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1993–94 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was Manchester City's fifth consecutive season in the top tier of English football, and their second in the Premier League.

Season summary[edit]

Manchester City sacked manager Peter Reid just four games into the season, and quickly confirmed Brian HortonofOxford United as his replacement.

City were a competitive, attacking side during Reid's three seasons as manager, when they finished fifth in his first two seasons and ninth in the next campaign. But under Horton, they found it increasingly difficult to find the net - just 36 goals were scored in the league all season, and no player scored more than 6 goals. The mid-season sale of David White to Leeds United robbed them of one of their last quality performers, and his replacement David Rocastle (signed from Leeds in a separate deal) failed to live up to expectations.

Despite their lack of goals, City avoided the drop and finished 16th - their lowest finish since relegation in 1987. Horton sought to reverse this decline by bringing in Nicky Summerbee, Uwe Rösler and Paul Walsh, while David Rocastle moved to Chelsea after less than a year at Maine Road.

Kit[edit]

City introduced a home and third kit for the season, opting to retain the away kit following the traditional pattern of only replacing home and away kits in alternating seasons. The new home kit featured another pseudo-holographic pattern, this time of large Umbro diamonds from the chest to the left shoulder. The third kit simply adopted the away shirt's pinstripes but altered the colours to deep navy blue on white background. Umbro and Brother remained the kit manufacturers and sponsors respectively.

For this season, City also played in a Centenary shirt to celebrate the 100th anniversary of the club adopting the name Manchester City. The kit featured very thin pinstripe diagonal lines instead of the Umbro diamonds of the main shirt, and replaced the club badge with the coat of arms of the city of Manchester itself, ensconced in a laurel wreath and featuring a motto which simply read the club's name and the years of the centenary.

Final league table[edit]

Results summary[edit]

Source: [1]

Results[edit]

Manchester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend[edit]

FA Premier League[edit]

FA Cup[edit]

League Cup[edit]

Squad[edit]

[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 Tony Coton 2 DF  ENG Andy Hill 3 DF  IRL Terry Phelan 4 MF  ENG Steve McMahon 5 DF  ENG Keith Curle (captain) 6 DF  NED Michel Vonk 7 MF  ENG David Rocastle 8 FW  ENG Mike Sheron 9 FW  IRL Niall Quinn 10 MF  ENG Garry Flitcroft 11 FW  WAL Carl Griffiths 12 DF  ENG Ian Brightwell 13 GK  WAL Martyn Margetson 14 MF  ENG Paul Lake 15 DF  IRL Alan Kernaghan 16 FW  ENG Steve Finney

No. Pos. Nation Player 17 MF  ENG Mike Quigley 18 DF  ENG David Brightwell 19 MF  JAM Fitzroy Simpson 20 MF  NED Alfons Groenendijk 21 MF  NIR Steve Lomas 22 DF  ENG Richard Edghill 23 MF  SCO David Kerr 24 FW  ENG Adie Mike 25 GK  WAL Andy Dibble 26 MF  NOR Kåre Ingebrigtsen 27 DF  ENG Rae Ingram 28 FW  GER Uwe Rösler 29 DF  ENG John Foster 30 FW  ENG Paul Walsh 31 MF  GER Steffen Karl (on loan from Borussia Dortmund) 32 MF  ENG Peter Beagrie

Out on loan during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 26 MF  NOR Kåre Ingebrigtsen (toRosenborg until October 1993)

Left club during season[edit]

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player 7 FW  ENG David White (toLeeds United) 11 MF  ENG Rick Holden (toOldham Athletic)

No. Pos. Nation Player 16 MF  ENG Peter Reid (player-manager; to Southampton) 28 MF  ENG Carl Shutt (on loan from Birmingham City)

References[edit]