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Southampton F.C.
1992–93 season
ChairmanGuy Askham
ManagerIan Branfoot
StadiumThe Dell
FA Premier League18th
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Matt Le Tissier (15)
All: Matt Le Tissier (18)
Highest home attendance19,654 v Tottenham
Hotspur (15 August 1992)
Lowest home attendance6,764 v Gillingham
(7 October 1992)
Average home league attendance15,148
Biggest win3–0 v Gillingham
(7 October 1992)
3–0 v Norwich City
(10 February 1993)
Biggest defeat2–5 v Sheffield
Wednesday (12 April 1993)

The 1992–93 Southampton F.C. season was the club's 92nd season of competitive football, their 23rd in the top flight of English football, and their first in the FA Premier League following its replacement of the First Division as the top flight. After a poor first season with manager Ian Branfoot in which the club finished 16th in the final year of the old First Division, the Saints faired even worse in the inaugural Premier League campaign, finishing 18th and avoiding relegation by a single point. Outside the league, the club were knocked out of both the FA Cup and the League Cup in only the third round.

After a final season in which he finished as the club's top scorer, striker Alan Shearer joined Blackburn Rovers, who had been newly promoted to the top flight, for a British record fee of £3.6 million. Neil Ruddock, Jon Gittens and Barry Horne also left in the summer, with Branfoot signing David Speedie, Kerry Dixon, Ken Monkou and Perry Groves to replace them. Southampton's inaugural FA Premier League campaign started in much the same form as their final First Division season had gone, with the club sitting in or just above the relegation zone for much of the first half of the year. A stronger run of form after Christmas saw the Saints climb as high as ninth in the table, which ultimately saved them from the drop ahead of six defeats from their last eight games.

In the FA Cup, Southampton were eliminated in the third round by Nottingham Forest, another club who were struggling against the risk of relegation from the FA Premier League (they would ultimately drop to the First Division, after finishing bottom of the league table). In the League Cup, the Saints beat fourth-flight side Gillingham in the second round (winning the second leg 3–0 after a goalless draw), before facing elimination at the hands of Crystal Palace who, like Nottingham Forest, would later be relegated from the FA Premier League. Along with the club's worst top-flight league finish since their relegation in 1973–74, this marked Southampton's worst FA Cup performance since 1988–89 and their worst League Cup performance since 1987–88.

Southampton used 25 players during the 1992–93 season and had 12 different goalscorers. Following Shearer's departure, Matt Le Tissier returned to his spot as the club's top scorer, with 18 goals across all competitions. Iain Dowie was second on 12 goals. Tim Flowers made the most appearances during the season, as the only player to feature in all 46 matches; Le Tissier followed on 44 appearances. The goalkeeper was also named Southampton F.C. Player of the Season, following Peter Shilton to become only the second player to win the award on two occasions. The average league attendance at The Dell during 1992–93 was 15,148. The highest attendance was 19,654 against Tottenham Hotspur in August and the lowest was 6,764 against Gillingham in October.

Background and transfers

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Alan Shearer became the most expensive player in British football when Blackburn Rovers paid Southampton £3.6 million for the striker in July 1992.
Southampton signed Dutch international centre-back Ken Monkou from Chelsea in August.
Winger Perry Groves joined from Arsenal for £750,000 a few days after Monkou's arrival.

Ahead of the 1992–93 season, Southampton received numerous offers for striker Alan Shearer, who had finished the last year as the club's top scorer and recently made his debut (and scored) for the England national team.[1] Despite interest from Manchester United, he opted to move to Blackburn Rovers (who had been recently promoted to the FA Premier League) in July for a fee of £3.6 million, surpassing Liverpool's purchase of Dean Saunders a year earlier for £2.9 million.[2] Saints manager Ian Branfoot wanted to sign Mike Newell in part-exchange for Shearer, but instead saw the arrival of David Speedie for an additional £400,000; Speedie himself was described as "reluctant" to move, claiming in later years that he felt "forced" into the transfer.[1] Shearer has cited Blackburn's management team – including former England under-21 coach Ray Harford – as his main reason for joining.[3]

Also leaving in the summer were centre-back Neil Ruddock, who was signed by Tottenham Hotspur for a tribunal-determined fee of £750,000;[4] midfielder Barry Horne, who moved to Everton for £675,000;[5] and Jon Gittens, who made his loan move to Middlesbrough permanent in a £350,000 deal.[6] Branfoot's first signing of the 1992–93 transfer window was striker Kerry Dixon, who joined from Chelsea for a fee of £575,000, reuniting with former teammate Speedie when he joined the following week.[7] In August, the manager signed another Chelsea player, Dutch international centre-back Ken Monkou, for whom they paid £750,000.[8] The final addition of the summer came in the form of Arsenal winger Perry Groves, who joined a few days after Monkou for the same fee, despite "nursing an Achilles problem" which would ultimately end his professional playing career within a year.[9]

Despite only joining in the summer, Speedie was put up for transfer by Southampton during the early stages of the season, after reportedly falling out with Branfoot, as well as teammates including Glenn Cockerill and Terry Hurlock. He subsequently spent short periods out on loan at Birmingham City and West Bromwich Albion, before finishing the season with West Ham United and helping the Hammers win promotion to the top flight.[10] Dixon was also loaned out towards the end of the season, joining Luton Town in February 1993 and making the deal permanent early the next season.[7] Other loan deals included defender Kevin Moore spending a month at Bristol Rovers in late-1992,[11] midfielder David Lee joining Bolton Wanderers for a month in November, before joining permanently in December,[12] and striker Paul Moody moving to Reading over the Christmas period.[13] Alloa Athletic midfielder Paul Sheerin, Halesowen Town striker Frankie Bennett and Ayr United defender Derek Allan all joined Southampton during the course of the 1992–93 season for small fees.[14][15][16]

Players transferred in

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Fee Ref.
Kerry Dixon  England FW England Chelsea 19 July 1992 £575,000 [7]
David Speedie  Scotland FW England Blackburn Rovers 27 July 1992 £400,000 [10]
Ken Monkou  Netherlands DF England Chelsea 21 August 1992 £750,000 [8]
Perry Groves  England MF England Arsenal 24 August 1992 £750,000 [9]
Paul Sheerin  Scotland MF Scotland Alloa Athletic 1 October 1992 £65,000 [14]
Frankie Bennett  England FW England Halesowen Town 24 February 1993 £5,000 [15]
Derek Allan  Scotland DF Scotland Ayr United 16 March 1993 £75,000 [16]

Players transferred out

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date Fee Ref.
Barry Horne  England MF England Everton 1 July 1992 £675,000 [5]
Jon Gittens  England MF England Middlesbrough 27 July 1992 £350,000 [6]
Alan Shearer  England FW England Blackburn Rovers 27 July 1992 £3,600,000 [2]
Neil Ruddock  England DF England Tottenham Hotspur 29 July 1992 £750,000 [4]
David Lee  England MF England Bolton Wanderers December 1992 Unknown [12]

Players loaned out

Name Nationality Pos. Club Date from Date to Ref.
Kevin Moore  England DF England Bristol Rovers October 1992 November 1992 [11]
David Lee  England MF England Bolton Wanderers November 1992 December 1992 [12]
David Speedie  Scotland FW England Birmingham City November 1992 December 1992 [10]
Paul Moody  England FW England Reading December 1992 January 1993 [13]
David Speedie  Scotland FW England West Bromwich Albion January 1993 February 1993 [10]
Kerry Dixon  England FW England Luton Town February 1993 End of season [7]
David Speedie  Scotland FW England West Ham United March 1993 End of season [10]

Pre-season friendlies

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Ahead of the 1992–93 league campaign, Southampton played ten pre-season friendlies. The first two, which took place in May just after the end of the previous season, saw Southampton travel to Grand Cayman to compete in the Hampsteads International Cup alongside two national sides: Jamaica and the Cayman Islands. The Saints beat Jamaica 2–0 in the first game and drew 1–1 with the Cayman Islands in the second.[17] After the summer break, in July the club faced Scottish First Division side Ayr United, which they lost 1–0.[17] Later in the month, the Saints completed a tour of Sweden which included six friendlies in nine days: an 8–1 win over Trollhättan, a 2–1 win over Västra Frölunda, a 12–0 win over Värnamo (in which new signing Kerry Dixon scored five goals and Neil Maddison added a hat-trick), a 6–0 win over Gällstads, a 5–2 win over Vinninga, and a 5–1 win over Yngsjö.[17] Back in the UK, Southampton beat Second Division side Swansea City 3–2 at Vetch Field eight days before the start of the league season.[17]

May 1992 Hampsteads International Cup Jamaica Jamaica 0–2 Southampton Grand Cayman
Adams
Banger
May 1992 Hampsteads International Cup Cayman Islands Cayman Islands 1–1 Southampton Grand Cayman
Moody
21 July 1992 Friendly Scotland Ayr United 1–0 Southampton Ayr, Scotland
Stadium: Somerset Park
27 July 1992 Friendly Sweden Trollhättan 1–8 Southampton Trollhättan, Sweden
Adams
Cockerill
Dixon
Hall
Le Tissier
Moore
Speedie
Widdrington
28 July 1992 Friendly Sweden Västra Frölunda 1–2 Southampton Gothenburg, Sweden
Le Tissier
Speedie
30 July 1992 Friendly Sweden Värnamo 0–12 Southampton Värnamo, Sweden
Banger
Dixon
Dowie
Lee
Le Tissier
Maddison 		Stadium: Finnvedsvallen
1 August 1992 Friendly Sweden Gällstads 0–6 Southampton Gällstad, Sweden
Adams
Cockerill
Dowie
Le Tissier
Speedie
3 August 1992 Friendly Sweden Vinninga 2–5 Southampton Vinninga, Sweden
Adams
Bound
Dixon
Le Tissier
Speedie
4 August 1992 Friendly Sweden Yngsjö 1–5 Southampton Yngsjö, Sweden
Adams
Dodd
Speedie
7 August 1992 Friendly Wales Swansea City 2–3 Southampton Swansea, Wales
Dixon
Le Tissier 		Stadium: Vetch Field

FA Premier League

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See also: 1992–93 FA Premier League

The 1992–93 season saw the introduction of the FA Premier League, which replaced the First Division of the English Football League as the top flight of football in England.[18] The league was created primarily to allow clubs in the top flight to secure broadcasting deals independently of the Football League, in order to maximise revenue for the clubs and attract more talent to the division.[19] The inaugural outing of the new league featured 22 clubs determined by the results of the previous season (19 First Division clubs and three promoted from the Second Division), with Southampton one of the founding members.[20]

Matt Le Tissier scored 15 of Southampton's 54 league goals in 1992–93, finishing as their top scorer for the third time.

The season started poorly for Southampton. A goalless draw with Tottenham Hotspur on the opening day was followed by a 3–1 loss at Queens Park Rangers during which Micky Adams was sent off, although the left-back was involved more positively three days later when he scored the visitors' goal in a 1–1 draw at Aston Villa.[1] After a late 1–0 loss at Manchester United courtesy of a penultimate-minute goal from new signing Dion Dublin, the Saints picked up their first win of the season at home to Middlesbrough, who had been recently promoted to the FA Premier League after finishing as runners-up in the Second Division; all three goals in the 2–1 affair were scored in the last 15 minutes of the game, with a Matt Le Tissier penalty and a Nicky Banger header securing the hosts' first victory of the campaign.[1] 1–1 draws with FA Cup champions Liverpool and league champions Leeds United (featuring debut goals for Kerry Dixon and Perry Groves, respectively) flanked two more defeats, against league leaders Norwich City and Queens Park Rangers.[1]

Following the Leeds game, Southampton sat 20th in the FA Premier League table, in the first of three relegation spots.[21] The team's second win of the season came against Crystal Palace the next week, with Iain Dowie scoring both of the visitors' goals either side of half-time.[14] The next week's 2–0 loss at Sheffield United marked the final appearance of summer signing David Speedie, who had fallen out with Branfoot and other players, and was subsequently loaned out to various clubs during the rest of the season.[10] Following a 2–2 draw at home to Wimbledon and a 1–0 loss at Manchester City, the Saints started a six-game unbeaten run with a 1–0 win over strugglers Oldham Athletic, marking their best run of results of the whole season.[14] The spell included a 2–1 win over bottom-placed Nottingham Forest and a 2–0 defeat of title hopefuls Arsenal.[14]

After climbing as high as 13th in the table following the win over Arsenal,[22] a run of three defeats and two draws over Christmas and new year saw them drop back down to 19th, just above the relegation zone.[14][23] In January, the club picked up key wins over Crystal Palace and Aston Villa, the latter of whom were second in the table before the game.[14] February brought a pair of wins over Norwich City, who were still challenging for the title, and Liverpool, which was followed by a narrow defeat at league leaders Manchester United.[24] A run of four games unbeaten from late-February to mid-March saw the club climb into the top half of the table for the first time during the season, peaking at ninth following a hard-fought 4–3 win over Ipswich Town in which Le Tissier scored the winner in the last minute of the game, after a goal for each side within the closing ten minutes.[24][25]

The victory over Ipswich was Southampton's penultimate win of the season, as they lost six of their last eight games and started to drop back towards the bottom of the league table again. The spell started with a closely-fought 4–3 defeat at Arsenal, who were occupying a mid-table spot at the time, which was followed by a 2–1 home loss to relegation-threatened Nottingham Forest in which Le Tissier missed a penalty for the first time on his 21st attempt.[24][26] Another loss to mid-table side Coventry City was followed by the club's last win of the season, a 1–0 edging of Chelsea after which they remained 14th in the table.[27] Sheffield Wednesday dealt Southampton their heaviest defeat of the season two days after the Chelsea game, thrashing the visiting Saints 5–2, before the Saints finished their debut FA Premier League campaign with a goalless draw at home to Everton, a 1–0 defeat at home to Manchester City, and a 4–3 loss at Oldham Athletic.[26] The final game of the season gave the Latics a win which secured their FA Premier League status, as they equalled Crystal Palace's points tally and had a superior goal difference, while also featuring Le Tissier's second away hat-trick and first from open play.[26]

Southampton's 18th-place finish in the inaugural FA Premier League was the club's lowest finishing position in the top flight since they were last relegated from the First Division in the 1973–74 season.

List of match results

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15 August 1992 1 Southampton 0–0 Tottenham Hotspur Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,654
Referee: Vic Callow
19 August 1992 2 Queens Park Rangers 3–1 Southampton London
Ferdinand 58', 86'
Bardsley 70'		 Le Tissier 31' Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 10,925
Referee: Ray Bigger
22 August 1992 3 Aston Villa 1–1 Southampton Birmingham
Atkinson 64' Adams 79' Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,894
Referee: Kelvin Morton
24 August 1992 4 Southampton 0–1 Manchester United Southampton
Dublin 89' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,623
Referee: Ray Lewis
29 August 1992 5 Southampton 2–1 Middlesbrough Southampton
Le Tissier 80' (pen.)
Banger 83'		 Wilkinson 75' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,003
Referee: Rodger Gifford
1 September 1992 6 Liverpool 1–1 Southampton Liverpool
Wright 60' Dixon 51' Stadium: Anfield
Attendance: 30,024
Referee: Robbie Hart
5 September 1992 7 Norwich City 1–0 Southampton Norwich
Robins 87' Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 12,452
Referee: Keith Hackett
12 September 1992 8 Southampton 1–2 Queens Park Rangers Southampton
Le Tissier 11' Sinton 53'
Channing 56'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,125
Referee: Alan Gunn
19 September 1992 9 Southampton 1–1 Leeds United Southampton
Groves 43' Speed 83' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,229
Referee: Alf Buksh
26 September 1992 10 Crystal Palace 1–2 Southampton London
Young 54' Dowie 44', 88' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,829
Referee: Jim Borrett
3 October 1992 11 Sheffield United 2–0 Southampton Sheffield
Whitehouse 4'
Littlejohn 26'		 Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 15,842
Referee: Ken Redfern
17 October 1992 12 Southampton 2–2 Wimbledon Southampton
Dowie 57'
Groves 83'		 Cotterill 50', 67' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 11,221
Referee: Keren Barratt
24 October 1992 13 Manchester City 1–0 Southampton Manchester
Sheron 74' Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 20,089
Referee: Philip Don
31 October 1992 14 Southampton 1–0 Oldham Athletic Southampton
Hall 58' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 10,827
Referee: Paul Durkin
7 November 1992 15 Ipswich Town 0–0 Southampton Ipswich
Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 15,722
Referee: Roger Dilkes
22 November 1992 16 Southampton 1–1 Blackburn Rovers Southampton
Le Tissier 22' Moran 38' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,626
Referee: Martin Bodenham
28 November 1992 17 Nottingham Forest 1–2 Southampton Nottingham
Clough 43' Le Tissier 21'
Adams 63'		 Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,942
Referee: David Elleray
5 December 1992 18 Southampton 2–0 Arsenal Southampton
Maddison 16'
Dowie 53'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,286
Referee: John Key
12 December 1992 19 Southampton 2–2 Coventry City Southampton
Maddison 9'
Dowie 61'		 Quinn 6', 25' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 12,306
Referee: Bob Nixon
19 December 1992 20 Everton 2–1 Southampton Liverpool
Beardsley 11' (pen.)
Rideout 36'		 Le Tissier 5' Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 14,051
Referee: Mike Peck
26 December 1992 21 Chelsea 1–1 Southampton London
Newton 89' Dowie 2' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 18,344
Referee: Alan Gunn
28 December 1992 22 Southampton 1–2 Sheffield Wednesday Southampton
Monkou 80' Sheridan 12' (pen.)
Hirst 63'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,426
Referee: Roger Milford
9 January 1993 23 Leeds United 2–1 Southampton Leeds
Fairclough 50'
Speed 72'		 Dixon 19' Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 26,071
Referee: Ron Groves
16 January 1993 24 Southampton 1–0 Crystal Palace Southampton
Maddison 50' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,397
Referee: Philip Don
26 January 1993 25 Middlesbrough 2–1 Southampton Middlesbrough
Mohan 24'
Wilkinson 71'		 Le Tissier 58' Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,918
Referee: Peter Foakes
30 January 1993 26 Southampton 2–0 Aston Villa Southampton
Banger 39'
Dowie 63'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 19,087
Referee: Philip Wright
7 February 1993 27 Tottenham Hotspur 4–2 Southampton London
Sheringham 54', 59'
Barmby 56'
Anderton 57'		 Dowie 21'
Hall 66'		 Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 20,098
Referee: Ken Redfern
10 February 1993 28 Southampton 3–0 Norwich City Southampton
Hall 9'
Adams 25'
Banger 79'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 12,969
Referee: Joe Worrall
13 February 1993 29 Southampton 2–1 Liverpool Southampton
Maddison 23'
Banger 73'		 Hutchison 60' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 17,216
Referee: Alf Buksh
20 February 1993 30 Manchester United 2–1 Southampton Manchester
Giggs 82', 83' Banger 77' Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 36,257
Referee: Ray Lewis
27 February 1993 31 Southampton 3–2 Sheffield United Southampton
Moore 2'
Kenna 5'
Dowie 39'		 Gayle 37'
Bryson 83'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 13,814
Referee: Jim Borrett
6 March 1993 32 Wimbledon 1–2 Southampton London
Holdsworth 22' Le Tissier 33'
Moore 73'		 Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 4,534
Referee: Alan Gunn
9 March 1993 33 Blackburn Rovers 0–0 Southampton Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 13,556
Referee: Stephen Lodge
13 March 1993 34 Southampton 4–3 Ipswich Town Southampton
Hall 17'
Le Tissier 65' (pen.), 90'
Kenna 84'		 Linighan 13'
Goddard 35'
Kiwomya 87'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,428
Referee: David Elleray
20 March 1993 35 Arsenal 4–3 Southampton London
Linighan 15'
Merson 16'
Carter 20', 79'		 Dowie 4'
Adams 30'
Le Tissier 50'		 Stadium: Arsenal Stadium
Attendance: 24,149
Referee: Keren Barratt
24 March 1993 36 Southampton 1–2 Nottingham Forest Southampton
Le Tissier 72' Clough 5'
Keane 45'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 18,005
Referee: Mike Reed
3 April 1993 37 Coventry City 2–0 Southampton Coventry
Quinn 7' (pen.)
Williams 80'		 Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 10,463
Referee: Keith Cooper
10 April 1993 38 Southampton 1–0 Chelsea Southampton
Banger 49' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 15,135
Referee: Keith Burge
12 April 1993 39 Sheffield Wednesday 5–2 Southampton Sheffield
Bright 37'
Bart-Williams 43', 71', 80'
King 50'		 Dodd 68'
Dowie 86'		 Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 26,183
Referee: Kelvin Morton
17 April 1993 40 Southampton 0–0 Everton Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 16,911
Referee: Martin Bodenham
1 May 1993 41 Southampton 0–1 Manchester City Southampton
White 41' Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 11,830
Referee: T. Lloyd
8 May 1993 42 Oldham Athletic 4–3 Southampton Oldham
Pointon 29'
Olney 44'
Ritchie 54'
Halle 63'		 Le Tissier 34', 66', 84' Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 14,597
Referee: Howard King

Final league table

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Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
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 Football League First Division
Source: RSSSF
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Results by matchday

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHHAAHHAAHAHAHAHHAAHAHAHAHHAHAAHAHAHAHHA
ResultDLDLWDLLDWLDLWDDWWDLDLLWLWLWWLWWDWLLLWLDLL
Position13171720171718192015181819191917161315161517191717151714121412111191013141414141518
Source: 11v11.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

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See also: 1992–93 FA Cup

Southampton entered the 1992–93 FA Cup in the third round against Nottingham Forest, another side fighting the risk of relegation from the FA Premier League. The visiting Saints opened the scoring in the 14th minute, when Matt Le Tissier headed in a corner from Micky Adams flicked on by Glenn Cockerill.[28] Forest responded with a run of chances on goal, denied by Southampton goalkeeper Tim Flowers, before they eventually equalised a minute before half-time when Roy Keane headed in from a corner.[28] During stoppage time before the break, the hosts went ahead through Neil Webb.[28] In the second half, Le Tissier came close to equalising on multiple occasions, including hitting the crossbar just a minute after the break, while Kerry Dixon saw his "powerful header" saved by Forest goalkeeper Mark Crossley.[28]

3 January 1993 Round 3 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Southampton Nottingham
Keane 44'
Webb 45+2'		 Le Tissier 14' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 13,592

League Cup

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See also: 1992–93 Football League Cup

Southampton entered the 1992–93 League Cup against Third Division side Gillingham. After a goalless first leg at Priestfield Stadium, the Saints overcame the fourth-flight side at home with a 3–0 win – Iain Dowie opened the scoring in the 29th minute with a header, before Matt Le Tissier added a penalty ten minutes after half-time, followed by a chip six minutes later.[29] In the third round, the South Coast club hosted fellow FA Premier League side Crystal Palace, who won the tie 2–0 after a "dreadful" performance by the home side "lacking in passion and purpose".[29]

23 September 1992 Round 2 Leg 1 Gillingham 0–0 Southampton Gillingham
Stadium: Priestfield Stadium
Attendance: 7,488
7 October 1992 Round 2 Leg 2 Southampton 3–0
(3–0 agg.)		 Gillingham Southampton
Dowie 29'
Le Tissier 55' (pen.), 61'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 6,764
28 October 1992 Round 3 Southampton 0–2 Crystal Palace Southampton
McGoldrick 10'
Salako 17'		 Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 9,060

Other matches

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Outside the league, FA Cup and League Cup, the Southampton first team played five additional matches during the 1992–93 season. The first was a friendly against a team representing Jersey in September 1992, which the Saints won 4–1 (goals included a pair from Nicky Banger).[17] A similar friendly against a team representing Guernsey was played in March 1993, which was also won by Southampton 3–1 (Matt Le Tissier scored twice).[17] The next month, before the last two games of the season, the club played friendlies against Fordingbridge Turks and Grimsby Town. The former was hosted to mark the Turks' 125th anniversary and saw the Saints thrash the non-league side 13–1; Le Tissier scored a hat-trick and later played in goal, with Tim Flowers scoring a "spectacular diving header" during an outfield spell.[30] Seven other players were on the scoresheet.[17] The latter, just over a week later, was a testimonial for retiring player John Cockerill, brother of Saints player Glenn, which saw the FA Premier League side beat the First Division hosts 3–1.[17] The last friendly, which took place in between the penultimate and final games in the league, saw Southampton beat local Second Division side Bournemouth 2–0 at Dean Court for Paul Morrell's testimonial.[17]

15 September 1992 Friendly Jersey Jersey Select XI 1–4 Southampton St Helier, Jersey
Banger
Hurlock
Le Tissier 		Stadium: Springfield Stadium
15 March 1993 Friendly Guernsey Guernsey FA XI 1–3 Southampton Saint Sampson, Guernsey
Le Tissier
Maddison 		Stadium: Corbet Field
19 April 1993 Friendly Fordingbridge Turks 1–13 Southampton Fordingbridge
Banger
Benali
Cockerill
Dowie
Flowers
Le Tissier
Maddison
Tisdale
Widdrington 		Stadium: Recreation Ground
27 April 1993 John Cockerill Testimonial Grimsby Town 1–3 Southampton Cleethorpes
Le Tissier
Maddison 		Stadium: Blundell Park
4 May 1993 Paul Morrell Testimonial Bournemouth 0–2 Southampton Bournemouth
Maddison Stadium: Dean Court

Player details

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Southampton used 25 players during the 1992–93 season, 12 of whom scored during the campaign.[31] Six players made their debut appearances for the club, including five of their seven new signings (Derek Allan,[16] Kerry Dixon,[7] Perry Groves,[9] Ken Monkou,[8] and David Speedie[10]) and one player making the step up from youth to the first team (Neal Bartlett[32]). Four of these new signings (Allan,[16] Dixon,[7] Groves,[9] and Speedie[10]) also made their last appearances for the Saints during the campaign, as did striker David Lee, who left the following summer.[12] Goalkeeper Tim Flowers was the only Southampton player to appear in all 46 of the team's matches across all competitions.[31] Matt Le Tissier finished as the club's top scorer in 1992–93 with 15 goals in the league, one in the FA Cup and two in the League Cup; Iain Dowie was the second-highest scorer with 12 goals in all competitions.[31] Flowers won the Southampton F.C. Player of the Season award for a second time (the second player, after fellow goalkeeper Peter Shilton, to do so).[26]

Squad statistics

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Name Pos. Nat. League FA Cup League Cup Total Discipline
Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals Apps. Goals
Micky Adams DF England 38 4 1 0 3 0 42 4 6 1
Derek Allan DF Scotland 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Ian Andrews GK England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Nicky Banger FW England 10(17) 6 0(1) 0 1 0 11(18) 6 0 0
Neal Bartlett MF England 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0
Francis Benali DF England 31(2) 0 1 0 1(2) 0 33(4) 0 5 1
Frankie Bennett FW England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Matthew Bound DF Wales 1(2) 0 0 0 0 0 1(2) 0 0 0
Glenn Cockerill MF England 21(2) 0 1 0 2 0 24(2) 0 2 0
Jason Dodd DF England 27(3) 1 1 0 3 0 31(3) 1 1 0
Iain Dowie FW Northern Ireland 34(2) 11 0 0 2 1 36(2) 12 9 0
Tim Flowers GK England 42 0 1 0 3 0 46 0 1 0
Perry Groves FW England 13(2) 2 0(1) 0 2 0 15(3) 2 2 0
Richard Hall DF England 28 4 1 0 1 0 30 4 5 0
David Hughes MF England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Terry Hurlock MF England 30 0 0 0 3 0 33 0 6 1
Jeff Kenna DF Republic of Ireland 27(2) 2 1 0 0 0 28(2) 2 0 0
Matt Le Tissier MF England 40 15 1 1 3 2 44 18 5 0
Neil Maddison MF England 33(4) 4 1 0 1 0 35(4) 4 0 0
Ken Monkou DF Netherlands 33 1 1 0 3 0 37 1 4 0
Paul Moody FW England 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 2(1) 0 1 0
Kevin Moore DF England 18 2 0 0 1 0 19 2 3 0
Lee Powell MF Wales 0(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0(2) 0 0 0
Paul Sheerin MF Scotland 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Martin Thomas MF England 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Tommy Widdrington MF England 11(1) 0 0 0 0(1) 0 11(2) 0 3 0
Steve Wood DF England 4 0 0 0 1 0 5 0 0 0
Squad members who ended the season out on loan
Kerry Dixon FW England 8(1) 2 1 0 2 0 11(1) 2 0 0
David Speedie FW Scotland 11 0 0 0 1 0 12 0 1 0
Players with appearances who left before the end of the season
David Lee FW England 0(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0(1) 0 0 0

Most appearances

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Rank Name Pos. League FA Cup League Cup Total
Starts Subs Starts Subs Starts Subs Starts Subs Total
1 Tim Flowers GK 42 0 1 0 3 0 46 0 46
2 Matt Le Tissier MF 40 0 1 0 3 0 44 0 44
3 Micky Adams DF 38 0 1 0 3 0 42 0 42
4 Neil Maddison MF 33 4 1 0 1 0 35 4 39
5 Iain Dowie FW 34 2 0 0 2 0 36 2 38
6 Ken Monkou DF 33 0 1 0 3 0 37 0 37
Francis Benali DF 31 2 1 0 1 2 33 4 37
8 Jason Dodd DF 27 3 1 0 3 0 31 3 34
9 Terry Hurlock MF 30 0 0 0 3 0 33 0 33
10 Richard Hall DF 28 0 1 0 1 0 30 0 30
Jeff Kenna DF 27 2 1 0 0 0 28 2 30

Top goalscorers

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Rank Name Pos. League FA Cup League Cup Total
Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps GPG
1 Matt Le Tissier FW 15 40 1 1 2 3 18 44 0.40
2 Iain Dowie FW 11 36 0 0 1 2 12 38 0.31
3 Nicky Banger FW 6 27 0 1 0 1 6 29 0.20
4 Richard Hall DF 4 28 0 1 0 1 4 30 0.13
Neil Maddison MF 4 37 0 1 0 1 4 39 0.10
Micky Adams DF 4 38 0 1 0 3 4 42 0.09
7 Kerry Dixon FW 2 9 0 1 0 2 2 12 0.16
Perry Groves FW 2 15 0 1 0 2 2 18 0.11
Kevin Moore DF 2 18 0 0 0 1 2 19 0.10
Jeff Kenna DF 2 29 0 1 0 0 2 30 0.06

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Bibliography

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  • Holley, Duncan; Chalk, Gary (2003), Bull, David (ed.), In That Number: A Post-War Chronicle of Southampton FC, Bristol, England: Hagiology Publishing, ISBN 0-9534474-3-X
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