1992-93 Brentford F.C. season

Brentford F.C.
1992-93 season
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Manager	Phil Holder
Division One	22nd
FA Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Anglo-Italian Cup	Semi-Final
Highest home attendance	11,912 (v West Ham 20 December 1992)
Lowest home attendance	6,337 (v Peterborough United 27 February 1993)
Home colours	Away colours
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The 1992-93 season was Brentford's first in the second tier of English football since their relegation from in 1954. Following a good start (10th place on 28 December 1993), Brentford steadily slid down the table before being relegated to Division Two.

Statistics

Goalscorers

No.	Nat	Pos	Player	FL1	FAC	LC	AIC	Total
10		FW	Gary Blissett	20	0	4	2	26
			Totals	5	0	2	0	8

Management

Name	Nat	From	To	Record All Comps					Record League
Name	Nat	From	To	P	W	D	L	W %	P	W	D	L	W %
Phil Holder		1990	10 May 1993	59	22	10	27	037.29\| style="text-align:center" \|46	13	10	23	028.26

Division One

League results summary


Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
46	13	10	23	66	80	−14	49	7	6	10	28	30	−2	6	4	13	38	50	−12

Source: 1992–93 Football League#First Division

Results and position by round

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League Table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Newcastle United	46	16	6	1	58	15	13	3	7	34	23	92	38	+44	96
2	West Ham United	46	16	5	2	50	17	10	5	8	31	24	81	41	+40	88
3	Portsmouth	46	19	2	2	48	9	7	8	8	32	37	80	46	+34	88
4	Tranmere Rovers	46	15	4	4	48	24	8	6	9	24	32	72	56	+16	79
5	Swindon Town	46	15	5	3	41	23	6	8	9	33	36	74	59	+15	76
6	Leicester City	46	14	5	4	43	24	8	5	10	28	40	71	64	+7	76
7	Millwall	46	14	6	3	46	21	4	10	9	19	32	65	53	+12	70
8	Derby County	46	11	2	10	40	33	8	7	8	28	24	68	57	+11	66
9	Grimsby Town	46	12	6	5	33	25	7	1	15	25	32	58	57	+1	64
10	Peterborough United	46	7	11	5	30	26	9	3	11	25	37	55	63	– 8	62
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	6	6	37	26	5	7	11	20	30	57	56	+1	61
12	Charlton Athletic	46	10	8	5	28	19	6	5	12	21	27	49	46	+3	61
13	Barnsley	46	12	4	7	29	19	5	5	13	27	41	56	60	– 4	60
14	Oxford United	46	8	7	8	29	21	6	7	10	24	35	53	56	– 3	56
15	Bristol City	46	10	7	6	29	25	4	7	12	20	42	49	67	– 18	56
16	Watford	46	8	7	8	27	30	6	6	11	30	41	57	71	– 14	55
17	Notts County	46	10	7	6	33	21	2	9	12	22	49	55	70	– 15	52
18	Southend United	46	9	8	6	33	22	4	5	14	21	42	54	64	– 10	52
19	Birmingham City	46	10	4	9	30	32	3	8	12	20	40	50	72	– 22	51
20	Luton Town	46	6	13	4	26	26	4	8	11	22	36	48	62	– 14	51
21	Sunderland	46	9	6	8	34	28	4	5	14	16	36	50	64	– 14	50
22	Brentford	46	7	6	10	28	30	6	4	13	24	41	52	71	– 19	49
23	Cambridge United	46	8	6	9	29	32	3	10	10	19	37	48	69	– 21	49
24	Bristol Rovers	46	6	6	11	30	42	4	5	14	25	45	55	87	– 32	41

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	Football League Champions, promoted to FA Premier League
	Promoted to FA Premier League
	Participated in play-offs
	Promoted to Premier League through play-offs
	Relegated

Matches

August

15 August 1992 1	Brentford	0-2	Wolves	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 9,069

22 August 1992 2	Bristol Rovers	2-1	Brentford	Twerton Park
15:00			Blissett 50'	Attendance: 5,779

29 August 1992 3	Brentford	2-1	Southend United	Griffin Park
15:00	Bennett 7' Millen 64'			Attendance: 6,431

September

1 September 1992 4	Brentford	4-1	Portsmouth	Griffin Park
19:45	Bennett 37' Smillie 65' Gayle 82' Blissett 84'			Attendance: 8,471

4 September 1992 5	Cambridge United	1-0	Brentford	Abbey Stadium
19:45				Attendance: 5,075

13 September 1992 6	Brentford	1-2	Luton Town	Griffin Park
12:00	Blissett 51'			Referee: 7,310

19 September 1992 7	Leicester City	0-0	Brentford	Filbert Street
15:00				Attendance: 12,972

26 September 1992 8	Brentford	1-1	Millwall	Griffin Park
15:00	Ratcliffe 39'			Attendance: 8,823

October

4 October 1992 9	Brentford	1-2	Newcastle United	Griffin Park
	Blissett 78'			Attendance: 10,131

10 October 1992 10	Peterborough United	0-0	Brentford	London Road
15:00				Attendance: 5,818

17 October 1992 11	Brentford	1-1	Watford	Griffin Park
15:00	Putney 26' (o.g.)			Attendance: 8,490

24 October 1992 12	Barnsley	3-2	Brentford	Oakwell
15:00			Blissett 28', 40'	Attendance: 4,928

31 October 1992 13	Brentford	5-1	Bristol City	Griffin Park
15:00	Millen 17', 47' Chalmers 44' Blissett 55', 60'			Attendance: 8,726

November

3 November 1992 14	Swindon Town	0-2	Brentford	County Ground
19:45			Blissett 19' Luscombe 31'	Attendance: 7,832

7 November 1992 15	Brentford	2-0	Charlton Athletic	Griffin Park
15:00	Luscombe 25', 62'			Attendance: 9,354

14 November 1992 16	Tranmere Rovers	3-2	Brentford	Prenton Park
15:00			Blissett 30' Gayle 36'	Attendance: 7,852

21 November 1992 17	Brentford	1-3	Grimsby Town	Griffin Park
15:00	Allon 79' (pen.)			Attendance: 7,439

28 November 1992 18	Brentford	1-0	Oxford United	Griffin Park
15:00	Allon 1' (pen.)			Attendance: 8,017

December

5 December 1992 19	Birmingham City	1-3	Brentford	St Andrew's
15:00			Blissett 2' Ratcliffe 20' Manuel 78'	Attendance: 8,582

12 December 1992 20	Sunderland	1-3	Brentford	Roker Park
15:00			Blissett 7', 84' Bennett 47'	Attendance: 16,972

20 December 1992 21	Brentford	0-0	West Ham	Griffin Park
11:30				Attendance: 11,912

26 December 1992 22	Brentford	2-1	Derby County	Griffin Park
12:20	Allon 40' Gouloose 42' (o.g.)			Attendance: 10,226

January

9 January 1993 24	Brentford	1-3	Leicester City	Griffin Park
15:00	Blissett 35'			Attendance: 8,698

17 January 1993 25	Millwall	6-1	Brentford	The Den
			Blissett 53'	Attendance: 7,571

23 January 1993 26	Portsmouth	1-0	Brentford	Fratton Park
15:00				Attendance: 10,267

30 January 1993 27	Brentford	0-3	Bristol Rovers	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 7,527

February

6 February 1993 28	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1-2	Brentford	Molineux
15:00			Allon 68' (pen.), 70'	Attendance: 12,361

9 February 1993 29	Luton Town	0-0	Brentford	Kenilworth Road
19:45				Attendance: 7,248

14 February 1993 30	Brentford	0-1	Cambridge United	Griffin Park
11:30				Attendance: 7,318

21 February 1993 31	Southend United	3-0	Brentford	Roots Hall
				Attendance: 4,123

27 February 1993 32	Brentford	0-1	Peterborough United	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 6,337

March

6 March 1993 33	Newcastle United	5-1	Brentford	St James' Park
15:00			Scott 57' (o.g.)	Attendance: 30,006

9 March 1993 34	Brentford	0-1	Tranmere Rovers	Griffin Park
19:45				Attendance: 7,526

13 March 1993 35	Charlton Athletic	1-0	Brentford	The Valley
15:00				Attendance: 7,194

20 March 1993 36	Brentford	0-2	Birmingham City	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 7,532

23 March 1993 37	Grimsby Town	0-1	Brentford	Blundell Park
19:45			Blissett 70'	Attendance: 4,384

27 March 1993 38	Brentford	0-0	Swindon Town	Griffin Park
15:00				Attendance: 10,197

April

3 April 1993 39	Oxford United	0-2	Brentford	Manor Ground
15:00			Blissett 26' Bennett 80'	Attendance: 5,466

6 April 1993 40	Brentford	1-1	Sunderland	Griffin Park
19:45	Gayle 42'			Attendance: 9,302

10 April 1993 41	Derby County	3-2	Brentford	Baseball Ground
15:00			Gayle 45' Millen 76'	Attendance: 12,366

12 April 1993 42	Brentford	2-2	Notts County	Griffin Park
	Dickens 16' Blissett 65'			Attendance: 8,047

17 April 1993 43	West Ham	4-0	Brentford	Upton Park
15:00				Attendance: 16,522

24 April 1993 44	Watford	1-0	Brentford	Vicarage Road
15:00				Attendance: 9,045

May

1 May 1993 45	Brentford	v	Barnsley	Griffin Park
15:00

8 May 1993 46	Bristol City	v	Brentford	Ashton Gate Stadium
15:00

Kit

The 1992-93 kit was to be made by Hummel International and the kit sponsor was Dutch airline KLM.

Supplier: Hummel International
Sponsor(s): KLM

Home

Away

Goalkeeper

Source: ^{[citation needed]}

External links

Brentford FC – the club's website

References