1993–94 Luton Town F.C. season

Luton Town
1993–94 season
Chairman	David Kohler
Manager	David Pleat
Stadium	Kenilworth Road
First Division	20th
FA Cup	Semi finals
League Cup	First round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Qualifying round
Average home league attendance	7,878
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Luton Town F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

The 1993–94 season started with David Pleat making Dixon's move permanent, and re-signing Mitchell Thomas from West Ham United. Although Luton struggled in the league, form was found in the FA Cup – Scott Oakes starred as Luton raced to the FA Cup semi-final and a trip to Wembley. 27,500 Luton supporters saw Gavin Peacock seal a 2–0 win for Chelsea, and after the semi-final defeat, Luton lost five games in a row.^[1] However, a 3–2 home win over West Bromwich Albion earned survival three games from the end of the season, keeping Luton in the second tier for another year.

Final league table

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Crystal Palace	46	27	9	10	73	46	+27	90
2.	Nottingham Forest	46	23	14	9	74	49	+25	83
3.	Millwall	46	19	17	10	58	49	+9	74
4.	Leicester City	46	19	16	11	72	59	+13	73
5.	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72
6.	Derby County	46	20	11	15	73	68	+5	71
7.	Notts County	46	20	8	18	65	69	–4	68
8.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	17	17	12	60	47	+13	68
9.	Middlesbrough	46	18	13	15	66	54	+8	67
10.	Stoke City	46	18	13	15	57	59	–2	67
11.	Charlton Athletic	46	19	8	19	61	58	+3	65
12.	Sunderland	46	19	8	19	54	57	–3	65
13.	Bristol City	46	16	16	14	47	50	–3	64
14.	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	14	17	63	64	–1	59
15.	Southend United	46	17	8	21	63	67	–4	59
16.	Grimsby Town	46	13	20	13	52	47	+5	59
17.	Portsmouth	46	15	13	18	52	58	–6	58
18.	Barnsley	46	16	7	23	55	67	–12	55
19.	Watford	46	15	9	22	66	80	–14	54
20.	Luton Town	46	14	11	21	56	60	–4	53
21.	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	12	21	60	69	–9	51
22.	Birmingham City	46	13	12	21	52	69	–17	51
23.	Oxford United	46	13	10	23	54	75	–21	49
24.	Peterborough United	46	8	13	25	48	76	–28	37

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Luton Town's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Watford	H	2–1	9,149	Telfer, Dixon
21 August 1993	Portsmouth	A	0–1	12,248
28 August 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	9,788	Hartson
11 September 1993	Bolton Wanderers	H	0–2	7,199
14 September 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–4	5,871
18 September 1993	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	12,487
25 September 1993	Birmingham City	A	1–1	11,801
2 October 1993	Barnsley	H	5–0	6,201	Hartson, Oakes (2), James, Houghton
5 October 1993	Bristol City	H	0–2	5,956
9 October 1993	Derby County	A	1–2	15,885	Williams
16 October 1993	Notts County	H	1–0	6,366	Dickov
20 October 1993	Sunderland	A	0–2	13,645
23 October 1993	Oxford United	A	1–0	5,161
30 October 1993	Leicester City	H	0–2	8,813
2 November 1993	Crystal Palace	A	2–3	10,925
7 November 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	1–0	6,327	Telfer
13 November 1993	Southend United	A	1–2	5,567
27 November 1993	Stoke City	H	6–2	7,384	Dixon (3), Hughes, Oakes, Hartson
4 December 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	0–1	7,570
11 December 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–1	7,075
19 December 1993	Watford	A	2–2	7,567	Preece, Dreyer (pen)
27 December 1993	Peterborough United	A	0–0	9,522
29 December 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	7,234	Hughes, Harper
1 January 1994	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	16,138	Preece
15 January 1994	Notts County	A	2–1	6,589	Dixon (2)
22 January 1994	Derby County	H	2–1	9,371	Telfer, Oakes
5 February 1994	Oxford United	H	3–0	7,366	Oakes, Thomas, Thorpe
12 February 1994	Leicester City	A	1–2	16,194	James
22 February 1994	Portsmouth	H	4–1	6,533	Telfer, Preece, Hughes, Oakes
26 February 1994	Sunderland	H	2–1	9,367	Hughes, Oakes
5 March 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	22,249
8 March 1994	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	6,741	Dreyer (pen)
19 March 1994	Birmingham City	H	1–1	7,690
26 March 1994	Barnsley	A	0–1	6,289
30 March 1994	Millwall	A	2–2	9,235	Dreyer, Hartson
2 April 1994	Peterborough United	H	2–0	8,398	Dixon (2)
4 April 1994	Grimsby Town	A	0–2	5,542
12 April 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	8,545
16 April 1994	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	9,880
19 April 1994	Bristol City	A	0–1	5,350
23 April 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	25,479
26 April 1994	Millwall	H	1–1	8,257	Preece
30 April 1994	Southend United	H	1–1	7,504
3 May 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–2	10,053	Preece, James, Hartson
5 May 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	7,102	Hughes
8 May 1994	Stoke City	A	2–2	15,893	Oakes, Telfer (pen)

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	18 January 1994	Southend United	H	1–0	7,953	Telfer
R4	29 January 1994	Newcastle United	A	1–1	32,216	Thorpe
R4R	9 February 1994	Newcastle United	H	2–0	12,503	Hartson, Oakes
R5	20 February 1994	Cardiff City	A	2–1	17,296	Oakes, Preece
QF	14 March 1994	West Ham United	A	0–0	27,331
QFR	23 March 1994	West Ham United	H	3–2	13,166	Oakes (3)
SF	9 April 1994	Chelsea	N	0–2	59,989

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st leg	17 August 1993	Cambridge United	A	0–1	4,065
R1 2nd leg	24 August 1993	Cambridge United	H	0–1 (lost 0-2 on agg)	3,861

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Q Group 7	31 August 1993	Watford	A	1–2	2,854
Q Group 7	7 September 1993	Southend United	H	1–1	1,823

Squad

^[3] 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	USA	Juergen Sommer
-	GK	AUS	Andy Petterson
-	GK	ENG	Kelvin Davis
-	DF	ENG	Marvin Johnson
-	DF	ENG	Julian James
-	DF	ENG	John Dreyer
-	DF	ENG	Richard Harvey
-	DF	ENG	Des Linton
-	DF	ENG	Trevor Peake
-	DF	ENG	Alan Harper
-	DF	ENG	David Greene
-	DF	ENG	Mitchell Thomas
-	DF	ENG	Gregor Rioch
-	DF	ENG	Jamie Campbell
-	DF	ENG	Aaron Skelton


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	David Preece
-	MF	SCO	Paul Telfer
-	MF	WAL	Jason Rees
-	MF	ENG	Paul McLaren
-	MF	WAL	Ceri Hughes
-	MF	ENG	Scott Houghton
-	MF	ENG	Mark Burke (on loan from Wolves)
-	FW	ENG	Scott Oakes
-	FW	ENG	Tony Thorpe
-	FW	ENG	Kerry Dixon
-	FW	WAL	John Hartson
-	FW	ENG	Martin Williams
-	FW	SCO	Paul Dickov (on loan from Arsenal)
-	FW	CAN	Geoff Aunger
-	FW	ENG	Ian Benjamin

References

^ Smyth, Rob (2009-01-14). "The forgotten story of ... the 1993-94 FA Cup". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2009-05-11.
^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/luton-town/1993-1994/results
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/luton-town/tab/players/season/1994

[guardianretro-1] Smyth, Rob (2009-01-14). "The forgotten story of ... the 1993-94 FA Cup". The Guardian. London: Guardian News and Media. Retrieved 2009-05-11.

[2] ttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/luton-town/1993-1994/results

[3] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/luton-town/tab/players/season/1994

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