1993–94 Crystal Palace F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Crystal Palace
1993–94 season
ChairmanRon Noades
ManagerAlan Smith
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division1st (champions)
FA CupThird round
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Armstrong (22)
All: Armstrong (24)
Average home league attendance15,656

Season summary

Smith immediately guided Palace back to the Premier League as runaway champions of the second tier,[1] Chris Armstrong top-scoring with 23 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
Main article: 1993–94 Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Crystal Palace 46 27 9 10 73 46 +27 90 Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
2 Nottingham Forest 46 23 14 9 74 49 +25 83 Promoted to FA Premier League
3 Millwall 46 19 17 10 58 49 +9 74 Participated in play-offs
4 Leicester City 46 19 16 11 72 59 +13 73 Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72 Participated in play-offs
Source: rsssf.com

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first[4]

Legend
Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
14 August 1993Tranmere RoversH0–014,785
21 August 1993Bristol CityA0–212,068
24 August 1993Nottingham ForestH2–015,048Young, Gordon
28 August 1993PortsmouthH5–114,428Armstrong (3), Gordon, Southgate
31 August 1993Birmingham CityA4–213,856Williams, Shaw, Armstrong (2)
12 September 1993SunderlandH1–011,318Armstrong
18 September 1993West Bromwich AlbionA4–117,873Coleman, Whyte, Armstrong, Southgate
26 September 1993Charlton AthleticA0–07,947
2 October 1993Stoke CityH4–112,880Salako (3), Southgate
17 October 1993Wolverhampton WanderersH1–113,056Humphrey
23 October 1993Derby CountyA1–316,586Armstrong
30 October 1993Grimsby TownH1–012,202Southgate
2 November 1993Luton TownH3–210,925Shaw, Young, Whyte
6 November 1993Notts CountyA2–36,904Armstrong (2)
20 November 1993BarnsleyA3–15,384Armstrong, Williams (2)
24 November 1993Bolton WanderersA0–17,845
28 November 1993WatfordA3–17,485Williams, Salako, Southgate
5 December 1993Notts CountyH1–212,642Osborn
8 December 1993Leicester CityA1–116,706Williams
11 December 1993Birmingham CityH2–111,925Southgate, Salako
19 December 1993Tranmere RoversA1–07,011Williams
27 December 1993Oxford UnitedA3–110,356Armstrong (2), Salako
29 December 1993Southend UnitedH1–018,255Rodger
1 January 1994MillwallA0–316,779
15 January 1994Wolverhampton WanderersA0–223,851
22 January 1994Leicester CityH2–117,045Coleman, Armstrong
1 February 1994Peterborough UnitedH3–212,426Rodger, Salako, Armstrong
5 February 1994Derby CountyH1–115,615Gordon
12 February 1994Grimsby TownA1–16,302Southgate
19 February 1994Nottingham ForestA1–124,232Matthew
22 February 1994Bristol CityH4–111,508Salako, Gordon (pen), Armstrong (2)
26 February 1994Bolton WanderersH1–117,245Southgate
5 March 1994PortsmouthA1–013,508Young
12 March 1994West Bromwich AlbionH1–016,576Stewart
16 March 1994SunderlandA0–115,892
20 March 1994Charlton AthleticH2–014,408Armstrong, Stewart
23 March 1994MiddlesbroughH0–112,811
26 March 1994Stoke CityA2–018,071Gordon (pen), Williams
29 March 1994Peterborough UnitedA1–18,412Rodger
2 April 1994Oxford UnitedH2–115,510Armstrong, Stewart
6 April 1994Southend UnitedA2–19,776Young, Armstrong
9 April 1994MillwallH1–023,142Armstrong
16 April 1994Luton TownA1–09,880Coleman
23 April 1994BarnsleyH1–020,522Young
1 May 1994MiddlesbroughA3–28,638Southgate, Armstrong, Whyte
8 May 1994WatfordH0–228,694

FA Cup
Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1994Wolverhampton WanderersA0–125,047

League Cup
Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 First Leg21 September 1993Charlton AthleticH3–19,615Gordon, Southgate, Whyte
R2 Second Leg5 October 1993Charlton AthleticA1–0 (won 4-1 on agg)5,224Armstrong
R326 October 1993EvertonA2–211,547Southgate, Thorn
R3R10 November 1993EvertonH1–414,662Southgate

Anglo-Italian Cup
Main article: 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
PR Group 87 September 1993Charlton AthleticA1–43,868
PR Group 814 September 1993MillwallH3–02,712Williams, Armstrong (pen), Whyte

Players

First-team squad
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.

No. Position Player
GK Jimmy Glass
GK Nigel Martyn
GK Andy Woodman
DF Ian Cox[notes 1]
DF Dean Gordon
DF John Humphrey
DF Richard Shaw
DF Paul Sparrow
DF Gareth Southgate
DF Andy Thorn
DF Jamie Vincent
DF Chris Coleman
DF Eric Young[notes 2]
DF Darren Patterson
MF Bobby Bowry[notes 3]
MF Damian Matthew
No. Position Player
MF Stuart Massey
MF Paul Mortimer
MF Ricky Newman
MF Martin O'Connor[notes 4]
MF Simon Osborn
MF Simon Rodger
MF John Salako
MF Tony Scully
FW Chris Armstrong
FW Bruce Dyer[notes 5]
FW George Ndah[notes 6]
FW David Whyte
FW Paul Williams
FW Niall Thompson[notes 7]
MF Paul Stewart (on loan from Liverpool)

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. "Crystal Palace badge history". holmesdale.net. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
  4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/1994

Notes
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. 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.
  6. 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.
  7. 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.
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