1993–94 Crystal Palace F.C. season
Appearance
1993–94 season | ||
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Chairman | Ron Noades | |
Manager | Alan Smith | |
Stadium | Selhurst Park | |
First Division | 1st (champions) | |
FA Cup | Third round | |
League Cup | Third round | |
Top goalscorer | League: Armstrong (22) All: Armstrong (24) | |
Average home league attendance | 15,656 | |
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During the 1993–94 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
Season summary
[edit]Smith immediately guided Palace back to the Premier League as runaway champions of the second tier,[1] Chris Armstrong top-scoring with 22 league goals.[2] During this period the badge was changed with the bird being replaced by one which Ron Noades felt more closely resembled an eagle.[3]
Final league table
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Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
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1 | Crystal Palace (C, P) | 46 | 27 | 9 | 10 | 73 | 46 | +27 | 90 | Promotion to the Premier League |
2 | Nottingham Forest (P) | 46 | 23 | 14 | 9 | 74 | 49 | +25 | 83 | |
3 | Millwall | 46 | 19 | 17 | 10 | 58 | 49 | +9 | 74 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
4 | Leicester City (O, P) | 46 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 72 | 59 | +13 | 73 | |
5 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 21 | 9 | 16 | 69 | 53 | +16 | 72 |
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted
Results
[edit]Crystal Palace's score comes first[4]
Legend
[edit]Win | Draw | Loss |
Football League First Division
[edit]Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
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14 August 1993 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 0–0 | 14,785 | |
21 August 1993 | Bristol City | A | 0–2 | 12,068 | |
24 August 1993 | Nottingham Forest | H | 2–0 | 15,048 | Young, Gordon |
28 August 1993 | Portsmouth | H | 5–1 | 14,428 | Armstrong (3), Gordon, Southgate |
31 August 1993 | Birmingham City | A | 4–2 | 13,856 | Williams, Shaw, Armstrong (2) |
12 September 1993 | Sunderland | H | 1–0 | 11,318 | Armstrong |
18 September 1993 | West Bromwich Albion | A | 4–1 | 17,873 | Coleman, Whyte, Armstrong, Southgate |
26 September 1993 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–0 | 7,947 | |
2 October 1993 | Stoke City | H | 4–1 | 12,880 | Salako (3), Southgate |
17 October 1993 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | 13,056 | Humphrey |
23 October 1993 | Derby County | A | 1–3 | 16,586 | Armstrong |
30 October 1993 | Grimsby Town | H | 1–0 | 12,202 | Southgate |
2 November 1993 | Luton Town | H | 3–2 | 10,925 | Shaw, Young, Whyte |
6 November 1993 | Notts County | A | 2–3 | 6,904 | Armstrong (2) |
20 November 1993 | Barnsley | A | 3–1 | 5,384 | Armstrong, Williams (2) |
24 November 1993 | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 7,845 | |
28 November 1993 | Watford | A | 3–1 | 7,485 | Williams, Salako, Southgate |
5 December 1993 | Notts County | H | 1–2 | 12,642 | Osborn |
8 December 1993 | Leicester City | A | 1–1 | 16,706 | Williams |
11 December 1993 | Birmingham City | H | 2–1 | 11,925 | Southgate, Salako |
19 December 1993 | Tranmere Rovers | A | 1–0 | 7,011 | Williams |
27 December 1993 | Oxford United | A | 3–1 | 10,356 | Armstrong (2), Salako |
29 December 1993 | Southend United | H | 1–0 | 18,255 | Rodger |
1 January 1994 | Millwall | A | 0–3 | 16,779 | |
15 January 1994 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–2 | 23,851 | |
22 January 1994 | Leicester City | H | 2–1 | 17,045 | Coleman, Armstrong |
1 February 1994 | Peterborough United | H | 3–2 | 12,426 | Rodger, Salako, Armstrong |
5 February 1994 | Derby County | H | 1–1 | 15,615 | Gordon |
12 February 1994 | Grimsby Town | A | 1–1 | 6,302 | Southgate |
19 February 1994 | Nottingham Forest | A | 1–1 | 24,232 | Matthew |
22 February 1994 | Bristol City | H | 4–1 | 11,508 | Salako, Gordon (pen), Armstrong (2) |
26 February 1994 | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1–1 | 17,245 | Southgate |
5 March 1994 | Portsmouth | A | 1–0 | 13,508 | Young |
12 March 1994 | West Bromwich Albion | H | 1–0 | 16,576 | Stewart |
16 March 1994 | Sunderland | A | 0–1 | 15,892 | |
20 March 1994 | Charlton Athletic | H | 2–0 | 14,408 | Armstrong, Stewart |
23 March 1994 | Middlesbrough | H | 0–1 | 12,811 | |
26 March 1994 | Stoke City | A | 2–0 | 18,071 | Gordon (pen), Williams |
29 March 1994 | Peterborough United | A | 1–1 | 8,412 | Rodger |
2 April 1994 | Oxford United | H | 2–1 | 15,510 | Armstrong, Stewart |
6 April 1994 | Southend United | A | 2–1 | 9,776 | Young, Armstrong |
9 April 1994 | Millwall | H | 1–0 | 23,142 | Armstrong |
16 April 1994 | Luton Town | A | 1–0 | 9,880 | Coleman |
23 April 1994 | Barnsley | H | 1–0 | 20,522 | Young |
1 May 1994 | Middlesbrough | A | 3–2 | 8,638 | Southgate, Armstrong, Whyte |
8 May 1994 | Watford | H | 0–2 | 28,694 |
FA Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R3 | 8 January 1994 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | A | 0–1 | 25,047 |
League Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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R2 First Leg | 21 September 1993 | Charlton Athletic | H | 3–1 | 9,615 | Gordon, Southgate, Whyte |
R2 Second Leg | 5 October 1993 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–0 (won 4–1 on agg) | 5,224 | Armstrong |
R3 | 26 October 1993 | Everton | A | 2–2 | 11,547 | Southgate, Thorn |
R3R | 10 November 1993 | Everton | H | 1–4 | 14,662 | Southgate |
Anglo-Italian Cup
[edit]Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
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PR Group 8 | 7 September 1993 | Charlton Athletic | A | 1–4 | 3,868 | |
PR Group 8 | 14 September 1993 | Millwall | H | 3–0 | 2,712 | Williams, Armstrong (pen), Whyte |
Players
[edit]First-team squad
[edit]- Squad at end of season[5]
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
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References
[edit]- ^ Alexander, Jeremy. "Soccer: FIRST DIVISION: Palace Promoted a Day Late Luton Town 0, Crystal Palace 1." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 18 Apr 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
- ^ Bateman, Cynthia, and Thomas Russell. "Soccer: Walker Ready with Pounds 6m for Armstrong." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 16 Aug 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Crystal Palace badge history". holmesdale.net. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
- ^ "Crystal Palace 1993-1994 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
- ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1994".
Notes
[edit]- ^ Cox was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
- ^ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Wales in May 1990.
- ^ Bowry was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2000.
- ^ O'Connor was born in Walsall, England, but made his international debut for the Cayman Islands in 2000, but it was later discovered that he was not eligible to represent them.
- ^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.
- ^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
- ^ Thompson was born in Birmingham, England, but was raised in Canada from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Canada in March 1993.