1993–94 Barnsley F.C. season

During the 1993–94 English football season, Barnsley F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Barnsley

1993–94 season
Chairman	John Dennis
Manager	Viv Anderson (player-manager)
Stadium	Oakwell
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Redfearn/Payton (12) All: Payton (13)
Average home league attendance	7,610
← 1992–93 1994–95 →

Season summary

In June 1993, Barnsley appointed Viv Anderson as player-manager^[1] but endured a poor 1993–94 season and were stuck in a relegation battle for most of the season but a good run of 7 wins from 9 league games in the 2nd half of the season (picking up 21 points out of the possible 27), was just enough to keep the Tykes in the division despite losing 7 out of the final 10 league games.

Final league table

Main article: 1993–94 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
16	Grimsby Town	46	13	20	13	52	47	+5	59
17	Portsmouth	46	15	13	18	52	58	−6	58
18	Barnsley	46	16	7	23	55	67	−12	55
19	Watford	46	15	9	22	66	80	−14	54
20	Luton Town	46	14	11	21	56	60	−4	53

Source: rsssf.com
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goals scored; 3) Goal difference

Results

Barnsley's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
14 August 1993	West Bromwich Albion	H	1–1	12,940	Anderson
17 August 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–4	5,875	Currie
21 August 1993	Watford	A	2–0	5,937	Biggins, Bryson
24 August 1993	Middlesbrough	H	1–4	10,597	Anderson
28 August 1993	Birmingham City	H	2–3	7,241	Anderson, Redfearn
4 September 1993	Millwall	A	0–2	8,004
11 September 1993	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	13,270	Archdeacon (pen)
18 September 1993	Tranmere Rovers	A	3–0	18,292	Rammell, Redfearn, O'Connell
25 September 1993	Leicester City	H	0–1	10,392
2 October 1993	Luton Town	A	0–5	6,201
9 October 1993	Charlton Athletic	H	0–1	5,186
16 October 1993	Bristol City	A	2–0	6,923	Bryson, Redfearn
23 October 1993	Southend United	H	1–3	5,240	Redfearn (pen)
30 October 1993	Stoke City	A	4–5	14,679	Archdeacon, Redfearn, O'Connell, Bryson
2 November 1993	Oxford United	A	1–1	4,065	Redfearn
7 November 1993	Grimsby Town	H	1–2	5,797	O'Connell
13 November 1993	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–1	18,355	Biggins
20 November 1993	Crystal Palace	H	1–3	5,384	Redfearn
27 November 1993	Bolton Wanderers	H	1–1	6,755	Jackson
4 December 1993	Grimsby Town	A	2–2	8,123	Redfearn, Payton
11 December 1993	Peterborough United	H	1–0	6,424	Payton
19 December 1993	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–1	16,062	Payton
27 December 1993	Derby County	H	0–1	11,562
1 January 1994	Portsmouth	H	2–0	6,328	O'Connell, Redfearn
3 January 1994	Sunderland	A	0–1	19,096
15 January 1994	Bristol City	H	1–1	5,222	Rammell
22 January 1994	Charlton Athletic	A	1–2	7,072	Payton
5 February 1994	Southend United	A	3–0	4,101	Eaden, Redfearn, Rammell
12 February 1994	Stoke City	H	3–0	7,651	Rammell, Redfearn, Taggart
1 March 1994	Notts County	A	1–3	6,297	Payton
5 March 1994	Birmingham City	A	2–0	28,039	O'Connell, Rammell
12 March 1994	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–0	6,203	Payton
16 March 1994	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	20,491	Taggart
19 March 1994	Leicester City	A	1–0	15,640	Payton
26 March 1994	Luton Town	H	1–0	6,289	Payton
29 March 1994	Sunderland	H	4–0	12,405	Eaden, Liddell, Rammell, Payton
2 April 1994	Derby County	A	0–2	14,968
4 April 1994	Notts County	H	0–3	6,827
9 April 1994	Portsmouth	A	1–2	7,005	Redfearn (pen)
12 April 1994	Watford	A	0–1	4,380
16 April 1994	Oxford United	H	1–0	4,874	Williams
23 April 1994	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	20,522
26 April 1994	Middlesbrough	A	0–5	6,368
30 April 1994	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–0	11,329	O'Connell, Payton
3 May 1994	Millwall	H	0–1	5,059
8 May 1994	Bolton Wanderers	A	3–2	11,661	Bishop, Payton (2)

FA Cup

Main article: 1993–94 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	8 January 1994	Bromsgrove Rovers	A	2–1	4,893	Rammell, Archdeacon
R4	29 January 1994	Plymouth Argyle	A	2–2	12,760	Taggart, Payton
R4R	19 February 1994	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	10,900	O'Connell
R5	2 March 1994	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	15,685

League Cup

Main article: 1993–94 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	21 September 1993	Peterborough United	H	1–1	4,549	Archdeacon (pen)
R2 2nd leg	5 October 1993	Peterborough United	A	1–3 (lost 2–4 on agg)	3,533	Bryson

Squad

^[3] 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  ENG Lee Butler - DF  ENG Nicky Eaden - DF  NIR Gerry Taggart - DF  ENG Steve Davis - DF  NIR Gary Fleming - MF  ENG Neil Redfearn - MF  ENG Martin Bullock - MF  ENG Brendan O'Connell - FW  SCO Andy Liddell - FW  ENG Andy Rammell - DF  ENG Adie Moses - GK  ENG David Watson - DF  ENG Charlie Bishop

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ENG Darren Sheridan - MF  SCO Owen Archdeacon - FW  ENG Andy Payton - MF  NIR Danny Wilson - DF  ENG Scott Jones - DF  ENG Viv Anderson (player-manager) - MF  ENG Gareth Williams - FW  WAL Deiniol Graham - DF  ENG Glynn Snodin - DF  ENG Chris Boden (on loan from Aston Villa) - FW  ENG Chris Jackson - DF  ENG Jamie Robinson

Left the club during season

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  ENG Phil Whitehead (to Oxford United) - MF  SCO Ian Bryson (to Preston North End)

No. Pos. Nation Player - FW  ENG Wayne Biggins (to Celtic)