1993–94 Sheffield Wednesday F.C. season

Sheffield Wednesday finished seventh in the league for the second season running, but they could have finished even higher had key striker David Hirst not missed so much of the season due to injury. Young striker Gordon Watson proved himself to be a highly competent deputy, scoring 12 league goals in his first season as a regular player.

Veterans Chris Waddle, Chris Woods and Mark Bright were also impressive, showing little sign of their advancing years, despite all three players now being in their 30s.

Wednesday's best success in 1993-94 came in the League Cup. They reached the semi-finals but were defeated by Manchester United in the semi-final, which included Ryan Giggs scoring a classic goal for United in the first leg. This ended any hope of the Owls winning a major trophy or qualifying for Europe. Trevor Francis responded to this disappointment by signing Klas Ingesson and Guy Whittingham to give the strikeforce some much-needed support. These reinforcements also gave Owls fans some much-needed hope of silverware, a year after they'd been on the losing side in both domestic cup finals.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Manchester United (C)	42	27	11	4	80	38	+42	92	UEFA Champions League 1994–95 Group stage
2	Blackburn Rovers	42	25	9	8	63	36	+27	84	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
3	Newcastle United	42	23	8	11	82	41	+41	77	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round
4	Arsenal	42	18	17	7	53	28	+25	71	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round¹
5	Leeds United	42	18	16	8	65	39	+26	70
6	Wimbledon	42	18	11	13	56	53	+3	65
7	Sheffield Wednesday	42	16	16	10	76	54	+22	64
8	Liverpool	42	17	9	16	59	55	+4	60
9	Queens Park Rangers	42	16	12	14	62	61	+1	60
10	Aston Villa	42	15	12	15	46	50	−4	57	UEFA Cup 1994–95 First round²
11	Coventry City	42	14	14	14	43	45	−2	56
12	Norwich City	42	12	17	13	65	61	+4	53
13	West Ham United	42	13	13	16	47	58	−11	52
14	Chelsea	42	13	12	17	49	53	−4	51	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1994–95 First round³
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43
20	Sheffield United (R)	42	8	18	16	42	60	−18	42	Relegated to Football League First Division 1994–95
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40
22	Swindon Town (R)	42	5	15	22	47	100	−53	30

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

¹ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as defending champions

² Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners

³ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up

P = Games Played; W = Games Won; D = Games Drawn; L = Games Lost; F = Goals For; A = Goals Against; Pts = Points

Results

Sheffield Wednesday's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Liverpool	A	0–2	44,004
18 August 1993	Aston Villa	H	0–0	28,450
21 August 1993	Arsenal	H	0–1	26,023
25 August 1993	West Ham United	A	0–2	19,441
28 August 1993	Chelsea	A	1–1	16,652	Bright
1 September 1993	Norwich City	H	3–3	25,175	Bart-Williams, Bright, Sinton
13 September 1993	Newcastle United	A	2–4	33,890	Sinton (2)
18 September 1993	Southampton	H	2–0	22,503	Sheridan (pen), Hirst
25 September 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–1	13,917	Hyde
2 October 1993	Manchester United	H	2–3	34,548	Bright, Bart-Williams
16 October 1993	Wimbledon	H	2–2	21,752	Waddle, Jones
23 October 1993	Sheffield United	A	1–1	30,044	Palmer
30 October 1993	Leeds United	H	3–3	31,892	Jones, Waddle, Bright
6 November 1993	Ipswich Town	A	4–1	15,070	Jemson (2), Palmer, Bright
20 November 1993	Coventry City	H	0–0	23,379
24 November 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	3–0	18,509	Watson (2), Jemson
27 November 1993	Manchester City	A	2–1	23,416	Jones, Jemson
4 December 1993	Liverpool	H	3–1	32,177	Bright, Ruddock (own goal), Wright (own goal)
8 December 1993	Aston Villa	A	2–2	20,304	Bart-Williams, Teale (own goal)
12 December 1993	Arsenal	A	0–1	22,026
18 December 1993	West Ham United	H	5–0	26,350	Waddle, Bright, Jemson, Marsh (own goal), Palmer
27 December 1993	Everton	A	2–0	16,777	Bright, Palmer
29 December 1993	Swindon Town	H	3–3	30,570	Watson (2), Bright
1 January 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	16,858	Watson, Bright
3 January 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	32,514	Bright
15 January 1994	Wimbledon	A	1–2	5,536	Pearce
22 January 1994	Sheffield United	H	3–1	34,959	Pearce, Bright, Watson
5 February 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–1	23,076	Coleman, Bright (2)
26 February 1994	Norwich City	A	1–1	18,311	Watson
5 March 1994	Newcastle United	H	0–1	33,153
12 March 1994	Southampton	A	1–1	16,391	Bart-Williams
16 March 1994	Manchester United	A	0–5	43,669
20 March 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–2	24,655	Watson
30 March 1994	Chelsea	H	3–1	20,433	Bart-Williams, Palmer, Sheridan (pen)
2 April 1994	Everton	H	5–1	24,096	Bart-Williams, Jones, Worthington, Bright (2)
4 April 1994	Swindon Town	A	1–0	13,927	Watson
9 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–1	22,437	Bright (2), Sheridan (pen)
16 April 1994	Coventry City	A	1–1	13,013	Jones
23 April 1994	Ipswich Town	H	5–0	23,457	Pearce, Watson, Bart-Williams, Linighan (own goal), Bright
30 April 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	0–0	12,973
3 May 1994	Leeds United	A	2–2	33,575	Watson, Bart-Williams
7 May 1994	Manchester City	H	1–1	33,589	Watson

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	32,488	Bright
R3R	19 January 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	2–0	25,268	Bart-Williams, Pearce
R4	29 January 1994	Chelsea	A	1–1	26,094	Hyde
R4R	9 February 1994	Chelsea	H	1–3 (a.e.t.)	26,144	Bright

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	11,590	Bart-Williams
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–0 (won 2-1 on agg)	16,194	Bright
R3	27 October 1993	Middlesbrough	A	1–1	14,765	Palmer
R3R	10 November 1993	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	19,482	Palmer, Watson
R4	1 December 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	13,253	Jemson, Jones
R5	11 January 1994	Wimbledon	A	2–1	8,784	Bright, Watson
SF 1st leg	13 February 1994	Manchester United	A	0–1	43,294
SF 2nd leg	2 March 1994	Manchester United	H	1–4 (lost 1-5 on agg)	34,878	Hirst

Squad

Squad at end of season^[2]^[3]

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

No.	Position	Player
1	GK	Chris Woods
2	DF	Roland Nilsson
3	DF	Nigel Worthington
5	MF	Carlton Palmer
6	DF	Nigel Pearson
7	MF	Adem Poric
8	MF	Chris Waddle
9	FW	David Hirst
10	FW	Mark Bright
11	MF	John Sheridan
12	DF	Andy Pearce
13	GK	Kevin Pressman
14	MF	Chris Bart-Williams
15	MF	Andy Sinton

No.	Position	Player
16	MF	Graham Hyde
17	DF	Des Walker
18	DF	Phil King
19	FW	Nigel Jemson
20	FW	Gordon Watson
21	MF	Ryan Jones
22	DF	Simon Stewart
23	GK	Lance Key
24	DF	Julian Watts
25	MF	Mike Williams
26	FW	Trevor Francis
27	MF	Steven Brown
28	DF	Simon Coleman
29	DF	Lee Briscoe

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
7		DF	Paul Warhurst (to Blackburn Rovers)

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Leroy Chambers

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Richie Barker

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