1992–93 Derby County F.C. season

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

Derby County

1992–93 season
Chairman	Lionel Pickering
Manager	Arthur Cox
Stadium	Baseball Ground
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Gabbiadini (19) All: Kitson (25)
Average home league attendance	15,020
Home colours

Season summary

Despite the addition of Craig Short for £2.5m from Notts County – a record for a team outside of the top flight and for a defender at any level – the club could only an 8th-placed finish in the 1992–93 Division One table, largely as a result of taking three points from their opening 7 fixtures, missing out on the playoffs altogether. Whilst the club did manage a trip to Wembley for the first time in nearly 20 years – reaching the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup, where they lost 1–3 to Cremonese – and recorded a club record 7 consecutive away league wins, starting with a 3–1 win at Cambridge United on 3 October 1992 and ending with a 2–1 defeat at Brentford on Boxing Day, 1992, the season was seen as something of a disappointment considering the amount of money spent and the players available to the club.

The Anglo Italian cup run, coupled with extended interest in the Coca-Cola Cup (where they took Arsenal to a third round replay) and reaching the FA Cup Quarter-finals for the first time in 9 years, taking Sheffield Wednesday to a replay after a 3–3 draw at The Baseball Ground; a match named by the Daily Mail online as the 28th greatest in the competition's history,[1] meant the cup took part in 64 matches between 15 August 1992 and 8 May 1993, a new club record with Paul Kitson taking part in 61 of them and finishing the season as leading scorer, with 24 goals in all competitions.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 Football League

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

Derby County's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Peterborough United	A	0–1	9,955
22 August 1992	Newcastle United	H	1–2	17,522	Pembridge
26 August 1992	Leicester City	A	2–3	17,739	Simpson (2)
29 August 1992	Watford	A	0–0	9,809
6 September 1992	Bristol City	H	3–4	12,738	Simpson (3)
12 September 1992	Barnsley	A	1–1	8,412	Kitson
20 September 1992	West Ham United	A	1–1	11,493	Miklosko (own goal)
26 September 1992	Southend United	H	2–0	15,172	Gabbiadini, Simpson (pen)
3 October 1992	Cambridge United	A	3–1	6,170	Gabbiadini, Simpson (2, 1 pen)
11 October 1992	Oxford United	H	0–1	14,249
17 October 1992	Luton Town	A	3–1	8,848	Johnson, Kitson (2)
24 October 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	4–3	15,482	Pembridge, Minto (own goal), Gabbiadini, Simpson
31 October 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–0	17,270	Short, Kitson
3 November 1992	Notts County	A	2–0	15,267	Pembridge, Kitson
7 November 1992	Millwall	H	1–2	17,087	Pembridge
14 November 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	2–1	6,668	Johnson, Kitson
21 November 1992	Sunderland	H	0–1	17,581
28 November 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–2	15,665	Kitson
6 December 1992	Swindon Town	A	4–2	8,924	Kuhl, Pembridge, Johnson, McMinn
12 December 1992	Birmingham City	H	3–1	16,662	Johnson, Kitson, Williams
20 December 1992	Grimsby Town	A	2–0	6,475	Johnson, Kitson
26 December 1992	Brentford	A	1–2	10,226	Kitson
28 December 1992	Portsmouth	H	2–4	21,478	Johnson, Kitson
10 January 1993	West Ham United	H	0–2	13,737
16 January 1993	Southend United	A	0–0	4,243
31 January 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–1	27,285	Johnson
6 February 1993	Peterborough United	H	2–3	16,062	Kitson (2)
10 February 1993	Barnsley	H	3–0	13,096	Gabbiadini, Kitson, Williams
20 February 1993	Watford	H	1–2	15,190	Pembridge
24 February 1993	Leicester City	H	2–0	17,509	Gabbiadini, Forsyth
27 February 1993	Oxford United	A	1–0	7,456	Williams
3 March 1993	Cambridge United	H	0–0	14,106
10 March 1993	Bristol Rovers	H	3–1	13,294	Gabbiadini, Short, Williams
13 March 1993	Millwall	A	0–1	9,365
21 March 1993	Swindon Town	H	2–1	12,166	Pembridge (pen), Kitson
24 March 1993	Sunderland	A	0–1	17,246
2 April 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–2	7,774	Simpson
6 April 1993	Birmingham City	A	1–1	15,424	Johnson
10 April 1993	Brentford	H	3–2	12,366	Gabbiadini, Kitson, Simpson
12 April 1993	Portsmouth	A	0–3	23,805
17 April 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	12,428	Kitson, Simpson
20 April 1993	Bristol City	A	0–0	8,869
24 April 1993	Luton Town	H	1–1	13,741	Short
1 May 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	7,802	Gabbiadini
5 May 1993	Notts County	H	2–0	13,326	Pembridge (pen), McMinn
8 May 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	15,083	Gabbiadini, Hayward

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Stockport County	H	2–1	17,960	Short, Miller (own goal)
R4	23 January 1993	Luton Town	A	5–1	9,170	Short, Pembridge (3), Gabbiadini
R5	13 February 1993	Bolton Wanderers	H	3–1	20,289	Short (2), Williams
QF	8 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3–3	22,511	Nicholson, Gabbiadini, Kitson
QFR	17 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	32,033

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Southend United	A	0–1	2,492
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Southend United	H	7–0 (won 7-1 on agg)	13,328	Kitson (2), Martin (own goal), Johnson, Gabbiadini (2), Simpson
R3	28 October 1992	Arsenal	H	1–1	22,208	Simpson (pen)
R3R	1 December 1992	Arsenal	A	1–2	24,588	Pembridge (pen)

Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 1	2 September 1992	Notts County	H	4–2	6,767	Kitson, Pembridge, Simpson, Gabbiadini
PR Group 1	29 September 1992	Barnsley	A	2–1	3,960	Pembridge, Goulooze
Group B	11 November 1992	Pisa S.C.	H	3–0	8,067	Johnson, Forsyth, Pembridge
Group B	24 November 1992	Cosenza 1914	A	3–0	4,269	Comyn, Kitson, Gabbiadini
Group B	8 December 1992	U.S. Cremonese	H	1–3	7,240	Kitson
Group B	16 December 1992	A.C. Reggiana	A	3–0	598	Kitson, Pembridge, Gabbiadini
SF First Leg	27 January 1993	Brentford	A	4–3	5,227	Patterson (2), Gabbiadini, Kitson
SF Second Leg	3 February 1993	Brentford	H	1–2 (won on away goals)	14,494	Gabbiadini
F	27 March 1993	U.S. Cremonese	N	1–3	37,024	Gabbiadini

Players

First-team squad

The following players all played for the first-team this season.[3]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — GK  ENG Steve Sutton — GK  ENG Martin Taylor — DF  ENG Simon Coleman — DF  ENG Andy Comyn — DF  ENG Michael Forsyth — DF  ENG Jason Kavanagh — DF  ENG Shane Nicholson — DF  ENG Mark Patterson — DF  ENG Steve Round — DF  ENG Craig Short — DF  ENG Darren Wassall — DF  ENG Paul Williams — MF  ENG Steve Hayward

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Martin Kuhl — MF  ENG Gary Micklewhite — MF  ENG Craig Ramage — MF  ENG Paul Simpson — MF  WAL Mark Pembridge — MF  SCO Ted McMinn — MF  NED Richard Goulooze — FW  ENG Marco Gabbiadini — FW  ENG Tommy Johnson — FW  ENG Paul Kitson — FW  ENG Mark Stallard — FW  ENG Dean Sturridge

Reserve team

The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

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

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Lee Carsley[notes 1] — MF  ENG Martyn Chalk

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  ENG Tom Curtis — FW  ENG Stewart Hadley

References

1. "THE LIST: Sportsmail's top 50 FA Cup matches of all time – Nos 30–21". London: The Daily Mail Online. 12 February 2010.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://www.11v11.com/teams/derby-county/tab/players/season/1993

Notes

1. Carsley was born in Birmingham, England, but qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally through his grandmother and represented them at U-21 and B level before making his international debut for Ireland in October 1997.