1992–93 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City

1992–93 season
Chairman	Peter Robins
Manager	Bobby Gould
Stadium	Highfield Road
Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Quinn (17)
Average home league attendance	14,951
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Coventry City competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, Coventry's form improved this season and the club finished in a stable 15th position. The club began the season with a run of six wins from their opening eight games to sit in second place, but a run of 11 games without a win, albeit a run with only three defeats, dragged the club down to ninth. The club's form for the next quarter of the season saw the club rise to fifth with a genuine possibility of challenging for European qualification. However, after the sale of striker Robert Rosario (a key provider for the firepower of the likes of Micky Quinn and Peter Ndlovu) to strugglers Nottingham Forest, another run of 11 games with only one win dragged Coventry to 15th, the lowest place they had occupied all season - finishing only three points above the relegation zone. Survival was only secured on the final day of the season with a thrilling 3-3 draw with Leeds United.

Kit

Coventry City's kit was manufactured by Ribero and sponsored by French car maker Peugeot.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ^1
11	Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
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 1993–94 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

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	12,681	J Williams, Smith
19 August 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	24,388	J Williams (2)
22 August 1992	Wimbledon	A	2–1	3,759	Gynn, Rosario
26 August 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	13,563
29 August 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	14,541
2 September 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	22,874	Ndlovu, Hurst
5 September 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	11,254	Gallacher
14 September 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	15,348	J Williams
21 September 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	17,553	Rosario
26 September 1992	Norwich City	H	1–1	16,436	Ndlovu
3 October 1992	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	11,808	Pearce, Gallacher
17 October 1992	Everton	A	1–1	17,587	Ndlovu
24 October 1992	Chelsea	H	1–2	15,626	Rosario
31 October 1992	Leeds United	A	2–2	28,018	McAllister (own goal), Ndlovu
7 November 1992	Arsenal	A	0–3	27,693
21 November 1992	Manchester City	H	2–3	14,590	Quinn (2)
28 November 1992	Sheffield United	A	1–1	15,625	Quinn
5 December 1992	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	11,294	Gallacher, Quinn
12 December 1992	Southampton	A	2–2	12,306	Quinn (2)
19 December 1992	Liverpool	H	5–1	19,779	Borrows (2, 1 pen), Gallacher, Quinn (2)
26 December 1992	Aston Villa	H	3–0	24,245	Quinn (2), Rosario
28 December 1992	Manchester United	A	0–5	36,025
9 January 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	15,264
16 January 1993	Norwich City	A	1–1	13,613	Quinn
23 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	10,544	Gallacher (2), Ndlovu
26 January 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–2	15,215	May (own goal), Hurst, J Williams, Quinn (2)
30 January 1993	Wimbledon	H	0–2	11,774
6 February 1993	Middlesbrough	A	2–0	14,008	Ndlovu, Quinn
20 February 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	12,453
27 February 1993	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	12,248
3 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	13,806	Quinn
7 March 1993	Everton	H	0–1	11,285
10 March 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	20,092
13 March 1993	Arsenal	H	0–2	15,437
20 March 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	16,698
24 March 1993	Sheffield United	H	1–3	12,993	J Williams
3 April 1993	Southampton	H	2–0	10,463	Quinn (pen), J Williams
10 April 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–0	38,543
12 April 1993	Manchester United	H	0–1	24,429
17 April 1993	Liverpool	A	0–4	33,328
1 May 1993	Chelsea	A	1–2	14,186	Quinn
8 May 1993	Leeds United	H	3–3	19,591	J Williams, Quinn, Ndlovu

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 January 1993	Norwich City	A	0–1	15,301

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Scarborough	H	2–0	5,993	Borrows (pen), Ndlovu
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Scarborough	A	0–3 (lost 2-3 on agg)	2,633

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Martin Davies GK Jonathan Gould[3] GK Steve Ogrizovic DF Phil Babb[4] DF Brian Borrows (captain) DF Peter Atherton DF Peter Billing DF Martyn Booty DF David Busst DF Chris Greenman DF Andy Pearce DF Paul Williams DF David Rennie DF Keith Rowland (on loan from Bournemouth) MF Willie Boland

No. Position Player MF Terry Fleming MF Sean Flynn MF Micky Gynn MF Lee Hurst MF Leigh Jenkinson MF Lloyd McGrath MF Craig Middleton MF Stewart Robson MF Tony Sheridan MF David Smith MF Ray Woods FW Peter Ndlovu FW Micky Quinn FW Roy Wegerle[5] FW John 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. Position Player DF Kenny Sansom (to Everton) MF David Smith (on loan to Bournemouth)

No. Position Player FW Robert Rosario (to Nottingham Forest) FW Kevin Gallacher (to Blackburn Rovers)

Transfers

In

• Micky Quinn - Newcastle United, 20 November, £250,000

Out

• Kevin Gallacher - Blackburn Rovers, £1,500,000

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/1992-1993/results
2. http://www.11v11.com/teams/coventry-city/tab/players/season/1993
3. Gould was born in Paddington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 1999.
4. Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.
5. Wegerle was born in Pretoria, South Africa, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through marriage and made his international debut for the United States in May 1992.