1993–94 Leeds United A.F.C. season

After last season's 17th-place finish and failure to win away from home, one season after winning the league title, Howard Wilkinson decided to bolster his squad in order to avoid another torrid season. He paid a club record £2.7 million for Sheffield United striker Brian Deane and by Christmas he had paid a further £2 million for Manchester City midfielder David White. Leeds were now well on the road to recovery, and that recovery process was completed at the end of the season when they finished fifth in the final table.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round¹
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round²
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round³
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

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

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Manchester City	A	1–1	32,366	Deane
17 August 1993	West Ham United	H	1–0	34,588	Speed
21 August 1993	Norwich City	H	0–4	32,008
24 August 1993	Arsenal	A	1–2	29,042	Strachan
28 August 1993	Liverpool	A	0–2	44,068
30 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	28,717	Strachan
11 September 1993	Southampton	A	2–0	13,511	Deane, Speed
19 September 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–1	33,892	Strachan, McAllister
25 September 1993	Coventry City	A	2–0	28,717	Wallace (2)
2 October 1993	Wimbledon	H	4–0	30,020	Speed (2), McAllister (2)
17 October 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	17,548
23 October 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–3	37,827	Sherwood (own goal), Newsome, McAllister (pen)
30 October 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	31,892	Speed, Fairclough, Wallace
6 November 1993	Chelsea	H	4–1	35,022	Deane, Rocastle, Wallace (2)
20 November 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	31,275	Deane
23 November 1993	Everton	A	1–1	17,066	Wallace
27 November 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–0	32,630	Deane, Speed, Wallace
4 December 1993	Manchester City	H	3–2	33,821	Deane, Speed, Wallace
8 December 1993	West Ham United	A	1–0	20,468	Wallace
13 December 1993	Norwich City	A	1–2	16,586	Wallace
18 December 1993	Arsenal	H	2–1	37,515	Adams (own goal), McAllister
22 December 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–1	36,388	Fairclough
29 December 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	39,106	Hodge
1 January 1994	Manchester United	A	0–0	44,724
15 January 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	31,317
23 January 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	16,938	Speed
6 February 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–1	26,919
19 February 1994	Liverpool	H	2–0	40,053	Wetherall, McAllister
28 February 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	11,136	McAllister
5 March 1994	Southampton	H	0–0	30,890
13 March 1994	Sheffield United	A	2–2	19,250	Deane, Speed
16 March 1994	Aston Villa	H	2–0	33,120	Deane, Wallace
19 March 1994	Coventry City	H	1–0	30,023	Wallace
26 March 1994	Wimbledon	A	0–1	9,035
1 April 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–1	40,005	Fairclough
4 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–0	13,365	Deane, White (2), Wallace
17 April 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	33,658	Wallace (2)
23 April 1994	Chelsea	A	1–1	18,544	Speed
27 April 1994	Manchester United	H	0–2	41,125
30 April 1994	Everton	H	3–0	35,487	White, Watson (own goal), McAllister
3 May 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	41,125	White, Wallace
7 May 1994	Swindon Town	A	5–0	17,228	Deane (2), White, Fairclough, Wallace

Goalscorers

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	23,475	Deane, Forrester (2)
R4	29 January 1994	Oxford United	A	2–2	11,029	Speed, Wetherall
R4R	9 February 1994	Oxford United	H	2–3	22,167	White, Strachan

Goalscorers

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Sunderland	A	1–2	17,101	Speed
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Sunderland	H	1–2 (lost 2-4 on agg)	22,265	Whelan

Goalscorers

Gary Speed 1
Noel Whelan 1

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	John Lukic
2	DF	Mel Sterland
3	DF	Tony Dorigo^[3]
4	MF	David White
5	DF	Chris Fairclough
6	DF	David O'Leary^[4]
7	MF	Gordon Strachan (captain)
8	FW	Rod Wallace
9	FW	Brian Deane
10	MF	Gary McAllister
11	MF	Gary Speed
12	DF	John Pemberton
13	GK	Mark Beeney
14	FW	Steve Hodge

No.	Position	Player
16	DF	Jon Newsome
17	FW	Frank Strandli
18	DF	David Wetherall
19	DF	Ray Wallace
20	DF	Kevin Sharp^[5]
21	MF	Mark Humphries
22	DF	Gary Kelly
23	MF	Mark Tinkler
24	MF	Andy Couzens
25	FW	Noel Whelan
26	FW	Jamie Forrester
27	MF	Mark Ford
28	DF	Rob Bowman
30	GK	Paul Pettinger

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
4		MF	David Batty (to Blackburn Rovers)
15		MF	David Rocastle (to Manchester City)

No.		Position	Player
27		FW	Carl Shutt (to Birmingham City)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[6]

GK: #13, Mark Beeney, 22
RB: #22, Gary Kelly, 31
CB: #5, Chris Fairclough, 40
CB: #16, Jon Newsome, 25
CB: #18, David Wetherall, 31
LB: #3, Tony Dorigo, 37
CM: #7, Gordon Strachan, 32
CM: #10, Gary McAllister, 42
CM: #11, Gary Speed, 35
CF: #8, Rod Wallace, 34
CF: #9, Brian Deane, 41

Transfers

In

David O'Leary - Arsenal, 1 June 1993, free
Brian Deane - Sheffield United, 14 July 1993, £2,700,000^†
John Pemberton - Sheffield United, 15 November 1993, £250,000
David White - Manchester City, 27 December 1993, £2,000,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Out

Mervyn Day - Carlisle United, 1 July 1993, released
Dylan Kerr - Reading, 1 July 1993, £75,000
Carl Shutt - Birmingham City, 1 August 1993, £50,000
Chris Whyte - Birmingham City, 1 August 1993, £250,000
Lee Chapman - Portsmouth, 7 August 1993, £250,000^[7]
David Kerslake - Tottenham Hotspur, 1 September 1993, £450,000
David Batty - Blackburn Rovers, 26 October 1993, £2,750,000
David Rocastle - Manchester City, 20 December 1993, £2,000,000
Mel Sterland - 22 January 1994, retired^[8]

Transfers in:

£4,950,000

Transfers out:

£5,825,000

Total spending:

£875,000

Loaned Out

Ray Wallace - Reading, 1 March 1994

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leeds-united/1993-1994
↑ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/leeds.htm
↑ Dorigo was born in Australia.
↑ O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.
↑ Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1994
↑ Football: Portsmouth recruit Chapman to replace Whittingham, Phil Shaw, The Independent
↑ Sterland retires

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