1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Premier League.

Norwich City
1993–94 season
ChairmanRobert Chase
ManagerMike Walker (until 6 January)
John Deehan (from 12 January)
StadiumCarrow Road
FA Premier League12th
FA CupFourth round
League CupThird round
UEFA CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Sutton (25)
All: Sutton (28)
Average home league attendance18,164

Season summary

Norwich City's achievements in 1992-93 were outstanding - a club-best third-place finish and their first ever European place, all of this achieved with a relatively tight transfer budget and one of the Premiership's smaller fan bases.

Manager Mike Walker's achievements were far from over as the campaign began. They were close behind runaway leaders Manchester United in the title race, but most impressively eliminated Bayern Munich from the UEFA Cup in the second round; in doing so, they became the only English side to beat Bayern on their own soil. The dream came to an end in the third round as the Canaries were eliminated by Inter Milan.

Walker quit the club in January to take over at Everton, and his assistant John Deehan took over. At this point Norwich were 7th and had at least one game in hand on most of their fellow contenders for European qualification.[1] However, Deehan was unable to keep up the momentum and Norwich slumped to 12th place in the final table, the decline accelerated by a 10-match winless run which was the longest of any Premier League club during the season with the exception of Swindon's 16-match winless start. The record-breaking sale of young striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers left Norwich with a big hole to fill in their attack, and the only major signing of the close season was midfielder Mike Milligan from Oldham Athletic.

Final league table
Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
10 Aston Villa 42 15 12 15 46 50 −4 57 Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round[lower-alpha 1]
11 Coventry City 42 14 14 14 43 45 −2 56
12 Norwich City 42 12 17 13 65 61 +4 53
13 West Ham United 42 13 13 16 47 58 −11 52
14 Chelsea 42 13 12 17 49 53 −4 51 Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round[lower-alpha 2]
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:
  1. Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
  2. Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

Results

Norwich City's score comes first[2]

Legend
Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 August 1993Manchester UnitedH0–219,705
18 August 1993Blackburn RoversA3–214,236Sutton (2), Newman
21 August 1993Leeds UnitedA4–032,008Fox (2), Goss, Sutton
25 August 1993Ipswich TownH1–019,189Goss
28 August 1993Swindon TownH0–017,614
1 September 1993Sheffield WednesdayA3–325,175Sutton, Bowen, Ekoku
11 September 1993WimbledonH0–114,851
18 September 1993Queens Park RangersA2–213,359Eadie, McDonald (own goal)
25 September 1993EvertonA5–120,531Ekoku (4), Sutton
2 October 1993Coventry CityH1–016,239Fox
16 October 1993ChelseaA2–116,923Fox, Sutton
23 October 1993West Ham UnitedH0–020,211
30 October 1993ArsenalA0–030,516
6 November 1993Sheffield UnitedA2–118,254Goss, Eadie
20 November 1993Manchester CityH1–116,626Fox
27 November 1993Oldham AthleticA1–210,198Sutton
4 December 1993Manchester UnitedA2–244,694Fox (pen), Sutton
13 December 1993Leeds UnitedH2–116,586Sutton, Ekoku
18 December 1993Ipswich TownA1–219,498Bowen
27 December 1993Tottenham HotspurA3–133,130Sutton (2), Ekoku
29 December 1993Aston VillaH1–220,650Sutton
1 January 1994SouthamptonA1–016,556Sutton
4 January 1994Newcastle UnitedH1–219,564Bowen
15 January 1994ChelseaH1–119,472Ekoku
24 January 1994West Ham UnitedA3–320,738Sutton (2), Fox
5 February 1994LiverpoolH2–219,746Sutton (2)
13 February 1994ArsenalH1–117,667Ekoku
19 February 1994Swindon TownA3–315,405Goss, Sutton, Newman
22 February 1994Blackburn RoversH2–215,193Sutton (2, 1 pen)
26 February 1994Sheffield WednesdayH1–118,311Sutton
5 March 1994WimbledonA1–37,206Ekoku
12 March 1994Queens Park RangersH3–416,499Ekoku (2), Bowen
21 March 1994EvertonH3–016,432Culverhouse, Sutton, Bowen
26 March 1994Coventry CityA1–213,514Eadie
29 March 1994Newcastle UnitedA0–332,216
2 April 1994Tottenham HotspurH1–221,181Sutton
4 April 1994Aston VillaA0–025,416
9 April 1994SouthamptonH4–517,150Goss, Sutton (2), Robins
16 April 1994Manchester CityA1–128,010Ullathorne
23 April 1994Sheffield UnitedH0–118,474
30 April 1994LiverpoolA1–044,339Goss
7 May 1994Oldham AthleticH1–120,394Ullathorne

FA Cup
Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1994Wycombe WanderersA2–07,802Sutton (2)
R430 January 1994Manchester UnitedH0–221,060

League Cup
Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st leg22 September 1993Bradford CityA1–28,988Fox
R2 2nd leg6 October 1993Bradford CityH3–0 (won 4-2 on agg)12,787Ekoku, Fox, Sutton
R326 October 1993ArsenalA1–124,539Crook
R3R10 November 1993ArsenalH0–316,319

UEFA Cup
Main article: 1993–94 UEFA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersReferee
R1 1st leg15 September 1993Vitesse ArnhemH3–016,818Ekoku, Goss, PolstonRobert Sedlacek (Austria)
R1 2nd leg29 September 1993Vitesse ArnhemA0–0 (won 3-0 on agg)9,133Theodoros Kefalas (Greece)
R2 1st leg20 October 1993Bayern MunichA2–128,500Goss, Bowen
R2 2nd leg3 November 1993Bayern MunichH1–1 (won 3-2 on agg)20,643Goss
R3 1st leg24 November 1993Internazionale MilanoH0–120,805
R3 2nd leg8 December 1993Internazionale MilanoA0–1 (lost 0-2 on agg)30,000

Players

First-team squad
Squad at end of season[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
1 GK  SCO Bryan Gunn
2 DF  WAL Mark Bowen (vice-captain)
3 DF  ENG Rob Newman
4 MF  ENG Ian Crook
5 DF  ENG Ian Culverhouse
6 MF  ENG Neil Adams
7 FW  NGA Efan Ekoku[notes 1]
8 DF  ENG Colin Woodthorpe
9 MF  ENG Gary Megson
10 DF  ENG John Polston
11 MF  WAL Jeremy Goss[notes 2]
12 FW  ENG Mark Robins
13 GK  SCO Scott Howie
No. Pos. Nation Player
14 MF  ENG Ruel Fox[notes 3]
15 DF  ENG Daryl Sutch
17 DF  ENG Ian Butterworth (captain)
18 DF  ENG Robert Ullathorne
19 MF  ENG Andy Johnson[notes 4]
20 MF  ENG Darren Eadie
21 MF  ENG David Smith
22 FW  ENG Chris Sutton
23 DF  WAL Deryn Brace
24 GK  ENG Andy Marshall
25 FW  ENG Jamie Cureton
26 FW  ENG Ade Akinbiyi[notes 5]
27 DF  ENG Spencer Prior

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
16 FW  IRL Lee Power[notes 6] (to Bradford City)
No. Pos. Nation Player
28 GK  WAL Mark Walton (to Dundee United)

Notes
  1. Ekoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.
  2. Goss was born in Oekolia, Cyprus, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1991.
  3. Fox was born in Norwich, England, and played for the England B team, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in 2004.
  4. Johnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.
  5. Akinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Nigeria in November 1999.
  6. Power was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.

References
  1. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994/table/1994-01-04
  2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-05-17. Retrieved 2012-06-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  3. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/norwich.htm
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