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{{Short description|113th season of competitive football in England}}
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{{Infobox football country season
| country = England
| season = 1992–93
| division1 = [[1992–93 FA Premier League|FA Premier League]]
| champions1 = [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]]
| division2 = [[1992–93 Football League#First Division|First Division]]
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The '''1992–93 season''' was the 113th season of competitive '''[[football in England]]'''. The season saw the [[Premier League]] in its first season, replacing [[Football League First Division|Division One]] of the [[Football League]] as the top league in England. Every team in the [[Premier League]] played each other twice within the season, one game [[Road (sports)|away]] and one at [[Home (sports)|home]], and were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw.▼
▲{{Use British English|date=June 2013}}
▲The '''1992–93 season''' was the 113th season of '''[[football in England]]'''. The season saw the [[Premier League]] in its first season, replacing [[Division One]] of the [[Football League]] as the top league in England. Every team in the [[Premier League]] played each other twice within the season, one game [[Road (sports)|away]] and one at [[Home (sports)|home]], and were awarded three points for a win and one for a draw.
==Overview==
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In 1992 all of the First Division Clubs resigned from the Football League and, on 27 May, the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company, which worked out of an office at the then [[The Football Association|Football Association]]'s headquarters, [[Lancaster Gate]].
The three divisions which remained in the Football League were renamed. The old [[Football League Second Division|Division Two]] was now called [[Football League First Division|
==Individual achievements==
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The [[PFA Players' Player of the Year]] award went to experienced [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]] centre-back [[Paul McGrath (footballer)|Paul McGrath]].
[[Gary Pallister]] played every minute of Manchester United's title-winning Premier League campaign. No other player matched that feat until the 2014–15 season, more than two decades later.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Campbell|first1=Paul|title=How much do you know about the Premier League
[[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry]] signed [[Newcastle United F.C.|Newcastle]] striker [[Micky Quinn]] for a nominal fee in November, and he responded by scoring 17 [[Premier League]] goals (the first 10 in 6 games) to keep the Sky Blues clear of relegation.
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[[Alex Ferguson]] took [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] to title success in the new Premier League, ending their 26-year wait for the league title.
[[George Graham (footballer, born 1944)|George Graham]] guided [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]] to a unique double of winning both domestic cups in the same season.
[[Mike Walker (Welsh footballer)|Mike Walker]] pulled off one of the surprises of the season by taking [[Norwich City F.C.|Norwich City]] to a club best finish of third in the Premier League and helping them achieve European qualification for the first time in their history.
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[[The Football Association|The FA]] launched its new [[FA Premier League|Premier League]] of 22 elite clubs, which broke away from [[the Football League]]. The new league was backed up by a £305million exclusive TV rights deal with BSkyB. This paved the way for the Premier League's members to spend heavily on new players and also to convert their stadia into an all-seater format, which was necessary as a result of the Taylor Report's requirement that top division stadia should be all seater from the start of the 1994–95 season.
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[[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] won the first Premier League championship to end their 26-year wait for the league title. They fought off stiff competition from runners-up Aston Villa, third-placed Norwich City and fourth-placed Blackburn Rovers to finish top of the league. Brilliant young winger Ryan Giggs was PFA Young Player of the Year for the second year running, while Alex Ferguson received the Manager of the Year award. Other significant players in the title winning side were top goalscorer Mark Hughes, temperamental but brilliant French striker Eric Cantona (bought from Leeds United in mid-season), reliable centre back Gary Pallister and confident midfielder Paul Ince. Manchester United would go on further to dominate the Premier League
===Arsenal win cup double===
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==Notable retirements==
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* [[Tommy Caton]], Charlton Athletic defender formerly with Manchester City and Arsenal, retired in March after two years out of action with injury, and died the following month from a heart attack at the age of 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mcivta.com/players/old/caton-tommy.html |title=Tommy Caton |publisher=Mcivta.com |date=5 February 1996 |
*[[Brian Clough]], Legendary
* [[Chris Hughton]], former Tottenham Hotspur and Republic of Ireland defender, retired at the end of season when playing for Brentford.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=40921 |title=Chris Hughton - West Ham United FC - Football-Heroes.net |publisher=Sporting-heroes.net |
* [[Darren Salton]], retired after being badly injured in a car crash in November.
* [[Gary A. Stevens]], Portsmouth defender, retired after failing to recover from a knee injury suffered in the 1988–89 season when tackled by Vinnie Jones.
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===Division Two===
* [[Bob Taylor (footballer, born 1967)|Bob Taylor]] (West Bromwich Albion) – 30 goals
===Division Three===
* [[Darren Foreman (footballer)|Darren Foreman]] (Scarborough)/[[Carl Griffiths]] (Shrewsbury Town) – 27 goals
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==Honours==
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<small>Notes = Number in parentheses is the times that club has won that honour (First Division & Premier League). Number after slash is Premier League only. * indicates new record for competition</small>
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Newcastle United's first full season under the management of Kevin Keegan ended in Division One championship glory and promotion to the Premier League. Following the Geordies into football's big-money league were West Ham United and Swindon Town. West Ham had suffered relegation just one season earlier, and had been many people's favourites for an automatic return to the elite. Swindon, meanwhile, had finally reached the top flight after 73 years of trying – they had actually won promotion via the playoffs three years earlier, but promotion had been denied a few weeks later due to financial irregularities.
Third-placed Portsmouth had opened up a 9-point gap over fourth-placed Tranmere Rovers, but lost to Leicester City in the playoff semi-finals and this ended any promotion hopes for a club who had begun the season as favourites for promotion, and ended it with 88 points.
{{:1992–93 Football League|only_totals=y|transcludesection=First Division}}
Leading goalscorer: [[Guy Whittingham]] (Portsmouth) – 42
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Hartlepool United equalled [[Football records in England|an English football record]] by playing eleven consecutive matches without scoring a single goal, in a terrible mid-season run which saw them fall from the promotion chase to the relegation battle, although some decent results in the final stages of the season kept them up. Brighton finished ninth in the table despite rising debts, the constant need to sell players, and doubts regarding the future of the club.
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Leading goalscorer: [[Bob Taylor (footballer, born 1967)|Bob Taylor]] (West Bromwich Albion) – 30
===League Division Three===
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Cardiff City and Wrexham continued their good progress by occupying Division Three's top two places. They were joined in third place by Barnet, who had spent most of the season on the brink of expulsion from the league due to financial problems. The final promotion place went to York City, who won the playoffs just weeks after Alan Little was appointed manager.
For the second season in a row, one of the fourth tier's members was forced to resign from the Football League (and consequently folded), when Maidstone United resigned after only three years in the League, as financial problems caused by their having to play their home matches 70 miles away in Dartford ultimately proved fatal. Rather than reprieving the team who finished bottom this season in order to make up for Maidstone's departure, the League abandoned its expansion plans and confirmed that relegation and promotion between Division Three and the Football Conference would continue as normal.
Halifax Town, after 72 years of league membership, finished bottom of the league and were replaced by Conference champions Wycombe Wanderers. They went down following an escape act by Gillingham, whose player-manager [[Glenn Roeder]] then moved up two divisions to take charge of Watford.▼
▲As a result of this, Halifax Town, after 72 years of league membership, finished bottom of the league and were replaced by Conference champions Wycombe Wanderers. They went down following an escape act by Gillingham, whose player-manager [[Glenn Roeder]] then moved up two divisions to take charge of Watford.
Halifax's place in the league was taken by GM Vauxhall Conference champions [[Wycombe Wanderers F.C.|Wycombe Wanderers]], managed by the former [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] player [[Martin O'Neill]].
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3 July 1992 – [[Ron Atkinson]] appoints [[Dave Sexton]], the man he succeeded as [[Manchester United F.C.|Manchester United]] manager eleven years ago, to his coaching staff at [[Aston Villa F.C.|Aston Villa]].
6 July 1992 – [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] sign 21-year-old goalkeeper [[David James (footballer, born 1970)|David James]] from [[Watford F.C.|Watford]] for £1 million.
8 July 1992 – [[Blackburn Rovers F.C.|Blackburn Rovers]] sign [[Middlesbrough F.C.|Middlesbrough]] winger [[Stuart Ripley]] for £1.3 million.
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23 July 1992 – [[David Rocastle]] ends nine years at Arsenal by joining [[Leeds United F.C.|Leeds United]] in a £2 million deal.
25 July 1992 – [[Everton F.C.|Everton]] are reported to be £3.6 million in debt.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-everton-admits-debts-1535459.html | location=London | work=The Independent
27 July 1992 – The new Premier League rejects sponsorship deals offered by [[Bass (beer)|Bass Breweries]] and [[Ford Motor Company]], meaning it will be without a sponsor in its first season.
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29 July 1992 – [[Lou Macari]], the former [[Swindon Town F.C.|Swindon Town]] manager now at [[Stoke City F.C.|Stoke City]], is cleared of tax fraud offences at [[Winchester]] [[Crown Court]]. Swindon's former chairman [[Brian Hillier]] is found guilty and given a one-year prison sentence. Club [[accountant]] Vince Farrar is also found guilty and receives a six-month suspended sentence.
31 July 1992 – [[Coca-Cola]] become sponsors of the [[Football League Cup]] in a two-year deal worth £2.25 million.<ref>{{cite news|title=Football: Coca-Cola sign Cup deal |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-cocacola-sign-cup-deal-1537521.html |work=The Independent
1 August 1992 – Nottingham Forest sell defender [[Des Walker]] to [[U.C. Sampdoria|Sampdoria]] for £1.5million.
3 August 1992 – [[Bass Brewery]]'s reported US$17.1 million proposal to sponsor the Premier League for the first three seasons fails after three – [[Arsenal F.C.|Arsenal]], [[Liverpool F.C.|Liverpool]] and [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] – of the top-flight's 22 clubs object.<ref>{{cite news|title=Sport Shorts|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=cgsgAAAAIBAJ
5 August 1992 – Manchester City sign winger [[Rick Holden]] from [[Oldham Athletic F.C.|Oldham Athletic]] for £900,000.
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14 August 1992 – Norwich City sign [[Mark Robins]] from Manchester United for £800,000, while Everton boost their attack with a £500,000 move for [[Paul Rideout]]. West Ham United winger [[Stuart Slater]] joins [[Celtic F.C.|Celtic]] for £1.5million.
15 August 1992 – The new [[FA Premier League]] begins. The first goal is scored by [[Sheffield United F.C.|Sheffield United]] striker [[Brian Deane]] in the fifth minute of a 2–1 home win over Manchester United. Alan Shearer begins his Blackburn Rovers career with two goals against [[Crystal Palace F.C.|Crystal Palace]] in a 3–3 draw at [[Selhurst Park]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sporting-heroes.net/football-heroes/displayhero_club.asp?HeroID=43512 |title=Alan Shearer - Blackburn Rovers FC - Football-Heroes.net |publisher=Sporting-heroes.net |
16 August 1992 – [[Sky Sports]] broadcast their first live Premier League game. [[Teddy Sheringham]] scores the only goal as [[Nottingham Forest F.C.|Nottingham Forest]] beat Liverpool at the [[City Ground]]. [[West Ham United F.C.|West Ham United]] begin their Division One promotion push with a
17 August 1992 – Maidstone United resign from the Football League after being unable to guarantee that they can fulfil their fixtures for this season.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-maidstone-resign-from-league-as-debts-rise-henry-winter-on-the-demise-of-another-football-club-left-without-money-or-ground-1541125.html | location=London | work=The Independent
18 August 1992
22 August 1992
24 August 1992 – Manchester United record their first Premier League win at the fourth time of asking when a late goal by [[Dion Dublin]] gives them a 1–0 win at Southampton.
25 August 1992 – [[Chester City F.C.|Chester City]] lose 2–1 to [[Stockport County]] in the first match at their new [[Deva Stadium]] home in the League Cup. Manchester City equal the British national record for a defender (which they set last year when signing [[Keith Curle]]) by paying £2.5 million for [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]]'s [[Terry Phelan]]. In Leeds United's 5–0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur, [[Eric Cantona]] becomes the first player to score a hat-trick in the Premier League. Newly
26 August 1992
27 August 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur pay £2.1 million for Nottingham Forest's 26-year-old striker Teddy Sheringham to fill the gap left in attack by Gary Lineker's departure in the close season.
29 August 1992
30 August 1992 – Exeter City manager [[Alan Ball, Jr.|Alan Ball]] and former Bolton Wanderers manager [[Phil Neal]] join the [[England national football team|England national team]] coaching staff.
31 August 1992 – Norwich go top of the Premier League with a
1 September 1992 – Crystal Palace sign 21-year-old striker [[Chris Armstrong (footballer, born 1971)|Chris Armstrong]] from [[Millwall F.C.|Millwall]] for £1 million.
2 September 1992 – Aston Villa pay a club record £2.5 million for Liverpool striker [[Dean Saunders]]. Dion Dublin breaks his leg in Manchester United's
5 September 1992
6 September 1992 – [[Hereford United F.C.|Hereford United]] have a [[Football League]] record four players sent off in a 1–1 Division Three draw with [[Northampton Town F.C.|Northampton Town]] at the [[County Cricket Ground, Northampton|County Ground]]. Manchester United make it four Premier League victories in a row by beating Leeds
9 September 1992 – [[Vinnie Jones]] returns to [[Wimbledon F.C.|Wimbledon]] after three years away in a £700,000 move from Chelsea.
11 September 1992 – [[Dean Saunders]] signs for Aston Villa from Liverpool,<ref name = "Saunders">{{cite news|title=Saunders double strike silences Souness|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=X2NPAAAAIBAJ
12 September 1992
15 September 1992 – All 22 [[Football League Third Division|Division Three]] clubs receive £10,000 compensation each from the Football League to cover the loss of gate revenue brought upon by the recent demise of [[Aldershot F.C.|Aldershot]] and Maidstone United.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/sport-in-short-football-1551764.html |title=Sport in Short: Football |work=The Independent
16 September 1992 – [[Derby County F.C.|Derby County]] pay the record fee for a club outside the top division – and a national record for a defender – when they sign [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]] centre-back [[Craig Short]] in a £2.5 million deal. In the Premier League, Blackburn Rovers' unbeaten start comes to an end when Everton beat them 3–2 at [[Ewood Park]], with [[Tony Cottee]] scoring twice.
19 September 1992 – At [[Villa Park]], home debutant Dean Saunders sinks his former club, bagging two in a 4–2 win over a depleted Liverpool side.<ref name="Saunders" /> Meanwhile, Wimbledon's 1–1 draw with Blackburn Rovers ends with three players sent off: [[Tony Dobson]] and [[Mike Newell (footballer)|Mike Newell]] for Rovers and Vinnie Jones on his second debut for the Dons.<ref name="Saunders" /> Elsewhere in London, QPR and Middlesbrough drew 3–3 after a late Rangers penalty converted by [[Andy Sinton]].<ref name="AFP" /> Post-match, Boro boss [[Lennie Lawrence]] announces the cancellation of a move to sign [[Rob Lee|Robert Lee]], owing to the player's unwillingness to commit to a move away from the capital and the involvement of another club.<ref name="AFP" /> Norwich are still top of the Premier League thanks to a
20 September 1992 – Division One leaders Newcastle United sign [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] midfielder Robert Lee for £700,000.
26 September 1992 – Alan Shearer scored his tenth Premier League goal for Blackburn Rovers in his tenth appearance in a 2–0 defeat of Oldham Athletic at Ewood Park, although Norwich are still top of the table after a
27 September 1992
28 September 1992 – [[Preston North End F.C.|Preston North End]]'s [[Les Chapman]] and [[Carlisle United F.C.|Carlisle United]]'s [[Aidan McCaffrey]] become the first managerial casualties of the season.
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29 September 1992 – Manchester United are eliminated from the [[UEFA Cup]] on penalties after two goalless draws in their first round contest with [[Torpedo Moscow]].
30 September 1992 – The month ends with Norwich City topping the Premier League, with Blackburn Rovers in second place, Coventry City third and Manchester United fourth. [[Brian Clough]]'s Nottingham Forest prop up the top flight with just one win from their opening nine games. Crystal Palace, who finished third in the league two seasons ago, lie in second from bottom place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterunited-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=26&Month=Sep&ssnno=122&teamno=356 |title=Manchester United F.C. News – United Mad |publisher=Manchesterunited-mad.co.uk |access-date
3 October 1992 – Blackburn Rovers go top of the Premier League, displacing Norwich in dramatic fashion with a 7–1 win at Ewood Park. Strikers Alan Shearer and [[Roy Wegerle]] both find the net twice.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rovers-run-riot-to-topple-norwich-1555297.html | location=London | work=The Independent
4 October 1992
9 October 1992 – Leeds United defeat [[VfB Stuttgart]] 2–0 in a play-off in the first round of the [[1992–93 UEFA Champions League]] in the [[Nou Camp]]. Based on the results in the first two matches, Leeds would have been eliminated on the [[away goals rule]]. However, near the end of the second leg at Elland Road, Stuttgart had fielded four foreign players rather than the maximum permitted three. The result was declared void and Leeds were awarded the match 3–0 meaning a play-off was needed, which was staged in [[Barcelona]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Leeds United 1992/93
10 October 1992
11 October 1992
14 October 1992 – England draw 1–1 with [[Norway national football team|Norway]] in their disappointing opener to the [[1994 FIFA World Cup|World Cup]] qualifying series.
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16 October 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur striker [[Gordon Durie]] is banned for three games after feigning an injury in order to win his team a free kick.
17 October 1992
18 October 1992 – [[Cardiff City F.C.|Cardiff City]] chairman Rick Wright announces he is considering withdrawing the club from the Football League in order to transfer to the [[League of Wales]] next season.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-cardiff-may-quit-league-1558376.html |title=Football: Cardiff may quit League |work=The Independent
19 October 1992
20 October 1992 – Chester City part company with manager [[Harry McNally]] after seven years in charge, following a poor start to the season.
21 October 1992
22 October 1992 – [[Cambridge United F.C.|Cambridge United]] sack [[John Beck (footballer)|John Beck]], who had guided them to successive promotions in the first two of his three seasons as manager.
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23 October 1992 – [[Barclays Bank]] announce that they will not be renewing their sponsorship of the Football League after the end of the season. Barclays have been the league's sponsors since the start of the 1987–88 season.
24 October 1992 – Newcastle United's 11-match winning start to the Division One campaign ends with a 1–0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town. Blackburn go top of the Premier League on goal difference with a goalless draw at home to Manchester United, who have now gone 10 league games without a defeat but have drawn their last five following a five-match winning run, pushing them down to seventh place. The recent shortage of goals has led to calls for [[Alex Ferguson]] to sign another striker, and a recent £3.5million bid for Sheffield Wednesday striker [[David Hirst (footballer)|David Hirst]] has been rejected.<ref>
25 October 1992
26 October 1992 – Former Queens Park Rangers captain [[Glenn Roeder]] is appointed player-manager of [[Gillingham F.C.|Gillingham]] in place of [[Damien Richardson (footballer)|Damien Richardson]].
31 October 1992 – October ends with Blackburn ahead of Norwich at the top of the Premier League with a vastly superior goal difference, after both teams were held to draws today. QPR, Arsenal and Coventry are all three points behind them, with QPR and Arsenal both having a game in hand. Manchester United suffer their first defeat in 11 games when a [[Lawrie Sanchez]] goal gives Wimbledon a
1 November 1992
2 November 1992
3 November 1992
4 November 1992 – Leeds United play [[Rangers F.C.|Rangers]] at Elland Road in the second leg of their second round UEFA Champions League tie. Trailing 2–1 from the first leg in [[Glasgow]], Leeds went into the return match strongly favoured to turn the tie around. However, Rangers defied expectations and won 2–1 again on the night to progress to the first ever group stages of the Champions League.<ref>{{cite web|last=Utah|first=Johnny|title=My Favourite Match – Rangers 4 v 2 Leeds United (on aggregate). 21
7 November 1992
9 November 1992 – [[Mark Robins]] scores a hat-trick for Norwich City in their 3–2 away win over Oldham Athletic, which takes the Canaries back to the top of the Premier League.
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10 November 1992 – [[Dennis Rofe]] resigns as manager of Division One strugglers Bristol Rovers, and is succeeded by 65-year-old [[Malcolm Allison]] on an interim basis.
13 November 1992
14 November 1992
15 November 1992 – Transfer-listed Newcastle United striker [[Micky Quinn]] joins Coventry City on a month's loan.
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18 November 1992 – England achieve a comfortable 4–0 win over [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] in the second World Cup qualifying game. Wimbledon midfielder Vinnie Jones is fined £20,000 for his appearance in the video ''[[Soccer's Hard Men]]''.
19 November 1992 – The [[High Court]] rules that Liverpool fan [[Tony Bland]], 22, who suffered [[brain damage]] in the [[Hillsborough disaster]] in April 1989 and has been in a [[persistent vegetative state]] ever since, can have treatment withdrawn and be allowed to die.<ref>{{cite news | url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/19/newsid_2520000/2520581.stm | work=BBC News | title=1992: Hillsborough victim allowed to die | date=19 November 1992 | access-date=28 December 2010 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307130945/http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/november/19/newsid_2520000/2520581.stm
21 November 1992 – Manchester United's seven-match winless Premier League run ends with a 3–0 home victory over Oldham Athletic, with two goals from [[Mark Hughes]] and another from [[Brian McClair]]. 17-year-old midfielder [[Nicky Butt]] makes his debut for United as a substitute. Midfielder [[Neil Webb]] leaves Old Trafford after three years and returns to Nottingham Forest for £800,000. Norwich now have a four-point lead at the top of the Premier League, having beaten Sheffield United
26 November 1992 – Manchester United sign Leeds United and [[France national football team|France]] striker Eric Cantona in a £1.2 million deal.<ref name="On this day 281192" />
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27 November 1992 – 65-year-old former Manchester City manager Malcolm Allison is appointed team manager by Bristol Rovers.
28 November 1992 – Aston Villa's 12-match unbeaten run is ended when they lose
29 November 1992
30 November 1992 – Norwich City finish November as Premier League leaders, leading Blackburn Rovers by five points. Crystal Palace and Nottingham Forest continue to prop up the top flight, while Everton have climbed out of the relegation zone at the expense of Wimbledon.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterunited-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=28&Month=Nov&ssnno=122&teamno=356 |title=Manchester United FC News – United Mad |publisher=Manchesterunited-mad.co.uk |access-date
1 December 1992 – Barnet sack manager [[Barry Fry]], despite being second-top of Division Three.
4 December 1992 – Birmingham City coach [[Ian Atkins]] is appointed manager of Cambridge United. At the top end of the Division table, [[John Aldridge]] scores a hat-trick as Tranmere strengthen their hold on second place with a
5 December 1992 – Nottingham Forest win for only the third time in the league this season, beating Leeds
6 December 1992
7 December 1992 – Birmingham City are put up for sale with offers in the region of £750,000 invited for the 84% shareholding of former owner Samesh Kumar, who was recently declared [[Bankruptcy|bankrupt]]. Everton beat Liverpool
8 December 1992 – [[John McGrath (English footballer)|John McGrath]] resigns as manager of Halifax Town, who are 17th in Division Three. Due to the club's desperate financial situation, they make the unorthodox move of appointing physiotherapist [[Mick Rathbone]] as manager for the remainder of the season.
11 December 1992 – [[Ipswich Town F.C.|Ipswich Town]] sign Bulgarian striker [[Bontcho Guentchev]] from [[Sporting CP]] for £250,000. Barnet reinstate manager Barry Fry ten days after sacking him. Chelsea climb into second place in the Premier League with a goalless draw at Middlesbrough.<ref>
12 December 1992
13 December 1992
15 December 1992 – Micky Quinn signs for Coventry City on a permanent basis for £250,000, having scored six goals in four matches on loan.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-quinn-signs-for-coventry-1563939.html | location=London | work=The Independent
18 December 1992 – Liverpool sign Norway defender [[Stig Inge Bjørnebye]] from [[Rosenborg BK|Rosenborg]] for £600,000. A takeover of Peterborough United sees manager [[Chris Turner (footballer, born 1951)|Chris Turner]] installed as chairman, with [[Lil Fuccillo]] being appointed manager.
19 December 1992 – Coventry City thrash Liverpool 5–1 at [[Highfield Road]], inflicting Liverpool's heaviest league defeat for 16 years. Micky Quinn scores twice, taking his tally to eight goals in five matches, as does defender [[Brian Borrows]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-coventry-shatter-liverpool-illusions-1564560.html | location=London | work=The Independent
20 December 1992 – Eric Cantona scores his first goal for Manchester United in a 1–1 league draw with Chelsea at [[Stamford Bridge (stadium)|Stamford Bridge]]. Crystal Palace beat Leeds
21 December 1992
22 December 1992 – Chelsea sign Russian goalkeeper [[Dmitri Kharin]] from [[PFC CSKA Moscow|CSKA Moscow]] for £200,000.
26 December 1992 – Manchester United draw 3–3 at Sheffield Wednesday after being 3–0 down at half time, and are now second in the table behind Norwich City. Micky Quinn's good form for Coventry City continues as he scores twice in their 3–0 home win over title-chasing Aston Villa, making it 10 goals in his first six games for the club. Alan Shearer scores in a
28 December 1992 – [[Andy Sinton]] scores a hat-trick in Queens Park Rangers' 4–2 win over Everton. Norwich are held to a goalless draw by Leeds at Elland Road, and Manchester United move into second place and cut their lead to three points by beating Coventry
29 December 1992
31 December 1992 – The year ends with Norwich City still leading the table, with a three-point lead over Manchester United. Nottingham Forest remain bottom, Wimbledon remain in the relegation zone and Crystal Palace have moved clear of the bottom three at the expense of Sheffield United.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterunited-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=28&Month=Dec&ssnno=122&teamno=356 |title=Manchester United FC News – United Mad |publisher=Manchesterunited-mad.co.uk |access-date
1 January 1993 – 35-year-old midfielder [[Gordon Strachan]] is awarded an [[OBE]].
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7 January 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Swedish midfielder [[Patrik Andersson]] from [[Malmö FF]] for £800,000.
9 January 1993
10 January 1993
13 January 1993 – Liverpool suffer a shock FA Cup exit in the third round replay, losing 2–0 at home to Division Two side [[Bolton Wanderers F.C.|Bolton Wanderers]].
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14 January 1993 – [[Notts County F.C.|Notts County]], bottom of Division One and in danger of a second successive relegation, sack manager [[Neil Warnock]].
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21 January 1993 – [[Denis Smith (footballer, born 1947)|Denis Smith]] is sacked after less than ten months as manager of Bristol City.
26 January 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Norway defender [[Henning Berg]] from [[Lillestrøm SK|Lillestrøm]] in a £400,000 deal. There is midweek drama in the Premier League as Berg's new club lose
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31 January 1993 – January ends with Norwich City still top of the Premiership, but with their lead over Manchester United now down to a single point. Aston Villa and Ipswich Town are continuing to keep up the pressure, but Blackburn Rovers have slumped to fifth place. Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic hold the bottom two places, with Sheffield United still occupying the final relegation position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterunited-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=30&Month=Jan&ssnno=122&teamno=356|title=Manchester United Premier League 1992/1993|first=Digital Sports Group|last=LTD
1 February 1993 – [[Sunderland A.F.C.|Sunderland]], struggling in Division One, sack [[Malcolm Crosby]] as manager, nine months after he led them to the [[FA Cup final]].
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4 February 1993 – Nearly seven years after selling him to Aston Villa, Arsenal buy [[Martin Keown]] from Everton for £2 million.
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5 February 1993 – [[Terry Butcher]] is named as the new manager of Sunderland, one year after being sacked by [[Coventry City F.C.|Coventry City]].
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12 February 1993 – Newcastle United sign 21-year-old striker [[Andy Cole]] from Bristol City for a club record £1.75 million.
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14 February 1993 – [[Paul Compton]] resigns as [[Torquay United F.C.|Torquay United]] manager hours after a defeat by Division Three leaders Cardiff City, which leaves Torquay bottom of the entire Football League and in serious danger of relegation to the Conference. [[Neil Warnock]], who joined the club only days beforehand as a "footballing consultant", replaces Compton as manager.
15 February 1993 – [[Ian Porterfield]] is sacked after less than two years as manager of Chelsea. [[David Webb (footballer)|David Webb]], who left the [[Southend United F.C.|Southend United]] job last summer, is appointed as Chelsea's new manager on a trial contract until the end of the season.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-porterfield-sacked-as-chelsea-turn-to-webb-1473407.html | location=London | work=The Independent
17 February 1993 – England achieve a third successive win in their World Cup qualifying series, triumphing 6–0 over [[San Marino national football team|San Marino]] at Wembley.
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28 February 1993 – February ends with Aston Villa top of the Premier League, two points ahead of Manchester United, who have a match in hand. Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday and Blackburn Rovers complete the top five. Oldham Athletic prop up the table, with Middlesbrough and Sheffield United joining them in the bottom three.<ref>[http://www.everton-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=27&Month=Feb&ssnno=122&teamno=219 Snapshot Tables
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3 March 1993 – Tony Bland dies in hospital after treatment was withdrawn, making him the Hillsborough disaster's 96th victim after nearly four years in a coma.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.catholicdoctors.org.uk/CMQ/Feb_1995/neuropath_tony_bland.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070311201106/http://www.catholicdoctors.org.uk/CMQ/Feb_1995/neuropath_tony_bland.htm|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 March 2007|title=Neuropathol of Tony Bland
6 March 1993 – Manchester United beat struggling Liverpool 2–1 at Anfield in the Premier League.
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8 March 1993 – Birmingham City are taken over by newspaper publisher [[David Sullivan (publisher)|David Sullivan]], who appoints 24-year-old [[Karren Brady]] as the first female managing director of a professional football club.
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12 March 1993 – [[Russell Osman]] becomes the Bristol City's new manager. [[John Ward (footballer, born 1951)|John Ward]] leaves York City to take over at Bristol Rovers, and is succeeded at [[Bootham Crescent]] by [[Alan Little (footballer)|Alan Little]].
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24 March 1993 – [[Bryan Hamilton]] resigns as Wigan Athletic manager in the wake of a defeat to Division Two's basement side Chester City, with Wigan in serious danger of their first-ever relegation. [[Dave Philpotts]] is appointed as caretaker manager for the remainder of the season. Midweek drama in the Premier League sees Sheffield United climb out of the relegation zone with a
25 March 1993 – Blackburn Rovers sign Chelsea defender [[Graeme Le Saux]] for £700,000. Norwich City sign 25-year-old [[
28 March 1993 – Aston Villa's [[Paul McGrath (footballer)|Paul McGrath]] is voted [[PFA Players' Player of the Year]]. The [[PFA Young Player of the Year]] award goes to Manchester United's [[Ryan Giggs]] for the second year running.
31 March 1993 – England make it four wins from their first five World Cup qualifying matches after defeating [[Turkey national football team|Turkey]] 2–0 away in [[İzmir]]. The month ends with Norwich City back on top of the Premier League, though Aston Villa are just a point behind with a match in hand. Manchester United are still close behind, while Blackburn Rovers have three matches in hand on the leaders. Nottingham Forest have slipped back into the relegation zone behind Sheffield United, while Oldham Athletic are still in the relegation zone and Middlesbrough now occupy bottom place.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterunited-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=24&Month=Mar&ssnno=122&teamno=356|title=Manchester United Premier League 1992/1993|first=Digital Sports Group|last=LTD
1 April 1993 – Within 24 hours of his latest dismissal and reinstatement at Barnet, Barry Fry finally leaves the troubled [[North London]] club to succeed [[Colin Murphy (footballer, born 1950)|Colin Murphy]] as manager of Southend United. Fry's assistant [[Edwin Stein]] agrees to take charge of the club for the remainder of the season, but makes it clear that he will not continue as manager beyond that.
3 April 1993 – Sheffield Wednesday reach their first FA Cup final in 27 years as they defeat Sheffield United 2–1 at Wembley with goals from [[Mark Bright]] and [[Chris Waddle]]. United's consolation goal came from [[Alan Cork]]. The two teams are led out by Sheffield United's cancer-stricken goalkeeper [[Mel Rees]].<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-wembley-honour-offered-to-rees-1501110.html | location=London | work=The Independent
4 April 1993 – Arsenal and Tottenham Hotspur meet in the FA Cup semi-finals for the second time in three seasons. Arsenal win 1–0, with captain [[Tony Adams (footballer)|Tony Adams]] scoring the only goal of the match. Aston Villa return to the top of the Premier League with a
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9 April 1993 – Norwich City's Premier League title hopes are further damaged by a 5–1 defeat at Tottenham Hotspur.
10 April 1993 – Centre-back Steve Bruce scores two late goals to give Manchester United a 2–1 home win over Sheffield Wednesday, putting them top of the table by a point with five games remaining as Aston Villa are held to a goalless draw at home by Coventry. A
12 April 1993 – Trailing Birmingham City 1–4 after 60 minutes, Swindon Town score five goals in 30 minutes to win 6–4.<ref>{{cite web|title=Toppo's Top Tens – Comebacks|url=http://www.wearegoingup.co.uk/2011/11/30/toppos-top-tens-comebacks/|work=Wearegoingup.co.uk|
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17 April 1993 – Midfielder [[Mark Walters]] scores a hat-trick as Liverpool beat Coventry City 4–0 in the Premier League at [[Anfield]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.liverweb.org.uk/season.asp?season=199293
18 April 1993 – Arsenal beat Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the League Cup final. [[Steve Morrow]], the scorer of Arsenal's winning goal, breaks his arm in a freak accident during the on-pitch celebrations and would likely miss next month's FA Cup final between the same two teams.
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19 April 1993 – Norwich City's 3–1 defeat at Ipswich Town ends their title hopes.
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26 April 1993 – Brian Clough announces that he will retire as Nottingham Forest manager at the end of the season after 18 years in charge.
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28 April 1993 – England and the [[Netherlands national football team|Netherlands]] draw 2–2 at Wembley in their World Cup qualifier. Stoke City clinch the Division Two title.
30 April 1993 – Former [[Charlton Athletic F.C.|Charlton Athletic]] defender [[Tommy Caton]] dies at his home in [[Oxfordshire]] at age 30 after suffering a heart attack, just weeks after retiring from playing following a two-year absence due to injury.<ref>[http://www.newsint-archive.co.uk/pages/S.asp?pubsel=BOTH&SrchText=caton&DateFromDD=01&DateFromMM=Jan&DateFromYY=1991&DateToDD=31&DateToMM=May&DateToYY=1993&ResultListMax=200&head=&byline=§=&Caption=&edn=&page=&SortOrder=Asc&SortField=SDate&Submit1=Search&BackDD=Day&BackMM=Month&BackYY=Year&source=thetimes&SortField=Pub&SortOrder=asc&SortField=EDN&SortOrder=asc&SortField=Page&SortOrder=asc&ST=NS&SortSpec=&ResultMaxDocs=200&Site=ALL&Collection=NI&ResultCount=20&summreqd=yes&indexkey=4077568571999933593E240&advsrch=0&QueryText=%28caton%29+%3CAND%3E+%28PUB%3DBOTH%29+%3CAND%3E+%28%28SDate%3E%3D1%2F1%2F1991%29+%3CAND%3E+%28SDate%3C%3D5%2F31%2F1993%29%29&_P=1]{{Dead link|date=May 2020 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> As April draws to a close, Manchester United are four points ahead of Aston Villa in the league with two matches remaining.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manchesterunited-mad.co.uk/footydb/loadgen.asp?Day=21&Month=Apr&ssnno=122&teamno=356|title=Manchester United Premier League 1992/1993|first=Digital Sports Group|last=LTD
1 May 1993 – Nottingham Forest are relegated from the Premier League after a 2–0 defeat to Sheffield United at the [[City Ground]]. Oldham, who also have 40 points but have played fewer games, still have a mathematical chance of survival but need at least six points from their final three games to avoid relegation. Norwich beat Liverpool
2 May 1993 – Manchester United are confirmed as league champions of England for the first time in 26 years after Aston Villa lose 1–0 at home to Oldham Athletic, which is a big boost for the visiting side's survival hopes.
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4 May 1993 – Newcastle United seal the Division One title and promotion to the Premier League with a 2–0 win at Grimsby Town. Their local rivals Middlesbrough are relegated from the Premier League due to Sheffield United's
5 May 1993 – Oldham Athletic remain in with a slim chance of Premier League survival by achieving a surprise 3–2 home win over Liverpool at [[Boundary Park]].
8 May 1993 – Liverpool's 6–2 home win over Tottenham Hotspur sees them finish sixth.<ref>[http://www.lfchistory.net/Players/Player/Profile/404 Liverpool career stats for Ian Rush
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12 May 1993 – Leyton Orient managing director [[Frank Clark (footballer)|Frank Clark]], a former Nottingham Forest player, returns to the [[City Ground]] as the club's new manager.
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29 May 1993 – England draw 1–1 with [[Poland national football team|Poland]] in [[Katowice]], extending their unbeaten run in the World Cup qualifiers to seven games. [[York City F.C.|York City]] win the Division Three play-off final on penalties over [[Crewe Alexandra F.C.|Crewe Alexandra]] after a 1–1 draw.
30 May 1993 – [[West Bromwich Albion F.C.|West Bromwich Albion]] win the Division Two play-off final and secure promotion to Division One with a 3–0 win over [[Port Vale F.C.|Port Vale]]. Sheffield United goalkeeper Mel Rees dies of cancer aged 26.<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-rees-loses-fight-against-cancer-1489088.html | location=London | work=The Independent
31 May 1993 – Swindon Town are promoted to the top division of English football after 73 years of trying thanks to a 4–3 win over [[Leicester City F.C.|Leicester City]] in the [[Football League First Division|Division One]] play-off final.
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