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1992–93 Chelsea F.C. season

English football club season

Field	Value
club	Chelsea F.C.
season	1992–93
manager	Ian Porterfield (until 15 February)
David Webb (from 15 February)
chairman	Ken Bates
stadium	Stamford Bridge
league	FA Premier League
league result	[11th](1992-93-fa-premier-league)
cup2	FA Cup
cup2 result	[Third round](1992-93-fa-cup-third-round-proper)
cup3	League Cup
cup3 result	Quarter-finals
league topscorer	Harford/Stuart (9)
season topscorer	Harford (11)
average attendance	18,787
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prevseason	[1991–92](1991-92-chelsea-f-c-season)
nextseason	[1993–94](1993-94-chelsea-f-c-season)

David Webb (from 15 February) During the 1992–93 English football season, Chelsea F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

The season was the club's 88th year in existence since their foundation in 1905. It was their 58th season within England's highest tier of football and their fourth season of their current top-flight spell following promotion at the end of the 1988–89 season.

Season summary

Chelsea started the season well and stood second after 19 games, but went into freefall after that, going 12 matches without a win, a run that pulled Chelsea down to 12th, replacing hopes of a title challenge with relegation fears. Manager Ian Porterfield paid for the team's poor form by becoming the first manager to be sacked in the new Premier League on 15 February. He was replaced by David Webb, the scorer of the Chelsea winner that won the 1970 FA Cup Final. Webb managed to steer Chelsea to safety, but his contract was not renewed by the board. Instead, they appointed former Tottenham legend Glenn Hoddle, who had just taken Swindon Town to their first ever top-flight campaign, as player-manager.

The club ended the season with 56 points, having won 14, drawn 14 and lost 14 matches. By finishing 11th of 22 clubs, it was Chelsea's first top-half finish since coming 5th in 1989–90. With 54 goals conceded, this was Chelsea's best defence in the top flight, a record broken next season as well.

Chelsea went out in the third round of the FA Cup this season, beaten 2–1 by Middlesbrough away at Ayresome Park.

Kit

Chelsea retained the previous season's home kit, manufactured by Umbro and sponsored by Commodore. It featured a geometric pattern on the players' right shoulder, repeated on the left leg of the shorts, an Umbro trademark of the time also used by Everton and Manchester United's home shirts of the same time. For this season, Chelsea re-introduced white socks as first choice for the first time since 1984–85. White socks had been introduced by Tommy Docherty for Chelsea in 1965, to make Chelsea stand out among other clubs wearing blue shirts, white shorts and blue socks.

The away kit was based on football kits of the game's early days as part of a nostalgia craze following the 1990 World Cup. It was a white shirt with red pinstripes, red shorts and socks. Its laces were also worn on the Umbro home kits of Aston Villa and Sheffield United. The Chelsea lion badge was included in a blue shield; the kits for next season retained this style. The kit was the final one in which Chelsea wore a red garment, the colour having been a popular away kit throughout the 1970s and 1980s.

Chelsea wore a third kit of all-yellow with a blue collar and pattern on the front, also worn by Everton. The kit was from an Umbro range called Porto.

Transfers

In

Pos.	Player	From	Date	Fee
DF	NIR Mal Donaghy	ENG Manchester United	1 July 1992	£100,800
FW	SCO John Spencer	SCO Rangers	1 July 1992	free transfer
GK	IRE Nick Colgan	IRE Drogheda United	1 July 1992	undisclosed
FW	SCO Robert Fleck	ENG Norwich City	1 July 1992	undisclosed

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 FA Premier League

Results

Chelsea's score comes first

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	20,699	Harford
19 August 1992	Norwich City	A	1–2	15,164	Stuart
22 August 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–3	26,338	Jones, Stuart, Newton
26 August 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–0	19,575
29 August 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–0	22,910	Harford
2 September 1992	Aston Villa	A	3–1	19,125	Fleck, Newton, Wise
5 September 1992	Liverpool	A	1–2	34,199	Harford
12 September 1992	Norwich City	H	2–3	16,880	Harford, Townsend
20 September 1992	Manchester City	A	1–0	22,420	Harford
26 September 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	19,760
3 October 1992	Arsenal	A	1–2	27,780	Wise
17 October 1992	Ipswich Town	H	2–1	16,707	Hall, Harford
24 October 1992	Coventry City	A	2–1	15,626	Harford, Stuart
31 October 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–2	13,763	Townsend
7 November 1992	Crystal Palace	H	3–1	17,141	Shaw (own goal), Stuart, Harford
21 November 1992	Everton	A	1–0	17,418	Fleck
29 November 1992	Leeds United	H	1–0	24,345	Townsend
5 December 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	31,540	Newton (2)
11 December 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	15,599
19 December 1992	Manchester United	H	1–1	34,464	Lee
26 December 1992	Southampton	H	1–1	18,344	Newton
28 December 1992	Wimbledon	A	0–0	14,687
9 January 1993	Manchester City	H	2–4	15,939	Stuart, Spencer
16 January 1993	Nottingham Forest	A	0–3	23,249
27 January 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	15,806	Spencer
30 January 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	16,261
6 February 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	1–3	11,772	Harford
10 February 1993	Liverpool	H	0–0	20,981
13 February 1993	Aston Villa	H	0–1	20,081
21 February 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	14,780
1 March 1993	Arsenal	H	1–0	17,725	Stuart
10 March 1993	Everton	H	2–1	12,739	Stuart, Spencer
15 March 1993	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	12,610	Stuart
20 March 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	25,157	Cascarino
24 March 1993	Leeds United	A	1–1	28,135	Donaghy
3 April 1993	Middlesbrough	H	4–0	13,043	Donaghy, Spencer, Stuart, Barnard
6 April 1993	Ipswich Town	A	1–1	17,444	Spencer
10 April 1993	Southampton	A	0–1	15,135
12 April 1993	Wimbledon	H	4–2	13,138	Wise (pen), Hall, Spencer, Shipperley
17 April 1993	Manchester United	A	0–3	40,139
1 May 1993	Coventry City	H	2–1	14,186	Spencer, Cascarino
8 May 1993	Sheffield United	A	2–4	24,850	Lee, Townsend

FA Cup

Main article: 1992–93 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
	R3	2 January 1993	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	16,776	Mohan (own goal)

League Cup

Main article: 1992–93 Football League Cup

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Walsall	A	3–0	5,510	Wise 15', Newton 28', Townsend 78'
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Walsall	H	1–0 (won 4–0 on agg)	7,646	Fleck (pen) 73'
R3	28 October 1992	Newcastle United	H	2–1	30,193	Sinclair 59', Harford 82'
R4	2 December 1992	Everton	A	2–2	14,457	Harford 28', Stuart 79'
R4R	16 December 1992	Everton	H	1–0	19,496	Townsend 19'
QF	6 January 1993	Crystal Palace	A	1–3	28,510	Townsend 18'

First-team squad

Left club during season

References

"Chelsea".
"Chelsea 1992-1993 Home - statto.com".
"Archived copy".
"Chelsea - Historical Football Kits".
"Everton - Historical Football Kits".
"Manchester United - Historical Football Kits".
"Chelsea - Historical Football Kits".
'True Colours' by John Devlin
"Chelsea Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
"Aston Villa - Historical Football Kits".
"Sheffield United - Historical Football Kits".
"Chelsea Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
"Chelsea Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
"Everton Change Kits - Historical Football Kits".
'True Colours' by John Devlin
"Chelsea 1992-1993 Results - statto.com".
"All Chelsea players: 1993".
Peyton was born in [[Birmingham]], [[England]].
Sinclair was born in [[London Borough of Lambeth. Lambeth]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Jamaica]] internationally.
Barnard was born in [[Rinteln]], [[West Germany]] (now [[Germany]]).
Hall was born in [[London Borough of Croydon. Croydon]], [[England]].
Cascarino was born in [[London Borough of Bromley. Bromley]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent the [[Republic of Ireland]] internationally through his maternal grandfather. It was later discovered that his mother was adopted and he could not qualify through his grandfather, but was still eligible to represent the Republic of Ireland as his mother's adoption gave her Irish citizenship.
Jones was born in [[Watford]], [[England]], but also qualified to represent [[Wales]] internationally.

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