1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season explained

Club:Norwich City
Season:1993–94
Chairman:Robert Chase
Manager:Mike Walker (until 6 January)
John Deehan (from 12 January)
Stadium:Carrow Road
League:FA Premier League
League Result:12th
Cup2:FA Cup
Cup2 Result:Fourth round
Cup3:League Cup
Cup3 Result:Third round
Cup4:UEFA Cup
Cup4 Result:Third round
League Topscorer:Sutton (25)
Season Topscorer:Sutton (28)
Average Attendance:18,164
Prevseason:1992–93
Nextseason:1994–95

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

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

See main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League.

Results

Norwich City's score comes first[2]

Legend

WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League

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

FA Cup

See main article: article and 1993–94 FA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
R38 January 1994 Wycombe WanderersA2–07,802Sutton (2)
R430 January 1994 Manchester UnitedH0–221,060

League Cup

See main article: article and 1993–94 Football League Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers
R2 1st leg22 September 1993 Bradford CityA1–28,988Fox
R2 2nd leg6 October 1993 Bradford CityH3–0 (won 4–2 on agg)12,787Ekoku, Fox, Sutton
R326 October 1993 ArsenalA1–124,539Crook
R3R10 November 1993 ArsenalH0–316,319

UEFA Cup

See main article: article and 1993–94 UEFA Cup.

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers!!Referee
R1 1st leg15 September 1993 Vitesse ArnhemH3–016,818Robert Sedlacek (Austria)
R1 2nd leg29 September 1993 Vitesse ArnhemA0–0 (won 3–0 on agg)9,133Theodoros Kefalas (Greece)
R2 1st leg20 October 1993 Bayern MunichA2–128,500Goss, Bowen
R2 2nd leg3 November 1993 Bayern MunichH1–1 (won 3–2 on agg)20,643Goss
R3 1st leg24 November 1993 Internazionale MilanoH0–120,805
R3 2nd leg8 December 1993 Internazionale MilanoA0–1 (lost 0–2 on agg)30,000

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[3]

Left club during season

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Norwich City Table on Tuesday 4th January 1994 - Statto.com . 2016-10-15 . 2016-12-20 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125304/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994/table/1994-01-04 . dead .
  2. Web site: Norwich City 1993-1994 Home - statto.com . 2012-06-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120517035318/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994 . 2012-05-17 . dead .
  3. Web site: FootballSquads - Norwich City - 1993/94.