1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season

Norwich City
1993–94 season
Chairman Robert Chase
Manager Mike Walker (until 6 January)
John Deehan (from 12 January)
Stadium Carrow Road
FA Premier League 12th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Third round
UEFA Cup Third round
Top goalscorer Sutton (25)
Average home league attendance 18,164

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

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Notes
1Manchester United (C) 42271148038+4292UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2Blackburn Rovers 4225986336+2784UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3Newcastle United 42238118241+4177
4Arsenal 42181775328+2571UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round1
5Leeds United 42181686539+2670
6Wimbledon 421811135653+365
7Sheffield Wednesday 421616107654+2264
8Liverpool 42179165955+460
9Queens Park Rangers 421612146261+160
10Aston Villa 421512154650457UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round2
11Coventry City 421414144345256
12Norwich City 421217136561+453
13West Ham United 4213131647581152
14Chelsea 421312174953451UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round3
15Tottenham Hotspur 421112195459545
16Manchester City 429181538491145
17Everton 421282242632144
18Southampton 421272349661743
19Ipswich Town 429161735582343
20Sheffield United (R) 428181642601842Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21Oldham Athletic (R) 429132042682640
22Swindon Town (R) 4251522471005330

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

1 Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

2 Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

3 Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Norwich City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 August 1993 Manchester UnitedH0–219,705
18 August 1993 Blackburn RoversA3–214,236Sutton (2), Newman
21 August 1993 Leeds UnitedA4–032,008Fox (2), Goss, Sutton
25 August 1993 Ipswich TownH1–019,189Goss
28 August 1993 Swindon TownH0–017,614
1 September 1993 Sheffield WednesdayA3–325,175Sutton, Bowen, Ekoku
11 September 1993 WimbledonH0–114,851
18 September 1993 Queens Park RangersA2–213,359Eadie, McDonald (own goal)
25 September 1993 EvertonA5–120,531Ekoku (4), Sutton
2 October 1993 Coventry CityH1–016,239Fox
16 October 1993 ChelseaA2–116,923Fox, Sutton
23 October 1993 West Ham UnitedH0–020,211
30 October 1993 ArsenalA0–030,516
6 November 1993 Sheffield UnitedA2–118,254Goss, Eadie
20 November 1993 Manchester CityH1–116,626Fox
27 November 1993 Oldham AthleticA1–210,198Sutton
4 December 1993 Manchester UnitedA2–244,694Fox (pen), Sutton
13 December 1993 Leeds UnitedH2–116,586Sutton, Ekoku
18 December 1993 Ipswich TownA1–219,498Bowen
27 December 1993 Tottenham HotspurA3–133,130Sutton (2), Ekoku
29 December 1993 Aston VillaH1–220,650Sutton
1 January 1994 SouthamptonA1–016,556Sutton
4 January 1994 Newcastle UnitedH1–219,564Bowen
15 January 1994 ChelseaH1–119,472Ekoku
24 January 1994 West Ham UnitedA3–320,738Sutton (2), Fox
5 February 1994 LiverpoolH2–219,746Sutton (2)
13 February 1994 ArsenalH1–117,667Ekoku
19 February 1994 Swindon TownA3–315,405Goss, Sutton, Newman
22 February 1994 Blackburn RoversH2–215,193Sutton (2, 1 pen)
26 February 1994 Sheffield WednesdayH1–118,311Sutton
5 March 1994 WimbledonA1–37,206Ekoku
12 March 1994 Queens Park RangersH3–416,499Ekoku (2), Bowen
21 March 1994 EvertonH3–016,432Culverhouse, Sutton, Bowen
26 March 1994 Coventry CityA1–213,514Eadie
29 March 1994 Newcastle UnitedA0–332,216
2 April 1994 Tottenham HotspurH1–221,181Sutton
4 April 1994 Aston VillaA0–025,416
9 April 1994 SouthamptonH4–517,150Goss, Sutton (2), Robins
16 April 1994 Manchester CityA1–128,010Ullathorne
23 April 1994 Sheffield UnitedH0–118,474
30 April 1994 LiverpoolA1–044,339Goss
7 May 1994 Oldham AthleticH1–120,394Ullathorne

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1994 Wycombe WanderersA2–07,802Sutton (2)
R430 January 1994 Manchester UnitedH0–221,060

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st leg22 September 1993 Bradford CityA1–28,988Fox
R2 2nd leg6 October 1993 Bradford CityH3–0 (won 4-2 on agg)12,787Ekoku, Fox, Sutton
R326 October 1993 ArsenalA1–124,539Crook
R3R10 November 1993 ArsenalH0–316,319

UEFA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R1 1st leg15 September 1993 Vitesse ArnhemH3–016,818Ekoku, Goss, Polston
R1 2nd leg29 September 1993 Vitesse ArnhemA0–0 (won 3-0 on agg)9,133
R2 1st leg20 October 1993 Bayern MunichA2–128,500Goss, Bowen
R2 2nd leg3 November 1993 Bayern MunichH1–1 (won 3-2 on agg)20,643Goss
R3 1st leg24 November 1993 Internazionale MilanoH0–120,805
R3 2nd leg8 December 1993 Internazionale MilanoA0–1 (lost 0-2 on agg)30,000

Squad

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

No. Position Player
1 Scotland GK Bryan Gunn
2 Wales DF Mark Bowen (vice-captain)
3 England DF Rob Newman
4 England MF Ian Crook
5 England DF Ian Culverhouse
6 England MF Neil Adams
7 Nigeria FW Efan Ekoku
8 England DF Colin Woodthorpe
9 England MF Gary Megson
10 England DF John Polston
11 Wales MF Jeremy Goss
12 England FW Mark Robins
13 Scotland GK Scott Howie
No. Position Player
14 Montserrat MF Ruel Fox
15 England DF Daryl Sutch
17 England DF Ian Butterworth (captain)
18 England DF Robert Ullathorne
19 Wales MF Andy Johnson
20 England MF Darren Eadie
21 England MF David Smith
22 England FW Chris Sutton
23 Wales DF Deryn Brace
24 England GK Andy Marshall
25 England FW Jamie Cureton
26 Nigeria FW Ade Akinbiyi
27 England DF 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. Position Player
28 Wales GK Mark Walton (to Dundee United)
No. Position Player
16 Republic of Ireland FW Lee Power (to Bradford City)

References

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