Season | 1993–94 |
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Champions |
Manchester United 2nd Premier League title 9th English title |
Relegated |
Oldham Athletic Sheffield United Swindon Town |
Champions League | Manchester United |
Cup Winners' Cup |
Arsenal Chelsea |
UEFA Cup |
Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Newcastle United |
Goals scored | 1195 |
Top goalscorer | Andy Cole (34) |
Biggest home win |
Newcastle United 7–1 Swindon Town (12 March 1994) |
Biggest away win |
Swindon Town 0–5 Liverpool (22 August 1993) Swindon Town 0–5 Leeds United (7 May 1994) |
Highest scoring |
Norwich City 4–5 Southampton (9 April 1994) |
Longest winning run | 8 games Manchester United |
Longest unbeaten run | 22 games Manchester United |
Longest winless run | 15 games Swindon Town |
Longest losing run | 7 games Tottenham Hotspur |
Highest attendance | 45,347 Aston Villa v Liverpool |
Lowest attendance | 4,739 Wimbledon v Coventry City |
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The 1993–94 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the Premier League, the top division of professional football in England. Manchester United won the league by eight points over nearest challengers Blackburn Rovers, their second consecutive league title. Swindon Town finished bottom of the league in their first season of top-flight football and were relegated along with Sheffield United and Oldham Athletic.
From the start of the 1993–94 season, the FA Premier League was sponsored by Carling Breweries.
Newcastle United and West Ham United were promoted to the Premier League from the First Division as champions and runners-up respectively. The last promotion place was won by Swindon Town after their victory over Leicester City in the 1992–93 playoff final. Newcastle had been relegated from the old First Division in 1989 and West Ham United had been relegated the season before the start of the Premier League. Swindon had never played top-division football before. They had won the old First Division playoffs in 1990 but were later denied promotion because of financial irregularities.
Just before the start of the season, Roy Keane became the most expensive footballer signed by an English football team. The 22-year-old Irish midfielder left relegated Nottingham Forest for Manchester United for a fee of £3.75 million.
During the 1993–94 season, many players were transferred between Premier League clubs for fees exceeding £1 million. They included David White (Manchester City to Leeds United), David Rocastle (Leeds United to Manchester City), Roy Wegerle (Blackburn Rovers to Coventry City) and Tim Flowers (Southampton to Blackburn Rovers). At £2.5 million, Flowers became the most expensive goalkeeper in English football.