# 1992–93 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

The 1992–93 season was the 94th 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, which was now titled Football League First Division after the reorganisation of the leagues following the introduction of the Premier League.
The team remained unbeaten until its thirteenth game, making it their best start to a campaign since 1949–50, but were unable to maintain this level of consistency and ended in 11th place for a second consecutive season.
This season saw the North Bank of Molineux occupied for the first time since the mid-1980s, with the new Stan Cullis Stand being officially opened during pre-season.

## Results
### Football League First Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League First Division in the 1992–93 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. For the first time, teams finishing level on points were firstly divided by the number of goals scored rather than goal difference.

#### League table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| 9 | Grimsby Town | 46 | 19 | 7 | 20 | 58 | 57 | +1 | 64 |
| 10 | Peterborough United | 46 | 16 | 14 | 16 | 55 | 63 | −8 | 62 |
| 11 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 57 | 56 | +1 | 61 |
| 12 | Charlton Athletic | 46 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 49 | 46 | +3 | 61 |
| 13 | Barnsley | 46 | 17 | 9 | 20 | 56 | 60 | −4 | 60 |

#### 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 | W | D | D | W | W | D | D | W | D | D | D | L | L | L | W | D | W | W | D | L | L | L | D | L | W | W | L | L | W | L | D | L | W | D | L | W | W | L | D | W | L | L | L | W | L |
| Position | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 9 | 11 |

#### Matches
### Anglo-Italian Cup

Wolves played in Group 4 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 | Dave Beasant ‡ | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Paul Jones | 16 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| GK | Mike Stowell | 26 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Kevin Ashley | 28 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 32 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Gary Bellamy † | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Blades ‡ | 38(2) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 40(2) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Paul Edwards ‡ | 33(2) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Rob Hindmarch | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Lawrie Madden | 19(5) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 23(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Derek Mountfield | 34(2) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 40(2) | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Darren Simkin | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Andy Thompson | 15(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 16(5) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Mark Venus | 12 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| DF | Shane Westley † | 6(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7(2) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tom Bennett | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Birch | 27(1) | 3 | 0(1) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 31(2) | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| MF | Mark Burke | 27(5) | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 28(6) | 8 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Paul Cook | 44 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Robbie Dennison | 31(6) | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0(2) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 33(9) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Keith Downing | 30(1) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 36(1) | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Jimmy Kelly ¤ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Rankine | 23(4) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 28(4) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Tim Steele | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1(3) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| MF | Mark Turner | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Shaun Bradbury | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Steve Bull | 36 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 42 | 19 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Lee Mills | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Andy Mutch | 34(5) | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 38(5) | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Darren Roberts | 12(9) | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0(1) | 0 | 1(1) | 0 | 13(11) | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| FW | Colin Taylor ¤ | 0(1) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1(1) | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Player | From | Fee |
| October 1992 | Paul Blades | Norwich City | £325,000 |
| October 1992 | Paul Edwards | Coventry City | £100,000 |
| November 1992 | Darren Simkin | Blakenhall Town | £10,000 |
| 9 December 1992 | Lee Mills | Stocksbridge Park Steels | £20,000 |

### Out

| Date | Player | To | Fee |
| June 1992 | Brian Roberts | Retired | Free |
| 12 August 1992 | Tony Lange | West Bromwich Albion | Free |
| 10 September 1992 | Gary Bellamy | Leyton Orient | £30,000 |
| 30 October 1992 | Shane Westley | Brentford | £100,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| 13 August 1992 | Paul Edwards | Coventry City | October 1992 |
| 14 August 1992 | Paul Blades | Norwich City | October 1992 |
| 12 January 1993 | Dave Beasant | Chelsea | End of season |

### Loans out

| Start date | Player | From | End date |
| October 1992 | Colin Taylor | Preston North End | ? |
| February 1993 | Colin Taylor | Doncaster Rovers | ? |
| March 1993 | Jimmy Kelly | Walsall | End of season |

## Management and coaching staff

| Position | Name |
| Manager | Graham Turner |
| First team coach | Garry Pendrey |
| 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 two new kits, with the home kit featuring an unpopular gold shirt decorated with black smears that even drew a protest reaction some fans. The away kit was a bright blue shirt with black bands and gold trim on the upper arms. Both were manufactured by the club's own "Molineux" label and sponsored by Goodyear.