1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1993–94 Graham Turner(until 16 March)Graham Taylor(from 29 March) Manager Jonathan Hayward Chairman First Division 8th FA Cup Quarter-finals League Cup 2nd Round Anglo-Italian Cup Preliminary round Steve Bull (14) Steve Bull (15) 28,234 (vs Ipswich,19 February 1994) 9,092 (vs Stoke,31 August 1993) 21,996 (league only) 1992–93 1994–95 The 1993–94 season was the 95th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division. This season saw the completion of the redevelopment of Molineux which was officially opened on 7 December 1993 to bring the club's highest crowds since the early 1980s.Golden shirts stir old memories of Puskas and the past https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-golden-shirts-stir-old-memories-of-puskas-and-the-past-wolves-play-honved-tonight-recreating-a-fixture-steeped-in-molineux-history-jon-culley-reports-1465877.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-golden-shirts-stir-old-memories-of-puskas-and-the-past-wolves-play-honved-tonight-recreating-a-fixture-steeped-in-molineux-history-jon-culley-reports-1465877.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 7 December 1993 With the expense of the stadium completed by owner Sir Jack Hayward, manager Graham Turner was afforded the biggest budget he had been granted during his tenure but he resigned in March 1994 to end his 7½-year reign with the team in 13th place.Turner resigns from Wolves https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-turner-resigns-from-wolves-1429760.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-turner-resigns-from-wolves-1429760.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 17 March 1994 Former England manager Graham Taylor was appointed as Turner's replacementHappy Taylor back in business at Wolves https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-happy-taylor-back-in-business-at-wolves-former-england-manager-makes-smart-start-in-his-attempt-to-inspire-midlands-giants-to-playoff-place-phil-shaw-reports-1432659.html https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football-happy-taylor-back-in-business-at-wolves-former-england-manager-makes-smart-start-in-his-attempt-to-inspire-midlands-giants-to-playoff-place-phil-shaw-reports-1432659.html 1 May 2022 subscription live The Independent 30 March 1994 but the team were unable to improve enough to reach the promotion play-offs, ending in 8th place. Results Football League First Division 1993–94 Football League A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1993–94 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference. 14 August 1993 15:00 BST 1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Bristol City Bull 9 87Mountfield 67 Scott 58 Molineux Wolverhampton 21,052 W 22 August 1993 2 14:55 BST Birmingham City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Peschisolido 50Saville 52 Venus 35Thomas 36 St Andrew's Birmingham 15,117 D 25 August 1993 19:30 BST 3 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Millwall Bull 32Kelly 52 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,570 W 28 August 1993 15:00 BST 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Middlesbrough Kelly 5Thomas 9 Hendrie 3 73Pollock 85 Molineux Wolverhampton 21,061 L 5 September 1993 14:55 BST 5 West Bromwich Albion 3–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Raven 16Bradley 51Donovan 58 Bull 12Thomas 62 The Hawthorns West Bromwich 25,615 L 7 September 1993 19:45 BST 6 Watford 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Venus 10 o.g. Vicarage Road Watford 7,870 L 11 September 1993 15:00 BST 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Portsmouth Kelly 47 Durnin 64 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,019 D 18 September 1993 8 15:00 BST Sunderland 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Small 15Thomas 88 Roker Park Sunderland 18,292 W 25 September 1993 15:00 BST 9 Grimsby Town 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Childs 35Mendonca 80 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 6,310 L 2 October 1993 15:00 BST 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Keen 60 Chapple 88 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,907 D 17 October 1993 14:55 BST 11 Crystal Palace 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Humphrey 44 Kelly 7 Selhurst Park London 13,056 D 23 October 1993 15:00 BST 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Stoke City Kelly 24 Stein 33 Molineux Wolverhampton 20,421 D 30 October 1993 15:00 GMT 13 Southend United 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Jones 73 Cook 80 pen. Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 8,071 D 2 November 1993 15:00 GMT 14 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Notts County Birch 9Keen 67Bull 86 Molineux Wolverhampton 15,989 W 7 November 1993 14:55 GMT 15 Derby County 0–4 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bull 19 60 68Keen 90 Baseball Ground Derby 14,310 W 10 November 1993 19:30 GMT 16 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Nottingham Forest Kelly 12 Collymore 50 Molineux Wolverhampton 21,621 D 13 November 1993 15:00 GMT 17 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Barnsley Kelly 60 Biggins 18 Molineux Wolverhampton 18,355 D 27 November 1993 15:00 GMT 18 Leicester City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Roberts 56 62 Bull 29 33 Filbert Street Leicester 18,395 D 5 December 1993 19 14:55 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–2 Derby County Bull 45Kelly 90 Gabbiadini 40 62 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,900 D 11 December 1993 15:00 GMT 20 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Watford Bull 25Dennison 33 Molineux Wolverhampton 17,460 W 18 December 1993 15:00 GMT 21 Bristol City 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Allison 29Brown 72 Kelly 89 Ashton Gate Bristol 15,151 L 27 December 1993 22 15:00 GMT Tranmere Rovers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Irons 1 Bull 61 Prenton Park Birkenhead 15,603 D 28 December 1993 15:00 GMT 23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Oxford United Cook 85 pen.Keen 86 Elliott 80 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,908 W 1 January 1994 24 15:00 GMT Peterborough United 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Regis 89 London Road Peterborough 10,298 W 3 January 1994 15:00 GMT 25 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Bolton Wanderers Dennison 21 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,053 W 15 January 1994 15:00 GMT 26 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Crystal Palace Thompson 42 pen.Keen 78 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,851 W 23 January 1994 27 14:55 GMT Nottingham Forest 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers City Ground Nottingham 23,008 D 5 February 1994 15:00 GMT 28 Stoke City 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Overson 53 Blades 37 Victoria Ground Stoke-on-Trent 22,579 D 12 February 1994 15:00 GMT 29 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–1 Southend United Jones 56 Molineux Wolverhampton 22,774 L 22 February 1994 19:30 GMT 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Birmingham City Regis 45Kelly 47Keen 90 Molineux Wolverhampton 24,931 W 26 February 1994 31 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 West Bromwich Albion Keen 18 Taylor 35Mardon 39 Molineux Wolverhampton 28,039 L 5 March 1994 15:00 GMT 32 Middlesbrough 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wilkinson 87 Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 12,092 L 15 March 1994 19:45 GMT 33 Portsmouth 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Chamberlain 35Creaney 61 82 Fratton Park Portsmouth 7,840 L 19 March 1994 15:00 GMT 34 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Grimsby Town Molineux Wolverhampton 20,224 D 26 March 1994 15:00 GMT 35 Charlton Athletic 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Whittingham 10 The Valley London 8,416 W 29 March 1994 36 19:30 BST Bolton Wanderers 1–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers McGinlay 50 Whittingham 25 76Thompson 56 Burnden Park Bolton 12,405 W 2 April 1994 15:00 BST 37 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Tranmere Rovers Whittingham 20Mills 83 Aldridge 73 Molineux Wolverhampton 26,592 W 4 April 1994 38 15:00 BST Oxford United 4–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Byrne 25Venus 36 o.g.Moody 42Elliott 62 Manor Ground Oxford 10,423 L 9 April 1994 15:00 BST 39 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Peterborough United Whittingham 26 McGlashan 16 Molineux Wolverhampton 23,676 D 12 April 1994 19:45 BST 40 Luton Town 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burke 23Whittingham 47 Kenilworth Road Luton 8,545 W 16 April 1994 41 15:00 BST Notts County 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Thompson 54 pen.Whittingham 89 Meadow Lane Nottingham 13,438 W 20 April 1994 19:45 BST 42 Millwall 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mitchell 84 The New Den London 11,883 L 23 April 1994 15:00 BST 43 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Luton Town Whittingham 42 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,479 W 30 April 1994 15:00 BST 44 Barnsley 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers O'Connell 55Payton 65 Oakwell Barnsley 11,329 L 3 May 1994 19:30 BST 45 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Sunderland Bull 30 Goodman 36 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,079 D 8 May 1994 15:00 BST 46 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Leicester City Kelly 75 Coatsworth 26 Molineux Wolverhampton 27,229 D Final table Pos Position Team Pld Played W Won D Drawn L Lost GF Goals for GA Goals against GD Goal difference Pts Points 5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72 6 Derby County 46 20 11 15 73 68 +5 71 7 Notts County 46 20 8 18 65 69 –4 68 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 17 17 12 60 47 +13 68 9 Middlesbrough 46 18 13 15 66 54 +12 67 10 Stoke City 46 18 13 15 57 59 –2 67 Source: Statto.com Results summary 10 10 3 34 19 7 7 9 26 28 Statto.com August 2025 Results by round table b Round Result W/D/W/L/L/L/D/W/L/D/D/D/D/W/W/D/D/D/D/W/L/D/W/W/W/W/D/D/L/W/L/L/L/D/W/W/W/L/D/W/W/L/W/L/D/D Position 2/7/3/4/8/8/7/6/8/8/16/17/18/12/12/12/11/12/13/12/12/12/12/12/10/7/8/8/9/9/9/10/13/15/13/10/8/10/11/8/9/9/8/8/8/8 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Statto.com FA Cup 1993–94 FA Cup 8 January 1994 R3 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Crystal Palace Kelly 74 Molineux Wolverhampton 25,047 W 29 January 1994 R4 15:00 GMT Port Vale 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Blades 25Keen 89 Vale Park Burslem 21,996 w 19 February 1994 R5 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Ipswich Town Kelly 81 Wark 28 Molineux Wolverhampton 28,234 D 2 March 1994 R5 rep. 19:45 GMT Ipswich Town 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Palmer 46 Mills 8Thompson 38 Portman Road Ipswich 19,385 w 13 March 1994 QF 15:05 GMT Chelsea 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Peacock 58 Stamford Bridge London 29,340 L League Cup 1993–94 Football League Cup 22 September 1993 R2.1 19:45 BST Swindon Town 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Summerbee 20Mutch 67 County Ground Swindon 8,649 L 5 October 1993 R2.2 19:30 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 2–3 Swindon Town Mountfield 81Burke 88 Summerbee 59 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,756 W Anglo-Italian Cup 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup Wolves played in Group 5 of the preliminary round alongside two other domestic First Division clubs. The winner of the group would advance to the main group stage to play both English and Italian opposition. However, Wolves finished in second place in this initial round and so were eliminated. 31 August 1993 19:30 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–3 Stoke City Kelly 42Bull 79Keen 90 Carruthers 23 38Gleghorn 68 Molineux Wolverhampton 9,092 D 14 September 1993 19:45 BST Birmingham City 2–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Wratten 68 76 Burke 65Mills 85 St Andrew's Birmingham 2,710 D Players ENG yes yes end of season |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|WAL David Felgate David Felgate (footballer) † |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|WAL Paul Jones Paul Jones (footballer, born 1967) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Mike Stowell |46||0||5||0||2||0||2||0||55||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Kevin Ashley |0||0||0||0||0||0||1||0||01 1||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Paul Blades |35||1||5||1||1||0||2||0||43||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Paul Edwards Paul Edwards (footballer born 1963) † |10.5 10(1)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||10.5 10(1)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Lawrie Madden † |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|NIR Neil Masters |04 4||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|04 4||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Derek Mountfield |18.5 17(2)||1||0||0||2||1||0||0||20.5 19(2)||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Peter Shirtliff (c) |39||0||5||0||2||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|47||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Darren Simkin |07.5 7(1)||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||08.5 8(1)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Andy Thompson Andy Thompson (footballer born 1967) |36.5 36(1)||3||5||1||0||0||1||0||42.5 42(1)||4||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Mark Venus |38.5 38(1)||1||5||0||2||0||2||0||47.5 47(1)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|SCO Tom Bennett Tom Bennett (footballer) |09.5 8(2)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||09.5 8(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Paul Birch Paul Birch (footballer, born 1962) |31.5 25(7)||1||0||0||1||0||2||0||34.5 28(7)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Burke ¤ |11.5 10(2)||1||0||0||2||1||2||1||15.5 14(2)||3||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Paul Cook Paul Cook (footballer) |35.5 34(2)||2||2.4 1(2)||0||1||0||0.5 0(1)||0||40.5 36(5)||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|NIR Robbie Dennison |13.5 10(4)||2||2.5 2(1)||0||0||0||0||0||16.5 12(5)||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|SCO Darren Ferguson |13.5 12(2)||0||4||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|17.5 16(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Kevin Keen |40.5 36(5)||7||5||1||2||0||2||1||style="background:#98FB98"|49.5 45(5)||9||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Jimmy Kelly Jimmy Kelly (footballer born 1973) ¤ |04 4||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||05 5||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Chris Marsden |08 8||0||3||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|11||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Rankine |30.5 28(3)||0||5||0||1||0||2||0||style="background:#98FB98"|38.5 36(3)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Geoff Thomas Geoff Thomas (footballer born 1964) |08 8||4||0||0||0||0||2||0||10||4||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Turner Mark Turner (footballer, born 1972) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Shaun Bradbury ¤ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Steve Bull |27||14||2||0||0||0||0.5 0(1)||1||29.5 29(1)||15||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|IRL David Kelly David Kelly (association footballer) |35.5 35(1)||11||5||2||2||0||1||1||style="background:#98FB98"|43.5 43(1)||14||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Lee Mills |13.5 6(8)||1||1||1||1||0||1||1||style="background:#98FB98"|16.5 9(8)||3||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Andy Mutch † |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Cyrille Regis |18.5 8(11)||2||2.4 1(2)||0||0||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|22.5 10(13)||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Darren Roberts Darren Roberts (footballer) ¤ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Mike Small Mike Small (footballer) ‡ |02.5 2(1)||1||0||0||1||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|03.5 3(1)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Guy Whittingham ‡ |13||8||1||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|14||8||0||0|| |} Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete RecordMatthews, Tony Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-632-3 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee18 June 1993ENG Geoff ThomasCrystal Palace£800,00023 June 1993IRL David KellyNewcastle United£750,0007 July 1993ENG Kevin KeenWest Ham United£600,0003 August 1993ENG Cyrille RegisAston Villa£600,00012 August 1993WAL David FelgateBolton WanderersFree18 August 1993ENG Peter ShirtliffSheffield Wednesday£250,00022 December 1993NIR Neil MastersBournemouth£300,0007 January 1994ENG Chris MarsdenHuddersfield Town£250,00012 January 1994SCO Darren FergusonManchester United£250,000 Out DatePlayerToFeeJuly 1993ENG Rob HindmarchTelford UnitedFreeJuly 1993ENG Colin TaylorTelford UnitedFree16 July 1993ENG Tim SteeleBradford CityFree22 July 1993ENG Keith DowningBirmingham CityFree16 August 1993ENG Andy MutchSwindon Town£250,0003 September 1993ENG Lawrie MaddenDarlingtonFree1 October 1993WAL David FelgateChester CityFree19 January 1994ENG Paul EdwardsWest Bromwich Albion£55,000 Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date15 September 1993ENG Mike SmallWest Ham UnitedOctober 199311 March 1994ENG Guy WhittinghamAston VillaEnd of season Loans out Start datePlayerFromEnd dateJanuary 1994ENG Jimmy KellyWAL WrexhamEnd of season4 March 1994ENG Mark BurkeLuton TownMarch 199418 March 1994ENG Darren RobertsHereford UnitedEnd of season Management and coaching staff PositionNameManagerGraham Turner (until 16 March), then Peter Shirtliff as caretaker manager, then Graham Taylor (from 29 March onward)First team coachGarry Pendrey (until 16 March)Director of Youth School of ExcellenceRob KellyYouth Team CoachChris EvansClub doctorsDr Tweddell and Dr Peter BekennClub PhysioPaul Darby Kit The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar. The away kit, a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms, was retained from the previous season. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear. References 1993-94 Wolverhampton Wanderers