1993–94 Everton F.C. season

Everton

1993–94 season
Chairman	David Marsh
Manager	Howard Kendall (until 4 December) Jimmy Gabriel (caretaker until 3 January) Mike Walker (from 7 January)
Stadium	Goodison Park
FA Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Third Round
Coca–Cola Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Cottee (16) All: Tony Cottee (19)
Average home league attendance	22,948

During the 1993–94 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

After a strong initial start to the season, Everton's form drastically deteriorated, eventually leading to them being stuck in a relegation battle.

Legendary manager Howard Kendall resigned as head coach in December, just after they ended a five-match winless run, with the Toffees eleventh.[1] This was followed by a terrible run of results under the caretaker management of Jimmy Gabriel, leaving Everton just one place outside the relegation zone by the time Kendall's permanent successor was named.

Mike Walker was brought in as the successor in question, following a successful 18-month reign at Norwich City which had seen the Canaries record their highest-ever league position. Walker earned 11 points from his first 6 matches in charge, but another awful run of form, combined with several other struggling sides earning favourable results as the season drew to a close, saw Everton move into the relegation zone following the penultimate round of matches. This was the first time all season that the club had been in the bottom three.

On the last day of the season, Everton went 2–0 down to Wimbledon and looked all set for relegation. However, a controversial Graham Stuart penalty followed by a Barry Horne volley and a second goal for Stuart saw the Toffees achieve a 3–2 victory.[2] With other matches on which Everton depended also having gone their way, the Toffees were safe, with the final relegation places going to Sheffield United and Oldham Athletic.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43

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

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44	8	4	9	26	30	−4	4	4	13	16	33	−17

Source: 1993-94 FA Premier League table

Results by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H
Result	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	L	L	W	L	W	D	D	W	L	L	L	D	L	L	W	L	D	L	W
Position	5	2	1	4	8	10	7	4	8	10	12	12	11	12	13	12	12	11	13	13	15	16	16	16	16	16	16	15	15	15	14	15	15	17	16	17	18	17	17	18	20	17

Source: 11v11.com: 1993-94 Everton results
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Results

Everton's score comes first[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Southampton	A	2–0	14,051	Beagrie, Ebbrell
17 August 1993	Manchester City	H	1–0	26,036	Rideout
21 August 1993	Sheffield United	H	4–2	24,169	Ebbrell, Cottee (3)
25 August 1993	Newcastle United	A	0–1	34,833
28 August 1993	Arsenal	A	0–2	29,063
31 August 1993	Aston Villa	H	0–1	24,022
11 September 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	13,666	Cottee
18 September 1993	Liverpool	H	2–0	38,157	Ward, Cottee
25 September 1993	Norwich City	H	1–5	20,531	Rideout
3 October 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	27,487	Cottee (pen), Rideout
16 October 1993	Swindon Town	A	1–1	14,414	Beagrie
23 October 1993	Manchester United	H	0–1	34,430
30 October 1993	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	15,078	Barlow, Beagrie
6 November 1993	Coventry City	A	1–2	15,662	Rideout
20 November 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–3	17,089
23 November 1993	Leeds United	H	1–1	17,066	Cottee
27 November 1993	Wimbledon	A	1–1	6,934	Barlow
4 December 1993	Southampton	H	1–0	13,667	Cottee
8 December 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	20,513
11 December 1993	Sheffield United	A	0–0	15,135
18 December 1993	Newcastle United	H	0–2	25,189
27 December 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	16,777
29 December 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	21,462
1 January 1994	West Ham United	H	0–1	19,579
3 January 1994	Chelsea	A	2–4	18,338	Cottee, Barlow
15 January 1994	Swindon Town	H	6–2	20,546	Cottee (3), Ebbrell, Ablett, Beagrie
22 January 1994	Manchester United	A	0–1	44,750
5 February 1994	Chelsea	H	4–2	18,821	Ebbrell, Angell, Rideout (2)
12 February 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	19,588
19 February 1994	Arsenal	H	1–1	19,891	Cottee
5 March 1994	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	20,831	Preki, Stuart
13 March 1994	Liverpool	A	1–2	44,281	Watson
21 March 1994	Norwich City	A	0–3	16,432
26 March 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	23,580
30 March 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–0	36,044
2 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–5	24,096	Cottee
4 April 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–3	27,427
9 April 1994	West Ham United	A	1–0	20,243	Cottee
16 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	13,330	Cottee
23 April 1994	Coventry City	H	0–0	23,217
30 April 1994	Leeds United	A	0–3	35,487
7 May 1994	Wimbledon	H	3–2	31,297	Stuart (2, 1 pen), Horne

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	21,702	Rideout
R3R	19 January 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3 (a.e.t.)	34,642	Barlow (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	Lincoln City	A	4–3	9,153	Rideout (3), Cottee
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Lincoln City	H	4–2 (won 8–5 on agg)	8,375	Snodin, Rideout, Cottee (2)
R3	26 October 1993	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	11,547	Beagrie, Watson
R3R	16 November 1993	Crystal Palace	A	4–1	14,662	Young (own goal), Watson (2), Ward (pen)
R4	30 November 1993	Manchester United	H	0–2	34,052

Squad

[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 1 GK  WAL Neville Southall 2 DF  ENG Matt Jackson 3 DF  ENG Andy Hinchcliffe 4 MF  ENG Ian Snodin 5 DF  ENG Dave Watson (captain) 6 DF  ENG Gary Ablett 8 MF  ENG Graham Stuart 9 FW  ENG Tony Cottee 10 MF  WAL Barry Horne 12 DF  ENG Paul Holmes 13 GK  AUS Jason Kearton 14 MF  ENG John Ebbrell 15 FW  ENG Paul Rideout 16 MF  USA Preki

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  SWE Anders Limpar 18 MF  ENG Joe Parkinson 19 FW  ENG Stuart Barlow 20 MF  POL Robert Warzycha 21 DF  ENG Gary Rowett 22 FW  ENG Brett Angell 23 MF  ENG John Doolan 25 DF  ENG Neil Moore 26 DF  ENG David Unsworth 27 DF  ENG Mark Powell 28 MF  ENG Terry Jones 29 MF  ENG Tony Grant 30 FW  ENG Paul Tait 31 GK  ENG Steve Reeves

Left the club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player 18 FW  SCO Mo Johnston (to Hearts) 17 MF  ENG Billy Kenny (to Oldham Athletic)

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 MF  ENG Mark Ward (to Birmingham City) 11 MF  ENG Peter Beagrie (to Manchester City)

References

1. "Football: Kendall quits Goodison". The Independent. Archived from the original on 7 July 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
2. Prentice, David (7 May 2019). "25 years ago today Goodison was in meltdown. Here's the untold story". Liverpool Echo. Retrieved 26 January 2025.
3. "Everton 1993-1994 Home – statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 24 May 2012.