1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

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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)
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

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.^[1] 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 71⁄2-year reign with the team in 13th place.^[2]

Former England manager Graham Taylor was appointed as Turner's replacement^[3] but the team were unable to improve enough to reach the promotion play-offs, ending in 8th place.

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.

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

Results by round

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.

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

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

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record^[4]

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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