1993–94 Leicester City F.C. season

In the 1993–1994 season, it was third time lucky for Leicester as they beat East Midlands rivals Derby County 2–1 in the final to secure promotion to the Premiership after seven years outside the top division.^[1] Striker David Speedie was suspended in the final, having been sent off in the semi-final against Tranmere Rovers.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 Football League

Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1.	Crystal Palace	46	27	9	10	73	46	+27	90
2.	Nottingham Forest	46	23	14	9	74	49	+25	83
3.	Millwall	46	19	17	10	58	49	+9	74
4.	Leicester City	46	19	16	11	72	59	+13	73
5.	Tranmere Rovers	46	21	9	16	69	53	+16	72
6.	Derby County	46	20	11	15	73	68	+5	71
7.	Notts County	46	20	8	18	65	69	–4	68
8.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	17	17	12	60	47	+13	68
9.	Middlesbrough	46	18	13	15	66	54	+8	67
10.	Stoke City	46	18	13	15	57	59	–2	67
11.	Charlton Athletic	46	19	8	19	61	58	+3	65
12.	Sunderland	46	19	8	19	54	57	–3	65
13.	Bristol City	46	16	16	14	47	50	–3	64
14.	Bolton Wanderers	46	15	14	17	63	64	–1	59
15.	Southend United	46	17	8	21	63	67	–4	59
16.	Grimsby Town	46	13	20	13	52	47	+5	59
17.	Portsmouth	46	15	13	18	52	58	–6	58
18.	Barnsley	46	16	7	23	55	67	–12	55
19.	Watford	46	15	9	22	66	80	–14	54
20.	Luton Town	46	14	11	21	56	60	–4	53
21.	West Bromwich Albion	46	13	12	21	60	69	–9	51
22.	Birmingham City	46	13	12	21	52	69	–17	51
23.	Oxford United	46	13	10	23	54	75	–21	49
24.	Peterborough United	46	8	13	25	48	76	–28	37

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Peterborough United	H	2–1	13,671	Thompson, James
21 August 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–1	8,766
28 August 1993	Millwall	H	4–0	12,219	Agnew, Walsh (2), Joachim
12 September 1993	Birmingham City	H	1–1	10,366	Walsh
14 September 1993	Bristol City	A	3–1	7,899	Speedie (2), Walsh
18 September 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	2–1	12,049	Speedie (2)
25 September 1993	Barnsley	A	1–0	10,392	Oldfield
29 September 1993	Middlesbrough	A	0–2	11,871
2 October 1993	Notts County	H	3–2	16,319	Speedie (2), Thompson (pen)
16 October 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	8,316	Agnew
24 October 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	17,624	Speedie
30 October 1993	Luton Town	A	2–0	8,813	Thompson (pen), Speedie
2 November 1993	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	6,346
6 November 1993	Southend United	H	3–0	15,387	Joachim, Oldfield, Thompson (pen)
14 November 1993	Stoke City	A	0–1	15,984
20 November 1993	Oxford United	H	2–3	14,070	Thompson (pen), Whitlow
27 November 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–2	18,395	Roberts (2)
5 December 1993	Southend United	A	0–0	6,114
8 December 1993	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	16,706	Roberts
11 December 1993	Bristol City	H	3–0	13,394	Speedie (2), Joachim
19 December 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–1	8,595	Bradshaw (own goal)
27 December 1993	Watford	H	4–4	21,744	Thompson (pen), Oldfield (2), Ormondroyd
28 December 1993	Derby County	A	2–3	17,372	Joachim, Roberts
1 January 1994	Sunderland	H	2–1	19,615	Speedie, Joachim
12 January 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	4–2	15,640	Roberts (2), Whitlow, Mardon (own goal)
16 January 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	2–1	12,577	Grayson, Roberts
22 January 1994	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	17,045	Thompson
6 February 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	0–4	26,616
12 February 1994	Luton Town	H	2–1	16,149	Coatsworth, Roberts
19 February 1994	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–1	18,153	Roberts, Ormondroyd
23 February 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	14,028	McGreal (own goal)
6 March 1994	Millwall	A	0–0	8,085
12 March 1994	Middlesbrough	H	2–0	16,116	Joachim, Speedie
15 March 1994	Birmingham City	A	3–0	14,681	Joachim, Ormondroyd, Roberts
19 March 1994	Barnsley	H	0–1	15,640
26 March 1994	Notts County	A	1–4	11,907	Ormondroyd
30 March 1994	Portsmouth	H	0–3	15,146
2 April 1994	Watford	A	1–1	8,645	Agnew
5 April 1994	Derby County	H	3–3	20,050	Roberts (3)
9 April 1994	Sunderland	A	3–2	17,198	Joachim (2), Kerr (pen)
16 April 1994	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	15,859	Joachim
23 April 1994	Oxford United	A	2–2	8,818	Blake, Joachim
26 April 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–0	7,869	Kerr
30 April 1994	Stoke City	H	1–1	19,219	Willis
3 May 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	18,145	Gee
8 May 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	27,229	Coatsworth

First Division play-offs


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
SF 1st Leg	15 May 1994	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0	14,962
SF 2nd Leg	18 May 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–1 (won 2–1 on agg)	22,593	Ormondroyd, Speedie
F	30 May 1994	Derby County	N	2–1	73,671	Walsh (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1993-94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Manchester City	A	1–4	22,613	Oldfield

League Cup

Main article: 1993-94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	21 September 1993	Rochdale	A	6–1	4,491	Whitlow, Walsh, Thompson, Oldfield, Speedie, Ormondroyd
R2 2nd Leg	6 October 1993	Rochdale	H	2–1	7,612	Ormondroyd, Joachim
R3	27 October 1993	Manchester United	A	1–5	41,344	Hill

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1993-94 Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 4	31 August 1993	Peterborough United	A	3–4	3,830	Oldfield (pen), Gee (2)
PR Group 4	8 September 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	0–0	3,588

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Gavin Ward
-	DF	Colin Hill
-	DF	Mike Whitlow
-	DF	Brian Carey
-	DF	Steve Walsh
-	DF	Tony James
-	MF	Gary Mills
-	MF	Steve Thompson
-	FW	David Speedie
-	MF	Steve Agnew
-	MF	Lee Philpott
-	FW	Julian Joachim
-	DF	Richard Smith
-	GK	Kevin Poole

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Colin Gibson
-	FW	Ian Ormondroyd
-	DF	Simon Grayson
-	DF	Neil Lewis
-	DF	Jimmy Willis
-	MF	David Lowe
-	FW	Phil Gee
-	MF	David Oldfield
-	DF	Gary Coatsworth
-	FW	Iwan Roberts
-	DF	Scott Eustace
-	MF	Mark Blake
-	MF	Paul Kerr (on loan from Port Vale)

Left club during the season

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

No.		Position	Player
-		FW	Bobby Davison (to Sheffield United)

No.		Position	Player
-		GK	Carl Muggleton (to Celtic)

References

↑ Shaw, Phil (31 May 1994). "The Independent - Football / Play-Offs: Leicester ride their luck into Premiership: Walsh proves a Wembley winner as Derby squander their chances in First Division play-offs final". London. Archived from the original on 9 September 2009. Retrieved 2009-09-07.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1993-1994/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leicester-city/tab/players/season/1994

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