1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season

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Norwich City
1993–94 season
ChairmanRobert Chase
ManagerMike Walker (until 6 January)
John Deehan (from 12 January)
StadiumCarrow Road
FA Premier League12th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Sutton (25)
All: Sutton (28)
Average home league attendance18,164

During the 1993–94 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Premier League.

Season summary[]

Norwich City's achievements in 1992–93 were outstanding - a club-best third-place finish and their first ever European place, all of this achieved with a relatively tight transfer budget and one of the Premiership's smaller fan bases.

Manager Mike Walker's achievements were far from over as the campaign began. They were close behind runaway leaders Manchester United in the title race, but most impressively eliminated Bayern Munich from the UEFA Cup in the second round; in doing so, they became the only English side to beat Bayern on their own soil. The dream came to an end in the third round as the Canaries were eliminated by Inter Milan.

Walker quit the club in January to take over at Everton, and his assistant John Deehan took over. At this point Norwich were 7th and had at least one game in hand on most of their fellow contenders for European qualification.[1] However, Deehan was unable to keep up the momentum and Norwich slumped to 12th place in the final table, the decline accelerated by a 10-match winless run which was the longest of any Premier League club during the season with the exception of Swindon's 16-match winless start. The record-breaking sale of young striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers left Norwich with a big hole to fill in their attack, and the only major signing of the close season was midfielder Mike Milligan from Oldham Athletic.

Final league table[]

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Aston Villa 42 15 12 15 46 50 −4 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[a]
11 Coventry City 42 14 14 14 43 45 −2 56
12 Norwich City 42 12 17 13 65 61 +4 53
13 West Ham United 42 13 13 16 47 58 −11 52
14 Chelsea 42 13 12 17 49 53 −4 51 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[b]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. ^ Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
  2. ^ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

Results[]

Norwich City's score comes first[2]

Legend[]

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 August 1993 Manchester United H 0–2 19,705
18 August 1993 Blackburn Rovers A 3–2 14,236 Sutton (2), Newman
21 August 1993 Leeds United A 4–0 32,008 Fox (2), Goss, Sutton
25 August 1993 Ipswich Town H 1–0 19,189 Goss
28 August 1993 Swindon Town H 0–0 17,614
1 September 1993 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–3 25,175 Sutton, Bowen, Ekoku
11 September 1993 Wimbledon H 0–1 14,851
18 September 1993 Queens Park Rangers A 2–2 13,359 Eadie, McDonald (own goal)
25 September 1993 Everton A 5–1 20,531 Ekoku (4), Sutton
2 October 1993 Coventry City H 1–0 16,239 Fox
16 October 1993 Chelsea A 2–1 16,923 Fox, Sutton
23 October 1993 West Ham United H 0–0 20,211
30 October 1993 Arsenal A 0–0 30,516
6 November 1993 Sheffield United A 2–1 18,254 Goss, Eadie
20 November 1993 Manchester City H 1–1 16,626 Fox
27 November 1993 Oldham Athletic A 1–2 10,198 Sutton
4 December 1993 Manchester United A 2–2 44,694 Fox (pen), Sutton
13 December 1993 Leeds United H 2–1 16,586 Sutton, Ekoku
18 December 1993 Ipswich Town A 1–2 19,498 Bowen
27 December 1993 Tottenham Hotspur A 3–1 33,130 Sutton (2), Ekoku
29 December 1993 Aston Villa H 1–2 20,650 Sutton
1 January 1994 Southampton A 1–0 16,556 Sutton
4 January 1994 Newcastle United H 1–2 19,564 Bowen
15 January 1994 Chelsea H 1–1 19,472 Ekoku
24 January 1994 West Ham United A 3–3 20,738 Sutton (2), Fox
5 February 1994 Liverpool H 2–2 19,746 Sutton (2)
13 February 1994 Arsenal H 1–1 17,667 Ekoku
19 February 1994 Swindon Town A 3–3 15,405 Goss, Sutton, Newman
22 February 1994 Blackburn Rovers H 2–2 15,193 Sutton (2, 1 pen)
26 February 1994 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 18,311 Sutton
5 March 1994 Wimbledon A 1–3 7,206 Ekoku
12 March 1994 Queens Park Rangers H 3–4 16,499 Ekoku (2), Bowen
21 March 1994 Everton H 3–0 16,432 Culverhouse, Sutton, Bowen
26 March 1994 Coventry City A 1–2 13,514 Eadie
29 March 1994 Newcastle United A 0–3 32,216
2 April 1994 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 21,181 Sutton
4 April 1994 Aston Villa A 0–0 25,416
9 April 1994 Southampton H 4–5 17,150 Goss, Sutton (2), Robins
16 April 1994 Manchester City A 1–1 28,010 Ullathorne
23 April 1994 Sheffield United H 0–1 18,474
30 April 1994 Liverpool A 1–0 44,339 Goss
7 May 1994 Oldham Athletic H 1–1 20,394 Ullathorne

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 1994 Wycombe Wanderers A 2–0 7,802 Sutton (2)
R4 30 January 1994 Manchester United H 0–2 21,060

League Cup[]

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 22 September 1993 Bradford City A 1–2 8,988 Fox
R2 2nd leg 6 October 1993 Bradford City H 3–0 (won 4–2 on agg) 12,787 Ekoku, Fox, Sutton
R3 26 October 1993 Arsenal A 1–1 24,539 Crook
R3R 10 November 1993 Arsenal H 0–3 16,319

UEFA Cup[]

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Referee
R1 1st leg 15 September 1993 Vitesse Arnhem H 3–0 16,818 Ekoku, Goss, Polston Robert Sedlacek (Austria)
R1 2nd leg 29 September 1993 Vitesse Arnhem A 0–0 (won 3–0 on agg) 9,133 Theodoros Kefalas (Greece)
R2 1st leg 20 October 1993 Bayern Munich A 2–1 28,500 Goss, Bowen
R2 2nd leg 3 November 1993 Bayern Munich H 1–1 (won 3–2 on agg) 20,643 Goss
R3 1st leg 24 November 1993 Internazionale Milano H 0–1 20,805
R3 2nd leg 8 December 1993 Internazionale Milano A 0–1 (lost 0–2 on agg) 30,000

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
1 GK Scotland SCO Bryan Gunn
2 DF Wales WAL Mark Bowen (vice-captain)
3 DF England ENG Rob Newman
4 MF England ENG Ian Crook
5 DF England ENG Ian Culverhouse
6 MF England ENG Neil Adams
7 FW Nigeria NGA Efan Ekoku[notes 1]
8 DF England ENG Colin Woodthorpe
9 MF England ENG Gary Megson
10 DF England ENG John Polston
11 MF Wales WAL Jeremy Goss[notes 2]
12 FW England ENG Mark Robins
13 GK Scotland SCO Scott Howie
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF England ENG Ruel Fox[notes 3]
15 DF England ENG Daryl Sutch
17 DF England ENG Ian Butterworth (captain)
18 DF England ENG Robert Ullathorne
19 MF England ENG Andy Johnson[notes 4]
20 MF England ENG Darren Eadie
21 MF England ENG David Smith
22 FW England ENG Chris Sutton
23 DF Wales WAL Deryn Brace
24 GK England ENG Andy Marshall
25 FW England ENG Jamie Cureton
26 FW England ENG Ade Akinbiyi[notes 5]
27 DF England ENG Spencer Prior

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
16 FW Republic of Ireland IRL Lee Power[notes 6] (to Bradford City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 GK Wales WAL Mark Walton (to Dundee United)

Notes[]

  1. ^ Ekoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.
  2. ^ Goss was born in Oekolia, Cyprus, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1991.
  3. ^ Fox was born in Norwich, England, and played for the England B team, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in 2004.
  4. ^ Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
  5. ^ Akinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Nigeria in November 1999.
  6. ^ Power was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.

References[]

  1. ^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994/table/1994-01-04
  2. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-06-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. ^ "FootballSquads - Norwich City - 1993/94".
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