The 1992–93 season was the 94th 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, which was now titled Football League First Division after the reorganisation of the leagues following the introduction of the Premier League.
The team remained unbeaten until its thirteenth game, making it their best start to a campaign since 1949–50, but were unable to maintain this level of consistency and ended in 11th place for a second consecutive season.
This season saw the North Bank of Molineux occupied for the first time since the mid-1980s, with the new Stan Cullis Stand being officially opened during pre-season.
Results
Football League First Division
A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1992–93 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. For the first time, teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.
League table
Results summary
Results by round
Matches
FA Cup
League Cup
Anglo-Italian Cup
Wolves played in Group 4 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 DatePlayerFromFeeOctober 1992 Paul BladesNorwich City£325,000October 1992 Paul EdwardsCoventry City£100,000November 1992 Darren SimkinBlakenhall Town£10,0009 December 1992 Lee MillsStocksbridge Park Steels£20,000
Out DatePlayerToFeeJune 1992 Brian RobertsRetiredFree12 August 1992 Tony LangeWest Bromwich AlbionFree10 September 1992 Gary BellamyLeyton Orient£30,00030 October 1992 Shane WestleyBrentford£100,000
Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date13 August 1992 Paul EdwardsCoventry CityOctober 199214 August 1992 Paul BladesNorwich CityOctober 199212 January 1993 Dave BeasantChelseaEnd of season
Loans out Start datePlayerFromEnd dateOctober 1992 Colin TaylorPreston North End?February 1993 Colin TaylorDoncaster Rovers?March 1993 Jimmy KellyWalsallEnd of season
Management and coaching staff PositionNameManagerGraham TurnerFirst team coachGarry PendreyDirector of Youth School of ExcellenceRob KellyYouth Team CoachChris EvansClub doctorsDr Tweddell and Dr Peter BekennClub PhysioPaul Darby
Kit The season brought two new kits, with the home kit featuring an unpopular gold shirt decorated with black smears that even drew a protest reaction some fans. The away kit was a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.
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