1992–93 FA Premier League

Template:Short description Template:EngvarB Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football league season The 1992–93 FA Premier League was the inaugural season of the Premier League, the top division of English football. The season began on 15 August 1992 and ended on 11 May 1993. The league was made up of the 22 clubs that broke away from the Football League at the end of the 1991–92 season. The new league was backed up by a five-year, £304 million deal with Sky to televise Premier League matches. In concept, the Premier League was identical to the old First Division of the Football League, which was now reduced to three divisions.

Overview

Background

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In May 1992, the breakaway league signed a broadcasting rights contract with Sky and the BBC valued at £304 million, the largest such agreement in the history of British sport.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The league's executive committee was unable, however, to secure title sponsorship for the new competition after eight clubs blocked a proposed £13 million deal with brewers Bass.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Nonetheless, clubs began to utilise their dramatically increased wealth to fund a series of high-profile transfers.<ref name="TF">Template:Cite book</ref>

Although the idea of a super league had been mentioned by football's governing bodies and evaluated by the media since the mid-1980s, plans for a new Premier League of 22 clubs were first unveiled by the Football Association in October 1990, and included in the Football Association's Blueprint for the Future of Football, published in June 1991.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The majority of First Division clubs, particularly long-established top clubs including Arsenal and Manchester United, were in favour of a breakaway from the Football League, although Football League president Bill Fox criticised the planned Premier League as an attempt by the Football Association to "hijack" the First Division.

Shortly before the season began, newly promoted Blackburn Rovers signed Southampton's 21-year-old England international striker Alan Shearer for a new British record fee variously reported as £3.3 million,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> £3.4 million,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> or £3.6 million.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Several other players moved for fees of £2 million or more, including Arsenal's David Rocastle, who joined Leeds United,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> Dean Saunders, who moved from Liverpool to Aston Villa,<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> and Teddy Sheringham, who left Nottingham Forest for Tottenham Hotspur.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The structure of the new league was identical to that of the previous season's Football League First Division, comprising 22 teams, with each playing the other 21 twice for a total of 42 matches. Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough had been promoted from the old Second Division as champions and runners-up respectively, and Blackburn Rovers took the third promotion place after winning the 1991–92 Second Division play-off.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Season summary

The first Premier League title went to Manchester United, the club's first title in 26 years. Their title was achieved with a 10-point lead over runners-up Aston Villa, after overcoming a slow start to the season which had seen them slip to mid table, with the signing of French striker Eric Cantona in late November proving to be the catalyst for their improved form which saw them lose just two league games after his arrival.

Norwich City led the table for most of the first half of the season, but their challenge faded in the final weeks of the campaign, and were out of contention with three games remaining, after they lost 3–1 to Ipswich Town. Norwich did however finish in third place, achieving European qualification in Mike Walker's debut season as manager; with a goal difference of −4, this is the highest Premier League finish by a team with a negative goal difference. Blackburn, in the top division for the first time in almost 30 years, finished in fourth place. They briefly led the league early in the season, but suffered a shortage of goals after Alan Shearer, who had scored 16 times before the turn of the year, suffered a torn cruciate ligament and missed the second half of the season. The title race was largely between the clubs who finished in the top four after early challenges from the likes of Arsenal, Coventry City, and Queens Park Rangers were not sustained.

Nottingham Forest's league form had suffered through the sale of key players including Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham, and they were bottom of the Premier League for the majority of the season. Their relegation was confirmed in early May when they lost to Sheffield United, and manager Brian Clough announced his retirement after 18 years as manager, which had yielded one league title, two European Cups and four League Cups. Next to go were newly promoted Middlesbrough, who fell from mid-table at Christmas to go down in second from bottom place. Last to go down were Crystal Palace, who failed to win their final game of the season which would have instead consigned Oldham Athletic to the final relegation place - Oldham's survival was secured with a thrilling 4–3 win over Southampton.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Title holders Leeds United finished 17th, which was the lowest finish from a defending league champion since Ipswich Town finished 17th in 1962–63 after having won the title in 1961–62, and the lowest any top tier champions have so far finished in the Premier League.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Leeds failed to win an away game in the league. The lowest a defending champion has finished since then has been 12th (Leicester City in 2016–17, having won the title in 2015–16). Liverpool, who had been the English league’s dominant force of the previous two decades with an honours list including 11 league titles between 1973 and 1990, finished a disappointing sixth, and had been in the bottom half of the table as late as March.

In total 1,222 goals were scored, which until the 2023-24 Premier League, stood as a Premier League record, mainly due to significantly fewer number of games from 1995–96 season onward.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> The top scorer in the new Premier League was Teddy Sheringham, who found the net for Nottingham Forest in their opening game of the season before being sold to Tottenham Hotspur, scoring a further 21 goals for the North London side in the league. PFA Player of the Year was Paul McGrath of Aston Villa. FWA Player of the Year was Chris Waddle, who helped Sheffield Wednesday achieve runners-up spot in both of the cups after ending his three-year spell in France. PFA Young Player of the Year was Ryan Giggs, who won the award for the second year running, and also picked up a league title medal with Manchester United.

On 26 January, Wimbledon hosted Everton at Selhurst Park in front of a crowd of just over 3,000. More than 30 years on, this remains the lowest attendance recorded at a Premier League match. Despite their frequently low attendances, Wimbledon managed to climb clear of the relegation battle during the second half of the season to finish 12th.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Teams

Twenty-two teams competed in the league – the top nineteen teams from the First Division and the three teams promoted from the Second Division. The promoted teams were Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough and Blackburn Rovers, returning to the top flight after an absence of six, three and twenty-six years respectively. They replaced Luton Town, Notts County and West Ham United, who were relegated to the First Division, ending Luton Town's ten-year spell in the top flight, whilst both Notts County and West Ham United were relegated after only one year in the top flight.

Stadiums and locations

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Team	Location	Stadium	Capacity
Arsenal	London Template:Small	Highbury	Template:Nts
Aston Villa	Birmingham	Villa Park	Template:Nts
Blackburn Rovers	Blackburn	Ewood Park	Template:Nts
Chelsea	London Template:Small	Stamford Bridge	Template:Nts
Coventry City	Coventry	Highfield Road	Template:Nts
Crystal Palace	London Template:Small	Selhurst Park	Template:Nts
Everton	Liverpool Template:Small	Goodison Park	Template:Nts
Ipswich Town	Ipswich	Portman Road	Template:Nts
Leeds United	Leeds	Elland Road	Template:Nts
Liverpool	Liverpool Template:Small	Anfield	Template:Nts
Manchester City	Manchester Template:Small	Maine Road	Template:Nts
Manchester United	Manchester Template:Small	Old Trafford	Template:Nts
Middlesbrough	Middlesbrough	Ayresome Park	Template:Nts
Norwich City	Norwich	Carrow Road	Template:Nts
Nottingham Forest	West Bridgford	City Ground	Template:Nts
Oldham Athletic	Manchester Template:Small	Boundary Park	Template:Nts
Queens Park Rangers	London Template:Small	Loftus Road	Template:Nts
Sheffield United	Sheffield Template:Small	Bramall Lane	Template:Nts
Sheffield Wednesday	Sheffield Template:Small	Hillsborough Stadium	Template:Nts
Southampton	Southampton	The Dell	Template:Nts
Tottenham Hotspur	London Template:Small	White Hart Lane	Template:Nts
Wimbledon	London Template:Small	Selhurst ParkTemplate:Efn	Template:Nts

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Personnel and kits

(as of 9 May 1993)

Team	Manager	Captain	Kit manufacturer	Shirt sponsor
Arsenal	Template:Flagicon George Graham	Template:Flagicon Tony Adams	Adidas	JVC
Aston Villa	Template:Flagicon Ron Atkinson	Template:Flagicon Kevin Richardson	Umbro	Mita Copiers
Blackburn Rovers	Template:Flagicon Kenny Dalglish	Template:Flagicon Tim Sherwood	Asics	McEwan's Lager
Chelsea	Template:Flagicon David Webb (caretaker)	Template:Flagicon Andy Townsend	Umbro	Commodore International
Coventry City	Template:Flagicon Bobby Gould	Template:Flagicon Brian Borrows	Ribero	Peugeot
Crystal Palace	Template:Flagicon Steve Coppell	Template:Flagicon Geoff Thomas	Bukta (until December) Ribero (from December)	Tulip Computers
Everton	Template:Flagicon Howard Kendall	Template:Flagicon Dave Watson	Umbro	NEC
Ipswich Town	Template:Flagicon John Lyall	Template:Flagicon David Linighan	Umbro	Fisons
Leeds United	Template:Flagicon Howard Wilkinson	Template:Flagicon Gordon Strachan	Admiral	Admiral
Liverpool	Template:Flagicon Graeme Souness	Template:Flagicon Mark Wright	Adidas	Carlsberg
Manchester City	Template:Flagicon Peter Reid	Template:Flagicon Terry Phelan	Umbro	Brother Industries
Manchester United	Template:Flagicon Alex Ferguson	Template:Flagicon Bryan Robson	Umbro	Sharp
Middlesbrough	Template:Flagicon Lennie Lawrence	Template:Flagicon Alan Kernaghan	Admiral	Imperial Chemical Industries(ICI)
Norwich City	Template:Flagicon Mike Walker	Template:Flagicon Ian Butterworth	Ribero	Norwich and Peterborough
Nottingham Forest	Template:Flagicon Brian Clough	Template:Flagicon Stuart Pearce	Umbro	Shipstones (home), Labatt's (away)
Oldham Athletic	Template:Flagicon Joe Royle	Template:Flagicon Mike Milligan	Umbro	JD Sports
Queens Park Rangers	Template:Flagicon Gerry Francis	Template:Flagicon Alan McDonald	Clubhouse	Classic FM
Sheffield United	Template:Flagicon Dave Bassett	Template:Flagicon Brian Gayle	Umbro	Laver
Sheffield Wednesday	Template:Flagicon Trevor Francis	Template:Flagicon Nigel Pearson	Umbro	Sanderson
Southampton	Template:Flagicon Ian Branfoot	Template:Flagicon Glenn Cockerill	Admiral	Draper Tools
Tottenham Hotspur	Template:Flagicon Doug Livermore Template:Flagicon Ray Clemence	Template:Flagicon Gary Mabbutt	Umbro	Holsten
Wimbledon	Template:Flagicon Joe Kinnear	Template:Flagicon John Scales	Admiral

Managerial changes

Team	Outgoing manager	Manner of departure	Date of vacancy	Position in table	Incoming manager	Date of appointment
Norwich City	Template:Flagicon David Williams	End of caretaker spell	1 May 1992	Pre-season	Template:Flagicon Mike Walker	1 June 1992
Coventry City	Template:Flagicon Don Howe	End of caretaker spell	14 May 1992		Template:Flagicon Bobby Gould	6 June 1992
Tottenham Hotspur	Template:Flagicon Peter Shreeves	Sacked	19 May 1992		Template:Flagicon Doug Livermore Template:Flagicon Ray Clemence	19 May 1992
Chelsea	Template:Flagicon Ian Porterfield	Sacked	15 February 1993	12th	Template:Flagicon David Webb	15 February 1993

League table

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Results

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|update=complete |source=11v11 }}

Season statistics

Top scorers

The top goalscorer in the Premier League's inaugural season was Teddy Sheringham, who scored one goal for Nottingham Forest before his early-season transfer followed by 21 for Tottenham Hotspur for a total of 22.<ref name="TG">Template:Cite book</ref> Alan Shearer had scored 16 goals by Christmas before suffering a season-ending injury.

Rank	Player	Club	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1	Template:Flagicon Teddy Sheringham	Nottingham Forest Tottenham Hotspur	22
2	Template:Flagicon Les Ferdinand	Queens Park Rangers	20
3	Template:Flagicon Dean Holdsworth	Wimbledon	19
4	Template:Flagicon Micky Quinn	Coventry City	17
5	Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer	Blackburn Rovers	16
5	Template:Flagicon David White	Manchester City	16
7	Template:Flagicon Chris Armstrong	Crystal Palace	15
	Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona	Leeds United Manchester United
	Template:Flagicon Brian Deane	Sheffield United
	Template:Flagicon Mark Hughes	Manchester United
	Template:Flagicon Matt Le Tissier	Southampton
	Template:Flagicon Ian Wright	Arsenal
13	Template:Flagicon Mark Robins	Norwich City	14

Hat-tricks

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Player	For	Against	Result	Date
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Leeds United	Tottenham Hotspur	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Norwich City	Oldham Athletic	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Middlesbrough	Blackburn Rovers	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Queens Park Rangers	Everton	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Sheffield United	Ipswich Town	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Tottenham Hotspur	Leeds United	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Leeds United	Blackburn Rovers	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| rowspan="2" \| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Queens Park Rangers	Nottingham Forest	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Sheffield Wednesday	Southampton	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| rowspan="2" \| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Queens Park Rangers	Everton	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Norwich City	Leeds United	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Liverpool	Coventry City	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Leeds United	Coventry City	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref> \|\| rowspan="2" \| Template:Dts
Template:Flagicon Template:Sortname	Southampton	Oldham Athletic	citation	CitationClass=web }}Template:Cbignore</ref>

Note: (H) – Home; (A) – Away

Historic goals

First ever Premier League goal was scored by Sheffield United's Brian Deane against Manchester United on 15 August 1992. Goal number 100 was scored by Leeds United's Eric Cantona against Tottenham Hotspur on 25 August 1992. Later in the season, a 1000th goal milestone was reached, when Mike Newell scored away at Nottingham Forest for Blackburn Rovers on 7 April 1993.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

Top assists

Rank	Player	Club	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1	Template:Flagicon Eric Cantona	Leeds United Manchester United	16
2	Template:Flagicon Darren Anderton	Tottenham Hotspur	11
2	Template:Flagicon Niall Quinn	Manchester City	11
4	Template:Flagicon Brian Deane	Sheffield United	10
	Template:Flagicon Matt Le Tissier	Southampton
	Template:Flagicon Jason Wilcox	Blackburn Rovers
7	Template:Flagicon Jason Dozzell	Ipswich Town	9
	Template:Flagicon Rick Holden	Manchester City
	Template:Flagicon Lee Sharpe	Manchester United
	Template:Flagicon Teddy Sheringham	Tottenham Hotspur
	Template:Flagicon Andy Sinton	Queens Park Rangers
	Template:Flagicon Ian Woan	Nottingham Forest

Clean sheets

Rank	Player	Club	citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>
1	Template:Flagicon Bobby Mimms	Blackburn Rovers	19
2	Template:Flagicon Peter Schmeichel	Manchester United	18
3	Template:Flagicon David Seaman	Arsenal	15
4	Template:Flagicon Hans Segers	Wimbledon	13
5	Template:Flagicon Tony Coton	Manchester City	11
	Template:Flagicon Bryan Gunn	Norwich City
	Template:Flagicon John Lukic	Leeds United
	Template:Flagicon Nigel Martyn	Crystal Palace
	Template:Flagicon Neville Southall	Everton
10	Template:Flagicon Tim Flowers	Southampton	10

Discipline

Player

Most yellow cards: 8<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

- Template:Flagicon Iain Dowie (Southampton)
- Template:Flagicon Terry Hurlock (Southampton)
- Template:Flagicon Vinnie Jones (Wimbledon)
- Template:Flagicon Jamie Pollock (Middlesbrough)
- Template:Flagicon Neil Ruddock (Tottenham Hotspur)
- Template:Flagicon Lawrie Sanchez (Wimbledon)
- Template:Flagicon Dennis Wise (Chelsea)

Most red cards: 2<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

- Template:Flagicon Brian McAllister (Wimbledon)
- Template:Flagicon Neville Southall (Everton)

Club

Most yellow cards: 58<ref name="Yellow cards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

- Sheffield United

Fewest yellow cards: 23<ref name="Yellow cards"/>
- Aston Villa
- Norwich City

Most red cards: 5<ref name="Red cards">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation

|CitationClass=web }}</ref>

- Wimbledon

Fewest red cards: 0<ref name="Red cards"/>
- Aston Villa
- Leeds United
- Manchester United
- Norwich City
- Oldham Athletic
- Queens Park Rangers

Annual awards

Award	Winner	Club
PFA Players' Player of the Year<ref name="PFA"/>	Template:Flagicon Paul McGrath	Aston Villa
PFA Young Player of the Year<ref name="PFA"/>	Template:Flagicon Ryan Giggs	Manchester United
FWA Footballer of the Year<ref name="FWA"/>	Template:Flagicon Chris Waddle	Sheffield Wednesday

The Professional Footballers' Association (PFA) presented its annual Players' Player of the Year award to Paul McGrath, a veteran central defender who contributed to Aston Villa's second-place finish in the Premier League. Manchester United's Paul Ince came second and Blackburn's Alan Shearer third.<ref name="PFA"/> The Young Player of the Year award was given to Ryan Giggs, the 19-year-old Manchester United left winger who had also won the award in the previous season. Giggs, who finished ahead of Tottenham's Nick Barmby and Nottingham Forest's Roy Keane, became the first player to win the award more than once.<ref name="PFA">Template:Cite news</ref>

The Football Writers' Association (the FWA) chose Chris Waddle as its Footballer of the Year.<ref name="FWA">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Waddle, who made his return to English football with Sheffield Wednesday after three years in France with Olympique Marseille, became the first Wednesday player to win the award in its 45-year history. McGrath and Giggs finished in second and joint third place respectively in the writers' poll.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref>

The PFA also selected eleven players to form its Team of the Year. The team included four Manchester United players (Giggs, Ince, Peter Schmeichel and Gary Pallister) and two from Leeds United (Tony Dorigo and Gary Speed). The other members of the team were McGrath, Keane, Shearer, David Bardsley (Queens Park Rangers) and Ian Wright (Arsenal).<ref name="PFA"/> The Manager of the Year award, chosen by a panel representing football's governing body, the media, and fans, was given to Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson.<ref name="MA">Template:Cite book</ref> The newly formed League Managers Association also presented its own Manager of the Year award for the first time, specifically designed to recognise "the manager who made best use of the resources available to him". This award went to Dave Bassett of Sheffield United.<ref name="MA"/>

PFA Team of the Year<ref name="MA"/>
Goalkeeper	Template:Flagicon Peter Schmeichel (Manchester United)
Defenders	Template:Flagicon David Bardsley (Queens Park Rangers)	Template:Flagicon Gary Pallister (Manchester United)	Template:Flagicon Paul McGrath (Aston Villa)	Template:Flagicon Tony Dorigo (Leeds United)
Midfielders	Template:Flagicon Roy Keane (Nottingham Forest)	Template:Flagicon Paul Ince (Manchester United)	Template:Flagicon Gary Speed (Leeds United)	Template:Flagicon Ryan Giggs (Manchester United)
Forwards	Template:Flagicon Alan Shearer (Blackburn Rovers)		Template:Flagicon Ian Wright (Arsenal)

Attendances

Liverpool drew the highest average home attendance in the first edition of the Premier League. Template:Row counter

References

Template:Reflist

External links

League and cup results for all the 1992/93 Premier Division clubs at footballsite
1992–93 Premier League season at Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation

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1992–93 FA Premier League

Contents

Overview

Background

Season summary

Teams

Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Historic goals

Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

Player

Club

Annual awards

Attendances

See also

References

External links

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1992–93 FA Premier League

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Background

Season summary

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Stadiums and locations

Personnel and kits

Managerial changes

League table

Results

Season statistics

Top scorers

Hat-tricks

Historic goals

Top assists

Clean sheets

Discipline

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See also

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