1991–92 FA Cup

May 2022 1991–92 FA Cup EnglandScotlandWales Liverpool (5th title) Sunderland [[John Byrne (footballer, born 1961) John Byrne]] (7) 1990–91 1992–93 The 1991–92 FA Cup was the 111th season of the world's oldest knockout football competition, the Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. Liverpool defeated Sunderland 2–0 in the final to win their fifth FA Cup trophy. The appearance in the Cup Final of Sunderland, a Level 2 team, marked the first time in 10 years that a team outside Level 1 of the English football pyramid appeared in the final game. Sunderland is one of only eight non-Level 1 teams to have won the FA Cup since the establishment of the Football League in 1888–89, a mark they achieved in the 1973 FA Cup Final. This was the first FA Cup competition to use penalties to decide games still tied after extra time in a replayed match. Qualifying rounds Most participating clubs that were not members of the Football League competed in the qualifying rounds to secure one of 28 places available in the first round. The winners from the fourth qualifying round were Witton Albion, Guiseley, Runcorn, Bridlington Town, Telford United, Morecambe, Lincoln United, Emley, Gretna, Winsford United, Kettering Town, Colchester United, Welling United, Harlow Town, Enfield, Atherstone United, Bromsgrove Rovers, Aylesbury United, Halesowen Town, Tiverton Town, Windsor & Eton, Yeovil Town, Marlow, Farnborough Town, Crawley Town, Slough Town, Hayes and Sutton United. Appearing in the competition proper for the first time were Guiseley, Lincoln United, Emley and Gretna. Of the others, Harlow Town had last featured at this stage in 1981–82, Winsford United had last done so in 1975–76, Crawley Town had last done so in 1971–72, Bridlington Town had last done so in 1960–61, and Marlow had last done so 99 years previously in 1892–93. Lincoln United became the lowest-level club to qualify for the main draw of the FA Cup since Newcastle Blue Star in 1984–85. Lincoln United defeated Dudley Town, Gainsborough Trinity, Oakham United, Frickley Athletic and Leek Town to secure their place in the first round. Additionally, Gretna (competing in the Northern League in England this season) was the first Scottish club to feature in the Cup competition proper since Rangers' loss to Aston Villa in the semi-finals of the 1886-87 tournament. all qualifying round results 1991–92 FA Cup qualifying rounds First round proper Grimsby Town and Tranmere Rovers from the Football League Second Division entered in this round along with the 47 Third and Fourth Division teams, the 28 non-league clubs from the qualifying rounds and Wycombe Wanderers, Kidderminster Harriers and Woking who were given byes. The first round matches were played on the weekend between 15 and 17 November 1991, with replays played midweek between 26 and 27 November. Lincoln United, from the Central Midlands League, was the lowest-ranked team in the round. Their match-up with Huddersfield Town represented the largest gap in league places between two teams in the FA Cup until Marine and Tottenham Hotspur during the 2020–21 competition. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Blackpool2–1Grimsby Town2Chester City1–0Guiseley (7)3Darlington2–1Chesterfield4AFC Bournemouth3–1Bromsgrove Rovers (6)5Barnet5–0Tiverton Town (8)6Burnley1–1Doncaster RoversReplayDoncaster Rovers1–3Burnley7Bury0–1Bradford City8Yeovil Town (5)1–1WalsallReplayWalsall0–1Yeovil Town9West Bromwich Albion6–0Marlow (6)10Scarborough0–2Wigan Athletic11Wrexham5–2Winsford United (7)12Tranmere Rovers3–0Runcorn (5)13Stockport County3–1Lincoln City14Windsor & Eton (6)2–4Woking (6)15Kidderminster Harriers (5)0–1Aylesbury United (6)16Fulham0–2Hayes (6)17Brentford3–3GillinghamReplayGillingham1–3Brentford18Maidstone United1–0Sutton United (6)19Carlisle United1–1Crewe AlexandraReplayCrewe Alexandra5–3Carlisle United20Witton Albion (5)1–1Halifax TownReplayHalifax Town1–2Witton Albion21Scunthorpe United1–1Rotherham UnitedReplayRotherham United3–3Scunthorpe UnitedRotherham United won 7–6 on penalties22Huddersfield Town7–0Lincoln United (10)23Mansfield Town0–1Preston North End24Halesowen Town (6)2–2Farnborough Town (5)ReplayFarnborough Town4–0Halesowen Town25Morecambe (6)0–1Hull City26Torquay United3–0Birmingham City27Kettering Town (5)1–1Wycombe Wanderers (5)ReplayWycombe Wanderers0–2Kettering Town28Stoke City0–0Telford United (5)ReplayTelford United2–1Stoke City29Aldershot0–1Enfield (6)30Peterborough United7–0Harlow Town (7)31Colchester United (5)0–0Exeter CityReplayExeter City0–0Colchester UnitedExeter City won 4–2 on penalties32Leyton Orient2–1Welling United (5)33Slough Town (5)3–3ReadingReplayReading2–1Slough Town34Crawley Town (6)4–2Northampton Town35Bridlington Town (5)1–2York City36Swansea City2–1Cardiff City37Emley (6)0–3Bolton Wanderers38Hartlepool United3–2Shrewsbury Town39Gretna (8)0–0RochdaleReplayRochdale3–1Gretna40Atherstone United (6)0–0Hereford UnitedReplayHereford United3–0Atherstone United Second round proper The second round matches were played on the weekend between 7–9 December 1991, with replays played midweek on 17 December. This round featured five clubs from Step 6 of the English football system: Enfield, Woking, Aylesbury United and Hayes from the Isthmian League Premier Division, and Crawley Town from the Southern League Premier Division. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Enfield (6)1–4Barnet2Blackpool0–1Hull City3Darlington1–2Hartlepool United4AFC Bournemouth2–1Brentford5Burnley2–0Rotherham United6Preston North End5–1Witton Albion (5)7Rochdale1–2Huddersfield Town8Woking (6)3–0Yeovil Town (5)9Bolton Wanderers3–1Bradford City10Crewe Alexandra2–0Chester City11Wrexham1–0Telford United (5)12Aylesbury United (6)2–3Hereford United13Maidstone United1–2Kettering Town (5)14Exeter City0–0Swansea CityReplaySwansea City1–2Exeter City15Torquay United1–1Farnborough Town (5)ReplayFarnborough Town4–3Torquay United16York City1–1Tranmere RoversReplayTranmere Rovers2–1York City17Hayes (6)0–2Crawley Town (6)18Wigan Athletic2–0Stockport County19Peterborough United0–0ReadingReplayReading1–0Peterborough United20Leyton Orient2–1West Bromwich Albion Third round proper The remaining teams from the Football League First and Second Divisions entered the competition in this round. The third round matches were played on the weekend between 4 and 6 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 14 and 15 January. However, the Newcastle United–AFC Bournemouth match was replayed on 22 January, while the Derby County–Burnley match was replayed on 25 January. Woking and Crawley Town were again the lowest-ranked teams in the draw - they were also, along with Kettering Town and Farnborough Town from the Football Conference, the last non-league clubs left in the tournament. Crawley was eliminated by near-neighbours Brighton & Hove Albion at the Goldstone Ground in what was notably the first-ever all-Sussex tie in the FA Cup competition proper. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1AFC Bournemouth (3)0–0Newcastle United (2)ReplayNewcastle United2–2AFC BournemouthAFC Bournemouth won 4–3 on penalties2Bristol City (2)1–1Wimbledon (1)ReplayWimbledon0–1Bristol City3Burnley (4)2–2Derby County (2)ReplayDerby County2–0Burnley4Preston North End (3)0–2Sheffield Wednesday (1)5Southampton (1)2–0Queens Park Rangers (1)6Woking (6)0–0Hereford United (4)ReplayHereford United2–1Woking7Leicester City (2)1–0Crystal Palace (1)8Notts County (1)2–0Wigan Athletic (3)9Nottingham Forest (1)1–0Wolverhampton Wanderers (2)10Blackburn Rovers (2)4–1Kettering Town (5)11Aston Villa (1)0–0Tottenham Hotspur (1)ReplayTottenham Hotspur0–1Aston Villa12Bolton Wanderers (3)2–0Reading (3)13Crewe Alexandra (4)0–4Liverpool (1)14Middlesbrough (2)2–1Manchester City (1)15Sunderland (2)3–0Port Vale (2)16Everton (1)1–0Southend United (2)17Swindon Town (2)3–2Watford (2)18Wrexham (4)2–1Arsenal (1)19Sheffield United (1)4–0Luton Town (1)20Ipswich Town (2)1–1Hartlepool United (3)ReplayHartlepool United0–2Ipswich Town21Bristol Rovers (2)5–0Plymouth Argyle (2)22Coventry City (1)1–1Cambridge United (2)ReplayCambridge United1–0Coventry City23West Ham United (1)1–1Farnborough Town (5)ReplayWest Ham United1–0Farnborough Town24Brighton & Hove Albion (2)5–0Crawley Town (6)25Norwich City (1)1–0Barnsley (2)26Hull City (3)0–2Chelsea (1)27Oldham Athletic (1)1–1Leyton Orient (3)ReplayLeyton Orient4–2Oldham Athletic28Exeter City (3)1–2Portsmouth (2)29Huddersfield Town (3)0–4Millwall (2)30Charlton Athletic (2)3–1Barnet (4)31Leeds United (1)0–1Manchester United (1)32Oxford United (2)3–1Tranmere Rovers (2) Fourth round proper The fourth round matches were played on the weekend between 25 and 27 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 4–5 February. However, the Bristol Rovers-Liverpool match was played on 5 February, and replayed on 11 February. Fourth Division sides Hereford United and Wrexham were the lowest-ranked teams in the round. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Southampton0–0Manchester UnitedReplayManchester United2–2SouthamptonSouthampton won 4–2 on penalties2Leicester City1–2Bristol City3Notts County2–1Blackburn Rovers4Nottingham Forest2–0Hereford United5Sheffield Wednesday1–2Middlesbrough6Bolton Wanderers2–1Brighton & Hove Albion7Derby County3–4Aston Villa8Ipswich Town3–0AFC Bournemouth9Bristol Rovers1–1LiverpoolReplayLiverpool2–1Bristol Rovers10Portsmouth2–0Leyton Orient11West Ham United2–2WrexhamReplayWrexham0–1West Ham United12Norwich City2–1Millwall13Chelsea1–0Everton14Charlton Athletic0–0Sheffield UnitedReplaySheffield United3–1Charlton Athletic15Cambridge United0–3Swindon Town16Oxford United2–3Sunderland Fifth round proper The fifth round matches were played on the weekend between 15 and 16 February 1992, with replays played midweek on 26 February. Tie noHome teamScoreAway team1Nottingham Forest4–1Bristol City2Bolton Wanderers2–2SouthamptonReplaySouthampton3–2Bolton Wanderers3Sunderland1–1West Ham UnitedReplayWest Ham United2–3Sunderland4Swindon Town1–2Aston Villa5Ipswich Town0–0LiverpoolReplayLiverpool3–2Ipswich Town6Portsmouth1–1MiddlesbroughReplayMiddlesbrough2–4Portsmouth7Norwich City3–0Notts County8Chelsea1–0Sheffield United Sixth round proper The sixth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 7–8 March 1992, with replays being played on 18 March. Liverpool began to compensate for a sub-standard league season by eliminating Aston Villa and booking themselves a seemingly easy semi-final tie with a Portsmouth side who defeated League Cup finalists Nottingham Forest and ending their hopes of a unique FA Cup/League Cup double. Norwich City reached the semi-finals for the second time in four seasons after beating Southampton in a replay. Sunderland joined fellow Second Division side Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-finals thanks to a 2–1 replay win over Chelsea after a 1–1 draw. 7 March 1992 Portsmouth 1–0 Nottingham Forest McLoughlin 2 Fratton Park, Portsmouth Stephen Lodge 7 March 1992 Southampton 0–0 Norwich City The Dell, Southampton 8 March 1992 Liverpool 1–0 Aston Villa Thomas 67 Anfield, Liverpool 29,109 Philip Don 9 March 1992 Chelsea 1–1 Sunderland Allen 37 Byrne 82 Stamford Bridge, West London 33,948 Terry Holbrook Replays 18 March 1992 Norwich City 2–1 a.e.t. Southampton Newman 55Sutton 116 Ruddock 45 Carrow Road, Norwich 18 March 1992 Sunderland 2–1 Chelsea Davenport 20Armstrong 88 Wise 86 Roker Park, Sunderland 26,039 Terry Holbrook Semi-finals The semi-finals were played on 5 April 1992. It was the first time that Hillsborough was used as a semi-final venue since the Hillsborough Disaster at a previous FA Cup semi-final in 1989. This time it was Second Division Sunderland and First Division Norwich City who were competing for a place in the final. Sunderland went through with John Byrne scoring the only goal of the game to take the Wearsiders to their first cup final since 1973. Portsmouth held Liverpool to a 1–1 draw in the other semi-final at Highbury, with the replay being held at Villa Park, which went to penalties after a goalless draw. Liverpool emerged as victors in the shootout to reach the FA Cup final for the fourth time in seven seasons. 5 April 1992 Liverpool 1–1 (a.e.t) Report Portsmouth Whelan 116 Anderton 111 Highbury, London 41,869 Martin Bodenham 5 April 1992 Norwich City 0–1 Sunderland Byrne 34 Hillsborough, Sheffield 40,102 Neil Midgley (Bolton) Replay 13 April 1992 Portsmouth 0–0 (a.e.t) Report Liverpool Villa Park, Birmingham 40,077 Martin Bodenham Liverpool won 3–1 on penalties Final 1992 FA Cup final Liverpool won the FA Cup for the fifth time with a 2–0 victory to compensate for their worst league season (sixth place) for more than 20 years. Ian Rush scored his fifth goal in FA Cup Finals, a record. 9 May 199215:00 BST Liverpool 2–0 Sunderland Thomas 47Rush 68 Wembley, London 79,544 Philip Don (Hanworth Park, Middlesex) _three_white_left_shoulder_stripes _three_white_left_shoulder_stripes_2 _three_adidas_white_right_legr_stripes_on_blue DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 DD0000 Liverpool 000080 FFFFFF 000080 000080 FFFFFF Sunderland Media coverage May 2026 For the fourth consecutive season in the United Kingdom, the BBC was the free to air broadcaster. For the first full season following its absorption of BSB's Sports Channel, Sky Sports was the subscription broadcaster. The live matches on the BBC were: • Leeds United 0–1 Manchester United (R3) • Chelsea 1–0 Everton (R4) • Swindon Town 1–2 Aston Villa (R5) • Liverpool 1–0 Aston Villa (QF) • Liverpool 1–1 Portsmouth (SF) • Norwich City 0–1 Sunderland (SF) • Liverpool 2–0 Sunderland (Final) The live matches on Sky Sports were: • Mansfield Town 0–0 Preston North End (R1) • Brentford 3–3 Gillingham (R1) • Mansfield Town 0–1 Preston North End (R1 Replay) • York City 1–1 Tranmere Rovers (R2) • Leyton Orient 2–1 West Bromwich Albion (R2) • Farnborough Town 4–3 Torquay United (R2 Replay) • Crewe Alexandra 0–4 Liverpool (R3) • Tottenham Hotspur 0–1 Aston Villa (R3 Replay) • Southampton 0–0 Manchester United (R4) • Wrexham 0–1 West Ham United (R4 Replay) • Ipswich Town 0–0 Liverpool (R5) • Liverpool 3–2 Ipswich Town (R5 Replay) • Chelsea 1–1 Sunderland (QF) • Sunderland 2–1 Chelsea (QF Replay) • Portsmouth 0–0 Liverpool (SF Replay) The first round match between Mansfield Town and Preston North End was abandoned after 32 minutes due to heavy fog. The game was replayed 11 days later and it was shown live on Sky Sports as planned after they previously showed the abandoned match. The third round match between Leeds United and Manchester United was postponed and shown live on the Wednesday evening initially intended for replays. On the original day, the BBC showed instead extended coverage of Aston Villa vs Tottenham Hotspur which had been played earlier in the day. References External links The FA Cup at TheFA.com FA Cup at BBC.co.uk FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk Category:FA Cup seasons FA Cup