Football League Second Division 1993/94

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Football League Second Division 1993/94
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Reading FC
Climbers Reading
Port Vale
FC Burnley FC (as play-off winner)
Relegated Fulham FC
Exeter City
Hartlepool United
FC Barnet
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,508  (ø 2.73 per game)
Top scorer Jimmy Quinn
( West Bromwich Albion )
← Football League Second Division 1992/93
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The Football League Second Division 1993/94 was the second season of the Football League Second Division as the third highest English football league and 67th third division season overall. Third division champions were Reading FC and also rose to second-placed Port Vale and after play-off successes against Plymouth Argyle and Stockport County of Burnley FC in the Football League First Division .

For the three promoted teams in the following third division season 1994/95, the three second division clubs Birmingham City , Oxford United and Peterborough United ranked in the table below . Fulham FC , Exeter City , Hartlepool United and Barnet FC had to relegate from the Second Division . Instead of these four clubs, the fourth division champions Shrewsbury Town , followed by Chester City and Crewe Alexandra and the play-off winner Wycombe Wanderers took the vacant positions in the following season 1994/95 .

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Reading FC  46  26th  11  9 081:440 +37 89
 2. Port Vale  46  26th  10  10 079:460 +33 88
 3. Plymouth Argyle  46  25th  10  11 088:560 +32 85
 4th Stockport County  46  24  13  9 074:440 +30 85
 5. York City (N)  46  21st  12  13 064:400 +24 75
 6th Burnley FC  46  21st  10  15th 079:580 +21 73
 7th Bradford City  46  19th  13  14th 061:530  +8 70
 8th. Bristol Rovers (A)  46  20th  10  16 060:590  +1 70
 9. Hull City  46  18th  14th  14th 062:540  +8 68
10. Cambridge United (A)  46  19th  9  18th 079:730  +6 66
11. Huddersfield Town  46  17th  14th  15th 058:610  −3 65
12. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg AFC Wrexham (N)  46  17th  11  18th 066:770 −11 62
13. WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  16  12  18th 056:580  −2 60
14th Brighton & Hove Albion  46  15th  14th  17th 060:670  −7 59
15th Rotherham United  46  15th  13  18th 063:600  +3 58
16. Brentford FC (A)  46  13  19th  14th 057:550  +2 58
17th Bournemouth AFC  46  14th  15th  17th 051:590  −8 57
18th Leyton Orient  46  14th  14th  18th 057:710 −14 56
19th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Cardiff City (N)  46  13  15th  18th 066:790 −13 54
20th Blackpool FC  46  16  5  25th 063:750 −12 53
21st Fulham FC  46  14th  10  22nd 050:630 −13 52
22nd Exeter City  46  11  12  23 052:830 −31 45
23. Hartlepool United  46  9  9  28 041:870 −46 36
24. FC Barnet (N)  46  5  13  28 041:860 −45 28

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1994/95
  • Promoted to the Football League First Division 1994/95
  • Play-off winner and promoted to the Football League First Division in 1994/95
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League First Division 1994/95
  • Relegation to the Football League Third Division in 1994/95
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League First Division 1992/93
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1992/93

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BAR BLP BOU BRA BRE BRI BRR BNL CAM CAR EXE FUL HPL HUD HUL LEY PLY PVA REA RED STC SWA WRE YOR
    Barnet FC 0: 1 1: 2 1: 2 0-0 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 2: 3 0-0 2: 1 0: 2 3: 2 0: 1 1: 2 3: 1 0-0 2: 3 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 0: 1 1: 2 1: 3
    Blackpool FC 3: 1 2: 1 1: 3 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 2 2: 3 1-0 1-0 2: 3 2: 1 2: 1 6: 2 4: 1 2: 1 1: 3 0: 4 1: 2 2-0 1: 1 4: 1 0: 5
    Bournemouth AFC 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 2: 1 3-0 1-0 1: 2 3: 2 1: 1 1: 3 0-0 1: 2 0: 2 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 0: 1 1: 2 3: 1
    Bradford City 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 1-0 2-0 0: 1 0: 1 2-0 2-0 6-0 0-0 2: 1 3-0 1: 1 0-0 1: 5 2: 1 2: 4 2: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1-0 0-0
    Brentford FC 1-0 3-0 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 4 0-0 3: 3 1: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1
    Brighton & Hove Albion 1-0 3: 2 3: 3 0: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 1 4: 1 3: 5 0-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 3-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 3 0: 1 0: 2 1: 1 4: 1 1: 1 2-0
    Bristol Rovers 5: 2 1-0 0: 1 4: 3 1: 4 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 0: 1
    Burnley FC 5-0 3: 1 4-0 0: 1 4: 1 3-0 3: 1 3-0 2-0 3: 2 3: 1 2-0 1: 1 3: 1 4: 1 4: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    Cambridge United 1: 1 3: 2 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 3 0: 1 1: 1 3-0 3-0 1-0 4: 5 3: 4 3: 1 2-0 1-0 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0 2: 2 0: 2
    Cardiff City 0-0 0: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 7 2-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 3: 4 2-0 2: 3 1: 3 3-0 1-0 3: 1 1-0 5: 1 0-0
    Exeter City 0-0 1-0 0: 2 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 1-0 4: 1 0: 5 2: 2 6: 4 2: 1 2: 3 0: 1 1-0 2: 3 1: 1 4: 6 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 5-0 1: 2
    Fulham FC 3-0 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 0: 1 3: 2 0: 2 1: 3 0: 2 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 2: 3 1: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 3: 1 0-0 0: 1
    Hartlepool United 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 1 2: 2 2: 1 4: 1 0: 2 3-0 1: 2 0: 1 1: 4 0: 1 1: 1 1: 8 1: 4 1: 4 2-0 1-0 1-0 1: 2 0: 2
    Huddersfield Town 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1: 3 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 3 2: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3-0 3: 2
    Hull City 4: 4 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 0-0 3-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 5: 1 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 2 0-0 1: 2 4: 1 0: 1 0: 1 0-0 1: 1
    Leyton Orient 4: 2 2-0 0-0 2: 1 1: 1 1: 3 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 2 1: 1 2: 2 1: 2 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 2: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 2: 1 2: 2 2-0
    Plymouth Argyle 1-0 2: 1 2-0 3: 1 1: 1 1: 1 3: 3 3: 2 0: 3 1: 2 1-0 3: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 2-0 3: 1 4: 2 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1
    Port Vale 6-0 2-0 2: 1 0-0 1-0 4-0 2-0 1: 1 2: 2 2: 2 3-0 2: 2 1-0 2: 2 2: 1 2: 1 2: 1 0: 4 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 3-0 2: 1
    Reading FC 4: 1 1: 1 3-0 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 2-0 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 4-0 0-0 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 1: 2 0-0 2-0 2: 1 0: 1 2: 1
    Rotherham United 1: 1 0: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 3: 2 3-0 5: 2 3-0 1: 2 7-0 2: 3 1-0 2: 1 0: 3 0: 2 2: 2 1: 2 1: 1 2: 1 2: 1
    Stockport County 2: 1 1-0 0: 2 4: 1 3: 1 3-0 0: 2 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 4-0 2: 4 5-0 3-0 0-0 3-0 2: 3 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 4-0 1-0 1: 2
    Swansea City 2-0 4: 4 1: 1 2-0 1: 1 3-0 2-0 3: 1 4: 2 1-0 2-0 2: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 1: 2 3: 1 1: 2
    Wrexham AFC 4-0 2: 3 2: 1 0: 3 1: 2 1: 3 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 3: 1 1: 1 2-0 2-0 3: 1 3-0 4: 2 0: 3 2: 1 3: 2 3: 3 0: 1 3: 2 1: 1
    York city 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0 5-0 3-0 2-0 3-0 0: 2 0-0 3-0 0-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1

    Play-off games for participation in the First Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    3  Plymouth Argyle 0 1 1    
    6th  Burnley FC 0 3 3  
    6th  Burnley FC 2
      4th  Stockport County 1
    4th  Stockport County 0 1 1
    5  York city 0 0 0  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 Northern IrelandNorthern Ireland Jimmy Quinn Reading FC 35
    2 EnglandEngland Gary Bennett Wrexham AFC 32
    3 EnglandEngland Kevin Francis Stockport County 28
    4th EnglandEngland Paul Barnes York city 24

    Web links

    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
    2. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1994-95 . Queen Anne Press, London 1994, ISBN 0-7472-7857-1 , pp. 597 .