The 1993–94 FA Premier League (known as the FA Carling Premiership for sponsorship reasons) was the second season of the FA Premier League, the top division of professional football in England. Manchester United won the league by eight points over nearest challengers Blackburn Rovers, their second consecutive league title. Swindon Town finished bottom of the league in their first season of top-flight football and were relegated along with Sheffield United and Oldham Athletic. Manchester United also broke their record of the most points in a season, set by themselves the previous season. Chelsea would surpass this in the 2004–05 season.
Moment That Happens During The Season.
Manchester United Win Back-To-Back Titles And The FA Cup Which Is the Beginning Of A Domination. Man Utd Sign Roy Keane From Nottingham Forrest.
Blackburn Spent More Money To Challenge Man Utd But Failed Despite Alan Shearer Scoring 31 Goals.
Promoted Newcastle United finished 3rd Place and Andy Cole Scoring 34 Goals And Winning The Golden Boot.
Arsenal Wins The Cup Winners’ Cup.
Oldham, Sheffield United and Swindon, Who Conceded 104 Goals Were Relegated.
Liverpool Sack Graham Souness.
Summary
Manchester United led the 1993–94 Premier League for almost all of the season, eventually finishing as champions eight points ahead of runners-up Blackburn Rovers. They also won the FA Cup after beating Chelsea 4–0 in the final, thereby becoming only the fourth team to achieve this feat in the 20th century (after Tottenham in 1961, Arsenal in 1971 and Liverpool in 1986). Their lead in the Premier League stood at 11 points by the end of October and peaked at 16 points at one stage, but a run of bad results in March was followed by defeat at Blackburn at the beginning of April, which meant that they now led the league merely on goal difference. A return to form towards the end of April then saw United seal the league title with two games still to play.
Norwich City, Leeds United, Newcastle United, Everton, and Aston Villa were among the sides who showed promise early in the season before Manchester United established a runaway lead. Norwich reached the third round of the UEFA Cup after famously beating Bayern Munich in the second round, but their league form slumped after manager Mike Walker departed to Everton in January, and the Norfolk side finished 12th. Everton's brief lead of the league in the opening stages of the season was followed by a slump in form, and manager Howard Kendall stepped down at the beginning of December with the Toffees now in the bottom half of the table. They only narrowly avoided relegation on the final day of the season. Aston Villa finished a disappointing 10th in the league but won the Football League Cup for the fourth time.
