1993–94 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United

1993–94 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
Premier League	5th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Rod Wallace (17) All: Rod Wallace (17)
Highest home attendance	41,125 vs Manchester United (27 April 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	22,167 vs Oxford United (9 February 1994, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	34,493

The 1993–1994 season saw Leeds United competing in the FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

Season summary

After last season's 17th-place finish and failure to win away from home, one season after winning the league title, Howard Wilkinson decided to bolster his squad in order to avoid another torrid season. He paid a club record £2.7 million for Sheffield United striker Brian Deane and by Christmas he had paid a further £2 million for Manchester City midfielder David White. Leeds were now well on the road to recovery, and that recovery process was completed at the end of the season when they finished fifth in the final table.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64

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

Results

Leeds United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

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	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	H	A
Result	D	W	L	L	L	W	W	W	W	W	D	D	D	W	D	D	W	W	W	L	W	D	D	D	D	L	L	W	D	D	D	W	W	L	D	W	W	D	L	W	D	W
Position	11	8	12	17	18	14	12	9	5	3	4	4	6	4	5	6	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	5	5	6	7	6	6	7	8	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5	5

Source: worldfootball.net
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
14 August 1993	Manchester City	A	1–1	Deane	32,366
17 August 1993	West Ham United	H	1–0	Speed	34,588
21 August 1993	Norwich City	H	0–4	—	32,008
24 August 1993	Arsenal	A	1–2	Strachan	29,042
28 August 1993	Liverpool	A	0–2	—	44,068
30 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	Strachan	28,717
11 September 1993	Southampton	A	2–0	Deane, Speed	13,511
19 September 1993	Sheffield United	H	2–1	Strachan, McAllister	33,892
25 September 1993	Coventry City	A	2–0	Wallace (2)	28,717
2 October 1993	Wimbledon	H	4–0	Speed (2), McAllister (2)	30,020
17 October 1993	Ipswich Town	A	0–0	—	17,548
23 October 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	3–3	Sherwood (o.g.), Newsome, McAllister (pen.)	37,827
30 October 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	Speed, Fairclough, Wallace	31,892
6 November 1993	Chelsea	H	4–1	Deane, Rocastle, Wallace (2)	35,022
20 November 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	Deane	31,275
23 November 1993	Everton	A	1–1	Wallace	17,066
27 November 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–0	Deane, Speed, Wallace	32,630
4 December 1993	Manchester City	H	3–2	Deane, Speed, Wallace	33,821
8 December 1993	West Ham United	A	1–0	Wallace	20,468
13 December 1993	Norwich City	A	1–2	Wallace	16,586
18 December 1993	Arsenal	H	2–1	Adams (o.g.), McAllister	37,515
22 December 1993	Newcastle United	A	1–1	Fairclough	36,388
29 December 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	Hodge	39,106
1 January 1994	Manchester United	A	0–0	—	44,724
15 January 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	—	31,317
23 January 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	Speed	16,938
6 February 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–1	—	26,919
19 February 1994	Liverpool	H	2–0	Wetherall, McAllister	40,053
28 February 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	1–1	McAllister	11,136
5 March 1994	Southampton	H	0–0	—	30,890
13 March 1994	Sheffield United	A	2–2	Deane, Speed	19,250
16 March 1994	Aston Villa	H	2–0	Deane, Wallace	33,120
19 March 1994	Coventry City	H	1–0	Wallace	30,023
26 March 1994	Wimbledon	A	0–1	—	9,035
1 April 1994	Newcastle United	H	1–1	Fairclough	40,005
4 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	4–0	Deane, White (2), Wallace	13,365
17 April 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	Wallace (2)	33,658
23 April 1994	Chelsea	A	1–1	Speed	18,544
27 April 1994	Manchester United	H	0–2	—	41,125
30 April 1994	Everton	H	3–0	White, Watson (o.g.), McAllister	35,487
3 May 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–2	White, Wallace	33,806
7 May 1994	Swindon Town	A	5–0	Deane (2), White, Fairclough, Wallace	17,228

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	8 January 1994	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	Deane, Forrester (2)	23,475
Fourth round	29 January 1994	Oxford United	A	2–2	Speed, Wetherall	11,029
Fourth round replay	9 February 1994	Oxford United	H	2–3	White, Strachan	22,167

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Scorers	Attendance
Second round first leg	21 September 1993	Sunderland	A	1–2	Speed	17,101
Second round second leg	6 October 1993	Sunderland	H	1–2	Whelan	22,265

Transfers

In

Date	Nat.	Name	From	Fee	Ref.
1 July 1993		David O'Leary	Arsenal	Free
14 July 1993		Brian Deane	Sheffield United	£2,700,000
15 November 1993		John Pemberton	Sheffield United	£250,000
27 December 1993		David White	Manchester City	£2,000,000

Out

Date	Nat.	Name	To	Fee	Ref.
1 July 1993		Mervyn Day	Carlisle United	Free
1 July 1993		Dylan Kerr	Reading	£75,000
1 August 1993		Carl Shutt	Birmingham City	£50,000
1 August 1993		Chris Whyte	Birmingham City	£250,000
7 August 1993		Lee Chapman	Portsmouth	£250,000
1 September 1993		David Kerslake	Tottenham Hotspur	£450,000
26 October 1993		David Batty	Blackburn Rovers	£2,750,000
20 December 1993		David Rocastle	Manchester City	£2,000,000
20 December 1993		Mel Sterland	Retired

Loaned out

Date	Nat.	Name	To	Ref.
1 March 1994		Ray Wallace	Reading