1992–93 Football League Cup
The Football League Cup 1992–93 was the 33rd Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. Arsenal won the competition, beating Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 in the final.
Country | England & Wales | ||
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Teams | 92 | ||
Champions | Arsenal | ||
Runners-up | Sheffield Wednesday | ||
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First round
56 of the First, Second and Third Division clubs compete from the First Round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 1991–92 season. Reading received a bye to the second round of the competition, as they had been drawn to play Maidstone United, who resigned from the Football League on 17 August due to financial problems.
First Leg
Second Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Barnet | 2–2 | Peterborough United | 25 August 1992 | 2–6 |
Barnsley | 1–1[1][2] | Grimsby Town | 25 August 1992 | 2–2 |
Birmingham City | 1–4 | Exeter City | 25 August 1992 | 1–4 |
Blackpool | 4–0 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 August 1992 | 4–3 |
Bournemouth | 0–1 | Walsall | 25 August 1992 | 1–2 |
Bradford City | 3–5 | Scarborough | 26 August 1992 | 3–8 |
Brentford | 2–0 | Fulham | 25 August 1992 | 4–0 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–0 | Colchester United | 26 August 1992 | 2–1 |
Bristol City | 5–1 | Cardiff City | 25 August 1992 | 5–2 |
Burnley | 1–1 | Carlisle United | 25 August 1992 | 2–5 |
Bury | 4–3 | Wrexham | 25 August 1992 | 5–4 |
Chester City | 1–2 | Stockport County | 25 August 1992 | 2–3 |
Hartlepool United | 3–2 | Halifax Town | 25 August 1992 | 5–3 |
Huddersfield Town | 0–1[1][3] | Sunderland | 26 August 1992 | 3–3 |
Lincoln City | 1–1 | Doncaster Rovers | 25 August 1992 | 4–1 |
Mansfield Town | 0–0 | Newcastle United | 25 August 1992 | 1–2 |
Millwall | 3–0 | Leyton Orient | 26 August 1992 | 5–2 |
Northampton Town | 0–2 | Gillingham | 9 September 1992 | 1–4 |
Plymouth Argyle | 2–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 25 August 1992 | 2–1 |
Port Vale | 1–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 August 1992 | 2–3 |
Rochdale | 1–2 | Crewe Alexandra | 25 August 1992 | 2–6 |
Rotherham United | 1–0 | Hull City | 25 August 1992 | 3–2 |
Scunthorpe United | 2–0 | Darlington | 25 August 1992 | 3–1 |
Stoke City | 4–0 | Preston North End | 26 August 1992 | 5–2 |
Swansea City | 1–0 | Oxford United | 25 August 1992 | 1–3 |
Torquay United | 5–0 | Hereford United | 25 August 1992 | 7–2 |
Wigan Athletic | 0–1[4] | Shrewsbury Town | 25 August 1992 | 2–2 |
York City | 0–0 | Chesterfield | 25 August 1992 | 0–2 |
Second round
First leg matches were played between 21 and 23 September, with most of the second leg matches being played between 6 and 7 October with one of them being played on 27 October.
First Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date |
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Arsenal | 1–1 | Millwall | 22 September 1992 |
Blackpool | 0–4 | Portsmouth | 23 September 1992 |
Bolton Wanderers | 1–3 | Wimbledon | 22 September 1992 |
Brighton & Hove Albion | 1–1 | Manchester United | 23 September 1992 |
Bristol City | 2–1 | Sheffield United | 22 September 1992 |
Bury | 0–0 | Charlton Athletic | 22 September 1992 |
Cambridge United | 2–2 | Stoke City | 22 September 1992 |
Carlisle United | 2–2 | Norwich City | 22 September 1992 |
Coventry City | 2–0 | Scarborough | 23 September 1992 |
Crystal Palace | 3–1 | Lincoln City | 22 September 1992 |
Exeter City | 0–1 | Oldham Athletic | 22 September 1992 |
Gillingham | 0–0 | Southampton | 23 September 1992 |
Huddersfield Town | 1–1 | Blackburn Rovers | 23 September 1992 |
Leeds United | 4–1 | Scunthorpe United | 22 September 1992 |
Leicester City | 2–0 | Peterborough United | 23 September 1992 |
Liverpool | 4–4 | Chesterfield | 22 September 1992 |
Luton Town | 2–2 | Plymouth Argyle | 23 September 1992 |
Manchester City | 0–0 | Bristol Rovers | 23 September 1992 |
Newcastle United | 0–0 | Middlesbrough | 23 September 1992 |
Notts County | 3–2 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 22 September 1992 |
Oxford United | 1–2 | Aston Villa | 23 September 1992 |
Queens Park Rangers | 2–1 | Grimsby Town | 23 September 1992 |
Rotherham United | 1–0 | Everton | 23 September 1992 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 3–0 | Hartlepool United | 23 September 1992 |
Southend United | 1–0 | Derby County | 23 September 1992 |
Stockport County | 2–3 | Nottingham Forest | 23 September 1992 |
Torquay United | 0–6 | Swindon Town | 23 September 1992 |
Tottenham Hotspur | 3–1 | Brentford | 21 September 1992 |
Walsall | 0–3 | Chelsea | 23 September 1992 |
Watford | 2–2 | Reading | 22 September 1992 |
West Ham United | 0–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 23 September 1992 |
Wigan Athletic | 2–2 | Ipswich Town | 22 September 1992 |
Second Leg
Home Team | Score | Away Team | Date | Agg |
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Aston Villa | 2–1 | Oxford United | 7 October 1992 | 4–2 |
Blackburn Rovers | 4–3[1] | Huddersfield Town | 6 October 1992 | 5–4 |
Brentford | 2–4 | Tottenham Hotspur | 7 October 1992 | 3–7 |
Bristol Rovers | 1–2[1] | Manchester City | 7 October 1992 | 1–2 |
Charlton Athletic | 0–1 | Bury | 7 October 1992 | 0–1 |
Chelsea | 1–0 | Walsall | 7 October 1992 | 4–0 |
Chesterfield | 1–4 | Liverpool | 6 October 1992 | 5–8 |
Crewe Alexandra | 2–0 | West Ham United | 7 October 1992 | 2–0 |
Derby County | 7–0 | Southend United | 7 October 1992 | 7–1 |
Everton | 3–0 | Rotherham United | 7 October 1992 | 3–1 |
Grimsby Town | 2–1[1][5] | Queens Park Rangers | 6 October 1992 | 3–3 |
Hartlepool United | 2–2 | Sheffield Wednesday | 6 October 1992 | 2–5 |
Ipswich Town | 4–0 | Wigan Athletic | 6 October 1992 | 6–2 |
Lincoln City | 1–1 | Crystal Palace | 6 October 1992 | 2–4 |
Manchester United | 1–0 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 7 October 1992 | 2–1 |
Middlesbrough | 1–3 | Newcastle United | 7 October 1992 | 1–3 |
Millwall | 1–1[1][6] | Arsenal | 7 October 1992 | 2–2 |
Norwich City | 2–0 | Carlisle United | 7 October 1992 | 4–2 |
Nottingham Forest | 2–1 | Stockport County | 7 October 1992 | 5–3 |
Oldham Athletic | 0–0 | Exeter City | 7 October 1992 | 1–0 |
Peterborough United | 2–1 | Leicester City | 6 October 1992 | 2–3 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3–2 | Luton Town | 6 October 1992 | 5–4 |
Portsmouth | 2–0 | Blackpool | 6 October 1992 | 6–0 |
Reading | 0–2 | Watford | 7 October 1992 | 2–4 |
Scarborough | 3–0 | Coventry City | 7 October 1992 | 3–2 |
Scunthorpe United | 2–2 | Leeds United | 27 October 1992 | 3–6 |
Sheffield United | 4–1 | Bristol City | 7 October 1992 | 5–3 |
Southampton | 3–0 | Gillingham | 7 October 1992 | 3–0 |
Stoke City | 1–2 | Cambridge United | 7 October 1992 | 3–4 |
Swindon Town | 3–2 | Torquay United | 6 October 1992 | 9–2 |
Wimbledon | 0–1 | Bolton Wanderers | 6 October 1992 | 3–2 |
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 0–1 | Notts County | 7 October 1992 | 2–4 |
Third round
Most matches in the third round were played on 27 and 28 October with one match being played between 10 November. Four replays were played between 10 November and 1 December.
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 1–0 | Manchester United | 28 October 1992 |
Blackburn Rovers | 2–0 | Norwich City | 28 October 1992 |
Bury | 0–2 | Queens Park Rangers | 27 October 1992 |
Chelsea | 2–1 | Newcastle United | 28 October 1992 |
Crewe Alexandra | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 28 October 1992 |
Derby County | 1–1 | Arsenal | 28 October 1992 |
Everton | 0–0 | Wimbledon | 28 October 1992 |
Manchester City | 0–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 28 October 1992 |
Notts County | 2–3 | Cambridge United | 27 October 1992 |
Plymouth Argyle | 3–3 | Scarborough | 27 October 1992 |
Portsmouth | 0–1 | Ipswich Town | 27 October 1992 |
Sheffield United | 0–0 | Liverpool | 28 October 1992 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 7–1 | Leicester City | 27 October 1992 |
Southampton | 0–2 | Crystal Palace | 28 October 1992 |
Swindon Town | 0–1 | Oldham Athletic | 27 October 1992 |
Watford | 2–1 | Leeds United | 10 November 1992 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 2–1 | Derby County | 1 December 1992 |
Wimbledon | 0–1 | Everton | 10 November 1992 |
Scarborough | 2–1 | Plymouth Argyle | 11 November 1992 |
Liverpool | 3–0 | Sheffield United | 11 November 1992 |
Fourth round
Most fourth round matches were played between 1 and 9 December with one match being played on 6 January. Three replays were played between 15 and 16 December.
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Aston Villa | 2–2 | Ipswich Town | 2 December 1992 |
Blackburn Rovers | 6–1 | Watford | 9 December 1992 |
Cambridge United | 1–0 | Oldham Athletic | 1 December 1992 |
Everton | 2–2 | Chelsea | 2 December 1992 |
Liverpool | 1–1 | Crystal Palace | 1 December 1992 |
Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 2 December 1992 |
Scarborough | 0–1 | Arsenal | 6 January 1993 |
Sheffield Wednesday | 4–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 2 December 1992 |
Replays
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Ipswich Town | 1–0 | Aston Villa | 15 December 1992 |
Chelsea | 1–0 | Everton | 16 December 1992 |
Crystal Palace | 2–1 | Liverpool | 16 December 1992 |
Quarter finals
The quarter final matches were played between 6 and 19 January with one replay being played on 3 February.
Ties
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Arsenal | 2–0 | Nottingham Forest | 12 January 1993 |
Blackburn Rovers | 3–2 | Cambridge United | 6 January 1993 |
Crystal Palace | 3–1 | Chelsea | 6 January 1993 |
Ipswich Town | 1–1 | Sheffield Wednesday | 19 January 1993 |
Replay
Home team | Score | Away team | Date |
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Sheffield Wednesday | 1–0 | Ipswich Town | 3 February 1993 |
Semi-finals
The semi-final draw was made after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home and one away. Arsenal comfortably overcame Crystal Palace, with Ian Wright scoring in both legs against his old club, while Sheffield Wednesday overcame Blackburn Rovers in the other leg by a similar margin.
First leg
10 February 1993 |
Blackburn Rovers | 2–4 | Sheffield Wednesday |
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Wegerle 10' Palmer 32' (og) |
Harkes 14' Sheridan 21' Warhurst 26', 30' |
Second leg
Arsenal won 5–1 on aggregate.
Sheffield Wednesday won 6–3 on aggregate.
Final
Match Details
Arsenal Red shirts w. white sleeves/White shorts/Red socks |
2–1 (final score after 90 minutes) |
Sheffield Wednesday Blue and white striped shirts/Black shorts/Blue socks |
Manager: George Graham
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Half-time: Competition: Date: Venue: Attendance: Referee: Match rules: |
Manager: Trevor Francis
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References
General
- "English League Cup 1992/1993". Soccerbase. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
- "English League Cup 1992–1993 : Results". Statto. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
Specific
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 After Extra Time
- ↑ Grimsby Town won 5–3 on penalties
- ↑ Huddersfield Town won on the Away Goals Rule
- ↑ Wigan Athletic won on the Away Goals Rule
- ↑ Queens Park Rangers won 6–5 on penalties
- ↑ Arsenal won 3–1 on penalties