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finishing a point above the drop zone but enjoyed a run to the fa cup semi finals for the first time in nine years pos team v t e pld w d l gf ga gd pts qualification or relegation 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 6 derby county 46 20 11 15 73 68 5 71 7 notts county 46 20 8 18 65 69 4 68 8 wolverhampton wanderers 46 17 17 12 60 47 13 68 9 middlesbrough 46 18 13 15 66 54 12 67 10 stoke city 46 18 13 15 57 59 2 67 11 charlton athletic 46 19 8 19 61 58 3 65 12 sunderland 46 19 8 19 54 57 3 65 13 bristol city 46 16 16 14 47 50 3 64 14 bolton wanderers 46 15 14 17 63 64 1 59 15 southend united 46 17 8 21 63 67 4 59 16 grimsby town 46 13 20 13 52 47 5 59 17 portsmouth 46 15 13 18 52 58 6 58 18 barnsley 46 16 7 23 55 67 12 55 19 watford 46 15 9 22 66 80 14 54 20 luton town 46 14 11 21 56 60 4 53 21 west bromwich albion 46 13 12 21 60 69 9 51 22 birmingham city r 46 13 12 21 52 69 17 51 relegation to the second division 23 oxford united r 46 13 10 23 54 75 21 49 24 peterborough united r 46 8 13 25 48 76 28 37 source rsssf com rules for classification 1 points 2 goals scored 3 goal difference c champions o play off winners p promoted r relegated leading goalscorer john mcginlay bolton wanderers 25 league division two edit main article 1993 94 football league second division mark mcghee won the division two championship for reading after their first successful season in years they were joined by john rudge s port vale in second place burnley triumphed in the division two playoffs to secure their second promotion in three seasons beating a stockport county side who lost at wembley for the fourth time in three seasons peter shilton oversaw plymouth s best season for nearly a decade but they finished three points short of automatic promotion and lost to burnley in the playoffs going down to division three were fulham who would be in the league s lowest tier for the first time in their history hartlepool united exeter city and barnet blackpool narrowly avoided relegation but chairman owen oyston decided it was time for a change after three and a half seasons under the management of billy ayre and appointed sam allardyce as the club s new manager pos team v t e pld w d l gf ga gd pts promotion or relegation 1 reading c p 46 26 11 9 81 44 37 89 promotion to the first division 2 port vale p 46 26 10 10 79 46 33 88 3 plymouth argyle 46 25 10 11 88 56 32 85 qualification for the second division play offs 4 stockport county 46 24 13 9 74 44 30 85 5 york city 46 21 12 13 64 40 24 75 6 burnley o p 46 21 10 15 79 58 21 73 7 bradford city 46 19 13 14 61 53 8 70 8 bristol rovers 46 20 10 16 60 59 1 70 9 hull city 46 18 14 14 62 54 8 68 10 cambridge united 46 19 9 18 79 73 6 66 11 huddersfield town 46 17 14 15 58 61 3 65 12 wrexham 46 17 11 18 66 77 11 62 13 swansea city 46 16 12 18 56 58 2 60 14 brighton hove albion 46 15 14 17 60 67 7 59 15 rotherham united 46 15 13 18 63 60 3 58 16 brentford 46 13 19 14 57 55 2 58 17 bournemouth 46 14 15 17 51 59 8 57 18 leyton orient 46 14 14 18 57 71 14 56 19 cardiff city 46 13 15 18 66 79 13 54 20 blackpool 46 16 5 25 63 75 12 53 21 fulham r 46 14 10 22 50 63 13 52 relegation to the third division 22 exeter city r 46 11 12 23 52 83 31 45 23 hartlepool united r 46 9 9 28 41 87 46 36 24 barnet r 46 5 13 28 41 86 45 28 source citation needed c champions o play off winners p promoted r relegated leading goalscorer jimmy quinn reading 35 league division three edit main article 1993 94 football league third division shrewsbury town chester city and crewe alexandra occupied the three promotion places in division three while martin o neill s wycombe wanderers won the playoffs in their first season of league football the chairboys beat preston north end whose manager john beck was looking to repeat the same success he had enjoyed at cambridge carlisle and torquay were the losing semi finalists but it was a big step forward for two sides who had narrowly avoided relegation to the conference a year earlier northampton town finished bottom of the league but were saved from demotion because conference champions kidderminster harriers did not meet the league s stadium capacity requirements wigan athletic s first season at this level for over a decade brought their lowest ever finish of 19th place 89th out of the league s 92 clubs pos team v t e pld w d l gf ga gd pts promotion or relegation 1 shrewsbury town c p 42 22 13 7 63 39 24 79 promotion to the second division 2 chester city p 42 21 11 10 69 46 23 74 3 crewe alexandra p 42 21 10 11 80 61 19 73 4 wycombe wanderers o p 42 19 13 10 67 53 14 70 qualification for the third division play offs 5 preston north end 42 18 13 11 79 60 19 67 6 torquay united 42 17 16 9 64 56 8 67 7 carlisle united 42 18 10 14 57 42 15 64 8 chesterfield 42 16 14 12 55 48 7 62 9 rochdale 42 16 12 14 63 51 12 60 10 walsall 42 17 9 16 48 53 5 60 11 scunthorpe united 42 15 14 13 64 56 8 59 12 mansfield town 42 15 10 17 53 62 9 55 13 bury 42 14 11 17 55 56 1 53 14 scarborough 42 15 8 19 55 61 6 53 15 doncaster rovers 42 14 10 18 44 57 13 52 16 gillingham 42 12 15 15 44 51 7 51 17 colchester united 42 13 10 19 56 71 15 49 18 lincoln city 42 12 11 19 52 63 11 47 19 wigan athletic 42 11 12 19 51 70 19 45 20 hereford united 42 12 6 24 60 79 19 42 21 darlington 42 10 11 21 42 64 22 41 22 northampton town 42 9 11 22 44 66 22 38 reprieved from relegation source citation needed c champions o play off winners p promoted leading goalscorer tony ellis preston north end 26 successful players edit eric cantona received the pfa players player of the year award after his 25 goals in all competitions were the key force in manchester united s double glory alan shearer was voted fwa footballer of the year after returning from injury to score 31 premier league goals for runners up blackburn rovers andy cole was voted pfa young player of the year after finishing top scorer in the premier league with 34 goals for newly promoted newcastle united who finished third and qualified for europe for the first time since the 1970s cole s veteran partner peter beardsley scored 24 goals in all competitions in his first season back on tyneside dean saunders was again a consistent goalscorer for aston villa who dipped to 10th in the league a year after finishing runners up but booked themselves another uefa cup campaign thanks to glory in the league cup 21 year old striker chris sutton attracted huge attention from england s top clubs before his record breaking transfer from norwich city to blackburn rovers stan collymore established himself as one of the country s top marksmen as he powered nottingham forest back into the premier league at the first attempt veteran reading striker jimmy quinn scored 35 league goals to lead his side to the division two title successful managers edit crystal palace and nottingham forest gained promotion to the premiership in their first season under the respective management of alan smith and frank clark brian little helped leicester city win promotion to the premiership jimmy mullen inspired burnley s second promotion in two seasons as they won the division two playoffs martin o neill helped wycombe wanderers gain their second successive promotion and earn a place in division two retirements edit this section needs expansion you can help by adding missing information december 2009 21 january 1994 mel sterland 32 year old leeds united defender retires after failing to overcome an achilles injury suffered more than a year ago 8 2 may 1994 frank stapleton 38 year old former arsenal and manchester united striker retires from playing after being dismissed as player manager by division two club bradford city 9 9 may 1994 paul elliott 30 year old chelsea central defender retires from playing 20 months after suffering a serious knee injury for which he began a legal challenge against dean saunders the former liverpool striker who collided with him when he was injured 10 31 may 1994 kevin moran 38 year old blackburn rovers central defender announces his retirement as a player but will not retire completely until the end of the republic of ireland s world cup campaign 11 diary of the season edit 1 july 1993 barnsley appoint sheffield wednesday defender viv anderson as their player manager to succeed mel machin 5 july 1993 gordon cowans begins his third spell at aston villa after joining them on a free transfer from blackburn rovers while nottingham forest pay 2million for 22 year old southend united striker stan collymore 9 july 1993 ian porterfield returns to football management four months after being sacked by chelsea to become the new zambia national coach just over two months after the previous national coach and 18 members of the national squad were killed in an air crash 12 july 1993 veteran striker mick harford returns to the premier league after four months in division with sunderland to sign for coventry city in a 200 000 deal 14 july 1993 after lee chapman departs to portsmouth on a free transfer leeds united replace him with record signing brian deane from sheffield united for 2 9million while england midfielder david platt is transferred for the third year running when he leaves juventus in a 5 2million move to italian serie a rivals sampdoria 15 july 1993 huddersfield town manager ian ross pays the price for the club s horrid form in the first half of the previous season by being sacked he is replaced by neil warnock who recently left the manager s job at torquay united 16 july 1993 peter beardsley returns to newcastle united in a 1 4million move from everton six years after he left tyneside for liverpool 20 july 1993 for the first time in more than 40 years the british transfer fee record is broken by a scottish club rather than an english one when rangers sign dundee united striker duncan ferguson for 4million 22 july 1993 manchester united pay an english record fee of 3 75million for nottingham forest midfielder roy keane 26 july 1993 aston villa sign republic of ireland midfielder andy townsend from chelsea for 2 1million 29 july 1993 former manchester united everton and wales winger mickey thomas 39 is sentenced to 18 months in prison for producing and distributing forged banknotes this comes just eight days after he was in court to see two men sent to prison for assaulting him 12 1 august 1993 guy whittingham whose 42 division one goals weren t quite enough to get portsmouth promoted to the premier league last season is transferred to aston villa for 1 2million in division three 37 year old keith alexander becomes the first black manager of a football league club when he takes over at lincoln city 13 4 august 1993 john smith leader of the labour party opens millwall s new den a 20 000 seat stadium which sees its first action in a friendly with sporting clube de portugal that ends in a 2 1 win for the lisbon club the stadium was first planned in 1990 in the wake of the taylor report and was initially going to have a capacity of 25 000 but these plans were downsized as millwall could not meet the cost 7 august 1993 frank clark is named as manager of nottingham forest replacing brian clough who retired earlier in the summer after 18 years at the helm his first task is to guide forest back into the premier league after last season s relegation on the same day ipswich town manager john lyall announces that he will become the club s director of football and that mick mcgiven will take over as first team manager manchester united win the fa charity shield on penalties after a 1 1 draw with arsenal 14 12 august 1993 chelsea buy midfielder gavin peacock from newcastle united for 1 2million while everton s longest serving player kevin ratcliffe leaves goodison park after 15 years and joins cardiff city on a free transfer 14 august 1993 on the opening day of the premier league season coventry city pull off a major surprise by beating arsenal 3 0 in the first game at the new all seater highbury with micky quinn scoring all three goals 15 swindon town s first top division game ends in a 3 1 defeat at sheffield united last season s runners up aston villa head the table with a 4 1 win over qpr ipswich town beat oldham athletic 3 0 at boundary park the division one campaign kicks off with a 5 0 win for derby county over sunderland at the baseball ground middlesbrough begin their quest for an immediate return to the premier league with a 3 2 win at notts county crystal palace begin their comeback trail with a goalless draw at home to tranmere rovers 16 15 august 1993 manchester united s defence of the premier league title begins with a 2 0 away win over norwich city last season s third placed side 17 nottingham forest begin their division one promotion push with a 1 1 draw at southend united 18 17 august 1993 sheffield wednesday pay a club record fee 2 7million for queens park rangers midfielder andy sinton 18 august 1993 the second round of premier league fixtures include a 3 0 home win for manchester united over sheffield united in which record signing roy keane scores his first two goals from the club norwich city win 3 2 over blackburn rovers at ewood park 10 months after their found themselves on the receiving end of a 7 1 defeat there coventry city beat newcastle united 2 1 at home and qpr find themselves on the receiving end of a second successive comprehensive defeat this time losing 3 1 at home to liverpool 19 19 august 1993 tony barton who managed aston villa to european cup glory in 1982 dies of a heart attack aged 56 21 august 1993 manchester united are held to a 1 1 home draw with newly promoted newcastle united allowing everton who beat sheffield united 4 2 with tony cottee scoring a hat trick to go top of the premier league after three games ipswich town go second with a 1 0 home win over chelsea norwich manage an impressive 4 0 win over leeds at elland road the division one fixtures include a 5 3 home win for nottingham forest over grimsby town sunderland s 4 0 win over charlton athletic at roker park and a 3 0 win over derby county for middlesbrough at ayresome park 20 22 august 1993 liverpool go top of the league for the first time since early 1991 with a 5 0 away win over swindon town southend united who were contenders for place in the new premier league two seasons ago give their promotion dreams for this season a boost with a 4 1 win at millwall in division one in one of the first games staged at millwall s new stadium a midlands derby at st andrew s sees birmingham city and wolves draw 2 2 21 23 august 1993 lee sharpe scores twice as manchester united beat last season s runners up aston villa 2 1 at villa park allowing united to go top of the premier league they will not be headed all season 24 august 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