1993–94 Football League Cup

The Football League Cup 1993–94 was the 34th Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 football clubs. Aston Villa won the competition, beating Manchester United 3-1 in the final.

1993–94 League Cup

Country

England &

Wales

Teams

Champions

Aston Villa

Runners-up

Manchester United

← 1992–93

1994–95 →

First round

56 of the First, Second and Third Division clubs compete from the First Round. Each section is divided equally into a pot of seeded clubs and a pot of unseeded clubs. Clubs' rankings depend upon their finishing position in the 1992–93 season.

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Birmingham City	3–0	Plymouth Argyle	17-08-1993
Bolton Wanderers	0–2	Bury	17-08-1993
Bournemouth	3–1	Cardiff City	17-08-1993
Brentford	2–2	Watford	17-08-1993
Bristol Rovers	1–4	West Bromwich Albion	18-08-1993
Cambridge United	1–0	Luton Town	17-08-1993
Chesterfield	3–1	Carlisle United	17-08-1993
Crewe Alexandra	0–1	Wrexham	17-08-1993
Darlington	1–5	Bradford City	17-08-1993
Doncaster Rovers	0–1	Blackpool	16-08-1993
Fulham	2–1	Colchester United	17-08-1993
Gillingham	1–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	17-08-1993
Hereford United	0–2	Torquay United	17-08-1993
Huddersfield Town	0–0	Scarborough	17-08-1993
Leyton Orient	0–2	Wycombe Wanderers	17-08-1993
Notts County	2–0	Hull City	17-08-1993
Port Vale	2–2	Lincoln City	17-08-1993
Preston North End	1–2	Burnley	17-08-1993
Reading	3–0	Northampton Town	18-08-1993
Rochdale	2–0	York City	17-08-1993
Shrewsbury Town	1–0	Scunthorpe United	17-08-1993
Southend United	0–2	Barnet	18-08-1993
Stockport County	1–1	Hartlepool United	17-08-1993
Stoke City	2–2	Mansfield Town	18-08-1993
Sunderland	3–1	Chester City	17-08-1993
Swansea City	0–1	Bristol City	17-08-1993
Walsall	0–0	Exeter City	17-08-1993
Wigan Athletic	0–1	Rotherham United	17-08-1993

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Barnet	1–1	Southend United	24-08-1993	3–1
Blackpool	3–3	Doncaster Rovers	24-08-1993	4–3
Bradford City	6–0	Darlington	25-08-1993	11–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	2–0	Gillingham	25-08-1993	2–1
Bristol City	0–2	Swansea City	24-08-1993	1–2
Burnley	4–1	Preston North End	25-08-1993	6–2
Bury	0–2^[1]^[2]	Bolton Wanderers	24-08-1993	2–2
Cardiff City	1–1	Bournemouth	24-08-1993	2–4
Carlisle United	1–1	Chesterfield	24-08-1993	2–4
Chester City	0–0	Sunderland	24-08-1993	1–3
Colchester United	1–2	Fulham	24-08-1993	2–4
Exeter City	2–1	Walsall	25-08-1993	2–1
Hartlepool United	2–1	Stockport County	24-08-1993	3–2
Hull City	3–1^[1]^[3]	Notts County	24-08-1993	3–3
Lincoln City	0–0^[1]^[4]	Port Vale	24-08-1993	2–2
Luton Town	0–1	Cambridge United	24-08-1993	0–2
Mansfield Town	1–3	Stoke City	24-08-1993	3–5
Northampton Town	0–2	Reading	07-09-1993	0–5
Plymouth Argyle	2–0	Birmingham City	24-08-1993	2–3
Rotherham United	4–2	Wigan Athletic	24-08-1993	5–2
Scarborough	0–3	Huddersfield Town	24-08-1993	0–3
Scunthorpe United	1–1	Shrewsbury Town	24-08-1993	1–2
Torquay United	0–2^[1]^[5]	Hereford United	24-08-1993	2–2
Watford	3–1	Brentford	24-08-1993	5–3
West Bromwich Albion	0–0	Bristol Rovers	25-08-1993	4–1
Wrexham	3–3	Crewe Alexandra	24-08-1993	4–3
Wycombe Wanderers	1–0	Leyton Orient	24-08-1993	3–0
York City	0–0	Rochdale	24-08-1993	0–2

Second round

First leg matches were played on 21 and 22 September, with the second leg matches being played on 5 and 6 October.

First Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date
Barnet	1–2	Queens Park Rangers	21-09-1993
Barnsley	1–1	Peterborough United	21-09-1993
Birmingham City	0–1	Aston Villa	21-09-1993
Blackburn Rovers	1–0	Bournemouth	21-09-1993
Blackpool	3–0	Sheffield United	21-09-1993
Bolton Wanderers	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	21-09-1993
Bradford City	2–1	Norwich City	22-09-1993
Burnley	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur	22-09-1993
Coventry City	3–0	Wycombe Wanderers	22-09-1993
Crystal Palace	3–1	Charlton Athletic	21-09-1993
Exeter City	1–3	Derby County	22-09-1993
Fulham	1–3	Liverpool	21-09-1993
Grimsby Town	3–0	Hartlepool United	21-09-1993
Hereford United	0–1	Wimbledon	22-09-1993
Huddersfield Town	0–5	Arsenal	21-09-1993
Ipswich Town	2–1	Cambridge United	21-09-1993
Lincoln City	3–4	Everton	21-09-1993
Manchester City	1–1	Reading	22-09-1993
Middlesbrough	5–0	Brighton & Hove Albion	21-09-1993
Newcastle United	4–1	Notts County	22-09-1993
Rochdale	1–6	Leicester City	21-09-1993
Rotherham United	0–0	Portsmouth	21-09-1993
Southampton	1–0	Shrewsbury Town	22-09-1993
Stoke City	2–1	Manchester United	22-09-1993
Sunderland	2–1	Leeds United	21-09-1993
Swansea City	2–1	Oldham Athletic	21-09-1993
Swindon Town	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	22-09-1993
Tranmere Rovers	5–1	Oxford United	21-09-1993
Watford	0–0	Millwall	21-09-1993
West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Chelsea	22-09-1993
West Ham United	5–1	Chesterfield	22-09-1993
Wrexham	3–3	Nottingham Forest	21-09-1993

Second Leg

Home Team	Score	Away Team	Date	Agg
Arsenal	1–1	Huddersfield Town	05-10-1993	6–1
Aston Villa	1–0	Birmingham City	06-10-1993	2–0
Bournemouth	0–0	Blackburn Rovers	05-10-1993	0–1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1–3	Middlesbrough	06-10-1993	1–8
Cambridge United	0–2	Ipswich Town	05-10-1993	1–4
Charlton Athletic	0–1	Crystal Palace	05-10-1993	1–4
Chelsea	2–1	West Bromwich Albion	06-10-1993	3–2
Chesterfield	0–2	West Ham United	05-10-1993	1–7
Derby County	2–0	Exeter City	06-10-1993	5–1
Everton	4–2	Lincoln City	06-10-1993	8–5
Hartlepool United	0–2	Grimsby Town	05-10-1993	0–5
Leeds United	1–2	Sunderland	06-10-1993	2–4
Leicester City	2–1	Rochdale	06-10-1993	8–2
Liverpool	5–0	Fulham	05-10-1993	8–1
Manchester United	2–0	Stoke City	06-10-1993	3–2
Millwall	4–3^[1]	Watford	06-10-1993	4–3
Norwich City	3–0	Bradford City	06-10-1993	4–2
Nottingham Forest	3–1	Wrexham	06-10-1993	6–4
Notts County	1–7	Newcastle United	05-10-1993	2–11
Oldham Athletic	2–0	Swansea City	06-10-1993	3–2
Oxford United	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	05-10-1993	2–6
Peterborough United	3–1^[1]	Barnsley	05-10-1993	4–2
Portsmouth	5–0	Rotherham United	05-10-1993	5–0
Queens Park Rangers	4–0	Barnet	06-10-1993	6–1
Reading	1–2	Manchester City	06-10-1993	2–3
Sheffield United	2–0	Blackpool	05-10-1993	2–3
Sheffield Wednesday	1–0	Bolton Wanderers	06-10-1993	2–1
Shrewsbury Town	2–0	Southampton	06-10-1993	2–1
Tottenham Hotspur	3–1	Burnley	06-10-1993	3–1
Wimbledon	4–1	Hereford United	05-10-1993	5–1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Swindon Town	05-10-1993	2–3
Wycombe Wanderers	4–2^[1]	Coventry City	05-10-1993	4–5

Third round

Most matches in the third round were played on 26 and 27 October with 5 replays being played between 9 November and 10 November.

Ties

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Arsenal	1–1	Norwich City	26-10-1993
Blackburn Rovers	0–0	Shrewsbury Town	26-10-1993
Blackpool	2–2	Peterborough United	26-10-1993
Derby County	0–1	Tottenham Hotspur	27-10-1993
Everton	2–2	Crystal Palace	26-10-1993
Liverpool	3–2	Ipswich Town	27-10-1993
Manchester City	1–0	Chelsea	26-10-1993
Manchester United	5–1	Leicester City	27-10-1993
Middlesbrough	1–1	Sheffield Wednesday	27-10-1993
Nottingham Forest	2–1	West Ham United	27-10-1993
Oldham Athletic	2–0	Coventry City	26-10-1993
Portsmouth	2–0	Swindon Town	26-10-1993
Queens Park Rangers	3–0	Millwall	27-10-1993
Sunderland	1–4	Aston Villa	26-10-1993
Tranmere Rovers	4–1	Grimsby Town	26-10-1993
Wimbledon	2–1	Newcastle United	27-10-1993

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Norwich City	0–3	Arsenal	10-11-1993
Shrewsbury Town	3–4	Blackburn Rovers	09-11-1993
Peterborough United	2–1	Blackpool	09-11-1993
Crystal Palace	1–4	Everton	10-11-1993
Sheffield Wednesday	2–1	Middlesbrough	10-11-1993

Fourth round

All fourth round matches were played between 30 November and 1 December with three replays being played between 14 and 15 December.

Ties

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Arsenal	0–1	Aston Villa	30-11-1993
Everton	0–2	Manchester United	30-11-1993
Liverpool	1–1	Wimbledon	01-12-1993
Nottingham Forest	0–0	Manchester City	01-12-1993
Peterborough United	0–0	Portsmouth	30-11-1993
Queens Park Rangers	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	01-12-1993
Tottenham Hotspur	1–0	Blackburn Rovers	01-12-1993
Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Oldham Athletic	30-11-1993

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Wimbledon	2–2^[1]^[6]	Liverpool	14-12-1993
Manchester City	1–2	Nottingham Forest	15-12-1993
Portsmouth	1–0	Peterborough United	15-12-1993

Fifth Round

The three of the four quarter final matches were played between 11 and 12 January with one quarter final match being played on 26 January. Two replays were played on 26 January and 29 January respectively.

Ties

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Manchester United	2–2	Portsmouth	12-01-1994
Nottingham Forest	1–1	Tranmere Rovers	26-01-1994
Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Aston Villa	12-01-1994
Wimbledon	1–2	Sheffield Wednesday	11-01-1994

Replays

Home team	Score	Away team	Date
Portsmouth	0–1	Manchester United	26-01-1994
Tranmere Rovers	2–0	Nottingham Forest	29-01-1994

Semi-finals

The semi-final draw was made after the conclusion of the quarter finals. Unlike the other rounds, the semi-final ties were played over two legs, with each team playing one leg at home and one away. Manchester United's quest for a unique domestic treble continued as they defeated Sheffield Wednesday 1-0 in the first leg at Old Trafford before a fine 4-1 win at Hillsborough in the second. Tranmere Rovers boosted their hopes of a first ever major trophy by defeating Aston Villa 3-1 in the first leg of the other semi-final, but they then found themselves on the receiving end of a 3-1 Villa win and lost the shootout, meaning that Villa went through and found themselves well placed to become the first team to win the trophy five times, though they were up against a Manchester United side who had topped the league virtually all season and were also chasing the FA Cup.

First leg

13 February 1994

Manchester United	1 – 0	Sheffield Wednesday
Giggs 20'	Report

Old Trafford, Manchester
Attendance: 43,294
Referee: K Burge, Tonypandy

16 February 1994

Tranmere Rovers	3 – 1	Aston Villa
Nolan 5' Hughes 45' Aldridge 78'		Atkinson 90'

Prenton Park, Tranmere
Attendance: 17,140
Referee: R Milford, Bristol

Second leg

27 February 1994

Aston Villa	3 – 1 (a.e.t.) 5 – 4p	Tranmere Rovers
Saunders 19' Teale 23' Atkinson 87'		Aldridge 29'
	Penalties
Saunders Teale Fenton Atkinson Ehiogu Richardson Daley	5–4	Irons Thomas Brannan Higgins Aldridge O'Brien Nolan

Villa Park, Birmingham
Attendance: 40,593
Referee: A Gunn, Sussex

4-4 on aggregate. Aston Villa won 5-4 on penalties.

2 March 1994

Sheffield Wednesday	1 – 4	Manchester United
Hirst 34'	Report	McClair 4' Kanchelskis 11' Hughes 39', 82'

Hillsborough, Sheffield
Attendance: 34,878
Referee: D Elleray, Harrow

Manchester United won 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

For more details on this topic, see 1994 Football League Cup Final.

The 1994 League Cup Final was played on 27 March 1994 and was contested between Aston Villa and Manchester United at Wembley Stadium. Aston Villa won 3-1.

Match details

27 March 1994
15:00

Aston Villa	3 – 1	Manchester United
Atkinson 25' Saunders 75', 90' (pen.)		Hughes 82'

Wembley Stadium, London
Attendance: 77,231
Referee: Keith Cooper (Glamorgan)

Aston Villa

Manchester United


ASTON VILLA:
GK	13	Mark Bosnich
RB	2	Earl Barrett
CB	5	Paul McGrath
CB	4	Shaun Teale
LB	3	Steve Staunton
RM	11	Tony Daley
CM	25	Graham Fenton
CM	14	Andy Townsend
LM	6	Kevin Richardson (c)
CF	10	Dalian Atkinson
CF	9	Dean Saunders
Substitutes:
GK	1	Nigel Spink
DF	17	Neil Cox
MF	7	Ray Houghton
Manager:
Ron Atkinson


MANCHESTER UNITED:
GK	13	Les Sealey
RB	2	Paul Parker
CB	4	Steve Bruce (c)
CB	6	Gary Pallister
LB	3	Denis Irwin
RM	14	Andrei Kanchelskis	90'
CM	16	Roy Keane
CM	8	Paul Ince
LM	11	Ryan Giggs
SS	7	Eric Cantona
CF	10	Mark Hughes
Substitutes:
GK	25	Gary Walsh
MF	5	Lee Sharpe
FW	9	Brian McClair
Manager:
Alex Ferguson

References

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FA competitions

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Premier League
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Football Conference

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Lower leagues

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European competitions

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Club seasons

Premier League	Arsenal Aston Villa Blackburn Rovers Chelsea Coventry City Everton Ipswich Town Leeds United Liverpool Manchester City Manchester United Newcastle United Norwich City Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Swindon Town Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

First Division	Barnsley Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bristol City Charlton Athletic Crystal Palace Derby County Grimsby Town Leicester City Luton Town Middlesbrough Millwall Nottingham Forest Notts County Oxford United Peterborough United Portsmouth Southend United Stoke City Sunderland Tranmere Rovers Watford West Bromwich Albion Wolverhampton Wanderers

Second Division	Barnet Blackpool Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol Rovers Burnley Cambridge United Cardiff City Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Reading Rotherham United Stockport County Swansea City Wrexham York City

Third Division	Bury Carlisle United Chester City Chesterfield Colchester United Crewe Alexandra Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Hereford United Lincoln City Mansfield Town Northampton Town Preston North End Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Shrewsbury Town Torquay United Walsall Wigan Athletic Wycombe Wanderers

Others	Newport Woking

List of transfers

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League cups	England Finland Israel Northern Ireland Republic of Ireland Scotland Wales

UEFA competitions	Champions League (Final) Cup Winners' Cup (Final) UEFA Cup (Final) Intertoto Cup Super Cup

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