1992–93 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers

1992–93 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson
Manager	John King
Stadium	Prenton Park
First Division	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Average home league attendance	8,071
Home colours
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During the 1992–93 English football season, Tranmere Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

In the 1992–93 season, Tranmere finished 4th and as a result, this qualified them for the play-offs, however they were beaten 5–4 on aggregate by Swindon Town at the semi-final stage.^[1]

Final league table[]

Pos	Team v t	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
2	West Ham United	46	26	10	10	81	41	+40	88	Promoted to FA Premier League
3	Portsmouth	46	26	10	10	80	46	+34	88	Participated in play-offs
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	23	10	13	72	56	+16	79
5	Swindon Town	46	21	13	12	74	59	+15	76	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
6	Leicester City	46	22	10	14	71	64	+7	76	Participated in play-offs

Results[]

Tranmere Rovers' score comes first^[3]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Cambridge United	H	2–0	5,248	Aldridge, Malkin
22 August 1992	Sunderland	A	0–1	16,667
28 August 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	5,458
5 September 1992	Luton Town	A	3–3	6,801
12 September 1992	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	5,330
18 September 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	6,055
26 September 1992	Oxford United	A	2–1	4,683
29 September 1992	Notts County	H	3–1	5,410	Aldridge, Brennan, Mungall
3 October 1992	Bristol City	H	3–0	5,975
10 October 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–1	30,137
17 October 1992	Birmingham City	H	4–0	7,901	Aldridge (2, 1 pen), Mungall, Irons
24 October 1992	Watford	A	2–3	6,937
30 October 1992	Peterborough United	H	1–1	8,068	Malkin
3 November 1992	Southend United	H	3–0	5,870
7 November 1992	Leicester City	A	1–0	13,538	Nevin
14 November 1992	Brentford	H	3–2	7,852
21 November 1992	Portsmouth	A	0–4	9,982
28 November 1992	Derby County	A	2–1	15,665	Aldridge (2)
4 December 1992	West Ham United	H	5–2	11,782	Aldridge (3), Irons
19 December 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	9,758	Aldridge (3)
26 December 1992	Millwall	H	1–1	13,118	Morrissey
28 December 1992	Barnsley	A	1–3	8,204
9 January 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	2–2	8,337	Pitcher (own goal), Nevin
15 January 1993	Oxford United	H	4–0	8,317	Higgins, Aldridge (2, 1 pen), (own goal)
26 January 1993	Notts County	A	1–5	5,642	Higgins
6 February 1993	Cambridge United	A	1–0	4,802
13 February 1993	Luton Town	H	0–2	8,723
20 February 1993	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	5,135
23 February 1993	Swindon Town	A	0–2	10,059
28 February 1993	Newcastle United	H	0–3	13,082
6 March 1993	Bristol City	A	3–1	8,810	Malkin (2), Nevin
9 March 1993	Brentford	A	1–0	7,993
13 March 1993	Leicester City	H	2–3	9,680	Morrissey, Malkin
16 March 1993	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	5,686
20 March 1993	West Ham United	A	0–2	16,369
23 March 1993	Portsmouth	H	0–2	7,472
26 March 1993	Southend United	A	2–1	4,147
2 April 1993	Derby County	H	2–1	7,774	Nevin (2)
6 April 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–1	8,335	Irons (3)
10 April 1993	Millwall	A	0–0	9,392
12 April 1993	Barnsley	H	2–1	6,436
17 April 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	13,060	Higgins, Proctor
24 April 1993	Birmingham City	A	0–0	14,600
1 May 1993	Watford	H	2–1	8,315
4 May 1993	Sunderland	H	2–1	9,683	Martindale, Nevin
8 May 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–1	8,189	Malkin

First Division play-offs[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
SF 1st Leg	16 May 1993	Swindon Town	A	1–3	14,230	Morrissey
SF 2nd Leg	19 May 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–2 (lost 4–5 on agg)	16,083	Proctor, Nevin, Irons (pen)

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	13,389	Nevin, Aldridge (pen)
R3R	13 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	?	Vickers, Morrissey (2)
R4	23 January 1993	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	13,683	Nevin

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	19 August 1992	Blackpool	H	3–0	3,719	Aldridge (2), Garnett
R1 Second Leg	25 August 1992	Blackpool	A	0–4 (lost 3–4 on agg)	2,734

Anglo-Italian Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 4	1 September 1992	Peterborough United	A	0–0	1,954
PR Group 4	15 September 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	3,361	Aldridge (2, 1 pen)
Group B	11 November 1992	A.C. Reggiana	A	0–0	2,251
Group B	24 November 1992	U.S. Cremonese	H	1–2	5,727	Malkin
Group B	8 December 1992	Pisa S.C.	A	1–0	750
Group B	16 December 1992	Cosenza 1914	H	2–1	3,659

Squad[]

^[4] 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 Eric Nixon - DF  ENG Dave Higgins - DF  SCO Steve Mungall - DF  ENG Tony Thomas - DF  ENG John McGreal - DF  NIR Ian Nolan - MF  ENG John Morrissey - MF  ENG Kenny Irons - MF  SCO Pat Nevin - MF  ENG Dave Martindale - FW  IRL John Aldridge - FW  ENG Chris Malkin

No. Pos. Nation Player - FW  ENG Ian Muir - DF  ENG Steve Vickers - DF  ENG Ged Brannan - DF  ENG Shaun Garnett - GK  WAL Danny Coyne - DF  WAL Mark Hughes - MF  ENG Graham Branch - MF  SCO Neil McNab - FW  ENG Steve Cooper - MF  ENG Mark Proctor - FW  IRL Tommy Coyne - MF  WAL Alan Morgan

References[]