1992–93 Coventry City F.C. season

After narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, Coventry's form improved this season and the club finished in a stable 15th position. The club began the season with a run of six wins from their opening eight games to sit in second place, but a run of 11 games without a win, albeit a run with only three defeats, dragged the club down to ninth. The club's form for the next quarter of the season saw the club rise to fifth with a genuine possibility of challenging for European qualification. However, after the sale of striker Robert Rosario (a key provider for the firepower of the likes of Micky Quinn and Peter Ndlovu) to strugglers Nottingham Forest, another run of 11 games with only one win dragged Coventry to 15th, the lowest place they had occupied all season - finishing only three points above the relegation zone. Survival was only secured on the final day of the season with a thrilling 3-3 draw with Leeds United.

Kit

Coventry City's kit was manufactured by Ribero and sponsored by French car maker Peugeot.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League


Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Manchester United !Manchester United (C)	42	24	12	6	67	31	+36	84	1993–94 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Aston Villa !Aston Villa	42	21	11	10	57	40	+17	74	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
3	Norwich City !Norwich City	42	21	9	12	61	65	−4	72	1993–94 UEFA Cup First round
4	Blackburn Rovers !Blackburn Rovers	42	20	11	11	68	46	+22	71
5	Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	42	17	12	13	63	55	+8	63
6	Liverpool !Liverpool	42	16	11	15	62	55	+7	59
7	Sheffield Wednesday !Sheffield Wednesday	42	15	14	13	55	51	+4	59
8	Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	42	16	11	15	60	66	−6	59
9	Manchester City !Manchester City	42	15	12	15	56	51	+5	57
10	Arsenal !Arsenal	42	15	11	16	40	38	+2	56	1993–94 European Cup Winners' Cup First round ¹
11	Chelsea !Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon !Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton !Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United !Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City !Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town !Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United !Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51
18	Southampton !Southampton	42	13	11	18	54	61	−7	50
19	Oldham Athletic !Oldham Athletic	42	13	10	19	63	74	−11	49
20	Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace (R)	42	11	16	15	48	61	−13	49	Relegation to 1993–94 Football League First Division
21	Middlesbrough !Middlesbrough (R)	42	11	11	20	54	75	−21	44
22	Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest (R)	42	10	10	22	41	62	−21	40

Updated to games played on 11 May 1993.
Source: Soccerbase
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored
¹Arsenal qualified by winning the FA Cup.
(C) = Champion; (R) = Relegated; (P) = Promoted; (E) = Eliminated; (O) = Play-off winner; (A) = Advances to a further round.
Only applicable when the season is not finished:
(Q) = Qualified to the phase of tournament indicated; (TQ) = Qualified to tournament, but not yet to the particular phase indicated; (RQ) = Qualified to the relegation tournament indicated; (DQ) = Disqualified from tournament.

Results

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	12,681	J Williams, Smith
19 August 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	24,388	J Williams (2)
22 August 1992	Wimbledon	A	2–1	3,759	Gynn, Rosario
26 August 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	13,563
29 August 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	14,541
2 September 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	22,874	Ndlovu, Hurst
5 September 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	11,254	Gallacher
14 September 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	15,348	J Williams
21 September 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	17,553	Rosario
26 September 1992	Norwich City	H	1–1	16,436	Ndlovu
3 October 1992	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	11,808	Pearce, Gallacher
17 October 1992	Everton	A	1–1	17,587	Ndlovu
24 October 1992	Chelsea	H	1–2	15,626	Rosario
31 October 1992	Leeds United	A	2–2	28,018	McAllister (own goal), Ndlovu
7 November 1992	Arsenal	A	0–3	27,693
21 November 1992	Manchester City	H	2–3	14,590	Quinn (2)
28 November 1992	Sheffield United	A	1–1	15,625	Quinn
5 December 1992	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	11,294	Gallacher, Quinn
12 December 1992	Southampton	A	2–2	12,306	Quinn (2)
19 December 1992	Liverpool	H	5–1	19,779	Borrows (2, 1 pen), Gallacher, Quinn (2)
26 December 1992	Aston Villa	H	3–0	24,245	Quinn (2), Rosario
28 December 1992	Manchester United	A	0–5	36,025
9 January 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	15,264
16 January 1993	Norwich City	A	1–1	13,613	Quinn
23 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	10,544	Gallacher (2), Ndlovu
26 January 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–2	15,215	May (own goal), Hurst, J Williams, Quinn (2)
30 January 1993	Wimbledon	H	0–2	11,774
6 February 1993	Middlesbrough	A	2–0	14,008	Ndlovu, Quinn
20 February 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	12,453
27 February 1993	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	12,248
3 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	13,806	Quinn
7 March 1993	Everton	H	0–1	11,285
10 March 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	20,092
13 March 1993	Arsenal	H	0–2	15,437
20 March 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	16,698
24 March 1993	Sheffield United	H	1–3	12,993	J Williams
3 April 1993	Southampton	H	2–0	10,463	Quinn (pen), J Williams
10 April 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–0	38,543
12 April 1993	Manchester United	H	0–1	24,429
17 April 1993	Liverpool	A	0–4	33,328
1 May 1993	Chelsea	A	1–2	14,186	Quinn
8 May 1993	Leeds United	H	3–3	19,591	J Williams, Quinn, Ndlovu

FA Cup

Main article: 1992-93 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 January 1993	Norwich City	A	0–1	15,301

League Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Scarborough	H	2–0	5,993	Borrows (pen), Ndlovu
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Scarborough	A	0–3 (lost 2-3 on agg)	2,633

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Martin Davies
		GK	Jonathan Gould^[3]
		GK	Steve Ogrizovic
		DF	Phil Babb^[4]
		DF	Brian Borrows (captain)
		DF	Peter Atherton
		DF	Peter Billing
		DF	Martyn Booty
		DF	David Busst
		DF	Chris Greenman
		DF	Andy Pearce
		DF	Paul Williams
		DF	David Rennie
		DF	Keith Rowland (on loan from Bournemouth)
		MF	Willie Boland

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Terry Fleming
		MF	Sean Flynn
		MF	Micky Gynn
		MF	Lee Hurst
		MF	Leigh Jenkinson
		MF	Lloyd McGrath
		MF	Craig Middleton
		MF	Stewart Robson
		MF	Tony Sheridan
		MF	David Smith
		MF	Ray Woods
		FW	Peter Ndlovu
		FW	Micky Quinn
		FW	Roy Wegerle^[5]
		FW	John Williams

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.		Position	Player
		DF	Kenny Sansom (to Everton)
		MF	David Smith (on loan to Bournemouth)

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Robert Rosario (to Nottingham Forest)
		FW	Kevin Gallacher (to Blackburn Rovers)

Transfers

In

Micky Quinn - Newcastle United, 20 November, £250,000

Out

Kevin Gallacher - Blackburn Rovers, £1,500,000

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/coventry-city/1992-1993/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/coventry-city/tab/players/season/1993
↑ Gould was born in Paddington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 1999.
↑ Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.
↑ Wegerle was born in Pretoria, South Africa, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through marriage and made his international debut for the United States in May 1992.

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FA competitions

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Related to national team

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Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Middlesbrough Norwich City Nottingham Forest Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Brentford Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Leicester City Luton Town Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Blackpool Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brighton & Hove Albion Burnley Chester City Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Stockport County Stoke City Swansea City West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic

Third Division	Barnet Bury Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Northampton Town Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City

Others	Aldershot Town Newport

List of transfers

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