31 October 1992 Sheffield United H 1–2 13,763 Townsend
7 November 1992 Crystal Palace H 3–1 17,141 Shaw (own goal), Stuart, Harford
21 November 1992 Everton A 1–0 17,418 Fleck
29 November 1992 Leeds United H 1–0 24,345 Townsend
5 December 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 31,540 Newton (2)
11 December 1992 Middlesbrough A 0–0 15,599
19 December 1992 Manchester United H 1–1 34,464 Lee
26 December 1992 Southampton H 1–1 18,344 Newton
28 December 1992 Wimbledon A 0–0 14,687
9 January 1993 Manchester City H 2–4 15,939 Stuart, Spencer
16 January 1993 Nottingham Forest A 0–3 23,249
27 January 1993 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 15,806 Spencer
30 January 1993 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–2 16,261
6 February 1993 Oldham Athletic A 1–3 11,772 Harford
10 February 1993 Liverpool H 0–0 20,981
13 February 1993 Aston Villa H 0–1 20,081
21 February 1993 Blackburn Rovers A 0–2 14,780
1 March 1993 Arsenal H 1–0 17,725 Stuart
10 March 1993 Everton H 2–1 12,739 Stuart, Spencer
15 March 1993 Crystal Palace A 1–1 12,610 Stuart
20 March 1993 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 25,157 Cascarino
24 March 1993 Leeds United A 1–1 28,135 Donaghy
3 April 1993 Middlesbrough H 4–0 13,043 Donaghy, Spencer, Stuart, Barnard
6 April 1993 Ipswich Town A 1–1 17,444 Spencer
10 April 1993 Southampton A 0–1 15,135
12 April 1993 Wimbledon H 4–2 13,138 Wise (pen), Hall, Spencer, Shipperley
17 April 1993 Manchester United A 0–3 40,139
1 May 1993 Coventry City H 2–1 14,186 Spencer, Cascarino
8 May 1993 Sheffield United A 2–4 24,850 Lee, Townsend

FA Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 2 January 1993 Middlesbrough A 1–2 16,776 Mohan (own goal)

League Cup

Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 First Leg 23 September 1992 Walsall A 3–0 5,510 Wise 15', Newton 28', Townsend 78'
R2 Second Leg 7 October 1992 Walsall H 1–0 (won 4–0 on agg) 7,646 Fleck (pen) 73'
R3 28 October 1992 Newcastle United H 2–1 30,193 Sinclair 59', Harford 82'
R4 2 December 1992 Everton A 2–2 14,457 Harford 28', Stuart 79'
R4R 16 December 1992 Everton H 1–0 19,496 Townsend 19'
QF 6 January 1993 Crystal Palace A 1–3 28,510 Townsend 18'

First-team squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Dave Beasant
— GK England ENG Alec Chamberlain (on loan from Luton Town)
— GK Republic of Ireland IRL Nick Colgan
— GK England ENG Kevin Hitchcock
— GK Russia RUS Dmitri Kharine
— GK Republic of Ireland IRL Gerry Peyton[18] (on loan from Everton)
— DF England ENG Anthony Barness
— DF England ENG Paul Elliott
— DF England ENG David Lee
— DF England ENG Andy Myers
— DF England ENG Ian Pearce
— DF England ENG Frank Sinclair[19]
— DF Wales WAL Darren Barnard[20]
— DF Wales WAL Gareth Hall[21]
— DF Scotland SCO Steve Clarke
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Mal Donaghy
No. Pos. Nation Player
— DF Norway NOR Erland Johnsen
— MF Scotland SCO Craig Burley
— MF Scotland SCO David Hopkin
— MF England ENG Damian Matthew
— MF England ENG Eddie Newton
— MF England ENG Nigel Spackman
— MF England ENG Graham Stuart
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Andy Townsend
— MF England ENG Dennis Wise (captain)
— FW England ENG Mick Harford
— FW England ENG Steve Livingstone
— FW England ENG Neil Shipperley
— FW Scotland SCO Robert Fleck
— FW Scotland SCO John Spencer .
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Cascarino[22]

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
— DF England ENG Graeme Le Saux (to Blackburn Rovers)
— MF England ENG Vinnie Jones[23] (to Wimbledon)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG Joe Allon (to Brentford)

References

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  2. ^ "Chelsea 1992-1993 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 26 November 2011. Retrieved 13 January 2012.
  3. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 16 December 2003. Retrieved 30 July 2011.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. ^ "Chelsea - Historical Football Kits".
  5. ^ "Everton - Historical Football Kits".
  6. ^ "Manchester United - Historical Football Kits".
  7. ^ "Chelsea - Historical Football Kits".
  8. ^ 'True Colours' by John Devlin
  9. ^ "Chelsea Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
  10. ^ "Aston Villa - Historical Football Kits".
  11. ^ "Sheffield United - Historical Football Kits".
  12. ^ "Chelsea Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
  13. ^ "Chelsea Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
  14. ^ "Everton Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
  15. ^ 'True Colours' by John Devlin
  16. ^ "Chelsea 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 14 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
  17. ^ "All Chelsea players: 1993".
  18. ^ Peyton was born in Birmingham, England.
  19. ^ Sinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
  20. ^ Barnard was born in Rinteln, West Germany (now Germany).
  21. ^ Hall was born in Croydon, England.
  22. ^ Cascarino was born in Bromley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his maternal grandfather. It was later discovered that his mother was adopted and he could not qualify through his grandfather, but was still eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland as his mother's adoption gave her Irish citizenship.
  23. ^ Jones was born in Watford, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally.
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