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 Apr 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	22,167 vs Oxford United ; (9 Feb 1994, FA Cup)
Average home league attendance	34,493
	← 1992–93 1994–95 →

The 1993–94 season saw Leeds United A.F.C. compete in the FA Premier League.

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

Pos	Team v t e	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^[a]
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:

^ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[1]

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

Premiership Goalscorers

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Crewe Alexandra	H	3–1	23,475	Deane, Forrester (2)
R4	29 January 1994	Oxford United	A	2–2	11,029	Speed, Wetherall
R4R	9 February 1994	Oxford United	H	2–3	22,167	White, Strachan

Goalscorers

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Sunderland	A	1–2	17,101	Speed
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Sunderland	H	1–2 (lost 2–4 on agg)	22,265	Whelan

Goalscorers

Gary Speed 1
Noel Whelan 1

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[2]

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	John Lukic
2	DF	ENG	Mel Sterland
3	DF	ENG	Tony Dorigo^[3]
4	MF	ENG	David White
5	DF	ENG	Chris Fairclough
6	DF	IRL	David O'Leary^[4]
7	MF	SCO	Gordon Strachan (captain)
8	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace
9	FW	ENG	Brian Deane
10	MF	SCO	Gary McAllister
11	MF	WAL	Gary Speed
12	DF	ENG	John Pemberton
13	GK	ENG	Mark Beeney
14	FW	ENG	Steve Hodge


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
16	DF	ENG	Jon Newsome
17	FW	NOR	Frank Strandli
18	DF	ENG	David Wetherall
19	DF	ENG	Ray Wallace
20	DF	ENG	Kevin Sharp^[5]
21	MF	SCO	Mark Humphries
22	DF	IRL	Gary Kelly
23	MF	ENG	Mark Tinkler
24	MF	ENG	Andy Couzens
25	FW	ENG	Noel Whelan
26	FW	ENG	Jamie Forrester
27	MF	ENG	Mark Ford
28	DF	ENG	Rob Bowman
30	GK	ENG	Paul Pettinger

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
4	MF	ENG	David Batty (to Blackburn Rovers)
15	MF	ENG	David Rocastle (to Manchester City)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
27	FW	ENG	Carl Shutt (to Birmingham City)

Starting 11

Considering starts in all competitions^[6]

GK: #13, Mark Beeney, 22
RB: #22, Gary Kelly, 31
CB: #5, Chris Fairclough, 40
CB: #16, Jon Newsome, 25
CB: #18, David Wetherall, 31
LB: #3, Tony Dorigo, 37
CM: #7, Gordon Strachan, 32
CM: #10, Gary McAllister, 42
CM: #11, Gary Speed, 35
CF: #8, Rod Wallace, 34
CF: #9, Brian Deane, 41

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	N	P	Player	From club	Transfer fee
1 Jul 1993	6	DF	David O'Leary	Arsenal	Free
14 Jul 1993	9	FW	Brian Deane	Sheffield United	£2,700,000^†
15 Nov 1993	12	DF	John Pemberton	Sheffield United	£250,000
27 Dec 1993	4	MF	David White	Manchester City	£2,000,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out

Date	N	P	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 Jul 1993		GK	Mervyn Day	Carlisle United	Free
1 Jul 1993		DF	Dylan Kerr	Reading	£75,000
1 Aug 1993	27	FW	Carl Shutt	Birmingham City	£50,000
1 Aug 1993		DF	Chris Whyte	Birmingham City	£250,000
7 Aug 1993	9	FW	Lee Chapman	Portsmouth	£250,000^[7]
1 Sep 1993		DF	David Kerslake	Tottenham Hotspur	£450,000
26 Oct 1993	4	MF	David Batty	Blackburn Rovers	£2,750,000
20 Dec 1993	15	MF	David Rocastle	Manchester City	£2,000,000
22 Jan 1994	2	DF	Mel Sterland	Retired^[8]	—

Total spending: £875,000

Loaned in

Start date	End date	N	P	Player	From club

Loaned out

Start date	End date	N	P	Player	To club
1 Mar 1994	1 Jun 1994	19	DF	Ray Wallace	Reading

References

^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/leeds.htm
^ Dorigo was born in Australia.
^ O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.
^ Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1994
^ Football: Portsmouth recruit Chapman to replace Whittingham, Phil Shaw, The Independent
^ Sterland retires

[table_note_res_UCWC10.58479703943468-1] Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 14 June 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] ttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/leeds.htm

[4] Dorigo was born in Australia.

[5] O'Leary was born in Hackney, England, but was raised in the Republic of Ireland and made his international debut for Ireland in 1976.

[6] Sharp was born in Sarnia, Canada, but represented England at U-18 level.

[7] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1994

[8] Football: Portsmouth recruit Chapman to replace Whittingham, Phil Shaw, The Independent

[9] Sterland retires

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