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1992-93

The FA Premier League was introduced for the 1992-93 season, in a 22-club format breakaway league in place of the old Football League First Division. The new league was backed up by a five-year, £305 million deal with BSkyB to televise Premiership matches. more...

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In concept, the Premier League was identical to the old First Division of the Football League, which was now reduced to three divisions.

Television money

The lucrative BSkyB sponsorship of the Premier League saw clubs spending more on transfer fees and player wages than in previous seasons. Just before the season began, newly promoted Blackburn Rovers paid an English record transfer fee of £3.5 million for Southampton's 22-year-old England striker Alan Shearer. Champions Leeds United paid £2 million for the Arsenal midfielder David Rocastle, who was replaced at Highbury by the £1.5 million Danish midfielder John Jensen. Shortly after the season began, Aston Villa paid £2.5 million for the Liverpool striker Dean Saunders and Tottenham paid £2 million for the Nottingham Forest striker Teddy Sheringham. During the 1992-93 season, tens of millions of pounds were spent by Premiership clubs on new players.

Promoted teams

Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough were promoted from the old Football League Second Division as champions and runners-up respectively. Blackburn Rovers took the third promotion place after winning the 1991-92 Second Division playoff.

First Premier League champions

The first Premier League title went to Manchester United, the club's first title for 26 years. Manchester United's Premiership title success was achieved with a 10-point lead over runners-up Aston Villa.

Runner-up clubs

Although Manchester United ended the season as champions by a 10-point margin, the Premiership title was also contested for by three other clubs. Runners-up Aston Villa led the table for much of the season, but their challenge faded in the final weeks of the season and were out of contention three games before the season was over after they lost 1-0 at home to Oldham Athletic. Norwich City led the Premiership at Christmas in the unusual position of having a negative goal difference, their defensive frailties having been highlighted by a 7-1 defeat at Blackburn early in the season. Norwich eventually finished in third place, achieving European qualification in Mike Walker's debut season as manager. Blackburn, in the top division for the first time in almost 30 years, finished in fourth place.

Relegated teams

Nottingham Forest's league form had suffered through the sale of key players like Des Walker and Teddy Sheringham, and they were bottom of the Premiership for much of the 1992-93 season. Their relegation was confirmed in early May when they lost to Sheffield United, and manager Brian Clough announced his retirement after 18 years as manager, which had yielded one league title, two European Cups and three League Cups. Next to go were newly-promoted Middlesbrough, who fell from mid-table at Christmas to go down in second from bottom place. Last to go down were Crystal Palace, who failed to win their final game of the season which would have instead consigned Oldham Athletic to the final relegation place.