1993–94 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Oldham Athletic 1993–94 Joe Royle Ian Stott Boundary Park Premier League 21st (relegated) FA Cup Semi–finals Coca–Cola Cup Fourth round Graeme Sharp (9) Graeme Sharp (11) 16,708 vs. Manchester United 6,433 vs. Swansea City (League Cup) 12,563 _redborder _bluestripes4 _redborder _redbottom _redtop_2whitestripes 0000ff 0000ff 0000ff ffffff 0000ff _redlower _whitevertical _redlower _redtop_2whitestripes ff0000 _red_stripes_adidas FFFFFF _navycollar 000080 008080 000080 008080 008080 1992–93 1994–95 During the 1993–94 English football season, Oldham Athletic competed in the FA Premier League. Season summary Oldham Athletic's luck finally ran out on the final day of the season as their failure to beat Norwich City condemned them to relegation after three years in the top flight. A year earlier, they had won their final three games of the season to stay up on goal difference and, this time round, they had looked more than capable of beating the drop without needing any last-gasp "Houdini" survival acts. They even looked on course for their first-ever FA Cup final as they entered the final minute of the semi-final beating Manchester United 1–0. But Mark Hughes then equalised for United and forced a replay, in which a visibly downbeat Latics were crushed 4–1 at Maine Road. The team seemed to lose its fighting spirit in the final weeks of the season, and the results of other relegation-threatened teams would have sent them down even if they had managed to beat Norwich on that final day. Yet there was no pressure for manager Joe Royle, the longest-serving manager in any division, to be removed from his position. The board kept faith in him and he kept faith in his players, with Mike Milligan (to Norwich) being the only significant departure of the close season. The season had started dismally with a 3–0 home defeat to Ipswich Town, who would only narrowly avoid relegation at the end of the season after a decent start was followed by a slump. The next game saw Oldham win 1–0 at newly promoted Swindon Town, but then came a 10-match winless run which included five draws. The winless run ended on 30 October when a Darren Beckford goal gave them a 1–0 win at Chelsea. Three successive defeats followed before Oldham recorded their third league win of the campaign, a 2–1 home win over high flying Norwich City. There were a number of decent results after the turn of 1994, including two successive 2–1 home wins followed by a point at home to Leeds United. On 2 April, a 4–1 home win over Queen's Park Rangers suggested that the Latics were more than capable of survival. And they also had an FA Cup semi-final clash with Manchester United at Wembley to look forward to. First they had to meet United in the league at Old Trafford, and gave them a serious run for their money as the table-leading hosts managed a narrow 3–2 win. However, then came the semi-final, which went to a replay which the Latics lost, leaving them with Premier League survival to focus on. Three successive defeats did them no favours (a poor 2–1 home loss to West Ham United, a narrow 3–2 defeat at in-form Newcastle United - including two Oldham equalisers - and a 3–0 defeat at Wimbledon), and draws against the two Sheffield teams and a defeat at home to Tottenham Hotspur left them needing to beat Norwich City at Carrow Road on the final day of the season to stand any chance of survival. A 1–1 draw was not enough, and Oldham's three-year stay in the top flight was over.Norwich 1-1 Oldham http://www.oldhamathletic.co.uk/page/MatchReport/0,,10337~40626,00.html Oldham Athletic Football Club Official Website 7 May 1994 18 June 2012 Final league table 1993–94 FA Premier League OLD Results Oldham Athletic's score comes firsthttp://www.statto.com/football/teams/oldham-athletic/1993-1994 Oldham Athletic 1993-1994 Home - statto.com 18 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120517034602/http://www.statto.com/football/teams/oldham-athletic/1993-1994 17 May 2012 live dmy-all Legend WinDrawLoss FA Premier League DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 14 August 1993 Ipswich TownH0–312,182 18 August 1993 Swindon TownA1–011,970Bernard 21 August 1993 Blackburn RoversA0–113,731 24 August 1993 Coventry CityH3–310,872Ritchie (pen), Bernard, Olney 28 August 1993 WimbledonH1–110,633Bernard 30 August 1993 Leeds UnitedA0–128,717 11 September 1993 EvertonH0–113,666 18 September 1993 Tottenham HotspurA0–524,614 25 September 1993 Aston VillaH1–112,836Halle 4 October 1993 Manchester CityA1–121,401Sharp 16 October 1993 LiverpoolA1–232,661Beckford 23 October 1993 ArsenalH0–012,105 30 October 1993 ChelseaA1–015,372Beckford 8 November 1993 Newcastle UnitedH1–313,821Jobson 20 November 1993 West Ham UnitedA0–217,251 24 November 1993 Sheffield WednesdayA0–318,509 27 November 1993 Norwich CityH2–110,198Sharp, Makin 4 December 1993 Ipswich TownA0–012,004 7 December 1993 Swindon TownH2–110,771Holden, Halle 11 December 1993 Blackburn RoversH1–213,887Holden 18 December 1993 Coventry CityA1–111,800Bernard 27 December 1993 Queens Park RangersA0–213,218 29 December 1993 Manchester UnitedH2–516,708Sharp, Holden 1 January 1994 Sheffield UnitedA1–217,066Jobson 15 January 1994 LiverpoolH0–314,573 22 January 1994 ArsenalA1–126,524Sharp 5 February 1994 SouthamptonH2–19,982McCarthy, Bernard 12 February 1994 ChelseaH2–112,022Jobson, Sharp 28 February 1994 Leeds UnitedH1–111,136Sharp , Beckford 5 March 1994 EvertonA1–220,881Sharp 19 March 1994 Aston VillaA2–121,214Beckford, Holden 26 March 1994 Manchester CityH0–016,464 30 March 1994 SouthamptonA3–114,101Benali (own goal), Sharp, Holden 2 April 1994 Queens Park RangersH4–110,440Jobson, McCarthy, Beckford, A McCarthy (own goal) 4 April 1994 Manchester UnitedA2–344,686McCarthy, Sharp 16 April 1994 West Ham UnitedH1–211,669Holden (pen) 23 April 1994 Newcastle UnitedA2–332,216Jobson, Sharp 26 April 1994 WimbledonA0–36,766 30 April 1994 Sheffield WednesdayH0–012,967 3 May 1994 Sheffield UnitedH1–114,779Beckford 5 May 1994 Tottenham HotspurH0–214,283 7 May 1994 Norwich CityA1–120,394McCarthy FA Cup 1993–94 FA Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR38 January 1994 Derby CountyH2–112,810Beckford, HoldenR429 January 1994 Stoke CityH0–014,465R4R9 February 1994 Stoke CityA1–019,871BeckfordR519 February 1994 BarnsleyH1–015,685RitchieQF12 March 1994 Bolton WanderersA1–020,321BeckfordSF9 April 1994 Manchester UnitedNhttp://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-matches/10-04-1994-oldham-athletic.html About Man Utd | Manchester United vs Oldham Athletic - 10 Apr 1994 18 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120625121905/http://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-matches/10-04-1994-oldham-athletic.html 25 June 2012 dead dmy-all 1–1 56,399PointonSFR13 April 1994 Manchester UnitedNhttp://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-matches/13-04-1994-oldham-athletic.html About Man Utd | Manchester United vs Oldham Athletic - 13 Apr 1994 18 June 2012 https://web.archive.org/web/20120625120729/http://www.aboutmanutd.com/man-u-matches/13-04-1994-oldham-athletic.html 25 June 2012 dead dmy-all 1–432,311Pointon League Cup 1993–94 Football League Cup +RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st leg21 September 1993 Swansea CityA1–25,056SharpR2 2nd leg6 October 1993 Swansea CityH2–0 (won 3–2 on agg)6,433Bernard, Halle R326 October 1993 Coventry CityH2–010,071Beckford, SharpR430 November 1993 Tranmere RoversA0–39,477 First-team squad Squad at end of seasonhttp://www.footballsquads.co.uk/eng/1993-1994/faprem/oldham.htm FootballSquads - Oldham Athletic - 1993/94 1 ENG GK Paul Gerrard 2 ENG DF Craig Fleming 3 ENG DF Neil Pointon 4 ENG MF Nick Henry 5 ENG DF Richard Jobson 6 ENG DF Steve Redmond 7 NOR DF Gunnar Halle 8 ENG MF Andy Ritchie 9 ENG FW Ian Olney 10 IRL MF Mike MilliganMilligan was born in Manchester, England, but also qualified to represent the Republic of Ireland internationally and represented them at U-21, U-23, and B level before making his international debut for Republic of Ireland in 1992. captain 11 SCO MF Paul Bernard 13 ENG GK Jon Hallworth 14 SCO FW Graeme Sharp 15 ENG DF Andy Barlow 16 NOR DF Tore Pedersen 17 ENG FW Darren Beckford 18 ENG DF Neil McDonald 19 ENG FW Roger Palmer 20 ENG MF Mark Brennan 21 WAL FW Sean McCarthy 22 ENG DF Chris Makin 23 ENG DF Richard Graham 24 ENG GK Andy Woods 25 ENG MF Rick Holden 27 ENG MF David Beresford 28 ENG FW John Eyre 29 ENG MF Stephen Price Left club during season 12 ENG MF Neil Adams to Norwich City 21 ENG FW Neil Tolson to Bradford City 26 ENG GK Lance Key on loan from Sheffield Wednesday 30 ENG GK Gary Walsh on loan from Manchester United Notes notes References 32em Oldham Athletic Category:Oldham Athletic A.F.C. seasons