1993–94 Crystal Palace F.C. season

Smith immediately guided Palace back to the Premier League as runaway champions of the second tier,^[1] Chris Armstrong top-scoring with 23 league goals.^[2] During this period the badge was changed with the bird being replaced by one which Ron Noades felt more closely resembled an eagle.^[3]

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 Football League

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

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

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	14,785
21 August 1993	Bristol City	A	0–2	12,068
24 August 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	2–0	15,048	Young, Gordon
28 August 1993	Portsmouth	H	5–1	14,428	Armstrong (3), Gordon, Southgate
31 August 1993	Birmingham City	A	4–2	13,856	Williams, Shaw, Armstrong (2)
12 September 1993	Sunderland	H	1–0	11,318	Armstrong
18 September 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	4–1	17,873	Coleman, Whyte, Armstrong, Southgate
26 September 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	7,947
2 October 1993	Stoke City	H	4–1	12,880	Salako (3), Southgate
17 October 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–1	13,056	Humphrey
23 October 1993	Derby County	A	1–3	16,586	Armstrong
30 October 1993	Grimsby Town	H	1–0	12,202	Southgate
2 November 1993	Luton Town	H	3–2	10,925	Shaw, Young, Whyte
6 November 1993	Notts County	A	2–3	6,904	Armstrong (2)
20 November 1993	Barnsley	A	3–1	5,384	Armstrong, Williams (2)
24 November 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	0–1	7,845
28 November 1993	Watford	A	3–1	7,485	Williams, Salako, Southgate
5 December 1993	Notts County	H	1–2	12,642	Osborn
8 December 1993	Leicester City	A	1–1	16,706	Williams
11 December 1993	Birmingham City	H	2–1	11,925	Southgate, Salako
19 December 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	7,011	Williams
27 December 1993	Oxford United	A	3–1	10,356	Armstrong (2), Salako
29 December 1993	Southend United	H	1–0	18,255	Rodger
1 January 1994	Millwall	A	0–3	16,779
15 January 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	23,851
22 January 1994	Leicester City	H	2–1	17,045	Coleman, Armstrong
1 February 1994	Peterborough United	H	3–2	12,426	Rodger, Salako, Armstrong
5 February 1994	Derby County	H	1–1	15,615	Gordon
12 February 1994	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	6,302	Southgate
19 February 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	24,232	Matthew
22 February 1994	Bristol City	H	4–1	11,508	Salako, Gordon (pen), Armstrong (2)
26 February 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	17,245	Southgate
5 March 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–0	13,508	Young
12 March 1994	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–0	16,576	Stewart
16 March 1994	Sunderland	A	0–1	15,892
20 March 1994	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	14,408	Armstrong, Stewart
23 March 1994	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	12,811
26 March 1994	Stoke City	A	2–0	18,071	Gordon (pen), Williams
29 March 1994	Peterborough United	A	1–1	8,412	Rodger
2 April 1994	Oxford United	H	2–1	15,510	Armstrong, Stewart
6 April 1994	Southend United	A	2–1	9,776	Young, Armstrong
9 April 1994	Millwall	H	1–0	23,142	Armstrong
16 April 1994	Luton Town	A	1–0	9,880	Coleman
23 April 1994	Barnsley	H	1–0	20,522	Young
1 May 1994	Middlesbrough	A	3–2	8,638	Southgate, Armstrong, Whyte
8 May 1994	Watford	H	0–2	28,694

FA Cup

Main article: 1993-94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–1	25,047

League Cup

Main article: 1993-94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	21 September 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	9,615	Gordon, Southgate, Whyte
R2 Second Leg	5 October 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–0 (won 4-1 on agg)	5,224	Armstrong
R3	26 October 1993	Everton	A	2–2	11,547	Southgate, Thorn
R3R	10 November 1993	Everton	H	1–4	14,662	Southgate

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1993-94 Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 8	7 September 1993	Charlton Athletic	A	1–4	3,868
PR Group 8	14 September 1993	Millwall	H	3–0	2,712	Williams, Armstrong (pen), Whyte

Squad

^[5] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Nigel Martyn
-	DF	John Humphrey
-	DF	Gareth Southgate
-	DF	Richard Shaw
-	DF	Dean Gordon
-	MF	John Salako
-	MF	Simon Rodger
-	MF	Simon Osborn
-	MF	Bobby Bowry
-	FW	Chris Armstrong
-	FW	Paul Williams
-	DF	Chris Coleman
-	FW	George Ndah
-	DF	Eric Young
-	GK	Andy Woodman
-	DF	Andy Thorn

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Ricky Newman
-	FW	Niall Thompson
-	MF	Paul Mortimer
-	DF	Jamie Vincent
-	DF	Darren Patterson
-	MF	Paul Stewart (on loan from Liverpool)
-	FW	Bruce Dyer
-	MF	Damian Matthew
-	FW	David Whyte
-	MF	Tony Scully
-	GK	Jimmy Glass
-	DF	Ian Cox
-	MF	Martin O'Connor
-	MF	Stuart Massey
-	DF	Paul Sparrow

References

↑ Alexander, Jeremy. "Soccer: FIRST DIVISION: Palace Promoted a Day Late Luton Town 0, Crystal Palace 1." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 18 Apr 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
↑ Bateman, Cynthia, and Thomas Russell. "Soccer: Walker Ready with Pounds 6m for Armstrong." The Guardian (pre-1997 Fulltext): 0. 16 Aug 1994. ProQuest. Web. 30 May 2013.
↑ "Crystal Palace badge history". holmesdale.net. 4 May 2013. Archived from the original on 3 June 2013. Retrieved 30 May 2013.
↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1993-1994/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/1994

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