1991–92 Aston Villa F.C. season

Aston Villa

1991–92 season
Chairman	Doug Ellis
Manager	Ron Atkinson
Stadium	Villa Park
First Division	7th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	League: Regis/Yorke (11) All: Yorke (16)
Average home league attendance	24,818

During the 1991–92 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division. Ron Atkinson took charge of the team taking over from Josef Venglos.

Season summary

Aston Villa improved on the previous season's poor 17th place finish to finish 7th.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Leeds United	42		13	8	0	38	13		9	8	4	36	24		74	37	+37		82
2	Manchester United	42		12	7	2	34	13		9	8	4	29	20		63	33	+30		78
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42		13	5	3	39	24		8	7	6	23	25		62	49	+13		75
4	Arsenal	42		12	7	2	51	23		7	8	6	30	24		81	46	+35		72
5	Manchester City	42		13	4	4	32	14		7	6	8	29	34		61	48	+13		70
6	Liverpool	42		13	5	3	34	17		3	11	7	13	23		47	40	+7		64
7	Aston Villa	42		13	3	5	31	16		4	6	11	17	28		48	44	+4		60
8	Nottingham Forest	42		10	7	4	36	27		6	4	11	24	31		60	58	+2		59
9	Sheffield United	42		9	6	6	29	23		7	3	11	36	40		65	63	+2		57
10	Crystal Palace	42		7	8	6	24	25		7	7	7	29	36		53	61	– 8		57
11	Queens Park Rangers	42		6	10	5	25	21		6	8	7	23	26		48	47	+1		54
12	Everton	42		8	8	5	28	19		5	6	10	24	32		52	51	+1		53
13	Wimbledon	42		10	5	6	32	20		3	9	9	21	33		53	53	±0		53
14	Chelsea	42		7	8	6	31	30		6	6	9	19	30		50	60	– 10		53
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42		7	3	11	33	35		8	4	9	25	28		58	63	– 5		52
16	Southampton	42		7	5	9	17	28		7	5	9	22	27		39	55	– 16		52
17	Oldham Athletic	42		11	5	5	46	36		3	4	14	17	31		63	67	– 4		51
18	Norwich City	42		8	6	7	29	28		3	6	12	18	35		47	63	– 16		45
19	Coventry City	42		6	7	8	18	15		5	4	12	17	29		35	44	– 9		44
20	Luton Town	42		10	7	4	25	17		0	5	16	14	54		38	71	– 33		42
21	Notts County	42		7	5	9	24	29		3	5	13	16	33		40	62	– 22		40
22	West Ham United	42		6	6	9	22	24		3	5	13	15	35		37	59	– 22		38

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for Champions League
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Aston Villa's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–2	36,749	Atkinson, Regis, Staunton
21 August 1991	Manchester United	H	0–1	39,995
24 August 1991	Arsenal	H	3–1	29,684	Daley, Penrice, Staunton
28 August 1991	West Ham United	A	1–3	23,644	Daley
31 August 1991	Southampton	A	1–1	16,161	Richardson
4 September 1991	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	20,740
7 September 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	33,096
14 September 1991	Liverpool	A	1–1	38,400	Richardson
18 September 1991	Chelsea	A	0–2	17,182
21 September 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	28,506	Blake, Yorke, Richardson
28 September 1991	Coventry City	A	0–1	17,851
5 October 1991	Luton Town	H	4–0	18,722	Yorke, Regis, Richardson, Mortimer
19 October 1991	Everton	A	2–0	27,688	Daley, Regis
26 October 1991	Wimbledon	H	2–1	16,928	Olney, Yorke
2 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	10,642	Yorke
16 November 1991	Notts County	H	1–0	23,020	Yorke
24 November 1991	Leeds United	H	1–4	23,713	Yorke
30 November 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	2–3	15,370	Blake, Regis
7 December 1991	Manchester City	H	3–1	26,265	Daley, Yorke, Regis
14 December 1991	Sheffield United	A	0–2	18,401
26 December 1991	West Ham United	H	3–1	31,959	Daley, Yorke, Richardson
28 December 1991	Southampton	H	2–1	23,094	Yorke, Regis
1 January 1992	Norwich City	A	1–2	15,318	Regis
11 January 1992	Arsenal	A	0–0	31,413
18 January 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	28,036
22 January 1992	Manchester United	A	0–1	45,022
2 February 1992	Everton	H	0–0	17,451
8 February 1992	Wimbledon	A	0–2	5,534
22 February 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	20,509	Regis
29 February 1992	Manchester City	A	0–2	28,268
3 March 1992	Leeds United	A	0–0	28,896
10 March 1992	Notts County	H	0–0	8,389
14 March 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	19,630
21 March 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	15,368
28 March 1992	Norwich City	H	1–0	16,985	Staunton
31 March 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–1	15,745	Regis
4 April 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	5–2	26,370	Olney, Yorke, Regis, Richardson, Daley
11 April 1992	Liverpool	H	1–0	35,755	Daley
18 April 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	22,800
20 April 1992	Chelsea	H	3–1	19,269	McGrath, Parker, Staunton
25 April 1992	Luton Town	A	0–2	11,178
2 May 1992	Coventry City	H	2–0	31,984	Yorke, Regis

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–0	29,316
R3R	14 January 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	25,462	Yorke
R4	5 February 1992	Derby County	A	4–3	22,452	Parker, Yorke (3)
R5	16 February 1992	Swindon Town	A	2–1	16,402	Yorke, Froggatt
QF	8 March 1992	Liverpool	A	0–1	29,109

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	13,835
R2 2nd leg	9 October 1991	Grimsby Town	H	1–1 (lost on away goals)	15,338	Teale

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	23 October 1991	Coventry City	A	2–0	6,447
SQF	26 November 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	7,858

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	AUS	Mark Bosnich
—	GK	ENG	Les Sealey
—	GK	ENG	Nigel Spink
—	DF	ENG	Earl Barrett
—	DF	ENG	Neil Cox
—	DF	ENG	Ugo Ehiogu
—	DF	POL	Dariusz Kubicki
—	DF	IRL	Paul McGrath
—	DF	ENG	Chris Price
—	DF	ENG	Bryan Small
—	DF	IRL	Steve Staunton
—	MF	GER	Stefan Beinlich
—	MF	ENG	Trevor Berry
—	MF	ENG	Mark Blake
—	MF	GER	Matthias Breitkreutz
—	MF	ENG	Tony Daley

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	David Farrell
—	MF	IRL	Gareth Farrelly
—	MF	ENG	Steve Froggatt
—	MF	IRL	Ray Houghton
—	MF	IRL	Alan McLoughlin
—	MF	ENG	Garry Parker
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Richardson (captain)
—	MF	ENG	Shaun Teale
—	FW	ENG	Dalian Atkinson
—	FW	ENG	Martin Carruthers
—	FW	ENG	Neil Davis
—	FW	ENG	Graham Fenton
—	FW	ENG	Ian Olney
—	FW	ENG	Cyrille Regis
—	FW	TRI	Dwight Yorke

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Derek Mountfield (to Wolves)
—	DF	DEN	Kent Nielsen (to AGF)
—	MF	ENG	Gordon Cowans (to Blackburn Rovers)
—	MF	ENG	Kevin Gage (to Sheffield United)

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Paul Mortimer (to Crystal Palace)
—	FW	ENG	Ian Ormondroyd (to Derby County)
—	FW	ENG	Gary Penrice (to Queen's Park Rangers)

Reserve squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	ENG	Michael Oakes

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Lee Williams

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
2 July 1991	FW	Cyrille Regis	Coventry City	Free transfer
11 July 1991	FW	Dalian Atkinson	Real Sociedad	£1,600,000
12 July 1991	DF	Ugo Ehiogu	West Bromwich Albion	£40,000
19 July 1991	GK	Les Sealey	Manchester United	Free transfer
24 July 1991	MF	Paul Mortimer	Charlton Athletic	£350,000
25 July 1991	MF	Shaun Teale	Bournemouth	£300,000
6 August 1991	MF	Kevin Richardson	Real Sociedad	£450,000
7 August 1991	DF	Steve Staunton	Liverpool	£1,100,000
28 August 1991	DF	Dariusz Kubicki	Legia Warsaw	£200,000
29 November 1991	MF	Garry Parker	Nottingham Forest	£650,000
6 January 1992	MF	David Farrell	Redditch United	£45,000
25 February 1992	DF	Earl Barrett	Oldham Athletic	£1,700,000
28 February 1992	GK	Mark Bosnich	Manchester United	Free transfer
3 April 1992	MF	Trevor Berry	Bournemouth	£50,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
18 July 1991	FW	Tony Cascarino	Celtic	£1,100,000
20 July 1991	MF	David Platt	Bari	£5,500,000
22 July 1991	GK	Lee Butler	Barnsley	£165,000
1 August 1991	DF	Craig Liddle	Blyth Spartans	Free transfer
6 August 1991	MF	Gareth Williams	Barnsley	£200,000
8 August 1991	DF	Andy Comyn	Derby County	£200,000
19 September 1991	FW	Ian Ormondroyd	Derby County	£350,000
18 October 1991	MF	Paul Mortimer	Crystal Palace	£500,000
29 October 1991	FW	Gary Penrice	Queens Park Rangers	£625,000
7 November 1991	DF	Derek Mountfield	Wolverhampton Wanderers	£150,000
15 November 1991	MF	Kevin Gage	Sheffield United	£150,000
28 November 1991	MF	Gordon Cowans	Blackburn Rovers	£200,000

Transfers in: £2,290,000

Transfers out: £9,140,000

Total spending: £7,150,000