1992–93 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon

1992–93 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Joe Kinnear
Stadium	Selhurst Park
FA Premier League	12th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Holdsworth (19)
Average home league attendance	8,405
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Wimbledon F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League, their seventh successive season of top division football and the 16th since their election to the Football League.

Season summary

1992–93 began as a struggle for Wimbledon, with the club third from bottom on Boxing Day. However, the team recovered well in the new year and finished the season in a comfortable 12th place, above more highly-fancied and wealthier clubs like Everton and Leeds United. Highlights of the season included a 4-0 home win over South London rivals Crystal Palace, a crushing win over Oldham Athletic (5-2 at home), doing the double over Liverpool (2-0 home, 3-2 away) and a shock 1-0 away win over that season's champions, Manchester United. Striker Dean Holdsworth scored 19 league goals for the club to finish the season as one of the Premier League's top goalscorers.

Kit

Wimbledon's kit was manufactured by English company Admiral. The kits carried no sponsorship for the season.

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

Wimbledon's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Leeds United	A	1–2	25,795	Barton
18 August 1992	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	4,954
22 August 1992	Coventry City	H	1–2	3,759	Holdsworth
25 August 1992	Sheffield United	A	2–2	15,463	Barton, Holdsworth
29 August 1992	Everton	A	0–0	18,118
1 September 1992	Manchester City	H	0–1	4,714
5 September 1992	Arsenal	H	3–2	12,906	Sanchez, Fashanu, Earle
12 September 1992	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	13,333	Holdsworth
19 September 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–1	6,117	Ardley
26 September 1992	Liverpool	A	3–2	29,574	Fashanu, Earle (2)
3 October 1992	Aston Villa	H	2–3	6,849	Miller, Clarke
17 October 1992	Southampton	A	2–2	11,221	Cotterill (2)
25 October 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	8,628	Gibson
31 October 1992	Manchester United	A	1–0	32,622	Sanchez
7 November 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–2	6,771
21 November 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	14,524
28 November 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	5,740	Jones (pen)
5 December 1992	Norwich City	A	1–2	14,161	Sanchez
12 December 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	5–2	3,386	Ardley (2), Holdsworth (2), Clarke
20 December 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	19,326	Clarke
26 December 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0–2	16,825
28 December 1992	Chelsea	H	0–0	14,687
9 January 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0	14,504
16 January 1993	Liverpool	H	2–0	11,294	Fashanu (pen), Cotterill
26 January 1993	Everton	H	1–3	3,039	Fashanu
30 January 1993	Coventry City	A	2–0	11,774	Holdsworth, Clarke
6 February 1993	Leeds United	H	1–0	6,704	Holdsworth
10 February 1993	Arsenal	A	1–0	18,253	Holdsworth
20 February 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–0	3,979	Fashanu, Dobbs
27 February 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–1	34,496
6 March 1993	Southampton	H	1–2	4,534	Holdsworth
9 March 1993	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	5,821	Scales, Holdsworth
13 March 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	12,270	Fashanu, Earle
20 March 1993	Norwich City	H	3–0	10,875	Holdsworth (2), Ardley
24 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	20,918	Holdsworth
1 April 1993	Crystal Palace	H	4–0	12,275	Earle (2), Holdsworth (2)
3 April 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	2–6	11,606	Holdsworth (2)
12 April 1993	Chelsea	A	2–4	13,138	Holdsworth, Sanchez
17 April 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	9,358	Clarke
21 April 1993	Manchester City	A	1–1	19,524	Miller
1 May 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	24,473	Earle
9 May 1993	Manchester United	H	1–2	30,115	Holdsworth

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Everton	H	0–0	7,818
R3R	12 January 1993	Everton	A	2–1	15,293	Earle, Fashanu
R4	23 January 1993	Aston Villa	A	1–1	21,008	Elkins
R4R	3 February 1993	Aston Villa	H	0–0 (won 6-5 on pens)	8,048
R5	14 February 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	26,594	Cotterill, Dobbs

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	22 September 1992	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–1	5,049	Fashanu, Jones, Ardley
R2 Second Leg	6 October 1992	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–1 (won 3-2 on agg)	1,987
R3	28 October 1992	Everton	A	0–0	9,541
R3R	10 November 1992	Everton	H	0–1	3,686

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Perry Digweed GK Neil Sullivan[2] GK Hans Segers DF Warren Barton DF Dean Blackwell DF Gary Elkins DF Roger Joseph DF Alan McLeary (on loan from Millwall) DF Chris Perry DF John Scales (captain) DF Brian McAllister DF Scott Fitzgerald[3] DF Terry Phelan[4] MF Neal Ardley MF Greg Berry MF Stewart Castledine MF Gerald Dobbs

No. Position Player MF Robbie Earle[5] MF Peter Fear MF Vinnie Jones[6] MF Paul Miller MF Justin Skinner MF Steve Talboys MF Lawrie Sanchez[7] MF Paul McGee FW Leighton Allen FW Steve Anthrobus FW Andy Clarke FW Steve Cotterill FW John Fashanu FW Terry Gibson FW Dean Holdsworth FW Aidan Newhouse

References

1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/wimbledon/1992-1993/results
2. Sullivan was born in Sutton, England, but qualified to represent Scotland internationally and would make his debut for Scotland in 1997.
3. Fitzgerald was born in Westminster, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally; he made his debut for the "B" side during the season.
4. Phelan was born in Manchester, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland; he made his international debut for Ireland in 1991.
5. Earle was born in Newcastle-under-Lyme, England, but qualified to represent Jamaica internationally. He made his international debut for Jamaica in 1997, having previously being called up for England once without playing.
6. Jones was born in Watford, England, but qualified to represent Wales through his maternal grandfather; he would make his international debut for Wales in 1994.
7. Sanchez was born in Lambeth, England, but qualified to represent Northern Ireland through his mother and Ecuador through his father; he would make his debut for Northern Ireland in 1989.