1993–94 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town 1993–94 football season

Ipswich Town
1993–94 season
Chairman	John Kerr
Manager	John Lyall
Premier League	19th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Ian Marshall (10) All: Ian Marshall (15)
Highest home attendance	22,559 (vs Manchester United, 1 May 1994, Premier League)
Lowest home attendance	8,654 (vs Cambridge United, 21 Sep 1993, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	16,382
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

During the 1993–94 English football season, Ipswich Town competed in the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Ipswich Town looked to improve on their 16th-place finish of the previous campaign. Their initial form was promising, and in November they held Manchester United to a goalless draw at Old Trafford. But, as had happened a season earlier, their late season form took a dramatic slump and they found themselves in a relegation battle. The 5–1 home defeat to Arsenal was Ipswich's worst home defeat in 18 years.

Ipswich failed to win their last 11 games but their survival was secured on the final day of the season after fellow strugglers Sheffield United were beaten by a late goal by Chelsea and Oldham Athletic failed to beat Norwich City.

Kit

Ipswich Town's kit was manufactured by English company Umbro and sponsored by Ipswich-based chemical manufacturer Fisons.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
1	GK	CAN	Craig Forrest
2	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell
3	DF	ENG	Neil Thompson
4	MF	ENG	Paul Mason
5	DF	SCO	John Wark
6	DF	ENG	David Linighan
7	MF	WAL	Geraint Williams
8	MF	ENG	Gavin Johnson
9	MF	BUL	Boncho Genchev
10	FW	ENG	Ian Marshall


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
11	FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya
12	FW	ENG	Paul Goddard
13	GK	ENG	Clive Baker
15	DF	ENG	Phil Whelan
16	DF	ENG	Eddie Youds
17	MF	ENG	Simon Milton
18	DF	ENG	Steve Palmer (captain)
19	DF	CAN	Frank Yallop
21	MF	ENG	Stuart Slater
22	MF	ENG	Lee Durrant

Left club during season

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
14	FW	ENG	Steve Whitton (to Colchester United)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
26	FW	ZAM	Neil Gregory (on loan to Chesterfield)

Reserve squad

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


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
20	MF	ENG	David Gregory
23	GK	ENG	Phil Morgan
24	DF	ENG	Lee Honeywood
25	MF	ENG	Adam Tanner
27	DF	ENG	Leo Cotterell


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
28	FW	ENG	Gary Thompson
29	MF	SCO	Graham Connell
30	FW	SCO	David Pirie
—	MF	ENG	Matt Weston

Competitions

FA Premier League

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
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	Relegation to Football League First Division
21	Oldham Athletic (R)	42	9	13	20	42	68	−26	40	Relegation to Football League First Division

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.
(R) Relegated

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	3–0	12,182	Marshall, Palmer, Mason
17 August 1993	Southampton	H	1–0	14,569	Marshall
21 August 1993	Chelsea	H	1–0	17,582	Marshall
25 August 1993	Norwich City	A	0–1	19,189
28 August 1993	Sheffield United	A	1–1	17,932	Whitton
31 August 1993	Newcastle United	H	1–1	19,102	Kiwomya
11 September 1993	Arsenal	A	0–4	28,563
18 September 1993	Aston Villa	H	1–2	16,617	Marshall
26 September 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–2	19,411	Milton, Marshall
2 October 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–3	12,292
17 October 1993	Leeds United	H	0–0	17,548
25 October 1993	Wimbledon	A	2–0	7,756	Mason, Stockwell
30 October 1993	Everton	H	0–2	15,078
6 November 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–4	15,070	Marshall
20 November 1993	Swindon Town	A	2–2	13,343	Wark (2)
24 November 1993	Manchester United	A	0–0	43,300
27 November 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–0	14,582	Youds
4 December 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	12,004
8 December 1993	Southampton	A	1–0	9,028	Kiwomya
11 December 1993	Chelsea	A	1–1	12,508	Kiwomya
18 December 1993	Norwich City	H	2–1	19,498	Wark (pen), Megson (own goal)
27 December 1993	West Ham United	H	1–1	21,024	Linighan
1 January 1994	Liverpool	H	1–2	22,355	Marshall
15 January 1994	Leeds United	A	0–0	31,317
22 January 1994	Wimbledon	H	0–0	12,372
2 February 1994	Coventry City	A	0–1	11,265
5 February 1994	Manchester City	A	1–2	28,188	Marshall
12 February 1994	Everton	A	0–0	19,588
22 February 1994	Sheffield United	H	3–2	10,747	Marshall, Linighan, Slater
5 March 1994	Arsenal	H	1–5	18,656	Dixon (own goal)
12 March 1994	Aston Villa	A	1–0	23,732	Johnson
19 March 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–1	26,653	Kiwomya
23 March 1994	Newcastle United	A	0–2	32,216
26 March 1994	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–3	15,182	Genchev
29 March 1994	Manchester City	H	2–2	13,099	Linighan, Genchev (pen)
2 April 1994	West Ham United	A	1–2	18,307	Mason
4 April 1994	Coventry City	H	0–2	12,633
9 April 1994	Liverpool	A	0–1	30,485
16 April 1994	Swindon Town	H	1–1	14,934	Marshall
23 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–5	23,457
1 May 1994	Manchester United	H	1–2	22,559	Kiwomya
7 May 1994	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–0	20,633

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Swindon Town	A	1–1	12,105	Marshall
R3R	18 January 1994	Swindon Town	H	2–1	12,796	Stockwell, Marshall
R4	29 January 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–0	22,539	Marshall, Johnson, N Thompson
R5	19 February 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	28,234	Wark
R5R	2 March 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	19,385	Palmer

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Cambridge United	H	2–1	8,654	Milton
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Cambridge United	A	2–0 (won 4–1 on agg)	6,979	Marshall, Kiwomya
R3	27 October 1993	Liverpool	A	2–3	19,058	Mason (pen), Marshall

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
18 June 1993	MF	Paul Mason	Aberdeen	£400,000
9 August 1993	FW	Ian Marshall	Oldham Athletic	£750,000
30 September 1993	MF	Stuart Slater	Celtic	£750,000

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
1 July 1993	GK	Jason Winters	Free agent	Released
30 June 1993	MF	Vlado Bozinovski	Paços de Ferreira	Undisclosed
1 August 1993	MF	Jason Dozzell	Tottenham Hotspur	£1,900,000
24 March 1994	FW	Steve Whitton	Colchester United	£10,000

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
3 February 1994	FW	Neil Gregory	Chesterfield	31 May 1994

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player
Player of the Year	John Wark

References

Hadgraft, Rob (October 2006). Ipswich Town The Modern Era. Desert Island Books. p. 340. ISBN 1-905328-24-9.
"FootballSquads - Ipswich Town - 1993/94".
"All Ipswich Town players: 1994".
"Ipswich Town 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 17 May 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
"Paul Mason at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
"Ian Marshall at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
"Stuart Slater at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
"Jason Winters Pride of Anglia profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
"Vlado Bozinovski Pride of Anglia profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
"Jason Dozzell at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
"Steve Whitton at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 29 January 2020.
"Neil Gregory at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 30 January 2020.

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National teams

League competitions

Level 1	Premier League
Levels 2–4	Football League (First Division, Second Division, Third Division, play-offs)
Level 5	Football Conference
Levels 6–7	Isthmian League (Premier, One) Northern Premier League (Premier, One) Southern League (Premier, Midland, Southern)
Levels 8–9	Isthmian League (Two, Three) Combined Counties League (level 8 only) Eastern Counties League (Premier, One) Essex Senior League (level 8 only) Hellenic League (Premier, One) Kent League (level 8 only) Midland Football Combination (level 8 only) North West Counties League (One, Two) Northern Counties East League (Premier, One) Northern League (One, Two) South Midlands League (Premier, Senior) Spartan League (Premier, One) Sussex County League (One, Two) United Counties League (Premier, One) Wessex League (level 8 only) West Midlands (Regional) League (level 8 only) Western League (Premier, One)

Cup competitions

FA cups	FA Cup (Qualifying rounds, Final) Charity Shield FA Trophy (Final)
Football League cups	League Cup (Final) Football League Trophy (Final)

European competitions

Club seasons
Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Leicester City Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers
Second Division	Barnet Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Reading Rotherham United Stockport County Swansea City Wrexham York City
Third Division	Bury Carlisle United Chester City Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wycombe Wanderers

List of transfers

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