FA Carling Premiership
Saturday, August 14, 1993

Sheffield United Swindon Town
W.Falconer (22'), C.Bradshaw (76'), P.Rogers (84')
HT: 1-0 J.Moncur (47')
Attendance:  20,904   Referee:  J. Borrett



 
The Town's first game in the top flight - and though a cheeky John Moncur free-kick gets them back on level terms, two goals in the last fifteen minutes by the Blades ensures that the game ends in defeat.




Lineups
1
Alan KELLY  
                 
Fraser DIGBY
1
14
David TUTTLE
   26'       54'     
Luc NIJHOLT
5
16
Paul BEESLEY
   8'             
Shaun TAYLOR
6
17
Carl BRADSHAW
               
Ross MACLAREN
8
20
John PEMBERTON
                 
Adrian WHITBREAD
14
8
Paul ROGERS
               
Nicky SUMMERBEE
2
11
Mitch WARD
 83'
              
Steve WHITE
12

18
Dane WHITEHOUSE
 89'
              
Martin LING
10

19
Willie FALCONER
             
John MONCUR
7
21
Alan CORK
                71'
  Jan-Åge FJØRTOFT
9
22
Andy SCOTT
                 
Craig MASKELL
11
Substitutes
2
Kevin GAGE

83' 
              
Adrian VIVEASH
15
9
Adrian LITTLEJOHN

89' 
           
71' 
  Kevin HORLOCK
16
13
Simon TRACEY
                 
Nicky HAMMOND
23













Results on Saturday, August 14, 1993: League Table

 
  Arsenal 0 - 3 Coventry City  
  Aston Villa 4 - 1 Queens Park Rangers  
  Chelsea 1 - 2 Blackburn Rovers  
  Liverpool 2 - 0 Sheffield Wednesday  
  Manchester City 1 - 1 Leeds United  
  Newcastle United 0 - 1 Tottenham Hotspur  
  Oldham Athletic 0 - 3 Ipswich Town  
  Sheffield United 3 - 1 Swindon Town  
  Southampton 0 - 2 Everton  
  West Ham United 0 - 2 Wimbledon  

Table as at Saturday, August 14, 1993:

  TEAM P W D L F A GD Pts 
1 Aston Villa 1 1 0 0 4 1 3
2 Coventry City 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
3 Ipswich Town 1 1 0 0 3 0 3
4 Sheffield United 1 1 0 0 3 1 2
5 Everton 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
6 Liverpool 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
7 Wimbledon 1 1 0 0 2 0 2
8 Blackburn Rovers 1 1 0 0 2 1 1
9 Tottenham Hotspur 1 1 0 0 1 0 1
10 Leeds United 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
11 Manchester City 1 0 1 0 1 1 0
12 Chelsea 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1
13 Newcastle United 1 0 0 1 0 1 -1
14 Swindon Town 1 0 0 1 1 3 -2
15 Sheffield Wednesday 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
16 Southampton 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
17 West Ham United 1 0 0 1 0 2 -2
18 Queens Park Rangers 1 0 0 1 1 4 -3
19 Arsenal 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3
20 Oldham Athletic 1 0 0 1 0 3 -3

Key: Champions Relegation