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The 1993–94 Football League season was the 95th completed season of The Football League. From 1993 to 1996 the league was sponsored by Endsleigh.

The Football League
Season1993–94
ChampionsCrystal Palace
PromotedCrystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
New club in the leagueWycombe Wanderers

Alan Smith kicked off his management career by guiding Crystal Palace to the Division One title and back to the Premier League at the first time of asking. Nottingham Forest, now managed by Frank Clark following Brian Clough's retirement, also made a swift return to the Premier League by finishing runners-up to Palace. They were joined by play-off winners Leicester City, who finally reached the top flight after two successive play-off final defeats.

Oxford United's decline since losing their top-flight status in 1988 continued as they slid into Division Two, along with Peterborough United and Birmingham City.

Mark McGhee won the Division Two title for Reading, with John Rudge's Port Vale taking the other automatic promotion place. Burnley triumphed in the play-offs, thus moving to within one division of the top flight just seven years after they had almost been relegated to the Conference. Fulham, Hartlepool United, Exeter City and Barnet were the teams relegated to Division Three.

Shrewsbury Town, Chester City and Crewe Alexandra claimed the three automatic promotion places in Division Three, while Martin O'Neill's Wycombe Wanderers won the play-offs in their first season of league football. Northampton Town finished bottom of the league, but were saved from demotion as Conference champions Kidderminster Harriers did not meet the league's stadium capacity requirements.

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

First Division
Season1993–94
ChampionsCrystal Palace
PromotedCrystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
RelegatedBirmingham City
Oxford United
Peterborough United
Matches played552
Goals scored1,450 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerJohn McGinlay
(25 goals)[2]

Following relegation from the Premier League at the end of the 1992-93 season, Crystal Palace earned an immediate return to the top flight by finishing champions of Division One with 90 points in their first season under manager Alan Smith. Their nearest rivals, Nottingham Forest, newly relegated and also with a new manager in Frank Clark, finished runners-up on 83 points.

After losing in the previous two playoff finals and on all of their six previous visits to Wembley, Leicester City finally won a Wembley final at the seventh attempt by beating local rivals Derby County in the Division One playoff final to end their seven-year absence from the top flight. Leicester's semi-final opponents Tranmere lost at this stage of the playoffs for a second successive season, also suffering defeat in the League Cup semi-finals. Third placed Millwall were defeated by Derby in the other semi-finals.

Four months after resigning as England manager, Graham Taylor succeeded long-serving Graham Turner as manager of a Wolves side who just fell short of the playoffs. Middlesbrough, another side who missed out on the playoffs, prepared for a promotion push in 1994-95 by appointing former Manchester United and England captain Bryan Robson as player-manager following the resignation of Lennie Lawrence at the end of the season.

At the other end of the table, Peterborough United's second season in Division One ended in relegation when they finished bottom of the table. Oxford United, who lost manager Brian Horton to Manchester City a few games into the season, were unable to avoid relegation under new manager Denis Smith, while the last relegation place went to Birmingham City, who were edged into the bottom three by local rivals West Bromwich Albion.

PosTeamPldWDLGFGAGDPtsQualification or relegation
1Crystal Palace (C, P)46279107346+2790Promotion to the Premier League
2Nottingham Forest (P)46231497449+2583
3Millwall461917105849+974Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4Leicester City (O, P)461916117259+1373
5Tranmere Rovers46219166953+1672
6Derby County462011157368+571
7Notts County46208186569−468
8Wolverhampton Wanderers461717126047+1368
9Middlesbrough461813156654+1267
10Stoke City461813155759−267
11Charlton Athletic46198196158+365
12Sunderland46198195457−365
13Bristol City461616144750−364
14Bolton Wanderers461514176364−159
15Southend United46178216367−459
16Grimsby Town461320135247+559
17Portsmouth461513185258−658
18Barnsley46167235567−1255
19Watford46159226680−1454
20Luton Town461411215660−453
21West Bromwich Albion461312216069−951
22Birmingham City (R)461312215269−1751Relegation to the Second Division
23Oxford United (R)461310235475−2149
24Peterborough United (R)46813254876−2837
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Play-offs

Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1994		Final at Wembley
30 May 1994
        
3rdMillwall011
6thDerby County 235
4thLeicester City2
6thDerby County1
4thLeicester City022
5thTranmere Rovers011

Results

Home \ AwayBARBIRBOLBRICHACRYDERGRILEILUTMIDMILNOTNTCOXFPETPORSTDSTKSUNTRAWATWBAWOL
Barnsley2–31–11–10–11–30–11–20–11–01–40–11–00–31–01–02–01–33–04–01–00–11–12–0
Birmingham City0–22–12–21–02–43–01–10–31–11–01–00–32–31–10–00–13–13–10–00–31–02–02–2
Bolton Wanderers2–31–12–23–21–00–21–11–22–14–14–04–34–21–01–11–10–21–10–02–13–11–11–3
Bristol City0–23–02–00–02–00–01–01–31–00–02–21–40–20–14–11–02–10–02–02–01–10–02–1
Charlton Athletic2–11–03–03–10–01–20–12–11–02–50–00–15–11–05–10–14–32–00–03–12–12–10–1
Crystal Palace1–02–11–14–12–01–11–02–13–20–11–02–01–22–13–25–11–04–11–00–00–21–01–1
Derby County2–01–12–01–02–03–12–13–22–10–10–00–21–12–12–01–01–34–25–04–01–25–30–4
Grimsby Town2–21–00–01–00–11–11–10–02–01–10–00–02–21–03–21–14–00–00–10–02–22–22–0
Leicester City0–11–11–13–02–11–13–31–12–12–04–01–03–22–32–10–33–01–12–11–14–44–22–2
Luton Town5–01–10–20–21–00–12–12–10–21–11–11–21–03–02–04–11–16–22–10–12–13–20–2
Middlesbrough5–02–20–10–12–02–33–01–02–00–04–22–23–02–11–10–21–01–24–10–01–13–01–0
Millwall2–02–11–00–02–13–00–01–00–02–21–12–22–02–21–00–01–42–02–13–14–12–11–0
Nottingham Forest2–11–03–20–01–11–11–15–34–02–01–11–31–00–02–01–12–02–32–22–12–12–10–0
Notts County3–12–12–12–03–33–24–12–14–11–22–31–32–12–12–11–12–12–01–00–01–01–00–2
Oxford United1–12–00–24–20–41–32–02–22–20–11–10–21–02–11–23–22–11–00–31–02–31–14–0
Peterborough United4–11–02–30–20–11–12–21–21–10–01–00–02–31–13–12–23–11–11–30–03–42–00–1
Portsmouth2–10–20–00–01–20–13–23–10–11–02–02–22–10–01–10–22–13–30–12–02–00–13–0
Southend United0–33–10–20–14–21–24–31–20–02–11–01–11–11–06–13–02–10–00–11–22–00–31–1
Stoke City5–42–12–03–01–00–22–11–01–02–23–11–20–10–01–13–02–00–11–01–22–01–01–1
Sunderland1–01–02–00–04–01–01–02–22–32–02–12–12–32–02–32–01–20–20–13–22–01–00–2
Tranmere Rovers0–31–22–12–22–00–14–01–21–04–14–03–21–23–12–02–13–11–12–04–12–13–01–1
Watford0–25–24–31–12–21–33–40–31–12–22–02–01–23–12–12–11–03–01–31–11–20–11–0
West Bromwich Albion1–12–42–20–12–01–41–21–01–21–11–10–00–23–03–13–04–12–20–02–11–34–13–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers1–13–01–03–11–12–02–20–01–11–02–32–01–13–02–11–11–10–11–11–12–12–01–2
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

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Locations of the London-based First Division teams
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Locations of the First Division teams

Second Division

In a tight promotion race contested between the sides who finished in Division Two's top four places, Reading won the title and clinched promotion in their third season under the management of Mark McGhee, with veteran striker Jimmy Quinn being the highest scorer in all four divisions with 35 goals. Port Vale, the previous season's losing playoff finalists, went up as runners-up - their third promotion under the management of long-serving John Rudge. Plymouth Argyle and Stockport County missed out on automatic promotion and had to contest the playoffs with York City and Burnley. The semi-final between Burnley and Plymouth Argyle saw the Turf Moor side emerge as victors, while York City squandered their chances of a second successive promotion (and second-tier football for the first time since the mid 1970s) by losing to Stockport County in the other semi-final. Burnley won the Wembley final 2-1, ending their 11-year spell in the lower two divisions of the league and consigning Stockport to a fourth Wembley defeat in three seasons.

At the other end of the table, Barnet's first season in the third tier ended in relegation with a bottom place finish. Hartlepool United went down after three seasons. Exeter City had lost manager Alan Ball to Southampton halfway through the season and appointed Terry Cooper, manager of their 1990 promotion winning side, as Ball's successor, but were unable to avoid relegation. The final relegation place went to Fulham, who dropped into the fourth tier for the first time in their history. Blackpool, another fallen giant, managed to avoid relegation but survival was not enough for chairman Owen Oyston, who dismissed manager Billy Ayre after four seasons in charge and replaced him with Sam Allardyce.

Football League, Second Division
Season1993–94
ChampionsReading (2nd third tier title)
Direct promotionReading,
Port Vale
Promoted through play-offsBurnley
RelegatedBarnet,
Exeter City,
Fulham,
Hartlepool United
Matches played552
Goals scored1,508 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorerJimmy Quinn (Reading), 35 [2]

PosTeamPldHWHDHLHGFHGAAWADALAGFAGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Reading461562401611574128+3789Division Champions, promoted
2Port Vale461661461810493328+3388Promoted
3Plymouth Argyle46164346269684230+3285Participated in play-offs
4Stockport County461535502291042422+3085
5York City46127433139593127+2475
6Burnley461742551846132440+2173Promoted through play-offs
7Bradford City46135534206892733+870
8Bristol Rovers4610853326102112733+170
9Hull City4699533209592934+868
10Cambridge United461157382984114144+666
11Huddersfield Town4698627268693135−365
12Wrexham461346453347122144−1162
13Swansea City461274372045141938−260
14Brighton & Hove Albion461076382957112238−759
15Rotherham United461148423049102130+358
16Brentford46710630286982727+258
17Bournemouth4687826276892532−857
18Leyton Orient461193382635151945−1456
19Cardiff City461076393338122746−1354
20Blackpool461229413743162238−1253
21Fulham467610202374123040−1352Relegated
22Exeter City46878383735151446−3145
23Hartlepool United468312284016161347−4636
24Barnet464613223217151954−4528
Source: [citation needed]

Play-offs

Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1994		Final at Wembley
29 May 1994
        
3rdPlymouth Argyle011
6thBurnley033
4thStockport County1
6thBurnley 2
4thStockport County011
5thYork City000

[1]

Results

Home \ AwayBARBLPBOUBRABREB&HABRRBURCAMCAREXEFULHARHUDHULLEYPLYPTVREAROTSTPSWAWREYOR
Barnet0–11–21–20–01–11–21–12–30–02–10–23–20–11–23–10–02–30–12–10–00–11–21–3
Blackpool3–12–11–31–12–00–11–22–31–01–02–32–12–16–24–12–11–30–41–22–01–14–10–5
Bournemouth1–11–01–10–32–13–01–01–23–21–11–30–01–20–21–10–12–12–10–01–10–11–23–1
Bradford City2–12–10–01–02–00–10–12–02–06–00–02–13–01–10–01–52–12–42–11–22–11–00–0
Brentford1–03–01–12–01–13–40–03–31–12–11–21–01–20–30–11–11–21–02–21–11–12–11–1
Brighton & Hove Albion1–03–23–30–12–10–21–14–13–50–02–01–12–23–02–02–11–30–10–21–14–11–12–0
Bristol Rovers5–21–00–14–31–41–03–12–12–11–12–11–10–01–11–10–02–01–10–21–11–23–10–1
Burnley5–03–14–00–14–13–03–13–02–03–23–12–01–13–14–14–22–10–10–01–11–12–12–1
Cambridge United1–13–23–22–11–12–11–30–11–13–03–01–04–53–43–12–01–00–10–10–02–02–20–2
Cardiff City0–00–22–11–11–12–21–22–12–72–01–02–22–23–42–02–31–33–01–03–11–05–10–0
Exeter City0–01–00–20–02–21–11–04–10–52–26–42–12–30–11–02–31–14–61–11–21–05–01–2
Fulham3–01–00–21–10–00–10–13–20–21–30–22–01–10–12–31–10–01–01–00–13–10–00–1
Hartlepool United2–12–01–11–20–12–22–14–10–23–01–20–11–40–11–11–81–41–42–01–01–01–20–2
Huddersfield Town1–22–11–11–11–31–31–01–11–12–00–11–01–10–21–01–01–10–32–11–11–13–03–2
Hull City4–40–01–13–11–00–03–01–22–01–05–11–11–02–10–12–20–01–24–10–10–10–01–1
Leyton Orient4–22–00–02–11–11–31–03–12–12–21–12–21–21–03–12–12–31–11–10–02–12–22–0
Plymouth Argyle1–02–12–03–11–11–13–33–20–31–21–03–12–02–02–13–12–03–14–22–32–11–12–1
Port Vale6–02–02–10–01–04–02–01–12–22–23–02–21–01–02–12–12–10–42–11–13–03–02–1
Reading4–11–13–01–12–12–02–02–13–11–11–01–04–00–01–12–13–21–20–02–02–10–12–1
Rotherham United1–10–21–22–12–00–11–13–23–05–23–01–27–02–31–02–10–30–22–21–21–12–12–1
Stockport County2–11–00–24–13–13–00–22–13–12–24–02–45–03–00–03–02–32–11–12–04–01–01–2
Swansea City2–04–41–12–01–13–02–03–14–21–02–02–11–11–01–01–10–10–11–10–01–23–11–2
Wrexham4–02–32–10–31–21–33–21–01–13–11–12–02–03–13–04–20–32–13–23–30–13–21–1
York City1–12–12–01–10–23–10–10–02–05–03–02–03–00–20–03–00–01–01–00–01–22–11–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

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Locations of the Second Division teams
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Locations of the London-based Second Division teams

Third Division

Shrewsbury Town's two-year spell back in the league's bottom tier ended in Division Three title glory and promotion under new manager Fred Davies, while Chester City earned an instant return to Division Two as runners-up of Division Three, only their third promotion in more than 60 years as a Football League side. The final automatic promotion place went to Crewe Alexandra, who had been beaten in the playoffs during the previous two seasons following their relegation in 1991. The final promotion place went to playoff winners Wycombe Wanderers, who triumphed 4-2 over Preston North End in the Wembley final at the end of their first season as a Football League side. Torquay United and Carlisle United were the losing semi-finalists in the playoffs, reflecting major progress as the two sides had battled against relegation to the Conference one season earlier.

There was no relegation from the Football League this season - for the first time since automatic relegation and promotion between the league's basement division and the Football Conference was introduced in 1987. This was due to stadium requirements introduced by the Football League for potential Conference champions, emerging from the stadium crisis and ensuing financial problems which had helped bring about the collapse of Maidstone United just three years after gaining league status by this route. Kidderminster Harriers, the Conference champions, did not meet the league requirements and were denied a place in Division Three for the 1994-95 season, which saved the league's bottom placed club Northampton Town from being relegated into non-league football.

Football League, Third Division
Season1993–94
ChampionsShrewsbury Town (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotionShrewsbury Town,
Chester City,
Crewe Alexandra
Promoted through play-offsWycombe Wanderers
Relegated to ConferenceNone
New club in the leagueWycombe Wanderers
Matches played462
Goals scored1,265 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorerTony Ellis (Preston North End), 26 [2]

PosTeamPldHWHDHLHGFHGAAWADALAGFAGAGDPtsPromotion or relegation
1Shrewsbury Town421083281712543522+2479Division Champions, promoted
2Chester City42135335188673428+2374Promoted
3Crewe Alexandra42124545309663531+1973
4Wycombe Wanderers[a]42116434218763332+1470Promoted through play-offs
5Preston North End42135346235883337+1967Participated in play-offs
6Torquay United42810330249663432+867
7Carlisle United42104735238672219+1564
8Chesterfield4288532228672326+762
9Rochdale42105638226782529+1260
10Walsall42759282610472027−560
11Scunthorpe United4297540266782430+859
12Mansfield Town4293928306782532−955
13Bury42966332255112234−153
14Scarborough42849292874102633−653
15Doncaster Rovers42867242664112031−1352
16Gillingham42885272347101728−751
17Colchester United42849313356102538−1549
18Lincoln City42741026295792634−1147
19Wigan Athletic42678333355111837−1945
20Hereford United426411343362132646−1942
21Darlington42759242836121836−2241
22Northampton Town42678252334141943−2238
Source: [citation needed]
Notes:

Play-offs

Semi-finals
1st leg – 15 May; 2nd leg – 18 May 1994		Final at Wembley
28 May 1994
        
4thWycombe Wanderers 224
7thCarlisle United011
4thWycombe Wanderers 4
5thPreston North End2
5thPreston North End044
6thTorquay United213

Results

Home \ AwayBRYCRLCHRCHFCOLCREDARDONGILHERLINMANNORPNEROCSCASCUSHRTORWALWIGWYC
Bury2–11–12–10–11–05–14–00–05–31–02–20–01–10–10–21–02–31–11–23–01–2
Carlisle United1–21–03–02–01–22–04–21–21–23–31–10–10–10–12–03–12–11–12–13–02–2
Chester City3–00–03–12–11–20–00–11–03–11–11–11–03–23–14–10–21–01–12–12–13–1
Chesterfield1–13–01–20–02–01–11–13–23–12–20–24–01–11–11–01–11–23–10–11–02–3
Colchester United4–12–10–00–22–41–23–11–21–01–00–03–21–12–51–22–13–31–20–13–10–2
Crewe Alexandra2–42–32–10–12–12–12–01–06–02–22–13–14–32–11–13–30–02–31–24–12–1
Darlington1–01–31–20–07–31–01–32–11–33–22–00–10–21–10–22–10–21–20–00–00–0
Doncaster Rovers1–30–03–40–02–10–01–30–01–01–00–12–11–12–10–43–10–00–24–03–10–3
Gillingham1–02–02–20–23–01–32–10–02–01–11–01–02–21–22–21–00–22–21–12–20–1
Hereford United3–00–00–50–35–01–21–12–12–01–22–31–12–35–10–11–20–12–20–13–03–4
Lincoln City2–20–00–31–22–01–21–12–13–13–11–24–30–21–10–12–00–11–01–20–11–3
Mansfield Town2–20–10–41–21–11–20–32–12–12–11–01–02–20–14–20–11–02–11–22–33–0
Northampton Town0–11–11–02–21–12–21–00–01–20–10–05–12–01–23–24–00–30–10–10–21–1
Preston North End3–10–31–14–11–00–23–23–10–03–02–03–11–12–12–22–26–13–12–03–02–3
Rochdale2–10–12–05–11–12–10–00–13–02–00–11–16–22–12–12–31–24–10–01–22–2
Scarborough1–00–30–11–10–21–23–02–01–10–12–21–12–13–42–10–11–31–21–04–13–1
Scunthorpe United1–12–11–12–21–12–13–01–31–11–22–02–37–03–12–11–11–41–35–01–00–0
Shrewsbury Town1–01–03–00–02–12–21–10–12–22–01–22–22–11–01–12–00–03–21–20–01–0
Torquay United0–01–11–31–03–33–32–12–10–11–13–21–02–04–31–12–01–10–00–11–11–1
Walsall0–10–11–10–11–22–23–01–21–03–35–20–21–32–01–01–00–00–11–21–14–2
Wigan Athletic3–10–26–31–00–12–22–00–02–03–40–14–11–12–20–01–20–22–51–32–21–1
Wycombe Wanderers2–12–01–00–12–53–12–01–01–13–22–31–01–01–11–14–02–21–11–13–00–1
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Locations

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Locations of the Third Division teams

See also

References

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