1992–93 Everton F.C. season

Everton
1992–93 season
Chairman	David Marsh
Manager	Howard Kendall
Stadium	Goodison Park
FA Premier League	13th
FA Cup	Third Round
League Cup	Fourth Round
Top goalscorer	League: Tony Cottee (12); All: Tony Cottee (13)
Average home league attendance	20,457
	← 1991–92 1993–94 →

Last updated August 18, 2025

During the 1992–93 English football season, Everton F.C. competed in the inaugural season of the FA Premier League.

Season summary

1992–93 was the first year of the new FA Premier League, which took over from the Football League First Division as the highest division of English football. However Everton finished 13th, their lowest league finish for over a decade, and pressure grew upon Howard Kendall.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Chelsea	42	14	14	14	51	54	−3	56
12	Wimbledon	42	14	12	16	56	55	+1	54
13	Everton	42	15	8	19	53	55	−2	53
14	Sheffield United	42	14	10	18	54	53	+1	52
15	Coventry City	42	13	13	16	52	57	−5	52

Source: Premier League
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) goal difference; 3) number of goals scored.

Results

Everton's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

FA Premier League

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
15 August 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	27,687	Horne
19 August 1992	Manchester United	A	3–0	31,901	Beardsley, Warzycha, Johnston
22 August 1992	Norwich City	A	1–1	14,150	Beardsley
25 August 1992	Aston Villa	H	1–0	22,372	Johnston
29 August 1992	Wimbledon	H	0–0	18,118
5 September 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	26,503	Beardsley
12 September 1992	Manchester United	H	0–2	30,002
15 September 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	3–2	19,583	Cottee (2), Ebbrell
19 September 1992	Crystal Palace	H	0–2	18,080
26 September 1992	Leeds United	A	0–2	27,915
4 October 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	13,013
17 October 1992	Coventry City	H	1–1	17,587	Beagrie
24 October 1992	Arsenal	A	0–2	28,052
31 October 1992	Manchester City	H	1–3	20,242	Brightwell (own goal)
7 November 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–0	20,941	Rideout
21 November 1992	Chelsea	H	0–1	17,418
28 November 1992	Ipswich Town	A	0–1	18,034
7 December 1992	Liverpool	H	2–1	35,826	Johnston, Beardsley
12 December 1992	Sheffield United	A	0–1	16,266
19 December 1992	Southampton	H	2–1	14,051	Beardsley (pen), Rideout
26 December 1992	Middlesbrough	H	2–2	24,391	Rideout, Beardsley (pen)
28 December 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–4	14,802	Barlow (2)
9 January 1993	Crystal Palace	A	2–0	13,227	Jackson, Beardsley
16 January 1993	Leeds United	H	2–0	21,031	Cottee (2)
26 January 1993	Wimbledon	A	3–1	3,039	Cottee (2), Snodin
30 January 1993	Norwich City	H	0–1	20,301
6 February 1993	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–3	24,979	Cottee
10 February 1993	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	16,164	Sansom
20 February 1993	Aston Villa	A	1–2	32,913	Beardsley (pen)
27 February 1993	Oldham Athletic	H	2–2	18,025	Beardsley (pen), Barlow
3 March 1993	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	18,086	Hendry (own goal), Cottee
7 March 1993	Coventry City	A	1–0	11,285	Ward
10 March 1993	Chelsea	A	1–2	12,739	Kenny
13 March 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	21,271	Cottee (2), Hinchcliffe
20 March 1993	Liverpool	A	0–1	44,619
24 March 1993	Ipswich Town	H	3–0	15,638	Barlow, Jackson, Cottee
10 April 1993	Middlesbrough	A	2–1	16,627	Watson, Preki
12 April 1993	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–5	19,057	Cottee, Barlow, Preki
17 April 1993	Southampton	A	0–0	16,911
1 May 1993	Arsenal	H	0–0	19,044
4 May 1993	Sheffield United	H	0–2	15,197
8 May 1993	Manchester City	A	5–2	25,180	Jackson, Beagrie (2), Beardsley, Preki

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	2 January 1993	Wimbledon	A	0–0	7,818
R3R	12 January 1993	Wimbledon	H	1–2	15,293	Watson

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	22 September 1992	Rotherham United	A	0–1	7,736
R2 Second Leg	7 October 1992	Rotherham United	H	3–0 (won 3–1 on agg)	10,302	Rideout (2), Cottee (pen)
R3	28 October 1992	Wimbledon	H	0–0	9,541
R3R	10 November 1992	Wimbledon	A	1–0	3,686	Beardsley
R4	2 December 1992	Chelsea	H	2–2	14,457	Barlow 25', Beardsley 36'
R4R	16 December 1992	Chelsea	A	0–1	19,496

First-team squad

^[2]Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	WAL	Neville Southall
—	GK	AUS	Jason Kearton
—	DF	ENG	Gary Ablett
—	DF	ENG	Alan Harper
—	DF	ENG	Andy Hinchcliffe
—	DF	ENG	Matt Jackson
—	DF	ENG	Iain Jenkins ^[3]
—	DF	ENG	Martin Keown
—	DF	ENG	Neil Moore
—	DF	ENG	Kenny Sansom
—	DF	ENG	David Unsworth
—	DF	ENG	Dave Watson (captain)
—	MF	ENG	Peter Beagrie
—	MF	ENG	John Doolan


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	John Ebbrell
—	MF	ENG	Paul Holmes
—	MF	ENG	Billy Kenny
—	MF	ENG	Chris Priest
—	MF	ENG	Ian Snodin
—	MF	ENG	Mark Ward
—	MF	WAL	Barry Horne
—	MF	POL	Robert Warzycha
—	MF	YUG	Preki ^[4]
—	FW	ENG	Stuart Barlow
—	FW	ENG	Peter Beardsley
—	FW	ENG	Tony Cottee
—	FW	ENG	Paul Rideout
—	FW	SCO	Mo Johnston

Transfers

In

Preki - St. Louis Storm, £100,000, 1992
Paul Rideout - Rangers F.C., £583,000, 1992
Barry Horne - Southampton F.C 1992
Kenny Sansom - Coventry City F.C., 1993
Paul Holmes - Birmingham City F.C., 1993

Out

Kevin Ratcliffe - Dundee F.C., 1992
Martin Keown - Arsenal F.C., £3,00m, 1993
Kenny Sansom - Brentford F.C., 1993
Pat Nevin - Tranmere Rovers, £450,000, 1992
Kenny Sansom - Coventry City F.C., 1993

References

↑ "Everton 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.
↑ "All Everton players: 1993".
↑ Jenkins was born in Whiston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1997.
↑ Preki was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and would make his international debut for the United States in 1996.

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[1] "Everton 1992-1993 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 8 February 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2014.

[2] "All Everton players: 1993".

[3] Jenkins was born in Whiston, England, but also qualified to represent Northern Ireland internationally and would make his international debut for Northern Ireland in 1997.

[4] Preki was born in Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia (now Serbia), but also qualified to represent the United States internationally and would make his international debut for the United States in 1996.

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