During the 1992–93 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division One.
Newcastle secured promotion to the top flight by winning the First Division Championship, often simply overwhelming opponents along the way (a 7–1 victory over Leicester City being particularly memorable). The Magpies joined the elite FA Premier League for the 1993–94 season.
Season summary After narrowly avoiding relegation from the old Second Division (renamed the First Division) the previous season, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle swept away all others before them, nearly breaking the English record for consecutive wins along the way before a 1–0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town broke the sequence.
The Newcastle team was spearheaded by the prolific striker Andy Cole and David Kelly, who were ably supported by midfielders Paul Bracewell, Gavin Peacock, Rob Lee, and Brian 'Killer' Kilcline (a tough free transfer defender who Keegan later claimed was his best signing).
Coincidentally it was the return game at Grimsby that saw Newcastle clinch promotion and the league title with a 2–0 win on an emotional night for the club's supporters, who invaded the pitch at the final whistle to congratulate their 'King Kev' and the players for returning the club to the top flight after a four-year exile. Late in the season, Keegan had signed young striker Andy Cole from Bristol City, who repaid his transfer fee by scoring 12 goals in the final 11 games of the season. In anticipation of a campaign in the new Premier League, Keegan re-signed a 1980s Newcastle hero, his former Newcastle strike partner Peter Beardsley from Everton in the close season.
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Appearances, goals and cards (Substitute appearances in brackets) Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupAnglo-Italian CupTotalDisciplineAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGK Pavel Srníček32040005041010GK Tommy Wright14000501020000DF Matty Appleby0000002 (1)02 (1)010DF Richie Appleby000000202000DF John Beresford42140402052160DF Steve Howey41230504053240DF Brian Kilcline7 (12)01 (2)0205015 (14)010DF Bjørn Kristensen0000003 (1)13 (1)100DF Alan Neilson2 (1)00010306 (1)000DF Ray Ranson3000100 (1)04 (1)000DF Mark Robinson2 (7)00000002 (7)000DF Kevin Scott45240502056250DF Mark Stimson1 (1)00000203 (1)000DF Barry Venison44040403055040DF John Watson0000000 (1)00 (1)000DF Steve Watson1 (1)000002 (1)3 (2)0000MF Paul Bracewell18 (6)22 (2)0002022 (8)210MF Kevin Brock4 (3)100202 (1)18 (4)200MF Franz Carr8 (2)1001 (2)03 (1)012 (5)100MF Lee Clark469415050581000MF Peter Garland0000000 (1)00 (1)000MF Robert Lee3610423100431310MF Liam O'Brien33640313043750MF Gavin Peacock30 (3)1242422240 (3)1820MF David Roche0000000 (1)00 (1)000MF Scott Sellars13200000013210MF Kevin Sheedy23 (1)32 (1)1404133 (2)511MF Alan Thompson1 (1)00000304 (1)000FW Andy Cole11 (1)1200000011 (1)1210FW Andy Hunt000000202000FW David Kelly4524414241572821FW Micky Quinn4 (1)2002 (2)02 (1)38 (4)520
Coaching staff
Transfers
In Date Pos. Name From Fee 16 June 1992 MF Paul Bracewell Sunderland £250,000 2 July 1992 DF John Beresford Portsmouth £650,000 31 July 1992 DF Barry Venison Liverpool £250,000 22 September 1992 MF Robert Lee Charlton Athletic £700,000 9 March 1993 DF Mark Robinson Barnsley £450,000 9 March 1993 MF Scott Sellars Leeds United £700,000 12 March 1993 FW Andy Cole Bristol City £1,750,000
Total spending: £4.75m
Out Date Pos. Name To Fee 20 July 1992 MF Lee Makel Blackburn Rovers £160,000 19 December 1992 MF Peter Garland Charlton Athletic £35,000 22 December 1992 FW Micky Quinn Coventry City £250,000 January 1993 DF Ray Ranson Manchester City 26 March 1993 DF Bjørn Kristensen Portsmouth £120,000 8 April 1993 MF Franz Carr Sheffield United £180,000
Total income: £745k
Loans out Date Pos. Name To Expiry November 1992 DF Bjørn Kristensen Bristol City March 1993 January 1993 MF Franz Carr Sheffield United April 1993
Competitions
Pre-season Match 1 2 3 4 5 Result0–13–11–11–03–5
League
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Result3–22–12–02–02–13–15–01–02–11–02–10–11–23–20–03–12–04–12–00–11–12–12–4 Position3rd4th4th2nd2nd1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 Result2–13–01–10–01–10–20–00–03–05–12–21–24–00–12–23–06–00–12–11–02–02–17–1 Position1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st1st
FA Cup Match 1 2 3 4 Result4–01–12–00–1
League Cup Match 1 2 3 4 5 Result2–10–00–03–11–2
Anglo-Italian Cup Match 1 2 3 4 5 6 Result2–24–01–10–10–32–2
Matches
Pre-season
Division 1
FA Cup
League Cup
Anglo-Italian Cup
External links Newcastle United Football Club - Fixtures 1992-93 Transfers (Keegan) - Senior / Reserve Arrivals & Departures The Great career - Profile Season Details - 1992-93 - toon1892