1993–94 Ipswich Town F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the FA Premier League.

Ipswich Town

1993–94 season
Chairman	John Kerr
Manager	John Lyall
Premier League	19th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Marshall (10) All: Ian Marshall (15)
Highest home attendance	22,559 (vs Manchester United, 1 May 1994)
Lowest home attendance	8,654 (vs Cambridge United, 21 Sep 1993)
Average home league attendance	16,382

Season summary

Ipswich Town looked to improve on their 16th-place finish of the previous campaign. Their initial form was promising, and in November they held Manchester United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford. But, as had happened a season earlier, their late season form took a dramatic slump and they found themselves in a relegation battle.

Ipswich's survival was secured on the final day of the season after fellow strugglers Sheffield United were beaten by Chelsea and Oldham Athletic failed to beat Norwich City.

Kit

Ipswich Town's kit was manufactured by English company Umbro and sponsored by Ipswich-based chemical manufacturer Fisons.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season[1][2]

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  CAN Craig Forrest 2 MF  ENG Mick Stockwell 3 DF  ENG Neil Thompson 4 MF  ENG Paul Mason 5 DF  SCO John Wark 6 DF  ENG David Linighan 7 MF  WAL Geraint Williams 8 MF  ENG Gavin Johnson 9 MF  BUL Boncho Genchev 10 FW  ENG Ian Marshall

No. Pos. Nation Player 11 FW  ENG Chris Kiwomya 12 FW  ENG Paul Goddard 13 GK  ENG Clive Baker 15 DF  ENG Phil Whelan 16 DF  ENG Eddie Youds 17 MF  ENG Simon Milton 18 DF  ENG Steve Palmer (captain) 19 DF  CAN Frank Yallop 21 MF  ENG Stuart Slater 22 MF  ENG Lee Durrant

Left club during 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 14 FW  ENG Steve Whitton (to Colchester United)

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 FW  ZAM Neil Gregory (on loan to Chesterfield)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 20 MF  ENG David Gregory 23 GK  ENG Phil Morgan 24 DF  ENG Lee Honeywood 25 MF  ENG Adam Tanner 27 DF  ENG Leo Cotterell

No. Pos. Nation Player 28 FW  ENG Gary Thompson 29 MF  SCO Graham Connell 30 FW  SCO David Pirie — MF  ENG Matt Weston

Competitions

FA Premier League

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegation to the Football League First Division
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated.

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first[3]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	3–0	12,182	Marshall, Palmer, Mason
17 August 1993	Southampton	H	1–0	14,569	Marshall
21 August 1993	Chelsea	H	1–0	17,582	Marshall
25 August 1993	Norwich City	A	0–1	19,189
28 August 1993	Sheffield United	A	1–1	17,932	Whitton
31 August 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–1	19,102	Kiwomya
11 September 1993	Arsenal	A	0–4	28,563
18 September 1993	Aston Villa	H	1–2	16,617	Marshall
26 September 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–2	19,411	Milton, Marshall
2 October 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–3	12,292
17 October 1993	Leeds United	H	0–0	17,548
25 October 1993	Wimbledon	A	2–0	7,756	Mason, Stockwell
30 October 1993	Everton	H	0–2	15,078
6 November 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–4	15,070	Marshall
20 November 1993	Swindon Town	A	2–2	13,343	Wark (2)
24 November 1993	Manchester United	A	0–0	43,300
27 November 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	14,582	Youds
4 December 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	12,004
8 December 1993	Southampton	A	1–0	9,028	Kiwomya
11 December 1993	Chelsea	A	1–1	12,508	Kiwomya
18 December 1993	Norwich City	H	2–1	19,498	Wark (pen), Megson (own goal)
27 December 1993	West Ham United	H	1–1	21,024	Linighan
1 January 1994	Liverpool	H	1–2	22,355	Marshall
15 January 1994	Leeds United	A	0–0	31,317
22 January 1994	Wimbledon	H	0–0	12,372
2 February 1994	Coventry City	A	0–1	11,265
5 February 1994	Manchester City	A	1–2	28,188	Marshall
12 February 1994	Everton	A	0–0	19,588
22 February 1994	Sheffield United	H	3–2	10,747	Marshall, Linighan, Slater
5 March 1994	Arsenal	H	1–5	18,656	Dixon (own goal)
12 March 1994	Aston Villa	A	1–0	23,732	Johnson
19 March 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	26,653	Kiwomya
23 March 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–2	32,216
26 March 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	15,182	Genchev
29 March 1994	Manchester City	H	2–2	13,099	Linighan, Genchev (pen)
2 April 1994	West Ham United	A	1–2	18,307	Mason
4 April 1994	Coventry City	H	0–2	12,633
9 April 1994	Liverpool	A	0–1	30,485
16 April 1994	Swindon Town	H	1–1	14,934	Marshall
23 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–5	23,457
1 May 1994	Manchester United	H	1–2	22,559	Kiwomya
7 May 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0	20,633

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Swindon Town	A	1–1	12,105	Marshall
R3R	18 January 1994	Swindon Town	H	2–1	12,796	Stockwell, Marshall
R4	29 January 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	22,539	Marshall, Johnson, N Thompson
R5	19 February 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	28,234	Wark
R5R	2 March 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	19,385	Palmer

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Cambridge United	H	2–1	8,654	Milton
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Cambridge United	A	2–0 (won 4-1 on agg)	6,979	Marshall, Kiwomya
R3	27 October 1993	Liverpool	A	2–3	19,058	Mason (pen), Marshall

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
18 June 1993	MF	Paul Mason	Aberdeen	£400,000	[4]
9 August 1993	FW	Ian Marshall	Oldham Athletic	£750,000	[5]
30 September 1993	MF	Stuart Slater	Celtic	£750,000	[6]

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
1 July 1993	GK	Jason Winters	Free agent	Released	[7]
30 June 1993	MF	Vlado Bozinovski	Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed	[8]
1 August 1993	MF	Jason Dozzell	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,900,000	[9]
24 March 1994	FW	Steve Whitton	Colchester United	£10,000	[10]

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
3 February 1994	FW	Neil Gregory	Chesterfield	31 May 1994	[11]

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player
Player of the Year	John Wark

References

1. http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/ipswich.htm
2. http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/players/season/1994
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
4. "Paul Mason at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
5. "Ian Marshall at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
6. "Stuart Slater at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
7. "Jason Winters Pride of Anglia profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
8. "Vlado Bozinovski Pride of Anglia profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
9. "Jason Dozzell at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
10. "Steve Whitton at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
11. "Neil Gregory at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 January 2020.