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 (13)
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)

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 +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 +1 64
10 Peterborough United 46 16 14 16 55 63 –8 62
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 13 17 57 56 +1 61
12 Charlton Athletic 46 16 13 17 49 46 +3 61

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

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

Source: Statto.com

Results by round

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
Result W W D D W W D D W D D D L L L W D W W D L L L D L W W L L W L D L W D L W W L D W L L L W L
Position 4 1 2 5 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 3 4 6 7 7 5 6 5 5 6 6 9 7 9 8 7 10 10 7 8 9 11 9 11 12 10 8 9 9 9 9 10 11 9 11

Source: Statto.com

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

# = Squad number

Pos = Playing position

P = Number of games played

G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper

DF = Defender

MF = Midfielder

FW = Forward

A yellow card = Yellow cards

A red card = Red cards

† Permanent player left club during the season

¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

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 A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Discipline
GKEngland Beasant, DaveDave Beasant 401000005000
GKWales Jones, PaulPaul Jones 16010001018000
GKEngland Stowell, MikeMike Stowell 26000201029000
DFEngland Ashley, KevinKevin Ashley 28000202032000
DFEngland Bellamy, GaryGary Bellamy 000000000000
DFEngland Blades, PaulPaul Blades 38(2)110100040(2)100
DFEngland Edwards, PaulPaul Edwards 33(2)020201038(2)000
DFEngland Hindmarch, RobRob Hindmarch 000000000000
DFEngland Madden, LawrieLawrie Madden 19(5)020101023(5)000
DFEngland Mountfield, DerekDerek Mountfield 34(2)220202040(2)200
DFEngland Simkin, DarrenDarren Simkin 700000007000
DFEngland Thompson, AndyAndy Thompson 15(5)000001016(5)000
DFEngland Venus, MarkMark Venus 12010000013000
DFEngland Westley, ShaneShane Westley 6(2)00000107(2)000
MFScotland Bennett, TomTom Bennett 0(1)00000000(1)000
MFEngland Birch, PaulPaul Birch 27(1)30(1)0202131(2)401
MFEngland Burke, MarkMark Burke 27(5)810000(1)028(6)800
MFEngland Cook, PaulPaul Cook 44120212050200
MFNorthern Ireland Dennison, RobbieRobbie Dennison 31(6)5100(2)01(1)033(9)500
MFEngland Downing, KeithKeith Downing 30(1)221202036(1)300
MFEngland Kelly, JimmyJimmy Kelly ¤ 000000000000
MFEngland Rankine, MarkMark Rankine 23(4)020201028(4)000
MFEngland Steele, TimTim Steele 1(3)00000001(3)000
MFEngland Turner, MarkMark Turner 100000001000
FWEngland Bradbury, ShaunShaun Bradbury 220000002200
FWEngland Bull, SteveSteve Bull 3616212121421900
FWEngland Mills, LeeLee Mills 000000000000
FWEngland Mutch, AndyAndy Mutch 34(5)921200038(5)1000
FWEngland Roberts, DarrenDarren Roberts 12(9)5000(1)01(1)013(11)500
FWEngland Taylor, ColinColin Taylor ¤ 0(1)00000111(1)100

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record[1]

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
October 1992England Paul BladesNorwich City£325,000
October 1992England Paul EdwardsCoventry City£100,000
November 1992England Darren SimkinBlakenhall Town£10,000
9 December 1992England Lee MillsStocksbridge Park Steels£20,000

Out

Date Player To Fee
June 1992England Brian RobertsRetiredFree
12 August 1992England Tony LangeWest Bromwich AlbionFree
10 September 1992England Gary BellamyLeyton Orient£30,000
30 October 1992England Shane WestleyBrentford£100,000

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
13 August 1992England Paul EdwardsCoventry CityOctober 1992
14 August 1992England Paul BladesNorwich CityOctober 1992
12 January 1993England Dave BeasantChelseaEnd of season

Loans out

Start date Player From End date
October 1992England Colin TaylorPreston North End?
February 1993England Colin TaylorDoncaster Rovers?
March 1993England Jimmy KellyWalsallEnd 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

  1. Matthews, Tony (2008). Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3.
  2. "Wolves in 20/20 Vision". Junk Archive. 7 November 2011.
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