1993–94 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Nottingham Forest
1993–94 season
ChairmanFred Reacher
ManagerFrank Clark
StadiumCity Ground
First Division2nd (promoted)
FA CupThird round
League CupFifth round
Top goalscorerLeague: Stan Collymore (19)
All: Stan Collymore (25)
Average home league attendance23,051

Season summary

Frank Clark, who had been a left-back in Nottingham Forest's 1979 European Cup winning team, returned to the club in May 1993 to succeed Brian Clough as manager. Clough had been at the club for 18 years and won seven major trophies in that time, but had left on a low note as Forest were relegated from the Premier League.[1] Having inherited most of the players from the Clough era, Clark was able to achieve an instant return to the Premiership when the club finished Division One runners-up at the end of the 1993–94 season. He also added notable new players to the squad in the shape of Southend United striker Stan Collymore and Norwich City and Wales winger David Phillips, along with defender Colin Cooper from Millwall.

Final league table
Main article: 1993–94 Football League § First Division

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
1 Crystal Palace (C, P) 46 27 9 10 73 46 +27 90 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Nottingham Forest (P) 46 23 14 9 74 49 +25 83
3 Millwall 46 19 17 10 58 49 +9 74 Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4 Leicester City (O, P) 46 19 16 11 72 59 +13 73
5 Tranmere Rovers 46 21 9 16 69 53 +16 72
Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[2]

Legend
Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division
DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
15 August 1993Southend UnitedA1–18,609Pearce (pen)
18 August 1993Derby CountyH1–126,684Woan
21 August 1993Grimsby TownH5–323,225Glover, Woan, Black, Rosario, Futcher (own goal)
24 August 1993Crystal PalaceA0–215,048
28 August 1993Luton TownA2–19,788Woan, Black
11 September 1993BarnsleyA0–113,270
19 September 1993Stoke CityH2–320,843Pearce, Phillips
26 September 1993Bolton WanderersA3–410,578Phillips, Collymore (2)
2 October 1993PortsmouthH1–120,727Stone
16 October 1993Tranmere RoversH2–120,771Collymore, Gemmill
20 October 1993Oxford UnitedH0–018,462
24 October 1993Leicester CityA0–117,624
30 October 1993Notts CountyH1–026,721Collymore
3 November 1993MillwallH1–317,584Glover
6 November 1993Birmingham CityA3–016,996 Collymore, Glover (2)
10 November 1993Wolverhampton WanderersA1–121,621Collymore
21 November 1993West Bromwich AlbionA2–015,581Collymore (2)
27 November 1993SunderlandA3–216,968Gemmill, Collymore (2)
4 December 1993Birmingham CityH1–022,061Whyte (own goal)
19 December 1993Southend UnitedH2–021,641Cooper, Black
27 December 1993MiddlesbroughH1–126,901Collymore
28 December 1993Bristol CityA4–120,725Collymore (2), Woan, Webb
1 January 1994Charlton AthleticH1–126,543Lyttle
3 January 1994WatfordA2–114,539Cooper, Gemmill
16 January 1994Tranmere RoversA2–18,500Cooper, Gemmill
23 January 1994Wolverhampton WanderersH0–023,008
6 February 1994Leicester CityH4–026,616Gemmill (2), Woan, Glover
12 February 1994Notts CountyA1–218,655Phillips
19 February 1994Crystal PalaceH1–124,232Bohinen
26 February 1994Oxford UnitedA0–19,346
2 March 1994Peterborough UnitedH2–019,329Gemmill (2)
5 March 1994Luton TownH2–022,249Cooper, Pearce (pen)
12 March 1994Stoke CityA1–020,550Webb
16 March 1994BarnsleyH2–120,491Cooper, Phillips
19 March 1994Bolton WanderersH3–223,846Chettle, Pearce, Collymore
26 March 1994PortsmouthA1–212,578Collymore
30 March 1994WatfordH2–123,044Stone, Webb
2 April 1994MiddlesbroughA2–217,056Rosario, Lee
4 April 1994Bristol CityH0–024,162
9 April 1994Charlton AthleticA1–012,330Lee
17 April 1994MillwallA2–212,543Collymore, Stone
24 April 1994West Bromwich AlbionH2–124,018Stone, Cooper
27 April 1994Derby CountyA2–019,300Cooper, Stone
30 April 1994Peterborough UnitedA3–214,010Collymore (2), Pearce
3 May 1994Grimsby TownA0–011,930
8 May 1994SunderlandH2–227,010Pearce (pen), Collymore

FA Cup
Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R38 January 1994Sheffield WednesdayA1–132,488Cooper
R3R19 January 1994Sheffield WednesdayH0–225,268

League Cup
Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st leg21 September 1993WrexhamA3–37,860Collymore (3)
R2 2nd leg6 October 1993WrexhamH3–1 (won 6–4 on agg)11,619Black, Crosby, Collymore
R327 October 1993West Ham UnitedH2–117,857Black, Collymore
R41 December 1993Manchester CityH0–022,195
R4R15 December 1993Manchester CityA2–114,117Webb, Cooper
R526 January 1994Tranmere RoversH1–120,066Gemmill
R5R29 January 1994Tranmere RoversA0–212,578

Anglo-Italian Cup
Main article: 1993–94 Anglo-Italian Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
Group 28 September 1993Derby CountyA2–36,654Gemmill, Glover
Group 215 September 1993Notts CountyH1–17,347Collymore

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK Wales WAL Mark Crossley
- DF England ENG Des Lyttle
- DF England ENG Steve Chettle
- DF England ENG Stuart Pearce (captain)
- DF England ENG Colin Cooper
- MF England ENG Steve Stone
- MF Wales WAL David Phillips
- MF Scotland SCO Scot Gemmill
- FW England ENG Stan Collymore
- FW Scotland SCO Lee Glover
- MF Northern Ireland NIR Kingsley Black
- MF England ENG Ian Woan
- MF Norway NOR Lars Bohinen
- GK Northern Ireland NIR Tommy Wright
No. Pos. Nation Player
- MF England ENG Neil Webb
- FW England ENG Robert Rosario
- FW England ENG Jason Lee
- DF England ENG Brian Laws
- MF England ENG Gary Crosby
- FW England ENG Gary Bull
- DF Norway NOR Alfie Haaland
- DF England ENG Steve Blatherwick
- DF England ENG Carl Tiler
- MF England ENG Bobby Howe
- MF England ENG Lee Harvey
- DF England ENG Vance Warner
- FW England ENG Paul McGregor
- MF England ENG Ian Kilford

References
  1. Shaw, Phil (13 May 1993). "Football: Clark steps into Clough shoes at Forest: City Ground chairman hands manager's job to Orient executive after O'Neill decides to gain League experience with promoted Wycombe". The Independent. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
  2. "Nottingham Forest 1993-1994 Home - statto.com". Archived from the original on 27 March 2013. Retrieved 22 June 2012.
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