1992–93 Football League

The Football League

Season	1992–93
Champions	Newcastle United
Promoted	Newcastle United West Ham United Swindon Town
Relegated	Halifax Town
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–1993 season was the 94th completed season of The Football League.

This season saw the birth of the FA Premier League. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions.

In 1992 all of the First Division Clubs resigned from the football league and, on 27 May 1992, the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company, which worked out of an office at the Football Association’s then headquarters, Lancaster Gate.

The three divisions which remained in the Football League were renamed. The old Division Two was now called Division One. The old Division Three was now called Division Two, and the old Division Four was now Division Three. The league was sponsored this season by Barclays.

Football League Division One

Newcastle United’s first full season under the management of Kevin Keegan ended in Division One championship glory and promotion to the Premier League, where they remained for 16 seasons until relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season. Following the Geordies into football’s big-money league were West Ham United and Swindon Town. West Ham had suffered relegation just one season earlier, and had been many people’s favourites for an automatic return to the elite. Swindon, meanwhile, had finally reached the top flight after 73 years of trying — they had actually won promotion via the play-offs three years earlier, but promotion had been denied a few weeks later due to financial irregularities.

Going down were Cambridge United (who had just missed out on promotion a year earlier and are now in League Two), Brentford and Bristol Rovers. Brentford, newly promoted a season earlier, had stood in 10th place at the turn of 1993, but a sharp decline in form during the final few months of the season saw them relegated on the final day of the season.

Third-placed Portsmouth had opened up a 9-point gap over fourth-placed Tranmere Rovers, but lost to Leicester City in the playoff semi-finals and this ended any promotion hopes for a club who had begun the season as favourites for promotion, and ended it with 88 points.

Football League Division Two

Lou Macari guided Stoke City to their first successful season in years as they were crowned Division Two champions. Bruce Rioch brought some long-awaited success to Bolton Wanderers as they occupied the division’s second promotion place. Osvaldo Ardiles guided West Bromwich Albion to promotion via the play-offs, bringing some long-awaited success to another club who had once enjoyed better times.

Preston North End, Wigan Athletic, Mansfield Town and Chester City occupied Division Two’s four relegation places. Mansfield were newly promoted, while the other three teams had been established at this level for no less than six years.

Football League Division Three

Cardiff City and Wrexham continued their good progress by occupying Division Three’s top two places. They were joined in third place by Barnet, who had spent most of the season on the brink of expulsion from the league due to financial problems. The final promotion place went to York City, who won the play-offs just weeks after Alan Little was appointed manager.

Halifax Town, after 72 years of league membership, finished bottom of the league and were replaced by Conference champions Wycombe Wanderers. Maidstone United went out of business on 17 August after their first game was postponed, and were not replaced.

Final league tables and results

The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[1] with home and away statistics separated. Play-off results are from the same website.

First Division

Football League, First Division

Season	1992–93
Champions	Newcastle United (2nd second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League	Newcastle United, West Ham United
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs	Swindon Town
Relegated	Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Cambridge United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1449 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer	Guy Whittingham (Portsmouth), 42 [2]
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Newcastle United, who won their first 10 league games, clinched the Division One title with an impressive 96 points to end a four-year exile from the top flight of English football. West Ham United sealed an instant return to the top flight a year after relegation, edging ahead of Portsmouth to finished second. Portsmouth's promotion bid ended in the playoff semi-finals when they were beaten by Leicester City, who went on to lose the final 4-3 to Swindon Town. The other losing semi-finalists in the playoffs were Tranmere Rovers, playing only their second season at this level in the postwar era.

Millwall finished one place outside the playoff zone in the first season in management for Mick McCarthy, while pre-season promotion favourites Derby County could only manage an eighth-place finish despite having the most expensively-assembled squad in the division. Grimsby Town and Peterborough United finished in the top half of the table, comfortably above bigger clubs like Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City.

Luton Town and Notts County, newly relegated from the top flight, spent the season battling at the wrong end of the division but managed to avoid a second successive relegation, as did a Sunderland side who had been FA Cup finalists one season earlier and members of the top flight two seasons earlier.

Bristol Rovers went down in bottom place after a dismal season. Cambridge United, playoff semi-finalists the previous season, struggled after the sale of Dion Dublin and went down on the last day of the season, as did a Brentford side who had been on the fringe of the playoff places at Christmas.

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
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

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

^[1]

First Division results

Home ╲ Away

Barnsley !BAR

Birmingham City !BIR

Brentford !BRE

Bristol City !BRI

Bristol Rovers !BRO

Cambridge United !CAM

Charlton Athletic !CHA

Derby County !DER

Grimsby Town !GRI

Leicester City !LEI

Luton Town !LUT

Millwall !MIL

Newcastle United !NEW

Notts County !NTC

Oxford United !OXF

Peterborough United !PET

Portsmouth !POR

Southend United !STD

Sunderland !SUN

Swindon Town !SWI

Tranmere Rovers !TRA

Watford !WAT

West Ham United !WHU

Wolverhampton Wanderers !WOL

Barnsley !Barnsley

1–0

3–2

2–1

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–1

0–2

2–3

3–0

0–0

1–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–1

3–1

2–0

1–0

3–1

0–1

0–1

0–1

Birmingham City !Birmingham City

3–0

1–3

0–1

2–1

0–2

1–0

1–1

2–1

0–2

2–1

0–0

2–3

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–3

2–0

1–0

4–6

0–0

2–2

1–2

0–4

Brentford !Brentford

3–1

0–2

5–1

0–3

0–1

2–0

2–1

1–3

1–3

1–2

1–1

1–2

2–2

1–0

0–1

4–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

0–0

0–2

Bristol City !Bristol City

2–1

3–0

4–1

2–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

0–1

1–2

1–0

1–1

0–1

3–3

0–1

0–0

2–2

1–3

2–1

1–5

1–0

Bristol Rovers !Bristol Rovers

1–5

3–3

2–1

4–0

1–1

0–2

1–2

0–3

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–2

3–3

0–1

3–1

1–2

0–2

2–2

3–4

1–0

0–3

0–4

1–1

Cambridge United !Cambridge United

1–2

0–3

1–0

2–1

0–1

0–1

1–3

2–0

1–3

3–3

1–1

0–3

3–0

2–2

2–2

0–1

3–1

2–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

1–1

Charlton Athletic !Charlton Athletic

0–0

0–0

1–0

2–1

4–1

0–0

2–1

3–1

2–0

0–0

0–2

1–3

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

2–0

2–2

3–1

1–1

0–1

Derby County !Derby County

3–0

3–1

3–2

3–4

3–1

0–0

4–3

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–2

1–2

2–0

0–1

2–3

2–4

2–0

0–1

2–1

1–2

1–2

0–2

2–0

Grimsby Town !Grimsby Town

4–2

1–1

0–1

2–1

2–0

1–1

1–0

0–2

1–3

3–1

1–0

0–2

3–3

1–1

1–3

3–0

1–0

1–0

2–1

0–0

3–2

1–1

1–0

Leicester City !Leicester City

2–1

2–1

0–0

0–0

0–1

2–2

3–1

3–2

3–0

2–1

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

0–2

1–0

4–1

3–2

4–2

0–1

5–2

1–2

0–0

Luton Town !Luton Town

2–2

1–1

0–0

0–3

1–1

2–0

1–0

1–3

1–4

2–0

1–1

0–0

0–0

3–1

0–0

1–4

2–2

0–0

0–0

3–3

2–0

2–0

1–1

Millwall !Millwall

0–4

0–0

6–1

4–1

0–3

2–2

1–0

1–0

2–1

2–0

1–0

1–2

6–0

3–1

4–0

1–1

1–1

0–0

2–1

0–0

5–2

2–1

2–0

Newcastle United !Newcastle United

6–0

2–2

5–1

5–0

0–0

4–1

2–2

1–1

0–1

7–1

2–0

1–1

4–0

2–1

3–0

3–1

3–2

1–0

0–0

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

Notts County !Notts County

1–3

3–1

1–1

0–0

3–0

1–0

2–0

0–2

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–2

0–2

1–1

1–0

0–1

4–0

3–1

1–1

5–1

1–2

1–0

2–2

Oxford United !Oxford United

0–0

0–0

0–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

0–1

0–1

0–1

0–0

4–0

3–0

4–2

1–1

2–1

5–5

0–1

0–1

0–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

0–0

Peterborough United !Peterborough United

1–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

1–1

1–0

1–0

3–0

2–3

0–0

0–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

1–0

5–2

3–3

1–1

0–0

1–3

2–3

Portsmouth !Portsmouth

1–0

4–0

1–0

2–3

4–1

3–0

1–0

3–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–0

0–0

3–0

4–0

2–0

2–0

3–1

4–0

1–0

0–1

2–0

Southend United !Southend United

3–0

4–0

3–0

1–1

3–0

1–1

0–2

0–0

1–0

3–1

2–1

3–3

1–1

3–1

0–3

0–1

0–0

0–1

1–1

1–2

1–2

1–0

1–1

Sunderland !Sunderland

2–1

1–2

1–3

0–0

1–1

3–3

0–2

1–0

2–0

1–2

2–2

2–0

1–2

2–2

2–0

3–0

4–1

2–4

0–1

1–0

1–2

0–0

2–0

Swindon Town !Swindon Town

1–0

0–0

0–2

2–1

2–2

4–1

2–2

2–4

1–0

1–1

1–0

3–0

2–1

5–1

2–2

1–0

1–0

3–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

1–3

1–0

Tranmere Rovers !Tranmere Rovers

2–1

4–0

3–2

3–0

2–1

2–0

0–0

2–1

1–1

2–3

0–2

1–1

0–3

3–1

4–0

1–1

0–2

3–0

2–1

3–1

2–1

5–2

3–0

Watford !Watford

1–2

1–0

1–0

0–0

4–2

2–2

1–1

0–0

2–3

0–3

0–0

3–1

1–0

1–3

0–1

1–2

0–0

0–0

2–1

0–4

3–2

1–2

3–1

West Ham United !West Ham United

1–1

3–1

4–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

0–1

1–1

2–1

3–0

2–2

2–2

0–0

2–0

5–3

2–1

2–0

2–0

6–0

0–1

2–0

2–1

3–1

Wolverhampton Wanderers !Wolverhampton Wanderers

1–0

2–1

1–2

0–0

5–1

1–2

2–1

0–2

2–1

3–0

1–2

3–1

1–0

3–0

0–1

4–3

1–1

1–1

2–1

2–2

0–2

2–2

0–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

First Division play-offs

	Semifinals 1st leg – 16 May; 2nd leg – 19 May 1993							Final at Wembley 31 May 1993
	3rd	Portsmouth	0	2	2
	6th	Leicester City	1	2	3
								5th	Swindon Town	4
								6th	Leicester City	3
	4th	Tranmere Rovers	1	3	4
	5th	Swindon Town	3	2	5

^[1]

First Division maps

Second Division

Football League, Second Division

Season	1992–93
Champions	Stoke City (3rd third tier title)
Direct promotion	Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers
Promoted through play-offs	West Bromwich Albion
Relegated	Chester, Mansfield Town, Preston North End, Wigan Athletic
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1479 (2.68 per match)
Top goalscorer	Bob Taylor (West Bromwich Albion), 30 [2]
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Stoke City sealed promotion as Division Two champions in Lou Macari's second season as manager, as did Bolton Wanderers under their new manager Bruce Rioch. The third promotion place went to playoff winners West Bromwich Albion, who beat Port Vale 3-0 in the Wembley promotion decider. Swansea City and Stockport County were the losing semi-finalists.

Leyton Orient missed out on the playoff places as they had scored fewer goals than Stockport.

Chester City, Wigan Athletic, Mansfield Town and Preston North End went down to Division Three.

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Stoke City	46		17	4	2	41	13		10	8	5	32	21		73	34	+39		93
2	Bolton Wanderers	46		18	2	3	48	14		9	7	7	32	27		80	41	+39		90
3	Port Vale	46		14	7	2	44	17		12	4	7	35	27		79	44	+35		89
4	West Bromwich Albion	46		17	3	3	56	22		8	7	8	32	32		88	54	+34		85
5	Swansea City	46		12	7	4	38	17		8	6	9	27	30		65	47	+18		73
6	Stockport County	46		11	11	1	47	18		8	4	11	34	39		81	57	+24		72
7	Leyton Orient	46		16	4	3	49	20		5	5	13	20	33		69	53	+16		72
8	Reading	46		14	4	5	44	20		4	11	8	22	31		66	51	+14		69
9	Brighton & Hove Albion	46		13	4	6	36	24		7	5	11	27	35		63	59	+4		69
10	Bradford City	46		12	5	6	36	24		6	9	8	33	43		69	67	+2		68
11	Rotherham United	46		9	7	7	30	27		8	7	8	30	33		60	60	±0		65
12	Fulham	46		9	9	5	28	22		7	8	8	29	33		57	55	+2		65
13	Burnley	46		11	8	4	38	21		4	8	11	19	38		57	59	−2		61
14	Plymouth Argyle	46		11	6	6	38	28		5	6	12	21	36		59	64	−5		60
15	Huddersfield Town	46		10	6	7	30	22		7	3	13	24	39		54	61	−7		60
16	Hartlepool United	46		8	6	9	19	23		6	6	11	23	37		42	60	−18		54
17	Bournemouth	46		7	10	6	28	24		5	7	11	17	28		45	53	−8		53
18	Blackpool	46		9	9	5	40	30		3	6	14	23	45		63	75	−12		51
19	Exeter City	46		5	8	10	26	30		6	9	8	28	39		54	69	−15		50
20	Hull City	46		9	5	9	28	26		4	6	13	18	43		46	69	−23		50
21	Preston North End	46		8	5	10	41	47		5	3	15	24	47		65	94	−29		47
22	Mansfield Town	46		7	8	8	34	34		4	3	16	18	46		52	80	−28		44
23	Wigan Athletic	46		6	6	11	26	34		4	5	14	17	38		43	72	−29		41
24	Chester	46		6	2	15	30	47		2	3	18	19	55		49	102	−53		29

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	Relegated

^[1]

Second Division results

Home ╲ Away

Blackpool !BLP

Bolton Wanderers !BOL

Bournemouth !BOU

Bradford City !BRA

Brighton & Hove Albion !BHA

Burnley !BUR

Chester !CHR

Exeter City !EXE

Fulham !FUL

Hartlepool United !HAR

Huddersfield Town !HUD

Hull City !HUL

Leyton Orient !LEY

Mansfield Town !MAN

Plymouth Argyle !PLY

Port Vale !PTV

Preston North End !PNE

Reading !REA

Rotherham United !ROT

Stockport County !STP

Stoke City !STK

Swansea City !SWA

West Bromwich Albion !WBA

Wigan Athletic !WIG

Blackpool !Blackpool

1–1

2–0

3–3

2–2

1–3

2–0

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–2

5–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

2–4

2–3

0–1

2–0

2–0

1–3

0–0

2–1

2–1

Bolton Wanderers !Bolton Wanderers

3–0

1–1

5–0

0–1

4–0

5–0

4–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

2–0

1–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

1–0

3–1

0–2

2–1

Bournemouth !Bournemouth

5–1

1–2

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–0

1–3

2–1

0–2

1–1

0–0

3–0

4–1

1–3

2–1

2–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

1–1

0–2

0–1

0–0

Bradford City !Bradford City

2–0

2–1

0–1

1–1

1–0

3–1

3–1

3–2

0–2

0–1

1–2

1–0

0–0

0–0

3–2

4–0

3–0

0–3

2–3

3–1

0–0

2–2

2–1

Brighton & Hove Albion !Brighton & Hove Albion

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

3–0

3–2

3–0

0–2

1–1

2–1

2–0

1–3

3–1

2–1

0–2

2–0

0–1

1–2

2–0

2–2

0–2

3–1

1–0

Burnley !Burnley

2–2

0–1

1–1

2–2

1–3

5–0

3–1

5–2

3–0

2–1

2–0

2–0

1–0

0–0

1–1

2–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

0–2

1–0

2–1

0–1

Chester !Chester

1–2

2–2

1–0

2–5

2–1

3–0

0–3

2–3

1–0

0–2

3–0

1–3

1–2

1–2

1–2

2–4

0–3

1–2

0–3

1–1

3–2

1–3

1–2

Exeter City !Exeter City

0–1

1–3

1–1

0–1

2–3

2–2

2–0

1–2

3–1

1–2

1–1

1–0

2–0

2–0

1–1

0–1

0–0

0–2

2–2

2–2

0–2

2–3

0–0

Fulham !Fulham

1–0

1–4

1–1

1–1

2–0

4–0

1–0

1–1

1–3

0–1

3–3

1–0

0–0

3–1

1–2

2–1

0–0

0–1

2–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–0

Hartlepool United !Hartlepool United

1–0

0–2

0–1

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

1–3

0–3

1–0

1–0

0–2

0–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

1–1

0–2

3–2

1–2

0–1

2–2

0–0

Huddersfield Town !Huddersfield Town

5–2

1–1

0–1

1–2

1–2

1–1

0–2

0–0

1–0

3–0

3–0

1–1

2–1

2–1

1–2

1–0

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

1–2

0–1

2–1

Hull City !Hull City

3–2

1–2

3–0

0–2

1–0

0–2

1–1

4–0

1–1

3–2

2–3

0–0

1–0

2–0

0–1

2–4

1–1

0–1

0–2

1–0

1–0

1–2

0–0

Leyton Orient !Leyton Orient

1–0

1–0

1–0

4–2

3–2

3–2

4–3

5–0

0–0

0–0

4–1

0–0

5–1

2–0

0–1

3–1

1–2

1–1

3–0

1–0

4–2

2–0

1–2

Mansfield Town !Mansfield Town

2–2

1–1

0–2

5–2

1–3

1–1

2–0

0–0

2–3

2–0

1–2

3–1

3–0

0–0

0–1

2–2

1–1

1–3

2–0

0–4

3–3

0–3

2–0

Plymouth Argyle !Plymouth Argyle

2–1

2–1

2–1

3–0

3–2

1–2

2–0

0–3

1–1

2–2

1–3

0–0

2–0

3–2

0–1

4–0

2–2

2–1

3–4

1–1

0–1

0–0

2–0

Port Vale !Port Vale

2–1

0–0

3–0

1–2

3–1

3–0

2–0

2–2

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

2–0

3–0

4–0

2–2

3–1

4–2

0–0

0–2

2–0

2–1

2–2

Preston North End !Preston North End

3–3

2–2

1–1

3–2

1–0

2–0

4–3

2–2

1–2

0–2

2–1

1–2

1–4

1–5

1–2

2–5

2–0

5–2

2–3

1–2

1–3

1–1

2–0

Reading !Reading

0–0

1–2

3–2

1–1

3–0

1–0

1–0

2–3

3–0

2–0

2–1

1–2

1–1

3–1

3–0

1–0

4–0

3–1

2–4

0–1

2–0

1–1

4–0

Rotherham United !Rotherham United

3–2

2–1

1–2

2–0

1–0

0–1

3–3

1–1

1–1

0–0

1–0

0–1

1–1

2–0

2–2

4–1

1–0

3–2

0–2

0–2

0–0

0–2

2–3

Stockport County !Stockport County

0–0

2–0

0–0

2–2

0–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

0–0

4–1

5–0

5–3

1–1

0–1

3–0

2–0

3–0

2–2

2–2

1–1

1–1

5–1

3–0

Stoke City !Stoke City

0–1

0–0

2–0

1–0

1–1

1–1

4–0

1–1

1–0

0–1

3–0

3–0

2–1

4–0

1–0

2–1

1–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

2–1

4–3

2–1

Swansea City !Swansea City

3–0

1–2

2–1

1–1

0–1

1–1

4–2

0–0

2–2

3–0

3–0

1–0

0–1

4–0

0–0

2–0

2–0

2–1

2–0

2–2

1–2

0–0

2–1

West Bromwich Albion !West Bromwich Albion

3–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–0

4–0

3–1

2–2

3–1

2–0

2–0

2–5

0–1

3–2

3–0

2–2

3–0

1–2

3–0

5–1

Wigan Athletic !Wigan Athletic

2–1

0–2

0–0

1–2

1–2

1–1

1–2

0–1

1–3

2–2

1–0

2–0

3–1

2–0

0–2

0–4

2–3

1–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

2–3

1–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Second Division play-offs

	Semifinals 1st leg – 16 May; 2nd leg – 19 May 1993							Final at Wembley Stadium 30 May 1993
	3rd	Port Vale	1	1	2
	6th	Stockport County	1	0	1
								3rd	Port Vale	0
								4th	West Bromwich Albion	3
	4th	West Bromwich Albion	1	2	3
	5th	Swansea City	2	0	2

^[1]

Second Division maps

Third Division

Football League, Third Division

Season	1992–93
Champions	Cardiff City (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion	Barnet, Cardiff City, Wrexham
Promoted through play-offs	York City
Relegated	Halifax Town
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1311 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorer	Darren Foreman (Scarborough),27; Carl Griffiths (Shrewsbury Town), 27[2]
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts	Notes
1	Cardiff City	42		13	7	1	42	20		12	1	8	35	27		77	47	+30		83	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
2	Wrexham	42		14	3	4	48	26		9	8	4	27	26		75	52	+23		80
3	Barnet	42		16	4	1	45	19		7	6	8	21	29		66	48	+18		79
4	York City	42		13	6	2	41	15		8	6	7	31	30		72	45	+27		75
5	Walsall	42		11	6	4	42	31		11	1	9	34	30		76	61	+15		73
6	Crewe Alexandra	42		13	3	5	47	23		8	4	9	28	33		75	56	+19		70
7	Bury	42		10	7	4	36	19		8	2	11	27	36		63	55	+8		63
8	Lincoln City	42		10	6	5	31	20		8	3	10	26	33		57	53	+4		63
9	Shrewsbury Town	42		11	3	7	36	30		6	8	7	21	22		57	52	+5		62
10	Colchester United	42		13	3	5	38	26		5	2	14	29	50		67	76	−9		59
11	Rochdale	42		10	3	8	38	29		6	7	8	32	41		70	70	±0		58
12	Chesterfield	42		11	3	7	32	28		4	8	9	27	35		59	63	−4		56
13	Scarborough	42		7	7	7	32	30		8	2	11	34	41		66	71	−5		54
14	Scunthorpe United	42		8	7	6	38	25		6	5	10	19	29		57	54	+3		54
15	Darlington	42		5	6	10	23	31		7	8	6	25	22		48	53	−5		50
16	Doncaster Rovers	42		6	5	10	22	28		5	9	7	20	29		42	57	−15		47
17	Hereford United	42		7	9	5	31	27		3	6	12	16	33		47	60	−13		45
18	Carlisle United	42		7	5	9	29	27		4	6	11	22	38		51	65	−14		44
19	Torquay United	42		6	4	11	18	26		6	3	12	27	41		45	60	−15		43
20	Northampton Town	42		6	5	10	19	28		5	3	13	29	46		48	74	−26		41
21	Gillingham	42		9	4	8	32	28		0	9	12	16	36		48	64	−16		40
22	Halifax Town	42		3	5	13	20	35		6	4	11	25	33		45	68	−23		36

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

Key
	Division Champions, promoted
	Promoted
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted through play-offs
	New club in the league
	Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup, see Cardiff City
	Relegated to Conference

^[1]

Third Division results

Home ╲ Away

Barnet !BAR

Bury !BRY

Cardiff City !CAR

Carlisle United !CRL

Chesterfield !CHF

Colchester United !COL

Crewe Alexandra !CRE

Darlington !DAR

Doncaster Rovers !DON

Gillingham !GIL

Halifax Town !HAL

Hereford United !HER

Lincoln City !LIN

Northampton Town !NOR

Rochdale !ROC

Scarborough !SCA

Scunthorpe United !SCU

Shrewsbury Town !SHR

Torquay United !TOR

Walsall !WAL

Wrexham !WRE

York City !YOR

Barnet !Barnet

1–0

2–1

2–0

2–1

3–1

3–2

0–0

2–0

2–0

0–0

2–0

1–1

3–0

2–0

3–1

3–0

2–2

5–4

3–0

3–1

1–5

Bury !Bury

0–0

1–0

6–0

3–0

3–2

1–2

1–1

3–0

1–0

1–2

2–0

1–2

3–3

2–2

0–2

0–0

0–0

2–0

2–1

3–1

1–1

Cardiff City !Cardiff City

1–1

3–0

2–2

2–1

3–1

1–1

0–0

1–1

3–1

2–1

2–1

3–1

2–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

2–1

4–0

2–1

1–2

3–3

Carlisle United !Carlisle United

0–1

5–1

1–2

3–1

0–2

1–3

2–2

1–1

1–0

1–1

0–0

2–0

2–0

3–0

2–2

0–2

1–0

0–1

3–4

0–2

1–2

Chesterfield !Chesterfield

1–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

4–0

2–1

2–0

0–0

1–1

2–1

1–0

2–1

1–3

2–3

0–3

1–2

2–4

1–0

2–1

2–3

1–1

Colchester United !Colchester United

1–2

0–0

2–4

2–1

3–0

3–2

0–3

2–0

3–0

2–1

3–1

2–1

2–0

4–4

1–0

1–0

0–2

2–0

3–1

2–4

0–0

Crewe Alexandra !Crewe Alexandra

4–1

2–1

2–0

4–0

0–2

7–1

1–0

4–0

3–1

2–1

1–1

1–2

3–2

1–1

2–3

1–0

2–2

4–2

0–1

0–1

3–1

Darlington !Darlington

1–0

0–0

0–2

1–1

1–1

1–0

3–0

1–2

1–1

0–3

0–1

1–3

3–1

0–4

2–3

2–2

0–2

4–1

1–2

1–1

0–1

Doncaster Rovers !Doncaster Rovers

2–1

2–3

0–1

1–2

2–1

1–0

1–1

0–1

1–0

0–1

2–1

0–0

2–2

1–1

4–3

0–1

0–1

2–3

0–3

1–1

0–1

Gillingham !Gillingham

1–1

1–4

0–1

1–0

0–0

0–1

1–2

3–1

1–1

2–0

3–1

3–1

2–3

4–2

3–1

1–1

1–0

0–2

0–1

4–1

1–4

Halifax Town !Halifax Town

1–2

0–1

0–1

0–2

1–1

2–4

1–2

1–0

2–2

2–0

0–1

2–1

2–2

2–3

3–4

0–0

1–1

0–2

0–4

0–1

0–1

Hereford United !Hereford United

1–1

3–1

1–1

1–0

1–3

3–1

0–1

1–1

0–2

3–1

3–0

0–2

3–2

1–1

1–1

2–2

1–1

3–1

1–3

1–1

1–1

Lincoln City !Lincoln City

4–1

1–2

3–2

2–1

1–1

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–1

1–1

2–1

2–0

2–0

1–2

3–0

1–0

0–1

2–2

0–2

0–0

0–1

Northampton Town !Northampton Town

1–1

1–0

1–2

2–0

0–1

1–0

0–2

1–2

0–1

2–2

2–5

1–1

0–2

1–0

1–3

1–0

0–0

0–1

0–0

0–2

4–3

Rochdale !Rochdale

0–1

1–2

1–2

2–2

2–1

5–2

0–1

3–1

1–1

1–1

2–3

1–3

5–1

0–3

3–0

2–0

2–0

1–0

4–3

1–2

1–0

Scarborough !Scarborough

2–2

1–3

1–3

2–2

2–2

0–1

1–0

0–3

1–1

1–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

4–2

1–1

1–2

1–2

1–0

4–1

1–1

4–2

Scunthorpe United !Scunthorpe United

2–0

2–0

0–3

0–0

0–1

3–1

3–3

1–3

0–1

2–2

4–1

3–1

1–1

5–0

5–1

1–2

1–1

2–2

2–0

0–0

1–2

Shrewsbury Town !Shrewsbury Town

1–0

2–0

3–2

2–3

2–2

4–3

4–1

1–2

2–1

2–1

1–0

1–1

3–2

2–3

1–2

2–0

2–1

0–1

0–3

0–1

1–1

Torquay United !Torquay United

0–1

0–1

2–1

0–2

2–2

2–2

1–2

0–2

1–2

2–1

2–0

0–0

1–2

1–0

0–2

1–3

0–1

1–0

0–1

1–1

1–0

Walsall !Walsall

2–0

4–3

2–3

2–1

3–2

1–3

1–0

2–2

3–1

1–1

1–2

1–1

1–2

2–0

3–1

3–2

3–2

1–1

2–2

1–1

3–1

Wrexham !Wrexham

2–3

4–2

0–2

3–1

5–4

4–3

2–0

1–1

1–1

2–0

1–1

2–0

2–0

0–1

3–1

4–1

0–2

2–0

4–2

3–1

3–0

York City !York City

2–0

1–2

3–1

2–2

0–0

2–0

3–1

0–0

1–1

1–1

1–1

4–2

2–0

2–1

3–0

1–0

5–1

2–0

2–1

0–1

4–0

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Third Division play-offs

	Semifinals 1st leg – 16 May; 2nd leg – 19 May 1993							Final at Wembley Stadium 29 May 1993
	4th	York City	0	1	1
	7th	Bury	0	0	0
								4th	York City (pens.)	1 (5)
								6th	Crewe Alexandra	1 (3)
	5th	Walsall	1	2	3
	6th	Crewe Alexandra	5	3	9

^[1]

Third Division maps

See also

• 1992-93 in English football

References