1992–93 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
	1992–93 season
Chairman	Colin Henderson
Manager	Lennie Lawrence
Stadium	Ayresome Park
Premier League	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Wilkinson (15)
Average home league attendance	16,724
← 1991–92	1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Middlesbrough competed in the inaugural season of the Premier League. It was Middlesbrough's first season in the top flight since relegation in 1988; Middlesbrough regained promotion to England's top flight by finishing second in the old Second Division (renamed the First Division after the foundation of the Premier League).

Season summary

Middlesbrough enjoyed a good start to the season, winning four of their first seven games – including a superb 4–1 home win over Yorkshire rivals and reigning champions Leeds United – a run that sent them sixth in the table. Unfortunately, they couldn't quite keep up the momentum but still, up to their thrilling 3–2 victory over Blackburn Rovers on 5 December 1992, they enjoyed stable mid-table form, winning six, drawing six and losing six of their first 18 games. Unfortunately, three consecutive draws followed and from then, starting from a 1–0 home defeat to strugglers Crystal Palace before the new year, the club struggled and went into freefall during the entire second half of the season, winning just three of their next 18 fixtures and picking up just ten points from a possible 54, a run that ultimately resulted in the club's relegation looking inevitable with three matches left.

However, a 3–0 win over Tottenham Hotspur gave them a very slim glimmer of hope for an unlikely survival; on the other hand, they would never look like pulling off the 'great escape' that relegation rivals Oldham Athletic would soon perfect. With just two matches left, they were already three points adrift of Sheffield United and five adrift of Crystal Palace, both having a game in hand. Despite a 3–2 win at Sheffield Wednesday, results went against them: Palace beating Ipswich Town 3–1, Sheffield United condemning Nottingham Forest to relegation by winning 2–0 at the City Ground and Oldham stunning title chasers Aston Villa 1–0 at Villa Park which also saw Manchester United clinching their first top-flight title for 26 years. With these results, Middlesbrough were left with a virtually impossible survival task, with only one game left and were three points adrift of Sheffield United who had two games left with a vastly superior goal difference of −3 against Boro's −21. They needed the Blades to lose both of their final games with a miracle 18-goal swing and to beat third-placed Norwich City in their final game for any chance of survival. Sadly, Boro's relegation was confirmed before a ball was kicked on their closing fixture as the Blades beat Everton 2–0 at Goodison Park. A 3–3 draw with Norwich City for Boro at least meant that they finished a difficult season on a high note in the final three games, going down fighting, and it gave them a glimpse of positivity in gaining promotion back to the Premier League at the first attempt for next season. They finished in 21st place, five points adrift of safety.

Kit

Middlesbrough's kit was manufactured by Admiral. The shirt sponsor was Imperial Chemical Industries.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
4	Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
11	Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest (R)	42	10	10	22	41	62	−21	40

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Premier League

Date	Opponents	Home/ Away	Result F – A	Scorers
15 August 1992	Coventry City	A	1 – 2	Wilkinson
19 August 1992	Manchester City	H	2 – 0	Slaven (2)
22 August 1992	Leeds	H	4 – 1	Wilkinson (2), Wright, Hendrie
29 August 1992	Southampton	A	1 – 2	Wilkinson
1 September 1992	Ipswich	H	2 – 2	Kernaghan, Wilkinson
5 September 1992	Sheffield United	H	2 – 0	Falconer, Wright
12 September 1992	Manchester City	A	1 – 0	Own Goal
19 September 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	3 – 3	Kernaghan, Wright, Falconer
26 September 1992	Aston Villa	H	2 – 3	Slaven, Own Goal
3 October 1992	Manchester United	H	1 – 1	Slaven
17 October 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2 – 2	Mustoe, Wilkinson
21 October 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	0 – 1
24 October 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1 – 1	Wilkinson
31 October 1992	Norwich City	A	1 – 1	Wilkinson
7 November 1992	Liverpool	A	1 – 4	Phillips
21 November 1992	Wimbledon	H	2 – 0	Hendrie, Morris
28 November 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	1 – 4	Falconer
5 December 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	3 – 2	Hendrie (3)
11 December 1992	Chelsea	H	0 – 0
19 December 1992	Arsenal	A	1 – 1	Own Goal
26 December 1992	Everton	A	2 – 2	Hignett (2)
28 December 1992	Crystal Palace	H	0 – 1
9 January 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	0 – 1
17 January 1993	Aston Villa	A	1 – 5	Hignett
26 January 1993	Southampton	H	2 – 1	Mohan, Wilkinson
30 January 1993	Leeds United	A	0 – 3
6 February 1993	Coventry City	H	0 – 2
9 February 1993	Sheffield United	A	0 – 2
20 February 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1 – 2	Phillips
27 February 1993	Manchester United	A	0 – 3
2 March 1993	Ipswich Town	A	1 – 0	Wilkinson
9 March 1993	Wimbledon	A	0 – 2
13 March 1993	Liverpool	H	1 – 2	Own Goal
20 March 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	1 – 1	Hendrie
22 March 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	2 – 3	Mohan, Hignett
3 April 1993	Chelsea	A	0 – 4
6 April 1993	Arsenal	H	1 – 0	Hendrie
10 April 1993	Everton	H	1 – 2	Wilkinson
12 April 1993	Crystal Palace	A	1 – 4	Wilkinson
20 April 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3 – 0	Wright (2), Wilkinson
1 May 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3 – 2	Falconer, Pollock, Hendrie
8 May 1993	Norwich City	H	3 – 3	Falconer, Wilkinson, Hendrie

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
13 January 1993	Round 3	Chelsea	H	2 – 1	Wright, Falconer
23 January 1993	Round 4	Nottingham Forest	A	1 – 1	Falconer
3 February 1992	Round 4 Replay	Nottingham Forest	H	0 – 3

Coca Cola Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers
23 September 1992	Round 2 First leg	Newcastle United	A	0 – 0
7 October 1992	Round 2 Second leg	Newcastle United	H	1 – 3	Wilkinson

First-team squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Andy Collett
		GK	Brian Horne (on loan from Millwall)
		GK	Ian Ironside
		GK	Stephen Pears
		GK	Ben Roberts
		DF	Michael Barron
		DF	Curtis Fleming^[2]
		DF	Phil Gilchrist
		DF	Jon Gittens
		DF	Chris Kamara (on loan from Luton Town)
		DF	Alan Kernaghan (captain)
		DF	Richard Liburd
		DF	Nicky Mohan
		DF	Chris Morris^[3]
		DF	Gary Parkinson
		DF	Jimmy Phillips
		DF	Andy Todd
		DF	Derek Whyte

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Graham Kavanagh
		MF	Alan Moore
		MF	Robbie Mustoe
		MF	Michael Oliver
		MF	Andy Peake
		MF	Jamie Pollock
		MF	Mark Proctor
		MF	Phil Stamp
		MF	Tommy Wright
		FW	Willie Falconer
		FW	John Hendrie
		FW	Craig Hignett
		FW	Neil Illman
		FW	Dwight Marshall^[4] (on loan from Plymouth Argyle)
		FW	Bernie Slaven^[5]
		FW	Paul Wilkinson

References

↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/players/season/1993
↑ Fleming was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.
↑ Morris was born in Newquay, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother.
↑ Marshall was born in Saint Lucia, Jamaica (now Saint Lucia).
↑ Slaven was born in Paisley, Scotland, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother.

[1] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/middlesbrough/tab/players/season/1993

[2] Fleming was born in Manchester, England, but was raised in Dublin, Republic of Ireland.

[3] Morris was born in Newquay, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his mother.

[4] Marshall was born in Saint Lucia, Jamaica (now Saint Lucia).

[5] Slaven was born in Paisley, Scotland, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother.

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1992–93 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Contents

Season summary

Kit

Final league table

Results

Premier League

FA Cup

Coca Cola Cup

First-team squad

References

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