[1] Coventry signed Newcastle striker Micky Quinn for a nominal fee in November, and he responded by scoring 17 Premier League goals (the first 10 in 6 games) to keep the Sky Blues clear of relegation.
Mike Walker pulled off one of the surprises of the season by taking Norwich City to a club best finish of third in the Premier League and helping them achieve European qualification for the first time in their history.
Other significant players in the title winning side were top goalscorer Mark Hughes, temperamental but brilliant French striker Eric Cantona (bought from Leeds United in mid-season), reliable centre back Gary Pallister and confident midfielder Paul Ince.
Manager of the jubilant Swindon side was 36-year-old Glenn Hoddle, the former Tottenham and England midfielder, who had built a formidable squad containing players like Shaun Taylor, Micky Hazard and Craig Maskell.
Martin O'Neill, who played in the great Nottingham Forest team of the late 1970s and early 1980s, achieved his first success in management by getting Wycombe Wanderers promoted to the Football League as well as completing the double by winning the FA Trophy.
Wycombe's fortunes had been looking good since they moved into their new Adams Park ground in 1990, and the Conference and FA Trophy double all but erased memories of the previous year when they went through the agony of missing out on promotion on goal difference to their bitter rivals Colchester United.
16 September 1992: Gary Neville, 17-year-old defender, makes his debut for Manchester United against Torpedo Moscow in the UEFA Cup first round first leg tie at Old Trafford, which ends in a goalless draw.
Leading goalscorer: Teddy Sheringham (Tottenham Hotspur) – 22 Newcastle United's first full season under the management of Kevin Keegan ended in Division One championship glory and promotion to the Premier League.
Hartlepool United equalled an English football record by playing eleven consecutive matches without scoring a single goal, in a terrible mid-season run which saw them fall from the promotion chase to the relegation battle, although some decent results in the final stages of the season kept them up.
Rather than reprieving the team who finished bottom this season in order to make up for Maidstone's departure, the League abandoned its expansion plans and confirmed that relegation and promotion between Division Three and the Football Conference would continue as normal.
3 July 1992 – Ron Atkinson appoints Dave Sexton, the man he succeeded as Manchester United manager eleven years ago, to his coaching staff at Aston Villa.
28 July 1992 – Alan Shearer signs for newly promoted Blackburn Rovers for an English record fee of £3.5 million, with David Speedie moving in the opposite direction in part exchange.
3 August 1992 – Bass Brewery's reported US$17.1 million proposal to sponsor the Premier League for the first three seasons fails after three – Arsenal, Liverpool and Nottingham Forest – of the top-flight's 22 clubs object.
[16] 27 August 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur pay £2.1 million for Nottingham Forest's 26-year-old striker Teddy Sheringham to fill the gap left in attack by Gary Lineker's departure in the close season.
[25] 15 September 1992 – All 22 Division Three clubs receive £10,000 compensation each from the Football League to cover the loss of gate revenue brought upon by the recent demise of Aldershot and Maidstone United.
[29] 27 September 1992 – Wolves, third in Division One, strengthen their promotion push with a 4–0 away win over local rivals Birmingham City, with striker Darren Roberts scoring a hat-trick on his league debut following his recent move from non-league Burton Albion.
[48] 2 November 1992 – Goals from Paul Merson and Ian Wright give Arsenal a 2–1 win over Crystal Palace at Selhurst Park, and send the Gunners into third place, just one point behind Blackburn and Norwich.
19 November 1992 – The High Court rules that Liverpool fan Tony Bland, 22, who suffered brain damage in the Hillsborough disaster in April 1989 and has been in a persistent vegetative state ever since, can have treatment withdrawn and be allowed to die.
[54] 21 November 1992 – Manchester United's seven-match winless Premier League run ends with a 3–0 home victory over Oldham Athletic, with two goals from Mark Hughes and another from Brian McClair.
Norwich now have an eight-point lead at the top of the Premier League after beating Wimbledon 2–1 at Carrow Road, while their nearest rivals Blackburn find themselves on the receiving end of a John Hendrie hat-trick and a 3–2 defeat to Middlesbrough at Ayresome Park.
Alan Shearer scores in a 3–1 home win for Blackburn over Leeds United to take his goals tally to 16 in the league and 22 in all competitions, but suffers a serious knee injury and is expected to be ruled out until next season.
[84] 30 January 1993 – Norwich return to the top of the Premier League with a 1–0 win over Everton at Goodsion Park, thanks to their local rivals Ipswich beating Manchester United 2–1 at Portman Road and Aston Villa losing 2–0 at Southampton.
[97] 23 February 1993 – Sheffield Wednesday climb into fourth place with a 2–1 win over Manchester City at Maine Road, sparking talk of a possible late run for the Premier League title.
[107] 10 March 1993 – Aston Villa miss the chance to go back on top of the Premier League, they goalless draw at home to Tottenham meaning that Manchester United still lead the way on goal difference.
1 April 1993 – Within 24 hours of his latest dismissal and reinstatement at Barnet, Barry Fry finally leaves the troubled North London club to succeed Colin Murphy as manager of Southend United.
Steve Morrow, the scorer of Arsenal's winning goal, breaks his arm in a freak accident during the on-pitch celebrations and would likely miss next month's FA Cup final between the same two teams.
30 April 1993 – Former Charlton Athletic defender Tommy Caton dies at his home in Oxfordshire at age 30 after suffering a heart attack, just weeks after retiring from playing following a two-year absence due to injury.
[135] 2 May 1993 – Manchester United are confirmed as league champions of England for the first time in 26 years after Aston Villa lose 1–0 at home to Oldham Athletic, which is a big boost for the visiting side's survival hopes.
[139] 11 May 1993 – The first Premier League season draws to a close with Tottenham winning the North London derby 3–1 at Highbury, and QPR beating Sheffield Wednesday by the same scoreline at Loftus Road.
14 May 1993 – Tottenham Hotspur chairman Alan Sugar sacks chief executive and former team manager Terry Venables, who helped him take control of the club two years ago.