1992–93 Manchester City F.C. season

Manchester City 1992–93 football season

Manchester City

1992–93 season

Chairman

Peter Swales

Manager

Peter Reid (player-manager)

Stadium

Maine Road

Premier League

9th

FA Cup

Sixth round

League Cup

Third round

Top goalscorer

League: White (16)
All: White (19)

Highest home attendance

37,136 vs Manchester United
27 March 1993

Lowest home attendance

9,967 vs Bristol Rovers
23 September 1992

Average home league attendance

24,698 (7th highest in league)

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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1993–94 →

The 1992–93 season was Manchester City's fourth consecutive season in the top tier of English football, and their first season in the inaugural year of the breakaway Premier League.

Season summary

In the 1992–93 season, Manchester City had a satisfying campaign, reaching the quarter-finals of the FA Cup eventually losing 4–2 to Tottenham Hotspur. In the Premier League, they were in a great position by 21 November, just three points adrift from the possible UEFA Cup place and seemed to be their realistic target but during most of the second half of the season, particularly in the final weeks of the campaign, Manchester City went on a poor run of just 2 wins of their final 11 league games and ended up finishing in a disappointing 9th place.

Kit

City retained the previous season's kit, manufactured by English company Umbro and sponsored by Japanese electronics manufacturer Brother.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
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

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

^ 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 summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57	7	8	6	30	25	+5	8	4	9	26	26	0

Source: [1]

Results

Manchester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	24,471	White
19 August 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	15,369
22 August 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	19,433
26 August 1992	Norwich City	H	3–1	23,182	White (2), McMahon
29 August 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	3–3	27,255	Quinn, Vonk, White
1 September 1992	Wimbledon	A	1–0	4,714	White
5 September 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–0	27,169	White (2), Vonk
12 September 1992	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	25,244
20 September 1992	Chelsea	H	0–1	22,420
28 September 1992	Arsenal	A	0–1	21,504
3 October 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	2–2	22,571	Holden, Simpson
17 October 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	14,005
24 October 1992	Southampton	H	1–0	20,089	Sheron
31 October 1992	Everton	A	3–1	20,242	Sheron (2), White
7 November 1992	Leeds United	H	4–0	27,255	Sheron, White, Hill, I Brightwell
21 November 1992	Coventry City	A	3–2	14,590	Sheron, Quinn, Curle (pen)
28 November 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	25,496
6 December 1992	Manchester United	A	1–2	35,408	Quinn
12 December 1992	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	16,833	Flitcroft
19 December 1992	Aston Villa	H	1–1	23,525	Flitcroft
26 December 1992	Sheffield United	H	2–0	27,455	White (2)
28 December 1992	Liverpool	A	1–1	43,037	Quinn
9 January 1993	Chelsea	A	4–2	15,939	White, Sheron (2), Sinclair (own goal)
16 January 1993	Arsenal	H	0–1	25,041
26 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	14,903	Quinn
30 January 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–2	29,122	Sheron, Curle (pen), White
6 February 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	13,003	Sheron
20 February 1993	Norwich City	A	1–2	16,386	Sheron
23 February 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	23,619	Quinn
27 February 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	25,956	White, Flitcroft
10 March 1993	Coventry City	H	1–0	20,092	Flitcroft
13 March 1993	Leeds United	A	0–1	30,840
20 March 1993	Manchester United	H	1–1	37,136	Quinn
24 March 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–3	27,247	Sheron
3 April 1993	Ipswich Town	H	3–1	20,680	Quinn, Holden, Vonk
9 April 1993	Sheffield United	A	1–1	18,231	Pemberton (own goal)
12 April 1993	Liverpool	H	1–1	28,098	Flitcroft
18 April 1993	Aston Villa	A	1–3	33,108	Quinn
21 April 1993	Wimbledon	H	1–1	19,524	Holden
1 May 1993	Southampton	A	1–0	11,830	White
5 May 1993	Crystal Palace	H	0–0	21,167
8 May 1993	Everton	H	2–5	25,180	White, Curle (pen)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Reading	H	1–1	20,523	Sheron
R3R	13 January 1993	Reading	A	4–0	12,065	Sheron, Holden, Flitcroft, Quinn
R4	23 January 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	18,652	White, Vonk
R5	13 February 1993	Barnsley	H	2–0	32,807	White (2)
QF	7 March 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–4	23,050	Sheron, Phelan

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	0–0	9,967
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1 (won 2–1 on agg)	7,823	Maddison (own goal), Holden
R3	28 October 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	18,399

First-team squad

^[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
—	GK	ENG	Tony Coton
—	GK	WAL	Martyn Margetson
—	GK	WAL	Andy Dibble
—	DF	ENG	Keith Curle
—	DF	ENG	Andy Hill
—	DF	ENG	Ray Ranson
—	DF	ENG	David Brightwell
—	DF	ENG	Ian Brightwell
—	DF	ENG	John Foster
—	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan^[3]
—	DF	NED	Michel Vonk
—	MF	ENG	Steve McMahon


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Paul Lake
—	MF	ENG	Garry Flitcroft
—	MF	ENG	Mike Quigley
—	MF	ENG	Rick Holden
—	MF	ENG	David White
—	MF	ENG	Peter Reid (player-manager)
—	MF	ENG	Fitzroy Simpson^[4]
—	MF	SCO	David Kerr
—	MF	NOR	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
—	FW	ENG	Mike Sheron
—	FW	ENG	Adie Mike
—	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn

Reserve squad

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	ENG	Chris Beech
—	DF	ENG	Richard Edghill


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	NIR	Steve Lomas^[5]
—	FW	ENG	Steve Finney

Statistics

Starting 11

Only considering Premier League starts

GK: Tony Coton, 40
RB: Andy Hill, 23
CB: Keith Curle, 39
CB: Michel Vonk, 26
LB: Terry Phelan, 37
RM: David White, 42
CM: Garry Flitcroft, 28
CM: Fitzroy Simpson, 27
LM: Rick Holden, 40
CF: Mike Sheron, 33
CF: Niall Quinn, 39

References

^ "Manchester City 1992-1993 Results – statto.com". Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 16 February 2014.
^ "All Manchester City players: 1993".
^ Phelan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1991.
^ Simpson was born in Bradford-upon-Avon, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally and would make his international debut for Jamaica in 1997.
^ Lomas was born in Hanover, West Germany (now Germany), but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1994.

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National teams

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League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, One) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chester City Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Stockport County Stoke City Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
Third Division	Barnet Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City