1993–94 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
1993–94 season
ChairmanRon Noades
ManagerAlan Smith
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division1st (champions)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Armstrong (22)
All: Armstrong (24)
Average home league attendance15,656

During the 1993–94 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Smith immediately guided Palace back to the Premier League as runaway champions of the second tier,[1] Chris Armstrong top-scoring with 22 league goals.[2] During this period the badge was changed with the bird being replaced by one which Ron Noades felt more closely resembled an eagle.[3]

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 Football League

Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Crystal Palace (C, P) 46 27 9 10 73 46 +27 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Nottingham Forest (P) 46 23 14 9 74 49 +25 83
3 Millwall 46 19 17 10 58 49 +9 74 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Leicester City (O, P) 46 19 16 11 72 59 +13 73
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first[4]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 August 1993 Tranmere Rovers H 0–0 14,785
21 August 1993 Bristol City A 0–2 12,068
24 August 1993 Nottingham Forest H 2–0 15,048 Young, Gordon
28 August 1993 Portsmouth H 5–1 14,428 Armstrong (3), Gordon, Southgate
31 August 1993 Birmingham City A 4–2 13,856 Williams, Shaw, Armstrong (2)
12 September 1993 Sunderland H 1–0 11,318 Armstrong
18 September 1993 West Bromwich Albion A 4–1 17,873 Coleman, Whyte, Armstrong, Southgate
26 September 1993 Charlton Athletic A 0–0 7,947
2 October 1993 Stoke City H 4–1 12,880 Salako (3), Southgate
17 October 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–1 13,056 Humphrey
23 October 1993 Derby County A 1–3 16,586 Armstrong
30 October 1993 Grimsby Town H 1–0 12,202 Southgate
2 November 1993 Luton Town H 3–2 10,925 Shaw, Young, Whyte
6 November 1993 Notts County A 2–3 6,904 Armstrong (2)
20 November 1993 Barnsley A 3–1 5,384 Armstrong, Williams (2)
24 November 1993 Bolton Wanderers A 0–1 7,845
28 November 1993 Watford A 3–1 7,485 Williams, Salako, Southgate
5 December 1993 Notts County H 1–2 12,642 Osborn
8 December 1993 Leicester City A 1–1 16,706 Williams
11 December 1993 Birmingham City H 2–1 11,925 Southgate, Salako
19 December 1993 Tranmere Rovers A 1–0 7,011 Williams
27 December 1993 Oxford United A 3–1 10,356 Armstrong (2), Salako
29 December 1993 Southend United H 1–0 18,255 Rodger
1 January 1994 Millwall A 0–3 16,779
15 January 1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–2 23,851
22 January 1994 Leicester City H 2–1 17,045 Coleman, Armstrong
1 February 1994 Peterborough United H 3–2 12,426 Rodger, Salako, Armstrong
5 February 1994 Derby County H 1–1 15,615 Gordon
12 February 1994 Grimsby Town A 1–1 6,302 Southgate
19 February 1994 Nottingham Forest A 1–1 24,232 Matthew
22 February 1994 Bristol City H 4–1 11,508 Salako, Gordon (pen), Armstrong (2)
26 February 1994 Bolton Wanderers H 1–1 17,245 Southgate
5 March 1994 Portsmouth A 1–0 13,508 Young
12 March 1994 West Bromwich Albion H 1–0 16,576 Stewart
16 March 1994 Sunderland A 0–1 15,892
20 March 1994 Charlton Athletic H 2–0 14,408 Armstrong, Stewart
23 March 1994 Middlesbrough H 0–1 12,811
26 March 1994 Stoke City A 2–0 18,071 Gordon (pen), Williams
29 March 1994 Peterborough United A 1–1 8,412 Rodger
2 April 1994 Oxford United H 2–1 15,510 Armstrong, Stewart
6 April 1994 Southend United A 2–1 9,776 Young, Armstrong
9 April 1994 Millwall H 1–0 23,142 Armstrong
16 April 1994 Luton Town A 1–0 9,880 Coleman
23 April 1994 Barnsley H 1–0 20,522 Young
1 May 1994 Middlesbrough A 3–2 8,638 Southgate, Armstrong, Whyte
8 May 1994 Watford H 0–2 28,694

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 0–1 25,047

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 First Leg 21 September 1993 Charlton Athletic H 3–1 9,615 Gordon, Southgate, Whyte
R2 Second Leg 5 October 1993 Charlton Athletic A 1–0 (won 4–1 on agg) 5,224 Armstrong
R3 26 October 1993 Everton A 2–2 11,547 Southgate, Thorn
R3R 10 November 1993 Everton H 1–4 14,662 Southgate

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
PR Group 8 7 September 1993 Charlton Athletic A 1–4 3,868
PR Group 8 14 September 1993 Millwall H 3–0 2,712 Williams, Armstrong (pen), Whyte

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[5]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK England ENG Jimmy Glass
— GK England ENG Nigel Martyn
— GK England ENG Andy Woodman
— DF England ENG Ian Cox[notes 1]
— DF England ENG Dean Gordon
— DF England ENG John Humphrey
— DF England ENG Richard Shaw
— DF England ENG Paul Sparrow
— DF England ENG Gareth Southgate
— DF England ENG Andy Thorn
— DF England ENG Jamie Vincent
— DF Wales WAL Chris Coleman
— DF Wales WAL Eric Young[notes 2]
— DF Northern Ireland NIR Darren Patterson
— MF England ENG Bobby Bowry[notes 3]
— MF England ENG Damian Matthew
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Stuart Massey
— MF England ENG Paul Mortimer
— MF England ENG Ricky Newman
— MF England ENG Martin O'Connor[notes 4]
— MF England ENG Simon Osborn
— MF England ENG Simon Rodger
— MF England ENG John Salako
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Tony Scully
— FW England ENG Chris Armstrong
— FW England ENG Bruce Dyer[notes 5]
— FW England ENG George Ndah[notes 6]
— FW England ENG David Whyte
— FW England ENG Paul Williams
— FW Canada CAN Niall Thompson[notes 7]
— MF England ENG Paul Stewart (on loan from Liverpool)

References

  1. ^ Alexander, Jeremy. "Soccer: FIRST DIVISION: Palace Promoted a Day Late Luton Town 0, Crystal Palace 1." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 18 Apr 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
  2. ^ Bateman, Cynthia, and Thomas Russell. "Soccer: Walker Ready with Pounds 6m for Armstrong." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 16 Aug 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
  3. ^ "Crystal Palace badge history". holmesdale.net. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. ^ "Crystal Palace 1993-1994 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  5. ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1994".

Notes

  1. ^ Cox was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
  2. ^ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Wales in May 1990.
  3. ^ Bowry was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2000.
  4. ^ O'Connor was born in Walsall, England, but made his international debut for the Cayman Islands in 2000, but it was later discovered that he was not eligible to represent them.
  5. ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.
  6. ^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
  7. ^ Thompson was born in Birmingham, England, but was raised in Canada from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Canada in March 1993.