1992–93 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town

1992–93 season
Chairman	Ray Hardman
Manager	Glenn Hoddle
Stadium	County Ground, Swindon
First Division	5th (promoted)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Maskell (21) All: Maskell (23)
Highest home attendance	17,574 vs. Newcastle United
Lowest home attendance	3,293 vs. Torquay United
← 1991–92 1993–94 →

The 1992–93 season was Swindon Town's 6th consecutive season in the second tier of English football after winning promotion in 1986-87.

Season summary

Swindon won promotion to the Premier League and the top flight for the first time in the club's history after beating Leicester City in the play-off final at Wembley. Hoddle moved to Chelsea during the summer of 1993 and was replaced by assistant John Gorman.

Final league table

Main article: 1992–93 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Newcastle United	46		16	6	1	58	15		13	3	7	34	23		92	38	+54		96
2	West Ham United	46		16	5	2	50	17		10	5	8	31	24		81	41	+40		88
3	Portsmouth	46		19	2	2	48	9		7	8	8	32	37		80	46	+34		88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46		15	4	4	48	24		8	6	9	24	32		72	56	+16		79
5	Swindon Town	46		15	5	3	41	23		6	8	9	33	36		74	59	+15		76
6	Leicester City	46		14	5	4	43	24		8	5	10	28	40		71	64	+7		76
7	Millwall	46		14	6	3	46	21		4	10	9	19	32		65	53	+12		70
8	Derby County	46		11	2	10	40	33		8	7	8	28	24		68	57	+11		66
9	Grimsby Town	46		12	6	5	33	25		7	1	15	25	32		58	57	+1		64
10	Peterborough United	46		7	11	5	30	26		9	3	11	25	37		55	63	– 8		62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	37	26		5	7	11	20	30		57	56	+1		61
12	Charlton Athletic	46		10	8	5	28	19		6	5	12	21	27		49	46	+3		61
13	Barnsley	46		12	4	7	29	19		5	5	13	27	41		56	60	– 4		60
14	Oxford United	46		8	7	8	29	21		6	7	10	24	35		53	56	– 3		56
15	Bristol City	46		10	7	6	29	25		4	7	12	20	42		49	67	– 18		56
16	Watford	46		8	7	8	27	30		6	6	11	30	41		57	71	– 14		55
17	Notts County	46		10	7	6	33	21		2	9	12	22	49		55	70	– 15		52
18	Southend United	46		9	8	6	33	22		4	5	14	21	42		54	64	– 10		52
19	Birmingham City	46		10	4	9	30	32		3	8	12	20	40		50	72	– 22		51
20	Luton Town	46		6	13	4	26	26		4	8	11	22	36		48	62	– 14		51
21	Sunderland	46		9	6	8	34	28		4	5	14	16	36		50	64	– 14		50
22	Brentford	46		7	6	10	28	30		6	4	13	24	41		52	71	– 19		49
23	Cambridge United	46		8	6	9	29	32		3	10	10	19	37		48	69	– 21		49
24	Bristol Rovers	46		6	6	11	30	42		4	5	14	25	45		55	87	– 32		41

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Sunderland	H	1–0	11,094	Hoddle
19 August 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	4–3	6,150	Taylor, Mitchell (2), Bodin (pen)
22 August 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–2	15,493	Maskell, Taylor
29 August 1992	Cambridge United	H	4–1	8,134	Taylor, Maskell (3, 1 pen)
5 September 1992	Millwall	A	1–2	8,091	Maskell
12 September 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	2–2	10,006	Mitchell, Maskell
20 September 1992	Oxford United	H	2–2	7,717	Ling, Taylor
26 September 1992	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	6,742
29 September 1992	Grimsby Town	H	1–0	5,759	Maskell
3 October 1992	Watford	H	3–1	7,723	Maskell (2), Taylor
10 October 1992	Portsmouth	A	1–3	12,442	White
17 October 1992	Notts County	H	5–1	7,589	Ling, Mitchell, Summerbee, Moncur, Horlock
24 October 1992	West Ham United	A	1–0	17,842	Maskell
31 October 1992	Barnsley	H	1–0	7,784	Maskell (pen)
3 November 1992	Brentford	H	0–2	7,832
8 November 1992	Newcastle United	A	0–0	28,091
14 November 1992	Southend United	H	3–2	7,777	Maskell (2), Ling
21 November 1992	Bristol City	A	2–2	14,066	Maskell, Summerbee
29 November 1992	Peterborough United	A	3–3	5,976	Taylor (2), Maskell
6 December 1992	Derby County	H	2–4	8,924	Hazard, Maskell
20 December 1992	Leicester City	A	2–4	15,088	Hazard, Walsh (own goal)
9 January 1993	Oxford United	A	1–0	9,146	White
12 January 1993	Birmingham City	H	0–0	14,398
16 January 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	2–2	8,605	Summerbee, Calderwood
26 January 1993	Grimsby Town	A	1–2	5,207	Bodin
30 January 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	12,854	Bodin
6 February 1993	Sunderland	A	1–0	17,234	Bodin
13 February 1993	Millwall	H	3–0	10,544	White, Bodin, Taylor
20 February 1993	Cambridge United	A	0–1	5,437
23 February 1993	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	10,059	Mitchell (2)
27 February 1993	Portsmouth	H	1–0	14,077	Bodin
6 March 1993	Watford	A	4–0	8,791	White (3), Mitchell
10 March 1993	Southend United	A	1–1	4,317	White
13 March 1993	Newcastle United	H	2–1	17,574	Bodin (pen), Calderwood
17 March 1993	Luton Town	A	0–0	8,902
21 March 1993	Derby County	A	1–2	12,166	Taylor
24 March 1993	Bristol City	H	2–1	13,157	Marwood, Bodin (pen)
27 March 1993	Brentford	A	0–0	10,197
3 April 1993	Peterborough United	H	1–0	10,314	Bodin
6 April 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3	8,335	Mitchell
10 April 1993	Luton Town	H	1–0	10,934	Bodin
12 April 1993	Birmingham City	A	6–4	17,903	Taylor, Maskell (2), Mitchell (3)
17 April 1993	Leicester City	H	1–1	15,428	Taylor
24 April 1993	Notts County	A	1–1	8,382	Bodin (pen)
2 May 1993	West Ham United	H	1–3	17,004	Hazard
8 May 1993	Barnsley	A	0–1	6,031

FA Cup

Main article: 1992-93 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1993	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–3	12,106

League Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	22 September 1992	Torquay United	A	6–0	3,560	Maskell, Mitchell (2), Ling, Taylor, White
R2 Second Leg	6 October 1992	Torquay United	H	3–2 (won 9-2 on agg)	3,293	Hoddle, White, Mitchell
R3	27 October 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	0–1	8,811

Anglo-Italian Cup

Main article: 1992-93 Anglo-Italian Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
PR Group 7	1 September 1992	Oxford United	A	3–1	4,069	Maskell, Summerbee, Berkley
PR Group 7	16 September 1992	Brentford	H	1–2	3,819	Mitchell

Play-Offs

First Leg Swindon Town 3–1 Tranmere Rovers Second Leg Tranmere Rovers 3–2 Swindon Town After a fairly quiet first half, Swindon Town led 1–0 thanks to a goal from player/manager Glenn Hoddle 3 minuted before the break. The match then took off with an exciting second half, just 2 minutes after the restart Craig Maskell put Swindon 2–0 to the good after he finished off a pass from John Moncur, then a header by Shaun Taylor gave Swindon a three-goal advantage six minutes later. At 3–0 Swindon should have been comfortable, but 4 minutes later Julian Joachim pulled one back for Leicester to give them hope. It got better for Leicester as 11 minutes later Steve Walsh raced through to make it 3–2, and just a minute after that Steve Thompson equalised wrapping up an astonishing come-back by Leicester, scoring 3 goals in 12 minutes. However, it turned out to be in vain, when Swindon were awarded a contentious penalty 6 minutes from time after Kevin Poole was alleged to have brought down Steve White in the area. Paul Bodin converted the penalty to finish the game at 4–3 and sent Swindon to the Premier League, while Leicester were left to rue a second year of misery, having lost in the play-off final thanks to controversial penalty for the second year running. Eurosport placed the game at #94 on its list of the 100 Greatest football matches of all-time. Match details Leicester City v Swindon Town 31 May 1993 15:00 BST Leicester City 3 – 4 Swindon Town Joachim  57' Walsh  68' Thompson  69' Report Hoddle  42' Maskell  47' Taylor  53' Bodin  84' (pen.) Wembley Stadium, London Attendance: 73,802 Referee: David Elleray (Harrow) LEICESTER CITY: GK 1 Kevin Poole RB 2 Gary Mills (c) LB 3 Mike Whitlow CB 4 Richard Smith FW 5 Steve Walsh CB 6 Colin Hill RM 7 David Oldfield CM 8 Steve Thompson FW 9 Julian Joachim CM 10 Steve Agnew LM 11 Lee Philpott Substitutes: FW 12 Ian Ormondroyd MF 14 Colin Gibson Manager: Brian Little SWINDON TOWN: GK 1 Fraser Digby RB 2 Nicky Summerbee LB 3 Paul Bodin CM 4 Glenn Hoddle CB 5 Colin Calderwood (c) CB 6 Shaun Taylor CM 7 John Moncur  88' LM 8 Ross MacLaren FW 9 David Mitchell RM 10 Martin Ling FW 11 Craig Maskell  78' Substitutes: FW 12 Steve White  78' MF 14 Micky Hazard  88' Player/Manager: Glenn Hoddle MATCH RULES 90 minutes. 30 minutes of extra-time if necessary. Penalty shootout if scores still level. Two named substitutes. Maximum of two substitutions. Matchday squads Division One line-ups Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 15/08/92 Sunderland H 1–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell1 Ling Mitchell Close1 Viveash 19/08/92 Bristol Rovers A 4–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell2 Ling Mitchell1 White1 Kerslake2 22/08/92 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 2–2 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Kerslake Mitchell White Ling 29/08/92 Cambridge United H 4–1 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell Summerbee Close 05/09/92 Millwall A 1–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Summerbee 12/09/92 Bristol Rovers H 2–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell White Viveash 20/09/92 Oxford United H 2–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell White Close 26/09/92 Charlton Athletic A 0–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 Moncur Maskell2 Ling Mitchell Summerbee1 White2 29/09/92 Grimsby Town H 1–0 Hammond Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell Ling Mitchell Summerbee White 03/10/92 Watford H 3–1 Hammond Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell1 White1 Phillips 10/10/92 Portsmouth A 1–3 Hammond Kerslake Bodin1 Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard2 Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White2 Horlock1 17/10/92 Notts County H 5–1 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee2 Maskell1 Ling Mitchell White1 Moncur2 24/10/92 West Ham United A 1–0 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur1 Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Viveash 31/10/92 Barnsley H 1–0 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell1 White1 Viveash 03/11/92 Brentford H 0–2 Hammond Kerslake1 Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Viveash 08/11/92 Newcastle United A 0–0 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell1 Ling Mitchell White1 Berkley 14/11/92 Southend United H 3–2 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White Hunt1 21/11/92 Bristol City A 2–2 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle1 Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White1 Hunt 29/11/92 Peterborough United A 3–3 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling Mitchell White Moncur 06/12/92 Derby County H 2–4 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee1 Maskell Ling Mitchell2 White2 Moncur1 20/12/92 Leicester City A 2–4 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard2 Moncur1 Maskell Ling Summerbee White1 Bodin2 09/01/93 Oxford United A 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Gray Maskell Ling White Mitchell Horlock 12/01/93 Birmingham City H 0–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Gray Maskell1 Horlock White Mitchell1 Summerbee 16/01/93 Charlton Athletic H 2–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Summerbee Calderwood Taylor Hazard Gray Maskell1 Horlock White Mitchell1 MacLaren 26/01/93 Grimsby Town A 1–2 Digby Kerslake2 Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Maskell Ling1 White Mitchell1 Summerbee2 30/01/93 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 MacLaren Maskell2 Ling White Summerbee2 Mitchell1 06/02/93 Sunderland A 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Horlock 13/02/93 Millwall H 3–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Horlock 20/02/93 Cambridge United A 0–1 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Maskell1 Ling White Close1 Murray 23/02/93 Tranmere Rovers H 2–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Hunt 27/02/93 Portsmouth H 1–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Murray 06/03/93 Watford A 4–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Summerbee MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Murray 10/03/93 Southend United A 1–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash Calderwood Taylor Hunt MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Marwood 13/03/93 Newcastle United H 2–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash Calderwood Taylor Hunt1 MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Marwood1 17/03/93 Luton Town A 0–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash Calderwood Taylor Hunt1 MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Marwood1 21/03/93 Derby County A 1–2 Digby Summerbee Bodin Viveash1 Calderwood Taylor Marwood2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close2 Hoddle1 24/03/93 Bristol City H 2–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood MacLaren Mitchell2 Ling1 White Close2 Hunt1 27/03/93 Brentford A 0–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood MacLaren1 Mitchell Ling White Close1 Hunt 03/04/93 Peterborough United H 1–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood MacLaren Mitchell Ling White Close Hunt 06/04/93 Tranmere Rovers A 1–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling1 White Close2 Hazard1 10/04/93 Luton Town H 1–0 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Marwood1 MacLaren2 Maskell Ling Close Hazard1 Hamon2 12/04/93 Birmingham City A 6–4 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell Close Marwood 17/04/93 Leicester City H 1–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White Marwood1 24/04/93 Notts County A 1–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White1 Marwood 02/05/93 West Ham United H 1–3 Digby Summerbee Viveash1 Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard MacLaren Mitchell Ling White2 Maskell2 Marwood1 08/05/93 Barnsley A 0–1 Digby Summerbee Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 MacLaren Maskell Ling Hamon2 Moncur1 Marwood2 Division One Play-Offs line-ups Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 16/05/93 Tranmere Rovers H 3–1 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Moncur2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White1 Hazard2 19/05/93 Tranmere Rovers A 2–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Moncur MacLaren Mitchell Ling White1 Hazard Maskell1 31/05/93 Leicester City N 4–3 Digby Summerbee Bodin Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Moncur2 MacLaren Mitchell Ling Maskell1 White1 Hazard2 1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution. F.A. Cup line-ups Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 04/01/93 Queens Park Rangers A 0–3 Hammond Kerslake Bodin Hoddle Mitchell Taylor Hazard Horlock1 Maskell2 Ling White Summerbee1 Murray2 1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution. League Cup line-ups Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 23/09/92 Torquay United A 6–0 Digby Kerslake Bodin Hoddle2 Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur1 Maskell Ling Mitchell Summerbee1 White2 06/10/92 Torquay United H 3–2 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard1 Summerbee White Ling2 Mitchell Close1 Phillips2 27/10/92 Oldham Athletic H 0–1 Hammond Kerslake Horlock Hoddle Calderwood Taylor Hazard Summerbee Maskell Ling1 Mitchell White1 Viveash 1 1st Substitution, 2 2nd Substitution. Anglo-Italian Cup line-ups Date Opposition V Score 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 14 01/09/92 Oxford United A 3–1 Digby O'Sullivan Bodin Hunt Calderwood Viveash Summerbee Close Maskell1 Ling Berkley White1 Murray 16/09/92 Brentford H 1–2 Digby Kerslake Bodin Summerbee Calderwood Taylor Hazard Moncur Maskell1 Ling Mitchell White1 Viveash Appearances Last updated 28 June 2011 No. Pos Nat Player Total Division One FA Cup League Cup AIC Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals MF Austin Berkley 1 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 1 DF Paul Bodin 42 12 37+1 12 1+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 DF Colin Calderwood 54 2 49+0 2 0+0 0 3+0 0 2+0 0 FW Shaun Close 9 0 1+6 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 1+0 0 GK Fraser Digby 39 0 36+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 GK Nicky Hammond 16 0 13+0 0 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 FW Chris Hamon 2 0 1+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 MF Micky Hazard 39 3 30+4 3 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 DF Glenn Hoddle 49 3 44+1 2 1+0 0 3+0 1 0+0 0 FW Paul Hunt 6 0 3+2 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 MF Kevin Horlock 17 1 13+1 1 1+0 0 2+0 0 0+0 0 MF Martin Ling 52 4 46+0 3 1+0 0 3+0 1 2+0 0 MF Ross MacLaren 25 0 25+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 MF Brian Marwood 11 1 6+5 1 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 FW Craig Maskell 41 23 34+2 21 1+0 0 2+0 1 2+0 1 FW Dave Mitchell 49 16 40+4 12 1+0 0 3+0 3 1+0 1 MF John Moncur 19 2 14+3 2 0+0 0 1+0 0 1+0 0 DF Eddie Murray 1 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 DF Wayne O'Sullivan 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 MF Marcus Phillips 1 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+1 0 0+0 0 DF Nicky Summerbee 48 4 39+3 3 0+1 0 2+1 0 2+0 1 DF Shaun Taylor 54 13 49+0 12 1+0 0 3+0 1 1+0 0 DF Adrian Viveash 6 0 5+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 1+0 0 FW Steve White 43 9 21+16 7 1+0 0 1+2 2 0+2 0 Players who had a loan spell or left the club during the season: DF David Kerslake (left for Leeds United on 11/03/93) 36 0 30+1 0 1+0 0 3+0 0 1+0 0 MF Andy Gray (on loan from Tottenham Hotspur) 3 0 3+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 0+0 0 References