Manchester United 5 – 0 Coventry City, 1992/93 – Football Research Archive

Manchester United 5 – 0 Coventry City

Source OpenFootballUpdated 22 Oct 2026, 13:23 BSTSource changed 27 May 2026Kickoff 28 Dec 1992 (time not recorded)

Manchester United

5 – 0Half time 2 – 0

Coventry City

Corrected from the source

OpenFootball lists the score as 5 – 0; corrected to 5 – 0 (half time 2 – 0) per Premier League, Official match catalogue: manchester-united v coventry-city, 1992-12-28 (read 22 Oct 2026).

Kickoff

28 Dec 1992 (time not recorded)

UK time

Ground

Old Trafford

Manchester United's home ground on that date, from its ground history. The source does not give the venue.

Attendance

36,025

According to Wikipedia

Referee

Matchday 22

Goals

6′GoalRyan Giggs (vc)Manchester United1 – 0
40′GoalMark HughesManchester United2 – 0
64′Goal, penaltyEric Cantona (c)Manchester United3 – 0
78′GoalLee SharpeManchester United4 – 0
83′GoalDenis IrwinManchester United5 – 0

According to Wikipedia: the scorers and minutes in the clubs' season articles, shown because each article's score equals this archive's and the scorers add up to it. Own goals are listed under the side they counted for.

Includes data from Wikipedia (“1992–93 Manchester United F.C. season”, revision 1365820424, read 16 Oct 2026; “1992–93 Coventry City F.C. season”, revision 1353623520, read 16 Oct 2026), CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikipedia is edited by volunteers; the archive treats it as a secondary source and checks it against its own records where it can.

Coverage

What this archive holds for this match

Held: the result, goalscorers and minutes (according to Wikipedia), attendance (according to Wikipedia). Not held: full event data, aggregate match statistics (shots, corners, fouls), team sheets, bookings, match officials, venue. Absence here is not zero.

Sources

Result: OpenFootball
Scorers, attendance, referee: English Wikipedia, the clubs' season articles (secondary source, CC BY-SA 4.0), each checked against the stored result before use
Data last updated: 22 Oct 2026, 13:23 BST (the archive's last successful import)
Source file last changed: 27 May 2026
This record last changed: 22 Oct 2026, 13:03 BST
Last correction: None

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