1992–93 Football League Cup

1992–93 Football League Cup
League Cup, Coca-Cola Cup
Tournament details
Country	England; Wales
Teams	92
Final positions
Champions	Arsenal (2nd title)
Runner-up	Sheffield Wednesday
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	Ian Wright (5)
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 Football League Cup (known as the Coca-Cola Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 33rd Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. The competition name reflects a sponsorship deal with soft drink brand Coca-Cola. Arsenal won the competition, beating Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the final.

First round

56 of the First, Second and Third Division clubs compete from the First Round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 1991–92 season. Reading received a bye to the second round of the competition, as they had been drawn to play Maidstone United, who resigned from the Football League on 17 August due to financial problems.

First leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Port Vale	18 August 1992
Cardiff City	1–0	Bristol City	18 August 1992
Carlisle United	4–1	Burnley	18 August 1992
Chesterfield	2–0	York City	18 August 1992
Colchester United	1–1	Brighton & Hove Albion	18 August 1992
Crewe Alexandra	4–1	Rochdale	18 August 1992
Darlington	1–1	Scunthorpe United	18 August 1992
Doncaster Rovers	0–3	Lincoln City	18 August 1992
Exeter City	0–0	Birmingham City	18 August 1992
Fulham	0–2	Brentford	18 August 1992
Gillingham	2–1	Northampton Town	18 August 1992
Grimsby Town	1–1	Barnsley	19 August 1992
Halifax Town	1–2	Hartlepool United	18 August 1992
Hereford United	2–2	Torquay United	18 August 1992
Hull City	2–2	Rotherham United	18 August 1992
Leyton Orient	2–2	Millwall	18 August 1992
Newcastle United	2–1	Mansfield Town	19 August 1992
Oxford United	3–0	Swansea City	18 August 1992
Peterborough United	4–0	Barnet	18 August 1992
Preston North End	2–1	Stoke City	18 August 1992
Scarborough	3–0	Bradford City	19 August 1992
Shrewsbury Town	1–2	Wigan Athletic	18 August 1992
Stockport County	1–1	Chester City	18 August 1992
Sunderland	2–3	Huddersfield Town	18 August 1992
Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Blackpool	19 August 1992
Walsall	1–1	Bournemouth	19 August 1992
West Bromwich Albion	1–0	Plymouth Argyle	19 August 1992
Wrexham	1–1	Bury	18 August 1992

Second leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Barnet	2–2	Peterborough United	25 August 1992	2–6
Barnsley	1–1^[1]^[2]	Grimsby Town	25 August 1992	2–2
Birmingham City	1–4	Exeter City	25 August 1992	1–4
Blackpool	4–0	Tranmere Rovers	25 August 1992	4–3
Bournemouth	0–1	Walsall	25 August 1992	1–2
Bradford City	3–5	Scarborough	26 August 1992	3–8
Brentford	2–0	Fulham	25 August 1992	4–0
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–0	Colchester United	26 August 1992	2–1
Bristol City	5–1	Cardiff City	25 August 1992	5–2
Burnley	1–1	Carlisle United	25 August 1992	2–5
Bury	4–3	Wrexham	25 August 1992	5–4
Chester City	1–2	Stockport County	25 August 1992	2–3
Hartlepool United	3–2	Halifax Town	25 August 1992	5–3
Huddersfield Town	0–1^[1]^[3]	Sunderland	26 August 1992	3–3
Lincoln City	1–1	Doncaster Rovers	25 August 1992	4–1
Mansfield Town	0–0	Newcastle United	25 August 1992	1–2
Millwall	3–0	Leyton Orient	26 August 1992	5–2
Northampton Town	0–2	Gillingham	9 September 1992	1–4
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	West Bromwich Albion	25 August 1992	2–1
Port Vale	1–1	Bolton Wanderers	25 August 1992	2–3
Rochdale	1–2	Crewe Alexandra	25 August 1992	2–6
Rotherham United	1–0	Hull City	25 August 1992	3–2
Scunthorpe United	2–0	Darlington	25 August 1992	3–1
Stoke City	4–0	Preston North End	26 August 1992	5–2
Swansea City	1–0	Oxford United	25 August 1992	1–3
Torquay United	5–0	Hereford United	25 August 1992	7–2
Wigan Athletic	0–1^[4]	Shrewsbury Town	25 August 1992	2–2
York City	0–0	Chesterfield	25 August 1992	0–2

Second round

First leg matches were played between 21 and 23 September, with most of the second leg matches being played between 6 and 7 October with one of them being played on 27 October.

First leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Arsenal	1–1	Millwall	22 September 1992
Blackpool	0–4	Portsmouth	23 September 1992
Bolton Wanderers	1–3	Wimbledon	22 September 1992
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Manchester United	23 September 1992
Bristol City	2–1	Sheffield United	22 September 1992
Bury	0–0	Charlton Athletic	22 September 1992
Cambridge United	2–2	Stoke City	22 September 1992
Carlisle United	2–2	Norwich City	22 September 1992
Coventry City	2–0	Scarborough	23 September 1992
Crystal Palace	3–1	Lincoln City	22 September 1992
Exeter City	0–1	Oldham Athletic	22 September 1992
Gillingham	0–0	Southampton	23 September 1992
Huddersfield Town	1–1	Blackburn Rovers	23 September 1992
Leeds United	4–1	Scunthorpe United	22 September 1992
Leicester City	2–0	Peterborough United	23 September 1992
Liverpool	4–4	Chesterfield	22 September 1992
Luton Town	2–2	Plymouth Argyle	23 September 1992
Manchester City	0–0	Bristol Rovers	23 September 1992
Newcastle United	0–0	Middlesbrough	23 September 1992
Notts County	3–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22 September 1992
Oxford United	1–2	Aston Villa	23 September 1992
Queens Park Rangers	2–1	Grimsby Town	23 September 1992
Rotherham United	1–0	Everton	23 September 1992
Sheffield Wednesday	3–0	Hartlepool United	23 September 1992
Southend United	1–0	Derby County	23 September 1992
Stockport County	2–3	Nottingham Forest	23 September 1992
Torquay United	0–6	Swindon Town	23 September 1992
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Brentford	21 September 1992
Walsall	0–3	Chelsea	23 September 1992
Watford	2–2	Reading	22 September 1992
West Ham United	0–0	Crewe Alexandra	23 September 1992
Wigan Athletic	2–2	Ipswich Town	22 September 1992

Second leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Aston Villa	2–1	Oxford United	7 October 1992	4–2
Blackburn Rovers	4–3^[1]	Huddersfield Town	6 October 1992	5–4
Brentford	2–4	Tottenham Hotspur	7 October 1992	3–7
Bristol Rovers	1–2^[1]	Manchester City	7 October 1992	1–2
Charlton Athletic	0–1	Bury	7 October 1992	0–1
Chelsea	1–0	Walsall	7 October 1992	4–0
Chesterfield	1–4	Liverpool	6 October 1992	5–8
Crewe Alexandra	2–0	West Ham United	7 October 1992	2–0
Derby County	7–0	Southend United	7 October 1992	7–1
Everton	3–0	Rotherham United	7 October 1992	3–1
Grimsby Town	2–1^[1]^[5]	Queens Park Rangers	6 October 1992	3–3
Hartlepool United	2–2	Sheffield Wednesday	6 October 1992	2–5
Ipswich Town	4–0	Wigan Athletic	6 October 1992	6–2
Lincoln City	1–1	Crystal Palace	6 October 1992	2–4
Manchester United	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	7 October 1992	2–1
Middlesbrough	1–3	Newcastle United	7 October 1992	1–3
Millwall	1–1^[1]^[6]	Arsenal	7 October 1992	2–2
Norwich City	2–0	Carlisle United	7 October 1992	4–2
Nottingham Forest	2–1	Stockport County	7 October 1992	5–3
Oldham Athletic	0–0	Exeter City	7 October 1992	1–0
Peterborough United	2–1	Leicester City	6 October 1992	2–3
Plymouth Argyle	3–2	Luton Town	6 October 1992	5–4
Portsmouth	2–0	Blackpool	6 October 1992	6–0
Reading	0–2	Watford	7 October 1992	2–4
Scarborough	3–0	Coventry City	7 October 1992	3–2
Scunthorpe United	2–2	Leeds United	27 October 1992	3–6
Sheffield United	4–1	Bristol City	7 October 1992	5–3
Southampton	3–0	Gillingham	7 October 1992	3–0
Stoke City	1–2	Cambridge United	7 October 1992	3–4
Swindon Town	3–2	Torquay United	6 October 1992	9–2
Wimbledon	0–1	Bolton Wanderers	6 October 1992	3–2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Notts County	7 October 1992	2–4

Third round

Most matches in the third round were played on 27 and 28 October with one match being played between 10 November. Four replays were played between 10 November and 1 December.

Ties

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Aston Villa	1–0	Manchester United	28 October 1992
Blackburn Rovers	2–0	Norwich City	28 October 1992
Bury	0–2	Queens Park Rangers	27 October 1992
Chelsea	2–1	Newcastle United	28 October 1992
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Nottingham Forest	28 October 1992
Derby County	1–1	Arsenal	28 October 1992
Everton	0–0	Wimbledon	28 October 1992
Manchester City	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	28 October 1992
Notts County	2–3	Cambridge United	27 October 1992
Plymouth Argyle	3–3	Scarborough	27 October 1992
Portsmouth	0–1	Ipswich Town	27 October 1992
Sheffield United	0–0	Liverpool	28 October 1992
Sheffield Wednesday	7–1	Leicester City	27 October 1992
Southampton	0–2	Crystal Palace	28 October 1992
Swindon Town	0–1	Oldham Athletic	27 October 1992
Watford	2–1	Leeds United	10 November 1992

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Arsenal	2–1	Derby County	1 December 1992
Wimbledon	0–1	Everton	10 November 1992
Scarborough	2–1	Plymouth Argyle	11 November 1992
Liverpool	3–0	Sheffield United	11 November 1992

Fourth round

Most fourth round matches were played between 1 and 9 December with one match being played on 6 January. Three replays were played between 15 and 16 December.

Ties

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Aston Villa	2–2	Ipswich Town	2 December 1992
Blackburn Rovers	6–1	Watford	9 December 1992
Cambridge United	1–0	Oldham Athletic	1 December 1992
Everton	2–2	Chelsea	2 December 1992
Liverpool	1–1	Crystal Palace	1 December 1992
Nottingham Forest	2–0	Tottenham Hotspur	2 December 1992
Scarborough	0–1	Arsenal	6 January 1993
Sheffield Wednesday	4–0	Queens Park Rangers	2 December 1992

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Ipswich Town	1–0	Aston Villa	15 December 1992
Chelsea	1–0	Everton	16 December 1992
Crystal Palace	2–1	Liverpool	16 December 1992

Quarter-finals

The quarter-final matches were played between 6 and 19 January with one replay being played on 3 February.

Ties

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Arsenal	2–0	Nottingham Forest	12 January 1993
Blackburn Rovers	3–2	Cambridge United	6 January 1993
Crystal Palace	3–1	Chelsea	6 January 1993
Ipswich Town	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	19 January 1993

Replay

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Ipswich Town	3 February 1993

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was made after the conclusion of the quarter-finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home and one away. Arsenal comfortably overcame Crystal Palace, with Ian Wright scoring in both legs against his old club, while Sheffield Wednesday overcame Blackburn Rovers in the other leg by a similar margin.

First leg

7 February 1993

Crystal Palace	1–3	Arsenal
Osborn 54'		Wright 8' (pen.) Smith 22', 66'

Selhurst Park, London

Attendance: 26,508

Referee: John Martin, Alton, Hampshire

10 February 1993

Blackburn Rovers	2–4	Sheffield Wednesday
Wegerle 9' Palmer 37' (o.g.)		Harkes 14' Sheridan 20' Warhurst 26', 30'

Ewood Park, Blackburn

Attendance: 17,283

Referee: Tony Ward, London

Second leg

10 March 1993

Arsenal	2–0	Crystal Palace
Linighan 6' Wright 45'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 28,584

Referee: Roger Milford, Bristol

Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.

14 March 1993

Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Blackburn Rovers
Hirst 68' Bright 73'		Andersson 34'

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 30,048

Referee: Ken Redfern, Whitley Bay

Sheffield Wednesday won 6–3 on aggregate.

Final

18 April 1993

17:00 BST

Arsenal	2–1	Sheffield Wednesday
Merson 20' Morrow 68'		Harkes 8'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 74,007

Referee: Allan Gunn (Sussex)

Arsenal

Sheffield Wednesday


GK	1	David Seaman
DF	22	David O'Leary
DF	6	Tony Adams (c)
DF	5	Andy Linighan
DF	3	Nigel Winterburn
MF	11	Ray Parlour
MF	15	Steve Morrow
MF	14	Paul Davis
MF	10	Paul Merson
FW	8	Ian Wright
FW	7	Kevin Campbell
Substitutes:
MF	4	Ian Selley
FW	9	Alan Smith
Manager:
George Graham


GK	1	Chris Woods
DF	2	Roland Nilsson
DF	16	Phil King	83'
DF	4	Carlton Palmer
DF	6	Viv Anderson (c)
MF	15	John Harkes
MF	7	Danny Wilson	74'
MF	8	Chris Waddle
FW	9	Paul Warhurst
FW	10	Mark Bright
MF	11	John Sheridan
Substitutes:
MF	17	Graham Hyde	83'
FW	5	David Hirst	74'
Manager:
Trevor Francis

References

General

"English League Cup 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
"England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
"English League Cup 1992–1993 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 31 January 2011. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

Specific

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f After Extra Time
^ Grimsby Town won 5–3 on penalties
^ Huddersfield Town won on the Away Goals Rule
^ Wigan Athletic won on the Away Goals Rule
^ Queens Park Rangers won 6–5 on penalties
^ Arsenal won 3–1 on penalties

[aet-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f After Extra Time

[gtw5–3op-2] Grimsby Town won 5–3 on penalties

[htwtagr-3] Huddersfield Town won on the Away Goals Rule

[wawtagr-4] Wigan Athletic won on the Away Goals Rule

[qprw6–5op-5] Queens Park Rangers won 6–5 on penalties

[aw3–1op-6] Arsenal won 3–1 on penalties

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