1992–93 Newcastle United F.C. season explained

During the 1992–93 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division One.

Newcastle secured promotion to the top flight by winning the First Division Championship, often simply overwhelming opponents along the way (a 7–1 victory over Leicester City being particularly memorable). The Magpies joined the elite FA Premier League for the 1993–94 season.

Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the old Second Division (renamed the First Division) the previous season, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle swept away all others before them, nearly breaking the English record for consecutive wins along the way before a 1–0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town broke the sequence.

The Newcastle team was spearheaded by the prolific striker Andy Cole and David Kelly, who were ably supported by midfielders Paul Bracewell, Gavin Peacock, Rob Lee, and Brian 'Killer' Kilcline (a tough free transfer defender who Keegan later claimed was his best signing).

Coincidentally it was the return game at Grimsby that saw Newcastle clinch promotion and the league title with a 2–0 win on an emotional night for the club's supporters, who invaded the pitch at the final whistle to congratulate their 'King Kev' and the players for returning the club to the top flight after a four-year exile. Late in the season, Keegan had signed young striker Andy Cole from Bristol City, who repaid his transfer fee by scoring 12 goals in the final 11 games of the season. In anticipation of a campaign in the new Premier League, Keegan re-signed a 1980s Newcastle hero, his former Newcastle strike partner Peter Beardsley from Everton in the close season.

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Appearances, goals and cards

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		Anglo-Italian Cup		Total		Discipline
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Pavel Srníček	32	0	4	0	0	0	5	0	41	0	1	0
GK	Tommy Wright	14	0	0	0	5	0	1	0	20	0	0	0
DF	Matty Appleby	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0	2 (1)	0	1	0
DF	Richie Appleby	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
DF	John Beresford	42	1	4	0	4	0	2	0	52	1	6	0
DF	Steve Howey	41	2	3	0	5	0	4	0	53	2	4	0
DF	Brian Kilcline	7 (12)	0	1 (2)	0	2	0	5	0	15 (14)	0	1	0
DF	Bjørn Kristensen	0	0	0	0	0	0	3 (1)	1	3 (1)	1	0	0
DF	Alan Neilson	2 (1)	0	0	0	1	0	3	0	6 (1)	0	0	0
DF	Ray Ranson	3	0	0	0	1	0	0 (1)	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
DF	Mark Robinson	2 (7)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (7)	0	0	0
DF	Kevin Scott	45	2	4	0	5	0	2	0	56	2	5	0
DF	Mark Stimson	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	3 (1)	0	0	0
DF	Barry Venison	44	0	4	0	4	0	3	0	55	0	4	0
DF	John Watson	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
DF	Steve Watson	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	3 (2)	0	0	0	0
MF	Paul Bracewell	18 (6)	2	2 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	22 (8)	2	1	0
MF	Kevin Brock	4 (3)	1	0	0	2	0	2 (1)	1	8 (4)	2	0	0
MF	Franz Carr	8 (2)	1	0	0	1 (2)	0	3 (1)	0	12 (5)	1	0	0
MF	Lee Clark	46	9	4	1	5	0	5	0	58	10	0	0
MF	Peter Garland	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
MF	Robert Lee	36	10	4	2	3	1	0	0	43	13	1	0
MF	Liam O'Brien	33	6	4	0	3	1	3	0	43	7	5	0
MF	Gavin Peacock	30 (3)	12	4	2	4	2	2	2	40 (3)	18	2	0
MF	David Roche	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (1)	0	0	0
MF	Scott Sellars	13	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	2	1	0
MF	Kevin Sheedy	23 (1)	3	2 (1)	1	4	0	4	1	33 (2)	5	1	1
MF	Alan Thompson	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	3	0	4 (1)	0	0	0
FW	Andy Cole	11 (1)	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	11 (1)	12	1	0
FW	Andy Hunt	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2	0	0	0
FW	David Kelly	45	24	4	1	4	2	4	1	57	28	2	1
FW	Micky Quinn	4 (1)	2	0	0	2 (2)	0	2 (1)	3	8 (4)	5	2	0

Coaching staff

Transfers

In

Date	Pos.	Name	From	Fee
16 June 1992	MF	Paul Bracewell	Sunderland	£250,000
2 July 1992	DF	John Beresford	Portsmouth	£650,000
31 July 1992	DF	Barry Venison	Liverpool	£250,000
22 September 1992	MF	Robert Lee	Charlton Athletic	£700,000
9 March 1993	DF	Mark Robinson	Barnsley	£450,000
9 March 1993	MF	Scott Sellars	Leeds United	£700,000
12 March 1993	FW	Andy Cole	Bristol City	£1,750,000

• Total spending: £4.75m

Out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Fee
20 July 1992	MF	Lee Makel	Blackburn Rovers	£160,000
19 December 1992	MF	Peter Garland	Charlton Athletic	£35,000
22 December 1992	FW	Micky Quinn	Coventry City	£250,000
26 March 1993	DF	Bjørn Kristensen	Portsmouth	£120,000
8 April 1993	MF	Franz Carr	Sheffield United	£180,000

• Total income: £745k

Loans out

Date	Pos.	Name	To	Expiry
November 1992	DF	Bjørn Kristensen	Bristol City	March 1993
January 1993	MF	Franz Carr	Sheffield United	April 1993

Competitions

League

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23
Result	3–2	2–1	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	5–0	1–0	2–1	1–0	2–1	0–1	1–2	3–2	0–0	3–1	2–0	4–1	2–0	0–1	1–1	2–1	2–4
Position	3rd	4th	4th	2nd	2nd	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

Round	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Result	2–1	3–0	1–1	0–0	1–1	0–2	0–0	0–0	3–0	5–1	2–2	1–2	4–0	0–1	2–2	3–0	6–0	0–1	2–1	1–0	2–0	2–1	7–1
Position	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st	1st

Anglo-Italian Cup

Matches

Anglo-Italian Cup

External links

• Newcastle United Football Club - Fixtures 1992-93
• Transfers (Keegan) - Senior / Reserve Arrivals & Departures
• The Great career - Profile
• Season Details - 1992-93 - toon1892