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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories on March 24 1993 – #KennyDalglish on a Swapping Spree as #GraemeLeSaux arrived from Chelsea
Kenny Dalglish had already spent £12 million on Blackburn’s quest for glory and he was in no mood for stopping as he was already building for a side to win the title in 1993/94. Earlier that week he had completed...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on April 1 1993 – #GraemeSouness Planned to add two Englishmen to his #LFC @LFC squad for the upcoming season
Under pressure Liverpool manager Graeme Souness brushed aside all the talks of his job being under pressure and revealed some of the plans that he had in mind for the upcoming season. Souness’s Liverpool had a terrible season up to...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Tottenham Hotspur #THFC – Season of transition for the North London Club with a new manager #OsvaldoArdiles , board and 26 player changes
Tottenham Hotspur had an up and down season where Doug Livermore and Ray Clemence stumbled the north London club to eighth in the premier league. But that summer saw the controversial CEO and former manager Terry Venables departing from the...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Queens Park Rangers #QPR, the best club of #London .. will it be able to hold on to their Prize Assets
For a club that was facing financial difficulties at the start of the decade, Queens Park Rangers did a great job in finishing the inaugural premier league season in fifth place and ahead of Arsenal, Tottenham and Chelsea as the...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Sheffield Wednesday #SWFC – Unluckiest Side of the previous season looking to go one step further
Sheffield Wednesday was arguably the unluckiest team of the previous season, they finished seventh just three places outside of a European spot and lost two cup finals. They lost both the FA cup and the league cup finals to Arsenal...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Manchester City #MCFC – The Other Club in #Manchester Desperate to Prove Its Worth with £7 million on nine new players
1992-93 was a nightmare season for the “other club” in Manchester. They had to endure the Red half of the Manchester lift the premier league and suffered a terrible season of their own. Peter Reid had done a great job...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Arsenal #ArsenalFC – Gunners buoyant after a Cup Double, despite only 1 signing #EddieMcGoldrick
Arsenal were the favourites to win the inaugural premier league under George Graham. But the change in the back pass rule had affected them the most along with Liverpool and they could not recover from the early season setbacks to...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Chelsea #ChelseaFC – New era under #GlennHoddle who got Swindon Town #STFC promoted
Managers constantly under the pressure of getting sacked, players eyeing moves to bigger clubs and the squad crumbling at every crucial point in the season was Chelsea in a nutshell in the 1992 season. Ian Porterfield and Dave Webb couldn’t...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Wimbledon #MKDons – #JoeKinnear had turned #relegation battlers into #Fighters, will that continue ??
Wimbledon was one of the favourites to get relegated the season earlier and many thought that Joe Kinnear was too inexperienced to keep the South London club in the premiership. And when they found themselves third from bottom at Christmas,...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Manchester United #MUFC – Defending Champions Were Aiming for Domination with #RoyKeane #DavidBeckham #RobbieSavage
Manchester United finally ended their 26-year wait to lift the premier league and it looked like that they were banking on their youth set up to provide them with the ammunition for another strong season. After much speculation, Roy Keane...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Aston Villa #AVFC – #RonAtkinson Added Goals with #AndyTownsend #GuyWhittingham to a Squad that Almost Ran out of Steam in 1992-93
Ron Atkinson’s side were the clear favourites to win the title the previous season till mid-March before losing their way dramatically in the last ten matches of the season. They finished the season ten points behind Manchester United and lack...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Norwich City #NCFC – Over Achievers looking to Stay Competitive with bargain buys #NeilAdams and #SpencerPrior
Norwich City was the surprise package of the earlier season where they led the premier league table for a good solid part and were in the hunt for the title up until the final few weeks. They made some shrewd...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Sheffield United #SUFC – Failure to replace #BrianDeane was recipe for disaster
Sheffield United’s mid-table finish and a run till the FA cup semi-finals was majorly boosted by Briane Deane’s remarkable season where he scored 19 goals and papered over the cracks of a side who had all the credentials to fight...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Coventry City #PUSB – Mass Exodus at the Sky Blues with another #relegation battle looming for #BobbyGould
Manager Bobby Gould was under pressure after an underwhelming season where the Highfield Road side flirted with relegation for the best part of the campaign. Despite the lack of funds, Coventry saw a huge exodus of players and brought in...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Blackburn Rovers – #KennyDalglish ’s Super Stars wanted to win league with defensive reinforcements #TimFlowers, #DavidBatty and #PaulWarhurst.
When Jack Walker, the famous businessman from Lancashire bought Blackburn Rovers, a club he had supported since childhood, he made no bones about his intention to bankroll a football side that was best in England. He brought in Kenny Dalglish...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Ipswich Town #itfc – Portman Road side looking to continue attacking flair and make progress under #JohnLyall
Ipswich Town were the toast of the early half of the 1992 season as the newly promoted team took the premier league by storm. They had a great start to the campaign and were as high as fourth in the...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Leeds United #LUFC– The Peacocks looking to put a disappointing season behind them with intelligent transfers
After having a fairy tale season in 1991 where Leeds United won the title as a promoted team right at the end, everything that could have gone wrong did go wrong for them in the following season. Manager losing the...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Oldham Athletic #OAFC – Great escape from previous season may be required again as club struggled financially
Oldham had looked down and out by February when they were nine points from safety but a remarkable run at the end of the season saw them dramatically survive the drop on the last day of the season. But the...
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#Premierleaguestories 1993/94 #PreSeason – Promoted Clubs – Newcastle United #NUFC, West Ham #WHUC and Swindon Town #STFC looking for different targets in #PL
Newcastle United had declared that they were not in the premier league to make up the numbers but intended to challenge for the title. They spent heavily by bringing in Andy Cole, Ruel Fox and Peter Beardsley as Kevin Keegan...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 14 1993 – Aston Villa #AVFC the biggest Winner and Newcastle lose on their #PL debut #NUFC on the Opening Day & Other #Matchday stories
Arsenal 0 Coventry City 3 – Mick Quinn Hat Trick Ruins Gunners’ Opening Day Mighty Mick Quinn tore Arsenal apart with a stunning Highbury hat trick to send the premier league’s second favourites crashing to defeat. The 31-year-old striker, whose...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 15 1993 – Manchester United #MUFC Kick off Title Defense in Style & Other #Matchday Stories
Norwich 0 – Manchester United 2 – Champions Stamp Their Authority With a Solid Win An inspirational performance from the 36-year-old Bryan Robson saw Manchester United launch their title defence in an impressive fashion with a 2-0 away win against...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 16 1993 – Arsenal #ArsenalFC Beat Tottenham #THFC in the #NorthLondon #Derby
Tottenham 0 – Arsenal 1 – Debutant Eddie Mcgoldrick Gives Bragging Rights to Gunners in the North London Derby Eddie Mcgoldrick helped end Arsenal’s White Hart Lane jinx on his Gunner’s league debut. With just three minutes left, the Irish...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 16 1993 – Wimbledon Owner #SamHammam to be charged for “Bringing the game into disrepute” #afcwimbledon
Sam Hammam looked certain to become the first football owner to be charged by the FA with bringing the game into disrepute with his “writing on the wall incident” after Wimbledon’s 2-0 victory at West Ham. The Wimbledon chief was...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 16 1993 – Manchester United #MUFC #AlexFerguson praised “Marvellous and Outstanding” #BryanRobson
After the man of the match performance by Bryan Robson against Norwich on an opening day Alex Ferguson praised the 36-year-old for his never give up attitude and revealed the target he had set for the veteran that season. Alex...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 17th August 1993 – Second Defeat for the Hammers as Leeds made winning start to the home campaign #LUFC #WHUFC
Gary Speed enabled Leeds to start their Elland Road campaign with a win thanks to a 61st-minute strike that sank premiership newcomers West Ham United. The Welsh international fired a first time shot into the bottom corner of Ludek Miklosko’s...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 17 1993 – #NeilRuddock backed #QPR Striker #LesFerdinand to be the best in the country #Britain
As Liverpool was getting ready to face QPR later that day, new Kop hero Neil Ruddock backed Les Ferdinand to become one of the most outstanding players of that season. The former Tottenham man admitted that facing up against Ferdinand...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 17 1993 – Arsenal manager #GrahamGeorge warned #AndySinton “We won’t mess about” #ArsenalFC
As the transfer saga of Andy Sinton dragged on, Arsenal manager Graham George warned the QPR player that the gunners won’t mess around forever in order for him to make up his mind. For the whole summer, it had looked...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL on Aug 17 1993 – #IanRush Confessed he thought #GraemeSouness would sell him a year earlier #LFC
Liverpool skipper and record goalscorer Ian Rush admitted that he thought for a long time that manager Graeme Souness was going to give him the bullet. Rush also confessed that he felt Ronnie Whelan or Steve Nicol would get the...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 18 August 1993 – Sheffield United #SUFC manager #DaveBassett threatened to drop his own player #TomCowan as punishment for getting #RoyKeane booked
Coventry 2 – Newcastle United 1 – Bogeyman Mick Harford Snatches Points Away from Newcastle Newcastle United were just five minutes within their first premier league points since return just when the man who knocked Newcastle out in the previous...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 19 August 1993 -We might as all pack in and go home said furious Newcastle United #NUFC manager #KevinKeegan over #PavelSrnicek Red Card
Newcastle United was ready to appeal the three-match ban imposed on Pavel Srnicek after the Czech keeper was sent off against Coventry. Manager Kevin Keegan was furious for the decision and wanted the ban to be turned over ahead of...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 19 August 1993 – #Zimbabwe #BruceGrobbelaar announced that Liverpool #LFC was back to their best
Liverpool who suffered a difficult campaign in 1992 had started the new season brightly winning both of the opening two matches and after an impressive midweek performance, their veteran Zimabweian keeper Bruce Grobbelaar said that the team was looking back...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 19 August 1993 – #AndySinton #transfer over as Sheffield Wednesday #SWC beat late bid from Liverpool’s #GraemeSouness #LFC
The biggest transfer saga of that summer was finally over when Sheffield Wednesday boss Trevor Francis confirmed that the QPR player had signed for the Owls in a £2.75 million deal. Apparently Graeme Souness had made a late attempt to...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 20 1993 – #DenisIrwin Pinpoints Manchester United’s #MUFC Twin Pace and Power as their main weapon against Newcastle United #NUFC
Denis Irwin pinpointed Manchester United’s twin pack of power and pace to blow away Newcastle United at Old Trafford. The 27-year-old defender believed that addition of Roy Keane’s pace to that of Paul Ince and Ryan Giggs would mean that...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 20 1993 – Swindon Town @Official_STFC #STFC sell out for Liverpool’s #LFC visit as #RossMclaren admits pressure to get points
Swindon players could not get enough tickets for their friends and families as Liverpool were visiting that weekend. And their captain Ross Maclaren admitted that the town was bouncing ahead of the game but the points will have to follow...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 20 1993 – Tottenham #THFC Midfielder #VinnySamways facing punishment from FA for Inciting Crowd at Newcastle United #NUFC
Tottenham midfield Vinny Samways could face a disrepute charge after being reported to the Football Association for making an obscene gesture at Newcastle on the opening weekend. The FA confirmed that day that they were investigating the incident. FA Spokesperson...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 20 1993 – Liverpool #LFC manager #GraemeSouness warns against getting carried away after a bright start
Graeme Souness recognized that the mood of optimism sweeping the Merseyside with a 100 per cent start on both sides of Standley Park but he refused to get carried away. His team was facing Swindon next who had already sold...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 21 August 1993 – #RoyKeane ‘s First Interview After Moving to Old Trafford #MUFC
In this blog series – “What Happened Today”, we are going to revive some of the moments from past which will revive moments of the golden history of the league. • Manchester United is everything I dreamt of said, Roy...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 21 1993 – Everton’s Arch Nemesis from previous Season #GrahamStuart signed for the club #BlueFamily #ChelseaFC
Graham Stuart of Chelsea had caused a lot of pain to Everton in the previous season. He scored the winning goal for Chelsea that knocked Everton out of the coca-cola cup at Goodison Park. Then he scored a goal against...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 21 1993 – Aston Villa #AVFC #AndyTownsend Hamstring Injury worsens and #GordonCowans may become #Captain
Aston Villa’s star signing of the summer Andy Townsend was set to be out for a significant time as his hamstring injury was thought to be more serious then what was originally diagnosed. The £2.1 million republic of Ireland star...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 21 1993 – #JohnGorman of Swindon Town #STFC warns Liverpool #LFC of a surprise
Glenn Hoddle may have left for the greener pastures of Chelsea but his principles were still alive at Swindon Town and their manager John Gorman had warned their much fancies opponents Liverpool to expect a surprise when the David vs...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 22 August 1993 – Newcastle United Snatch a Point Off Defending Champions Manchester United via Late #AndyCole Strike #NUFC #MUFC (and other #Matchday stories)
Manchester United 1 – Newcastle United 1 – Andy Cole Rescues a Point to give first point of the season to Kevin Keegan’s side Kevin Keegan had asked Alex Ferguson to be wary of his Newcastle United when the Tyneside...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 23 August 1993 – Norwich City #NCFC destroy Leeds United #LUFC at Elland Road to Continue Impressive Start to season ( and other #Matchday stories)
Leeds 0 – Norwich City 4 – Canaries Fly High after demolishing Leeds at Elland Road Rampant Norwich condemner Leeds to only their second home league defeat in 28 months, to suggest the Canaries was again be among the leading...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On August 24 1993 – #AlanShearer continued to be benched as Blackburn Rovers won third match in the row (and other #matchday stories)
Oldham Athletic 3 – Coventry City 3 – Controversial Penalty call in a thrilling draw Odham, with just one goal from their previous three games, rediscovered their scoring touch but it still wasn’t enough to see off Coventry. The sky...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 24 August 1993 – Five Star Liverpool Thrash Swindon Town as #GraemeSouness fires warning to rivals #LFC #STFC (+ other #Matchday stories)
Swindon Town 0 – Liverpool 5 – The Best is Yet To come – Warned Graeme Souness Three games into the new campaign, 10 goals scored, one goal conceded, three wins and top of the table. Graeme Souness’s Liverpool side...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 24 1993 – Wimbledon manager #JoeKinnear urged #England to call up #JohnFashanu #AFCW
Wimbledon manager Joe Kinnear repeated his call for John Fashanu to be paired with Arsenal’s Ian Wright for England’s crucial world cup qualifying match a month later. Fashanu had been in a tremendous form that season after having a nightmare1992-93...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 24 1993 – #TrevorFrancis Calls on Veteran Striker #ChrisWaddle to end Sheffield Wednesday’s Scoring Woes #SWFC
Chris Waddle is ready to answer Sheffield Wednesday’s emergency call and return to action against West Ham. Waddle had been missing that season as Wednesday had failed to score a single goal that season and had only picked up one...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 24 1993 – #TrevorFrancis Calls on Veteran Striker #ChrisWaddle to end Sheffield Wednesday’s Scoring Woes #SWFC
Chris Waddle is ready to answer Sheffield Wednesday’s emergency call and return to action against West Ham. Waddle had been missing that season as Wednesday had failed to score a single goal that season and had only picked up one...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 25 August 1993 – Newcastle United striker #AndyCole Promises to show boss #KevinKeegan how to score against Everton #BluesFamily #NUFC
Neil Ruddock was desperate to play against former Team Tottenham despite injury concern Liverpool’s new signing Neil Ruddock was pleading for another chance to face his former club Tottenham at Anfield despite his manager Graeme Souness fearing about his fitness...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 26 August 1993 – #TeddySheringham Ended Liverpool ‘s perfect start to the season #LFC ( and other #Matchday stories)
Liverpool 1 – Tottenham 2 – Teddy too much to bear for Graeme Souness’ Men Teddy Sheringham’s double-barreled blast fired Spurs to only their third win in 48 league trips to Anfield. Liverpool’s 100% start was swept away in another...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL On 27 August 1993 – #GlennHoddle wins first match as Chelsea Player Manager and canaries win first #EastAnglian #Derby in Eight Years #ChelseaFC #QPR #NCFC #ITFC
Chelsea 2 – QPR 0 – Glenn Hoddle puts in a great performance to get his first win as Player Manager Former Newcastle striker Gavin Peacock tormented Rangers with a goal and an assist to hand new Chelsea boss Glenn...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 27 1993 – #AlexFerguson describes #PaulInce and #RoyKeane as the future of the club but not #AndreiKanchelskis
Alex Ferguson was spoilt for choices in the attacking half of the pitch that season and the signs were increasing that the future of Russian International Andrei Kanchelskis was going to be in danger. Eric Cantona had become undroppable in...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 27 1993 – Manchester City sacked Peter Reid as Tony Book becomes the interim manager #MCFC
Manchester City chairman Peter Swales decided that it was time up for struggling manager Peter Reid and sacked him from the job after three defeats in a row and put City legend Tony Book in charge on an interim basis....
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 28 August 1993 – Coventry equalise late to deny Citizens the first win of the season #MCFC #PUSB
Manchester City 1 – Coventry City 1 – Late Wegerle Goal denies Manchester City their first win of the season Horton and Moss saw their new team come within five minutes of sparking their season into life at Maine Road....
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 28 1993 – #BrianHorton Appointed the new Manchester City Manager #MCFC
Manchester City announced the previous day that they had appointed Oxford United boss Brian Horton as their new manager. Horton, who was likely to sign a three-year contract with the Maine Road club had brought David Moss with him from...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 28 1993 – Tottenham Manager #OssieArdiles remembered the days when #RonAtkinson helped him settle at West Brom #THFC #AVFC #WBA
Tottenham manager Ossie Ardiles was set to renew old acquaintances with Aston Villa boss Ron Atkinson. He remembered the time when he was the manager at Villa’s arch-rivals West Bromwich Albion but Atkison was the friend and mentor for the...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on August 28 1993 – We need to play around #SteveMcManaman said #GraemeSouness #LFC
Liverpool manager Graeme Souness heaped praised on his England under 21 international who was in great form that season and said that the whole team should try and get McManaman into the game a lot more to increase their chances...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 29 August 1993 – Liverpool back to winning ways as #HowardWilkinson gets booed by Leeds fans #LUFC #LFC ( and other #Matchday stories)
Liverpool 2 – Leeds 0 – Liverpool back to winning ways as Howard Wilkinson gets booed by Leeds fans A day earlier Premier league saw Manchester City fans stage a protest in favour of their sacked manager Peter Reid but...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 30 August 1993 – Manchester United Continue the Impressive Form as Cantona leaves Alex Ferguson Speechless (and other #MatchDay stories)
Sheffield United 1 – Ipswich Town 1 – Former Wednesday man Steve Whitton salvages a point against Old Rivals Former Sheffield Wednesday striker Steve Whitton had the last word snatching an equaliser with only seconds to go. United looked to...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 31 August 1993 – #GordonStrachan rescued Leeds to give vital three points against Oldham #LUFC #OAFC
Leeds United 1 – Oldham Athletic 1 – Strachan Spared Leeds’ Blushes to hand vital three points against Oldham Old maestro Gordon Strachan conjured up the victory Leeds desperately needed to end a worrying run of three defeats. With deadlier...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 31 August 1993 – #AlexFerguson admitted he was concerned about the marathon sesaon for his Manchester United team #MUFC
Manchester United manager Alex Ferguson considered marathon fixtures as the only concern for his team that season Alex Ferguson feared that the sheer quantity of that season’s programme could blunt the quality of a Manchester United team on the brink...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 31 August 1993 – #GraemeSouness delighted for his right back #RobJones after his call up for England #LFC
Liverpool manager Graeme Souness was full of praise for young right-back Rob Jones after England recall Reds’ boss Graeme Souness was full of praise for his right-back Rob Jones, who had earned a deserved recall to England squad for their...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 31 August 1993 – #AlanShearer rescues a point for Blackburn Rovers as #England call up debate heats up #NUFC #BRFC
Newcastle United 1 – Blackburn Rovers 1 – Alan Shearer scores his first goal of the season as the debate his selection in the England squad heats up again Geordie Alan Shearer gave England boss Graham Taylor a timely reminder...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 01 September 1993 – #HowardKendall reignited interest in #NialQuinn who admitted he was frustrated with Manchester City #EFC #MCFC
• Howard Kendall confirmed his interest in signing Nial Quinn as Quinn admitted he was frustrated and wanted a showdown talks Everton manager Howard Kendall confirmed his intention to try and sign Manchester City’s Nial Quinn if the big man...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 01 September 1993 – #OssieArdiles looking forward to facingTottenham Legend & Chelsea Player Coach #GlennHoddle #THFC #CFC
• Tottenham Manager Ossie Ardiles hailed Spurs legend and new Chelsea boss Glenn Hoddle ahead of their London Derby Ossie Ardiles was prepared to cross swords with Glenn Hoddle at White Hart Lane but admitted that he had unbounded admiration...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 01 September 1993 – #JohnGorman was waiting on Swindon Town’s match againts Manchester City before he would wish good friend #BrianHorton best of luck #SwindonTownFC #MCFC
• Swindon Boss John Gorman waiting for Manchester City to play his side before he would wish Brian Horton best wishes Swindon boss John Gorman was waiting to wish Brian Horton and David Moss best of luck in their new...
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#PLHistory #premierleaguestories #PL #premierleague – #AlexFerguson wins manager of the month award for August 1993
After having won the premier league for the first time the previous season, Manchester United had started their defense of the title in brilliant fashion. Alex Ferguson’s side had scored 11 goals in the five matches while conceding only three...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 02 September 1993 – #RobJones receives his first Red Card of the career as Coventry condemn Liverpool to a defeat #LFC #Coventry
Coventry 1 – Liverpool 0 – Souness’ men lose ground to Manchester United at the top as Rob Jones sees Red England’s Rob Jones was sent off for the first time in his career as Liverpool crashed to defeat against...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 02 September 1993 – Controversial goal from #TeddySheringham denies #GlenHoddle a dream return to White Hart Lane #THFC #CFC
Tottenham Hotspur 1 – Chelsea 1 – Sheringham denied dream return to White Hart Lane to Glenn Hoddle Teddy Sheringham denied Glenn Hoddle a triumphant return to White Hart Lane with his fourth and most controversial goal of that season....
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 02 Setpember 1993 – #KevinCampbell Rescues a point for Gunners as #AlanShearer continues to be benched #AFC #BRFC
Blackburn Rovers 1 – Arsenal 1 – Kevin Campbell rescued a point for Gunners against Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn Arsenal striker Kevin Campbell fired a 74th-minute equalizer to earn the Gunners a share of the premiership points against Kenny Dalglish’s Blackburn...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 02 September 1993 – #LeeSharpe continued his impressive form as Manchester United punish West Ham to extend lead at the top #MUFC #WHUFC
Manchester United 3 – West Ham 0 – Red Devils make the best possible Olympics bid for Manchester by putting on a sizzling show On a day when Manchester had put on a brilliant show around the city to boost...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 03 September 1993 – #NialQuinn hints at staying at Manchester City as Citizens beat #SwindonTown impressively
Swindon Town 1 – Manchester City 3 – John Gorman not disheartened despite another loss as Manchester City finally record a win Niall Quinn, City’s unsettled Irish Striker, was ready to back new Maine Road boss Brian Horton. The...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 03 September 1993 – #RyanGiggs praised #AlexFerguson for his Protective Treatment of the Youngster & Ambitions to win the European Cup
• Ryan Giggs revealed Alex Ferguson’s strategy to protect him from media Ryan Giggs at 19 was already a Manchester United superstar and his reputation was preceding him onto the world stage. He already had a premier league medal and...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 04 September 1993 – #GraemeSouness Thankful for the Support given by Liverpool Board and Promised that Trophies would Return soon #LFC
• Graeme Souness thankful for the support from the club and feels everyone is finally on the same page Graeme Souness spoke about the Anfield united which he hoped would lead Liverpool to honours. The Reds boss told shareholders that...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 04 September 1993 – #AndyTownsend Talked about the Difficult Decision to Leave Chelsea and how Special Blues Fans were to him #CFC
• Aston Villa captain Andy Townsend opens up about difficult decision to leave Chelsea Aston Villa’s new recruit and captain Andy Townsend had adjusted well to life in the midlands. But he admitted that leaving Stamford Bridge was one of...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 04 September 1993 – Coventry Striker #MickQuinn revealed that he had Put Money on Liverpool Winning the Title that season
• Mick Quinn was betting on Liverpool lifting the premier league – Literally Mick Quinn was backing Liverpool to win the premier league and the Coventry striker admitted that he had put his money on the Merseyside club at 8-1...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 04 September 1993 – #PaulWarhurst Signed for Blackburn Weeks After Signing a Four Year Contract at Sheffield Wednesday
• Paul Warhurst signed for Blackburn Rovers three weeks after signing a four-year deal at Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday’s makeshift striker Paul Warhurst, had all but clinched a big-money move to Ewood Park at the second attempt just three weeks...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 05 September 1993 – Manchester City Legend #FrancisLee was ready to takeover the club with an £8 million fund #MCFC
Manchester City hero Francis Lee Was Planning to make a bid to take over the Club If Manchester City chairman Peter Swales had thought that after weeks of turmoil at the club where Peter Reid, the manager was sacked, star...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 05 September 1993 – #KennyDalglish’s Blackburn Rovers Was Hopeful of Getting into the European Cup as French Champions Marseille were expelled
Blackburn Rovers’ European Dream alive as their bid to replace Marseille was backed by the English FA Blackburn Rovers’ bid for 11th-hour European entry in the wake of Marseille’s Champions Cup expulsion had received official FA backing. Rovers contacted the...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 05 September 1993 – #LeeSharpe Was Enjoying his new Role with Manchester United and wanted to replicate bright form for England #MUFC
Lee Sharpe Enjoying his New Role at Manchester United and wants to score for England Lee Sharpe had had a flying start to the season at Manchester United and he was a surprise early front runner among the premiership hot...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 05 September 1993 – #HowardKendall Declared his Pursuit to Sign #BrettAngell as over as Everton’s search for a striker continued #EFC
Howard Kendall declared his chase to Sign Brett Angell as over Everton had lost interest in signing Southend Striker Brett Angell after manager Howard Kendall watched him in action for a second time against Bristol City. Southend lost 1-2 that...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 06 September 1993 – #AndyTownsend Revealed that he Joined Aston Villa over other clubs because of manager #RonAtkinson #AVFC
Ron Atkinson was the reason I joined Aston Villa said, Andy Townsend Andy Townsend had moved to Aston Villa in a £2.1 million that season and the 30-year-old Irish midfielder revealed that he had multiple offers to join almost all...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 06 September 1993 – Newcastle United boss #KevinKeegan aimed dig at Blackburn Rovers and claimed that unproven players were going for top money in an inflated transfer market #NUFC #BRFC
Kevin Keegan took a dig at Blackburn Rovers and said average players were going for top money Kevin Keegan was facing the prospect of being without his central defender Steve Howey for up to another two months after he underwent...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 06 September 1993 – #TommyWright Vowed to stay and fight for his place at Newcastle United amidst transfer interest from NottinghamForest #NUFC
Tommy Wright vowed to stay at Newcastle United and fight for his place Newcastle United goalkeeper Tommy Wright, who was the target of Nottingham Forest revealed that he wanted to stay at Newcastle and fight for his place. Wright was...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 06 September 1993 – #NeilRuddock accussed Tottenham Chairman Alan Sugar of Tapping Phone Calls of Ex Manager #TerryVenables #THFC
Tottenham Chairman Alan Sugar tapped Terry Venables phones claimed Neil Ruddock Former Tottenham Hotspur star and a Liverpool player at the time, Neil Ruddock had claimed that Spurs Supremo Alan Sugar secretly bugged a highly confidential telephone call with sacked...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 07 September 1993 – Everton Manager #HowardKendall Hopeful of Getting Back to Winning Ways after three consecutive losses #EFC #BlueFamily
• Howard Kendall Was Looking to Get back to Winning Ways after three back to back Losses Howard Kendall was glad that he had heard nothing untoward from his four Internationals and was hoping that he would be able to...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 07 September 1993 – #NeilRuddock of Liverpool Was Looking Forward to Facing Up Against “Best Mate” #AlanShearer #LFC #BRFC
• Neil Ruddock Couldn’t wait to Resume Rivalry Against Best Mate Alan Shearer Liverpool’s new acquisition Neil Ruddock was eager to renew battle with Blackburn hitman Alan Shearer, having snuffed out his threat in their previous meeting. The pair were...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 08 September 1993 – New QPR Signing #TrevorSinclair Was Hoping to Impress Against Boyhood Club Manchester City #QPR #MCFC
QPR’s new signing from Blackpool, Trevor Sinclair was hoping to impress for Rangers in that week’s game at Manchester City. Rangers had never won at Manchester City, they had a very poor record in the City of Manchester with their...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 08 September 1993 – Newcastle United Goal Keeper #PavelSrnicek Blacklisted by the FA For Blackmailing of Tickets #NUFC
Newcastle United goalkeeper Pavel Srnicek was blacklisted by the FA from receiving FA Cup tickets for a period of three years after it was found that he had sold £20 tickets that he received for £100. Every player participating in...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 08 September 1993 – Liverpool Were Ready to Rescue “Rocky” #DavidRocastle from Leeds #LUFC #LFC
Liverpool was ready to rescue David Rocastle from his Leeds United torment – if Howard Wilkinson would allow him to leave. And if he did end up at Anfield that would have meant that Paul Stewart would end up at...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 08 September 1993 – #DaveWatson Added to Injury Worries of #HowardKendall Rued Missed Chances that season #EFC #BluesFamily
Dave Watson was set to sit out his fifth match in a row at Oldham after failing a fitness test on his head injury and was sidelined for the fourth week running. Watson was carried off in the second match...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 09 September 1993 – Manchester City Striker #NialQuinn Urged the club to Buy #AlanKernaghan but #BrianHorton Bemoaned Lack of Funds #MCFC
Manchester City striker Niall Quinn reckoned that Manchester City was going to get a great player if they could manage to price Middlesbrough’s Irish International defender, Alan Kernaghan. Middlesbrough had already rejected a £1.5 million bid from City for the...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 09 September 1993 – “Its time for Someone Else to have a go” admitted Manchester City Chairman Peter Swales Ahead of change of Ownership #MCFC
A day after Manchester City co-owner Stephen Boler said that he would consider selling his 30% shareholding in the club, Peter Swales, the largest shareholder at 38% and the chairman at the club said that he wanted to keep going...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 09 September 1993 – Liverpool Would be Victims of their own Early Season Success Said Blackburn Rovers player #MikeNewell #LFC #BRFC
Blackburn’s Mike Newell believed Graeme Souness’ men may need time to find the consistency demanded by their fans following an excellent start to the new campaign. Newell knew three straight wins not only placed Liverpool at the top of the...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 09 September 1993 – Newcastle United never Asked me to Come Back revealed #ChrisWaddle of His Move to Sheffield Wednesday #NUFC #SWFC
15 months after Chriss Waddle’s move to Sheffield Wednesday he spoke about the reason why he did not go to Newcastle upon his return to England from Marseille. And the reason was that despite all the interest shown by the...
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#PLHistory #PremierLeagueStories #PL on 10 September 1993 – #GraemeSouness Pledged a Reds Backlash After Two Defeats #LFC
Liverpool manager Graeme Souness stressed that two defeats in three games had not dented their confidence and he insisted that Neil Ruddock would be fit to face Blackburn that week. The reds’ defender had been suffering from a wisdom tooth...
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