1992–93 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town
1992–93 season
ChairmanRay Hardman
ManagerGlenn Hoddle
StadiumCounty Ground, Swindon
First Division5th (promoted)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Maskell (18)
All: Maskell (23)
Highest home attendance17,574
vs. Newcastle United
Lowest home attendance3,293
vs. Torquay United

The 1992–93 season was Swindon Town's 6th consecutive season in the second tier of English football after winning promotion in 1986–87.

Season summary

Swindon won promotion to the Premier League and the top flight for the first time in the club's history after beating Leicester City in the play-off final at Wembley. Hoddle moved to Chelsea during the summer of 1993 and was replaced by assistant John Gorman.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 Football League § First Division

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
3 Portsmouth 46 26 10 10 80 46 +34 88 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 10 13 72 56 +16 79
5 Swindon Town (O, P) 46 21 13 12 74 59 +15 76
6 Leicester City 46 22 10 14 71 64 +7 76
7 Millwall 46 18 16 12 65 53 +12 70
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 August 1992 Sunderland H 1–0 11,094 Hoddle
19 August 1992 Bristol Rovers A 4–3 6,150 Taylor, Mitchell (2), Bodin (pen)
22 August 1992 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–2 15,493 Maskell, Taylor
29 August 1992 Cambridge United H 4–1 8,134 Taylor, Maskell (3, 1 pen)
5 September 1992 Millwall A 1–2 8,091 Maskell
12 September 1992 Bristol Rovers H 2–2 10,006 Mitchell, Maskell
20 September 1992 Oxford United H 2–2 7,717 Ling, Taylor
26 September 1992 Charlton Athletic A 0–2 6,742
29 September 1992 Grimsby Town H 1–0 5,759 Maskell
3 October 1992 Watford H 3–1 7,723 Maskell (2), Taylor
10 October 1992 Portsmouth A 1–3 12,442 White
17 October 1992 Notts County H 5–1 7,589 Ling, Mitchell, Summerbee, Moncur, Horlock
24 October 1992 West Ham United A 1–0 17,842 Maskell
31 October 1992 Barnsley H 1–0 7,784 Maskell (pen)
3 November 1992 Brentford H 0–2 7,832
8 November 1992 Newcastle United A 0–0 28,091
14 November 1992 Southend United H 3–2 7,777 Maskell (2), Ling
21 November 1992 Bristol City A 2–2 14,066 Maskell, Summerbee
29 November 1992 Peterborough United A 3–3 5,976 Taylor (2), Maskell
6 December 1992 Derby County H 2–4 8,924 Hazard, Maskell
20 December 1992 Leicester City A 2–4 15,088 Hazard, Walsh (own goal)
9 January 1993 Oxford United A 1–0 9,146 White
12 January 1993 Birmingham City H 0–0 14,398
16 January 1993 Charlton Athletic H 2–2 8,605 Summerbee, Calderwood
26 January 1993 Grimsby Town A 1–2 5,207 Bodin
30 January 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 12,854 Bodin
6 February 1993 Sunderland A 1–0 17,234 Bodin
13 February 1993 Millwall H 3–0 10,544 White, Bodin, Taylor
20 February 1993 Cambridge United A 0–1 5,437
23 February 1993 Tranmere Rovers H 2–0 10,059 Mitchell (2)
27 February 1993 Portsmouth H 1–0 14,077 Bodin
6 March 1993 Watford A 4–0 8,791 White (3), Mitchell
10 March 1993 Southend United A 1–1 4,317 White
13 March 1993 Newcastle United H 2–1 17,574 Bodin (pen), Calderwood
17 March 1993 Luton Town A 0–0 8,902
21 March 1993 Derby County A 1–2 12,166 Taylor
24 March 1993 Bristol City H 2–1 13,157 Marwood, Bodin (pen)
27 March 1993 Brentford A 0–0 10,197
3 April 1993 Peterborough United H 1–0 10,314 Bodin
6 April 1993 Tranmere Rovers A 1–3 8,335 Mitchell
10 April 1993 Luton Town H 1–0 10,934 Bodin
12 April 1993 Birmingham City A 6–4 17,903 Taylor, Maskell (2), Mitchell (3)
17 April 1993 Leicester City H 1–1 15,428 Taylor
24 April 1993 Notts County A 1–1 8,382 Bodin (pen)
2 May 1993 West Ham United H 1–3 17,004 Hazard
8 May 1993 Barnsley A 0–1 6,031

FA Cup

Main article: 1992-93 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 1993 Queens Park Rangers A 0–3 12,106

League Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 First Leg 22 September 1992 Torquay United A 6–0 3,560 Maskell, Mitchell (2), Ling, Taylor, White
R2 Second Leg 6 October 1992 Torquay United H 3–2 (won 9–2 on agg) 3,293 Hoddle, White, Mitchell
R3 27 October 1992 Oldham Athletic H 0–1 8,811

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Anglo-Italian Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
PR Group 7 1 September 1992 Oxford United A 3–1 4,069 Maskell, Summerbee, Berkley
PR Group 7 16 September 1992 Brentford H 1–2 3,819 Mitchell

Play-offs

First Leg Swindon Town 3–1 Tranmere Rovers
Second Leg Tranmere Rovers 3–2 Swindon Town

After a fairly quiet first half, Swindon Town led 1–0 thanks to a goal from player/manager Glenn Hoddle 3 minutes before the break. The match then took off with an exciting second half, just 2 minutes after the restart Craig Maskell put Swindon 2–0 to the good after he finished off a pass from John Moncur, then a header by Shaun Taylor gave Swindon a three-goal advantage six minutes later. At 3–0 Swindon should have been comfortable, but 4 minutes later Julian Joachim pulled one back for Leicester to give them hope. It got better for Leicester as 11 minutes later Steve Walsh raced through to make it 3–2, and just a minute after that Steve Thompson equalised wrapping up an astonishing come-back by Leicester, scoring 3 goals in 12 minutes. However, it turned out to be in vain, when Swindon were awarded a contentious penalty 6 minutes from time after Kevin Poole was alleged to have brought down Steve White in the area. Paul Bodin converted the penalty to finish the game at 4–3 and sent Swindon to the Premier League, while Leicester were left to rue a second year of misery, having lost in the play-off final thanks to controversial penalty for the second year running.[2]

Eurosport placed the game at #94 on its list of the 100 Greatest football matches of all-time.[3]

Match details

Leicester City3 – 4Swindon Town
Joachim 57'
Walsh 68'
Thompson 69'		 Report Hoddle 42'
Maskell 47'
Taylor 53'
Bodin 84' (pen.)
Attendance: 73,802
LEICESTER CITY:
GK 1 England Kevin Poole
RB 2 England Gary Mills (c)
LB 3 England Mike Whitlow
CB 4 England Richard Smith
FW 5 England Steve Walsh Yellow card
CB 6 Northern Ireland Colin Hill
RM 7 Australia David Oldfield
CM 8 England Steve Thompson
FW 9 England Julian Joachim
CM 10 England Steve Agnew
LM 11 England Lee Philpott
Substitutes:
FW 12 England Ian Ormondroyd
MF 14 England Colin Gibson
Manager:
England Brian Little
SWINDON TOWN:
GK 1 England Fraser Digby
RB 2 England Nicky Summerbee
LB 3 Wales Paul Bodin
CM 4 England Glenn Hoddle Yellow card
CB 5 Scotland Colin Calderwood (c)
CB 6 England Shaun Taylor
CM 7 England John Moncur downward-facing red arrow 88'
LM 8 Scotland Ross MacLaren
FW 9 Australia David Mitchell
RM 10 England Martin Ling
FW 11 England Craig Maskell downward-facing red arrow 78'
Substitutes:
FW 12 England Steve White upward-facing green arrow 78'
MF 14 England Micky Hazard upward-facing green arrow 88'
Player/Manager:
England Glenn Hoddle

MATCH RULES

  • 90 minutes.
  • 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary.
  • Penalty shootout if scores still level.
  • Two named substitutes.
  • Maximum of two substitutions.

Matchday squads

Division One line-ups

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14
15/08/92 Sunderland H 1–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell1 Ling Mitchell Close1 Viveash
19/08/92 Bristol Rovers A 4–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell2 Ling Mitchell1 White1 Kerslake2
22/08/92 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–2 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Kerslake Mitchell White Ling
29/08/92 Cambridge United H 4–1 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell Summerbee Close
05/09/92 Millwall A 1–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Summerbee
12/09/92 Bristol Rovers H 2–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell White Viveash
20/09/92 Oxford United H 2–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell White Close
26/09/92 Charlton Athletic A 0–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 Moncur Maskell2 Ling Mitchell Summerbee1 White2
29/09/92 Grimsby Town H 1–0 Hammond Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell Summerbee White
03/10/92 Watford H 3–1 Hammond Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell1 White1 Phillips
10/10/92 Portsmouth A 1–3 Hammond Kerslake Bodin1 Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard2 Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White2 Horlock1
17/10/92 Notts County H 5–1 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee2 Maskell1 Ling Mitchell White1 Moncur2
24/10/92 West Ham United A 1–0 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur1 Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Viveash
31/10/92 Barnsley H 1–0 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell1 White1 Viveash
03/11/92 Brentford H 0–2 Hammond Kerslake1 Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Viveash
08/11/92 Newcastle United A 0–0 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell1 Ling Mitchell White1 Berkley
14/11/92 Southend United H 3–2 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White Hunt1
21/11/92 Bristol City A 2–2 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle1 Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Hunt
29/11/92 Peterborough United A 3–3 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White Moncur
06/12/92 Derby County H 2–4 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee1 Maskell Ling Mitchell2 White2 Moncur1
20/12/92 Leicester City A 2–4 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard2 Moncur1 Maskell Ling Summerbee White1 Bodin2
09/01/93 Oxford United A 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Gray Maskell Ling White Mitchell Horlock
12/01/93 Birmingham City H 0–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Gray Maskell1 Horlock White Mitchell1 Summerbee
16/01/93 Charlton Athletic H 2–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Summerbee Calderwood Taylor Hazard Gray Maskell1 Horlock White Mitchell1 MacLaren
26/01/93 Grimsby Town A 1–2 Digby Kerslake2 Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Maskell Ling1 White Mitchell1 Summerbee2
30/01/93 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 MacLaren Maskell2 Ling White Summerbee2 Mitchell1
06/02/93 Sunderland A 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Horlock
13/02/93 Millwall H 3–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Horlock
20/02/93 Cambridge United A 0–1 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Maskell1 Ling White Close1 Murray
23/02/93 Tranmere Rovers H 2–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Hunt
27/02/93 Portsmouth H 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Murray
06/03/93 Watford A 4–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Murray
10/03/93 Southend United A 1–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash Calderwood Taylor Hunt MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Marwood
13/03/93 Newcastle United H 2–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash Calderwood Taylor Hunt1 MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Marwood1
17/03/93 Luton Town A 0–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash Calderwood Taylor Hunt1 MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Marwood1
21/03/93 Derby County A 1–2 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash1 Calderwood Taylor Marwood2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close2 Hoddle1
24/03/93 Bristol City H 2–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood MacLaren Mitchell2 Ling1 White Close2 Hunt1
27/03/93 Brentford A 0–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood MacLaren1 Mitchell Ling White Close1 Hunt
03/04/93 Peterborough United H 1–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Hunt
06/04/93 Tranmere Rovers A 1–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling1 White Close2 Hazard1
10/04/93 Luton Town H 1–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood1 MacLaren2 Maskell Ling Close Hazard1 Hamon2
12/04/93 Birmingham City A 6–4 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell Close Marwood
17/04/93 Leicester City H 1–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White Marwood1
24/04/93 Notts County A 1–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White1 Marwood
02/05/93 West Ham United H 1–3 Digby Summerbee Viveash1 Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling White2 Maskell2 Marwood1
08/05/93 Barnsley A 0–1 Digby Summerbee Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 MacLaren Maskell Ling Hamon2 Moncur1 Marwood2

Division One play-offs line-ups

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14
16/05/93 Tranmere Rovers H 3–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Moncur2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White1 Hazard2
19/05/93 Tranmere Rovers A 2–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Moncur MacLaren Mitchell Ling White1 Hazard Maskell1
31/05/93 Leicester City N 4–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Moncur2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White1 Hazard2

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.

F.A. Cup line-ups

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14
04/01/93 Queens Park Rangers A 0–3 Hammond Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Mitchell Taylor Hazard Horlock1 Maskell2 Ling White Summerbee1 Murray2

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.

League Cup line-ups

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14
23/09/92 Torquay United A 6–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle2 Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur1 Maskell Ling Mitchell Summerbee1 White2
06/10/92 Torquay United H 3–2 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 Summerbee White Ling2 Mitchell Close1 Phillips2
27/10/92 Oldham Athletic H 0–1 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling1 Mitchell White1 Viveash

1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution.

Anglo-Italian Cup line-ups

Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14
01/09/92 Oxford United A 3–1 Digby O'Sullivan Bodin Hunt Calderwood Viveash Summerbee Close Maskell1 Ling Berkley White1 Murray
16/09/92 Brentford H 1–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Summerbee Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell1 Ling Mitchell White1 Viveash

Appearances

Last updated 28 June 2011
No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One FA Cup League Cup AIC
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
MF England ENG Austin Berkley 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1
DF Wales WAL Paul Bodin 42 12 37+1 12 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
DF Scotland SCO Colin Calderwood 54 2 49+0 2 0+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0
FW England ENG Shaun Close 9 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0
GK England ENG Fraser Digby 39 0 36+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0
GK England ENG Nicky Hammond 16 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Chris Hamon 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Micky Hazard 39 3 30+4 3 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Glenn Hoddle 49 3 44+1 2 1+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0
FW England ENG Paul Hunt 6 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Horlock 17 1 13+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Martin Ling 52 4 46+0 3 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0
MF Scotland SCO Ross MacLaren 25 0 25+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
MF England ENG Brian Marwood 11 1 6+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
FW England ENG Craig Maskell 41 23 34+2 21 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 1
FW Australia AUS Dave Mitchell 49 16 40+4 12 1+0 0 3+0 3 1+0 1
MF England ENG John Moncur 19 2 14+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0
DF England ENG Eddie Murray 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0
DF Ireland EIR Wayne O'Sullivan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Marcus Phillips 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0
DF England ENG Nicky Summerbee 48 4 39+3 3 0+1 0 2+1 0 2+0 1
DF England ENG Shaun Taylor 54 13 49+0 12 1+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0
DF England ENG Adi Viveash 6 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0
FW England ENG Steve White 43 9 21+16 7 1+0 0 1+2 2 0+2 0
Players who had a loan spell or left the club during the season:
DF England ENG David Kerslake (left for Leeds United on 11/03/93) 36 0 30+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0
MF England ENG Andy Gray (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0

References

  1. ^ "Swindon Town 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 2 March 2014. Retrieved 2 March 2014.
  2. ^ Haylett, Trevor (1 June 1993). "Football / Play Off: Swindon lifted by Hoddle's husbandry: An unsettling sense of deja vu as Wembley proves an unhappy hunting ground for Leicester". The Independent. London. Archived from the original on 4 November 2012. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
  3. ^ EuroSport - Top 100: the complete list