1992–93 Manchester City F.C. 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)
Average home league attendance	24,698
← 1991–92 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 2-1 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

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
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	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round 1
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
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest (R)	42	10	10	22	41	62	−21	40

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

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, Simpson, 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

Main article: 1992-93 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

Main article: 1992-93 Football 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

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

No. Position Player GK Tony Coton GK Martyn Margetson GK Andy Dibble DF Keith Curle DF Andy Hill DF Ray Ranson DF David Brightwell DF Ian Brightwell DF John Foster DF Terry Phelan DF Michel Vonk MF Steve McMahon

No. Position Player MF Paul Lake MF Garry Flitcroft MF Mike Quigley MF Rick Holden MF David White MF Peter Reid (player-manager) MF Fitzroy Simpson MF David Kerr MF Kåre Ingebrigtsen FW Mike Sheron FW Adie Mike FW 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. Position Player DF Chris Beech DF Richard Edghill

No. Position Player MF Steve Lomas FW 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