1992–93 Football League

The Football League
Season1992–93
ChampionsNewcastle United
PromotedNewcastle United
West Ham United
Swindon Town
RelegatedHalifax Town
FoldedMaidstone United
New club in LeagueColchester United

The 1992–93 season was the 94th completed season of the Football League.

This season saw the birth of the Premier League. In 1992, all of the First Division clubs resigned from the Football League and, on 27 May 1992, the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company, which worked out of an office at the Football Association’s then headquarters, Lancaster Gate. Hence, the 104-year-old Football League was reduced from four divisions to three, with the old Second, Third and Fourth Divisions becoming the new First, Second and Third Divisions respectively.

The league was sponsored this season by Barclays.

Final league tables and results

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The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website.[1] Play-off results are from the same website.

First Division

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First Division
Season1992–93
ChampionsNewcastle United
PromotedNewcastle United
West Ham United
Swindon Town
RelegatedBrentford
Cambridge United
Bristol Rovers
Matches played552
Goals scored1,449 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorerGuy Whittingham
(42 goals)[2]

Newcastle United, who won their first 10 league games, clinched the Division One title with an impressive 96 points to end a four-year exile from the top flight of English football. West Ham United sealed an instant return to the top flight a year after relegation, edging ahead of Portsmouth on goal difference to finished second. Portsmouth's promotion bid, dominated by the form of 42-goal striker Guy Whittingham, ended in the playoff semi-finals when they were beaten by Leicester City, who prevailed thanks to an offside goal by Ian Ormondroyd but went on to lose the final 4-3 to Swindon Town after clawing back from 3-0 down before a late penalty from Paul Bodin saw Swindon clinch victory and a place in the top flight for the first time ever. The other losing semi-finalists in the playoffs were Tranmere Rovers, playing only their second season at this level in the postwar era.

Millwall finished one place outside the playoff zone in the first season in management for Mick McCarthy, while pre-season promotion favourites Derby County could only manage an eighth-place finish despite having spent millions on new players over the previous two years. Unfancied Grimsby Town and Peterborough United finished in the top half of the table, comfortably above bigger clubs like Wolverhampton Wanderers and Birmingham City.

Luton Town and Notts County, newly relegated from the top flight, spent the season battling at the wrong end of the division but managed to avoid a second successive relegation, as did a Sunderland side who had been FA Cup finalists one season earlier and members of the top flight two seasons earlier.

Bristol Rovers went down in bottom place after a dismal season. Cambridge United, playoff semi-finalists the previous season, struggled after the sale of Dion Dublin and went down on the last day of the season, as did a Brentford side who had been on the fringe of the playoff places at Christmas before a slump in form during the second half of the season cost the Bees their Division One status and manager Phil Holder his job.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Newcastle United (C, P) 46 29 9 8 92 38 +54 96 Promotion to the Premier League
2 West Ham United (P) 46 26 10 10 81 41 +40 88
3 Portsmouth 46 26 10 10 80 46 +34 88 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Tranmere Rovers 46 23 10 13 72 56 +16 79
5 Swindon Town (O, P) 46 21 13 12 74 59 +15 76
6 Leicester City 46 22 10 14 71 64 +7 76
7 Millwall 46 18 16 12 65 53 +12 70
8 Derby County 46 19 9 18 68 57 +11 66
9 Grimsby Town 46 19 7 20 58 57 +1 64
10 Peterborough United 46 16 14 16 55 63 −8 62
11 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 16 13 17 57 56 +1 61
12 Charlton Athletic 46 16 13 17 49 46 +3 61
13 Barnsley 46 17 9 20 56 60 −4 60
14 Oxford United 46 14 14 18 53 56 −3 56
15 Bristol City 46 14 14 18 49 67 −18 56
16 Watford 46 14 13 19 57 71 −14 55
17 Notts County 46 12 16 18 55 70 −15 52
18 Southend United 46 13 13 20 54 64 −10 52
19 Birmingham City 46 13 12 21 50 72 −22 51
20 Luton Town 46 10 21 15 48 62 −14 51
21 Sunderland 46 13 11 22 50 64 −14 50
22 Brentford (R) 46 13 10 23 52 71 −19 49 Relegation to the Second Division
23 Cambridge United (R) 46 11 16 19 48 69 −21 49
24 Bristol Rovers (R) 46 10 11 25 55 87 −32 41
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BIR BRE BRI BRR CAM CHA DER GRI LEI LUT MIL NEW NTC OXF PET POR STD SUN SWI TRA WAT WHU WOL
Barnsley 1–0 3–2 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–3 3–0 0–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–1 0–1 0–1 0–1
Birmingham City 3–0 1–3 0–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–1 0–2 2–1 0–0 2–3 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–3 2–0 1–0 4–6 0–0 2–2 1–2 0–4
Brentford 3–1 0–2 5–1 0–3 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–3 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–2 1–0 0–1 4–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 0–2
Bristol City 2–1 3–0 4–1 2–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 0–1 3–3 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–3 2–1 1–5 1–0
Bristol Rovers 1–5 3–3 2–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 1–2 0–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–2 3–3 0–1 3–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 3–4 1–0 0–3 0–4 1–1
Cambridge United 1–2 0–3 1–0 2–1 0–1 0–1 1–3 2–0 1–3 3–3 1–1 0–3 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–1 3–1 2–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 1–1
Charlton Athletic 0–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 4–1 0–0 2–1 3–1 2–0 0–0 0–2 1–3 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 0–1
Derby County 3–0 3–1 3–2 3–4 3–1 0–0 4–3 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–0 0–1 2–3 2–4 2–0 0–1 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–2 2–0
Grimsby Town 4–2 1–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 1–3 3–1 1–0 0–2 3–3 1–1 1–3 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 1–1 1–0
Leicester City 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 3–1 3–2 3–0 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–0 4–1 3–2 4–2 0–1 5–2 1–2 0–0
Luton Town 2–2 1–1 0–0 0–3 1–1 2–0 1–0 1–3 1–4 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–4 2–2 0–0 0–0 3–3 2–0 2–0 1–1
Millwall 0–4 0–0 6–1 4–1 0–3 2–2 1–0 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–0 1–2 6–0 3–1 4–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–0 5–2 2–1 2–0
Newcastle United 6–0 2–2 5–1 5–0 0–0 4–1 2–2 1–1 0–1 7–1 2–0 1–1 4–0 2–1 3–0 3–1 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1
Notts County 1–3 3–1 1–1 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 0–2 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–2 0–2 1–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 3–1 1–1 5–1 1–2 1–0 2–2
Oxford United 0–0 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 4–0 3–0 4–2 1–1 2–1 5–5 0–1 0–1 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 0–0
Peterborough United 1–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–0 3–0 2–3 0–0 0–1 1–3 1–1 1–1 1–0 5–2 3–3 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–3
Portsmouth 1–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 4–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 0–0 3–0 4–0 2–0 2–0 3–1 4–0 1–0 0–1 2–0
Southend United 3–0 4–0 3–0 1–1 3–0 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–3 1–1 3–1 0–3 0–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 1–1
Sunderland 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 1–1 3–3 0–2 1–0 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 3–0 4–1 2–4 0–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 2–0
Swindon Town 1–0 0–0 0–2 2–1 2–2 4–1 2–2 2–4 1–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 5–1 2–2 1–0 1–0 3–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 1–3 1–0
Tranmere Rovers 2–1 4–0 3–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 1–1 2–3 0–2 1–1 0–3 3–1 4–0 1–1 0–2 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 5–2 3–0
Watford 1–2 1–0 1–0 0–0 4–2 2–2 1–1 0–0 2–3 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–3 0–1 1–2 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–4 3–2 1–2 3–1
West Ham United 1–1 3–1 4–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 2–1 3–0 2–2 2–2 0–0 2–0 5–3 2–1 2–0 2–0 6–0 0–1 2–0 2–1 3–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 2–1 1–2 0–0 5–1 1–2 2–1 0–2 2–1 3–0 1–2 3–1 1–0 3–0 0–1 4–3 1–1 1–1 2–1 2–2 0–2 2–2 0–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Main article: Football League Championship play-offs § 1993
Semi-finals
1st leg – 16 May; 2nd leg – 19 May 1993 		Final at Wembley
31 May 1993
        
3rd Portsmouth 0 2 2
6th Leicester City 1 2 3
5th Swindon Town 4
6th Leicester City 3
4th Tranmere Rovers 1 3 4
5th Swindon Town 3 2 5

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Maps

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Locations of the First Division teams
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Locations of the London-based First Division teams

Second Division

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Second Division
Season1992–93
ChampionsStoke City
PromotedStoke City
Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion
RelegatedPreston North End
Mansfield Town
Wigan Athletic
Chester City
Matches played463
Goals scored1,479 (3.19 per match)
Top goalscorerBob Taylor
(30 goals)[2]

Stoke City sealed promotion as Division Two champions in Lou Macari's second season as manager, having topped the table for most of the season, as did Bolton Wanderers under their new manager Bruce Rioch. The third promotion place went to playoff winners West Bromwich Albion, who beat Port Vale 3-0 in the Wembley promotion decider to secure their first promotion for 17 years and end their two-year spell in the league's third tier, as well as recording a first Wembley victory for 25 years.

Swansea City and Stockport County were the losing semi-finalists.

Leyton Orient missed out on the playoff places as they had scored fewer goals than Stockport. Managing director and former manager Frank Clark then left the club after accepting the offer to return to Nottingham Forest as manager as successor to Brian Clough.

Chester City's first season at the new Deva Stadium saw them relegated in bottom place and also spelled the end of Harry McNally's seven-year reign as manager in October, with his successor Mike Pejic being unable to steer the club to safety. Wigan Athletic finished second from bottom and suffered their first relegation as a Football League side. Mansfield Town finished third from bottom and suffered an immediate return to the league's fourth tier. The final relegation place went to Preston North End, who had replaced Les Chapman with John Beck as manager in October, but not even the man who was fresh from a successful spell in charge of Cambridge United could save the Lancashire side from relegation. Hull City narrowly avoided a second relegation in three seasons, while once again England World Cup winner Alan Ball was able to guide Exeter City to safety.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Stoke City (C, P) 46 27 12 7 73 34 +39 93 Promotion to the First Division
2 Bolton Wanderers (P) 46 27 9 10 80 41 +39 90
3 Port Vale 46 26 11 9 79 44 +35 89 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4 West Bromwich Albion (O, P) 46 25 10 11 88 54 +34 85
5 Swansea City 46 20 13 13 65 47 +18 73
6 Stockport County 46 19 15 12 81 57 +24 72
7 Leyton Orient 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72
8 Reading 46 18 15 13 66 51 +15 69
9 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 20 9 17 63 59 +4 69
10 Bradford City 46 18 14 14 69 67 +2 68
11 Rotherham United 46 17 14 15 60 60 0 65
12 Fulham 46 16 17 13 57 55 +2 65
13 Burnley 46 15 16 15 57 59 −2 61
14 Plymouth Argyle 46 16 12 18 59 64 −5 60
15 Huddersfield Town 46 17 9 20 54 61 −7 60
16 Hartlepool United 46 14 12 20 42 60 −18 54
17 Bournemouth 46 12 17 17 45 52 −7 53
18 Blackpool 46 12 15 19 63 75 −12 51
19 Exeter City 46 11 17 18 54 69 −15 50
20 Hull City 46 13 11 22 46 69 −23 50
21 Preston North End (R) 46 13 8 25 65 94 −29 47 Relegation to the Third Division
22 Mansfield Town (R) 46 11 11 24 52 80 −28 44
23 Wigan Athletic (R) 46 10 11 25 43 72 −29 41
24 Chester City (R) 46 8 5 33 49 102 −53 29
Source: [citation needed]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

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Home \ Away BOU BLP BOL BRA B&HA BUR CHE EXE FUL HAR HUD HUL LEY MAN PLY PTV PNE REA ROT STP STK SWA WBA WIG
AFC Bournemouth 5–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–3 2–1 0–2 1–1 0–0 3–0 4–1 1–3 2–1 2–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 0–1 0–0
Blackpool 2–0 1–1 3–3 2–2 1–3 2–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–2 5–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–4 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–3 0–0 2–1 2–1
Bolton Wanderers 1–1 3–0 5–0 0–1 4–0 5–0 4–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 2–1
Bradford City 0–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 3–1 3–2 0–2 0–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 3–2 4–0 3–0 0–3 2–3 3–1 0–0 2–2 2–1
Brighton & Hove Albion 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 3–0 3–2 3–0 0–2 1–1 2–1 2–0 1–3 3–1 2–1 0–2 2–0 0–1 1–2 2–0 2–2 0–2 3–1 1–0
Burnley 1–1 2–2 0–1 2–2 1–3 5–0 3–1 5–2 3–0 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 2–1 0–1
Chester City 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–5 2–1 3–0 0–3 2–3 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–3 1–2 1–2 1–2 2–4 0–3 1–2 0–3 1–1 3–2 1–3 1–2
Exeter City 1–1 0–1 1–3 0–1 2–3 2–2 2–0 1–2 3–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 1–1 0–1 0–0 0–2 2–2 2–2 0–2 2–3 0–0
Fulham 1–1 1–0 1–4 1–1 2–0 4–0 1–0 1–1 1–3 0–1 3–3 1–0 0–0 3–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–0
Hartlepool United 0–1 1–0 0–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–3 0–3 1–0 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 1–1 0–2 3–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 0–0
Huddersfield Town 0–1 5–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–2 0–0 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–1
Hull City 3–0 3–2 1–2 0–2 1–0 0–2 1–1 4–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 0–0 1–0 2–0 0–1 2–4 1–1 0–1 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0
Leyton Orient 1–0 1–0 1–0 4–2 3–2 3–2 4–3 5–0 0–0 0–0 4–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 0–1 3–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 4–2 2–0 1–2
Mansfield Town 0–2 2–2 1–1 5–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 0–0 0–1 2–2 1–1 1–3 2–0 0–4 3–3 0–3 2–0
Plymouth Argyle 2–1 2–1 2–1 3–0 3–2 1–2 2–0 0–3 1–1 2–2 1–3 0–0 2–0 3–2 0–1 4–0 2–2 2–1 3–4 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–0
Port Vale 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–2 3–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–0 1–0 1–1 2–0 3–0 4–0 2–2 3–1 4–2 0–0 0–2 2–0 2–1 2–2
Preston North End 1–1 3–3 2–2 3–2 1–0 2–0 4–3 2–2 1–2 0–2 2–1 1–2 1–4 1–5 1–2 2–5 2–0 5–2 2–3 1–2 1–3 1–1 2–0
Reading 3–2 0–0 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–1 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–4 0–1 2–0 1–1 4–0
Rotherham United 1–2 3–2 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–1 3–3 1–1 1–1 0–0 1–0 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–2 4–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 0–2 0–0 0–2 2–3
Stockport County 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–2 0–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 0–0 4–1 5–0 5–3 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 1–1 5–1 3–0
Stoke City 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 4–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 3–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–1
Swansea City 2–1 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–1 1–1 4–2 0–0 2–2 3–0 3–0 1–0 0–1 4–0 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 2–2 1–2 0–0 2–1
West Bromwich Albion 2–1 3–1 3–1 1–1 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–0 4–0 3–1 2–2 3–1 2–0 2–0 2–5 0–1 3–2 3–0 2–2 3–0 1–2 3–0 5–1
Wigan Athletic 0–0 2–1 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 0–1 1–3 2–2 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–2 0–4 2–3 1–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 2–3 1–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Main article: Football League One play-offs § 1993
Semi-finals
1st leg – 16 May; 2nd leg – 19 May 1993 		Final at Wembley
30 May 1993
        
3rd Port Vale 1 1 2
6th Stockport County 1 0 1
3rd Port Vale 0
4th West Bromwich Albion 3
4th West Bromwich Albion 1 2 3
5th Swansea City 2 0 2

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Maps

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Locations of the Second Division teams
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Locations of the London-based Second Division teams

Third Division

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Football League, Third Division
Season1992–93
ChampionsCardiff City (1st fourth tier title)
PromotedBarnet,
Cardiff City,
Wrexham
Promoted through play-offsYork City
RelegatedHalifax Town
FoldedMaidstone United
New club in LeagueColchester United
Matches played462
Goals scored1,311 (2.84 per match)
Top goalscorerDarren Foreman (Scarborough), 27;
Carl Griffiths (Shrewsbury Town), 27[2]

The season began with the demise of Maidstone United, who had only reached the Football League three years earlier and were hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt, having been tenants at Dartford since 1988 and having been refused planning permission to build a new stadium on land in Maidstone which had since been purchased. A move to relocate the club to the North-East and merge the with non-league Newcastle Blue Star was vetoed by the Football League, and as the season dawned the club had just two players still registered. Their first league game of the new Division Three season was cancelled and they were given until the following Monday to guarantee that they would be able to fulfill their fixtures. Unable to come up with the necessary backing, they resigned from the league and went into liquidation on 17 August.

As the Division Three campaign got underway, the two Welsh based sides in the division emerged as the pace-setters, with Cardiff City finishing as champions and Wrexham as runners-up. Barnet, who had spent much of the season under threat of going the same way as Maidstone due to mounting debts, being banned from the transfer market for failing to pay staff wages, and being threatened with expulsion from the Football League over an unpaid fine, clinched the final automatic promotion place in only their second season in the Football League. The season also brought the end of Stan Flashman's eight-year ownership of the club, when he resigned as chairman of the club he had paid £50,000 to save from receivership in 1985. Just before promotion was clinched, manager Barry Fry left to take charge of Southend United, with his assistant Edwin Stein overseeing the final few games of the season before goalkeeper Gary Phillips took over as player-manager for the 1993-94 season.

Halifax Town, after 72 years of league membership, finished bottom of the league and were replaced by Conference champions Wycombe Wanderers. Maidstone United went out of business on 17 August after their first game was postponed, and were not replaced.

Pos Team Pld HW HD HL HGF HGA AW AD AL AGF AGA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
1 Cardiff City 42 13 7 1 42 20 12 1 8 35 27 +30 83 Division Champions, promoted
Welsh Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
2 Wrexham 42 14 3 4 48 26 9 8 4 27 26 +23 80 Promoted
3 Barnet 42 16 4 1 45 19 7 6 8 21 29 +18 79
4 York City 42 13 6 2 41 15 8 6 7 31 30 +27 75 Promoted through play-offs
5 Walsall 42 11 6 4 42 31 11 1 9 34 30 +15 73 Participated in play-offs
6 Crewe Alexandra 42 13 3 5 47 23 8 4 9 28 33 +19 70
7 Bury 42 10 7 4 36 19 8 2 11 27 36 +8 63
8 Lincoln City 42 10 6 5 31 20 8 3 10 26 33 +4 63
9 Shrewsbury Town 42 11 3 7 36 30 6 8 7 21 22 +5 62
10 Colchester United[a] 42 13 3 5 38 26 5 2 14 29 50 −9 59
11 Rochdale 42 10 3 8 38 29 6 7 8 32 41 0 58
12 Chesterfield 42 11 3 7 32 28 4 8 9 27 35 −4 56
13 Scarborough 42 7 7 7 32 30 8 2 11 34 41 −5 54
14 Scunthorpe United 42 8 7 6 38 25 6 5 10 19 29 +3 54
15 Darlington 42 5 6 10 23 31 7 8 6 25 22 −5 50
16 Doncaster Rovers 42 6 5 10 22 28 5 9 7 20 29 −15 47
17 Hereford United 42 7 9 5 31 27 3 6 12 16 33 −13 45
18 Carlisle United 42 7 5 9 29 27 4 6 11 22 38 −14 44
19 Torquay United 42 6 4 11 18 26 6 3 12 27 41 −22 43
20 Northampton Town 42 6 5 10 19 28 5 3 13 29 46 −26 41
21 Gillingham 42 9 4 8 32 28 0 9 12 16 36 −16 40
22 Halifax Town 42 3 5 13 20 35 6 4 11 25 33 −23 36 Relegated to Conference
23 Maidstone United[b] 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 Club folded
Source: [1]
Notes:
  1. ^ New club in the league
  2. ^ Maidstone United resigned from the Football League on 17 August 1992, and subsequently folded. At the time of their resignation, they had played no matches.

Results

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Home \ Away BAR BRY CAR CRL CHF COL CRE DAR DON GIL HAL HER LIN NOR ROC SCA SCU SHR TOR WAL WRE YOR
Barnet 1–0 2–1 2–0 2–1 3–1 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–1 3–0 2–2 5–4 3–0 3–1 1–5
Bury 0–0 1–0 6–0 3–0 3–2 1–2 1–1 3–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 3–3 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–0 2–0 2–1 3–1 1–1
Cardiff City 1–1 3–0 2–2 2–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–1 4–0 2–1 1–2 3–3
Carlisle United 0–1 5–1 1–2 3–1 0–2 1–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 3–0 2–2 0–2 1–0 0–1 3–4 0–2 1–2
Chesterfield 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 4–0 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 1–3 2–3 0–3 1–2 2–4 1–0 2–1 2–3 1–1
Colchester United 1–2 0–0 2–4 2–1 3–0 3–2 0–3 2–0 3–0 2–1 3–1 2–1 2–0 4–4 1–0 1–0 0–2 2–0 3–1 2–4 0–0
Crewe Alexandra 4–1 2–1 2–0 4–0 0–2 7–1 1–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–2 3–2 1–1 2–3 1–0 2–2 4–2 0–1 0–1 3–1
Darlington 1–0 0–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–2 1–1 0–3 0–1 1–3 3–1 0–4 2–3 2–2 0–2 4–1 1–2 1–1 0–1
Doncaster Rovers 2–1 2–3 0–1 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 1–0 0–1 2–1 0–0 2–2 1–1 4–3 0–1 0–1 2–3 0–3 1–1 0–1
Gillingham 1–1 1–4 0–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 2–0 3–1 3–1 2–3 4–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–2 0–1 4–1 1–4
Halifax Town 1–2 0–1 0–1 0–2 1–1 2–4 1–2 1–0 2–2 2–0 0–1 2–1 2–2 2–3 3–4 0–0 1–1 0–2 0–4 0–1 0–1
Hereford United 1–1 3–1 1–1 1–0 1–3 3–1 0–1 1–1 0–2 3–1 3–0 0–2 3–2 1–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1 1–3 1–1 1–1
Lincoln City 4–1 1–2 3–2 2–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 1–1 2–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 2–2 0–2 0–0 0–1
Northampton Town 1–1 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 2–2 2–5 1–1 0–2 1–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–0 0–2 4–3
Rochdale 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 2–1 5–2 0–1 3–1 1–1 1–1 2–3 1–3 5–1 0–3 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 4–3 1–2 1–0
Scarborough 2–2 1–3 1–3 2–2 2–2 0–1 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 4–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 1–0 4–1 1–1 4–2
Scunthorpe United 2–0 2–0 0–3 0–0 0–1 3–1 3–3 1–3 0–1 2–2 4–1 3–1 1–1 5–0 5–1 1–2 1–1 2–2 2–0 0–0 1–2
Shrewsbury Town 1–0 2–0 3–2 2–3 2–2 4–3 4–1 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 3–2 2–3 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–3 0–1 1–1
Torquay United 0–1 0–1 2–1 0–2 2–2 2–2 1–2 0–2 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–0 1–2 1–0 0–2 1–3 0–1 1–0 0–1 1–1 1–0
Walsall 2–0 4–3 2–3 2–1 3–2 1–3 1–0 2–2 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–2 2–0 3–1 3–2 3–2 1–1 2–2 1–1 3–1
Wrexham 2–3 4–2 0–2 3–1 5–4 4–3 2–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 2–0 0–1 3–1 4–1 0–2 2–0 4–2 3–1 3–0
York City 2–0 1–2 3–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–1 0–0 1–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–0 2–1 3–0 1–0 5–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–0
Source: [citation needed]
Legend: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Play-offs

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Main article: Football League Two play-offs § 1993
Semi-finals
1st leg – 16 May; 2nd leg – 19 May 1993 		Final at Wembley
29 May 1993
        
4th York City 0 1 1
7th Bury 0 0 0
4th York City (pens.) 1 (5)
6th Crewe Alexandra 1 (3)
5th Walsall 1 2 3
6th Crewe Alexandra 5 4 9

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Maps

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Locations of the Third Division teams
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Locations of the London-based Third Division teams

See also

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d e "England 1992–93". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 2010-02-24.
  2. ^ a b c "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
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