1992–93 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City
1992–93 season
Chairman	Peter Robins
Manager	Bobby Gould
Stadium	Highfield Road
Premier League	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Quinn (17)
Average home league attendance	14,951
Home colours	Away colours
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Coventry City competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation the previous season, Coventry's form improved this season and the club finished in a stable 15th position. The club began the season with a run of six wins from their opening eight games to sit in second place, but a run of 11 games without a win, albeit a run with only three defeats, dragged the club down to ninth. The club's form for the next quarter of the season saw the club rise to fifth with a genuine possibility of challenging for European qualification. However, after the sale of striker Robert Rosario (a key provider for the firepower of the likes of Micky Quinn and Peter Ndlovu) to strugglers Nottingham Forest, another run of 11 games with only one win dragged Coventry to 15th, the lowest place they had occupied all season - finishing only three points above the relegation zone. Survival was only secured on the final day of the season with a thrilling 3–3 draw with Leeds United.

Kit

Coventry City's kit was manufactured by Ribero and sponsored by French car maker Peugeot.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
13	Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52
16	Ipswich Town	42	12	16	14	50	55	−5	52
17	Leeds United	42	12	15	15	57	62	−5	51

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	12,681	J Williams, Smith
19 August 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–0	24,388	J Williams (2)
22 August 1992	Wimbledon	A	2–1	3,759	Gynn, Rosario
26 August 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	13,563
29 August 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–2	14,541
2 September 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–1	22,874	Ndlovu, Hurst
5 September 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	11,254	Gallacher
14 September 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	15,348	J Williams
21 September 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	17,553	Rosario
26 September 1992	Norwich City	H	1–1	16,436	Ndlovu
3 October 1992	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	11,808	Pearce, Gallacher
17 October 1992	Everton	A	1–1	17,587	Ndlovu
24 October 1992	Chelsea	H	1–2	15,626	Rosario
31 October 1992	Leeds United	A	2–2	28,018	McAllister (own goal), Ndlovu
7 November 1992	Arsenal	A	0–3	27,693
21 November 1992	Manchester City	H	2–3	14,590	Quinn (2)
28 November 1992	Sheffield United	A	1–1	15,625	Quinn
5 December 1992	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	11,294	Gallacher, Quinn
12 December 1992	Southampton	A	2–2	12,306	Quinn (2)
19 December 1992	Liverpool	H	5–1	19,779	Borrows (2, 1 pen), Gallacher, Quinn (2)
26 December 1992	Aston Villa	H	3–0	24,245	Quinn (2), Rosario
28 December 1992	Manchester United	A	0–5	36,025
9 January 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	0–1	15,264
16 January 1993	Norwich City	A	1–1	13,613	Quinn
23 January 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	10,544	Gallacher (2), Ndlovu
26 January 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	5–2	15,215	May (own goal), Hurst, J Williams, Quinn (2)
30 January 1993	Wimbledon	H	0–2	11,774
6 February 1993	Middlesbrough	A	2–0	14,008	Ndlovu, Quinn
20 February 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–2	12,453
27 February 1993	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	12,248
3 March 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	13,806	Quinn
7 March 1993	Everton	H	0–1	11,285
10 March 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	20,092
13 March 1993	Arsenal	H	0–2	15,437
20 March 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	16,698
24 March 1993	Sheffield United	H	1–3	12,993	J Williams
3 April 1993	Southampton	H	2–0	10,463	Quinn (pen), J Williams
10 April 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–0	38,543
12 April 1993	Manchester United	H	0–1	24,429
17 April 1993	Liverpool	A	0–4	33,328
1 May 1993	Chelsea	A	1–2	14,186	Quinn
8 May 1993	Leeds United	H	3–3	19,591	J Williams, Quinn, Ndlovu

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	13 January 1993	Norwich City	A	0–1	15,301

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Scarborough	H	2–0	5,993	Borrows (pen), Ndlovu
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Scarborough	A	0–3 (lost 2–3 on agg)	2,633

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	WAL	Martin Davies
—	GK	ENG	Jonathan Gould^[3]
—	GK	ENG	Steve Ogrizovic
—	DF	ENG	Phil Babb^[4]
—	DF	ENG	Brian Borrows (captain)
—	DF	ENG	Peter Atherton
—	DF	ENG	Peter Billing
—	DF	ENG	Martyn Booty
—	DF	ENG	David Busst
—	DF	ENG	Chris Greenman
—	DF	ENG	Andy Pearce
—	DF	SCO	David Rennie
—	DF	NIR	Keith Rowland (on loan from AFC Bournemouth)
—	MF	IRL	Willie Boland
—	MF	ENG	Terry Fleming


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Sean Flynn
—	MF	ENG	Micky Gynn
—	MF	ENG	Lee Hurst
—	MF	ENG	Leigh Jenkinson
—	MF	ENG	Lloyd McGrath
—	MF	ENG	Craig Middleton
—	MF	ENG	Stewart Robson
—	MF	IRL	Tony Sheridan
—	MF	ENG	David Smith
—	MF	ENG	Ray Woods
—	FW	ZIM	Peter Ndlovu
—	FW	ENG	Micky Quinn
—	FW	USA	Roy Wegerle^[5]
—	FW	ENG	John Williams
—	FW	NIR	Paul Williams

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Kenny Sansom (to Everton)
—	MF	ENG	David Smith (on loan to AFC Bournemouth)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ENG	Robert Rosario (to Nottingham Forest)
—	FW	SCO	Kevin Gallacher (to Blackburn Rovers)

Transfers

In

Micky Quinn - Newcastle United, 20 November, £250,000

Out

Kevin Gallacher - Blackburn Rovers, £1,500,000

References

^ "Coventry City 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 6 February 2014. Retrieved 21 February 2014.
^ "All Coventry City players: 1993".
^ Gould was born in Paddington, England, but also qualified to represent Scotland internationally through his grandparents and would make his international debut for Scotland in October 1999.
^ Babb was born in Lambeth, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for the Republic of Ireland in 1994.
^ Wegerle was born in Pretoria, South Africa, but also qualified to represent the United States internationally through marriage and made his international debut for the United States in May 1992.