Football League First Division 1993/94

Football League First Division 1993/94
master	Crystal Palace
Climbers	Crystal Palace, Nottingham Forest , Leicester City (as play-off winner)
Relegated	Birmingham City , Oxford United , Peterborough United
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1,450  (ø 2.63 per game)
Top scorer	John McGinlay ( Bolton Wanderers )
← Football League First Division 1992/93 Football League First Division 1994/95 →
^ Premier League 1993/94 Football League Second Division 1993/94 ↓

The Football League First Division 1993/94 was the second season of the Football League First Division as only the second highest English football league and 91st second division season overall. It began on August 14, 1993 and ended on May 8, 1994.

Second division champion was Crystal Palace and also the second-placed Nottingham Forest rose directly to the Premier League . In addition, Leicester City prevailed in the play-off games against the Tranmere Rovers and in the final against Derby County and thus became the third promoted team. From the Premier League in the following second division season 1994/95 the three in the table below Sheffield United , Oldham Athletic and Swindon Town took the free places. Birmingham City , Oxford United and Peterborough United had to relegate from the First Division to the third-tier Football League Second Division . Instead of the three clubs, the second division winner Reading FC and the Port Vale and play-off winners FC Burnley, who ranked behind them, took the vacant positions in the following season 1994/95 .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Crystal Palace (A)	46	27	9	10	073:460	+27	90
2.	Nottingham Forest (A)	46	23	14th	9	074:490	+25	83
3.	Millwall FC	46	19th	17th	10	058:490	+9	74
4th	Leicester City	46	19th	16	11	072:590	+13	73
5.	Tranmere Rovers	46	21st	9	16	069:530	+16	72
6th	Derby County	46	20th	11	15th	073:680	+5	71
7th	Notts County	46	20th	8th	18th	065:690	−4	68
8th.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	17th	17th	12	060:470	+13	68
9.	Middlesbrough FC (A)	46	18th	13	15th	066:540	+12	67
10.	Stoke City (N)	46	18th	13	15th	057:590	−2	67
11.	Charlton Athletic	46	19th	8th	19th	061:580	+3	65
12.	Sunderland AFC	46	19th	8th	19th	054:570	−3	65
13.	Bristol City	46	16	16	14th	047:500	−3	64
14th	Bolton Wanderers (N)	46	15th	14th	17th	063:640	−1	59
15th	Southend United	46	17th	8th	21st	063:670	−4	59
16.	Grimsby Town	46	13	20th	13	052:470	+5	59
17th	Portsmouth FC	46	15th	13	18th	052:580	−6	58
18th	Barnsley FC	46	16	7th	23	055:670	−12	55
19th	Watford FC	46	15th	9	22nd	066:800	−14	54
20th	Luton Town	46	14th	11	21st	056:600	−4	53
21st	West Bromwich Albion (N)	46	13	12	21st	060:690	−9	51
22nd	Birmingham City	46	13	12	21st	052:690	−17	51
23.	Oxford United	46	13	10	23	054:750	−21	49
24.	Peterborough United	46	8th	13	25th	048:760	−28	37

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goals scored - 3rd goals conceded

Second division champion and promoted to the Premier League in 1994/95

Promoted to the Premier League in 1994/95

Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Premier League in 1994/95

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Premier League

Relegation to the Football League Second Division 1994/95

(A)	Relegated from the Premier League in 1992/93
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Second Division 1992/93

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1993/94	BAR	BIR	BOL	BRC	CHA	CRY	OF THE	GRI	LEI	LUT	MID	Mil	NOF	NOC	OXF	PET	POR	SEU	STO	SUN	TRA	WAT	WBA	WOL
Barnsley FC		2: 3	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 3	0: 1	1: 2	0: 1	1-0	1: 4	0: 1	1-0	0: 3	1-0	1-0	2-0	1: 3	3-0	4-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	2-0
Birmingham City	0: 2		2: 1	2: 2	1-0	2: 4	3-0	1: 1	0: 3	1: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 3	2: 3	1: 1	0-0	0: 1	3: 1	3: 1	0-0	0: 3	1-0	2-0	2: 2
Bolton Wanderers	2: 3	1: 1		2: 2	3: 2	1-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 3	2: 1	4: 1	4-0	4: 3	4: 2	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1: 1	0-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1: 3
Bristol City	0: 2	3-0	2-0		0-0	2-0	0-0	1-0	1: 3	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 4	0: 2	0: 1	4: 1	1-0	2: 1	0-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	2: 1
Charlton Athletic	2: 1	1-0	3-0	3: 1		0-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	1-0	2: 5	0-0	0: 1	5: 1	1-0	5: 1	0: 1	4: 3	2-0	0-0	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 1
Crystal Palace	1-0	2: 1	1: 1	4: 1	2-0		1: 1	1-0	2: 1	3: 2	0: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 2	2: 1	3: 2	5: 1	1-0	4: 1	1-0	0-0	0: 2	1-0	1: 1
Derby County	2-0	1: 1	2-0	1-0	2-0	3: 1		2: 1	3: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0-0	0: 2	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 3	4: 2	5-0	4-0	1: 2	5: 3	0: 4
Grimsby Town	2: 2	1-0	0-0	1-0	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1		0-0	2-0	1: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 2	1-0	3: 2	1: 1	4-0	0-0	0: 1	0-0	2: 2	2: 2	2-0
Leicester City	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	3: 3	1: 1		2: 1	2-0	4-0	1-0	3: 2	2: 3	2: 1	0: 3	3-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 4	4: 2	2: 2
Luton Town	5-0	1: 1	0: 2	0: 2	1-0	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0: 2		1: 1	1: 1	1: 2	1-0	3-0	2-0	4: 1	1: 1	6: 2	2: 1	0: 1	2: 1	3: 2	0: 2
Middlesbrough FC	5-0	2: 2	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	2: 3	3-0	1-0	2-0	0-0		4: 2	2: 2	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	1: 2	4: 1	0-0	1: 1	3-0	1-0
Millwall FC	2-0	2: 1	1-0	0-0	2: 1	3-0	0-0	1-0	0-0	2: 2	1: 1		2: 2	2-0	2: 2	1-0	0-0	1: 4	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	4: 1	2: 1	1-0
Nottingham Forest	2: 1	1-0	3: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	5: 3	4-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 3		1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 1	2-0	2: 3	2: 2	2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	0-0
Notts County	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 3	3: 2	4: 1	2: 1	4: 1	1: 2	2: 3	1: 3	2: 1		2: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	1-0	1-0	0: 2
Oxford United	1: 1	2-0	0: 2	4: 2	0: 4	1: 3	2-0	2: 2	2: 2	0: 1	1: 1	0: 2	1-0	2: 1		1: 2	3: 2	2: 1	1-0	0: 3	1-0	2: 3	1: 1	4-0
Peterborough United	4: 1	1-0	2: 3	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1-0	0-0	2: 3	1: 1	3: 1		2: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	3: 4	2-0	0: 1
Portsmouth FC	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	3: 2	3: 1	0: 1	1-0	2-0	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 1	0: 2		2: 1	3: 3	0: 1	2-0	2-0	0: 1	3-0
Southend United	0: 3	3: 1	0: 2	0: 1	4: 2	1: 2	4: 3	1: 2	0-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	6: 1	3-0	2: 1		0-0	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	0: 3	1: 1
Stoke City	5: 4	2: 1	2-0	3-0	1-0	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 2	3: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0	0: 1		1-0	1: 2	2-0	1-0	1: 1
Sunderland AFC	1-0	1-0	2-0	0-0	4-0	1-0	1-0	2: 2	2: 3	2-0	2: 1	2: 1	2: 3	2-0	2: 3	2-0	1: 2	0: 2	0: 1		3: 2	2-0	1-0	0: 2
Tranmere Rovers	0: 3	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2	2-0	0: 1	4-0	1: 2	1-0	4: 1	4-0	3: 2	1: 2	3: 1	2-0	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	4: 1		2: 1	3-0	1: 1
Watford FC	0: 2	5: 2	4: 3	1: 1	2: 2	1: 3	3: 4	0: 3	1: 1	2: 2	2-0	2-0	1: 2	3: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	3-0	1: 3	1: 1	1: 2		0: 1	1-0
West Bromwich Albion	1: 1	2: 4	2: 2	0: 1	2-0	1: 4	1: 2	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	0: 2	3-0	3: 1	3-0	4: 1	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 3	4: 1		3: 2
Wolverhampton Wanderers	1: 1	3-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1-0	2: 3	2-0	1: 1	3-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 2

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							Final at Wembley Stadium
	3	Millwall FC	0	1	1
	6th	Derby County	2	3	5
								6th	Derby County	1
								4th	Leicester City	2
	4th	Leicester City	0	2	2
	5	Tranmere Rovers	0	1	1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	John McGinlay	Bolton Wanderers	25th

Web links

• England 1993-94 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1993/94 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 13, 2018 .