# 1992–93 Newcastle United F.C. season

During the 1992–93 season, Newcastle United participated in the Football League Division One.
Newcastle secured promotion to the top flight by winning the First Division Championship, often simply overwhelming opponents along the way (a 7–1 victory over Leicester City being particularly memorable). The Magpies joined the elite FA Premier League for the 1993–94 season.

## Season summary

After narrowly avoiding relegation from the old Second Division (renamed the First Division) the previous season, Kevin Keegan's Newcastle swept away all others before them, nearly breaking the English record for consecutive wins along the way before a 1–0 defeat at home to Grimsby Town broke the sequence.
The Newcastle team was spearheaded by the prolific striker Andy Cole and David Kelly, who were ably supported by midfielders Paul Bracewell, Gavin Peacock, Rob Lee, and Brian 'Killer' Kilcline (a tough free transfer defender who Keegan later claimed was his best signing).
Coincidentally it was the return game at Grimsby that saw Newcastle clinch promotion and the league title with a 2–0 win on an emotional night for the club's supporters, who invaded the pitch at the final whistle to congratulate their 'King Kev' and the players for returning the club to the top flight after a four-year exile. Late in the season, Keegan had signed young striker Andy Cole from Bristol City, who repaid his transfer fee by scoring 12 goals in the final 11 games of the season. In anticipation of a campaign in the new Premier League, Keegan re-signed a 1980s Newcastle hero, his former Newcastle strike partner Peter Beardsley from Everton in the close season.

### Image gallery

* Newcastle United kit, 1991–93
* Robert Lee, who signed for Newcastle early in the season
* Andy Cole
* New arrival in 1992, defender Barry Venison
* Manager Kevin Keegan

## Appearances, goals and cards

    (Substitute appearances in brackets)
| Pos. | Name | League | League | FA Cup | FA Cup | League Cup | League Cup | Anglo-Italian Cup | Anglo-Italian Cup | Total | Total | Discipline | Discipline |
| Pos. | Name | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | | |
| GK | Pavel Srníček | 32 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| GK | Tommy Wright | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Matty Appleby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 2 (1) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Richie Appleby | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | John Beresford | 42 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 52 | 1 | 6 | 0 |
| DF | Steve Howey | 41 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 53 | 2 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | Brian Kilcline | 7 (12) | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 15 (14) | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| DF | Bjørn Kristensen | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 (1) | 1 | 3 (1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Alan Neilson | 2 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 6 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Ray Ranson | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Robinson | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (7) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Scott | 45 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 56 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Stimson | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Barry Venison | 44 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 55 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| DF | John Watson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Steve Watson | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 (1) | 3 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Bracewell | 18 (6) | 2 | 2 (2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 22 (8) | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Brock | 4 (3) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 (1) | 1 | 8 (4) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Franz Carr | 8 (2) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 (2) | 0 | 3 (1) | 0 | 12 (5) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Lee Clark | 46 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 58 | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Peter Garland | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Robert Lee | 36 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Liam O'Brien | 33 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 43 | 7 | 5 | 0 |
| MF | Gavin Peacock | 30 (3) | 12 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 40 (3) | 18 | 2 | 0 |
| MF | David Roche | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Scott Sellars | 13 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| MF | Kevin Sheedy | 23 (1) | 3 | 2 (1) | 1 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 33 (2) | 5 | 1 | 1 |
| MF | Alan Thompson | 1 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 (1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Andy Cole | 11 (1) | 12 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 11 (1) | 12 | 1 | 0 |
| FW | Andy Hunt | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | David Kelly | 45 | 24 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 57 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| FW | Micky Quinn | 4 (1) | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 (2) | 0 | 2 (1) | 3 | 8 (4) | 5 | 2 | 0 |

### Coaching staff

| Position | Staff |
| Manager | Kevin Keegan |
| Assistant Manager | Terry McDermott |
| Head Coach | Arthur Cox |
| Goalkeeping Coach | Jim Montgomery |
| First Team Coach | Derek Fazackerley |
| Reserve Team Coach | |
| Chief scout | |
Last updated: 3 May 2011 Source:

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos. | Name | From | Fee |
| 16 June 1992 | MF | Paul Bracewell | Sunderland | £250,000 |
| 2 July 1992 | DF | John Beresford | Portsmouth | £650,000 |
| 31 July 1992 | DF | Barry Venison | Liverpool | £250,000 |
| 22 September 1992 | MF | Robert Lee | Charlton Athletic | £700,000 |
| 9 March 1993 | DF | Mark Robinson | Barnsley | £450,000 |
| 9 March 1993 | MF | Scott Sellars | Leeds United | £700,000 |
| 12 March 1993 | FW | Andy Cole | Bristol City | £1,750,000 |
* Total spending: £4.75m

### Out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Fee |
| 20 July 1992 | MF | Lee Makel | Blackburn Rovers | £160,000 |
| 19 December 1992 | MF | Peter Garland | Charlton Athletic | £35,000 |
| 22 December 1992 | FW | Micky Quinn | Coventry City | £250,000 |
| 26 March 1993 | DF | Bjørn Kristensen | Portsmouth | £120,000 |
| 8 April 1993 | MF | Franz Carr | Sheffield United | £180,000 |
* Total income: £745k

### Loans out

| Date | Pos. | Name | To | Expiry |
| November 1992 | DF | Bjørn Kristensen | Bristol City | March 1993 |
| January 1993 | MF | Franz Carr | Sheffield United | April 1993 |

## Competitions

Win  Draw  Loss

### Pre-season

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Result | 0–1 | 3–1 | 1–1 | 1–0 | 3–5 |

### League

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Newcastle United (C, P) | 46 | 29 | 9 | 8 | 92 | 38 | +54 | 96 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 2 | West Ham United (P) | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 81 | 41 | +40 | 88 | Promotion to the Premier League |
| 3 | Portsmouth | 46 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 80 | 46 | +34 | 88 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 4 | Tranmere Rovers | 46 | 23 | 10 | 13 | 72 | 56 | +16 | 79 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| 5 | Swindon Town (O, P) | 46 | 21 | 13 | 12 | 74 | 59 | +15 | 76 | Qualification for the First Division play-offs |
| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 |
| Result | 3–2 | 2–1 | 2–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 3–1 | 5–0 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–1 | 0–1 | 1–2 | 3–2 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 2–0 | 4–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 | 1–1 | 2–1 | 2–4 |
| Position | 3rd | 4th | 4th | 2nd | 2nd | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |
| Round | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 |
| Result | 2–1 | 3–0 | 1–1 | 0–0 | 1–1 | 0–2 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–0 | 5–1 | 2–2 | 1–2 | 4–0 | 0–1 | 2–2 | 3–0 | 6–0 | 0–1 | 2–1 | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2–1 | 7–1 |
| Position | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st | 1st |

### FA Cup

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Result | 4–0 | 1–1 | 2–0 | 0–1 |

### League Cup

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| Result | 2–1 | 0–0 | 0–0 | 3–1 | 1–2 |

### Anglo-Italian Cup

| Match | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Result | 2–2 | 4–0 | 1–1 | 0–1 | 0–3 | 2–2 |