1993–94 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Crystal Palace
1993–94 season
Chairman	Ron Noades
Manager	Alan Smith
Stadium	Selhurst Park
First Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Armstrong (22); All: Armstrong (24)
Average home league attendance	15,656
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Crystal Palace F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Smith immediately guided Palace back to the Premier League as runaway champions of the second tier,^[1] Chris Armstrong top-scoring with 22 league goals.^[2] During this period the badge was changed with the bird being replaced by one which Ron Noades felt more closely resembled an eagle.^[3]

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Crystal Palace (C, P)	46	27	9	10	73	46	+27	90	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Nottingham Forest (P)	46	23	14	9	74	49	+25	83	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Millwall	46	19	17	10	58	49	+9	74	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Leicester City (O, P)	46	19	16	11	72	59	+13	73
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	14,785
21 August 1993	Bristol City	A	0–2	12,068
24 August 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	15,048	Young, Gordon
28 August 1993	Portsmouth	H	5–1	14,428	Armstrong (3), Gordon, Southgate
31 August 1993	Birmingham City	A	4–2	13,856	Williams, Shaw, Armstrong (2)
12 September 1993	Sunderland	H	1–0	11,318	Armstrong
18 September 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–1	17,873	Coleman, Whyte, Armstrong, Southgate
26 September 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	7,947
2 October 1993	Stoke City	H	4–1	12,880	Salako (3), Southgate
17 October 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	13,056	Humphrey
23 October 1993	Derby County	A	1–3	16,586	Armstrong
30 October 1993	Grimsby Town	H	1–0	12,202	Southgate
2 November 1993	Luton Town	H	3–2	10,925	Shaw, Young, Whyte
6 November 1993	Notts County	A	2–3	6,904	Armstrong (2)
20 November 1993	Barnsley	A	3–1	5,384	Armstrong, Williams (2)
24 November 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	7,845
28 November 1993	Watford	A	3–1	7,485	Williams, Salako, Southgate
5 December 1993	Notts County	H	1–2	12,642	Osborn
8 December 1993	Leicester City	A	1–1	16,706	Williams
11 December 1993	Birmingham City	H	2–1	11,925	Southgate, Salako
19 December 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	7,011	Williams
27 December 1993	Oxford United	A	3–1	10,356	Armstrong (2), Salako
29 December 1993	Southend United	H	1–0	18,255	Rodger
1 January 1994	Millwall	A	0–3	16,779
15 January 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	23,851
22 January 1994	Leicester City	H	2–1	17,045	Coleman, Armstrong
1 February 1994	Peterborough United	H	3–2	12,426	Rodger, Salako, Armstrong
5 February 1994	Derby County	H	1–1	15,615	Gordon
12 February 1994	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	6,302	Southgate
19 February 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	24,232	Matthew
22 February 1994	Bristol City	H	4–1	11,508	Salako, Gordon (pen), Armstrong (2)
26 February 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	17,245	Southgate
5 March 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–0	13,508	Young
12 March 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	16,576	Stewart
16 March 1994	Sunderland	A	0–1	15,892
20 March 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	14,408	Armstrong, Stewart
23 March 1994	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	12,811
26 March 1994	Stoke City	A	2–0	18,071	Gordon (pen), Williams
29 March 1994	Peterborough United	A	1–1	8,412	Rodger
2 April 1994	Oxford United	H	2–1	15,510	Armstrong, Stewart
6 April 1994	Southend United	A	2–1	9,776	Young, Armstrong
9 April 1994	Millwall	H	1–0	23,142	Armstrong
16 April 1994	Luton Town	A	1–0	9,880	Coleman
23 April 1994	Barnsley	H	1–0	20,522	Young
1 May 1994	Middlesbrough	A	3–2	8,638	Southgate, Armstrong, Whyte
8 May 1994	Watford	H	0–2	28,694

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	25,047

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	21 September 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	9,615	Gordon, Southgate, Whyte
R2 Second Leg	5 October 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0 (won 4–1 on agg)	5,224	Armstrong
R3	26 October 1993	Everton	A	2–2	11,547	Southgate, Thorn
R3R	10 November 1993	Everton	H	1–4	14,662	Southgate

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 8	7 September 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–4	3,868
PR Group 8	14 September 1993	Millwall	H	3–0	2,712	Williams, Armstrong (pen), Whyte

Players

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[5]

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	Jimmy Glass
—	GK	ENG	Nigel Martyn
—	GK	ENG	Andy Woodman
—	DF	ENG	Ian Cox^{[notes 1]}
—	DF	ENG	Dean Gordon
—	DF	ENG	John Humphrey
—	DF	ENG	Richard Shaw
—	DF	ENG	Paul Sparrow
—	DF	ENG	Gareth Southgate
—	DF	ENG	Andy Thorn
—	DF	ENG	Jamie Vincent
—	DF	WAL	Chris Coleman
—	DF	WAL	Eric Young^{[notes 2]}
—	DF	NIR	Darren Patterson
—	MF	ENG	Bobby Bowry^{[notes 3]}
—	MF	ENG	Damian Matthew


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Stuart Massey
—	MF	ENG	Paul Mortimer
—	MF	ENG	Ricky Newman
—	MF	ENG	Martin O'Connor^{[notes 4]}
—	MF	ENG	Simon Osborn
—	MF	ENG	Simon Rodger
—	MF	ENG	John Salako
—	MF	IRL	Tony Scully
—	FW	ENG	Chris Armstrong
—	FW	ENG	Bruce Dyer^{[notes 5]}
—	FW	ENG	George Ndah^{[notes 6]}
—	FW	ENG	David Whyte
—	FW	ENG	Paul Williams
—	FW	CAN	Niall Thompson^{[notes 7]}
—	MF	ENG	Paul Stewart (on loan from Liverpool)

References

^ Alexander, Jeremy. "Soccer: FIRST DIVISION: Palace Promoted a Day Late Luton Town 0, Crystal Palace 1." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 18 Apr 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
^ Bateman, Cynthia, and Thomas Russell. "Soccer: Walker Ready with Pounds 6m for Armstrong." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 16 Aug 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
^ "Crystal Palace badge history". holmesdale.net. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
^ "Crystal Palace 1993-1994 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1994".

Notes

^ Cox was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.
^ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Wales in May 1990.
^ Bowry was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2000.
^ O'Connor was born in Walsall, England, but made his international debut for the Cayman Islands in 2000, but it was later discovered that he was not eligible to represent them.
^ Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.
^ Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.
^ Thompson was born in Birmingham, England, but was raised in Canada from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Canada in March 1993.

[1] Alexander, Jeremy. "Soccer: FIRST DIVISION: Palace Promoted a Day Late Luton Town 0, Crystal Palace 1." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 18 Apr 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.

[2] Bateman, Cynthia, and Thomas Russell. "Soccer: Walker Ready with Pounds 6m for Armstrong." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 16 Aug 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.

[3] "Crystal Palace badge history". holmesdale.net. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 9 May 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.

[4] "Crystal Palace 1993-1994 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 13 March 2014. Retrieved 12 March 2014.

[5] "All Crystal Palace players: 1994".

[6] Cox was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Trinidad and Tobago internationally and would make his international debut for Trinidad and Tobago in 2000.

[7] Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the home nations internationally as a British passport holder and made his international debut for Wales in May 1990.

[8] Bowry was born in Croydon, England, but also qualified to represent Saint Kitts and Nevis internationally and would make his international debut for Saint Kitts and Nevis in 2000.

[9] O'Connor was born in Walsall, England, but made his international debut for the Cayman Islands in 2000, but it was later discovered that he was not eligible to represent them.

[10] Dyer was born in Redbridge, England, and represented them at U-21 level, but also qualified to represent Montserrat internationally and would make his international debut for Montserrat in September 2007.

[11] Ndah was born in Southwark, England, but also qualified to represent Nigeria internationally and was called up by Nigeria in 1999, but was prevented from playing due to injury.

[12] Thompson was born in Birmingham, England, but was raised in Canada from the age of 2 and made his international debut for Canada in March 1993.

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