1993–94 Barnsley F.C. season explained

Club:	Barnsley
Season:	1993–94
Manager:	Viv Anderson (player-manager)
Chairman:	John Dennis
Stadium:	Oakwell
League:	First Division
League Result:	18th
Cup1:	FA Cup
Cup1 Result:	Fifth round
Cup2:	League Cup
Cup2 Result:	Second round
League Topscorer:	Redfearn/Payton (12)
Season Topscorer:	Payton (13)
Average Attendance:	7,610
Prevseason:	1992–93
Nextseason:	1994–95

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

Season summary

In June 1993, Barnsley appointed Viv Anderson as player-manager^[1] but endured a poor 1993–94 season and were stuck in a relegation battle for most of the season but a good run of 7 wins from 9 league games in the 2nd half of the season (picking up 21 points out of the possible 27), was just enough to keep the Tykes in the division despite losing 7 out of the final 10 league games.

Final league table

See main article: 1993–94 Football League.

Results

Barnsley's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	12,940	Anderson
17 August 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–4	5,875	Currie
21 August 1993	Watford	A	2–0	5,937	Biggins, Bryson
24 August 1993	Middlesbrough	H	1–4	10,597	Anderson
28 August 1993	Birmingham City	H	2–3	7,241	Anderson, Redfearn
4 September 1993	Millwall	A	0–2	8,004
11 September 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	13,270	Archdeacon (pen)
18 September 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–0	18,292	Rammell, Redfearn, O'Connell
25 September 1993	Leicester City	H	0–1	10,392
2 October 1993	Luton Town	A	0–5	6,201
9 October 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	5,186
16 October 1993	Bristol City	A	2–0	6,923	Bryson, Redfearn
23 October 1993	Southend United	H	1–3	5,240	Redfearn (pen)
30 October 1993	Stoke City	A	4–5	14,679	Archdeacon, Redfearn, O'Connell, Bryson
2 November 1993	Oxford United	A	1–1	4,065	Redfearn
7 November 1993	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	5,797	O'Connell
13 November 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	18,355	Biggins
20 November 1993	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	5,384	Redfearn
27 November 1993	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	6,755	Jackson
4 December 1993	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	8,123	Redfearn, Payton
11 December 1993	Peterborough United	H	1–0	6,424	Payton
19 December 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	16,062	Payton
27 December 1993	Derby County	H	0–1	11,562
1 January 1994	Portsmouth	H	2–0	6,328	O'Connell, Redfearn
3 January 1994	Sunderland	A	0–1	19,096
15 January 1994	Bristol City	H	1–1	5,222	Rammell
22 January 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	7,072	Payton
5 February 1994	Southend United	A	3–0	4,101	Eaden, Redfearn, Rammell
12 February 1994	Stoke City	H	3–0	7,651	Rammell, Redfearn, Taggart
1 March 1994	Notts County	A	1–3	6,297	Payton
5 March 1994	Birmingham City	A	2–0	28,039	O'Connell, Rammell
12 March 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	6,203	Payton
16 March 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	20,491	Taggart
19 March 1994	Leicester City	A	1–0	15,640	Payton
26 March 1994	Luton Town	H	1–0	6,289	Payton
29 March 1994	Sunderland	H	4–0	12,405	Eaden, Liddell, Rammell, Payton
2 April 1994	Derby County	A	0–2	14,968
4 April 1994	Notts County	H	0–3	6,827
9 April 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–2	7,005	Redfearn (pen)
12 April 1994	Watford	A	0–1	4,380
16 April 1994	Oxford United	H	1–0	4,874	Williams
23 April 1994	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	20,522
26 April 1994	Middlesbrough	A	0–5	6,368
30 April 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	11,329	O'Connell, Payton
3 May 1994	Millwall	H	0–1	5,059
8 May 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	11,661	Bishop, Payton (2)

FA Cup

See main article: 1993–94 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R3	8 January 1994	Bromsgrove Rovers	A	2–1	4,893	Rammell, Archdeacon
R4	29 January 1994	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–2	12,760	Taggart, Payton
R4R	19 February 1994	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	10,900	O'Connell
R5	2 March 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	15,685

League Cup

See main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Peterborough United	H	1–1	4,549	Archdeacon (pen)
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–3 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,533	Bryson

Squad

^[3]

Left the club during season

Notes and References

1. Web site: Winter. Henry. Football: Palace promote Smith as Barnsley recruit Anderson. https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-palace-promote-smith-as-barnsley-recruit-anderson-1489600.html . 1 May 2022 . subscription . live. The Independent. 4 June 1993. 1 July 2012.
2. Web site: Barnsley 1993-1994 Results - statto.com . 10 March 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140310202517/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/barnsley/1993-1994/results . 10 March 2014 . dead . dmy-all .
3. Web site: All Barnsley players: 1994. www.11v11.com.