# 1993–94 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1993–94 season was the 95th season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played the season in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League First Division.
This season saw the completion of the redevelopment of Molineux which was officially opened on 7 December 1993 to bring the club's highest crowds since the early 1980s. With the expense of the stadium completed by owner Sir Jack Hayward, manager Graham Turner was afforded the biggest budget he had been granted during his tenure but he resigned in March 1994 to end his 7½-year reign with the team in 13th place.
Former England manager Graham Taylor was appointed as Turner's replacement but the team were unable to improve enough to reach the promotion play-offs, ending in 8th place.

## Results
### Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1993–94 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.
Final table
Source: Statto.com
Results summary
| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
Source: Statto.com
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 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | W | D | W | L | L | L | D | W | L | D | D | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | D | W | L | D | W | W | W | W | D | D | L | W | L | L | L | D | W | W | W | L | D | W | W | L | W | L | D | D |
| Position | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 13 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |

### Anglo-Italian Cup

Wolves played in Group 5 of the preliminary round alongside two other domestic First Division clubs. The winner of the group would advance to the main group stage to play both English and Italian opposition. However, Wolves finished in second place in this initial round and so were eliminated.

## Players

Key: ‡ On loan from another club * First appearance(s) for the club
* # = Squad number
* Pos = Playing position
* P = Number of games played 10
* G = Number of goals scored
* GK = Goalkeeper
* DF = Defender
* MF = Midfielder
* FW = Forward
* = Yellow cards
* = Red cards
* † Permanent player left club during the season
* ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season
Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.
| Pos | Name | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | P | G | | |
| Pos | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Other | Other | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline | Notes |
| GK | David Felgate † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Paul Jones | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Mike Stowell | 46 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Ashley | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Blades | 35 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 43 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Edwards † | 10(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lawrie Madden † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Neil Masters | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Derek Mountfield | 17(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 19(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Peter Shirtliff (c) | 39 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Simkin | 7(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Andy Thompson | 36(1) | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 42(1) | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Venus | 38(1) | 1 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 47(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tom Bennett | 8(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Birch | 25(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 28(7) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Burke ¤ | 10(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 14(2) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Cook | 34(2) | 2 | 1(2) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 36(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Robbie Dennison | 10(4) | 2 | 2(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12(5) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Darren Ferguson | 12(2) | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Keen | 36(5) | 7 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 45(5) | 9 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jimmy Kelly ¤ | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Chris Marsden | 8 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Rankine | 28(3) | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Geoff Thomas | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Turner | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Shaun Bradbury ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Bull | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 1 | 29(1) | 15 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David Kelly | 35(1) | 11 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 43(1) | 14 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Lee Mills | 6(8) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 9(8) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Andy Mutch † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Cyrille Regis | 8(11) | 2 | 1(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 10(13) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Darren Roberts ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Mike Small ‡ | 2(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Guy Whittingham ‡ | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| 18 June 1993 | Geoff Thomas | Crystal Palace | £800,000 |
| 23 June 1993 | David Kelly | Newcastle United | £750,000 |
| 7 July 1993 | Kevin Keen | West Ham United | £600,000 |
| 3 August 1993 | Cyrille Regis | Aston Villa | £600,000 |
| 12 August 1993 | David Felgate | Bolton Wanderers | Free |
| 18 August 1993 | Peter Shirtliff | Sheffield Wednesday | £250,000 |
| 22 December 1993 | Neil Masters | Bournemouth | £300,000 |
| 7 January 1994 | Chris Marsden | Huddersfield Town | £250,000 |
| 12 January 1994 | Darren Ferguson | Manchester United | £250,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| July 1993 | Rob Hindmarch | Telford United | Free |
| July 1993 | Colin Taylor | Telford United | Free |
| 16 July 1993 | Tim Steele | Bradford City | Free |
| 22 July 1993 | Keith Downing | Birmingham City | Free |
| 16 August 1993 | Andy Mutch | Swindon Town | £250,000 |
| 3 September 1993 | Lawrie Madden | Darlington | Free |
| 1 October 1993 | David Felgate | Chester City | Free |
| 19 January 1994 | Paul Edwards | West Bromwich Albion | £55,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| 15 September 1993 | Mike Small | West Ham United | October 1993 |
| 11 March 1994 | Guy Whittingham | Aston Villa | End of season |

### Loans out

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| January 1994 | Jimmy Kelly | Wrexham | End of season |
| 4 March 1994 | Mark Burke | Luton Town | March 1994 |
| 18 March 1994 | Darren Roberts | Hereford United | End of season |

## Management and coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Graham Turner (until 16 March), then Peter Shirtliff as caretaker manager, then Graham Taylor (from 29 March onward) |
| First team coach | Garry Pendrey (until 16 March) |
| Director of Youth School of Excellence | Rob Kelly |
| Youth Team Coach | Chris Evans |
| Club doctors | Dr Tweddell and Dr Peter Bekenn |
| Club Physio | Paul Darby |

## Kit

The season brought a new home kit as the design returned to a plain gold shirt with black collar. The away kit, a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms, was retained from the previous season. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.