NUFC 1992/93 - Season Review

NUFC Squad 1992/93

Division 1	1st
FA Cup	R5
League Cup	R3
Attendance	29,048
Chairman	J Hall
Manager	K Keegan
Coach	D Fazackerly
Captain	B Kilcline > B Venison
Top Scorer	D Kelly (28)

Once Keegan had been persuaded to continue the good work he started, it was all systems go. Hall and Keegan were both very clear about the target; there was no time for consolidation, the newly-formed Premiership was the aim.

Keegan's signings added considerably to the quality of the side. In the summer Paul Bracewell, John Beresford and Barry Venison were all signed with Robert Lee following in September. And in March Andy Cole and Scott Sellars arrived.

United stormed into the Premiership; they reached top spot after 6 games and never relinquished their position throughout the rest of the season. They finished 8 points clear of 2nd placed West Ham and 17 points ahead of 4th placed Tranmere and scored more and conceded less than any other team in the Division.

In terms of results, it is the 5th best season in the club's history. The total of 92 goals has only been surpassed on 3 occasions and the goal difference of +54 was only bettered in 2009/10.

The Cups were no more than an inconvenience and there was no shame in being narrowly beaten by Premiership clubs Blackburn and Chelsea.

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Competitions

League Division 1

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United started the season in brilliant fashion with 11 consecutive victories in the League culminating with a 2-1 victory at Roker Park following O'Brien's memorable free-kick.

By Christmas, 17 wins in 23 games had given Newcastle a twelve point lead over second placed Tranmere.

The New Year saw United get a bit jittery and a run of 5 draws and one defeat led to the Magpies' seemingly unassailable lead being gradually whittled away.

United got back on track with a televised 3-0 win at Tranmere and promotion was finally secured with victory at Grimsby. The season finished in style as United thrashed Leicester 7-1 after leading 6-0 at half-time.

15/8	H	Southend	W	3-2
22/8	A	Derby	W	2-1	H
29/8	H	WHU	W	2-0	H
02/9	H	Luton	W	2-0	H
05/9	A	Bristol R	W	2-1	H
12/9	H	Portsmouth	W	3-1	H
19/9	H	Bristol C	W	5-0	H
26/9	A	Peterborough Utd	W	1-0	H
04/10	A	Brentford	W	2-1	H
10/10	H	Tranmere	W	1-0	H
18/10	A	Sunderland	W	2-1	H
24/10	H	Grimsby	L	0-1	H
31/10	A	Leicester	L	1-2	H
04/11	A	Birmingham	W	3-2	H
08/11	H	Swindon	D	0-0	H
14/11	A	Charlton	W	3-1	H
21/11	H	Watford	W	2-0	H
28/11	H	Cambridge	W	4-1	H
05/12	A	Notts C	W	2-0	H
13/12	A	Barnsley	L	0-1	H
20/12	H	Millwall	D	1-1	H
26/12	H	Wolves	W	2-1	H
28/12	A	Oxford	L	2-4	H
09/1	A	Bristol C	W	2-1	H
16/1	H	Peterborough	W	3-0	H
20/1	A	Southend	D	1-1	H
27/1	A	Luton	D	0-0	H
31/1	H	Derby	D	1-1	H
09/2	A	Portsmouth	L	0-2
21/2	A	WHU	D	0-0	H
24/2	H	Bristol R	D	0-0	H
28/2	A	Tranmere	W	3-0	H
06/3	H	Brentford	W	5-1	H
10/3	H	Charlton	D	2-2	H
13/3	A	Swindon	L	1-2	H
20/3	H	Notts C	W	4-0	H
23/3	A	Watford	L	0-1	H
28/3	H	Birmingham	D	2-2	H
03/4	A	Cambridge	W	3-0	H
07/4	H	Barnsley	W	6-0	H
10/4	A	Wolves	L	0-1	H
17/4	A	Millwall	W	2-1	H
25/4	H	Sunderland	W	1-0	H
04/5	A	Grimsby	W	2-0	H
06/5	H	Oxford	W	2-1	H
09/5	H	Leicester	W	7-1	H

		W	D	L	F	A	Pts
01	Newcastle	29	9	8	92	38	96
02	West Ham	26	10	10	81	41	88
03	Portsmouth	26	10	10	80	46	88
04	Tranmere	23	10	13	72	56	79
05	Swindon	21	13	12	74	59	76
06	Leicester	22	10	14	71	64	76
07	Millwall	18	16	12	65	53	70
08	Derby	19	9	18	68	57	66
09	Grimsby	19	7	20	58	57	64
10	Peterborough	16	14	16	55	63	62
11	Wolves	16	13	17	57	56	61
12	Charlton	16	13	17	49	46	61
13	Barnsley	17	9	20	56	60	60
14	Oxford	14	14	18	53	56	56
15	Bristol C	14	14	18	49	67	56
16	Watford	14	13	19	57	71	55
17	Notts County	12	16	18	55	70	52
18	Southend	13	13	20	54	64	52
19	Birmingham	13	12	21	50	72	51
20	Luton	10	21	15	48	62	51
21	Sunderland	13	11	22	50	64	50
22	Brentford	13	10	23	52	71	49
23	Cambridge	11	16	19	48	69	49
24	Bristol R	10	11	25	55	87	41

FA Cup

R3	02/1	H	Port Vale	W	4-0	H
R4	23/1	A	Rotherham	D	1-1	H
R4r	03/2	H	Rotherham	W	2-0	H
R5	13/2	A	Blackburn	L	0-1	H

League Cup

R1 L1	19/8	H	Mansfield	W	2-1
R1 L2	25/8	A	Mansfield	D	0-0	H
R2	23/9	H	Middlesbrough	D	0-0	H
R2r	07/10	A	Middlesbrough	W	3-1	H
R3	28/10	A	Chelsea	L	1-2	H

Anglo-Italian Cup

Pr	16/09	A	Grimsby	D	2-2
Pr	30/09	H	Leicester	W	4-0	H
GpA	11/11	A	Lucchese	D	1-1	H
GpA	24/11	H	Ascoli	L	0-1	H
GpA	8/12	A	Bari	L	0-3
GpA	16/12	H	Cesena	D	2-2	H

Squad and Team

Player	A	S	G
Appleby M	2	1
Appleby R	2	0
Beresford J	52	1	1
Bracewell P	23	8	2
Brock K	8	4	2
Carr F	12	5	1
Clark L	58	0	10
Cole A	11	1	12
Garland P	0	1
Howey S	53	0	2
Kelly D	57	0	28
Kilcline B	15	14	1
Lee R	43	0	13
Neilson A	6	1
O'Brien L	43	0	7
Peacock G	39	3	18
Quinn M	8	4	5
Ranson R	4	1
Robinson M	2	7
Roche D	0	1
Scott K	56	0	2
Sellars S	13	0	2
Sheedy K	33	2	5
Srnicek P	41	0
Stimson M	3	1
Thompson A	4	1
Venison B	55	0
Watson J	0	1
Watson S	3	2
Wright T	20	0
Own Goals			2

Total number of games: 61

Total number of players used: 32

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01: Wright > Srnicek

02: Venison

03: Beresford

04: O'Brien > Bracewell

05: Scott

06: Howey

07: Carr > Lee

08: Peacock > Cole

09: Kelly

10: Clark

11: Sheedy > Sellars

Player Moves

Toon In

Name	Date	Age	From	Fee
Beresford John	06/92	25	Portsmouth	£650,000
Bracewell Paul	06/92	29	Sunderland	£250,000
Venison Barry	07/92	27	Liverpool	£250,000
Lee Robert	09/92	26	Charlton	£700,000
Cole Andy	03/93	21	Bristol City	£1,75m
Robinson Mark	03/93	24	Barnsley	£450,000
Sellars Scott	03/93	27	Leeds	£600,000

Keegan used his money very wisely during the summer, bringing in players with significant top-flight experience in Barry Venison and Paul Bracewell along with the highly-rated Robert Lee and John Beresford.

Then as United entered the final stretch he bought more top-flight experince with midfielder Scott Sellars and smashed the club's record transfer fee to sign striker Andy Cole,

Toon Out

Name	Date	Age	To	Fee
Gallagher John	07/92	23	Hartlepool	Free
Makel Lee	07/92	19	Blackburn Rovers	£160,000*
Bradshaw Darren	08/92	25	Peterborough	Free
Garland Peter	12/92	21	Charlton	£35,000
Quinn Micky	12/92	30	Coventry	£250,000
Askew Billy	cs/92	32	Gateshead	Free
Carr Franz	01/93	26	Sheff Utd	£180,000
Ranson Ray	01/93	32	Man City	Free
Kristensen Bjorn	03/93	29	Portsmouth	£120,000
Hunt Andy	05/93	22	WBA	£100,000
Sheedy Kevin	05/93	33	Blackpool	Free
Watson John	05/93	19	Released

*Lee Makel - additional £28,000 payment subsequently made

With Keegan bringing in a lot of new players there was a significant moving out of players too

The most significant departure was that of Micky Quinn who didn't fit into Keegan's plans and moved to Premiership Coventry.

Drop Out

Name	Club	From	To
Kristensen Bjorn	Bristol City	06/92	12/92
Quinn Micky	Coventry	11/92	11/92
Stimson Mark	Portsmouth	12/92	12/92
Carr Franz	Sheff. United	01/93	01/93
Roche David	Gateshead
Roche David	Peterborough
Hunt Andy	West Brom	03/93	04/93

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