1992–93 West Ham United F.C. season

West Ham United
1992–93 season
Chairman	Terry Brown
Manager	Billy Bonds
Stadium	Boleyn Ground
First Division	2nd (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Morley (20); All: Morley (22)
Average home league attendance	16,001
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

During the 1992–93 English football season, West Ham United F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Having missed the first season of the new FA Premier League following relegation in 1991–92, West Ham made a swift return to the top flight by gaining promotion to Division One as runners-up under manager Billy Bonds. Promotion was clinched on the last day of the season with a 2–0 home win against Cambridge United with goals from David Speedie and Clive Allen.^[1]

Changes to the West Ham side for this successful campaign included Clive Allen (signed near the end of the previous campaign) featuring as Trevor Morley's strike partner following the departure of Frank McAvennie (with the previous season's top scorer Mike Small making nine goalless appearances before leaving the club), and the midfield featured two new players; Peter Butler and Mark Robson.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Newcastle United (C, P)	46	29	9	8	92	38	+54	96	Promotion to the Premier League
2	West Ham United (P)	46	26	10	10	81	41	+40	88	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Portsmouth	46	26	10	10	80	46	+34	88	Qualification for the First Division play-offs
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	23	10	13	72	56	+16	79
5	Swindon Town (O, P)	46	21	13	12	74	59	+15	76

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted

Results

West Ham United's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
16 August 1992	Barnsley	A	1–0	6,798	C Allen
22 August 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	17,054
29 August 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–2	29,855
5 September 1992	Watford	H	2–1	11,921	M Allen, C Allen
12 September 1992	Peterborough United	A	3–1	10,657	C Allen, Keen, Morley
15 September 1992	Bristol City	A	5–1	14,130	C Allen (2), Robson, Morley (2)
20 September 1992	Derby County	H	1–1	11,493	Morley
27 September 1992	Portsmouth	A	1–0	12,388	C Allen
4 October 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	14,391
11 October 1992	Sunderland	H	6–0	10,326	C Allen, Robson (2), Keen, Martin, Morley
17 October 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	4–0	6,187	C Allen, Dicks, Keen, Morley
24 October 1992	Swindon Town	H	0–1	17,842
31 October 1992	Cambridge United	A	1–2	7,214	Morley
3 November 1992	Grimsby Town	A	1–1	9,119	Morley
7 November 1992	Notts County	H	2–0	12,345	C Allen, Morley
15 November 1992	Millwall	A	1–2	12,445	Robson
21 November 1992	Oxford United	H	5–3	11,842	Breacker, C Allen, Dicks (2), Morley
28 November 1992	Birmingham City	H	3–1	15,004	C Allen (2), Morley
4 December 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–5	11,782	C Allen, Morley
12 December 1992	Southend United	H	2–0	15,739	C Allen, Morley
20 December 1992	Brentford	A	0–0	11,912
26 December 1992	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	8,337	Dicks
28 December 1992	Luton Town	H	2–2	18,786	Breacker, Dicks
10 January 1993	Derby County	A	2–0	13,737	Robson, Morley
16 January 1993	Portsmouth	H	2–0	18,127	Foster, Morley
27 January 1993	Bristol City	H	2–0	12,118	Robson, Morley
30 January 1993	Leicester City	A	2–1	18,838	Gale, Robson
6 February 1993	Barnsley	H	1–1	14,101	Jones
9 February 1993	Peterborough United	H	2–1	12,537	Butler, Jones
13 February 1993	Watford	A	2–1	13,115	Robson, Keen
21 February 1993	Newcastle United	H	0–0	24,159
27 February 1993	Sunderland	A	0–0	19,068
6 March 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–1	24,679	Dicks, Morley, Holmes
9 March 1993	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	13,170	Dicks (2)
13 March 1993	Notts County	A	0–1	10,272
20 March 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	16,369	Dicks (2)
23 March 1993	Oxford United	A	0–1	9,506
28 March 1993	Millwall	H	2–2	15,723	Keen, Morley
3 April 1993	Birmingham City	A	2–1	19,053	Bishop, Brown
7 April 1993	Southend United	A	0–1	12,813
11 April 1993	Leicester City	H	3–0	13,951	Keen, Speedie (2)
13 April 1993	Luton Town	A	0–2	10,959
17 April 1993	Brentford	H	4–0	16,522	Butler, Keen, Morley, M Allen
24 April 1993	Bristol Rovers	H	2–1	16,682	Dicks, Speedie
2 May 1993	Swindon Town	A	3–1	17,004	Morley, C Allen, Brown
8 May 1993	Cambridge United	H	2–0	27,399	Speedie, C Allen

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–0	25,896	C Allen, Robson
R4	24 January 1993	Barnsley	A	1–4	13,716	Morley

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	23 September 1992	Crewe Alexandra	H	0–0	6,981
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2 (lost 0–2 on agg)	5,427

Anglo-Italian Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 8	2 September 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	4,809	Dicks (2)
PR Group 8	15 September 1992	Southend United	A	3–0	6,482	Dicks, Holmes, Morley
Group B	11 November 1992	U.S. Cremonese	A	0–2	1,639
Group B	24 November 1992	A.C. Reggiana	H	2–0	6,872	C Allen (2)
Group B	8 December 1992	Cosenza Calcio 1914	A	1–0	800	C Allen
Group B	16 December 1992	Pisa S.C.	H	0–0	7,123

Squad

^[3] 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	CZE	Ludek Miklosko^{[notes 1]}
-	DF	ENG	Tim Breacker
-	DF	ENG	Steve Potts
-	DF	ENG	Alvin Martin
-	DF	ENG	Julian Dicks
-	MF	ENG	Martin Allen
-	MF	ENG	Mark Robson
-	MF	ENG	Peter Butler
-	FW	ENG	Trevor Morley
-	FW	ENG	Clive Allen
-	MF	ENG	Kevin Keen
-	DF	ENG	Tony Gale
-	MF	ENG	Ian Bishop
-	DF	ENG	Kenny Brown


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	George Parris
-	FW	SCO	David Speedie
-	MF	ENG	Matty Holmes
-	FW	ENG	Mike Small
-	FW	ENG	Steve Jones
-	DF	ENG	Colin Foster
-	DF	ENG	Mitchell Thomas
-	FW	CAN	Alex Bunbury
-	FW	ENG	Simon Clarke
-	GK	ENG	Steve Banks
-	DF	ENG	Mike Basham
-	MF	IRL	Matt Holland
-	MF	ENG	Matthew Rush
-	MF	ENG	Danny Williamson