1992–93 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford F.C.

1992-93 season
Manager	Phil Holder
First Division	22nd (relegated)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Semi-Final
Top goalscorer	League: Blissett (20) All: Blissett (26)
Highest home attendance	11,912 (v West Ham 20 December 1992)
Lowest home attendance	6,337 (v Peterborough United 27 February 1993)
Average home league attendance	8,476
Home colours Away colours
← 1991-92 1993-94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, Brentford F.C. competed in the Football League First Division (second tier of English football) for the first time since their relegation from in 1954.

Season summary

The 1992–93 season started promisingly for Brentford and by Boxing Day 1992, Brentford went 10th in Division One and were just three points short of the playoff zone. Holder was voted Manager of the Month for the division,^[1] and there was much speculation as to whether Brentford could mount a challenge for promotion to the Premiership. But a sharp decline set in and defeat in the final game of the season condemned "The Bees" to relegation to Division Two. Holder was sacked three days later.^[2]

Kit

The 1992-93 kit was to be made by Hummel International and the kit sponsor was Dutch airline KLM.

Supplier: Hummel International
Sponsor(s): KLM

Home

Away

Goalkeeper

Source:

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Newcastle United	46		16	6	1	58	15		13	3	7	34	23		92	38	+54		96
2	West Ham United	46		16	5	2	50	17		10	5	8	31	24		81	41	+40		88
3	Portsmouth	46		19	2	2	48	9		7	8	8	32	37		80	46	+34		88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46		15	4	4	48	24		8	6	9	24	32		72	56	+16		79
5	Swindon Town	46		15	5	3	41	23		6	8	9	33	36		74	59	+15		76
6	Leicester City	46		14	5	4	43	24		8	5	10	28	40		71	64	+7		76
7	Millwall	46		14	6	3	46	21		4	10	9	19	32		65	53	+12		70
8	Derby County	46		11	2	10	40	33		8	7	8	28	24		68	57	+11		66
9	Grimsby Town	46		12	6	5	33	25		7	1	15	25	32		58	57	+1		64
10	Peterborough United	46		7	11	5	30	26		9	3	11	25	37		55	63	– 8		62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	37	26		5	7	11	20	30		57	56	+1		61
12	Charlton Athletic	46		10	8	5	28	19		6	5	12	21	27		49	46	+3		61
13	Barnsley	46		12	4	7	29	19		5	5	13	27	41		56	60	– 4		60
14	Oxford United	46		8	7	8	29	21		6	7	10	24	35		53	56	– 3		56
15	Bristol City	46		10	7	6	29	25		4	7	12	20	42		49	67	– 18		56
16	Watford	46		8	7	8	27	30		6	6	11	30	41		57	71	– 14		55
17	Notts County	46		10	7	6	33	21		2	9	12	22	49		55	70	– 15		52
18	Southend United	46		9	8	6	33	22		4	5	14	21	42		54	64	– 10		52
19	Birmingham City	46		10	4	9	30	32		3	8	12	20	40		50	72	– 22		51
20	Luton Town	46		6	13	4	26	26		4	8	11	22	36		48	62	– 14		51
21	Sunderland	46		9	6	8	34	28		4	5	14	16	36		50	64	– 14		50
22	Brentford	46		7	6	10	28	30		6	4	13	24	41		52	71	– 19		49
23	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	29	32		3	10	10	19	37		48	69	– 21		49
24	Bristol Rovers	46		6	6	11	30	42		4	5	14	25	45		55	87	– 32		41

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

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

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Division One

League results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	10	23	66	80	−14	49	7	6	10	28	30	−2	6	4	13	38	50	−12

Source: 1992–93 Football League#First Division

Results and position by round

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Ground	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	A	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	W	L	L	D	D	L	D	D	L	W	W	W	L	L	W	W	W	D	W	D	L	L	L	L	W	D	L	L	L	L	L	L	L	W	D	W	D	L	D	L	L	W	L
Position	23	21	18	8	11	15	17	16	19	19	20	21	19	18	16	16	17	17	12	11	12	10	10	12	13	13	16	14	12	13	16	17	17	18	19	22	19	19	16	17	20	17	20	22	21	22

Source:
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Matches

August

1 15 August 1992	Brentford	0-2	Wolves	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 9,069

2 22 August 1992	Bristol Rovers	2-1	Brentford	Twerton Park
15:00			Blissett  50'	Attendance: 5,779

3 29 August 1992	Brentford	2-1	Southend United	Griffin Park
15:00	Bennett  7' Millen  64'			Attendance: 6,431

September

4 1 September 1992	Brentford	4-1	Portsmouth	Griffin Park
19:45	Bennett  37' Smillie  65' Gayle  82' Blissett  84'			Attendance: 8,471

5 4 September 1992	Cambridge United	1-0	Brentford	Abbey Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 5,075

6 13 September 1992	Brentford	1-2	Luton Town	Griffin Park
12:00	Blissett  51'			Referee: 7,310

7 19 September 1992	Leicester City	0-0	Brentford	Filbert Street
15:00				Attendance: 12,972

8 26 September 1992	Brentford	1-1	Millwall	Griffin Park
15:00	Ratcliffe  39'			Attendance: 8,823

October

9 4 October 1992	Brentford	1-2	Newcastle United	Griffin Park
	Blissett  78'			Attendance: 10,131

10 10 October 1992	Peterborough United	0-0	Brentford	London Road
15:00				Attendance: 5,818

11 17 October 1992	Brentford	1-1	Watford	Griffin Park
15:00	Putney  26' (o.g.)			Attendance: 8,490

12 24 October 1992	Barnsley	3-2	Brentford	Oakwell
15:00			Blissett  28', 40'	Attendance: 4,928

13 31 October 1992	Brentford	5-1	Bristol City	Griffin Park
15:00	Millen  17', 47' Chalmers  44' Blissett  55', 60'			Attendance: 8,726

November

14 3 November 1992	Swindon Town	0-2	Brentford	County Ground
19:45			Blissett  19' Luscombe  31'	Attendance: 7,832

15 7 November 1992	Brentford	2-0	Charlton Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00	Luscombe  25', 62'			Attendance: 9,354

16 14 November 1992	Tranmere Rovers	3-2	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00			Blissett  30' Gayle  36'	Attendance: 7,852

17 21 November 1992	Brentford	1-3	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Allon  79' (pen)			Attendance: 7,439

18 28 November 1992	Brentford	1-0	Oxford United	Griffin Park
15:00	Allon  1' (pen)			Attendance: 8,017

December

19 5 December 1992	Birmingham City	1-3	Brentford	St Andrew's
15:00			Blissett  2' Ratcliffe  20' Manuel  78'	Attendance: 8,582

20 12 December 1992	Sunderland	1-3	Brentford	Roker Park
15:00			Blissett  7', 84' Bennett  47'	Attendance: 16,972

21 20 December 1992	Brentford	0-0	West Ham	Griffin Park
11:30				Attendance: 11,912

22 26 December 1992	Brentford	2-1	Derby County	Griffin Park
12:20	Allon  40' Gouloose  42' (o.g.)			Attendance: 10,226

January

24 9 January 1993	Brentford	1-3	Leicester City	Griffin Park
15:00	Blissett  35'			Attendance: 8,698

25 17 January 1993	Millwall	6-1	Brentford	The Den
			Blissett  53'	Attendance: 7,571

26 23 January 1993	Portsmouth	1-0	Brentford	Fratton Park
15:00				Attendance: 10,267

27 30 January 1993	Brentford	0-3	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 7,527

February

28 6 February 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Brentford	Molineux
15:00			Allon  68' (pen), 70'	Attendance: 12,361

29 9 February 1993	Luton Town	0-0	Brentford	Kenilworth Road
19:45				Attendance: 7,248

30 14 February 1993	Brentford	0-1	Cambridge United	Griffin Park
11:30				Attendance: 7,318

31 21 February 1993	Southend United	3-0	Brentford	Roots Hall
				Attendance: 4,123

32 27 February 1993	Brentford	0-1	Peterborough United	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 6,337

March

33 6 March 1993	Newcastle United	5-1	Brentford	St James' Park
15:00			Scott  57' (o.g.)	Attendance: 30,006

34 9 March 1993	Brentford	0-1	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
19:45				Attendance: 7,526

35 13 March 1993	Charlton Athletic	1-0	Brentford	The Valley
15:00				Attendance: 7,194

36 20 March 1993	Brentford	0-2	Birmingham City	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 7,532

37 23 March 1993	Grimsby Town	0-1	Brentford	Blundell Park
19:45			Blissett  70'	Attendance: 4,384

38 27 March 1993	Brentford	0-0	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 10,197

April

39 3 April 1993	Oxford United	0-2	Brentford	Manor Ground
15:00			Blissett  26' Bennett  80'	Attendance: 5,466

40 6 April 1993	Brentford	1-1	Sunderland	Griffin Park
19:45	Gayle  42'			Attendance: 9,302

41 10 April 1993	Derby County	3-2	Brentford	Baseball Ground
15:00			Gayle  45' Millen  76'	Attendance: 12,366

42 12 April 1993	Brentford	2-2	Notts County	Griffin Park
	Dickens  16' Blissett  65'			Attendance: 8,047

43 17 April 1993	West Ham	4-0	Brentford	Upton Park
15:00				Attendance: 16,522

44 24 April 1993	Watford	1-0	Brentford	Vicarage Road
15:00				Attendance: 9,045

May

45 1 May 1993	Brentford	3-1	Barnsley	Griffin Park
15:00	Blissett  18' (39), pen' Allon  69'			Attendance: 7,958

46 8 May 1993	Bristol City	4-1	Brentford	Ashton Gate Stadium
15:00				Attendance: 12,659

External links

• Brentford FC – the club's website

References

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