1992–93 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea F.C.

1992–93 season

Chairman

Ken Bates

Manager

Ian Porterfield (until 15 February)
David Webb (from 15 February)

Stadium

Quarter-finals

Top goalscorer

League: Harford/Stuart (9)
All: Harford (11)

Average home league attendance

18,787

Home colours

Away colours

Third colours

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1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

The season was the club's 88th year in existence since their foundation in 1905. It was their 58th season within England's highest tier of football and their fourth season of their current top-flight spell following promotion at the end of the 1988-89 season.^[1]

Season summary

Chelsea started the season well and stood second after 19 games, but went into freefall after that, going 12 matches without a win, a run that pulled Chelsea down to 12th,^[2] replacing hopes of a title challenge with relegation fears. Manager Ian Porterfield paid for the team's poor form by becoming the first manager to be sacked in the new Premier League on 15 February. He was replaced by David Webb, the scorer of the Chelsea winner that won the 1970 FA Cup Final. Webb managed to steer Chelsea to safety, but his contract was not renewed by the board. Instead, they appointed former Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle, who had just taken Swindon Town to their first ever top-flight campaign, as player-manager.

The club ended the season with 56 points, having won 14, drawn 14 and lost 14 matches. By finishing 11th of 22 clubs, it was Chelsea's first top-half finish since coming 5th in 1989-90. With 54 goals conceded, this was Chelsea's best defence in the top flight, a record broken next season as well.^[3]

Chelsea went out in the third round of the FA Cup this season, beaten 2-1 by Middlesbrough away at Ayresome Park.

Kit

Chelsea retained the previous season's home kit,^[4] manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Commodore. It featured a geometric pattern on the players' right shoulder, repeated on the left leg of the shorts, an Umbro trademark of the time also used by Everton^[5] and Manchester United's ^[6] home shirts of the same time. For this season, Chelsea re-introduced white socks as first choice for the first time since 1984-85. White socks had been introduced by Tommy Docherty for Chelsea in 1965, to make Chelsea stand out among other clubs wearing blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.^[7]

The away kit was based on football kits of the game's early days as part of a nostalgia craze following the 1990 World Cup.^[8] It was a white shirt with red pinstripes, red shorts and socks.^[9] Its laces were also worn on the Umbro home kits of Aston Villa ^[10] and Sheffield United.^[11] The Chelsea lion badge was included in a blue shield; the kits for next season retained this style. The kit was the final one in which Chelsea wore a red garment, the colour having been a popular away kit throughout the 1970s and 1980s.^[12]

Chelsea wore a third kit of all-yellow with a blue collar and pattern on the front,^[13] also worn by Everton.^[14] The kit was from an Umbro range called Porto.^[15]

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United !Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City !Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
4	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool !Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City !Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal !Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
11	Chelsea !Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon !Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton !Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City !Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United !Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton !Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest !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

Chelsea's score comes first^[16]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	20,699	Harford
19 August 1992	Norwich City	A	1–2	15,164	Stuart
22 August 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	26,338	Jones, Stuart, Newton
26 August 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	19,575
29 August 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	22,910	Harford
2 September 1992	Aston Villa	A	3–1	19,125	Fleck, Newton, Wise
5 September 1992	Liverpool	A	1–2	34,199	Harford
12 September 1992	Norwich City	H	2–3	16,880	Harford, Townsend
20 September 1992	Manchester City	A	1–0	22,420	Harford
26 September 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	19,760
3 October 1992	Arsenal	A	1–2	27,780	Wise
17 October 1992	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	16,707	Hall, Harford
24 October 1992	Coventry City	A	2–1	15,626	Harford, Stuart
31 October 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–2	13,763	Townsend
7 November 1992	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	17,141	Shaw (own goal), Stuart, Harford
21 November 1992	Everton	A	1–0	17,418	Fleck
29 November 1992	Leeds United	H	1–0	24,345	Townsend
5 December 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	31,540	Newton (2)
11 December 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	15,599
19 December 1992	Manchester United	H	1–1	34,464	Lee
26 December 1992	Southampton	H	1–1	18,344	Newton
28 December 1992	Wimbledon	A	0–0	14,687
9 January 1993	Manchester City	H	2–4	15,939	Stuart, Spencer
16 January 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	23,249
27 January 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	15,806	Spencer
30 January 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	16,261
6 February 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	11,772	Harford
10 February 1993	Liverpool	H	0–0	20,981
13 February 1993	Aston Villa	H	0–1	20,081
21 February 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	14,780
1 March 1993	Arsenal	H	1–0	17,725	Stuart
10 March 1993	Everton	H	2–1	12,739	Stuart, Spencer
15 March 1993	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	12,610	Stuart
20 March 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	25,157	Cascarino
24 March 1993	Leeds United	A	1–1	28,135	Donaghy
3 April 1993	Middlesbrough	H	4–0	13,043	Donaghy, Spencer, Stuart, Barnard
6 April 1993	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	17,444	Spencer
10 April 1993	Southampton	A	0–1	15,135
12 April 1993	Wimbledon	H	4–2	13,138	Wise (pen), Hall, Spencer, Shipperley
17 April 1993	Manchester United	A	0–3	40,139
1 May 1993	Coventry City	H	2–1	14,186	Spencer, Cascarino
8 May 1993	Sheffield United	A	2–4	24,850	Lee, Townsend

FA Cup

Main article: 1992-93 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	16,776	Mohan (own goal)

League Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Walsall	A	3–0	5,510	Townsend, Wise, Newton
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Walsall	H	1–0 (won 4-0 on agg)	7,646	Fleck
R3	28 October 1992	Newcastle United	H	2–1	30,193	Harford, Sinclair
R4	2 December 1992	Everton	A	2–2	14,457	Harford, Stuart
R4R	16 December 1992	Everton	H	1–0	19,496	Townsend
QF	6 January 1993	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	28,510	Townsend

First-team squad

^[17] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Dave Beasant
		GK	Alec Chamberlain (on loan from Luton Town)
		GK	Nick Colgan
		GK	Kevin Hitchcock
		GK	Dmitri Kharine
		GK	Gerry Peyton^[18] (on loan from Everton)
		DF	Anthony Barness
		DF	Paul Elliott
		DF	David Lee
		DF	Andy Myers
		DF	Ian Pearce
		DF	Frank Sinclair^[19]
		DF	Darren Barnard^[20]
		DF	Gareth Hall^[21]
		DF	Steve Clarke
		DF	Mal Donaghy

No.		Position	Player
		DF	Erland Johnsen
		MF	Craig Burley
		MF	David Hopkin
		MF	Damian Matthew
		MF	Eddie Newton
		MF	Nigel Spackman
		MF	Graham Stuart
		MF	Andy Townsend
		MF	Dennis Wise (captain)
		FW	Mick Harford
		FW	Steve Livingstone
		FW	Neil Shipperley
		FW	Robert Fleck
		FW	John Spencer .
		FW	Tony Cascarino^[22]

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	Graeme Le Saux (to Blackburn Rovers)
		MF	Vinnie Jones^[23] (to Wimbledon)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Joe Allon (to Brentford)

References

↑ http://www.free-elements.com/England/Goals/CheL/CheL5.html
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/chelsea/1992-1993
↑ http://chelseafootballclub.net/historytable.htm
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea.htm
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Everton/Everton.htm
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Manchester_United/Manchester_United.htm
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea.htm
↑ 'True Colours' by John Devlin
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Aston_Villa/Aston_Villa.htm
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Sheffield_United/Sheffield_United.htm
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Chelsea/Chelsea-change-kits.html
↑ http://historicalkits.co.uk/Everton/Everton-change-kits.html
↑ 'True Colours' by John Devlin
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/chelsea/1992-1993/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/chelsea/tab/players/season/1993
↑ Peyton was born in Birmingham, England.
↑ Sinclair was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent Jamaica internationally.
↑ Barnard was born in Rinteln, West Germany (now Germany).
↑ Hall was born in Croydon, England.
↑ Cascarino was born in Bromley, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his maternal grandfather. It was later discovered that his mother was adopted and he could not qualify through his grandfather, but was still eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland as his mother's adoption gave her Irish citizenship.
↑ Jones was born in Watford, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally.

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