1993–94 Derby County F.C. season

Derby County

1993–94 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Arthur Cox (until 2 October) Roy McFarland (from 2 October)
Stadium	Baseball Ground
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Johnson (13) All: Johnson (16)
Average home league attendance	15,937
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary[]

In October of the 1993–94 season, Arthur Cox retired from football following severe back problems, leaving the role after 9 years in charge.

He was replaced by his assistant Roy McFarland (who became the only man to manage the club permanently in two separate spells) who steered the club's to a second playoff campaign. After overcoming Millwall 5–1 on aggregate in the semifinal legs, and surviving a pitch invasion in the 3–1 win at the New Den, Derby came up against local rivals Leicester City at Wembley. Despite taking the lead through Tommy Johnson, Derby lost 2–1 after a double from Steve Walsh and missed out on promotion yet again.^[1]

Final league table[]

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1.	Crystal Palace	46	27	9	10	73	46	90
2.	Nottingham Forest	46	23	14	9	74	49	83
3.	Millwall	46	19	17	10	58	49	74
4.	Leicester City	46	19	16	11	72	59	73
5.	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	9	16	69	53	72
6.	Derby County	46	20	11	15	73	68	71
7.	Notts County	46	20	8	18	65	69	68
8.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	17	17	12	60	47	68
9.	Middlesbrough	46	18	13	15	66	54	67
10.	Stoke City	46	18	13	15	57	59	67
11.	Charlton Athletic	46	19	8	19	61	58	65
12.	Sunderland	46	19	8	19	54	57	65
13.	Bristol City	46	16	16	14	47	50	64
14.	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	14	17	63	64	59
15.	Southend United	46	17	8	21	63	67	59
16.	Grimsby Town	46	13	20	13	52	47	59
17.	Portsmouth	46	15	13	18	52	58	58
18.	Barnsley	46	16	7	23	55	67	55
19.	Watford	46	15	9	22	66	80	54
20.	Luton Town	46	14	11	21	56	60	53
21.	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	12	21	60	69	51
22.	Birmingham City	46	13	12	21	52	69	51
23.	Oxford United	46	13	10	23	54	75	49
24.	Peterborough United	46	8	13	25	48	76	37

Results[]

Derby County's score comes first^[2]

Legend[]

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division[]

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Sunderland	H	5–0	18,027	Pembridge (2, 1 pen), Gabbiadini, Short, Kitson
18 August 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	26,684	Forsyth
21 August 1993	Middlesbrough	A	0–3	15,168
28 August 1993	Bristol City	H	1–0	15,643	Gabbiadini
4 September 1993	Birmingham City	A	0–3	14,582
11 September 1993	Peterborough United	H	2–0	14,779	Gabbiadini, Johnson
18 September 1993	Millwall	A	0–0	9,881
25 September 1993	Notts County	A	1–4	11,000	Gabbiadini
3 October 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	5–3	13,370	Simpson (2), Kitson, Pembridge (pen), Short
9 October 1993	Luton Town	H	2–1	15,885	Kitson, Johnson
16 October 1993	Portsmouth	A	2–3	12,404	Kitson, Johnson
23 October 1993	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	16,586	Harkes, Kitson, Pembridge
30 October 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–0	11,464	Pembridge, Simpson
2 November 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	8,123	Simpson, Pembridge
7 November 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–4	14,310
13 November 1993	Oxford United	A	0–2	7,151
20 November 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	13,498	Short, Pembridge (pen)
27 November 1993	Southend United	H	1–3	14,458	Simpson
5 December 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	16,900	Gabbiadini (2)
18 December 1993	Sunderland	A	0–1	16,001
27 December 1993	Barnsley	A	1–0	11,562	Kitson
28 December 1993	Leicester City	H	3–2	17,372	Gabbiadini, Pembridge, Johnson
1 January 1994	Stoke City	A	1–2	20,307	Gabbiadini
3 January 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	4–0	16,874	Gabbiadini (3), Williams
15 January 1994	Portsmouth	H	1–0	15,645	Johnson
22 January 1994	Luton Town	A	1–2	9,371	Forsyth
29 January 1994	Watford	H	1–2	15,308	Kitson
5 February 1994	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	15,615	Charles
12 February 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–0	16,698	Pembridge, Gabbiadini
19 February 1994	Watford	A	4–3	8,277	Watson (own goal), Gabbiadini, Kitson, Johnson
22 February 1994	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	14,716
26 February 1994	Birmingham City	H	1–1	16,624	Johnson
5 March 1994	Bristol City	A	0–0	8,723
12 March 1994	Millwall	H	0–0	15,303
16 March 1994	Peterborough United	A	2–2	7,371	Nicholson, Johnson
26 March 1994	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	17,437	Johnson, Simpson
29 March 1994	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–4	7,114
2 April 1994	Barnsley	H	2–0	14,968	Johnson, Harkes
5 April 1994	Leicester City	A	3–3	20,050	Kitson (2), Willis (own goal)
9 April 1994	Stoke City	H	4–2	16,593	Pembridge, Simpson, Short, Kitson
16 April 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	15,784	Johnson, Kitson
20 April 1994	Notts County	H	1–1	18,602	Dijkstra (own goal)
23 April 1994	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	7,451	Kitson
27 April 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	19,300
30 April 1994	Oxford United	H	2–1	11,602	Pembridge (pen), Johnson
8 May 1994	Southend United	A	3–4	8,119	Johnson, Simpson (2)

First Division play-offs[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st leg	15 May 1994	Millwall	H	2–0	17,401	Cowans, Johnson
SF 2nd leg	18 May 1994	Millwall	A	3–1 (won 5–1 on agg)	16,470	Gabbiadini, Johnson, Van Den Hauwe (own goal)
F	30 May 1994	Leicester City	N	1–2	73,671	Johnson

FA Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	12,810	Johnson

League Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	Exeter City	A	3–1	5,634	Kitson, Gabbiadini, Simpson
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Exeter City	H	2–0 (won 5–1 on agg)	10,569	Gabbiadini, Johnson
R3	27 October 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	19,855

Anglo-Italian Cup[]

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Group 2	31 August 1993	Notts County	A	2–3	3,276	Harkes, Johnson
Group 2	8 September 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	3–2	6,654	Simpson, Kitson, Kuhl

Players[]

First-team squad[]

The following players all played for the first-team this 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  ENG Martin Taylor — DF  ENG Gary Charles — DF  ENG Simon Coleman — DF  ENG Michael Forsyth — DF  ENG Jason Kavanagh — DF  ENG Shane Nicholson — DF  ENG Craig Short — DF  ENG Darren Wassall — DF  ENG Paul Williams — DF  WAL Kevin Ratcliffe

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Gordon Cowans (captain) — MF  ENG Steve Hayward — MF  ENG Martin Kuhl — MF  ENG Craig Ramage — MF  ENG Paul Simpson — MF  WAL Mark Pembridge — MF  USA John Harkes — FW  ENG Marco Gabbiadini — FW  ENG Tommy Johnson — FW  ENG Paul Kitson

Reserve team[]

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  ENG Steve Sutton — DF  ENG Andrew Tretton — MF  ENG Lee Carsley[notes 1] — MF  ENG Martyn Chalk

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Kevin Cooper — FW  ENG Stewart Hadley — FW  ENG Mark Stallard — FW  ENG Dean Sturridge

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