1992–93 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City

1992–93 season
Chairman	Martin George
Manager	Brian Little
Stadium	Filbert Street
First Division	6th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Walsh (15) All: Walsh (16)
Highest home attendance	19,687 vs. Newcastle United (31 October 1992)
Lowest home attendance	10,284 vs. Birmingham City (28 February 1993)
Average home league attendance	15,326
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Leicester City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Leicester suffered another playoff final defeat at the end of the 1992–93 Division One campaign. They managed to draw level with Swindon Town in the second half after trailing 3–0, only to concede another controversial penalty as they did in last season's play-off final.^[1]

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Newcastle United	46		16	6	1	58	15		13	3	7	34	23		92	38	+54		96
2	West Ham United	46		16	5	2	50	17		10	5	8	31	24		81	41	+40		88
3	Portsmouth	46		19	2	2	48	9		7	8	8	32	37		80	46	+34		88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46		15	4	4	48	24		8	6	9	24	32		72	56	+16		79
5	Swindon Town	46		15	5	3	41	23		6	8	9	33	36		74	59	+15		76
6	Leicester City	46		14	5	4	43	24		8	5	10	28	40		71	64	+7		76
7	Millwall	46		14	6	3	46	21		4	10	9	19	32		65	53	+12		70
8	Derby County	46		11	2	10	40	33		8	7	8	28	24		68	57	+11		66
9	Grimsby Town	46		12	6	5	33	25		7	1	15	25	32		58	57	+1		64
10	Peterborough United	46		7	11	5	30	26		9	3	11	25	37		55	63	– 8		62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	37	26		5	7	11	20	30		57	56	+1		61
12	Charlton Athletic	46		10	8	5	28	19		6	5	12	21	27		49	46	+3		61
13	Barnsley	46		12	4	7	29	19		5	5	13	27	41		56	60	– 4		60
14	Oxford United	46		8	7	8	29	21		6	7	10	24	35		53	56	– 3		56
15	Bristol City	46		10	7	6	29	25		4	7	12	20	42		49	67	– 18		56
16	Watford	46		8	7	8	27	30		6	6	11	30	41		57	71	– 14		55
17	Notts County	46		10	7	6	33	21		2	9	12	22	49		55	70	– 15		52
18	Southend United	46		9	8	6	33	22		4	5	14	21	42		54	64	– 10		52
19	Birmingham City	46		10	4	9	30	32		3	8	12	20	40		50	72	– 22		51
20	Luton Town	46		6	13	4	26	26		4	8	11	22	36		48	62	– 14		51
21	Sunderland	46		9	6	8	34	28		4	5	14	16	36		50	64	– 14		50
22	Brentford	46		7	6	10	28	30		6	4	13	24	41		52	71	– 19		49
23	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	29	32		3	10	10	19	37		48	69	– 21		49
24	Bristol Rovers	46		6	6	11	30	42		4	5	14	25	45		55	87	– 32		41

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

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Luton Town	H	2–1	17,428	Walsh, Whitlow
18 August 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	15,821
22 August 1992	Notts County	A	1–1	10,501	Gee
26 August 1992	Derby County	H	3–2	17,739	Gee (2), Thompson
29 August 1992	Portsmouth	H	1–0	14,780	Davison
5 September 1992	Southend United	A	1–3	5,119	Gee
13 September 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–0	12,965
19 September 1992	Brentford	H	0–0	12,972
26 September 1992	Watford	A	3–0	8,715	Davison, Lowe, Ormondroyd
3 October 1992	Barnsley	H	2–1	12,290	Grayson, Davison
10 October 1992	Birmingham City	A	2–0	13,443	Davison, Joachim
18 October 1992	Peterborough United	H	0–2	10,952
24 October 1992	Bristol City	A	1–2	10,408	Davison
31 October 1992	Newcastle United	H	2–1	19,687	Lowe, Davison
4 November 1992	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	4,213
7 November 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	13,538
15 November 1992	Sunderland	A	2–1	14,945	Joachim (2)
21 November 1992	Cambridge United	H	2–2	12,175	Thompson (2, 1 pen)
28 November 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	0–1	12,848
5 December 1992	Grimsby Town	A	3–1	7,488	Oldfield (2), Ormondroyd
13 December 1992	Oxford United	A	0–0	7,949
20 December 1992	Swindon Town	H	4–2	15,088	Oldfield, Lowe (2), Joachim
28 December 1992	Millwall	A	0–2	12,230
9 January 1993	Brentford	A	3–1	8,517	Walsh, Thompson (2)
16 January 1993	Watford	H	5–2	12,854	Philpott (2), Walsh, Lowe, Joachim
23 January 1993	Notts County	H	1–1	15,716	Joachim
30 January 1993	West Ham United	H	1–2	18,838	Lowe
6 February 1993	Luton Town	A	0–2	9,140
20 February 1993	Portsmouth	A	1–1	14,160	Philpott
24 February 1993	Derby County	A	0–2	17,507
28 February 1993	Birmingham City	H	2–1	10,284	Walsh, Lowe
6 March 1993	Barnsley	A	3–2	9,452	Coatsworth (2), Walsh
10 March 1993	Sunderland	H	3–2	15,609	Walsh (2), Lowe
13 March 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–2	9,680	Walsh, Thompson, Lowe
20 March 1993	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	15,930	Walsh, Oldfield, Groves (own goal)
23 March 1993	Cambridge United	A	3–1	6,836	Joachim, Lowe (2)
27 March 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	17,290	Joachim, Walsh (2)
3 April 1993	Bristol Rovers	A	0–0	5,270
7 April 1993	Oxford United	H	2–1	16,611	Thompson (pen), Walsh
11 April 1993	West Ham United	A	0–3	13,971
14 April 1993	Millwall	H	3–0	19,611	Agnew, Thompson, Oldfield
17 April 1993	Swindon Town	A	1–1	15,428	Walsh
20 April 1993	Southend United	H	4–1	18,003	Joachim (2), Walsh, Edwards (own goal)
24 April 1993	Peterborough United	A	0–3	15,445
1 May 1993	Bristol City	H	0–0	19,294
9 May 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–7	30,129	Walsh

First Division play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
SF 1st Leg	16 May 1993	Portsmouth	H	1–0[3]	24,538	Joachim
SF 2nd Leg	19 May 1993	Portsmouth	A	2–2 (won 3–2 on agg)	25,438	Ormondroyd, Thompson
F	31 May 1993	Swindon Town	N	3–4	73,802	Joachim, Walsh, Thompson

16 May 1993: Play-off semi final 1st leg against Portsmouth played at City Ground due to reconstruction work at Filbert Street

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 January 1993	Barnsley	H	2–2	19,137	Thompson (pen), Oldfield
R3R	20 January 1993	Barnsley	A	1–1 (lost 4–5 on pens)	15,238	Joachim

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Peterborough United	H	2–0	10,366	Lowe, Thompson
R2 Second Leg	6 October 1992	Peterborough United	A	1–2	6,936	Joachim
R3	27 October 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–7	17,326	Davison

Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 2	2 September 1992	Grimsby Town	H	4–0	4,112	Davison (2), Gee (2)
PR Group 2	30 September 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–4	14,046

Squad

^[4] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Carl Muggleton - MF Gary Mills - DF Mike Whitlow - DF Richard Smith - DF Steve Walsh - DF Colin Hill - MF David Oldfield - MF Steve Thompson - FW Bobby Davison - FW Ian Ormondroyd - FW Phil Gee - DF Simon Grayson

No. Position Player - MF Michael Trotter - GK Russell Hoult - DF Neil Lewis - MF David Lowe - MF Colin Gibson - FW Julian Joachim - GK Kevin Poole - MF Lee Philpott - DF Tony James - MF Steve Agnew - DF Gary Coatsworth - DF Jimmy Willis

Left club during the season

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

No. Position Player - FW Colin Gordon (to Kidderminster Harriers) - DF Nick Platnauer (to Scunthorpe United)

No. Position Player - FW Ashley Ward (to Crewe Alexandra) - DF Paul Fitzpatrick (to Birmingham City)

References

1. Haylett, Trevor (1 June 1993). "Swindon lifted by Hoddle's husbandry: An unsettling sense of deja vu as Wembley proves an unhappy hunting ground for Leicester". The Independent. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
2. http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1992-1993/results
3. Shaw, Phil (17 May 1993). "Joachim fashions a fabulous finish". The Independent. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
4. http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1993