1992–93 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers

1992–93 season
Chairman	Gordon Hargreaves
Manager	Bruce Rioch
Stadium	Burnden Park
Second Division	2nd
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Associate Members Cup	Northern Quarter-final
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Walker (26) All: Andy Walker (33)
Highest home attendance	21,720 (vs. Preston North End, 8 May 1993
Lowest home attendance	3,278 (vs. Bury, 8 December 1992
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–1993 season was the 114th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their fifth successive season in the third tier of English Football, now renamed the Football League Second Division after the formation of the FA Premier League. This article covers the period from 1 July 1992 to 30 June 1993.^[1]

Playing Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Keith Branagan GK David Felgate DF Phil Brown DF Mark Seagraves DF Alan Stubbs DF David Burke DF Scott Green DF Gary Parkinson DF Nicky Spooner DF Mark Winstanley DF Jason Lydiate DF Mark Came

No. Position Player DF Stuart Storer MF David Lee MF Tony Kelly MF Jason McAteer MF Julian Darby MF Neil Fisher MF Andy Roscoe FW John McGinlay FW Mark Patterson FW Andy Walker FW Tony Philliskirk FW David Reeves

Results

Barclays League Division Two

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
15 August 1992	Huddersfield Town	H	2 – 0	Darby, Walker	7,897
22 August 1992	Brighton	A	1 – 2	Walker	6,205
29 August 1992	Reading	H	2 – 1	Seagraves, Walker	4,877
1 September 1992	Blackpool	H	3 – 0	Green, Walker, Philliskirk	7,291
5 September 1992	Stoke City	A	0 – 0		14,252
12 September 1992	Rotherham United	A	1 – 2	Brown	5,227
15 September 1992	West Bromwich Albion	H	0 – 2		8,531
19 September 1992	Bournemouth	H	1 – 1	Philliskirk	4,623
26 September 1992	Plymouth Argyle	A	1 – 2	Darby	6,829
3 October 1992	Leyton Orient	A	0 – 1		3,946
10 October 1992	Hartlepool United	H	1 – 2	Green	5,097
17 October 1992	Chester City	A	2 – 2	McGinlay, Reeves	3,394
24 October 1992	Hull City	H	2 – 0	McGinlay, Patterson	4,136
31 October 1992	Preston North End	A	2 – 2	Green, Stubbs	7,013
3 November 1992	Exeter City	A	3 – 1	Spooner, Walker (2)	2,431
7 November 1992	Port Vale	H	1 – 1	McGinlay	7,349
21 November 1992	Fulham	A	4 – 1	Lee, Stubbs, Walker (2)	4,049
28 November 1992	Burnley	H	4 – 0	Brown, Lee, Walker (2)	11,438
19 December 1992	Bradford City	H	5 – 0	Lee, Seagraves, Walker, McGinlay (2)	6,887
26 December 1992	Wigan Athletic	H	2 – 1	Walker (2)	11,493
28 December 1992	Swansea	A	2 – 1	Brown, McGinlay	7,220
9 January 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	1 – 3	Walker	14,581
16 January 1993	Plymouth Argyle	H	3 – 1	Seagraves, Walker, McGinlay	8,256
27 January 1993	Reading	A	2 – 1	Lee, Walker	4,640
30 January 1993	Brighton	H	0 – 1		8,929
6 February 1993	Huddersfield Town	A	1 – 1	Walker	8,858
9 February 1993	Stockport County	A	0 – 2		7,363
20 February 1993	Blackpool	A	1 – 1	McGinlay	8,054
27 February 1993	Hartlepool United	A	2 – 0	Green, McGinlay	2,756
6 March 1993	Leyton Orient	H	1 – 0	Walker	7,763
9 March 1993	Mansfield Town	H	2 – 1	Walker (2)	6,557
13 March 1993	Port Vale	A	0 – 0		11,055
20 March 1993	Exeter City	H	4 – 1	Kelly, McAteer, Walker, McGinlay	6,819
23 March 1993	Burnley	A	1 – 0	McGinlay	15,085
27 March 1993	Fulham	H	1 – 0	Walker	8,402
30 March 1993	Rotherham United	H	2 – 0	Walker (2)	7,985
3 April 1993	Mansfield Town	A	1 – 1	Seagraves	5,366
6 April 1993	Stockport County	H	2 – 1	Walker, McGinlay	13,773
10 April 1993	Wigan Athletic	A	2 – 0	Kelly, Walker	5,408
12 April 1993	Swansea City	H	3 – 1	Lee, Green (2)	10,854
17 April 1993	Bradford City	A	1 – 2	McGinlay	9,813
24 April 1993	Chester City	H	5 – 0	Brown, Seagraves, McGinlay, Patterson, Winstanley	8,514
27 April 1993	Bournemouth	A	2 – 1	Brown, Darby	4,434
30 April 1993	Hull City	A	2 – 1	Windass (og), McGinlay	8,785
4 May 1993	Stoke City	H	1 – 0	Darby	19,238
8 May 1993	Preston North End	H	1 – 0	McGinlay (pen)	21,720

Pos	Team	Pl	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1.	Stoke City	46	27	12	7	73	34	37	93
2.	Bolton Wanderers	46	27	9	10	80	41	39	90
3.	Port Vale	46	26	11	9	79	44	35	89

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

FA Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
14 November 1992	Round 1	Sutton Coldfield Town	H	2 – 1	Walker, Reeves	5,345
5 December 1992	Round 2	Rochdale	H	4 – 0	McAteer, Walker, McGinlay (2)	6,876
3 January 1993	Round 3	Liverpool	H	2 – 2	Seagraves, McGinlay	21,502
13 January 1993	Round 3 replay	Liverpool	A	2 – 0	Walker, McGinlay	34,790
24 January 1993	Round 4	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2 – 0	Green, McGinlay	19,120
13 February 1993	Round 5	Derby County	A	1 – 3	Walker	20,289

Coca-Cola Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
18 August 1992	Round 1 First Leg	Port Vale	A	2 – 1	Green, Stubbs	3,282
25 August 1992	Round 1 Second Leg	Port Vale	H	1 – 1 3 – 2 (agg)	Walker	4,870
22 September 1992	Round 2 First Leg	Wimbledon	H	1 – 3	Stubbs	5,049
6 October 1992	Round 2 Second Leg	Wimbledon	A	1 – 0 2 – 3 (agg)	Philliskirk	1,987

Associate Members Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F – A	Scorers	Attendance
1 December 1992	Group Stage Game One	Rochdale	A	0 – 0		1,348
8 December 1992	Group Stage Game Two	Bury	H	1 – 1	McGinlay	3,278
19 January 1993	Northern Section Round 2	Darlington	A	4 – 3	Lee, Kelly, Walker (2)	1,265
2 February 1993	Northern Section Quarter Final	Huddersfield Town	A	0 – 3		2,996

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	FL	FAC	LC	AMC	Total
1	Andy Walker	Striker	26	4	1	2	33
2	John McGinlay	Striker	16	5	0	1	22
3	Scott Green	Midfielder	06	1	1	0	08
4=	David Lee	Midfielder	06	0	0	0	06
4=	Mark Seagraves	Defender	05	1	0	0	06

References

1. "Bolton Wanderers 1992-93". bwfcstats.com. Retrieved 20 December 2009.