During the 1992–93 English football season, Sheffield United competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League under manager Dave Bassett.

Season summary Highlights of the season included a 6–0 home win over Tottenham Hotspur and an opening-day 2–1 win over eventual champions Manchester United. The club also reached the FA Cup semi-final, but were beaten by arch-rivals Sheffield Wednesday. In the victory over Man Utd Brian Deane scored the first ever Premier League goal.

At the end of the season, the newly formed League Managers Association presented its "Manager of the Year" award for the first time, specifically designed to recognise "the manager who made best use of the resources available to him". This award went to United manager Dave Bassett.

Kit The kit was manufactured by British apparel company Umbro and sponsored by English timber merchant Arnold Laver.

Final league table

Results Sheffield United's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1992 Manchester UnitedH2–128,070Deane (2, 1 pen) 19 August 1992 LiverpoolA1–233,107Deane 22 August 1992 Queens Park RangersA2–310,932Cork, Deane 25 August 1992 WimbledonH2–215,463Beesley, Hodges 29 August 1992 Aston VillaH0–218,773 2 September 1992 Tottenham HotspurA0–221,332 5 September 1992 MiddlesbroughA0–215,179 12 September 1992 LiverpoolH1–020,632Littlejohn 19 September 1992 ArsenalH1–119,105Whitehouse 26 September 1992 Ipswich TownA0–016,353 3 October 1992 SouthamptonH2–015,842Whitehouse, Littlejohn 17 October 1992 Leeds UnitedA1–329,706Beesley 24 October 1992 Nottingham ForestH0–019,152 31 October 1992 ChelseaA2–113,763Littlejohn, Deane 8 November 1992 Sheffield WednesdayH1–130,039Littlejohn 21 November 1992 Norwich CityA1–214,874Cork 28 November 1992 Coventry CityH1–115,625Pearce (own goal) 5 December 1992 Crystal PalaceA0–212,361 12 December 1992 EvertonH1–016,266Littlejohn 19 December 1992 Blackburn RoversA0–116,057 26 December 1992 Manchester CityA0–227,455 9 January 1993 ArsenalA1–123,818Littlejohn 16 January 1993 Ipswich TownH3–016,758Deane (3) 27 January 1993 Aston VillaA1–320,266Deane 30 January 1993 Queens Park RangersH1–216,366Hoyland 6 February 1993 Manchester UnitedA1–236,156Carr 9 February 1993 MiddlesbroughH2–015,184Carr, Deane 20 February 1993 WimbledonA0–23,979 22 February 1993 Oldham AthleticH2–014,628Gannon, Littlejohn 27 February 1993 SouthamptonA2–313,814Gayle, Bryson 2 March 1993 Tottenham HotspurH6–016,654Carr, Gray (own goal), Bryson (2), Deane, Rogers 10 March 1993 Norwich CityH0–115,583 20 March 1993 Crystal PalaceH0–118,857 24 March 1993 Coventry CityA3–112,993Whitehouse, Deane, Littlejohn 6 April 1993 Leeds UnitedH2–120,562Rogers, Deane 9 April 1993 Manchester CityH1–118,231Deane 13 April 1993 Oldham AthleticA1–114,795Hoyland 17 April 1993 Blackburn RoversH1–318,186Hodges 21 April 1993 Sheffield WednesdayA1–138,688Deane 1 May 1993 Nottingham ForestA2–026,752Hodges, Gayle 4 May 1993 EvertonA2–015,197Bradshaw, Hodges 8 May 1993 ChelseaH4–224,850Scott, Rogers, Whitehouse (2)

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1993 BurnleyH2–223,041Hodges, BeesleyR3R12 January 1993 BurnleyA4–219,061Deane (3), LittlejohnR423 January 1993 Hartlepool UnitedH1–020,074CorkR514 February 1993 Manchester UnitedH2–127,150Hoyland, HodgesQF6 March 1993 Blackburn RoversA0–06,721QFR16 March 1993 Blackburn RoversH2–2 (won 5–3 on pens)23,920Ward (2)SF3 April 1993 Sheffield WednesdayN1–2 75,364Cork

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 First Leg 22 September 1992 Bristol CityA1–26,922RogersR2 Second Leg 7 October 1992 Bristol CityH4–1 (won 5–3 on agg)7,588Bradshaw, Whitehouse, Deane (2)R328 October 1992 LiverpoolH0–017,856R3R11 November 1992 LiverpoolA0–317,654

Players First-team squad

Left club during season

Reserves

Squad statistics

References