1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season
# 1993–94 Norwich City F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Premier League.

## Season summary

Norwich City's achievements in 1992–93 were outstanding - a club-best third-place finish and their first ever European place, all of this achieved with a relatively tight transfer budget and one of the Premiership's smaller fan bases.

Manager Mike Walker's achievements were far from over as the campaign began. They were close behind runaway leaders Manchester United in the title race, but most impressively eliminated Bayern Munich from the UEFA Cup in the second round; in doing so, they became the only English side to beat Bayern on their own soil. The dream came to an end in the third round as the Canaries were eliminated by Inter Milan.

Walker quit the club in January to take over at Everton, and his assistant John Deehan took over. At this point Norwich were 7th and had at least one game in hand on most of their fellow contenders for European qualification. However, Deehan was unable to keep up the momentum and Norwich slumped to 12th place in the final table, the decline accelerated by a 10-match winless run which was the longest of any Premier League club during the season with the exception of Swindon's 16-match winless start. The record-breaking sale of young striker Chris Sutton to Blackburn Rovers left Norwich with a big hole to fill in their attack, and the only major signing of the close season was midfielder Mike Milligan from Oldham Athletic.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 10 | Aston Villa | 42 | 15 | 12 | 15 | 46 | 50 | −4 | 57 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 11 | Coventry City | 42 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 43 | 45 | −2 | 56 | |
| 12 | Norwich City | 42 | 12 | 17 | 13 | 65 | 61 | +4 | 53 | |
| 13 | West Ham United | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 47 | 58 | −11 | 52 | |
| 14 | Chelsea | 42 | 13 | 12 | 17 | 49 | 53 | −4 | 51 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |

* ↑ Aston Villa qualified for the UEFA Cup as League Cup winners.
* ↑ Chelsea qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as FA Cup runners-up, as winners Manchester United qualified for the Champions League.

## Results

Norwich City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

### FA Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 15 August 1993 | Manchester United | H | 0–2 | 19,705 | |
| 18 August 1993 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 3–2 | 14,236 | Sutton (2), Newman |
| 21 August 1993 | Leeds United | A | 4–0 | 32,008 | Fox (2), Goss, Sutton |
| 25 August 1993 | Ipswich Town | H | 1–0 | 19,189 | Goss |
| 28 August 1993 | Swindon Town | H | 0–0 | 17,614 | |
| 1 September 1993 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 3–3 | 25,175 | Sutton, Bowen, Ekoku |
| 11 September 1993 | Wimbledon | H | 0–1 | 14,851 | |
| 18 September 1993 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 2–2 | 13,359 | Eadie, McDonald (own goal) |
| 25 September 1993 | Everton | A | 5–1 | 20,531 | Ekoku (4), Sutton |
| 2 October 1993 | Coventry City | H | 1–0 | 16,239 | Fox |
| 16 October 1993 | Chelsea | A | 2–1 | 16,923 | Fox, Sutton |
| 23 October 1993 | West Ham United | H | 0–0 | 20,211 | |
| 30 October 1993 | Arsenal | A | 0–0 | 30,516 | |
| 6 November 1993 | Sheffield United | A | 2–1 | 18,254 | Goss, Eadie |
| 20 November 1993 | Manchester City | H | 1–1 | 16,626 | Fox |
| 27 November 1993 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–2 | 10,198 | Sutton |
| 4 December 1993 | Manchester United | A | 2–2 | 44,694 | Fox (pen), Sutton |
| 13 December 1993 | Leeds United | H | 2–1 | 16,586 | Sutton, Ekoku |
| 18 December 1993 | Ipswich Town | A | 1–2 | 19,498 | Bowen |
| 27 December 1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 3–1 | 33,130 | Sutton (2), Ekoku |
| 29 December 1993 | Aston Villa | H | 1–2 | 20,650 | Sutton |
| 1 January 1994 | Southampton | A | 1–0 | 16,556 | Sutton |
| 4 January 1994 | Newcastle United | H | 1–2 | 19,564 | Bowen |
| 15 January 1994 | Chelsea | H | 1–1 | 19,472 | Ekoku |
| 24 January 1994 | West Ham United | A | 3–3 | 20,738 | Sutton (2), Fox |
| 5 February 1994 | Liverpool | H | 2–2 | 19,746 | Sutton (2) |
| 13 February 1994 | Arsenal | H | 1–1 | 17,667 | Ekoku |
| 19 February 1994 | Swindon Town | A | 3–3 | 15,405 | Goss, Sutton, Newman |
| 22 February 1994 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 2–2 | 15,193 | Sutton (2, 1 pen) |
| 26 February 1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–1 | 18,311 | Sutton |
| 5 March 1994 | Wimbledon | A | 1–3 | 7,206 | Ekoku |
| 12 March 1994 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 3–4 | 16,499 | Ekoku (2), Bowen |
| 21 March 1994 | Everton | H | 3–0 | 16,432 | Culverhouse, Sutton, Bowen |
| 26 March 1994 | Coventry City | A | 1–2 | 13,514 | Eadie |
| 29 March 1994 | Newcastle United | A | 0–3 | 32,216 | |
| 2 April 1994 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–2 | 21,181 | Sutton |
| 4 April 1994 | Aston Villa | A | 0–0 | 25,416 | |
| 9 April 1994 | Southampton | H | 4–5 | 17,150 | Goss, Sutton (2), Robins |
| 16 April 1994 | Manchester City | A | 1–1 | 28,010 | Ullathorne |
| 23 April 1994 | Sheffield United | H | 0–1 | 18,474 | |
| 30 April 1994 | Liverpool | A | 1–0 | 44,339 | Goss |
| 7 May 1994 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–1 | 20,394 | Ullathorne |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 8 January 1994 | Wycombe Wanderers | A | 2–0 | 7,802 | Sutton (2) |
| R4 | 30 January 1994 | Manchester United | H | 0–2 | 21,060 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 1st leg | 22 September 1993 | Bradford City | A | 1–2 | 8,988 | Fox |
| R2 2nd leg | 6 October 1993 | Bradford City | H | 3–0 (won 4–2 on agg) | 12,787 | Ekoku, Fox, Sutton |
| R3 | 26 October 1993 | Arsenal | A | 1–1 | 24,539 | Crook |
| R3R | 10 November 1993 | Arsenal | H | 0–3 | 16,319 | |

### UEFA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers | Referee |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R1 1st leg | 15 September 1993 | Vitesse Arnhem | H | 3–0 | 16,818 | Ekoku, Goss, Polston | Robert Sedlacek (Austria) |
| R1 2nd leg | 29 September 1993 | Vitesse Arnhem | A | 0–0 (won 3–0 on agg) | 9,133 | | Theodoros Kefalas (Greece) |
| R2 1st leg | 20 October 1993 | Bayern Munich | A | 2–1 | 28,500 | Goss, Bowen |
| R2 2nd leg | 3 November 1993 | Bayern Munich | H | 1–1 (won 3–2 on agg) | 20,643 | Goss |
| R3 1st leg | 24 November 1993 | Internazionale Milano | H | 0–1 | 20,805 | |
| R3 2nd leg | 8 December 1993 | Internazionale Milano | A | 0–1 (lost 0–2 on agg) | 30,000 | |

## Players

### First-team squad

    Squad at end of season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 1 | GK | SCO | Bryan Gunn |
| 2 | DF | WAL | Mark Bowen (vice-captain) |
| 3 | DF | ENG | Rob Newman |
| 4 | MF | ENG | Ian Crook |
| 5 | DF | ENG | Ian Culverhouse |
| 6 | MF | ENG | Neil Adams |
| 7 | FW | NGA | Efan Ekoku |
| 8 | DF | ENG | Colin Woodthorpe |
| 9 | MF | ENG | Gary Megson |
| 10 | DF | ENG | John Polston |
| 11 | MF | WAL | Jeremy Goss |
| 12 | FW | ENG | Mark Robins |
| 13 | GK | SCO | Scott Howie |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 14 | MF | ENG | Ruel Fox |
| 15 | DF | ENG | Daryl Sutch |
| 17 | DF | ENG | Ian Butterworth (captain) |
| 18 | DF | ENG | Robert Ullathorne |
| 19 | MF | ENG | Andy Johnson |
| 20 | MF | ENG | Darren Eadie |
| 21 | MF | ENG | David Smith |
| 22 | FW | ENG | Chris Sutton |
| 23 | DF | WAL | Deryn Brace |
| 24 | GK | ENG | Andy Marshall |
| 25 | FW | ENG | Jamie Cureton |
| 26 | FW | ENG | Ade Akinbiyi |
| 27 | DF | ENG | Spencer Prior |

### Left club during season

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

| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | - | - | - |
| 16 | FW | IRL | Lee Power (to Bradford City) |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 28 | GK | WAL | Mark Walton (to Dundee United) |
