1991–92 Football League

93rd season of the Football League May 2022 The Football League 1991–92 Leeds United Folded Aldershot New club in League Barnet 1990–91 1992–93 The 1991–92 season was the 93rd completed season of the Football League. Final league tables and results The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at the RSSSF website,https://www.rsssf.org/engpaul/FLA/1991-92.html England 1991–92 RSSSF 24 February 2010 with home and away statistics separated. First Division 1991–92 Football League First Division First Division 1991–92 Leeds United3rd English title Luton TownNotts CountyWest Ham United Champions League Leeds United Cup Winners' Cup Liverpool UEFA Cup Manchester United Sheffield Wednesday Ian Wright(29 goals)https://www.rsssf.org/tablese/engtops.html English League Leading Goalscorers RSSSF 31 October 2010 Arsenal 7–1 Sheffield Wednesday(15 February 1992) Sheffield Wednesday 1–6 Leeds United(12 January 1992) Oldham Athletic 3–6 Manchester United(26 December 1991) 462 1174 6 matchesSouthampton 17 matchesArsenal 6 matchesNorwich City 1990–91 1992–93 (FA Premier League) Overview With the announcement halfway through the season that the Football Association would be creating a new Premier League of 22 clubs for the 1992–93 season, this was the final season of the old Football League First Division as the top flight of English football. The race for the title was mostly a two-horse race between Leeds United (promoted just two years earlier and previously league champions in 1969 and 1974) and a Manchester United who were fresh from back-to-back successes in cup competitions, but who had not won the First Division title since 1967. Alex Ferguson's side had a strong first half of the season, losing just once before the end of 1991, but then lost 4–1 at home to QPR on New Year's Day 1992, and a shortage of goals and wins during the second half of the season cost them the title, with Leeds clinching it on the penultimate weekend of the season when they won 3–2 at Sheffield United and Alex Ferguson's side lost 2–0 to Liverpool at Anfield, although they did manage to win the Football League Cup for the first time two weeks earlier. The catalyst in the West Yorkshire side's title triumph had been a mid-season signing from France, with 25-year-old striker Eric Cantona, who joined pre-season signing Rod Wallace and established stars including Gary McAllister, Lee Chapman and Gordon Strachan, as well as the promising midfielders Gary Speed and David Batty as a part of the team which clinched the title. The latest additions to Manchester United's ever-changing squad at the time were goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel, defender Paul Parker and winger Andrei Kanchelskis, while teenage winger Ryan Giggs had established himself as a regular member of the first team squad before his 18th birthday, having made his debut the previous season. Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday had won the Football League Cup to end their 56-year wait for a major trophy, but were then left without a manager when Ron Atkinson accepted the offer to take over at Aston Villa. The Hillsborough club then turned to veteran striker Trevor Francis, who was appointed player-manager and took them to third place in the final table and into the UEFA Cup, delivering European qualification to the club for the first time since the 1960s. Defending champions Arsenal had a disappointing start to the season, but the £2.5million signing of striker Ian Wright from Crystal Palace in late September helped the Gunners recover their form, and they finished fourth in the final table, although their first venture into the European Cup for 20 years ended in the second round, and they then suffered a shock first-hurdle exit from the FA Cup at the hands of Fourth Division side Wrexham. Manchester City finished fifth for the second season running, while a Liverpool side in transition in their first full season under the management of Graeme Souness finished a disappointing sixth in the league but still managed to win the FA Cup. West Ham United and Notts County went straight back down to the First Division after just one season, while Luton Town were relegated on the final day of the season after a decade in the First Division, with their defeat at the season's end ensuring that Coventry City secured a 26th successive season among the elite. Norwich City, who reached the semi-finals of the FA Cup for the second time in four seasons but finished 18th after a dismal end to the league season, saw their manager Dave Stringer resign after an eventful five seasons and hand over the reins to coach Mike Walker. Oldham Athletic's first top flight campaign since the 1920s saw them secure survival with a 17th-place finish and book a place in the new Premier League. Southampton spent much of the season battling against relegation before a seven-match winning run during the second half of the campaign helped lift them to safety, with all eyes at The Dell being on Southampton's top scorer, 21-year-old striker Alan Shearer, who scored on his England debut in February and was subject of interest from a string of bigger clubs throughout the campaign, although he decided to remain on the South Coast until the end of the season before manager Ian Branfoot invited offers with "cash plus unwanted players" in return for Shearer's services, with fees in the region of £3million being quoted and the likes of Manchester United and Liverpool being linked with Shearer's signature.August 2025 As one highly promising English striker's career was taking off, a goalscoring legend was on his way out of the English league. In November 1991, Tottenham and England striker Gary Lineker accepted an offer to sign for Japanese side Nagoya Grampus Eight at the end of the season. Lineker finished the season as PFA Player of the Year and was among the top scorers with 28 First Division goals, before bowing out of the international scene at the European Championship in Sweden, making the last of his 80 appearances for the national side in a 2–1 defeat to Sweden at the end of an international career where a total of 48 goals left him just one goal short of Bobby Charlton's then-record of 49 England goals. Table Results Results Map England left 400 Locations of the Football League First Division 1991–1992 teams England 51.56 -0.10 right England 52.54 -1.87 right England 51.50 -0.19 right England 51.40 -0.085 right England 52.41 -1.51 right England 53.47 -2.97 right England 53.78 -1.57 right England 53.53 -2.99 right England 51.9 -0.433 right England 53.47 -2.18 right England 53.47 -2.30 right England 52.63 1.30 right England 53.01 -1.137 right England 52.94 -1.137 right England 53.54 -2.12 right England 51.54 -0.26 right England 53.37 -1.47 right England 53.41 -1.50 right England 50.91 -1.39 right England 51.63 -0.063 right England 51.54 0.040 right England 51.43 -0.19 right Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Crystal Palace Coventry Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham QPR Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham West Ham Wimbledon Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League First Division London teams 1991–1992 Greater London 51.558 -0.103 right Greater London 51.482 -0.191 right Greater London 51.398 -0.085 right Greater London 51.603 -0.066 right Greater London 51.509 -0.232 right Greater London 51.532 0.039 right Greater London 51.43 -0.19 right Arsenal Chelsea Crystal Palace Queens Park Rangers Tottenham West Ham Wimbledon Second Division Second Division 1991–92 Ipswich Town Ipswich TownMiddlesbroughBlackburn Rovers Plymouth ArgyleBrighton & Hove AlbionPort Vale David SpeedieDuncan Shearer(23 goals each) 552 1418 1990–91 1992–93 (First Division) Overview The Second Division title was won by Ipswich Town, with John Lyall taking the Suffolk club back to the top flight after a six-year absence. Middlesbrough were also automatically promoted as runners-up on the final day of the season, but it was play-off winners Blackburn Rovers whose promotion made the biggest headlines. Bankrolled by millionaire chairman Jack Walker and managed by former Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish, Rovers spent several million pounds of building a promotion-winning squad, clinching their promotion with a 1–0 win over Leicester City in the play-off final, booking a place in the new Premier League after 26 years away from the elite of the English league. Blackburn had also overcome the Second Division's other heavy-spending side, Derby County in the semi-finals of the playoffs. Leicester had faced a different sort of challenge in their semi-final clash, travelling to East Anglia for the first leg, where they were paired with a Cambridge United managed by John Beck and the attack being led by Leicester-born forward Dion Dublin, in hunt of a unique third successive promotion. The first leg at the Abbey Stadium had ended in a 1–1 draw, before Leicester triumphed 5–0 in the return leg at Filbert Street. In manager Jim Smith's first full season as manager, Portsmouth just missed out on the Second Division playoffs but enjoyed a memorable run in the FA Cup, taking eventual winners Liverpool to a replay in the semi-finals before losing on penalties. By the turn of 1992, fallen giants Newcastle United were struggling at the foot of the Second Division, millions of pounds in debt and facing relegation to the third tier for the first time ever. However, the club's future was secured in a takeover deal by millionaire John Hall, who sacked Ossie Ardiles as manager in early February and appointed former England striker Kevin Keegan as manager of the club where he had ended his playing career eight years earlier. Keegan kept Newcastle up and the club's new owners made money available to build a team capable of winning promotion in the 1992–93 season. Newcastle's local rivals Sunderland were disappointing in the league, failing to mount a promotion challenge in the Second Division following their relegation the previous campaign, but reached the FA Cup final – the first team from the Second Division to do so for more than a decade – where they lost 2–0 to Liverpool. The relegation places were occupied by Port Vale, Plymouth Argyle and Brighton & Hove Albion. The Valiants had been in the Second Division for the previous three seasons and had spent most of that time in the bottom half of the table, while Plymouth (who replaced manager David Kemp with the former England goalkeeper Peter Shilton in February 1992) had enjoyed six seasons in the Second Division but had also struggled for much of that time apart from a seventh-place finish in 1987. Brighton, however, had been on the brink of First Division football 12 months before being relegated, being beaten finalists in the previous season's playoff final, but the sale of players including top scorer Mike Small and rising debt restricting their options on the transfer market ultimately sent them down to the third tier. Table main WDL Second Division IPS, MID, DER, LEI, CAM, BLA, CHA, SWI, POR, WAT, WOL, SND, BRV, TRA, MIL, BAR, BRC, SUN, GRI, NEW, OXF, PLY, BHA, PVL PRO PRO PPO PPO PPO PPO QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA REL REL REL complete 16 11 19 46 57 21 11 14 70 53 12 11 23 56 77 13 15 18 55 71 16 14 16 60 63 19 17 10 65 47 20 11 15 54 48 23 9 14 69 51 14 11 21 47 62 24 12 10 70 50 23 8 15 62 55 23 11 12 58 41 17 10 19 64 71 13 13 20 66 84 13 11 22 66 73 13 9 24 42 64 19 12 15 65 51 10 15 21 42 59 17 11 18 63 63 14 11 21 61 65 18 15 13 69 55 14 19 13 56 56 18 11 17 51 48 18 10 18 61 54 C, P P O, P R R R Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Port Vale Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers 5 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored QR green1 Promotion to the FA Premier League yellow1 Qualification for the Second Division play-offs red1 Relegation to the Second Division green4 Qualification for the First Division From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, the second tier - then known as the Second Division - was renamed to the First Division, and the third tier - then known as the Third Division - was renamed to the Second Division. QUA Results main FBR grey BAR BLB B&HA BRI BRR CAM CHA DER GRI IPS LEI MID MIL NEW OXF PLY PTV POR STD SUN SWI TRA WAT WOL Barnsley 2–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 0–0 1–0 0–3 4–1 1–0 3–1 2–1 0–2 3–0 1–0 1–3 0–0 2–0 1–0 0–3 1–1 1–1 0–3 2–0 Blackburn Rovers 3–0 1–0 4–0 3–0 2–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 2–1 2–1 3–1 1–1 5–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–2 2–1 0–0 1–0 1–2 Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 0–3 0–0 3–1 1–1 1–2 1–2 3–0 2–2 1–2 1–1 3–4 2–2 1–2 1–0 3–1 2–1 3–2 2–2 0–2 0–2 0–1 3–3 Bristol City 0–2 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–2 1–1 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 3–0 0–2 2–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 1–0 2–0 Bristol Rovers 0–0 3–0 4–1 3–2 2–2 1–0 2–3 2–3 3–3 1–1 2–1 3–2 1–2 2–1 0–0 3–3 1–0 4–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 Cambridge United 2–1 2–1 0–0 0–0 6–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 0–0 1–0 0–2 1–1 1–1 4–2 2–2 0–1 3–0 3–2 0–0 0–1 2–1 Charlton Athletic 1–1 0–2 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–3 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 2–2 0–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 1–4 0–0 0–1 1–1 0–2 Derby County 1–1 0–2 3–1 4–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–0 0–2 4–1 2–2 2–0 3–1 2–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 3–1 1–2 Grimsby Town 0–1 2–3 0–1 3–1 0–1 3–4 1–0 0–1 1–2 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 2–1 1–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–0 2–2 0–1 0–2 Ipswich Town 2–0 2–1 3–1 4–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–2 2–1 2–0 2–1 5–2 1–0 0–1 1–4 4–0 1–2 2–1 Leicester City 3–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 0–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 2–1 1–1 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 2–2 2–0 3–2 3–1 1–0 1–2 3–0 Middlesbrough 0–1 0–0 4–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–0 3–0 2–1 2–1 1–0 2–0 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 Millwall 1–1 1–3 1–2 2–3 0–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 1–1 2–3 2–0 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 4–1 1–1 0–3 0–4 2–1 Newcastle United 1–1 0–0 0–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 3–4 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–0 0–1 0–1 4–3 2–2 2–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 3–1 2–3 2–2 1–2 Oxford United 0–1 1–3 3–1 1–1 2–2 1–0 1–2 2–0 1–2 1–1 1–2 1–2 2–2 5–2 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–1 3–0 5–3 1–0 0–0 1–0 Plymouth Argyle 2–1 1–3 1–1 1–0 0–0 0–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 3–1 1–0 3–2 0–2 1–0 0–4 1–0 0–1 1–0 Port Vale 0–0 2–0 2–1 1–1 0–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–2 1–2 0–2 0–1 2–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–3 2–2 1–1 2–1 1–1 Portsmouth 2–0 2–2 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 4–0 6–1 3–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 1–1 2–0 0–0 1–0 Southend United 2–1 3–0 2–1 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 1–0 3–1 1–2 1–2 0–1 2–3 4–0 2–3 2–1 0–0 2–3 2–0 3–2 1–1 1–0 0–2 Sunderland 2–0 1–1 4–2 1–3 1–1 2–2 1–2 1–1 1–2 3–0 1–0 1–0 6–2 1–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 3–1 1–0 Swindon Town 3–1 2–1 2–1 2–0 1–0 0–2 1–2 1–2 1–1 0–0 0–0 0–1 3–1 2–1 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–3 3–1 5–3 2–0 3–1 1–0 Tranmere Rovers 2–1 2–2 1–1 2–2 2–2 1–2 2–2 4–3 1–1 0–1 1–2 1–2 2–1 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 4–3 Watford 1–1 2–1 0–1 5–2 1–0 1–3 2–0 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 0–2 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 0–0 2–0 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–1 2–3 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–2 0–0 6–2 3–1 1–0 0–2 0–0 3–1 1–0 2–1 1–1 3–0 complete Play-offs The semi-finals were decided over two legs, while the final consisted a single match. 2/1 y Semi-finals1st leg – 10 May; 2nd leg – 13 May 1992 Final at Wembley 25 May 1992 3rd Derby County 2 2 4 6th Blackburn Rovers 4 1 5 4th Leicester City 1 5 6 5th Cambridge United 1 0 1 6th Blackburn Rovers 1 4th Leicester City 0 Map England left 400 Locations of the Football League Second Division 1991–1992 teams England 53.55 -1.48 right England 50.83 -0.15 right England 51.42 -2.59 right England 51.47 -2.53 right England 53.75 -2.48 right England 52.21 0.12 right England 51.47 0.07 right England 52.92 -1.476 right England 53.56 -0.068 right England 52.06 1.14 right England 52.62 -1.14 right England 54.57 -1.23 right England 51.48 -0.048 right England 54.98 -1.62 right England 51.72 -1.21 right England 50.39 -4.15 right England 50.80 -1.06 right England 53.06 -2.21 right England 51.55 0.70 right England 54.91 -1.39 right England 51.56 -1.77 right England 53.37 -3.04 right England 51.65 -0.40 right England 52.59 -2.13 right Barnsley Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Blackburn Rovers Cambridge Utd Charlton Derby County Grimsby Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle Oxford Plymouth Argyle Portsmouth Port Vale Southend Sunderland Swindon Tranmere Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Second Division London teams 1991–1992 Greater London 51.486 0.036 right Greater London 51.481 -0.048 right Greater London 51.650 -0.401 right Charlton Athletic Millwall Watford Third Division Football LeagueThird Division 1991–92 Brentford (1st title) Promoted Birmingham CityPeterborough United Relegation to the Football League Third Division None Dean Holdsworth (Brentford), 24;Iwan Roberts (Huddersfield Town) 24 Shrewsbury Town 6–1 Exeter City(31 August 1991)Reading 6–1 Torquay United(11 April 1992)Stockport 5–0 Swansea City(17 August 1991)Stockport 5–0 Bournemouth(13 March 1992) Stockport 0–4 Chester City(18 October 1991)Hartlepool United 0–4 Bolton Wanderers(3 March 1992) Bradford City 4–6 Swansea City(23 November 1991) 552 1435 1990–91 1992–93 Overview In their first full season under the management of Phil Holder, Brentford clinched in the Third Division title and won promotion to the newly rebranded Division One for the 1992–93 season, ending their 14-year run in the league's third tier. Birmingham City, another team with a new manager in the shape of Terry Cooper, finished runners-up to claim their return to the league's second tier at the third time of asking. In the playoffs, two newly promoted teams battled it out for a second successive promotion. Peterborough United came out 2-1 winners against Stockport County to reach the league's second tier for the first time. Lou Macari's first season as manager of Stoke City ended in disappointment as they finished fourth in the league but saw their promotion hopes ended by a defeat to Stockport County in the playoffs. West Bromwich Albion, in the Third Division for the first time, failed to win promotion at the first time of asking, a win at doomed Shrewsbury Town on the final day of the season not being enough to secure a playoff place. This disappointment was swiftly followed by the end of Bobby Gould's unpopular 15-month reign as manager. Bolton Wanderers, who had narrowly missed out on promotion the previous season, finished a disappointing 13th in the league and sacked manager Phil Neal after nearly seven years in charge, turning to Bruce Rioch as the man to mastermind their Division Two promotion challenge for the 1992–93 season. Darlington suffered an immediate relegation back to the Fourth Division following two successive promotions, with manager Frank Gray unable to adjust the County Durham side to the pace of a higher division following the departure of his predecessor Brian Little in the summer of 1991. Torquay United also went straight back down to the league's basement division, following a turbulent season which saw three different men occupy the manager's seat at Plainmoor, with not even the mid-season signing of striker Justin Fashanu and his 10 goals from 21 Third Division fixtures being enough to secure survival. Shrewsbury Town also went down, as did a Bury side who had almost won promotion the previous season. Table main WDL Third Division PR 5 BRE Brentford BIR Birmingham City HUD Huddersfield Town STK Stoke City STP Stockport County PET Peterborough United WBA West Bromwich Albion BOU Bournemouth FUL Fulham LEY Leyton Orient HAR Hartlepool United REA Reading BOL Bolton Wanderers HUL Hull City WIG Wigan Athletic BRA Bradford City PNE Preston North End CHE Chester City SWA Swansea City EXE Exeter City BRY Bury SHR Shrewsbury Town TOR Torquay United DAR Darlington 25 7 14 81 55 23 12 11 69 52 22 12 12 59 38 21 14 11 69 49 22 10 14 75 51 20 14 12 65 58 19 14 13 64 49 20 11 15 52 48 19 13 14 57 53 18 11 17 62 52 18 11 17 57 57 16 13 17 59 62 14 17 15 57 56 16 11 19 54 54 15 14 17 58 64 13 19 14 62 61 15 12 19 61 72 14 14 18 56 59 14 14 18 55 65 14 11 21 57 80 13 12 21 55 74 12 11 23 53 68 13 8 25 42 68 10 7 29 56 90 CP P OP R R R R green1 Promotion to the First Division P P yellow1 Qualification for the Third Division play-offs PP PP PP PP green4 Qualification for the Second Division QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA red1 Relegation to the Third Division R R R R From the 1992–93 season, the second tier - then known as the Second Division - was renamed to the First Division, the third tier - then known as the Third Division - was renamed to the Second Division, and the fourth tier - then known as the Fourth Division - was renamed to the Third Division. P P complete Results main FBR grey BIR BOL BOU BRA BRE BRY CHR DAR EXE FUL HAR HUD HUL LEY PET PNE REA SHR STP STK SWA TOR WBA WIG Birmingham City 2–1 0–1 2–0 1–0 3–2 3–2 1–0 1–0 3–1 2–1 2–0 2–2 2–2 1–1 3–1 2–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 3–0 0–3 3–3 Bolton Wanderers 1–1 0–2 1–1 1–2 2–1 0–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 2–2 1–1 1–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 3–1 0–0 1–0 3–0 1–1 Bournemouth 2–1 1–2 1–3 0–0 4–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 0–0 2–0 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–2 1–0 3–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 3–0 2–1 2–1 3–0 Bradford City 1–2 4–4 3–1 0–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 3–4 1–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 2–1 1–1 1–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 4–6 2–0 1–1 1–1 Brentford 2–2 3–2 2–2 3–4 0–3 2–0 4–1 3–0 4–0 1–0 2–3 4–1 4–3 2–1 1–0 1–0 2–0 2–1 2–0 3–2 3–2 1–2 4–0 Bury 1–0 1–1 0–1 0–1 0–3 1–2 1–0 3–1 3–1 1–1 4–4 3–2 4–2 3–0 2–3 0–1 0–0 0–0 1–3 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–4 Chester 0–1 0–1 0–1 0–0 1–1 3–1 2–5 5–2 2–0 2–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 2–4 3–2 2–2 1–4 3–2 0–0 2–0 2–0 1–2 1–0 Darlington 1–1 3–2 0–0 1–3 1–2 0–2 1–1 5–2 3–1 4–0 1–3 0–1 0–1 1–2 0–2 2–4 3–3 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–2 0–1 0–1 Exeter City 2–1 2–2 0–3 1–0 1–2 5–2 0–0 4–1 1–1 1–1 0–1 0–3 2–0 2–2 4–1 2–1 1–0 2–1 0–0 2–1 1–0 1–1 0–1 Fulham 0–1 1–1 2–0 2–1 0–1 4–2 2–2 4–0 0–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 2–1 0–1 1–0 1–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 3–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 Hartlepool United 1–0 0–4 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–0 3–1 2–0 0–0 2–3 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 4–2 0–1 1–1 0–1 1–1 0–0 4–3 Huddersfield Town 3–2 1–0 0–0 1–0 2–1 3–0 2–0 2–1 0–0 3–1 1–0 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 1–2 2–1 0–1 1–2 1–0 4–0 3–0 3–1 Hull City 1–2 2–0 0–1 0–0 0–3 0–1 1–0 5–2 1–2 0–0 0–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 0–1 4–0 0–2 0–1 3–0 4–1 1–0 1–1 Leyton Orient 0–0 2–1 1–1 1–1 4–2 4–0 1–0 2–1 1–0 0–1 4–0 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–0 1–1 2–0 3–3 0–1 1–2 2–0 1–1 3–1 Peterborough United 2–3 1–0 2–0 2–1 0–1 0–0 2–0 1–1 1–1 4–1 3–2 2–0 3–0 0–2 1–0 5–3 1–0 3–2 1–1 3–1 1–1 0–0 0–0 Preston North End 3–2 2–1 2–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 0–3 2–1 1–3 1–2 1–4 1–0 3–1 2–1 1–1 1–1 2–2 3–2 2–2 1–1 3–0 2–0 3–0 Reading 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–2 0–0 3–2 0–0 2–2 1–0 0–2 0–1 1–0 0–1 3–2 1–1 2–2 2–1 1–1 3–4 1–0 6–1 1–2 3–2 Shrewsbury Town 1–1 1–3 1–2 3–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 0–2 6–1 0–0 1–4 1–1 2–3 0–1 2–0 2–0 1–2 0–1 1–0 0–0 2–2 1–3 1–0 Stockport County 2–0 2–2 5–0 4–1 2–1 2–0 0–4 2–0 4–1 2–0 0–1 0–0 1–1 1–0 3–0 2–0 1–0 1–4 0–0 5–0 2–1 3–0 3–3 Stoke City 2–1 2–0 1–1 0–0 2–1 1–2 0–1 3–0 5–2 2–2 3–2 0–2 2–3 2–0 3–3 2–1 3–0 1–0 2–2 2–1 3–0 1–0 3–0 Swansea City 0–2 1–1 3–1 2–2 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–2 1–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 0–0 2–2 1–0 2–2 1–2 1–2 2–1 2–1 1–0 0–0 3–0 Torquay United 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 1–1 0–2 3–2 3–0 1–0 0–1 3–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 2–2 1–0 1–2 1–2 2–0 1–0 1–0 1–0 0–1 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 2–2 4–0 1–1 2–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 6–3 2–3 1–2 2–1 1–0 1–3 4–0 3–0 2–0 2–0 1–0 2–2 2–3 1–0 1–1 Wigan Athletic 3–0 1–1 2–0 2–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–2 4–1 0–2 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 3–0 3–0 1–1 1–1 1–3 1–0 1–0 0–0 0–1 complete Play-offs The semi-finals were decided over two legs, while the final consisted of a single match. 2/1 y Semi-finals1st leg – 10/11 May;2nd leg – 13/14 May 1992 Final at Wembley1 June 1992 3rd Huddersfield Town 2 1 3 6th Peterborough United 2 2 4 4th Stoke City 0 1 1 5th Stockport County 1 1 2 6th Peterborough United 2 5th Stockport County 1 Map England left 400 Locations of the Football League Third Division teams 1991–1992 England 52.48 -1.89 right England 53.59 -2.56 right England 50.73 -1.84 right England 53.82 -1.73 right England 51.486 -0.32 right England 53.58 -2.295 right England 53.19 -2.89 right England 54.53 -1.55 right England 50.72 -3.53 right England 51.45 -0.24 right England 54.69 -1.21 right England 53.64 -1.78 right England 53.74 -0.33 right England 51.57 -0.01 right England 52.58 -0.25 right England 53.75 -2.7 right England 51.41 -0.97 right England 52.71 -2.75 right England 53.41 -2.16 right England 53.00 -2.18 right England 51.62 -3.95 right England 50.48 -3.52 right England 52.52 -1.97 right England 53.55 -2.65 right Birmingham Bolton Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester Darlington Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool Huddersfield Hull Leyton Orient Peterborough Preston North End Reading Shrewsbury Stockport Stoke Swansea City Torquay West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic Greater London right 369 Locations of the Football League Third Division London teams 1991–1992 Greater London 51.486 -0.31 right Greater London 51.475 -0.222 right Greater London 51.570 -0.058 right Brentford Fulham Orient Fourth Division Football LeagueFourth Division 1991–92 Burnley (1st title) Promoted Mansfield TownRotherham UnitedBlackpool Folded Aldershot New club in the league Barnet Dave Bamber (Blackpool), 26; Phil Stant (Mansfield Town), 26 462 1247 1990–91 1992–93 Overview Following a slow start to the season which saw manager Frank Casper replaced by Jimmy Mullen in October 1991, Burnley made huge progress in the league and won the Fourth Division title to join Wolverhampton Wanderers as champions of all four divisions of the Football League, also ending their seven-year stay in the Fourth Division. Runners-up Rotherham United and third-placed Mansfield Town achieved immediate promotion from the Fourth Division, one season after relegation. They were joined by the previous season's beaten playoff finalists Blackpool, who found themselves level with their opponents at the end of extra time as had happened a year earlier, but this time emerged victorious after defeating Scunthorpe United in the shootout. Barnet, in the Football League for the first time, reached the playoff semi-finals but their hopes of a second successive promotion were ended when they were beaten by Blackpool. Crewe Alexandra's hopes of an instant return to the league's third tier were ended in a similar fashion by Scunthorpe United. On 25 March 1992, Aldershot were declared bankrupt and obliged to resign from the Football League – their record was expunged. A new club to represent the Hampshire town was formed within weeks, but Aldershot Town had to start the 1992–93 season in the Third Division of Isthmian League – five divisions below the original club's final division. Carlisle United eventually finished bottom, but there was no relegation from the Football League in 1991–92 – although Conference champions Colchester United were still promoted, returning to the league after a two-year absence. Wrexham, the league's lowest placed club the previous season, made good progress in 1991–92 to finish 14th, but the big story of the season came in January 1992 when they defeated defending First Division champions Arsenal 2–1 at the Racecourse Ground in their FA Cup third round tie. As the season drew to its close, speculation was mounting about the future of another club, Maidstone United, who had been without a home of their own since becoming tenants at Dartford in 1988 and were now hundreds of thousands of pounds in debt. Returning to the Football League for the 1992–93 season were the Conference champions Colchester United, who were promoted back to the league after a two-year absence following a two-horse promotion race with Wycombe Wanderers. Table main WDL Fourth Division PR 5 BUR Burnley ROT Rotherham United MAN Mansfield Town BLP Blackpool SCU Scunthorpe United CRE Crewe Alexandra BAR Barnet ROC Rochdale CAR Cardiff City LIN Lincoln City GIL Gillingham SCA Scarborough CHF Chesterfield WRE Wrexham WAL Walsall NOR Northampton Town HER Hereford United MDS Maidstone United YOR York City HAL Halifax Town DON Doncaster Rovers CRL Carlisle United ALD Aldershot 25 8 9 79 43 22 11 9 70 37 23 8 11 75 53 22 10 10 71 45 21 9 12 64 59 20 10 12 66 51 21 6 15 81 61 18 13 11 57 53 17 15 10 66 53 17 11 14 50 44 15 12 15 63 53 15 12 15 64 68 14 11 17 49 61 14 9 19 52 73 12 13 17 48 58 11 13 18 46 57 12 8 22 44 57 8 18 16 45 56 8 16 18 42 58 10 8 24 34 75 9 8 25 40 65 7 13 22 41 67 CP P P OP green1 Promotion to the Second Division P P P yellow1 Qualification for the Fourth Division play-offs PP PP PP PP green3 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round and qualification for the Third Division WC green4 Qualification for the Third Division QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA QUA black1 Club folded Aldershot resigned from the Football League on 25 March 1992 and subsequently folded; the club's playing record of Pld36 W3 D8 L25 GF21 GA63 Pts17 was expunged. EXP From the 1992–93 season, the third tier - then known as the Third Division - was renamed to the Second Division, and the fourth tier - then known as the Fourth Division - was renamed to the Third Division. P P complete Results main FBR grey BAR BLP BUR CAR CRL CHF CRE DON GIL HAL HER LIN MDS MAN NOR ROC ROT SCA SCU WAL WRE YOR Barnet 3–0 0–0 3–1 4–2 1–2 4–7 1–0 2–0 3–0 1–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 3–0 3–0 2–5 5–1 3–2 0–1 2–0 2–0 Blackpool 4–2 5–2 1–1 1–0 3–1 0–2 1–0 2–0 3–0 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 3–0 4–0 3–1 Burnley 3–0 1–1 3–1 2–0 3–0 1–1 2–1 4–1 1–0 2–0 1–0 2–1 3–2 5–0 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 2–0 1–2 3–1 Cardiff City 3–1 1–1 0–2 1–0 4–0 1–1 2–1 2–3 4–0 1–0 1–2 0–5 3–2 3–2 1–2 1–0 2–1 2–2 2–1 5–0 3–0 Carlisle United 1–3 1–2 1–1 2–2 1–2 2–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 1–0 0–2 3–0 1–2 2–1 0–0 1–3 2–2 0–0 3–3 0–1 1–1 Chesterfield 3–2 1–1 0–2 2–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 3–3 4–0 2–0 1–5 3–0 0–2 1–2 0–1 1–1 1–0 0–1 0–1 1–1 1–3 Crewe Alexandra 3–0 1–0 1–0 1–1 2–1 3–1 1–0 2–1 3–2 4–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 1–1 1–1 0–1 3–3 1–1 0–1 2–1 1–0 Doncaster Rovers 1–0 0–2 1–4 1–2 0–3 0–1 1–3 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–5 3–0 0–1 0–3 2–0 1–1 3–2 1–2 0–1 3–1 0–1 Gillingham 3–3 3–2 3–0 0–0 1–2 0–1 0–1 2–1 2–0 2–1 1–3 1–1 2–0 3–1 0–0 5–1 2–0 4–0 4–0 2–1 1–1 Halifax Town 3–1 1–2 0–2 1–1 3–2 2–0 2–1 0–0 0–3 0–2 1–4 1–1 1–3 0–1 1–1 0–4 1–0 1–4 1–0 4–3 0–0 Hereford United 2–2 1–2 2–0 2–2 1–0 1–0 1–2 0–1 2–0 0–2 3–0 2–2 0–1 1–2 1–1 1–0 4–1 1–2 1–2 3–1 2–1 Lincoln City 0–6 2–0 0–3 0–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 2–0 1–0 0–0 3–0 1–0 2–0 1–2 0–3 0–2 0–2 4–2 1–0 0–0 0–0 Maidstone United 1–1 0–0 0–1 1–1 5–1 0–1 2–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–2 0–2 0–0 1–1 1–1 0–0 2–1 0–1 2–1 2–4 1–0 Mansfield Town 1–2 1–1 0–1 3–0 2–1 2–1 4–3 2–2 4–3 3–2 1–1 0–0 2–0 2–0 2–1 1–0 1–2 1–3 3–1 3–0 5–2 Northampton Town 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 2–2 1–1 0–1 3–1 0–0 4–0 0–1 1–0 1–0 1–2 2–2 1–2 3–2 0–1 0–1 1–1 2–2 Rochdale 1–0 4–2 1–3 2–0 3–1 3–3 1–0 1–1 2–1 1–0 3–1 1–0 1–2 0–2 1–0 1–1 2–2 2–0 1–1 2–1 1–1 Rotherham United 3–0 2–0 2–1 1–2 1–0 1–1 1–2 3–1 1–1 1–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–1 1–0 2–0 0–2 5–0 2–1 3–0 4–0 Scarborough 0–4 1–2 3–1 2–2 2–2 3–2 2–1 1–0 2–1 3–0 1–1 1–1 2–0 0–0 2–1 3–2 0–3 4–1 2–3 4–1 1–0 Scunthorpe United 1–1 2–1 2–2 1–0 4–0 2–0 1–0 3–2 2–0 1–0 1–1 0–2 2–0 1–4 3–0 6–2 1–0 1–1 1–1 3–1 1–0 Walsall 2–0 4–2 2–2 0–0 0–0 2–2 2–3 1–3 0–1 3–0 3–0 0–0 1–1 3–3 1–2 1–3 0–2 0–0 2–1 0–0 1–1 Wrexham 1–0 1–1 2–6 0–3 3–0 0–1 1–0 1–2 2–1 2–0 0–1 1–1 0–0 3–2 2–2 2–1 0–3 2–0 4–0 2–1 2–1 York City 1–4 1–0 1–2 1–3 2–0 0–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–1 1–0 1–1 1–1 1–2 0–0 0–1 1–1 4–1 3–0 2–0 2–2 complete Play-offs The semi-finals were decided over two legs, while the final consisted of a single match. 2/1 y Semi-finals1st leg – 10 May; 2nd leg – 13 May 1992 Final at Wembley23 May 1992 4th Blackpool 0 2 2 7th Barnet 1 0 1 5th Scunthorpe United 2 2 4 6th Crewe Alexandra 2 0 2 4th Blackpool 1 (4) 5th Scunthorpe United (pen.) 1 (3) Map England none 400 Locations of the Football League Fourth Division teams 1991–1992 England 51.25 -0.75 right England 51.65 -0.19 right England 53.81 -3.05 right England 53.79 -2.25 right England 51.47 -3.20 right England 54.90 -2.91 right England 53.24 -1.43 right England 53.10 -2.44 right England 53.52 -1.133 right England 51.38 0.55 right England 53.72 -1.86 right England 52.06 -2.72 right England 53.23 -0.54 right England 51.11 0.86 right England 53.14 -1.20 right England 52.24 -0.90 right England 53.61 -2.16 right England 53.43 -1.36 right England 54.27 -0.42 right England 53.58 -0.65 right England 52.58 -1.98 right England 53.03 -2.98 right England 53.96 -1.08 right Aldershot Barnet Blackpool Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Rotherham Scarborough Scunthorpe United Walsall Wrexham York City Attendances Source:https://www.european-football-statistics.co.uk/attn/archive/eng/aveeng1992.htm Historical attendances European-football-statistics.co.uk 23 July 2026 Barclays League Division One # Football club Average 1 Manchester United 44,984 2 Liverpool FC 34,799 3 Arsenal FC 31,905 4 Sheffield Wednesday FC 29,560 5 Leeds United FC 29,459 6 Tottenham Hotspur FC 27,761 7 Manchester City FC 27,690 8 Aston Villa FC 24,818 9 Nottingham Forest FC 23,721 10 Everton FC 23,148 11 Sheffield United FC 22,097 12 West Ham United FC 21,342 13 Chelsea FC 18,684 14 Crystal Palace FC 17,618 15 Oldham Athletic FC 15,087 16 Southampton FC 14,070 17 Coventry City FC 13,876 18 Norwich City FC 13,858 19 Queens Park Rangers FC 13,592 20 Notts County FC 10,987 21 Luton Town FC 9,715 22 Wimbledon FC 6,905 Barclays League Division Two # Football club Average 1 Newcastle United FC 21,148 2 Sunderland AFC 18,390 3 Leicester City FC 15,202 4 Middlesbrough FC 14,703 5 Derby County FC 14,664 6 Ipswich Town FC 14,274 7 Wolverhampton Wanderers FC 13,743 8 Blackburn Rovers FC 13,250 9 Portsmouth FC 11,789 10 Bristol City FC 11,479 11 Swindon Town FC 10,009 12 Tranmere Rovers 8,845 13 Watford FC 8,511 14 Brighton & Hove Albion FC 8,002 15 Millwall FC 7,921 16 Barnsley FC 7,508 17 Port Vale FC 7,382 18 Cambridge United FC 7,078 19 Grimsby Town FC 6,920 20 Charlton Athletic FC 6,786 21 Plymouth Argyle FC 6,739 22 Southend United FC 6,733 23 Bristol Rovers FC 5,850 24 Oxford United FC 5,671 Barclays League Division Three # Football club Average 1 Stoke City FC 13,007 2 West Bromwich Albion FC 12,711 3 Birmingham City FC 12,400 4 Huddersfield Town AFC 7,540 5 Brentford FC 7,156 6 Peterborough United FC 6,279 7 Bradford City AFC 6,115 8 Bolton Wanderers FC 6,030 9 AFC Bournemouth 5,471 10 Stockport County FC 4,891 11 Preston North End FC 4,722 12 Fulham FC 4,492 13 Leyton Orient FC 4,460 14 Hull City AFC 4,115 15 Reading FC 3,841 16 Exeter City FC 3,627 17 Shrewsbury Town FC 3,456 18 Swansea City AFC 3,367 19 Hartlepool United FC 3,201 20 Darlington FC 2,904 21 Bury FC 2,901 22 Wigan Athletic FC 2,851 23 Torquay United FC 2,734 24 Chester City FC 1,857 Barclays League Division Four # Football club Average 1 Burnley FC 10,519 2 Cardiff City FC 6,191 3 Rotherham United FC 4,735 4 Blackpool FC 4,333 5 Mansfield Town FC 3,800 6 Crewe Alexandra FC 3,733 7 Barnet FC 3,637 8 Chesterfield FC 3,437 9 Walsall FC 3,367 10 Scunthorpe United FC 3,190 11 Gillingham FC 3,149 12 Lincoln City FC 2,822 13 Northampton Town FC 2,800 14 Rochdale AFC 2,784 15 Hereford United FC 2,723 16 Wrexham AFC 2,613 17 Carlisle United FC 2,551 18 York City FC 2,503 19 Aldershot Town FC 2,146 20 Doncaster Rovers FC 2,052 21 Scarborough FC 1,699 22 Halifax Town AFC 1,640 23 Maidstone United FC 1,429 See also 1991–92 in English football References 1991–92 1–4