1993–94 Birmingham City F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

| club = Birmingham City F.C.

| season = 1993–94

| manager = {{ublist|Terry Cooper until December 1993|Barry Fry}}

| chairman = Jack Wiseman

| stdtitle = Ground

| stadium = St Andrew's

| league = Football League First Division

| league result = 22nd (relegated)

| cup1 = FA Cup

| cup1 result = Third round
(eliminated by Kidderminster Harriers)

| cup2 = League Cup

| cup2 result = Second round
(eliminated by Aston Villa)

| cup3 = Anglo-Italian Cup

| cup3 result = Preliminary round

| league topscorer = Andy Saville (10)

| season topscorer = Andy Saville (10)

| highest attendance = 28,288 vs West Bromwich Albion, 28 December 1993

| lowest attendance = 2,710 vs Wolverhampton Wanderers, Anglo-Italian Cup prelim round, 14 September 1993

| average attendance = 14,378

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| prevseason = 1992–93

| nextseason = 1994–95

}}

The 1993–94 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 91st in the Football League. They finished in 22nd position in the 24-team Division One, so were relegated to the third tier for 1994–95. They entered the 1993–94 FA Cup at the third-round stage, and lost their opening match to non-League club Kidderminster Harriers, and entered the League Cup in the first round, losing in the second to fellow Birmingham-based club Aston Villa. They were eliminated in the preliminary group of the Anglo-Italian Cup.Matthews (1995), Complete Record, p. 244.

After a poor start to the season, manager Terry Cooper resigned, believing that new owner David Sullivan wanted to bring in his own man.{{cite news |url=http://docs.newsbank.com/openurl?ctx_ver=z39.88-2004&rft_id=info:sid/iw.newsbank.com:AWNB:BSMB1&rft_val_format=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:ctx&rft_dat=11C4FC4C380BD6E0&svc_dat=InfoWeb:aggregated5&req_dat=0D0CB57AB53DF815 |title=Cooper: Stay put Brucey |last=Walker |first=Andy |newspaper=Sunday Mercury |location=Birmingham |date=17 October 2007 |access-date=5 November 2013}} He was replaced by Southend United manager Barry Fry, at the cost of a record Football League fine of £130,000 after being found guilty of poaching Fry and his staff.{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-sullivan-stung-for-pounds-130-000-over-fry-birmingham-s-blues-1394973.html |title=Sullivan stung for £130,000 over Fry: Birmingham's blues |first=Phil |last=Shaw |newspaper=The Independent |location=London |date=18 February 1994 |access-date=3 May 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220503100333/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-sullivan-stung-for-pounds-130-000-over-fry-birmingham-s-blues-1394973.html |archive-date=3 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live}} At the end of the season, the Kop and Tilton Road terraces of the St Andrew's ground were demolished, to be re-opened the following season as all-seater stands.

The club's top scorer in league matches was Andy Saville with ten goals. Paul Peschisolido was joint top scorer for the club with 10 goals in all competitions alongside Saville.

Football League First Division

{{Main|1993–94 Football League}}

=Match details=

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Datescope="col"|League
position
scope="col"|Opponents

!scope="col"|Venue

scope="col"|Resultscope="col"|Score
F–A
scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|14 August 1993

|23rd||align="left"|Charlton Athletic||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|7,788

scope="row"|22 August 1993

|21st||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||2–2||align="left"|Peschisolido, Saville

|15,117

scope="row"|28 August 1993

|13th||align="left"|Barnsley||A

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||3–2||align="left"|Smith 2, Shutt

|7,241

scope="row"|31 August 1993

|11th||align="left"|Crystal Palace||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||2–4||align="left"|Peschisolido 2

|13,856

scope="row"|4 September 1993

|7th||align="left"|Derby County||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||3–0||align="left"|Saville 2, Frain

|15,992

scope="row"|12 September 1993

|8th||align="left"|Leicester City||A

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Peschisolido

|10,366

scope="row"|18 September 1993

|11th||align="left"|Grimsby Town||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Donowa

|12,108

scope="row"|25 September 1993

|12th||align="left"|Luton Town||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Shutt

|11,801

scope="row"|2 October 1993

|11th||align="left"|Middlesbrough||A

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||2–2||align="left"|Peschisolido 2

|13,801

scope="row"|9 October 1993

|15th||align="left"|Sunderland||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|19,265

scope="row"|16 October 1993

|12th||align="left"|Watford||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||1–0||align="left"|Wallace

|12,823

scope="row"|19 October 1993

|8th||align="left"|Bolton Wanderers||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||2–1||align="left"|Shutt, Phillips og

|12,071

scope="row"|23 October 1993

|10th||align="left"|Peterborough United||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|7,575

scope="row"|31 October 1993

|8th||align="left"|Millwall||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||1–0||align="left"|Shutt

|9,377

scope="row"|2 November 1993

|10th||align="left"|Bristol City||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–3||

|9,192

scope="row"|6 November 1993

|12th||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–3||

|16,996

scope="row"|20 November 1993

|16th||align="left"|Portsmouth||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|11,896

scope="row"|27 November 1993

|18th||align="left"|Tranmere Rovers||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–3||

|9,915

scope="row"|4 December 1993

|18th||align="left"|Nottingham Forest||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|22,061

scope="row"|11 December 1993

|20th||align="left"|Crystal Palace||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||1–2||align="left"|Saville

|11,935

scope="row"|18 December 1993

|17th||align="left"|Charlton Athletic||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||1–0||align="left"|Lowe

|13,714

scope="row"|26 December 1993

|17th||align="left"|Stoke City||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||1–2||align="left"|Peschisolido

|16,563

scope="row"|28 December 1993

|17th||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||2–0||align="left"|Saville pen, Peschisolido

|28,228

scope="row"|1 January 1994

|19th||align="left"|Southend United||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||1–3||align="left"|Peschisolido

|10,731

scope="row"|3 January 1994

|17th||align="left"|Oxford United||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Donowa

|15,142

scope="row"|11 January 1994

|17th||align="left"|Notts County||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||1–2||align="left"|Cooper

|7,212

scope="row"|15 January 1994

|20th||align="left"|Watford||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||2–5||align="left"|Willis, McGavin

|7,636

scope="row"|22 January 1994

|20th||align="left"|Sunderland||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||0–0||

|15,884

scope="row"|5 February 1994

|21st||align="left"|Peterborough United||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||0–0||

|15,140

scope="row"|12 February 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Millwall||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||1–2||align="left"|Saville

|9,538

scope="row"|19 February 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Notts County||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||2–3||align="left"|Frain pen., Saville

|12,913

scope="row"|22 February 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–3||

|24,931

scope="row"|25 February 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Derby County||A

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Claridge

|16,624

scope="row"|5 March 1994

|23rd||align="left"|Barnsley||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–2||

|15,382

scope="row"|12 March 1994

|23rd||align="left"|Grimsby Town||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|5,405

scope="row"|15 March 1994

|24th||align="left"|Leicester City||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–3||

|14,681

scope="row"|19 March 1994

|24th||align="left"|Luton Town||A

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Claridge

|7,690

scope="row"|26 March 1994

|24th||align="left"|Middlesbrough||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||1–0||align="left"|Saville

|12,409

scope="row"|29 March 1994

|24th||align="left"|Oxford United||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–2||

|8,393

scope="row"|2 April 1994

|23rd||align="left"|Stoke City||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||3–1||align="left"|Claridge, Ward, Willis

|13,568

scope="row"|9 April 1994

|23rd||align="left"|Southend United||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||3–1||align="left"|Doherty, Saville, Willis

|14,307

scope="row"|16 April 1994

|23rd||align="left"|Bristol City||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||2–2||align="left"|Claridge pen, Donowa

|20,316

scope="row"|23 April 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Portsmouth||A

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||2–0||align="left"|Willis, Claridge pen.

|11,101

scope="row"|27 April 1994

|21st||align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||A

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||4–2||align="left"|Claridge 2, Donowa, Saville

|20,316

scope="row"|30 April 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Bolton Wanderers||A

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||1–1||align="left"|Willis

|13,602

scope="row"|8 May 1994

|22nd||align="left"|Tranmere Rovers||A

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||2–1||align="left"|Donowa, Garnett o.g.

|15,210

=League table (part)=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+Final Division One table (part){{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1993-1994/table |title=Birmingham City 1993–1994 : English Division One Table |publisher=Statto Organisation |access-date=15 October 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151130034727/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1993-1994/table |archive-date=30 November 2015}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Pos|League position}}

!scope="col"|Team

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Pld|Played}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|W|Won}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|D|Drawn}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|L|Lost}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

!scope="col"|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}

scope="row"|20th

|align="left"|Luton Town||46||14||11||21||56||60||−4||53

scope="row"|21st

|align="left"|West Bromwich Albion||46||13||12||21||60||69||−9||51

style="font-weight:bold"

!scope="row"|22nd

|align="left"|Birmingham City

461312215269−1751
scope="row"|23rd

|align="left"|Oxford United||46||13||10||23||54||75||−21||49

scope="row"|24th

|align="left"|Peterborough United||46||8||13||25||48||76||−28||37

Note that goals scored took precedence over goal difference as a tiebreaker in the Football League.

=Results summary=

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FA Cup

{{main|1993–94 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

scope="col"|Opponentsscope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

scope="col"|Score
F–A
scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|Third round

|align="left"|8 January 1994||align="left"|Kidderminster Harriers||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||1–2||align="left"|Harding

|19,668

League Cup

{{main|1993–94 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

scope="col"|Opponentsscope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

scope="col"|Score
F–A
scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|First round 1st leg

|align="left"|17 August 1993||align="left"|Plymouth Argyle||H

|style="background:#cfc;"|W||3–0||align="left"|Parris, Frain, Peschisolido

|9,304

scope="row"|First round 2nd leg

|align="left"|24 August 1993||align="left"|Plymouth Argyle||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–2
3–2 agg.||

|3,659

scope="row"|Second round 1st leg

|align="left"|21 September 1993||align="left"|Aston Villa||H

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1||

|27,815

scope="row"|Second round 2nd leg

|align="left"|6 October 1993||align="left"|Aston Villa||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–1
0–2 agg.||

|35,856

Anglo-Italian Cup

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
scope="col"|Round

!scope="col"|Date

scope="col"|Opponentsscope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Result

scope="col"|Score
F–A
scope="col"|Scorers

!scope="col"|Attendance

scope="row"|Preliminary round

|align="left"|15 September 1993||align="left"|Stoke City||A

|style="background:#fcc;"|L||0–2||

|8,633

scope="row"|Preliminary round

|align="left"|29 September 1993||align="left"|Wolverhampton Wanderers||H

|style="background:#ffc;"|D||2–2||align="left"|Wratten 2

|2,710

Appearances and goals

:Numbers in parentheses denote appearances made as a substitute.

:Players with name in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.

:Players marked {{dagger}} left the club during the playing season.

:Key to positions: GK – Goalkeeper; DF – Defender; MF – Midfielder; FW – Forward

class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center;"

|+ Players' appearances and goals by competition

rowspan="2" scope="col" width="50"|{{abbr|Pos.|Playing position}}

!rowspan="2" scope="col" width="75"|{{abbr|Nat.|Nationality}}

!rowspan="2" scope="col" width="180" scope=col|Name

!colspan="2"|League

!colspan="2"|FA Cup

!colspan="2"|League Cup

!colspan="2"|Anglo-Italian Cup

!colspan="2"|Total

scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals

!scope="col" width="55"|{{abbr|Apps|Appearances}}

scope="col" width="45"|Goals
GKalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Ian Bennett

|22

0104000280
GKalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Kevin Miller

|24

0004020300
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Dave Barnett

|8 (1)

00000008 (1)0
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Ian Clarkson {{dagger}}

|0

000001010
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Gary Cooper

|16 (2)

110000017 (2)1
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|IRE}}

!scope="row"| Liam Daish

|19

0000000190
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Richard Dryden

|34

0104000390
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|CAN}}

!scope="row"| Paul Fenwick

|6 (3)

0001 (1)0209 (4)0
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| John Frain

|26

2004100303
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Martin Hicks {{dagger}}

|0

000001010
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Scott Hiley

|28

0104000330
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Richard Huxford *

|5

000000050
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| George Parris

|22 (2)

010210025 (2)1
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Graham Potter {{dagger}}

|7

000002090
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Darren Rogers

|1

000001020
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Richard Scott

|5 (1)

0000 (1)0106 (2)0
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Chris Whyte

|33

0104010390
DFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Adam Wratten

|0

000000 (1)20 (1)2
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Neil Doherty

|12 (1)

100000012 (1)1
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|POR}}

!scope="row"| José Dominguez

|3 (2)

00000003 (2)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Louie Donowa

|14 (7)

5102 (1)01018 (8)5
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Keith Downing

|1

000100020
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Paul Harding

|14 (2)

011000015 (2)1
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|CAN}}

!scope="row"| Lyndon Hooper

|1 (4)

00010002 (4)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|WAL}}

!scope="row"| Leigh Jenkinson *

|2 (1)

00000002 (1)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Kenny Lowe

|10 (2)

110000011 (2)1
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Paul Mardon {{dagger}}

|5 (3)

0002 (1)0209 (4)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|SCO}}

!scope="row"| Ted McMinn {{dagger}}

|19 (3)

0101 (1)01022 (4)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Dean Peer {{dagger}}

|0

000001010
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Steve Robinson

|0

000000 (1)00 (1)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Peter Shearer

|2

000000020
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Carl Shutt

|18 (8)

400300021 (8)4
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Paul Tait

|9 (1)

000102012 (1)0
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Danny Wallace

|8 (2)

10000008 (2)1
MFalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Mark Ward

|9

100000091
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Simon Black

|2

000001 (1)03 (1)0
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Steve Claridge

|17 (1)

700000017 (1)7
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Miguel de Souza

|1 (6)

00000001 (6)0
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Steve McGavin

|6 (2)

10000006 (2)1
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Trevor Morgan {{dagger}}

|0 (1)

00000101 (1)0
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Paul Moulden

|5 (2)

00010107 (2)0
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|CAN}}

!scope="row"| Paul Peschisolido

|21 (3)

900210023 (3)10
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Andy Saville

|38 (1)

1010300042 (1)10
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| David Smith {{dagger}}

|22 (3)

20 (1)0401027 (4)2
FWalign="left"|{{Flag|ENG}}

!scope="row"| Roger Willis

|11 (5)

50 (1)0000011 (6)5

See also

Sources

  • {{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: A Complete Record |date=1995 |publisher=Breedon Books |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-010-9}}
  • {{cite book |last=Matthews |first=Tony |title=Birmingham City: The Complete Record |date=2010 |publisher=DB Publishing |location=Derby |isbn=978-1-85983-853-2}}
  • For match dates, league positions and results: {{cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1993-1994/results |title=Birmingham City 1993–1994: Results |publisher=Statto Organisation |access-date=12 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065518/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/birmingham-city/1993-1994/results |archive-date=4 March 2016}}
  • For lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 422–23, 477.

References

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