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1993–94 Football League

The Football League
Season 1993–94
Champions Crystal Palace
Promoted Crystal Palace
Nottingham Forest
Leicester City
Football League, First Division
Season 1993–94
Champions Crystal Palace (2nd second tier title)
Direct promotion to FA Premier League Crystal Palace,
Nottingham Forest
Promoted to FA Premier League through play-offs Leicester City
Relegated Birmingham City,
Oxford United,
Peterborough United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,450 (2.63 per match)
Top goalscorer John McGinlay (Bolton Wanderers), 25
Football League, Second Division
Season 1993–94
Champions Reading (2nd third tier title)
Direct promotion Reading,
Port Vale
Promoted through play-offs Burnley
Relegated Barnet,
Exeter City,
Fulham,
Hartlepools United
Matches played 552
Goals scored 1,508 (2.73 per match)
Top goalscorer Jimmy Quinn (Reading), 35
Football League, Third Division
Season 1993–94
Champions Shrewsbury Town (1st fourth tier title)
Direct promotion Shrewsbury Town,
Chester,
Crewe Alexandra
Promoted through play-offs Wycombe Wanderers
Relegated to Conference None
New club in the league Wycombe Wanderers
Matches played 462
Goals scored 1,265 (2.74 per match)
Top goalscorer Tony Ellis (Preston North End), 26

The 1993–1994 Football League season was the 95th completed season of The Football League. From 1993 to 1996 the league was sponsored by Endsleigh.

Alan Smith kicked off his management career by guiding Crystal Palace to the Division One title and regaining their Premiership place at first time of asking. Frank Clark began Nottingham Forest's post Brian Clough era by helping them finish second in Division One and achieve promotion back to the Premiership. They were joined by playoff winners Leicester City who finally made Premiership after two successive playoff final defeats.

Oxford United's decline since losing their top flight status in 1988 continued as they slid into Division Two, along with Peterborough United (who had finished a strong 10th in the previous season, their first in the second tier) and Birmingham City.

Mark McGhee won the Division Two championship for Reading after their first successful season in years. They were joined by John Rudge's Port Vale in second place. Burnley triumphed in the Division Two play-offs to come within one division of the top flight just seven years after they had almost gone down to the Conference.

Going down to Division Three were Fulham (who would be in the league's lowest tier for the first time in their history), Hartlepools United, Exeter City and Barnet.


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