1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 95th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

This season saw the completion of the redevelopment of Molineux which was officially opened on 7 December 1993 to bring the club's highest crowds since the early 1980s. With the expense of the stadium completed by owner Sir Jack Hayward, manager Graham Turner was afforded the biggest budget he had been granted during his tenure but he resigned in March 1994 to end his 7½-year reign with the team in 13th place.

Former England manager Graham Taylor was appointed as Turner's replacement but the team were unable to improve enough to reach the promotion play-offs, ending in 8th place.

Results

Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1993–94 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

Final table Team 5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72 6 Derby County 46 20 11 15 73 68 +5 71 7 Notts County 46 20 8 18 65 69 –4 68 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 17 17 12 60 47 +13 68 9 Middlesbrough 46 18 13 15 66 54 +12 67 10 Stoke City 46 18 13 15 57 59 –2 67 Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Results by round

FA Cup

League Cup

Anglo-Italian Cup

Wolves played in Group 5 of the preliminary round alongside two other domestic First Division clubs. The winner of the group would advance to the main group stage to play both English and Italian opposition. However, Wolves finished in second place in this initial round and so were eliminated.

Players

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Transfers

In DatePlayerFromFee18 June 1993 Geoff ThomasCrystal Palace£800,00023 June 1993 David KellyNewcastle United£750,0007 July 1993 Kevin KeenWest Ham United£600,0003 August 1993 Cyrille RegisAston Villa£600,00012 August 1993 David FelgateBolton WanderersFree18 August 1993 Peter ShirtliffSheffield Wednesday£250,00022 December 1993 Neil MastersBournemouth£300,0007 January 1994 Chris MarsdenHuddersfield Town£250,00012 January 1994 Darren FergusonManchester United£250,000

Out DatePlayerToFeeJuly 1993 Rob HindmarchTelford UnitedFreeJuly 1993 Colin TaylorTelford UnitedFree16 July 1993 Tim SteeleBradford CityFree22 July 1993 Keith DowningBirmingham CityFree16 August 1993 Andy MutchSwindon Town£250,0003 September 1993 Lawrie MaddenDarlingtonFree1 October 1993 David FelgateChester CityFree19 January 1994 Paul EdwardsWest Bromwich Albion£55,000

Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date15 September 1993 Mike SmallWest Ham UnitedOctober 199311 March 1994 Guy WhittinghamAston VillaEnd of season

Loans out Start datePlayerFromEnd dateJanuary 1994 Jimmy Kelly WrexhamEnd of season4 March 1994 Mark BurkeLuton TownMarch 199418 March 1994 Darren RobertsHereford UnitedEnd of season

Management and coaching staff PositionNameManagerGraham Turner (until 16 March), then Peter Shirtliff as caretaker manager, then Graham Taylor (from 29 March onward)First team coachGarry Pendrey (until 16 March)Director of Youth School of ExcellenceRob KellyYouth Team CoachChris EvansClub doctorsDr Tweddell and Dr Peter BekennClub PhysioPaul Darby

Kit The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar. The away kit, a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms, was retained from the previous season. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.

References