Football League Second Division 1992/93

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Football League Second Division 1992/93
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Stoke City
Climbers Stoke City
Bolton Wanderers
West Bromwich Albion (as play-off winner)
Relegated Preston North End
Mansfield Town
Wigan Athletic
Chester City
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,479  (ø 2.68 per game)
Top scorer Bob Taylor
( West Bromwich Albion )
← Football League Third Division 1991/92
^ Football League First Division 1992/93

The Football League Second Division 1992/93 was the first season of the Football League Second Division as only the third highest English football league and 66th third division season overall. Third division champions were Stoke City and the second-placed Bolton Wanderers as well as, after play-off successes against Swansea City and Port Vale , West Bromwich Albion also rose to the Football League First Division .

In the following third division season 1993/94, the three second division clubs Brentford FC , Cambridge United and Bristol Rovers, ranked in the table below, took the places for the three promoted teams . Preston North End , Mansfield Town , Wigan Athletic and Chester City had to relegate from the Second Division . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Cardiff City , behind them AFC Wrexham and FC Barnet and the play-off winners York City took the vacant positions in the following season 1993/94 .

From this season onwards, the number of goals scored, then the lower number of goals conceded, applies in the event of a tie.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Stoke City  46  27  12  7th 073:340 +39 93
 2. Bolton Wanderers  46  27  9  10 080:410 +39 90
 3. Port Vale (A)  46  26th  11  9 079:440 +35 89
 4th West Bromwich Albion  46  25th  10  11 088:540 +34 85
 5. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  20th  13  13 065:470 +18 73
 6th Stockport County  46  19th  15th  12 081:570 +24 72
 7th Leyton Orient  46  21st  9  16 069:530 +16 72
 8th. Reading FC  46  18th  15th  13 066:510 +15 69
 9. Brighton & Hove Albion (A)  46  20th  9  17th 063:590  +4 69
10. Bradford City  46  18th  14th  14th 069:670  +2 68
11. Rotherham United (N)  46  17th  14th  15th 060:600  ± 0 65
12. Fulham FC  46  16  17th  13 057:550  +2 65
13. Burnley FC (N)  46  15th  16  15th 057:590  −2 61
14th Plymouth Argyle (A)  46  16  12  18th 059:640  −5 60
15th Huddersfield Town  46  17th  9  20th 054:610  −7 60
16. Hartlepool United  46  14th  12  20th 042:600 −18 54
17th Bournemouth AFC  46  12  17th  17th 045:520  −7 53
18th Blackpool FC (N)  46  12  15th  19th 063:750 −12 51
19th Exeter City  46  11  17th  18th 054:690 −15 50
20th Hull City  46  13  11  22nd 046:690 −23 50
21st Preston North End  46  13  8th  25th 065:940 −29 47
22nd Mansfield Town (N)  46  11  11  24 052:800 −28 44
23. Wigan Athletic  46  10  11  25th 025:720 −47 41
24. Chester City  46  8th  5  33 049: 102 −53 29

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1993/94
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1993/94
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League First Division in 1993/94
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 1993/94
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division 1993/94
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1991/92
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1991/92

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BLP BOL BOU BRA BRI BNL CHE EXE FUL HPL HUD HUL LEY MFT PLY PVA PNE REA RED STC STK SWA WBA TIG
    Blackpool FC 1: 1 2-0 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 3-0 1: 1 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
    Bournemouth AFC 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
    Bradford City 2-0 2: 1 0: 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: 1 2: 1 1-0 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 FC 2: 2 0: 1 1: 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: 2 2: 2 1-0 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 0: 1 1: 3 1: 1 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 FC 1-0 1: 4 1: 1 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 1-0 0: 2 0: 1 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 5: 2 1: 1 0: 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: 2 1: 2 3-0 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 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 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 2: 1 0-0 3-0 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 3: 3 2: 2 1: 1 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 FC 0-0 1: 2 3: 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 3: 2 2: 1 1: 2 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 2-0 0-0 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 0: 1 0-0 2-0 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 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 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 3: 1 3: 1 2: 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 2: 1 0: 2 0-0 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

    Play-off games for participation in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Port Vale 1 1 2    
    6th  Stockport County 1 0 1  
    3  Port Vale 0
      4th  West Bromwich Albion 3
    4th  West Bromwich Albion 1 2 3
    5  Swansea City 2 0 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Bob Taylor West Bromwich Albion 30th
    2 EnglandEngland Kevin Francis Stockport County 28
    3 EnglandEngland Mark Stein Stoke City 26th
    = ScotlandScotland Andy Walker Bolton Wanderers =
    5 EnglandEngland Tony Ellis Preston North End 22nd

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1993-94 . Queen Anne Press, London 1993, ISBN 0-7472-7895-4 , pp. 597 .