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1993–94 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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Nottingham Forest
1993–94 season
ChairmanFred Reacher
ManagerFrank Clark
StadiumCity Ground
First Division2nd (promoted)
FA CupThird round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stan Collymore (19)
All: Stan Collymore (25)
Average home league attendance23,051

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

Season summary

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Frank Clark, who had been a left-back in Nottingham Forest's 1979 European Cup winning team, returned to the club in May 1993 to succeed Brian Clough as manager. Clough had been at the club for 18 years and won seven major trophies in that time, but had left on a low note as Forest were relegated from the Premier League.[1] Having inherited most of the players from the Clough era, Clark was able to achieve an instant return to the Premiership when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993–94 season. He also added notable new players to the squad in the shape of Southend United striker Stan Collymore and Norwich City and Wales winger David Phillips, along with defender Colin Cooper from Millwall.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Crystal Palace (C, P) 46 27 9 10 73 46 +27 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Nottingham Forest (P) 46 23 14 9 74 49 +25 83
3 Millwall 46 19 17 10 58 49 +9 74 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Leicester City (O, P) 46 19 16 11 72 59 +13 73
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

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Nottingham Forest's score comes first[2]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
15 August 1993 Southend United A 1–1 8,609 Pearce (pen)
18 August 1993 Derby County H 1–1 26,684 Woan
21 August 1993 Grimsby Town H 5–3 23,225 Glover, Woan, Black, Rosario, Futcher (own goal)
24 August 1993 Crystal Palace A 0–2 15,048
28 August 1993 Luton Town A 2–1 9,788 Woan, Black
11 September 1993 Barnsley A 0–1 13,270
19 September 1993 Stoke City H 2–3 20,843 Pearce, Phillips
26 September 1993 Bolton Wanderers A 3–4 10,578 Phillips, Collymore (2)
2 October 1993 Portsmouth H 1–1 20,727 Stone
16 October 1993 Tranmere Rovers H 2–1 20,771 Collymore, Gemmill
20 October 1993 Oxford United H 0–0 18,462
24 October 1993 Leicester City A 0–1 17,624
30 October 1993 Notts County H 1–0 26,721 Collymore
3 November 1993 Millwall H 1–3 17,584 Glover
6 November 1993 Birmingham City A 3–0 16,996 Collymore, Glover (2)
10 November 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–1 21,621 Collymore
21 November 1993 West Bromwich Albion A 2–0 15,581 Collymore (2)
27 November 1993 Sunderland A 3–2 16,968 Gemmill, Collymore (2)
4 December 1993 Birmingham City H 1–0 22,061 Whyte (own goal)
19 December 1993 Southend United H 2–0 21,641 Cooper, Black
27 December 1993 Middlesbrough H 1–1 26,901 Collymore
28 December 1993 Bristol City A 4–1 20,725 Collymore (2), Woan, Webb
1 January 1994 Charlton Athletic H 1–1 26,543 Lyttle
3 January 1994 Watford A 2–1 14,539 Cooper, Gemmill
16 January 1994 Tranmere Rovers A 2–1 8,500 Cooper, Gemmill
23 January 1994 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 0–0 23,008
6 February 1994 Leicester City H 4–0 26,616 Gemmill (2), Woan, Glover
12 February 1994 Notts County A 1–2 18,655 Phillips
19 February 1994 Crystal Palace H 1–1 24,232 Bohinen
26 February 1994 Oxford United A 0–1 9,346
2 March 1994 Peterborough United H 2–0 19,329 Gemmill (2)
5 March 1994 Luton Town H 2–0 22,249 Cooper, Pearce (pen)
12 March 1994 Stoke City A 1–0 20,550 Webb
16 March 1994 Barnsley H 2–1 20,491 Cooper, Phillips
19 March 1994 Bolton Wanderers H 3–2 23,846 Chettle, Pearce, Collymore
26 March 1994 Portsmouth A 1–2 12,578 Collymore
30 March 1994 Watford H 2–1 23,044 Stone, Webb
2 April 1994 Middlesbrough A 2–2 17,056 Rosario, Lee
4 April 1994 Bristol City H 0–0 24,162
9 April 1994 Charlton Athletic A 1–0 12,330 Lee
17 April 1994 Millwall A 2–2 12,543 Collymore, Stone
24 April 1994 West Bromwich Albion H 2–1 24,018 Stone, Cooper
27 April 1994 Derby County A 2–0 19,300 Cooper, Stone
30 April 1994 Peterborough United A 3–2 14,010 Collymore (2), Pearce
3 May 1994 Grimsby Town A 0–0 11,930
8 May 1994 Sunderland H 2–2 27,010 Pearce (pen), Collymore

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 8 January 1994 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–1 32,488 Cooper
R3R 19 January 1994 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–2 25,268

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 21 September 1993 Wrexham A 3–3 7,860 Collymore (3)
R2 2nd leg 6 October 1993 Wrexham H 3–1 (won 6–4 on agg) 11,619 Black, Crosby, Collymore
R3 27 October 1993 West Ham United H 2–1 17,857 Black, Collymore
R4 1 December 1993 Manchester City H 0–0 22,195
R4R 15 December 1993 Manchester City A 2–1 14,117 Webb, Cooper
R5 26 January 1994 Tranmere Rovers H 1–1 20,066 Gemmill
R5R 29 January 1994 Tranmere Rovers A 0–2 12,578

Anglo-Italian Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
Group 2 8 September 1993 Derby County A 2–3 6,654 Gemmill, Glover
Group 2 15 September 1993 Notts County H 1–1 7,347 Collymore

Squad

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[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
- GK Wales WAL Mark Crossley
- DF England ENG Des Lyttle
- DF England ENG Steve Chettle
- DF England ENG Stuart Pearce (captain)
- DF England ENG Colin Cooper
- MF England ENG Steve Stone
- MF Wales WAL David Phillips
- MF Scotland SCO Scot Gemmill
- FW England ENG Stan Collymore
- FW Scotland SCO Lee Glover
- MF Northern Ireland NIR Kingsley Black
- MF England ENG Ian Woan
- MF Norway NOR Lars Bohinen
- GK Northern Ireland NIR Tommy Wright
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF England ENG Neil Webb
- FW England ENG Robert Rosario
- FW England ENG Jason Lee
- DF England ENG Brian Laws
- MF England ENG Gary Crosby
- FW England ENG Gary Bull
- DF Norway NOR Alfie Haaland
- DF England ENG Steve Blatherwick
- DF England ENG Carl Tiler
- MF England ENG Bobby Howe
- MF England ENG Lee Harvey
- DF England ENG Vance Warner
- FW England ENG Paul McGregor
- MF England ENG Ian Kilford

References

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  1. ^ Shaw, Phil (13 May 1993). "Football: Clark steps into Clough shoes at Forest: City Ground chairman hands manager's job to Orient executive after O'Neill decides to gain League experience with promoted Wycombe". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. ^ "Nottingham Forest 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2012.