1991–92 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

English football club season March 2015 March 2015 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1991–92 Graham Turner Manager Jack Harris Chairman Molineux Stadium Second Division 11th FA Cup 3rd Round League Cup 3rd Round Full Members Cup 1st round Steve Bull (20) Steve Bull (23) 19,123 (vs Middlesbrough,2 May 1992) 8,536 (vs Bristol Rovers,5 November 1991) 13,730 (league only) _blackborder _collarblack _blackborder _orangesides _blacktop ff9020 ff9020 ff9020 000000 ff9020 1990–91 1992–93 The 1991–92 season was the 93rd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Second Division, in the final season before the introduction of the Premier League. The team finished in 11th place, having occupied a mid-table position for the majority of the campaign. During the season Steve Bull became the club's all-time leading goalscorer when he surpassed John Richards' total of 194 goals. Results Football League Second Division 1991–92 Football League A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Second Division in the 1991–92 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats. Final table Second Division WOL y Results summary 11 6 6 36 24 7 4 12 25 30 Statto.com June 2022 Results by round table b Round Result W/D/D/L/W/W/L/W/W/L/D/L/D/L/L/L/L/L/W/L/W/D/D/W/W/W/W/W/L/D/L/D/D/W/L/W/D/W/L/L/W/W/L/W/L/L Position 1/5/8/14/9/8/9/6/4/6/7/10/10/16/17/18/20/21/18/20/15/17/18/15/11/11/10/10/10/11/12/12/12/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/11/10/10/10/10/11 green2 Win yellow2 Draw red2 Loss green1 red1 Statto.com Matches 17 August 1991 15:00 BST 1 Watford 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Mutch 61Bull 71 Vicarage Road Watford 13,547 W 24 August 1991 15:00 BST 2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Charlton Athletic Bull 33 Lee 6 Molineux Wolverhampton 16,309 D 31 August 1991 3 15:00 BST Brighton & Hove Albion 3–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers O'Reilly 26Barham 31Robinson 79 Mutch 24 74Bull 33 Goldstone Ground Hove 10,621 D 3 September 1991 19:30 BST 4 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–2 Port Vale Houchen 60Madden 77 o.g. Molineux Wolverhampton 16,115 L 7 September 1991 15:00 BST 5 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Oxford United Dennison 3Bull 8Steele 43 Nogan 80 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,549 W 14 September 1991 6 15:00 BST Newcastle United 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Madden 83 o.g. Scott 49 o.g.Bull 74 St James' Park Newcastle upon Tyne 20,195 W 17 September 1991 7 19:30 BST Cambridge United 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Taylor 25Wilkins 34 Bull 78 Abbey Stadium Cambridge 6,552 L 21 September 1991 15:00 BST 8 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Swindon Town Steele 8Bull 78 White 87 Molineux Wolverhampton 15,219 W 28 September 1991 15:00 BST 9 Southend United 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Birch 61Ashley 89 Roots Hall Southend-on-Sea 8,368 W 5 October 1991 15:00 BST 10 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Barnsley Cook 30 Saville 56O'Connell 81 Molineux Wolverhampton 14,082 L 12 October 1991 15:00 BST 11 Middlesbrough 0–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ayresome Park Middlesbrough 15,253 D 19 October 1991 15:00 BST 12 Leicester City 3–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Gordon 5 48Wright 39 Filbert Street Leicester 14,428 L 26 October 1991 15:00 BST 13 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Tranmere Rovers Birch 44 Steel 76 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,266 D 2 November 1991 14 15:00 GMT Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Marshall 35 Home Park Plymouth 4,198 L 5 November 1991 19:30 GMT 15 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Bristol Rovers Bull 40 77 Reece 5Pounder 67Saunders 75 Molineux Wolverhampton 8,536 L "Wolves vs Derby" 9 November 1991 16 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–3 Derby County Coleman 21 o.g.Cook 68 pen. Davison 11 90Ormondroyd 85 Molineux Wolverhampton 15,672 L 16 November 1991 15:00 GMT 17 Millwall 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Barber 31McGinley 34 Cook 42 pen. The Den London 9,469 L 23 November 1991 18 15:00 GMT Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Ipswich Town Birch 7 Linighan 55Dozzell 61 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,915 L 26 November 1991 19:30 GMT 19 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Grimsby Town Madden 26Birch 82 Dobbin 76 Molineux Wolverhampton 9,378 W 30 November 1991 15:00 GMT 20 Portsmouth 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Burns 13 Fratton Park Portsmouth 11,101 L 7 December 1991 15:00 GMT 21 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Sunderland Cook 83 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,922 W 21 December 1991 22 15:00 GMT Port Vale 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers van der Laan 87 Bull 13 Vale Park Burslem 8,480 D 26 December 1991 15:00 GMT 23 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Blackburn Rovers Molineux Wolverhampton 18,277 D 28 December 1991 15:00 GMT 24 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion Burke 2Mutch 26 Molineux Wolverhampton 13,606 W 1 January 1992 19:30 GMT 25 Grimsby Town 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Birch 16Cook 80 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 9,158 W 15 January 1992 19:30 GMT 26 Charlton Athletic 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bull 43Bennett 84 The Valley London 5,703 W 18 January 1992 15:00 GMT 27 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–0 Watford Cook 62Bull 75Holdsworth 80 o.g. Molineux Wolverhampton 14,175 W 1 February 1992 15:00 GMT 28 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Leicester City Bull 36 Molineux Wolverhampton 18,574 W 8 February 1992 29 15:00 GMT Tranmere Rovers 4–3 Wolverhampton Wanderers Aldridge 3 pen.Malkin 6Morrissey 63 90 Cook 8Bull 12Burke 55 Prenton Park Birkenhead 11,371 L 22 February 1992 15:00 GMT 30 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Portsmouth Molineux Wolverhampton 15,707 D 29 February 1992 31 15:00 GMT Sunderland 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Byrne 30 pen. Roker Park Sunderland 20,106 L 7 March 1992 15:00 GMT 32 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–1 Bristol City Bull 45 Osman 41 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,542 D 11 March 1992 19:30 GMT 33 Bristol Rovers 1–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers White 53 Bull 77 Twerton Park Bath 6,968 D 14 March 1992 15:00 GMT 34 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Plymouth Argyle Venus 70 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,556 W 17 March 1992 19:30 GMT 35 Bristol City 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Dziekanowski 85 87 Ashton Gate Bristol 11,623 L 21 March 1992 15:00 GMT 36 Derby County 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Kitson 44 Birch 73 pen.Bull 74 Baseball Ground Derby 21,024 W 28 March 1992 15:00 GMT 37 Wolverhampton Wanderers 0–0 Millwall Molineux Wolverhampton 11,880 D 31 March 1992 19:30 BST 38 Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–2 Newcastle United Mutch 5 10 84Bennett 25Cook 48Bull 87 Quinn 12Peacock 72 Molineux Wolverhampton 14,880 W 4 April 1992 39 15:00 BST Oxford United 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Penney 87 Manor Ground Oxford 7,165 L 7 April 1992 40 19:30 BST Ipswich Town 2–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Whelan 58Whitton 90 pen. Mutch 84 Portman Road Ipswich 17,379 L 11 April 1992 15:00 BST 41 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2–1 Cambridge United Rankine 73Mutch 82 Norbury 64 Molineux Wolverhampton 11,188 W 14 April 1992 19:30 BST 42 Blackburn Rovers 1–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers Sellars 23 Bull 54Birch 90 Ewood Park Blackburn 14,144 W 18 April 1992 15:00 BST 43 Swindon Town 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Ling 10 County Ground Swindon 10,863 L 20 April 1992 15:00 BST 44 Wolverhampton Wanderers 3–1 Southend United Bull 37Mountfield 52Birch 60 Benjamin 39 Molineux Wolverhampton 10,953 W "Barnsley vs Wolves" 25 April 1992 15:00 BST 45 Barnsley 2–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Bullimore 29Rammell 87 Oakwell Barnsley 7,244 L 2 May 1992 15:00 BST 46 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Middlesbrough Mutch 66 Slaven 72Wilkinson 77 Molineux Wolverhampton 19,123 L FA Cup 1991–92 FA Cup 4 January 1992 R3 15:00 GMT Nottingham Forest 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Clough 82 City Ground Nottingham 27,068 L League Cup 1991–92 Football League Cup 24 September 1991 R2.1 19:30 BST Wolverhampton Wanderers 6–1 Shrewsbury Town Birch 13 36Burke 33Bull 44 49Steele 65 Summerfield 22 Molineux Wolverhampton 12,229 W 8 October 1991 R2.2 19:30 BST Shrewsbury Town 3–1 4–7 Wolverhampton Wanderers Summerfield 2Lyne 51 90 Steele 7 Gay Meadow Shrewsbury 5,784 L 30 October 1991 R3 19:30 GMT Everton 4–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers Beagrie 17 23Cottee 61Beardsley 88 Bull 22 Goodison Park Liverpool 19,065 L Full Members Cup 1991–92 Full Members Cup 1 October 1991 R1 19:30 BST Grimsby Town 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Rees 29 Blundell Park Cleethorpes 1,593 L Players ENG yes yes end of season |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Tony Lange ¤ |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|WAL Paul Jones Paul Jones (footballer, born 1967) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|01 GK||align="left"|ENG Mike Stowell |46||0||1||0||3||0||1||0||51||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Kevin Ashley |44||1||1||0||3||0||1||0||49||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Gary Bellamy ¤ |03.5 1(3)||0||0||0||1||0||1||0||05.5 3(3)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Nicky Clarke Nicky Clarke (footballer) † |00.5 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||00.5 1||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Rob Hindmarch |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Lawrie Madden |37.5 37(1)||2||1||0||3||0||1||0||style="background:#98FB98"|42.5 42(1)||2||0||1|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Derek Mountfield ‡ |28||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|28||1||0||1|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Brian Roberts Brian Roberts (English footballer) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Darren Simkin |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Andy Thompson Andy Thompson (footballer born 1967) |16.5 15(2)||0||1||0||1||0||0||0||18.5 17(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Mark Venus |46||1||1||0||3||0||1||0||51||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|02 DF||align="left"|ENG Shane Westley |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|SCO Tom Bennett Tom Bennett (footballer) |37.5 37(1)||2||1||0||3||0||1||0||42.5 42(1)||2||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Paul Birch Paul Birch (footballer, born 1962) |44.5 43(2)||8||1||0||3||2||1||0||49.5 48(2)||10||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Burke |17.5 13(5)||2||1||0||1||1||0.5 0(1)||0||20.5 15(6)||3||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Paul Cook Paul Cook (footballer) |43||8||1||0||2||0||1||0||47||8||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|NIR Robbie Dennison |21.5 12(10)||1||0.5 0(1)||0||1||0||1||0||24.5 14(11)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Keith Downing |31.5 30(2)||0||0||0||2||0||1||0||34.5 33(2)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Jimmy Kelly Jimmy Kelly (footballer born 1973) |02.5 0(3)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|02.5 0(3)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Rankine |14.5 10(5)||1||0||0||0||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|14.5 10(5)||1||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Tim Steele Tim Steele (footballer) ¤ |16.5 10(7)||3||0||0||3||2||0||0||19.5 13(7)||5||0||0|| |- |align="left"|03 MF||align="left"|ENG Mark Turner Mark Turner (footballer, born 1972) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Shaun Bradbury |0||0||0||0||1||0||0||0||style="background:#98FB98"|00.5 1||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Steve Bull |43||20||1||0||2||3||1||0||47||23||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||style="background:#faecc8" align="left"|ENG Wayne Clarke Wayne Clarke (footballer) ‡ |01 1||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||01 1||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Paul McLoughlin footballer ¤† |03 3||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||03 3||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Andy Mutch |36.5 35(2)||10||1||0||1||0||0||0||38.5 37(2)||10||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|RSA John Paskin ¤† |01.5 1(1)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||01.5 1(1)||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Darren Roberts Darren Roberts (footballer) |0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||0|| |- |align="left"|FW||align="left"|ENG Colin Taylor Colin Taylor (footballer born 1971) ¤ |02.5 1(2)||0||0||0||0||0||0||0||02.5 1(2)||0||0||0|| |} Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete RecordMatthews, Tony Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record 2008 Breedon Books Derby 978-1-85983-632-3 Transfers In DatePlayerFromFee23 July 1991WAL Paul JonesKidderminster Harriers£40,00015 August 1991ENG Lawrie MaddenSheffield WednesdayFree24 January 1992ENG Derek MountfieldAston Villa£150,00031 January 1992ENG Mark RankineDoncaster Rovers£70,00021 February 1992ENG Jimmy KellyWAL WrexhamPart exchange23 April 1992ENG Darren RobertsBurton Albion£20,000 Out DatePlayerToFeeJune 1991ENG Paul JonesReleasedFree24 July 1991ENG Vince BartramBournemouth£70,000December 1991ENG Nicky ClarkeMansfield Town£25,000January 1992ENG Paul McLoughlinMansfield Town£35,00021 February 1992RSA John PaskinWAL WrexhamPart exchange Loans in Start datePlayerFromEnd date26 September 1991ENG Wayne ClarkeManchester CityOctober 19917 November 1991ENG Derek MountfieldAston Villa24 January 1992 Loans out Start datePlayerFromEnd date11 September 1991RSA John PaskinStockport County20 November 199112 September 1991ENG Tony LangeTorquay UnitedEnd of seasonSeptember 1991ENG Paul McLoughlinWalsallOctober 19911991ENG Paul McLoughlinYork City?21 November 1991RSA John PaskinBirmingham City12 February 1992January 1992ENG Colin TaylorWigan Athletic?13 February 1992RSA John PaskinShrewsbury Town20 February 199220 February 1992ENG Tim SteeleStoke CityEnd of season18 March 1992ENG Gary BellamyWAL Cardiff CityEnd of season Management and coaching staff PositionNameManagerGraham TurnerCoachGarry PendreyYouth Team CoachChris EvansClub doctorsDr Tweddell and Dr Peter BekennClub PhysioPaul Darby References 1991-92 Wolverhampton Wanderers