1993–94 Everton F.C. season

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

Everton

1993–94 season
Chairman	David Marsh
Manager	Howard Kendall (until 4 December) Mike Walker (from 7 January)
Stadium	Goodison Park
FA Premier League	17th
FA Cup	Third round
Coca–Cola Cup	Fourth round
Top goalscorer	League: Cottee (16) All: Cottee (19)
Average home league attendance	22,948

Season summary

Everton's reputation as a club living on former glories (in this case glories within the last 10 years) was highlighted this season as they were never out of the relegation battle when just a few seasons before they had been league champions.

Manager Howard Kendall's second spell as manager came to an end – of his own volition – in December just after they ended a seven-match winless run. This was followed by a terrible run of results under the caretaker management of Jimmy Gabriel, leaving Everton just one place outside the relegation zone by the time Kendall's permanent replacement was named.

As the new year dawned, Mike Walker was brought in as Kendall's successor and, after his successful 18-month reign at Norwich City which had seen the Canaries record their highest-ever league placing, there was much optimism that Walker was the man to restore Everton to their former glory. This optimism seemed to be justified as Walker earned 11 points from his first 6 matches in charge, but then followed another awful run of form which, combined with several other struggling sides earning favourable results as the season drew to a close, saw Everton dumped into the relegation zone following the penultimate round of matches.

On the last day of the season, Everton went 2–0 down to Wimbledon and they looked all set for relegation – just seven years earlier they had been league champions. But a dramatic turnaround in the second half saw the Toffees achieve a 3–2 victory with other matches on which Everton depended also having gone their way, and so they were safe, with the final relegation places going to Sheffield United and Oldham Athletic.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 FA Premier League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	11	12	19	54	59	−5	45
16	Manchester City	42	9	18	15	38	49	−11	45
17	Everton	42	12	8	22	42	63	−21	44
18	Southampton	42	12	7	23	49	66	−17	43
19	Ipswich Town	42	9	16	17	35	58	−23	43

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Everton's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	Southampton	A	2–0	14,051	Beagrie, Ebbrell
17 August 1993	Manchester City	H	1–0	26,036	Rideout
21 August 1993	Sheffield United	H	4–2	24,169	Ebbrell, Cottee (3)
25 August 1993	Newcastle United	A	0–1	34,833
28 August 1993	Arsenal	A	0–2	29,063
31 August 1993	Aston Villa	H	0–1	24,022
11 September 1993	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	13,666	Cottee
18 September 1993	Liverpool	H	2–0	38,157	Ward, Cottee
25 September 1993	Norwich City	H	1–5	20,531	Rideout
3 October 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	27,487	Cottee (pen), Rideout
16 October 1993	Swindon Town	A	1–1	14,414	Beagrie
23 October 1993	Manchester United	H	0–1	34,430
30 October 1993	Ipswich Town	A	2–0	15,078	Barlow, Beagrie
6 November 1993	Coventry City	A	1–2	15,662	Rideout
20 November 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–3	17,089
23 November 1993	Leeds United	H	1–1	17,066	Cottee
27 November 1993	Wimbledon	A	1–1	6,934	Barlow
4 December 1993	Southampton	H	1–0	13,667	Cottee
8 December 1993	Manchester City	A	0–1	20,513
11 December 1993	Sheffield United	A	0–0	15,135
18 December 1993	Newcastle United	H	0–2	25,189
27 December 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	16,777
29 December 1993	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–2	21,462
1 January 1994	West Ham United	H	0–1	19,579
3 January 1994	Chelsea	A	2–4	18,338	Cottee, Barlow
15 January 1994	Swindon Town	H	6–2	20,546	Cottee (3), Ebbrell, Ablett, Beagrie
22 January 1994	Manchester United	A	0–1	44,750
5 February 1994	Chelsea	H	4–2	18,821	Ebbrell, Angell, Rideout (2)
12 February 1994	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	19,588
19 February 1994	Arsenal	H	1–1	19,891	Cottee
5 March 1994	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	20,831	Preki, Stuart
13 March 1994	Liverpool	A	1–2	44,281	Watson
21 March 1994	Norwich City	A	0–3	16,432
26 March 1994	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–1	23,580
30 March 1994	Aston Villa	A	0–0	36,044
2 April 1994	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–5	24,096	Cottee
4 April 1994	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–3	27,427
9 April 1994	West Ham United	A	1–0	20,243	Cottee
16 April 1994	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–2	13,330	Cottee
23 April 1994	Coventry City	H	0–0	23,217
30 April 1994	Leeds United	A	0–3	35,487
7 May 1994	Wimbledon	H	3–2	31,297	Stuart (2, 1 pen), Horne

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–1	21,702	Rideout
R3R	19 January 1994	Bolton Wanderers	H	2–3 (a.e.t.)	34,642	Barlow (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	22 September 1993	Lincoln City	A	4–3	9,153	Rideout (3), Cottee
R2 2nd leg	6 October 1993	Lincoln City	H	4–2 (won 8–5 on agg)	8,375	Snodin, Rideout, Cottee (2)
R3	26 October 1993	Crystal Palace	H	2–2	11,547	Beagrie, Watson
R3R	16 November 1993	Crystal Palace	A	4–1	14,662	Young (own goal), Watson (2), Ward (pen)
R4	30 November 1993	Manchester United	H	0–2	34,052

Squad

[1] 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	WAL	Neville Southall
2	DF	ENG	Matt Jackson
3	DF	ENG	Andy Hinchcliffe
4	MF	ENG	Ian Snodin
5	DF	ENG	Dave Watson (captain)
6	DF	ENG	Gary Ablett
8	MF	ENG	Graham Stuart
9	FW	ENG	Tony Cottee
10	MF	WAL	Barry Horne
12	DF	ENG	Paul Holmes
13	GK	AUS	Jason Kearton
14	MF	ENG	John Ebbrell
15	FW	ENG	Paul Rideout
16	MF	USA	Preki

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
17	MF	SWE	Anders Limpar
18	MF	ENG	Joe Parkinson
19	FW	ENG	Stuart Barlow
20	MF	POL	Robert Warzycha
21	DF	ENG	Gary Rowett
22	FW	ENG	Brett Angell
23	MF	ENG	John Doolan
25	DF	ENG	Neil Moore
26	DF	ENG	David Unsworth
27	DF	ENG	Mark Powell
28	MF	ENG	Terry Jones
29	MF	ENG	Tony Grant
30	FW	ENG	Paul Tait
31	GK	ENG	Steve Reeves

Left the 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
18	FW	SCO	Mo Johnston (to Hearts)
17	MF	ENG	Billy Kenny (to Oldham Athletic)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
7	MF	ENG	Mark Ward (to Birmingham City)
11	MF	ENG	Peter Beagrie (to Manchester City)