1992–93 Newcastle United F.C. season

Newcastle United
1992-93 season
Chairman Scotland John Conwell till 27 June
England Stephen Conwell from 27 June
Manager England Kevin Keegan
Stadium St James' Park
Division One 1st
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Third round
Anglo-Italian Cup First round
Top goalscorer League:
David Kelly (24)
All:
David Kelly (28)
Highest home attendance 30,364
(vs. Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance 4,609
(vs. Cesena)
Average home league attendance 26,511
Home colours
Away colours
1991-92
1993-94

During the 1992-93 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division One.

Newcastle secured promotion to the top flight by winning the First Division Championship, often simply overwhelming opponents along the way (a 7-1 victory over Leicester City being particularly memorable). The Magpies joined the elite FA Premier League for the 1993-94 season.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the old Second Division (renamed the First Division) the previous season, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle swept away all others before them, nearly breaking the English record for consecutive wins along the way before a 1-0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town broke the sequence.

The Newcastle team was spearheaded by the prolific striker Andy Cole and David Kelly, who were ably supported by midfielders Paul Bracewell, Gavin Peacock, Rob Lee, and Brian 'Killer' Kilcline (a tough free transfer defender who Keegan later claimed was his best signing).

Ironically it was the return game at Grimsby that saw Newcastle clinch promotion and the league title with a 2-0 win on an emotional night for the club's supporters, who invaded the pitch at the final whistle to congratulate their 'King Kev' and the players for returning the club to the top flight after a four-year exile. Late in the season, Keegan had signed young striker Andy Cole from Bristol City, who repaid his transfer fee by scoring 12 goals in the final 11 games of the season. In anticipation of a campaign in the new Premier League, Keegan re-signed a 1980s Newcastle hero, his former Newcastle strike partner, Peter Beardsley from Everton in the close season.

Image gallery

Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)
Pos. Name League FA Cup League Cup Anglo-Italian Cup Total Discipline
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GKCzech Republic Pavel Srníček 32040005041010
GKNorthern Ireland Tommy Wright 14000501020000
DFEngland Matty Appleby 0000002 (1)02 (1)010
DFEngland Richie Appleby 000000202000
DFEngland John Beresford 42140402052160
DFEngland Steve Howey 41230504053240
DFEngland Brian Kilcline 7 (12)01 (2)0205015 (14)010
DFDenmark Bjørn Kristensen 0000003 (1)13 (1)100
DFWales Alan Neilson 2 (1)00010306 (1)000
DFEngland Ray Ranson 3000100 (1)04 (1)000
DFEngland Mark Robinson 2 (7)00000002 (7)000
DFEngland Kevin Scott 45240502056250
DFEngland Mark Stimson 1 (1)00000203 (1)000
DFEngland Barry Venison 44040403055040
DFEngland John Watson 0000000 (1)00 (1)000
DFEngland Steve Watson 1 (1)000002 (1)3 (2)0000
MFEngland Paul Bracewell 18 (6)22 (2)0002022 (8)210
MFEngland Kevin Brock 4 (3)100202 (1)18 (4)200
MFEngland Franz Carr 8 (2)1001 (2)03 (1)012 (5)100
MFEngland Lee Clark 469415050581000
MFEngland Peter Garland 0000000 (1)00 (1)000
MFEngland Robert Lee 3610423100431310
MFRepublic of Ireland Liam O'Brien 33640313043750
MFEngland Gavin Peacock 30 (3)1242422240 (3)1820
MFEngland David Roche 0000000 (1)00 (1)000
MFEngland Scott Sellars 13200000013210
MFRepublic of Ireland Kevin Sheedy 23 (1)32 (1)1404133 (2)511
MFEngland Alan Thompson 1 (1)00000304 (1)000
FWEngland Andy Cole 11 (1)1200000011 (1)1210
FWEngland Andy Hunt 000000202000
FWRepublic of Ireland David Kelly 4524414241572821
FWEngland Micky Quinn 4 (1)2002 (2)02 (1)38 (4)520

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Coaching staff

Position Staff
Manager England Kevin Keegan
Assistant Manager England Terry McDermott
First Team coach England Arthur Cox
Goalkeeping Coach England Andy Woodman
Development Coach England Nigel Pearson
Reserve Team Coach England John Carver
Chief scout Scotland Steve Clarke

Last updated: 3 May 2011
Source:

Transfers

In

Date Pos. Name From Fee
16 June 1992 MF England Paul Bracewell Sunderland £250,000
2 July 1992 DF England John Beresford Portsmouth £650,000
31 July 1992 DF England Barry Venison Liverpool £250,000
22 September 1992 MF England Robert Lee Charlton Athletic £700,000
9 March 1993 DF England Mark Robinson Barnsley £450,000
9 March 1993 MF England Scott Sellars Leeds United £700,000
12 March 1993 FW England Andy Cole Bristol City £1,750,000

Out

Date Pos. Name To Fee
20 July 1992 MF England Lee Makel Blackburn Rovers £160,000
19 December 1992 MF England Peter Garland Charlton Athletic £35,000
22 December 1992 FW England Micky Quinn Coventry City £250,000
26 March 1993 DF Denmark Bjørn Kristensen Portsmouth £120,000
8 April 1993 MF England Franz Carr Sheffield United £180,000

Loans out

Date Pos. Name To Expiry
November 1992 DF Denmark Bjørn Kristensen Bristol City March 1993
January 1993 MF England Franz Carr Sheffield United April 1993

Competitions

      Win       Draw       Loss

Pre-season

Match 1 2 3 4 5
Result 0-1 3-1 1-1 1-0 3-5

League

Round  1  2  3  4  5  6  7  8  9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23
Result 3-2 2-1 2-0 2-0 2-1 3-1 5-0 1-0 2-1 1-0 2-1 0-1 1-2 3-2 0-0 3-1 2-0 4-1 2-0 0-1 1-1 2-1 2-4
Position 3rd 4th 4th 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st
Round 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46
Result 2-1 3-0 1-1 0-0 1-1 0-2 0-0 0-0 3-0 5-1 2-2 1-2 4-0 0-1 2-2 3-0 6-0 0-1 2-1 1-0 2-0 2-1 7-1
Position 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st 1st

FA Cup

Match 1 2 3 4
Result 4-0 1-1 2-0 0-1

League Cup

Match 1 2 3 4 5
Result 2-1 0-0 0-0 3-1 1-2

Anglo-Italian Cup

Match 1 2 3 4 5 6
Result 2-2 4-0 1-1 0-1 0-3 2-2

Matches

Pre-season

Division 1

FA Cup

League Cup

Anglo-Italian Cup

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