# 1993–94 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1993–1994 season saw Leeds United competing in the Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons).

## Competitions

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 3 | Newcastle United | 42 | 23 | 8 | 11 | 82 | 41 | +41 | 77 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Arsenal | 42 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 53 | 28 | +25 | 71 | Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round |
| 5 | Leeds United | 42 | 18 | 16 | 8 | 65 | 39 | +26 | 70 | |
| 6 | Wimbledon | 42 | 18 | 11 | 13 | 56 | 53 | +3 | 65 | |
| 7 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 16 | 16 | 10 | 76 | 54 | +22 | 64 | |
* ↑ Arsenal qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup as the defending champions.

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 |
| Ground | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | H | H | A |
| Result | D | W | L | L | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | D | D | W | D | D | W | W | W | L | W | D | D | D | D | L | L | W | D | D | D | W | W | L | D | W | W | D | L | W | D | W |
| Position | 11 | 8 | 12 | 17 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 |

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Premier League

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 14 August 1993 | Manchester City | A | 1–1 | Deane | 32,366 |
| 17 August 1993 | West Ham United | H | 1–0 | Speed | 34,588 |
| 21 August 1993 | Norwich City | H | 0–4 | — | 32,008 |
| 24 August 1993 | Arsenal | A | 1–2 | Strachan | 29,042 |
| 28 August 1993 | Liverpool | A | 0–2 | — | 44,068 |
| 30 August 1993 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–0 | Strachan | 28,717 |
| 11 September 1993 | Southampton | A | 2–0 | Deane, Speed | 13,511 |
| 19 September 1993 | Sheffield United | H | 2–1 | Strachan, McAllister | 33,892 |
| 25 September 1993 | Coventry City | A | 2–0 | Wallace (2) | 28,717 |
| 2 October 1993 | Wimbledon | H | 4–0 | Speed (2), McAllister (2) | 30,020 |
| 17 October 1993 | Ipswich Town | A | 0–0 | — | 17,548 |
| 23 October 1993 | Blackburn Rovers | H | 3–3 | Sherwood (o.g.), Newsome, McAllister (pen.) | 37,827 |
| 30 October 1993 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 3–3 | Speed, Fairclough, Wallace | 31,892 |
| 6 November 1993 | Chelsea | H | 4–1 | Deane, Rocastle, Wallace (2) | 35,022 |
| 20 November 1993 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–1 | Deane | 31,275 |
| 23 November 1993 | Everton | A | 1–1 | Wallace | 17,066 |
| 27 November 1993 | Swindon Town | H | 3–0 | Deane, Speed, Wallace | 32,630 |
| 4 December 1993 | Manchester City | H | 3–2 | Deane, Speed, Wallace | 33,821 |
| 8 December 1993 | West Ham United | A | 1–0 | Wallace | 20,468 |
| 13 December 1993 | Norwich City | A | 1–2 | Wallace | 16,586 |
| 18 December 1993 | Arsenal | H | 2–1 | Adams (o.g.), McAllister | 37,515 |
| 22 December 1993 | Newcastle United | A | 1–1 | Fairclough | 36,388 |
| 29 December 1993 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–1 | Hodge | 39,106 |
| 1 January 1994 | Manchester United | A | 0–0 | — | 44,724 |
| 15 January 1994 | Ipswich Town | H | 0–0 | — | 31,317 |
| 23 January 1994 | Blackburn Rovers | A | 1–2 | Speed | 16,938 |
| 6 February 1994 | Aston Villa | A | 0–1 | — | 26,919 |
| 19 February 1994 | Liverpool | H | 2–0 | Wetherall, McAllister | 40,053 |
| 28 February 1994 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–1 | McAllister | 11,136 |
| 5 March 1994 | Southampton | H | 0–0 | — | 30,890 |
| 13 March 1994 | Sheffield United | A | 2–2 | Deane, Speed | 19,250 |
| 16 March 1994 | Aston Villa | H | 2–0 | Deane, Wallace | 33,120 |
| 19 March 1994 | Coventry City | H | 1–0 | Wallace | 30,023 |
| 26 March 1994 | Wimbledon | A | 0–1 | — | 9,035 |
| 1 April 1994 | Newcastle United | H | 1–1 | Fairclough | 40,005 |
| 4 April 1994 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 4–0 | Deane, White (2), Wallace | 13,365 |
| 17 April 1994 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–0 | Wallace (2) | 33,658 |
| 23 April 1994 | Chelsea | A | 1–1 | Speed | 18,544 |
| 27 April 1994 | Manchester United | H | 0–2 | — | 41,125 |
| 30 April 1994 | Everton | H | 3–0 | White, Watson (o.g.), McAllister | 35,487 |
| 3 May 1994 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 2–2 | White, Wallace | 33,806 |
| 7 May 1994 | Swindon Town | A | 5–0 | Deane (2), White, Fairclough, Wallace | 17,228 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| Third round | 8 January 1994 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 3–1 | Deane, Forrester (2) | 23,475 |
| Fourth round | 29 January 1994 | Oxford United | A | 2–2 | Speed, Wetherall | 11,029 |
| Fourth round replay | 9 February 1994 | Oxford United | H | 2–3 | White, Strachan | 22,167 |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| Second round first leg | 21 September 1993 | Sunderland | A | 1–2 | Speed | 17,101 |
| Second round second leg | 6 October 1993 | Sunderland | H | 1–2 | Whelan | 22,265 |

## Statistics

    (Starting appearances + substitute appearances)
| No. | Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| No. | Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| 1 | GK | John Lukic | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | DF | Tony Dorigo | 37 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| 4 | MF | David Batty | 8+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 5 | DF | Chris Fairclough | 40 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 45 | 4 | 4 | 0 |
| 6 | DF | David O'Leary | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 7 | MF | Gordon Strachan | 32+1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 37+1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | FW | Rod Wallace | 34+3 | 17 | 1+1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 36+4 | 17 | 3 | 0 |
| 9 | FW | Brian Deane | 41 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 46 | 12 | 2 | 0 |
| 10 | MF | Gary McAllister | 42 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 8 | 3 | 0 |
| 11 | MF | Gary Speed | 35+1 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 39+1 | 11 | 3 | 0 |
| 12 | DF | John Pemberton | 6+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6+3 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| 13 | GK | Mark Beeney | 22 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | MF | Steve Hodge | 7+1 | 1 | 1+2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 9+3 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 14 | FW | David White | 9+6 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12+6 | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | MF | David Rocastle | 6+1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 6+2 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 16 | DF | Jon Newsome | 25+4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29+4 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| 17 | FW | Frank Strandli | 0+4 | 0 | 1+2 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 1+7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 18 | DF | David Wetherall | 31+1 | 1 | 0+2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 33+3 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| 19 | DF | Ray Wallace | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | DF | Kevin Sharp | 7+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7+3 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 22 | DF | Gary Kelly | 42 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| 23 | MF | Mark Tinkler | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | FW | Noel Whelan | 6+10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7+10 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| 26 | FW | Jamie Forrester | 2+1 | 0 | 1+2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3+3 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| 27 | MF | Mark Ford | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0+1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 1993 | DF | David O'Leary | Arsenal | Free |
| 14 July 1993 | FW | Brian Deane | Sheffield United | £2,700,000 |
| 15 November 1993 | DF | John Pemberton | Sheffield United | £250,000 |
| 27 December 1993 | FW | David White | Manchester City | £2,000,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 1 July 1993 | GK | Mervyn Day | Carlisle United | Free |
| 1 July 1993 | MF | Dylan Kerr | Reading | £75,000 |
| 1 August 1993 | FW | Carl Shutt | Birmingham City | £50,000 |
| 1 August 1993 | DF | Chris Whyte | Birmingham City | £250,000 |
| 7 August 1993 | FW | Lee Chapman | Portsmouth | £250,000 |
| 1 September 1993 | DF | David Kerslake | Tottenham Hotspur | £450,000 |
| 26 October 1993 | MF | David Batty | Blackburn Rovers | £2,750,000 |
| 20 December 1993 | MF | David Rocastle | Manchester City | £2,000,000 |
| 20 December 1993 | DF | Mel Sterland | Retired | Retired |

### Loan out

| Date from | Date to | Pos. | Name | To |
| 1 March 1994 | 31 May 1994 | DF | Ray Wallace | Reading |