1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers
1993–94 season
Chairman Jonathan Hayward
Manager Graham Turner
(until 16 March)
Graham Taylor
(from 29 March)
First Division 8th
FA Cup Quarter-finals
League Cup 2nd Round
Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary round
Top goalscorer League: Steve Bull (14)
All: Steve Bull (15)
Highest home attendance 28,234 (vs Ipswich,
19 February 1994)
Lowest home attendance 9,092 (vs Stoke,
31 August 1993)
Average home league attendance 21,996 (league only)

The 1993–94 season was the 95th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.

This season saw the completion of the redevelopment of Molineux which was officially opened on 7 December 1993 to bring the club's highest crowds since the early 1980s. With the expense of the stadium completed by owner Sir Jack Hayward, manager Graham Turner was afforded the biggest budget he had been granted during his tenure but he resigned in March 1994 to end his 7½-year reign with the team in 13th place.

Former England manager Graham Taylor was appointed as Turner's replacement but the team were unable to improve enough to reach the promotion play-offs, ending in 8th place.

Results

Football League First Division

See also: 1993–94 Football League

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1993–94 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

14 August 1993 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Bristol City Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Bull 9', 87'
Mountfield 67' 		Scott 58' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 21,052
22 August 1993 2 Birmingham City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham
14:55 BST Peschisolido 50'
Saville 52' 		Venus 35'
Thomas 36' 		Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 15,117
25 August 1993 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Millwall Wolverhampton
19:30 BST Bull 32'
Kelly 52' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 19,570
28 August 1993 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Middlesbrough Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Kelly 5'
Thomas 9' 		Hendrie 3', 73'
Pollock 85' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 21,061
5 September 1993 5 West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers West Bromwich
14:55 BST Raven 16'
Bradley 51'
Donovan 58' 		Bull 12'
Thomas 62' 		Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 25,615
7 September 1993 6 Watford 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Watford
19:45 BST Venus 10' (o.g.) Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 7,870
11 September 1993 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Portsmouth Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Kelly 47' Durnin 64' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 19,019
18 September 1993 8 Sunderland 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sunderland
15:00 BST Small 15'
Thomas 88' 		Stadium: Roker Park
Attendance: 18,292
25 September 1993 9 Grimsby Town 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Cleethorpes
15:00 BST Childs 35'
Mendonca 80' 		Stadium: Blundell Park
Attendance: 6,310
2 October 1993 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Keen 60' Chapple 88' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 16,907
17 October 1993 11 Crystal Palace 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
14:55 BST Humphrey 44' Kelly 7' Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 13,056
23 October 1993 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Stoke City Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Kelly 24' Stein 33' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,421
30 October 1993 13 Southend United 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Southend-on-Sea
15:00 GMT Jones 73' Cook 80' (pen.) Stadium: Roots Hall
Attendance: 8,071
2 November 1993 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Notts County Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Birch 9'
Keen 67'
Bull 86' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 15,989
7 November 1993 15 Derby County 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Derby
14:55 GMT Bull 19', 60', 68'
Keen 90' 		Stadium: Baseball Ground
Attendance: 14,310
10 November 1993 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Nottingham Forest Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT Kelly 12' Collymore 50' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 21,621
13 November 1993 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Barnsley Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Kelly 60' Biggins 18' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 18,355
27 November 1993 18 Leicester City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Leicester
15:00 GMT Roberts 56', 62' Bull 29', 33' Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 18,395
5 December 1993 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Derby County Wolverhampton
14:55 GMT Bull 45'
Kelly 90' 		Gabbiadini 40', 62' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 16,900
11 December 1993 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Watford Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Bull 25'
Dennison 33' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 17,460
18 December 1993 21 Bristol City 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bristol
15:00 GMT Allison 29'
Brown 72' 		Kelly 89' Stadium: Ashton Gate
Attendance: 15,151
27 December 1993 22 Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Birkenhead
15:00 GMT Irons 1' Bull 61' Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 15,603
28 December 1993 23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Oxford United Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Cook 85' (pen.)
Keen 86' 		Elliott 80' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,908
1 January 1994 24 Peterborough United 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Peterborough
15:00 GMT Regis 89' Stadium: London Road
Attendance: 10,298
3 January 1994 25 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Dennison 21' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 24,053
15 January 1994 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Crystal Palace Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Thompson 42' (pen.)
Keen 78' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 23,851
23 January 1994 27 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham
14:55 GMT Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,008
5 February 1994 28 Stoke City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Stoke-on-Trent
15:00 GMT Overson 53' Blades 37' Stadium: Victoria Ground
Attendance: 22,579
12 February 1994 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Southend United Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Jones 56' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 22,774
22 February 1994 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Birmingham City Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT Regis 45'
Kelly 47'
Keen 90' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 24,931
26 February 1994 31 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Keen 18' Taylor 35'
Mardon 39' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,039
5 March 1994 32 Middlesbrough 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Middlesbrough
15:00 GMT Wilkinson 87' Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 12,092
15 March 1994 33 Portsmouth 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Portsmouth
19:45 GMT Chamberlain 35'
Creaney 61', 82' 		Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 7,840
19 March 1994 34 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Grimsby Town Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 20,224
26 March 1994 35 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:00 GMT Whittingham 10' Stadium: The Valley
Attendance: 8,416
29 March 1994 36 Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bolton
19:30 BST McGinlay 50' Whittingham 25', 76'
Thompson 56' 		Stadium: Burnden Park
Attendance: 12,405
2 April 1994 37 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Whittingham 20'
Mills 83' 		Aldridge 73' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 26,592
4 April 1994 38 Oxford United 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Oxford
15:00 BST Byrne 25'
Venus 36' (o.g.)
Moody 42'
Elliott 62' 		Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 10,423
9 April 1994 39 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Peterborough United Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Whittingham 26' McGlashan 16' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 23,676
12 April 1994 40 Luton Town 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Luton
19:45 BST Burke 23'
Whittingham 47' 		Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,545
16 April 1994 41 Notts County 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Nottingham
15:00 BST Thompson 54' (pen.)
Whittingham 89' 		Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 13,438
20 April 1994 42 Millwall 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
19:45 BST Mitchell 84' Stadium: The New Den
Attendance: 11,883
23 April 1994 43 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Luton Town Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Whittingham 42' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,479
30 April 1994 44 Barnsley 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Barnsley
15:00 BST O'Connell 55'
Payton 65' 		Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 11,329
3 May 1994 45 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Sunderland Wolverhampton
19:30 BST Bull 30' Goodman 36' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,079
8 May 1994 46 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Leicester City Wolverhampton
15:00 BST Kelly 75' Coatsworth 26' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 27,229

Final table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72
6 Derby County 46 20 11 15 73 68 0+5 71
7 Notts County 46 20 8 18 65 69 0–4 68
8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 17 17 12 60 47 +13 68
9 Middlesbrough 46 18 13 15 66 54 +12 67
10 Stoke City 46 18 13 15 57 59 0–2 67

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
46 17 17 12 60 47  +13 68 10 10 3 34 19  +15 7 7 9 26 28  −2

Source: Statto.com

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 43 44 45 46
Result W D W L L L D W L D D D D W W D D D D W L D W W W W D D L W L L L D W W W L D W W L W L D D
Position 2 7 3 4 8 8 7 6 8 8 16 17 18 12 12 12 11 12 13 12 12 12 12 12 10 7 8 8 9 9 9 10 13 15 13 10 8 10 11 8 9 9 8 8 8 8
Source: Statto.com
W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

FA Cup

See also: 1993–94 FA Cup
8 January 1994 R3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Crystal Palace Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Kelly 74' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 25,047
29 January 1994 R4 Port Vale 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burslem
15:00 GMT Blades 25'
Keen 89' 		Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 21,996
19 February 1994 R5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Ipswich Town Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT Kelly 81' Wark 28' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 28,234
2 March 1994 R5 rep. Ipswich Town 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ipswich
19:45 GMT Palmer 46' Mills 8'
Thompson 38' 		Stadium: Portman Road
Attendance: 19,385
13 March 1994 QF Chelsea 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers London
15:05 GMT Peacock 58' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 29,340

League Cup

See also: 1993–94 Football League Cup
22 September 1993 R2.1 Swindon Town 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Swindon
19:45 BST Summerbee 20'
Mutch 67' 		Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 8,649
5 October 1993 R2.2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1
(2–3 agg.) 		Swindon Town Wolverhampton
19:30 BST Mountfield 81'
Burke 88' 		Summerbee 59' Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 11,756

Anglo-Italian Cup

See also: 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup

Wolves played in Group 5 of the preliminary round alongside two other domestic First Division clubs. The winner of the group would advance to the main group stage to play both English and Italian opposition. However, Wolves finished in second place in this initial round and so were eliminated.

31 August 1993 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 Stoke City Wolverhampton
19:30 BST Kelly 42'
Bull 79'
Keen 90' 		Carruthers 23', 38'
Gleghorn 68' 		Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 9,092
14 September 1993 Birmingham City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Birmingham
19:45 BST Wratten 68', 76' Burke 65'
Mills 85' 		Stadium: St Andrew's
Attendance: 2,710

Players

Key:
  ‡ On loan from another club   * First appearance(s) for the club

  • # = Squad number
  • Pos = Playing position
  • P = Number of games played 10
  • G = Number of goals scored
  • GK = Goalkeeper
  • DF = Defender
  • MF = Midfielder
  • FW = Forward
  • A yellow card = Yellow cards
  • A red card = Red cards
  • † Permanent player left club during the season
  • ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos Name P G P G P G P G P G A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Discipline
GK David Felgate † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Paul Jones 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
GK Mike Stowell 46 0 5 0 2 0 2 0 55 0 0 0
DF Kevin Ashley 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0
DF Paul Blades 35 1 5 1 1 0 2 0 43 2 0 0
DF Paul Edwards † 10(1) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 10(1) 0 0 0
DF Lawrie Madden † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
DF Neil Masters 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0 0
DF Derek Mountfield 17(2) 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 19(2) 2 0 0
DF Peter Shirtliff (c) 39 0 5 0 2 0 1 0 47 0 0 0
DF Darren Simkin 7(1) 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 8(1) 0 0 0
DF Andy Thompson 36(1) 3 5 1 0 0 1 0 42(1) 4 0 0
DF Mark Venus 38(1) 1 5 0 2 0 2 0 47(1) 1 0 0
MF Tom Bennett 8(2) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8(2) 0 0 0
MF Paul Birch 25(7) 1 0 0 1 0 2 0 28(7) 1 0 0
MF Mark Burke ¤ 10(2) 1 0 0 2 1 2 1 14(2) 3 0 0
MF Paul Cook 34(2) 2 1(2) 0 1 0 0(1) 0 36(5) 2 0 0
MF Robbie Dennison 10(4) 2 2(1) 0 0 0 0 0 12(5) 2 0 0
MF Darren Ferguson 12(2) 0 4 0 0 0 0 0 16(2) 0 0 0
MF Kevin Keen 36(5) 7 5 1 2 0 2 1 45(5) 9 0 0
MF Jimmy Kelly ¤ 4 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 5 0 0 0
MF Chris Marsden 8 0 3 0 0 0 0 0 11 0 0 0
MF Mark Rankine 28(3) 0 5 0 1 0 2 0 36(3) 0 0 0
MF Geoff Thomas 8 4 0 0 0 0 2 0 10 4 0 0
MF Mark Turner 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Shaun Bradbury ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Steve Bull 27 14 2 0 0 0 0(1) 1 29(1) 15 0 0
FW David Kelly 35(1) 11 5 2 2 0 1 1 43(1) 14 0 0
FW Lee Mills 6(8) 1 1 1 1 0 1 1 9(8) 3 0 0
FW Andy Mutch † 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Cyrille Regis 8(11) 2 1(2) 0 0 0 1 0 10(13) 2 0 0
FW Darren Roberts ¤ 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
FW Mike Small ‡ 2(1) 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 3(1) 1 0 0
FW Guy Whittingham ‡ 13 8 1 0 0 0 0 0 14 8 0 0

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
18 June 1993 Geoff Thomas Crystal Palace £800,000
23 June 1993 David Kelly Newcastle United £750,000
7 July 1993 Kevin Keen West Ham United £600,000
3 August 1993 Cyrille Regis Aston Villa £600,000
12 August 1993 David Felgate Bolton Wanderers Free
18 August 1993 Peter Shirtliff Sheffield Wednesday £250,000
22 December 1993 Neil Masters Bournemouth £300,000
7 January 1994 Chris Marsden Huddersfield Town £250,000
12 January 1994 Darren Ferguson Manchester United £250,000

Out

Date Player To Fee
July 1993 Rob Hindmarch Telford United Free
July 1993 Colin Taylor Telford United Free
16 July 1993 Tim Steele Bradford City Free
22 July 1993 Keith Downing Birmingham City Free
16 August 1993 Andy Mutch Swindon Town £250,000
3 September 1993 Lawrie Madden Darlington Free
1 October 1993 David Felgate Chester City Free
19 January 1994 Paul Edwards West Bromwich Albion £55,000

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
15 September 1993 Mike Small West Ham United October 1993
11 March 1994 Guy Whittingham Aston Villa End of season

Loans out

Start date Player From End date
January 1994 Jimmy Kelly Wrexham End of season
4 March 1994 Mark Burke Luton Town March 1994
18 March 1994 Darren Roberts Hereford United End of season

Management and coaching staff

Position Name
Manager Graham Turner (until 16 March), then Peter Shirtliff as caretaker manager, then Graham Taylor (from 29 March onward)
First team coach Garry Pendrey (until 16 March)
Director of Youth School of Excellence Rob Kelly
Youth Team Coach Chris Evans
Club doctors Dr Tweddell and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio Paul Darby

Kit

The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar. The away kit, a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms, was retained from the previous season. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.