1993–94 Swindon Town F.C. season

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FA Premier League
22nd (relegated)
FA CupThird round
Coca–Cola CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Fjørtoft (12)
All: Fjørtoft (13)
Average home league attendance15,274

During the 1993–94 English football season,

FA Premier League
. It was Town's first (and, to date, only) season in the top flight of English football.

Season summary

Three years after winning promotion, and then being denied top-flight football for financial irregularities, the Robins finally reached the elite after 73 years of trying thanks to a pulsating 4–3 win over

final
.

Soon after securing promotion, player-manager

Rapid Vienna as well as another striker, Andy Mutch
, from Wolves.

Swindon did not record a league win until their 17th game, winning just five games and becoming the first top division team in 30 years to concede 100 league goals, with only four clean sheets all season. They would have fared worse still had it not been for the strong form during the second half of the season of Jan Åge Fjørtoft, who was on target 12 times in the league, with all of his goals coming after the turn of the new year.

Swindon's first ever top-flight victory came on 24 November 1993 when a

Mark Wright denied Swindon a famous victory.[2] Swindon won their next game 2–1 at home to Southampton. They held Sheffield Wednesday to a thrilling 3–3 draw at Hillsborough on 29 December with two goals from striker Craig Maskell.[3] However, after the turn of the new year, Swindon found themselves on the receiving end of some more heavy defeats. On 15 January, they lost 6–2 to Everton at Goodison Park, though they did manage a narrow victory over Tottenham Hotspur in their next game, and within a month had fallen to a 5–0 defeat at Aston Villa. They were then crushed 7–1 at Newcastle on 12 March. A 2–2 home draw with Manchester United on 19 March sparked fresh hope that Swindon might just about climb to safety, but they collected just two points from their final eight games and were firmly rooted in bottom place. They had won just five league games all season and conceded 100 goals. Although a string of teams have since recorded fewer wins and points in the Premier League, none have yet matched Swindon's record for conceding the most goals.[4]

John Gorman spoke of his hope that Swindon would soon return to the Premiership, John Gorman was sacked as Swindon Town manager early in the 1994/95 season to be succeeded by Steve McMahon, Swindon Town would be relegated to Division 2 at the end of the 1994/95 season


.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
18 Southampton 42 12 7 23 49 66 −17 43
19 Ipswich Town 42 9 16 17 35 58 −23 43
20 Sheffield United (R) 42 8 18 16 42 60 −18 42 Relegation to Football League First Division
21 Oldham Athletic (R) 42 9 13 20 42 68 −26 40
22 Swindon Town (R) 42 5 15 22 47 100 −53 30
Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first[5]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

FA Premier League

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
14 August 1993 Sheffield United A 1–3 20,904 Moncur
18 August 1993 Oldham Athletic H 0–1 11,940
22 August 1993 Liverpool H 0–5 17,364
25 August 1993 Southampton A 1–5 12,505 Maskell (pen)
28 August 1993 Norwich City A 0–0 17,614
1 September 1993 Manchester City H 1–3 16,067 Summerbee
11 September 1993 West Ham United A 0–0 15,777
18 September 1993 Newcastle United H 2–2 15,393 Ling, Mutch
25 September 1993 Manchester United A 2–4 44,583 Mutch, Bodin (pen)
2 October 1993 Blackburn Rovers H 1–3 15,847 Taylor
16 October 1993 Everton H 1–1 14,437 Taylor
23 October 1993 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–1 31,394 Bodin (pen)
30 October 1993 Aston Villa H 1–2 16,322 Bodin (pen)
6 November 1993 Wimbledon A 0–3 7,758
20 November 1993 Ipswich Town H 2–2 13,860 Scott, Bodin (pen)
24 November 1993 Queens Park Rangers H 1–0 14,674 Scott
27 November 1993 Leeds United A 0–3 32,630
4 December 1993 Sheffield United H 0–0 12,882
7 December 1993 Oldham Athletic A 1–2 19,498 Mutch
11 December 1993 Liverpool A 2–2 32,739 Moncur, Scott
18 December 1993 Southampton H 2–1 13,565 Bodin, Scott
27 December 1993 Arsenal H 0–4 17,214
29 December 1993 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–3 30,570 Mutch, Maskell (2)
1 January 1994 Chelsea H 1–3 16,261 Mutch
3 January 1994 Coventry City A 1–1 15,869 Mutch
15 January 1994 Everton A 2–6 20,760 Moncur, Bodin
22 January 1994 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–1 16,464 Fjørtoft, Whitbread
5 February 1994 Coventry City H 3–1 14,635 Fjørtoft (3, 2 pens)
12 February 1994 Aston Villa A 0–5 27,637
19 February 1994 Norwich City H 3–3 15,405 Taylor, Fjørtoft (2)
25 February 1994 Manchester City A 1–2 26,360 Fjørtoft
5 March 1994 West Ham United H 1–1 15,929 Fjørtoft
12 March 1994 Newcastle United A 1–7 32,219 Moncur
19 March 1994 Manchester United H 2–2 18,102 Nijholt, Fjørtoft
26 March 1994 Blackburn Rovers A 1–3 20,046 Fjørtoft
2 April 1994 Arsenal A 1–1 31,635 Bodin (pen)
4 April 1994 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–1 13,927
16 April 1994 Ipswich Town A 1–1 14,760 Fjørtoft
23 April 1994 Wimbledon H 2–4 13,309 Summerbee, Barton (own goal)
27 April 1994 Chelsea A 0–2 11,180
30 April 1994 Queens Park Rangers A 3–1 9,875 Taylor, Fjørtoft, Summerbee
7 May 1994 Leeds United H 0–5 17,228

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 1994 Ipswich Town H 1–1 12,105 Mutch
R3R 18 January 1994 Ipswich Town A 1–2 (
a.e.t.
)		 12,796 Fjørtoft

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 22 September 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 2–0 8,649 Summerbee, Mutch
R2 2nd leg 5 October 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–2 (won 3–2 on agg) 11,756 Summerbee
R3 26 October 1993 Portsmouth A 0–2 12,554

Squad

[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 England ENG Fraser Digby
2 MF England ENG Nicky Summerbee
3 DF Wales WAL Paul Bodin
4 MF England ENG Micky Hazard
5 MF Netherlands NED Luc Nijholt
6 DF England ENG Shaun Taylor
7 MF England ENG John Moncur
8 MF Scotland SCO Ross MacLaren
9 FW Norway NOR Jan Åge Fjørtoft
10 MF England ENG Martin Ling
11 FW England ENG Craig Maskell
12 FW England ENG Steve White
14 DF England ENG Adrian Whitbread
15 DF England ENG Adi Viveash
16 MF Northern Ireland NIR Kevin Horlock
17 FW England ENG Chris Hamon
18 MF England ENG Eddie Murray
No. Pos. Nation Player
19 DF England ENG Andy Thomson
20 DF Republic of Ireland IRL Wayne O'Sullivan
21 MF England ENG Marcus Phillips
22 MF England ENG Austin Berkley
23 GK England ENG Nick Hammond
24 DF England ENG Lee Middleton
25 FW England ENG Andy Mutch
26 DF England ENG Terry Fenwick
27 FW England ENG Keith Scott
28 MF England ENG Ty Gooden
29 GK England ENG Shane Cook
30 GK Scotland SCO Stewart Kerr (on loan from Celtic)
31 DF England ENG Brian Kilcline
32 FW Scotland SCO Frank McAvennie (on loan from Celtic)
33 MF Northern Ireland NIR Lawrie Sanchez
34 GK England ENG Paul Heald (on loan from Leyton Orient)
40 GK England ENG Jon Sheffield (on loan from Cambridge United)

Starting 11

Only considering Premier League starts

References

  1. ^ "Football Stats | Premier League 93/94 | Swindon Town |". statbunker.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
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  4. ^ "Football Stats | Premier League 93/94 | Swindon Town |". statbunker.com. Archived from the original on 20 June 2013. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Swindon Town 1993-1994 Home – statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2012.
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