1992–93 Stoke City F.C. season

March 2015 March 2015 Stoke City 1992–93 Lou Macari Peter Coates Victoria Ground Football League Second Division 1st (promoted) FA Cup First round League Cup Second round League Trophy Semi-final Mark Stein (26 goals) Mark Stein (33 goals) 24,459 vs Port Vale (24 October 1992) 10,867 vs Brighton & Hove Albion (16 September 1991) 16,556 1991–92 1993–94 _red_stripes _red_stripes _red_stripes _band_white FFFFFF FF0000 The 1992–93 season was Stoke City's 86th season in the Football League and 4th in the third tier now known as the Second Division following the formation of the Premier League. After a successful 1991–92 season which saw Stoke win the Football League Trophy and reach the play-offs the team went one better in 1992–93 as they claimed the Second Division title in fine style breaking the club's unbeaten record after going 25 league matches without defeat. Stoke collected 93 points from 138 on offer and racked up an impressive +39 goal difference as the club returned to the second tier.Matthews Tony The Encyclopaedia of Stoke City 1994 Lion Press 0-9524151-0-0 Season review League With the formation of the Premier League in 1992 Stoke found themselves playing in the Second Division, still the third tier of English football. Following their excellent season in the previous campaign everyone was excited for the 1992–93 season to start and no more so than Lou Macari who signed Kevin Russell from Leicester. Stoke began their league season away at Hull City and things didn't go according to plan the "Tigers" winning 1–0. But then things started to improve, Wigan Athletic were beaten and draws were gained at tricky Exeter and Plymouth. Stoke then beat traditional rivals West Bromwich Albion 4–3 which sparked a record breaking run of results. Stoke began to score goals on a regular basis and come the end of October, after 14 matches Stoke were in second position and after a 3–1 win away at Blackpool on 21 November Stoke went top and they were to remain there until the end of the season taking the league title and with it a return to the second tier. A tremendous run of 25 league games without defeat from 5 September 1992 to 20 February 1993, creating a new club record, Leyton Orient ending that with a single goal victory at Brisbane Road. The average attendance had risen by 3,000 to 16,556 and Mark Stein ran away with the goalscoring hitting 33 goals with 26 coming in the league. FA Cup Stoke drew local rivals Port Vale in the first round and after a 0–0 draw at the Victoria Ground, Vale went on to win the replay 3–1 at a waterlogged Vale Park which saw a shot from Dave Regis that was heading for goal get stuck in the mud. League Cup After easily beating Preston North End Stoke lost against Cambridge United. League Trophy Stoke went in the League trophy as holders and but for the second time this season Port Vale knocked Stoke out of a cup competition at the semi-final stage. Final league table Second Division y STK Results Legend WinDrawLoss Football League Second Division 1992–93 Football League MatchDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers1 15 August 1992 Hull CityA0–19,0882 22 August 1992 Wigan AthleticH2–112,902Biggins 7', Foley 70'3 29 August 1992 Exeter CityA2–24,106Stein (2) 23', 25'4 2 September 1992 Bradford CityA1–35,959Stein 18'5 5 September 1992 Bolton WanderersH0–014,2526 12 September 1992 Plymouth ArgyleA1–18,208Stein 34'7 16 September 1992 Brighton & Hove AlbionH1–110,867Sandford 1'8 19 September 1992 West Bromwich AlbionH4–318,674Foley 45', Russell (2) 46', 76', Cranson 83'9 26 September 1992 Mansfield TownA4–06,820Stein (2) 33', 45', Ware 41', Biggins 61'10 3 October 1992 Chester CityA1–15,237Beeston 61'11 10 October 1992 Leyton OrientH2–112,640Stein (2) 87', 89'12 17 October 1992 Preston North EndA2–18,138Butler 13', Sandford 40'13 24 October 1992 Port ValeH2–124,459Cranson 69', Stein 86' (pen)14 31 October 1992 BurnleyA2–016,667Shaw (2) 21', 37'15 3 November 1992 FulhamA0–05,90316 7 November 1992 BournemouthH2–015,146Stein (2) 47', 52' (1 pen)17 21 November 1992 BlackpoolA3–18,028Russell (2) 19', 46', Stein 28'18 28 November 1992 Swansea CityH2–113,867Shaw 47', Stein 80' (pen)19 12 December 1992 Huddersfield TownH3–013,377Ware (2) 75', 83', Cranson 87'20 19 December 1992 Hartlepool UnitedA2–14,021Regis 7', Gleghorn 90'21 26 December 1992 ReadingA1–07,269Regis 37'22 28 December 1992 Rotherham UnitedH2–021,714Beeston 40, Foley 81'23 9 January 1993 Brighton & Hove AlbionA2–28,622Stein 48', Foley 89'24 16 January 1993 Mansfield TownH4–014,643Russell 14', Gray 40' (o.g.), Regis 64', Overson 70'25 23 January 1993 West Bromwich AlbionA2–129,341Gleghorn 11', Stein 69'26 27 January 1993 Exeter CityH1–114,181Regis 38'27 30 January 1993 Wigan AthleticA1–14,775Beeston 36'28 6 February 1993 Hull CityH3–015,341Ware 5', Foley 43', Stein 86'29 20 February 1993 Bradford CityH1–016,494Kevan 89'30 27 February 1993 Leyton OrientA0–110,79831 6 March 1993 Chester CityH4–014,534Stein (2) 23', 63', Shaw 41', Foley 66'32 9 March 1993 Stockport CountyH2–117,484Stein 47', Gleghorn 77'33 13 March 1993 BournemouthA1–17,129Stein 68' (pen)34 20 March 1993 FulhamH1–017,935Stein 72' (pen)35 23 March 1993 Swansea CityA2–18,366Gleghorn 51', Foley 74'36 27 March 1993 BlackpoolH0–117,91837 31 March 1993 Port ValeA2–020,373Stein 4', Gleghorn 84'38 3 April 1993 Stockport CountyA1–19,402Regis 40'39 7 April 1993 Huddersfield TownA0–111,08940 10 April 1993 ReadingH2–016,919Shaw 35, Gleghorn 69'41 12 April 1993 Rotherham UnitedA2–09,021Stein (2) 2', 54'42 17 April 1993 Hartlepool UnitedH0–117,36343 24 April 1993 Preston North EndH1–018,334Stein 55'44 28 April 1993 Plymouth ArgyleH1–019,718Gleghorn 4'45 4 May 1993 Bolton WanderersA0–119,23846 8 May 1993 BurnleyH1–121,840Stein 64' FA Cup 1992–93 FA Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR116 November 1992 Port ValeH0–024,490R1 Replay24 November 1992 Port ValeA1–319,810Sandford 24' League Cup 1992–93 Football League Cup RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersR1 1st Leg8 August 1992 Preston North EndA1–25,581Stein 8'R1 2nd Leg26 August 1992 Preston North EndH4–0 (aet)9,745Stein 91', Overson 95', Biggins (2) 102', 105'R2 1st Leg22 September 1992 Cambridge UnitedA2–23,426Stein (2) 34', 63'R2 2nd Leg7 October 1992 Cambridge UnitedH1–210,732Shaw 68' League Trophy 1992–93 Football League Trophy RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorersPreliminary Round 115 December 1992 WrexhamA2–03,974Russell 17', Ware 26'Preliminary Round 26 January 1993 Crewe AlexandraH2–29,714Stein 33', Regis 35'Southern Round 220 January 1993 BarnetH4–18,892Foley (3) 14', 72', 82', Gleghorn 66'Southern Quarter-final16 February 1993 West Bromwich AlbionH2–117,568Stein (2) 78', 90'Southern Semi-final3 March 1993 Port ValeH0–122,267 Isle of Man Trophy RoundOpponentResultQuarter-finalIsle of Man XI4–1Semi-finalWigan Athletic2–0FinalWrexham5–0 Friendlies MatchOpponentVenueResult1Newcastle TownA5–02Derby CountyH1–13Aston VillaA1–44Weston St. JohnsA5–3 Squad statistics Pos.NameLeagueFA CupLeague CupLeague TrophyTotalAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsGKENG Peter Fox100000000100GKZIM Bruce Grobbelaar4000000040GKENG Brian Horne1000100020GKENG Tony Parks2000100030GKSCO Ronnie Sinclair290202050380DFENG John Butler441204050551DFENG Ian Cranson453204040553DFENG Graham Harbey16(1)000402(1)022(2)0DFENG Marcus Jones0000000000DFENG Vince Overson431203140522DFENG Lee Sandford422214040523DFENG Ian Wright1000101030MFENG Carl Beeston25(2)320102030(2)3MFSCO Mark Devlin30001(1)0004(1)0MFENG Nigel Gleghorn347200051418MFENG Dave Hockaday7000000070MFSCO Dave Kevan13(2)100001014(2)1MFENG Gary Pick0000000000MFAUS Ernie Tapai0000000(1)00(1)0MFENG Paul Ware21(7)400304128(7)5FWENG Wayne Biggins82002200104FWENG Steve Foley4472040435410FWENG Tony Kelly2(5)0000(2)0002(7)0FWIRL Jimmy Mulligan0000000000FWENG Dave Regis16(9)50(1)0003(1)119(11)6FWENG Kevin Russell30(10)520304(1)139(11)6FWENG Graham Shaw20(9)5202(1)12(2)026(12)6FWENG Mark Stein46262044535733–Own goals–1–0–0–0–1 References Category:Stoke City F.C. seasons Stoke