During the 1992–93 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary Despite the addition of Craig Short for £2.5m from Notts County – a record for a team outside of the top flight and for a defender at any level – the club could only an 8th-placed finish in the 1992–93 Division One table, largely as a result of taking three points from their opening 7 fixtures, missing out on the playoffs altogether. Whilst the club did manage a trip to Wembley for the first time in nearly 20 years – reaching the final of the Anglo-Italian Cup, where they lost 1–3 to Cremonese – and recorded a club record 7 consecutive away league wins, starting with a 3–1 win at Cambridge United on 3 October 1992 and ending with a 2–1 defeat at Brentford on Boxing Day, 1992, the season was seen as something of a disappointment considering the amount of money spent and the players available to the club.

The Anglo Italian cup run, coupled with extended interest in the Coca-Cola Cup (where they took Arsenal to a third round replay) and reaching the FA Cup quarter-finals for the first time in 9 years, taking Sheffield Wednesday to a replay after a 3–3 draw at The Baseball Ground. meant the cup took part in 64 matches between 15 August 1992 and 8 May 1993, a new club record with Paul Kitson taking part in 61 of them and finishing the season as leading scorer, with 24 goals in all competitions.

Final league table

Results Derby County's score comes first

Legend WinDrawLoss

Football League First Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 15 August 1992 Peterborough UnitedA0–19,955 22 August 1992 Newcastle UnitedH1–217,522Pembridge 26 August 1992 Leicester CityA2–317,739Simpson (2) 29 August 1992 WatfordA0–09,809 6 September 1992 Bristol CityH3–412,738Simpson (3) 12 September 1992 BarnsleyA1–18,412Kitson 20 September 1992 West Ham UnitedA1–111,493Miklosko (own goal) 26 September 1992 Southend UnitedH2–015,172Gabbiadini, Simpson (pen) 3 October 1992 Cambridge UnitedA3–16,170Gabbiadini, Simpson (2, 1 pen) 11 October 1992 Oxford UnitedH0–114,249 17 October 1992 Luton TownA3–18,848Johnson, Kitson (2) 24 October 1992 Charlton AthleticH4–315,482Pembridge, Minto (own goal), Gabbiadini, Simpson 31 October 1992 Wolverhampton WanderersA2–017,270Short, Kitson 3 November 1992 Notts CountyA2–015,267Pembridge, Kitson 7 November 1992 MillwallH1–217,087Pembridge 14 November 1992 Bristol RoversA2–16,668Johnson, Kitson 21 November 1992 SunderlandH0–117,581 28 November 1992 Tranmere RoversH1–215,665Kitson 6 December 1992 Swindon TownA4–28,924Kuhl, Pembridge, Johnson, McMinn 12 December 1992 Birmingham CityH3–116,662Johnson, Kitson, Williams 20 December 1992 Grimsby TownA2–06,475Johnson, Kitson 26 December 1992 BrentfordA1–210,226Kitson 28 December 1992 PortsmouthH2–421,478Johnson, Kitson 10 January 1993 West Ham UnitedH0–213,737 16 January 1993 Southend UnitedA0–04,243 31 January 1993 Newcastle UnitedA1–127,285Johnson 6 February 1993 Peterborough UnitedH2–316,062Kitson (2) 10 February 1993 BarnsleyH3–013,096Gabbiadini, Kitson, Williams 20 February 1993 WatfordH1–215,190Pembridge 24 February 1993 Leicester CityH2–017,509Gabbiadini, Forsyth 27 February 1993 Oxford UnitedA1–07,456Williams 3 March 1993 Cambridge UnitedH0–014,106 10 March 1993 Bristol RoversH3–113,294Gabbiadini, Short, Williams 13 March 1993 MillwallA0–19,365 21 March 1993 Swindon TownH2–112,166Pembridge (pen), Kitson 24 March 1993 SunderlandA0–117,246 2 April 1993 Tranmere RoversA1–27,774Simpson 6 April 1993 Birmingham CityA1–115,424Johnson 10 April 1993 BrentfordH3–212,366Gabbiadini, Kitson, Simpson 12 April 1993 PortsmouthA0–323,805 17 April 1993 Grimsby TownH2–112,428Kitson, Simpson 20 April 1993 Bristol CityA0–08,869 24 April 1993 Luton TownH1–113,741Short 1 May 1993 Charlton AthleticA1–27,802Gabbiadini 5 May 1993 Notts CountyH2–013,326Pembridge (pen), McMinn 8 May 1993 Wolverhampton WanderersH2–015,083Gabbiadini, Hayward

FA Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR32 January 1993 Stockport CountyH2–117,960Short, Miller (own goal)R423 January 1993 Luton TownA5–19,170Short, Pembridge (3), GabbiadiniR513 February 1993 Bolton WanderersH3–120,289Short (2), WilliamsQF8 March 1993 Sheffield WednesdayH3–322,511Nicholson, Gabbiadini, KitsonQFR17 March 1993 Sheffield WednesdayA0–132,033

League Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 First Leg 23 September 1992 Southend UnitedA0–12,492R2 Second Leg 7 October 1992 Southend UnitedH7–0 (won 7–1 on agg)13,328Kitson (2), Martin (own goal), Johnson, Gabbiadini (2), SimpsonR328 October 1992 ArsenalH1–122,208Simpson (pen)R3R1 December 1992 ArsenalA1–224,588Pembridge (pen)

Anglo-Italian Cup

+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersPR Group 12 September 1992 Notts CountyH4–26,767Kitson, Pembridge, Simpson, GabbiadiniPR Group 129 September 1992 BarnsleyA2–13,960Pembridge, GouloozeGroup B11 November 1992 Pisa S.C.H3–08,067Johnson, Forsyth, PembridgeGroup B24 November 1992 Cosenza 1914A3–04,269Comyn, Kitson, GabbiadiniGroup B8 December 1992 U.S. CremoneseH1–37,240KitsonGroup B16 December 1992 A.C. ReggianaA3–0598Kitson, Pembridge, GabbiadiniSF First Leg 27 January 1993 BrentfordA4–35,227Patterson (2), Gabbiadini, KitsonSF Second Leg 3 February 1993 BrentfordH1–2 (won on away goals)14,494GabbiadiniF27 March 1993 U.S. CremoneseN1–337,024Gabbiadini

Players First-team squad The following players all played for the first-team this season.

Reserve team The following players did not appear for the first team this season.

References

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