1992–93 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1992–93 season
Chairman	Jonathan Hayward
Manager	Graham Turner
First Division	11th
FA Cup	4th Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Preliminary round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Bull (16) All: Steve Bull (19)
Highest home attendance	19,120 (vs Bolton, 24 January 1993)
Lowest home attendance	3,091 (vs Peterborough, 30 September 1992)
Average home league attendance	13,052 (league only)
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 season was the 94th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, which was now titled Football League First Division after the reorganisation of the leagues following the introduction of the Premier League.

The team remained unbeaten until its thirteenth game, making it their best start to a campaign since 1949–50, but were unable to maintain this level of consistency and ended in 11th place for a second consecutive season.

This season saw the North Bank of Molineux occupied for the first time since the mid-1980s, with the new Stan Cullis Stand being officially opened during pre-season.

Results[]

Football League First Division[]

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1992–93 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. For the first time, teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
6	Leicester City	46	22	10	14	71	64	0+7	76
7	Millwall	46	18	16	12	65	53	+12	70
8	Derby County	46	19	9	18	68	57	+11	66
9	Grimsby Town	46	19	7	20	58	57	0+1	64
10	Peterborough United	46	16	14	16	55	63	0–8	62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	16	13	17	57	56	0+1	61
12	Charlton Athletic	46	16	13	17	49	46	0+3	61

Source: Statto.com

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
46	16	13	17	57	56	+1	61	11	6	6	37	26	+11	5	7	11	20	30	−10

Results by round

FA Cup[]

League Cup[]

Anglo-Italian Cup[]

Wolves played in Group 4 of the preliminary round alongside two other domestic First Division clubs. The winner of the group would advance to the main group stage to play both English and Italian opposition. However, Wolves finished in second place in this initial round and so were eliminated.

Players[]

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
		League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
GK	Dave Beasant ‡	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	5	0	0	0
GK	Paul Jones	16	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	18	0	0	0
GK	Mike Stowell	26	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	29	0	0	0
DF	Kevin Ashley	28	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	32	0	0	0
DF	Gary Bellamy †	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Paul Blades ‡	38(2)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	40(2)	1	0	0
DF	Paul Edwards ‡	33(2)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	38(2)	0	0	0
DF	Rob Hindmarch	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
DF	Lawrie Madden	19(5)	0	2	0	1	0	1	0	23(5)	0	0	0
DF	Derek Mountfield	34(2)	2	2	0	2	0	2	0	40(2)	2	0	0
DF	Darren Simkin	7	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	7	0	0	0
DF	Andy Thompson	15(5)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16(5)	0	0	0
DF	Mark Venus	12	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13	0	0	0
DF	Shane Westley †	6(2)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	7(2)	0	0	0
MF	Tom Bennett	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0(1)	0	0	0
MF	Paul Birch	27(1)	3	0(1)	0	2	0	2	1	31(2)	4	0	1
MF	Mark Burke	27(5)	8	1	0	0	0	0(1)	0	28(6)	8	0	0
MF	Paul Cook	44	1	2	0	2	1	2	0	50	2	0	0
MF	Robbie Dennison	31(6)	5	1	0	0(2)	0	1(1)	0	33(9)	5	0	0
MF	Keith Downing	30(1)	2	2	1	2	0	2	0	36(1)	3	0	0
MF	Jimmy Kelly ¤	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
MF	Mark Rankine	23(4)	0	2	0	2	0	1	0	28(4)	0	0	0
MF	Tim Steele	1(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1(3)	0	0	0
MF	Mark Turner	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0
FW	Shaun Bradbury	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	0	0
FW	Steve Bull	36	16	2	1	2	1	2	1	42	19	0	0
FW	Lee Mills	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
FW	Andy Mutch	34(5)	9	2	1	2	0	0	0	38(5)	10	0	0
FW	Darren Roberts	12(9)	5	0	0	0(1)	0	1(1)	0	13(11)	5	0	0
FW	Colin Taylor ¤	0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	1(1)	1	0	0

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record^[1]

Transfers[]

In[]

Date	Player	From	Fee
October 1992	Paul Blades	Norwich City	£325,000
October 1992	Paul Edwards	Coventry City	£100,000
November 1992	Darren Simkin		£10,000
9 December 1992	Lee Mills	Stocksbridge Park Steels	£20,000

Out[]

Date	Player	To	Fee
June 1992	Brian Roberts	Retired	Free
12 August 1992	Tony Lange	West Bromwich Albion	Free
10 September 1992	Gary Bellamy	Leyton Orient	£30,000
30 October 1992	Shane Westley	Brentford	£100,000

Loans in[]

Start date	Player	From	End date
13 August 1992	Paul Edwards	Coventry City	October 1992
14 August 1992	Paul Blades	Norwich City	October 1992
12 January 1993	Dave Beasant	Chelsea	End of season

Loans out[]

Start date	Player	From	End date
October 1992	Colin Taylor	Preston North End	?
February 1993	Colin Taylor	Doncaster Rovers	?
March 1993	Jimmy Kelly	Walsall	End of season

Management and coaching staff[]

Position	Name
Manager	Graham Turner
First team coach	Garry Pendrey
Director of Youth School of Excellence	Rob Kelly
Youth Team Coach	Chris Evans
Club Doctors	Dr Tweddell and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio	Paul Darby

Kit[]

The season brought two new kits, with the home kit featuring an unpopular gold shirt decorated with black smears that even drew a protest reaction some fans.^[2] The away kit was a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.

References[]