1992–93 Tranmere Rovers F.C. season

Tranmere Rovers
1992–93 season
Chairman	Peter Johnson
Manager	John King
Stadium	Prenton Park
First Division	4th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Average home league attendance	8,071

During the 1992–93 English football season, Tranmere Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1992–93 season, Tranmere finished 4th and as a result, this qualified them for the play-offs, however they were beaten 5–4 on aggregate by Swindon Town at the semi-final stage.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle United	46	16	6	1	58	15	13	3	7	34	23	92	38	+54	96
2	West Ham United	46	16	5	2	50	17	10	5	8	31	24	81	41	+40	88
3	Portsmouth	46	19	2	2	48	9	7	8	8	32	37	80	46	+34	88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	4	4	48	24	8	6	9	24	32	72	56	+16	79
5	Swindon Town	46	15	5	3	41	23	6	8	9	33	36	74	59	+15	76
6	Leicester City	46	14	5	4	43	24	8	5	10	28	40	71	64	+7	76
7	Millwall	46	14	6	3	46	21	4	10	9	19	32	65	53	+12	70
8	Derby County	46	11	2	10	40	33	8	7	8	28	24	68	57	+11	66
9	Grimsby Town	46	12	6	5	33	25	7	1	15	25	32	58	57	+1	64
10	Peterborough United	46	7	11	5	30	26	9	3	11	25	37	55	63	– 8	62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	6	6	37	26	5	7	11	20	30	57	56	+1	61
12	Charlton Athletic	46	10	8	5	28	19	6	5	12	21	27	49	46	+3	61
13	Barnsley	46	12	4	7	29	19	5	5	13	27	41	56	60	– 4	60
14	Oxford United	46	8	7	8	29	21	6	7	10	24	35	53	56	– 3	56
15	Bristol City	46	10	7	6	29	25	4	7	12	20	42	49	67	– 18	56
16	Watford	46	8	7	8	27	30	6	6	11	30	41	57	71	– 14	55
17	Notts County	46	10	7	6	33	21	2	9	12	22	49	55	70	– 15	52
18	Southend United	46	9	8	6	33	22	4	5	14	21	42	54	64	– 10	52
19	Birmingham City	46	10	4	9	30	32	3	8	12	20	40	50	72	– 22	51
20	Luton Town	46	6	13	4	26	26	4	8	11	22	36	48	62	– 14	51
21	Sunderland	46	9	6	8	34	28	4	5	14	16	36	50	64	– 14	50
22	Brentford	46	7	6	10	28	30	6	4	13	24	41	52	71	– 19	49
23	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	29	32	3	10	10	19	37	48	69	– 21	49
24	Bristol Rovers	46	6	6	11	30	42	4	5	14	25	45	55	87	– 32	41

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Tranmere Rovers' score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Cambridge United	H	2–0	5,248	Aldridge, Malkin
22 August 1992	Sunderland	A	0–1	16,667
28 August 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	5,458
5 September 1992	Luton Town	A	3–3	6,801
12 September 1992	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	5,330
18 September 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	0–0	6,055
26 September 1992	Oxford United	A	2–1	4,683
29 September 1992	Notts County	H	3–1	5,410	Aldridge, Brennan, Mungall
3 October 1992	Bristol City	H	3–0	5,975
10 October 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–1	30,137
17 October 1992	Birmingham City	H	4–0	7,901	Aldridge (2, 1 pen), Mungall, Irons
24 October 1992	Watford	A	2–3	6,937
30 October 1992	Peterborough United	H	1–1	8,068	Malkin
3 November 1992	Southend United	H	3–0	5,870
7 November 1992	Leicester City	A	1–0	13,538	Nevin
14 November 1992	Brentford	H	3–2	7,852
21 November 1992	Portsmouth	A	0–4	9,982
28 November 1992	Derby County	A	2–1	15,665	Aldridge (2)
4 December 1992	West Ham United	H	5–2	11,782	Aldridge (3), Irons
19 December 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–0	9,758	Aldridge (3)
26 December 1992	Millwall	H	1–1	13,118	Morrissey
28 December 1992	Barnsley	A	1–3	8,204
9 January 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	2–2	8,337	Pitcher (own goal), Nevin
15 January 1993	Oxford United	H	4–0	8,317	Higgins, Aldridge (2, 1 pen), (own goal)
26 January 1993	Notts County	A	1–5	5,642	Higgins
6 February 1993	Cambridge United	A	1–0	4,802
13 February 1993	Luton Town	H	0–2	8,723
20 February 1993	Bristol Rovers	A	0–1	5,135
23 February 1993	Swindon Town	A	0–2	10,059
28 February 1993	Newcastle United	H	0–3	13,082
6 March 1993	Bristol City	A	3–1	8,810	Malkin (2), Nevin
9 March 1993	Brentford	A	1–0	7,993
13 March 1993	Leicester City	H	2–3	9,680	Morrissey, Malkin
16 March 1993	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	5,686
20 March 1993	West Ham United	A	0–2	16,369
23 March 1993	Portsmouth	H	0–2	7,472
26 March 1993	Southend United	A	2–1	4,147
2 April 1993	Derby County	H	2–1	7,774	Nevin (2)
6 April 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–1	8,335	Irons (3)
10 April 1993	Millwall	A	0–0	9,392
12 April 1993	Barnsley	H	2–1	6,436
17 April 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	13,060	Higgins, Proctor
24 April 1993	Birmingham City	A	0–0	14,600
1 May 1993	Watford	H	2–1	8,315
4 May 1993	Sunderland	H	2–1	9,683	Martindale, Nevin
8 May 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–1	8,189	Malkin

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
SF 1st Leg	16 May 1993	Swindon Town	A	1–3	14,230	Morrissey
SF 2nd Leg	19 May 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–2 (lost 4–5 on agg)	16,083	Proctor, Nevin, Irons (pen)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	13,389	Nevin, Aldridge (pen)
R3R	13 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	?	Vickers, Morrissey (2)
R4	23 January 1993	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	13,683	Nevin

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	19 August 1992	Blackpool	H	3–0	3,719	Aldridge (2), Garnett
R1 Second Leg	25 August 1992	Blackpool	A	0–4 (lost 3-4 on agg)	2,734

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 4	1 September 1992	Peterborough United	A	0–0	1,954
PR Group 4	15 September 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	3,361	Aldridge (2, 1 pen)
Group B	11 November 1992	A.C. Reggiana	A	0–0	2,251
Group B	24 November 1992	U.S. Cremonese	H	1–2	5,727	Malkin
Group B	8 December 1992	Pisa S.C.	A	1–0	750
Group B	16 December 1992	Cosenza 1914	H	2–1	3,659

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Eric Nixon
-	DF	Dave Higgins
-	DF	Steve Mungall
-	DF	Tony Thomas
-	DF	John McGreal
-	DF	Ian Nolan
-	MF	John Morrissey
-	MF	Kenny Irons
-	MF	Pat Nevin
-	MF	Dave Martindale
-	FW	John Aldridge
-	FW	Chris Malkin

No.	Position	Player
-	FW	Ian Muir
-	DF	Steve Vickers
-	DF	Ged Brannan
-	DF	Shaun Garnett
-	GK	Danny Coyne
-	DF	Mark Hughes
-	MF	Graham Branch
-	MF	Neil McNab
-	FW	Steve Cooper
-	MF	Mark Proctor
-	FW	Tommy Coyne
-	MF	Alan Morgan

References

↑ Hadfield, Dave (20 May 1993). "Football League Play-Offs: Composed Hoddle returns to his Wembley ways". The Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2014.
↑ "Tranmere Rovers 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.
↑ "All Tranmere Rovers players: 1993". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.

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[1] Hadfield, Dave (20 May 1993). "Football League Play-Offs: Composed Hoddle returns to his Wembley ways". The Independent. Retrieved 8 March 2014.

[statto-2] "Tranmere Rovers 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". statto.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.

[11v11-3] "All Tranmere Rovers players: 1993". 11v11.com. Retrieved 2014-03-07.

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