1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season

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{{Infobox football club season

|club=Norwich City

|season=1993–94

|chairman=Robert Chase

|manager=Mike Walker (until 6 January)
John Deehan (from 12 January)

|stadium=Carrow Road

|league=FA Premier League

|league result=12th

|cup2=FA Cup

|cup2 result=Fourth round

|cup3=League Cup

|cup3 result=Third round

|cup4=UEFA Cup

|cup4 result=Third round

|league topscorer=Sutton (25)

|season topscorer=Sutton (28)

|highest attendance=

|lowest attendance=

|average attendance=18,164

|prevseason=1992–93

|nextseason=1994–95

}}

During the 1993–94 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Premier League.

Season summary

Norwich City's achievements in 1992–93 were outstanding - a club-best third-place finish and their first ever European place, all of this achieved with a relatively tight transfer budget and one of the Premiership's smaller fan bases.

Manager Mike Walker's achievements were far from over as the campaign began. They were close behind runaway leaders Manchester United in the title race, but most impressively eliminated Bayern Munich from the UEFA Cup in the second round; in doing so, they became the only English side to beat Bayern on their own soil. The dream came to an end in the third round as the Canaries were eliminated by Inter Milan.

Walker quit the club in January to take over at Everton, and his assistant John Deehan took over. At this point Norwich were 7th and had at least one game in hand on most of their fellow contenders for European qualification.{{Cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994/table/1994-01-04 |title=Norwich City Table on Tuesday 4th January 1994 - Statto.com |access-date=2016-10-15 |archive-date=2016-12-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220125304/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994/table/1994-01-04 |url-status=dead }} However, Deehan was unable to keep up the momentum and Norwich slumped to 12th place in the final table, the decline accelerated by a 10-match winless run which was the longest of any Premier League club during the season with the exception of Swindon's 16-match winless start. The record-breaking sale of young striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers left Norwich with a big hole to fill in their attack, and the only major signing of the close season was midfielder Mike Milligan from Oldham Athletic.

Final league table

{{main|1993–94 FA Premier League}}

{{:1993–94 FA Premier League|showteam=NWC}}

Results

Norwich City's score comes first{{Cite web |url=http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994 |title=Norwich City 1993-1994 Home - statto.com |access-date=2012-06-12 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120517035318/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/norwich-city/1993-1994 |archive-date=2012-05-17 |url-status=dead }}

=Legend=

class="wikitable"

|style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"|Win

|style="background-color: #ffffdd;"|Draw

|style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"|Loss

=FA Premier League=

class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:100%; text-align:center"

!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Scorers

style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 15 August 1993

Manchester UnitedH0–219,705
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 18 August 1993

Blackburn RoversA3–214,236Sutton (2), Newman
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 21 August 1993

Leeds UnitedA4–032,008Fox (2), Goss, Sutton
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 25 August 1993

Ipswich TownH1–019,189Goss
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 28 August 1993

Swindon TownH0–017,614
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 1 September 1993

Sheffield WednesdayA3–325,175Sutton, Bowen, Ekoku
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 11 September 1993

WimbledonH0–114,851
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 18 September 1993

Queens Park RangersA2–213,359Eadie, McDonald (own goal)
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 25 September 1993

EvertonA5–120,531Ekoku (4), Sutton
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 2 October 1993

Coventry CityH1–016,239Fox
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 16 October 1993

ChelseaA2–116,923Fox, Sutton
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 23 October 1993

West Ham UnitedH0–020,211
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 30 October 1993

ArsenalA0–030,516
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 6 November 1993

Sheffield UnitedA2–118,254Goss, Eadie
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 20 November 1993

Manchester CityH1–116,626Fox
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 27 November 1993

Oldham AthleticA1–210,198Sutton
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 4 December 1993

Manchester UnitedA2–244,694Fox (pen), Sutton
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 13 December 1993

Leeds UnitedH2–116,586Sutton, Ekoku
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 18 December 1993

Ipswich TownA1–219,498Bowen
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 27 December 1993

Tottenham HotspurA3–133,130Sutton (2), Ekoku
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 29 December 1993

Aston VillaH1–220,650Sutton
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 1 January 1994

SouthamptonA1–016,556Sutton
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 4 January 1994

Newcastle UnitedH1–219,564Bowen
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 15 January 1994

ChelseaH1–119,472Ekoku
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 24 January 1994

West Ham UnitedA3–320,738Sutton (2), Fox
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 5 February 1994

LiverpoolH2–219,746Sutton (2)
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 13 February 1994

ArsenalH1–117,667Ekoku
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 19 February 1994

Swindon TownA3–315,405Goss, Sutton, Newman
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 22 February 1994

Blackburn RoversH2–215,193Sutton (2, 1 pen)
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 26 February 1994

Sheffield WednesdayH1–118,311Sutton
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 5 March 1994

WimbledonA1–37,206Ekoku
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 12 March 1994

Queens Park RangersH3–416,499Ekoku (2), Bowen
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 21 March 1994

EvertonH3–016,432Culverhouse, Sutton, Bowen
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 26 March 1994

Coventry CityA1–213,514Eadie
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 29 March 1994

Newcastle UnitedA0–332,216
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 2 April 1994

Tottenham HotspurH1–221,181Sutton
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 4 April 1994

Aston VillaA0–025,416
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 9 April 1994

SouthamptonH4–517,150Goss, Sutton (2), Robins
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 16 April 1994

Manchester CityA1–128,010Ullathorne
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"

| 23 April 1994

Sheffield UnitedH0–118,474
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"

| 30 April 1994

LiverpoolA1–044,339Goss
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"

| 7 May 1994

Oldham AthleticH1–120,394Ullathorne

=FA Cup=

{{Main article|1993–94 FA Cup}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"R38 January 1994Wycombe WanderersA2–07,802Sutton (2)
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"R430 January 1994Manchester UnitedH0–221,060

=League Cup=

{{Main article|1993–94 Football League Cup}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers

style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"R2 1st leg22 September 1993Bradford CityA1–28,988Fox
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"R2 2nd leg6 October 1993Bradford CityH3–0 (won 4–2 on agg)12,787Ekoku, Fox, Sutton
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"R326 October 1993ArsenalA1–124,539Crook
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"R3R10 November 1993ArsenalH0–316,319

=UEFA Cup=

{{Main article|1993–94 UEFA Cup}}

class="wikitable"

|+

!Round!!Date!!Opponent!!Venue!!Result!!Attendance!!Goalscorers!!Referee

style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"R1 1st leg15 September 1993Vitesse ArnhemH3–016,818Ekoku, Goss, PolstonRobert Sedlacek (Austria)
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"R1 2nd leg29 September 1993Vitesse ArnhemA0–0 (won 3–0 on agg)9,133Theodoros Kefalas (Greece)
style="background-color: #d0ffe3;"R2 1st leg20 October 1993Bayern MunichA2–128,500Goss, Bowen
style="background-color: #ffffdd;"R2 2nd leg3 November 1993Bayern MunichH1–1 (won 3–2 on agg)20,643Goss
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"R3 1st leg24 November 1993Internazionale MilanoH0–120,805
style="background-color: #ffd0e3;"R3 2nd leg8 December 1993Internazionale MilanoA0–1 (lost 0–2 on agg)30,000

Players

=First-team squad=

:Squad at end of season{{Cite web|url=http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/norwich.htm|title = FootballSquads - Norwich City - 1993/94}}

{{fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=1|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Bryan Gunn}}

{{Fs player|no=2|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Mark Bowen|other=vice-captain}}

{{Fs player|no=3|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Rob Newman}}

{{Fs player|no=4|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Ian Crook}}

{{Fs player|no=5|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ian Culverhouse}}

{{Fs player|no=6|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Neil Adams}}

{{Fs player|no=7|nat=NGA|pos=FW|name=Efan EkokuEkoku was born in Cheetham, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and made his international debut for Nigeria in 1994.}}

{{Fs player|no=8|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Colin Woodthorpe}}

{{Fs player|no=9|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Gary Megson}}

{{Fs player|no=10|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=John Polston}}

{{Fs player|no=11|nat=WAL|pos=MF|name=Jeremy GossGoss was born in Oekolia, Cyprus, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in May 1991.}}

{{Fs player|no=12|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Mark Robins}}

{{Fs player|no=13|nat=SCO|pos=GK|name=Scott Howie}}

{{fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=14|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Ruel FoxFox was born in Norwich, England, and played for the England B team, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in 2004.}}

{{Fs player|no=15|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Daryl Sutch}}

{{Fs player|no=17|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Ian Butterworth|other=captain}}

{{Fs player|no=18|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Robert Ullathorne}}

{{Fs player|no=19|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Andy JohnsonJohnson was born in Bristol, England, but also qualified to represent Wales internationally and made his international debut for Wales in 1998.}}

{{Fs player|no=20|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=Darren Eadie}}

{{Fs player|no=21|nat=ENG|pos=MF|name=David Smith}}

{{Fs player|no=22|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Chris Sutton}}

{{Fs player|no=23|nat=WAL|pos=DF|name=Deryn Brace}}

{{Fs player|no=24|nat=ENG|pos=GK|name=Andy Marshall}}

{{Fs player|no=25|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Jamie Cureton}}

{{Fs player|no=26|nat=ENG|pos=FW|name=Ade AkinbiyiAkinbiyi was born in Hackney, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally through his parents and would make his international debut for Nigeria in November 1999.}}

{{Fs player|no=27|nat=ENG|pos=DF|name=Spencer Prior}}

{{Fs end}}

=Left club during season=

{{Fs start}}

{{Fs player|no=16|nat=IRL|pos=FW|name=Lee PowerPower was born in Lewisham, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21 and B level.|other=to Bradford City}}

{{Fs mid}}

{{Fs player|no=28|nat=WAL|pos=GK|name=Mark Walton|other=to Dundee United}}

{{Fs end}}

Notes

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References

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{{Norwich City F.C. seasons}}

{{1993–94 in English football}}

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