1992–93 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United

1992–93 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Billy Bonds
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Morley (20) All: Morley (22)
Average home league attendance	16,001
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Having missed the first season of the new FA Premier League following relegation in 1991-92, West Ham made a swift return to the top flight by gaining promotion to Division One as runners-up under manager Billy Bonds. Promotion was clinched on the last day of the season with a 2-0 home win against Cambridge United with goals from David Speedie and Clive Allen.^[1]

Changes to the West Ham side for this successful campaign included Clive Allen (signed near the end of the following campaign) featuring as Trevor Morley's strike partner following the departure of Frank McAvennie (with the previous season's top scorer Mike Small making nine goalless appearances before leaving the club), and the midfield featured two new players; Peter Butler and Mark Robson.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Newcastle United	46		16	6	1	58	15		13	3	7	34	23		92	38	+54		96
2	West Ham United	46		16	5	2	50	17		10	5	8	31	24		81	41	+40		88
3	Portsmouth	46		19	2	2	48	9		7	8	8	32	37		80	46	+34		88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46		15	4	4	48	24		8	6	9	24	32		72	56	+16		79
5	Swindon Town	46		15	5	3	41	23		6	8	9	33	36		74	59	+15		76
6	Leicester City	46		14	5	4	43	24		8	5	10	28	40		71	64	+7		76
7	Millwall	46		14	6	3	46	21		4	10	9	19	32		65	53	+12		70
8	Derby County	46		11	2	10	40	33		8	7	8	28	24		68	57	+11		66
9	Grimsby Town	46		12	6	5	33	25		7	1	15	25	32		58	57	+1		64
10	Peterborough United	46		7	11	5	30	26		9	3	11	25	37		55	63	– 8		62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	37	26		5	7	11	20	30		57	56	+1		61
12	Charlton Athletic	46		10	8	5	28	19		6	5	12	21	27		49	46	+3		61
13	Barnsley	46		12	4	7	29	19		5	5	13	27	41		56	60	– 4		60
14	Oxford United	46		8	7	8	29	21		6	7	10	24	35		53	56	– 3		56
15	Bristol City	46		10	7	6	29	25		4	7	12	20	42		49	67	– 18		56
16	Watford	46		8	7	8	27	30		6	6	11	30	41		57	71	– 14		55
17	Notts County	46		10	7	6	33	21		2	9	12	22	49		55	70	– 15		52
18	Southend United	46		9	8	6	33	22		4	5	14	21	42		54	64	– 10		52
19	Birmingham City	46		10	4	9	30	32		3	8	12	20	40		50	72	– 22		51
20	Luton Town	46		6	13	4	26	26		4	8	11	22	36		48	62	– 14		51
21	Sunderland	46		9	6	8	34	28		4	5	14	16	36		50	64	– 14		50
22	Brentford	46		7	6	10	28	30		6	4	13	24	41		52	71	– 19		49
23	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	29	32		3	10	10	19	37		48	69	– 21		49
24	Bristol Rovers	46		6	6	11	30	42		4	5	14	25	45		55	87	– 32		41

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1992	Barnsley	A	1–0	6,798	C Allen
22 August 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	17,054
29 August 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–2	29,855
5 September 1992	Watford	H	2–1	11,921	C Allen
12 September 1992	Peterborough United	A	3–1	10,657	C Allen, Keen, Morley
15 September 1992	Bristol City	A	5–1	14,130	C Allen (2), Robson, Morley (2)
20 September 1992	Derby County	H	1–1	11,493	Morley
27 September 1992	Portsmouth	A	1–0	12,388	C Allen
4 October 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	14,391
11 October 1992	Sunderland	H	6–0	10,326	C Allen, Robson (2), Keen, Martin, Morley
17 October 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	4–0	6,187	C Allen, Dicks, Keen, Morley
24 October 1992	Swindon Town	H	0–1	17,842
31 October 1992	Cambridge United	A	1–2	7,214	Morley
3 November 1992	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	9,119	Morley
7 November 1992	Notts County	H	2–0	12,345	C Allen, Morley
15 November 1992	Millwall	A	1–2	12,445	Robson
21 November 1992	Oxford United	H	5–3	11,842	Breacker, C Allen, Dicks (2), Morley
28 November 1992	Birmingham City	H	3–1	15,004	C Allen (2), Morley
4 December 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–5	11,782	C Allen, Morley
12 December 1992	Southend United	H	2–0	15,739	C Allen, Morley
20 December 1992	Brentford	A	0–0	11,912
26 December 1992	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	8,337	Dicks
28 December 1992	Luton Town	H	2–2	18,786	Breacker, Dicks
10 January 1993	Derby County	A	2–0	13,737	Robson, Morley
16 January 1993	Portsmouth	H	2–0	18,127	Foster, Morley
27 January 1993	Bristol City	H	2–0	12,118	Robson, Morley
30 January 1993	Leicester City	A	2–1	18,838	Gale, Robson
6 February 1993	Barnsley	H	1–1	14,101	Jones
9 February 1993	Peterborough United	H	2–1	12,537	Butler, Jones
13 February 1993	Watford	A	2–1	13,115	Robson, Keen
21 February 1993	Newcastle United	H	0–0	24,159
27 February 1993	Sunderland	A	0–0	19,068
6 March 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	24,679	Dicks, Morley, Holmes
9 March 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	13,170	Dicks (2)
13 March 1993	Notts County	A	0–1	10,272
20 March 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	16,369	Dicks (2)
23 March 1993	Oxford United	A	0–1	9,506
28 March 1993	Millwall	H	2–2	15,723	Keen, Morley
3 April 1993	Birmingham City	A	2–1	19,053	Bishop, Brown
7 April 1993	Southend United	A	0–1	12,813
11 April 1993	Leicester City	H	3–0	13,951	Keen, Speedie (2)
13 April 1993	Luton Town	A	0–2	10,959
17 April 1993	Brentford	H	4–0	16,522	Butler, Keen, Morley, M Allen
24 April 1993	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	16,682	Dicks, Speedie
2 May 1993	Swindon Town	A	3–1	17,004	Morley, C Allen, Brown
8 May 1993	Cambridge United	H	2–0	27,399	Speedie, C Allen

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–0	25,896	C Allen, Robson
R4	24 January 1993	Barnsley	A	1–4	13,716	Morley

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0	6,981
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2 (lost 0-2 on agg)	5,427

Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 8	2 September 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	4,809	Dicks (2)
PR Group 8	15 September 1992	Southend United	A	3–0	6,482	Dicks, Holmes, Morley
Group B	11 November 1992	U.S. Cremonese	A	0–2	1,639
Group B	24 November 1992	A.C. Reggiana	H	2–0	6,872	C Allen (2)
Group B	8 December 1992	Cosenza Calcio 1914	A	1–0	800	C Allen
Group B	16 December 1992	Pisa S.C.	H	0–0	7,123

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Ludek Miklosko - DF Tim Breacker - DF Steve Potts - DF Alvin Martin - DF Julian Dicks - MF Martin Allen - MF Mark Robson - MF Peter Butler - FW Trevor Morley - FW Clive Allen - MF Kevin Keen - DF Tony Gale - MF Ian Bishop - DF Kenny Brown

No. Position Player - MF George Parris - FW David Speedie - MF Matty Holmes - FW Mike Small - FW Steve Jones - DF Colin Foster - DF Mitchell Thomas - FW Alex Bunbury - FW Simon Clarke - GK Steve Banks - DF Mike Basham - MF Matt Holland - MF Matthew Rush - MF Danny Williamson

References

1. Haylett, Trevor (10 May 1993). "Football / Ups and Downs: West Ham's joy pitches Portsmouth into the minefield". www.independent.co.uk. Retrieved 7 September 2011.
2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/west-ham-united/1992-1993/results
3. http://www.11v11.com/teams/west-ham-united/tab/players/season/1993