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t sees leicester and derby draw 3 3 in the division one promotion race at the opposite end of the table watford win 4 3 at peterborough 97 9 april 1994 chelsea beat luton town 2 0 in the fa cup semi final to reach their first fa cup final since 1970 in the league the drama of the day comes as southampton boost their survival bid with a dramatic 5 4 win over norwich city at carrow road matt le tissier scores a hat trick for the saints while chris sutton scores twice for the canaries everton meanwhile give their own survival bid a boost with a 1 0 away win over west ham united with tony cottee scoring against his old club 10 april 1994 a late equaliser by mark hughes forces a replay for manchester united as they draw 1 1 with oldham athletic in the fa cup semi final on the same day that eric cantona suspended for today s game is voted pfa player of the year the first foreign player to receive this accolade 11 april 1994 alan shearer scores his 30th league goal of the season in blackburn s 1 0 home league win over aston villa to put blackburn level on points with manchester united three months after 16 points separated the two teams 98 12 april 1994 arsenal reach the final of the european cup winners cup with a 2 1 aggregate win over paris st germain 13 april 1994 manchester united beat oldham athletic 4 1 in the fa cup semi final replay at maine road 16 april 1994 wimbledon beat manchester united 1 0 in the premier league but blackburn miss the chance to go top by losing 3 1 at southampton a result which is a big boost for alan ball s men in their bid for survival 99 in division one crystal palace make promotion almost certain with a 1 0 win at luton 100 17 april 1994 crystal palace s promotion is confirmed when millwall one of two teams who were still capable of finishing above them draw 2 2 at home to second placed nottingham forest 101 20 april 1994 the football league confirms that no team will be relegated to the gm vauxhall conference this year as none of the teams in the top half of the conference which curiously includes former league members southport have a ground which meets the criteria for admission to the league the recent requirement that all clubs must have a stadium holding at least 6 000 fans 1 200 or more seated and must own their own stadium is the result of the collapse of maidstone united at the start of last season they had won promotion to the football league in 1989 but had no home of their own at the time and went on to spend a large sum of money on purchasing a piece of land with the intention of building a stadium there only to be refused planning permission to build the stadium this leaves northampton town and darlington who are both well adrift at the bottom of division three fighting only the dishonour of placing as the league s bottom club northampton are in the process of building a new stadium to replace the county ground later this year 23 april 1994 eric cantona returns from his five match ban in style by scoring both of manchester united s goals in the manchester derby at old trafford which united win 2 0 going three points ahead of blackburn with four games remaining swindon s relegation is confirmed with a 4 2 home defeat to wimbledon ipswich are still in danger of going down after losing 5 0 at sheffield wednesday oldham miss an opportunity to climb back out of the relegation zone by losing 3 2 at newcastle 102 24 april 1994 blackburn are held to a 1 1 draw at home by qpr denting their title bid just as manchester united look to be recapturing their form 103 26 april 1994 a dean holdsworth hat trick gives wimbledon a 3 0 home league win over oldham athletic who fall further into relegation trouble 27 april 1994 newcastle move closer to a uefa cup place by beating aston villa 5 1 and manchester united move closer to the title with a 2 0 win at leeds placing them potentially four days away from winning the title blackburn keep their title hopes alive with a 2 1 win at west ham nottingham forest are on the brink of joining crystal palace for an immediate return to the premier league with a 2 0 win at derby leaving them needing just two points from their final three games to be sure of promotion 104 30 april 1994 april draws to a close with manchester united still top of the league though leading by just two points with a game in hand over blackburn rovers the only team who now stand a mathematical chance of catching them newcastle united arsenal and leeds united complete the top five which a resurgent wimbledon would now be in had it not been for their weaker form earlier on in the season swindon town meanwhile have had their relegation confirmed as they occupy bottom place with a mere 27 points and just four wins so far this season although they did record a first away win in the top flight today by beating qpr 3 1 at loftus road oldham athletic and sheffield united complete the bottom three while southampton everton ipswich town tottenham hotspur and manchester city are still under threat of relegation citation needed crystal palace and nottingham forest will be playing premier league football next season after sealing promotion from division one a year after relegation the playoff zone is occupied by tranmere rovers leicester city derby county and millwall but there is still a chance of notts county or wolverhampton wanderers ousting millwall from the playoff places the last game is played in front of liverpool s spion kop before it is rebuilt as an all seater stand 105 nottingham forest s promotion was secured today with a 3 2 win at doomed peterborough 106 1 may 1994 manchester united move to the brink of a back to back fa premier league title triumph after winning 2 1 at relegation threatened ipswich town with eric cantona and ryan giggs both scoring the net after chris kiwomya gave the hosts an early lead down in division one lennie lawrence resigns as manager of middlesbrough after the ayresome park side missed out on the playoffs and the chance of an immediate return to the premier league former player graeme souness is one of the names quickly linked to the middlesbrough manager s job as are the likes of bryan robson brian little gordon strachan and steve coppell 107 2 may 1994 blackburn s 2 1 defeat at coventry gives the premier league title to manchester united for a second successive season 108 4 may 1994 arsenal win the european cup winners cup by beating parma 1 0 the only goal in the final comes from alan smith who has missed most of this season due to injuries 7 may 1994 on the final weekend of the premier league season oldham go in to their final game at norwich needing a win to stand any chance of survival but a 1 1 draw at carrow road is not enough to save them and they go down after three seasons in the top flight already relegated swindon lose 5 0 at home to leeds meaning that they become the first top flight team in 30 years to finish a league campaign with 100 goals conceded everton perform a miracle escape from relegation by beating wimbledon 3 2 after going two goals down in the first half at goodison park sheffield united would have stayed up goal difference had they not conceded a last time goal at stamford bridge which gave chelsea 3 2 win and enabled ipswich town to survive by a single point after drawing 0 0 with league runners up blackburn at ewood park newcastle secure a uefa cup place for the first time in 17 years by finishing third 109 8 may 1994 the last premier league game of the season sees manchester united draw 0 0 at home to coventry and receive the premier league trophy 14 may 1994 manchester united complete the double by beating chelsea 4 0 in the 1994 fa cup final the deadlock had yet to be broken at half time before eric cantona converted two penalties mark hughes scored united s third goal his sixth cup final goal in five seasons and substitute brian mcclair completed the scoring just before the final whistle united s status as league champions means that chelsea will enter the european cup winners cup next season their first venture into european competition for more than 20 years 18 may 1994 bryan robson calls time on 13 years and nearly 500 appearances for manchester united to become player manager of middlesbrough 20 may 1994 qpr give a free transfer to 37 year old midfielder ray wilkins the veteran midfielder who played 84 times for england between 1978 and 1986 middlesbrough announce the appointment of bryan robson as player manager ending the 37 year old manchester united captain s 13 year spell at manchester united 24 may 1994 matt le tissier who has been linked with a move to several big clubs including manchester united signs a new contract to stay at southampton until at least 1997 26 may 1994 ray wilkins becomes player coach of newly promoted crystal palace 28 may 1994 wycombe wanderers win the division three playoffs at the end of their first season as a football league club defeating preston north end 4 2 at wembley 29 may 1994 burnley beat stockport county 2 1 in the division two playoff final ending their 11 year spell in the lower two tiers of the english league and condemning stockport to their fourth wembley defeat in three seasons 30 may 1994 leicester city beat their east midlands rivals derby county 2 1 in the division one playoff final to end their seven year absence from the top flight as well as winning at wembley for the first time after seven attempts four fa cup final defeats and most recently back to back playoff final defeats 31 may 1994 arsenal sign swedish midfielder stefan schwarz from sl benfica for 1 75million 1 june 1994 liverpool goalkeeper bruce grobbelaar leaves anfield after 13 years to sign for southampton on a free transfer the club s longest serving player ronnie whelan leaves anfield on a free transfer after 15 years 10 june 1994 bobby charlton record goalscorer for both manchester united and england receives a knighthood 14 june 1994 tottenham hotspur are found guilty of financial irregularities and receive the heaviest punishment ever imposed on an english club the football association fines tottenham 600 000 bans them from the 1994 95 fa cup and deducts them 12 league points from the start of next season 18 june 1994 with england scotland wales and northern ireland all having failed to qualify for the world cup a mostly english based republic of ireland national side pull off a major shock in first group stage game of the tournament in the usa when a goal from aston villa winger ray houghton gives the irishmen a 1 0 win over italy in east rutherford the republic are still managed by england s 1966 world cup winning centre half jack charlton who has been in charge for eight years 22 june 1994 west ham united sign oxford united winger joey beauchamp for 1million 24 june 1994 manchester city sign winger nicky summerbee from swindon town for 1 5million the republic of ireland s second world cup group game ends in a 2 1 defeat to mexico in orlando with the only goal coming from 35 year old tranmere rovers striker john aldridge 28 june 1994 the republic of ireland national side go through to the last 16 of the world cup after holding norway also with a number of english based players to a goalless draw in east rutherford 4 july 1994 the republic of ireland s world cup dream ends with a 2 0 defeat to holland in the orlando last 16 clash the only english based player still active in the world cup is bulgarian striker boncho genchev of ipswich town 13 july 1994 bulgaria are beaten 2 1 by italy in the world cup semi finals ending the representation of english based players at the world cup women s football edit women s national league edit main article 1993 94 wfa national league premier division edit main article 1993 94 wfa national league premier division pos team v t e pld w d l gf ga gd pts qualification or relegation 1 doncaster belles c 18 16 1 1 110 16 94 49 2 arsenal 18 14 3 1 85 15 70 45 3 knowsley united 18 13 2 3 62 30 32 41 4 wembley 18 9 2 7 33 33 0 29 5 millwall lionesses 18 8 2 8 38 46 8 26 6 stanton rangers 18 6 6 6 32 34 2 24 7 leasowe pacific 18 7 2 9 42 48 6 23 8 red star southampton a 18 2 3 13 25 70 45 6 9 ipswich town r 18 1 3 14 14 86 72 6 relegation to northern division 10 wimbledon a r 18 2 0 16 15 78 63 3 relegation to southern division source wfa nl c champions r relegated notes 1 2 red star southampton and wimbledon deducted three points for failing to fulfil a fixture division one north edit main article 1993 94 wfa national league division one north pos team v t e pld w d l gf ga gd pts promotion or relegation 1 wolverhampton wanderers c p 18 12 4 2 61 28 33 40 promotion to the national division 2 sheffield wednesday 18 13 1 4 46 20 26 40 3 abbeydale alvechurch 18 9 2 7 38 31 7 29 4 bronte 18 8 4 6 46 26 20 28 5 cowgate kestrels 18 9 1 8 38 41 3 28 6 villa aztecs 18 8 3 7 37 34 3 27 7 st helens 18 7 1 10 36 57 21 22 8 langford 18 5 2 11 25 41 16 17 9 nottingham argyle 18 5 1 12 25 49 24 16 10 kidderminster harriers o 18 3 3 12 24 49 25 12 qualification for the relegation playoff source wfa nl c champions o play off winners p promoted division one south edit main article 1993 94 wfa national league division one south pos team v t e pld w d l gf ga gd pts promotion or relegation 1 bromley borough c p 18 14 3 1 68 16 52 45 promotion to the national division 2 town county 18 11 2 5 51 29 22 35 3 bristol 18 11 1 6 50 34 16 34 resigned from the league after the end of the season 4 epsom ewell 18 10 2 6 37 26 11 32 5 brighton hove albion 18 9 4 5 36 23 13 31 6 maidstone tigresses 18 8 5 5 37 28 9 29 7 hemel hempstead 18 4 6 8 33 44 11 18 8 horsham 18 4 4 10 24 33 9 16 9 oxford united 18 3 4 11 17 37 20 13 10 hassocks r 18 0 1 17 7 90 83 1 relegation source wfa nl c champions p promoted r relegated fa women s cup edit main article 1993 94 fa women s cup final edit main article 1994 fa women s cup final 24 april 1994 doncaster belles 1 0 knowsley united walker 38 report glanford park scunthorpe attendance 1 674 referee ian hemley ampthill wfa national league cup edit main article 1993 94 wfa national league cup deaths edit 20 august 1993 tony barton 56 was manager of aston villa when they won the european cup in 1982 had taken over from ron saunders earlier during the 1981 82 season he remained in charge for two more seasons at villa park and later in his career he managed northampton town as well as being assistant manager of portsmouth and finally southampton before retiring from football in 1991 5 october 1993 jim holton 41 was centre half in manchester united s second division title winning side of 1975 having signed from shrewsbury town in 1972 later played for sunderland and finally coventry city before his career was ended by injury at the age of 29 after which he worked as a pub landlord in coventry 5 november 1993 arthur rowe 87 played more than 200 games for tottenham hotspur in the interwar years becoming manager in 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