1993–94 Coventry City F.C. season

Coventry City

1993–94 season
Manager	Bobby Gould (until 23 October) Phil Neal (from 23 October)
Stadium	Highfield Road
FA Premier League	11th
FA Cup	Third round
Coca-Cola Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	Ndlovu (11)
Average home league attendance	13,452

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

Season summary

Coventry City's 27th successive season in the top flight began with a superb 3-0 win at Arsenal in which striker Micky Quinn scored a hat-trick. Coventry's surprisingly good form continued throughout the season, so it was a surprise to all when manager Bobby Gould handed in his notice on 23 October 1993. Phil Neal, formerly of Bolton Wanderers, was announced as Gould's successor; despite having no experienced outside the league's third tier, he was able to defy the odds and keep Coventry well clear of the relegation that they had been tipped for at least the last four seasons.

Kit

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

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round1
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
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round2
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round3
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
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Coventry City's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Arsenal	A	3–0	24,897	Quinn (3, 1 pen)
18 August 1993	Newcastle United	H	2–1	15,760	Ndlovu, Harford
21 August 1993	West Ham United	H	1–1	12,909	Wegerle
24 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	3–3	10,817	Williams, Ndlovu, Wegerle
27 August 1993	Manchester City	A	1–1	21,537	Wegerle
1 September 1993	Liverpool	H	1–0	16,740	Babb
11 September 1993	Aston Villa	A	0–0	31,181
18 September 1993	Chelsea	H	1–1	13,660	Morgan
25 September 1993	Leeds United	H	0–2	13,934
2 October 1993	Norwich City	A	0–1	16,239
16 October 1993	Southampton	H	1–1	9,984	Babb
23 October 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–5	12,976	Ndlovu
31 October 1993	Sheffield United	H	0–0	10,429
6 November 1993	Everton	H	2–1	15,662	Quinn (2)
20 November 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	23,379
23 November 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	15,136	Ndlovu
27 November 1993	Manchester United	H	0–1	17,020
4 December 1993	Arsenal	H	1–0	12,722	Quinn
11 December 1993	West Ham United	A	2–3	17,243	Darby (2)
18 December 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	11,800	Wegerle
26 December 1993	Wimbledon	A	2–1	4,739	Ndlovu, Williams
1 January 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	26,015	Babb, Wegerle
3 January 1994	Swindon Town	H	1–1	15,825	Wegerle
15 January 1994	Southampton	A	0–1	12,397
22 January 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	12,107
2 February 1994	Ipswich Town	H	1–0	11,265	Flynn
5 February 1994	Swindon Town	A	1–3	14,640	Darby
12 February 1994	Sheffield United	A	0–0	15,394
19 February 1994	Manchester City	H	4–0	11,735	Rennie, Quinn, Ndlovu, Williams
23 February 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–4	32,216
26 February 1994	Liverpool	A	0–1	38,547
6 March 1994	Aston Villa	H	0–1	14,325
19 March 1994	Leeds United	A	0–1	30,023
26 March 1994	Norwich City	H	2–1	13,514	Flynn, Quinn
2 April 1994	Wimbledon	H	1–2	11,290	Ndlovu
4 April 1994	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	12,633	Flynn, Ndlovu
9 April 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	14,491	Ndlovu (pen)
16 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	13,013	Ndlovu
23 April 1994	Everton	A	0–0	23,217
2 May 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	16,653	Darby (2)
4 May 1994	Chelsea	A	2–1	8,923	Morgan, Ndlovu
7 May 1994	Manchester United	A	0–0	44,717

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–2	35,444

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	Wycombe Wanderers	H	3–0	9,615	White
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Wycombe Wanderers	A	2–4 (won 5-4 on agg)	5,933	Lomas, Quinn
R3	26 October 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	10,071

Squad

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

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	ENG	Steve Ogrizovic
2	DF	ENG	Brian Borrows (captain)
3	DF	ENG	Steve Morgan
4	DF	ENG	Peter Atherton
5	DF	ENG	Lee Hurst
6	DF	SCO	David Rennie
7	FW	ENG	John Williams
8	MF	ENG	Lee Hurst
9	FW	ENG	Mick Harford
10	FW	ENG	Micky Quinn
11	MF	ENG	Stewart Robson
12	FW	ZIM	Peter Ndlovu
13	GK	WAL	Martin Davies
14	DF	ENG	David Busst
15	DF	ENG	Paul Williams
16	MF	IRL	Willie Boland

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	FW	USA	Roy Wegerle
18	MF	ENG	Sean Flynn
19	MF	IRL	Tony Sheridan
20	DF	IRL	Phil Babb
21	MF	ENG	Chris Marsden (on loan from Huddersfield Town)
22	MF	ENG	Leigh Jenkinson
23	GK	SCO	Jonathan Gould
24	DF	ENG	Ally Pickering
25	MF	ENG	Julian Darby
26	MF	SCO	Sandy Robertson
28	MF	POL	Detsi Kruszynski
29	MF	ENG	John Gayle
31	GK	IRL	Tim Dalton
32	MF	ENG	Lloyd McGrath
33	MF	ENG	Paul Bailey

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
21	DF	ENG	Martyn Booty (to Crewe Alexandra)

Transfers

Out

• Peter Billing - Port Vale, £35,000, May 1993
• Andy Pearce - Sheffield Wednesday
• Keith Rowland - West Ham United, £110,000
• Terry Fleming - Northampton Town
• Micky Gynn - Stoke City
• Craig Middleton - Cambridge United
• David Smith - Birmingham City

Award

• Coventry City Player of the Year: Phil Babb