1992–93 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
1992–93 season
ChairmanRon Noades
ManagerSteve Coppell
StadiumSelhurst Park
Premier League20th (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupSemi-finals
Top goalscorerArmstrong (15)
Average home league attendance15,748

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

Season summary[]

A breakaway by the top 22 clubs saw Palace become founder members of the new FA Premier League for the 1992–93 season. However, they would be without the services of another key player – Mark Bright – who was sold to Sheffield Wednesday and the Eagles struggled to score goals without him. They were demoted on goal difference, after Oldham Athletic's 4–3 victory over Southampton.[1] Palace's 49 points from 42 games that season became the joint-highest total of any club ever to have been relegated from the top flight of English football, and remains a Premier League record. Palace's drop prompted the resignation of manager Steve Coppell after nine years at the helm, and he was succeeded by his assistant Alan Smith.

Final league table[]

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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 the 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
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results[]

Crystal Palace's score comes first[2]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 August 1992 Blackburn Rovers H 3–3 17,086 Bright, Southgate, Osborn
19 August 1992 Oldham Athletic A 1–1 11,063 McGoldrick
22 August 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–2 25,237 McGoldrick, Young
25 August 1992 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 14,005 Young
29 August 1992 Norwich City H 1–2 12,033 McGoldrick
2 September 1992 Manchester United A 0–1 29,736
5 September 1992 Aston Villa A 0–3 17,120
12 September 1992 Oldham Athletic H 2–2 11,224 Armstrong (2)
19 September 1992 Everton A 2–0 18,080 Armstrong (2)
26 September 1992 Southampton H 1–2 13,829 Young
3 October 1992 Coventry City A 2–2 11,808 Coleman, McGoldrick
17 October 1992 Manchester City H 0–0 14,005
24 October 1992 Ipswich Town A 2–2 17,861 Armstrong, Coleman
2 November 1992 Arsenal H 1–2 20,287 McGoldrick
7 November 1992 Chelsea A 1–3 17,141 Young
21 November 1992 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 15,330 Armstrong
28 November 1992 Liverpool A 0–5 36,380
5 December 1992 Sheffield United H 2–0 12,361 Armstrong, Southgate
12 December 1992 Queens Park Rangers A 3–1 14,571 McGoldrick (2), Armstrong
20 December 1992 Leeds United H 1–0 14,462 Thorn
26 December 1992 Wimbledon H 2–0 16,825 Coleman, Thomas
28 December 1992 Middlesbrough A 1–0 21,123 Osborn
9 January 1993 Everton H 0–2 13,227
16 January 1993 Southampton A 0–1 13,397
27 January 1993 Norwich City A 2–4 13,543 Armstrong, Thomas
30 January 1993 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–3 20,937 Ruddock (own goal)
2 February 1993 Blackburn Rovers A 2–1 14,163 Armstrong, Rodger
10 February 1993 Aston Villa H 1–0 12,270 Bowry
20 February 1993 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 26,459 Armstrong
27 February 1993 Coventry City H 0–0 12,248
3 March 1993 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 20,603 Southgate
15 March 1993 Chelsea H 1–1 12,610 Armstrong
20 March 1993 Sheffield United A 1–0 18,857 Coleman
23 March 1993 Liverpool H 1–1 18,688 Armstrong
3 April 1993 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 14,705 Bardsley (own goal)
9 April 1993 Wimbledon A 0–4 12,275
12 April 1993 Middlesbrough H 4–1 15,123 Rodger, Young, Armstrong, Coleman
17 April 1993 Leeds United A 0–0 27,545
21 April 1993 Manchester United H 0–2 30,115
1 May 1993 Ipswich Town H 3–1 18,881 Young, Armstrong, McGoldrick
5 May 1993 Manchester City A 0–0 21,167
8 May 1993 Arsenal A 0–3 25,225

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1992–93 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 2 January 1993 Hartlepool United A 0–1 6,721

League Cup[]

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 First Leg 22 September 1992 Lincoln City H 3–1 6,947 Southgate, Salako, McGoldrick
R2 Second Leg 6 October 1992 Lincoln City A 1–1 (won 4–2 on agg) 6,255 Southgate
R3 28 October 1992 Southampton A 2–0 9,060 McGoldrick, Salako
R4 1 December 1992 Liverpool A 1–1 18,525 Coleman 56'
R4R 16 December 1992 Liverpool H 2–1 (a.e.t.) 19,662 Watts 14', Thorn 101'
QF 6 January 1993 Chelsea H 3–1 28,510 Coleman 4', Ndah 34', Watts 47'
SF First Leg 7 February 1993 Arsenal H 1–3 26,508 Osborn (pen) 54'
SF Second Leg 10 March 1993 Arsenal A 0–2 (lost 1–5 on agg) 28,584

Players[]

First-team squad[]

Squad at end of season[3]

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 Nigel Martyn
— GK England ENG Andy Woodman
— DF England ENG Dean Gordon
— DF England ENG John Humphrey
— DF England ENG Richard Shaw
— DF England ENG Lee Sinnott
— DF England ENG Gareth Southgate (captain)
— DF England ENG Andy Thorn
— DF Wales WAL Chris Coleman
— DF Wales WAL Eric Young[notes 1]
— MF England ENG Bobby Bowry
— MF Scotland SCO Mark Hawthorne
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Stuart Massey
— MF England ENG Paul Mortimer
— MF England ENG Ricky Newman
— MF England ENG Simon Osborn
— MF England ENG Simon Rodger
— MF England ENG John Salako
— MF England ENG Geoff Thomas (captain)
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Eddie McGoldrick[notes 2]
— FW England ENG Chris Armstrong
— FW England ENG George Ndah[notes 3]
— FW England ENG Grant Watts
— FW England ENG Paul Williams

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
— FW England ENG Mark Bright (to Sheffield Wednesday)
— FW England ENG Stan Collymore (to Southend United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW England ENG David Whyte (on loan to Charlton Athletic)

Reserve squad[]

The following players did not appear for the first team this 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
— GK England ENG Jimmy Glass
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Darren Patterson
— MF England ENG Martin O'Connor[notes 4]
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW Canada CAN Niall Thompson[notes 5]
— FW England ENG David Whyte

Notes[]

  1. ^ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Wales in May 1990.
  2. ^ McGoldrick was born in Islington, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and made his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1992.
  3. ^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
  4. ^ O'Connor was born in Walsall, England, but made his international debut for the Cayman Islands in 2000, but it was later discovered that he was not eligible to represent them.
  5. ^ Thompson was born in Birmingham, England, but was raised in Canada from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Canada in March 1993.

References[]

  1. ^ Fox, Norman (8 May 1993). "Football: Palace's bitter downfall". The Independent. Retrieved 17 February 2014.
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 17 February 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1993".
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