1992–93 Football League Second Division
| Season | 1992–93 |
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| Champions | Newcastle United |
| Promoted |
Newcastle United West Ham United Swindon Town |
| Relegated | Halifax Town |
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1993–94 →
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| Season | 1992–93 |
|---|---|
| Champions | Newcastle United (2nd second tier title) |
| Direct promotion to FA Premier League |
Newcastle United, West Ham United |
| Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs | Swindon Town |
| Relegated |
Brentford, Bristol Rovers, Cambridge United |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,449 (2.63 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Guy Whittingham (Portsmouth), 42 |
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1993–94 →
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| Season | 1992–93 |
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| Champions | Stoke City (3rd third tier title) |
| Direct promotion |
Stoke City, Bolton Wanderers |
| Promoted through play-offs | West Bromwich Albion |
| Relegated |
Chester, Mansfield Town, Preston North End, Wigan Athletic |
| Matches played | 552 |
| Goals scored | 1,479 (2.68 per match) |
| Top goalscorer | Bob Taylor (West Bromwich Albion), 30 |
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1993–94 →
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| Season | 1992–93 |
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| Champions | Cardiff City (1st fourth tier title) |
| Direct promotion |
Barnet, Cardiff City, Wrexham |
| Promoted through play-offs | York City |
| Relegated | Halifax Town |
| Matches played | 462 |
| Goals scored | 1,311 (2.84 per match) |
| Top goalscorer |
Darren Foreman (Scarborough),27; Carl Griffiths (Shrewsbury Town), 27 |
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1993–94 →
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The 1992–1993 season was the 94th completed season of the Football League.
This season saw the birth of the FA Premier League. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions.
In 1992 all of the First Division Clubs resigned from the Football League and, on 27 May 1992, the FA Premier League was formed as a limited company, which worked out of an office at the Football Association’s then headquarters, Lancaster Gate.
The three divisions which remained in the Football League were renamed. The old Division Two was now called Division One. The old Division Three was now called Division Two, and the old Division Four was now Division Three. The league was sponsored this season by Barclays.
Newcastle United’s first full season under the management of Kevin Keegan ended in Division One championship glory and promotion to the Premier League, where they remained for 16 seasons until relegation at the end of the 2008–09 season. Following the Geordies into football’s big-money league were West Ham United and Swindon Town. West Ham had suffered relegation just one season earlier, and had been many people’s favourites for an automatic return to the elite. Swindon, meanwhile, had finally reached the top flight after 73 years of trying — they had actually won promotion via the play-offs three years earlier, but promotion had been denied a few weeks later due to financial irregularities.
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