1993–94 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was Manchester City's fifth consecutive season in the top tier of English football, and their second in the Premier League.

Manchester City

1993–94 season
Chairman	Peter Swales (until February) Francis Lee (from February)
Manager	Peter Reid (player-manager) Brian Horton
Stadium	Maine Road
Premier League	16th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Sheron (6) All: Sheron/Quinn (6)
Highest home attendance	35,155 vs Manchester United 7 November 1993
Lowest home attendance	9,280 vs Reading 22 September 1993
Average home league attendance	26,709 (9th highest in league)
Home colours Away colours Third colours

Season summary

Manchester City sacked manager Peter Reid just four games into the season, and quickly confirmed Brian Horton of Oxford United as his replacement.

City were a competitive, attacking side during Reid's three seasons as manager, when they finished fifth in his first two seasons and ninth in the next campaign. But under Horton, they found it increasingly difficult to find the net - just 36 goals were scored in the league all season, and no player scored more than 6 goals. The mid-season sale of David White to Leeds United robbed them of one of their last quality performers, and his replacement David Rocastle (signed from Leeds in a separate deal) failed to live up to expectations.

Despite their lack of goals, City avoided the drop and finished 16th - their lowest finish since relegation in 1987. Horton sought to reverse this decline by bringing in Nicky Summerbee, Uwe Rösler and Paul Walsh, while David Rocastle moved to Chelsea after less than a year at Maine Road.

Kit

City introduced a home and third kit for the season, opting to retain the away kit following the traditional pattern of only replacing home and away kits in alternating seasons. The new home kit featured another pseudo-holographic pattern, this time of large Umbro diamonds from the chest to the left shoulder. The third kit simply adopted the away shirt's pinstripes but altered the colours to deep navy blue on white background. Umbro and Brother remained the kit manufacturers and sponsors respectively.

For this season, City also played in a Centenary shirt to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the club adopting the name Manchester City. The kit featured very thin pinstripe diagonal lines instead of the Umbro diamonds of the main shirt, and replaced the club badge with the coat of arms of the city of Manchester itself, ensconced in a laurel wreath and featuring a motto which simply read the club's name and the years of the centenary.

Home

Centenary

Away

Third

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
Notes:

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	9	17	16	37	49	−12	44	6	9	6	23	22	+1	3	8	10	14	27	−13

Source: [1]

Results

Manchester City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Leeds United	H	1–1	32,366	Flitcroft
17 August 1993	Everton	A	0–1	26,036
21 August 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–1	24,535
24 August 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	25,185
27 August 1993	Coventry City	H	1–1	21,537	Sheron
1 September 1993	Swindon Town	A	3–1	14,300	Vonk, Mike, Quinn
11 September 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	24,445	Quinn, Sheron, Flitcroft
20 September 1993	Wimbledon	A	0–1	8,481
25 September 1993	Sheffield United	A	1–0	20,067	Sheron
4 October 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	21,401	Sheron
16 October 1993	Arsenal	A	0–0	29,567
23 October 1993	Liverpool	H	1–1	30,403	White
1 November 1993	West Ham United	A	1–3	16,605	Curle
7 November 1993	Manchester United	H	2–3	35,155	Quinn (2)
20 November 1993	Norwich City	A	1–1	16,626	Quinn
22 November 1993	Chelsea	A	0–0	10,128
27 November 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–3	23,416	Sheron
4 December 1993	Leeds United	A	2–3	33,821	Griffiths, Sheron
8 December 1993	Everton	H	1–0	20,513	Griffiths
11 December 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	21,566
18 December 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	18,741
28 December 1993	Southampton	H	1–1	24,712	Phelan
1 January 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–2	35,585
15 January 1994	Arsenal	H	0–0	25,642
22 January 1994	Liverpool	A	1–2	41,872	Griffiths
5 February 1994	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	28,188	Griffiths, Flitcroft
12 February 1994	West Ham United	H	0–0	29,118
19 February 1994	Coventry City	A	0–4	11,735
22 February 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–0	19,254
26 February 1994	Swindon Town	H	2–1	26,360	Rocastle, Horlock (own goal)
5 March 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	13,474	Rocastle
12 March 1994	Wimbledon	H	0–1	23,981
19 March 1994	Sheffield United	H	0–0	25,448
26 March 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	16,464
29 March 1994	Ipswich Town	A	2–2	13,099	Rösler, Walsh
2 April 1994	Aston Villa	H	3–0	26,075	Beagrie, Walsh, Rösler
4 April 1994	Southampton	A	1–0	16,377	Karl
9 April 1994	Newcastle United	H	2–1	33,774	Walsh, D Brightwell
16 April 1994	Norwich City	H	1–1	28,010	Rösler
23 April 1994	Manchester United	A	0–2	44,333
30 April 1994	Chelsea	H	2–2	33,594	Rösler, Walsh
7 May 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	33,733	Rösler

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Leicester City	H	4–1	22,613	Ingebrigtsen (3), Kernaghan
R4	29 January 1994	Cardiff City	A	0–1	20,486

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	Reading	H	1–1	9,280	White
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Reading	A	2–1 (won 3–2 on agg)	10,052	Lomas, Quinn
R3	26 October 1993	Chelsea	H	1–0	16,713	White
R4	1 December 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	22,195
R4R	15 December 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	14,117

Squad

[2] 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	ENG	Tony Coton
2	DF	ENG	Andy Hill
3	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan
4	MF	ENG	Steve McMahon
5	DF	ENG	Keith Curle (captain)
6	DF	NED	Michel Vonk
7	MF	ENG	David Rocastle
8	FW	ENG	Mike Sheron
9	FW	IRL	Niall Quinn
10	MF	ENG	Garry Flitcroft
11	FW	WAL	Carl Griffiths
12	DF	ENG	Ian Brightwell
13	GK	WAL	Martyn Margetson
14	MF	ENG	Paul Lake
15	DF	IRL	Alan Kernaghan
16	FW	ENG	Steve Finney

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	ENG	Mike Quigley
18	DF	ENG	David Brightwell
19	MF	JAM	Fitzroy Simpson
20	MF	NED	Alfons Groenendijk
21	MF	NIR	Steve Lomas
22	DF	ENG	Richard Edghill
23	MF	SCO	David Kerr
24	FW	ENG	Adie Mike
25	GK	WAL	Andy Dibble
26	MF	NOR	Kåre Ingebrigtsen
27	DF	ENG	Rae Ingram
28	FW	GER	Uwe Rösler
29	DF	ENG	John Foster
30	FW	ENG	Paul Walsh
31	MF	GER	Steffen Karl (on loan from Borussia Dortmund)
32	MF	ENG	Peter Beagrie

Out on loan 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
26	MF	NOR	Kåre Ingebrigtsen (to Rosenborg until October 1993)

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
7	FW	ENG	David White (to Leeds United)
11	MF	ENG	Rick Holden (to Oldham Athletic)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	MF	ENG	Peter Reid (player-manager; to Southampton)
28	MF	ENG	Carl Shutt (on loan from Birmingham City)