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1991–92 Crystal Palace F.C. season

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Crystal Palace
1991–92 season
ChairmanRon Noades
ManagerSteve Coppell
StadiumSelhurst Park
First Division10th
FA CupThird round
League CupQuarter finals
Full Members CupSemi finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Bright (17)
All: Bright (22)
Highest home attendance29,017 (vs. Manchester United 30 November)
Lowest home attendance7,185 (vs. Southend United, 22 October)
Average home league attendance15,979

During the 1991–92 English football season, Crystal Palace competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

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The 1991–92 season for Crystal Palace was somewhat anticlimactic football-wise, but controversial in another way. A statement by Ron Noades, which he claimed was reported out of context, stunned Palace's many black players. Noades had apparently claimed that black players didn't play hard enough in winter, but that they made up for it at the end of the season. Although he later stated that he was describing a general attitude amongst managers in earlier decades, and that this was not his own opinion, many of Palace's black players began planning to leave, the most notable departure being that of Ian Wright to Arsenal for £2.5 million (a record for both clubs) in September.

Palace finished 10th in the First Division, having never looked in danger of relegation, but they never challenged the leading pack and would be among the 22 founder members of the new FA Premier League for the 1992–93 season. However, they would be without the services of another key player - Mark Bright - who was sold to Sheffield Wednesday. The Yorkshire club had just finished third in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup, and were looking more likely to be chasing honours than a Palace side who were now looking like a thin shadow of what they had been a year or two earlier.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
8 Nottingham Forest 42 16 11 15 60 58 +2 59
9 Sheffield United 42 16 9 17 65 63 +2 57
10 Crystal Palace 42 14 15 13 53 61 −8 57
11 Queens Park Rangers 42 12 18 12 48 47 +1 54
12 Everton 42 13 14 15 52 51 +1 53
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Results

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Crystal Palace's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
24 August 1991 Manchester City A 2–3 28,028 Thomas, Bright
27 August 1991 Wimbledon H 3–2 16,736 Bright, Gray (pen), Wright
31 August 1991 Sheffield United H 2–1 15,507 Thomas, Wright
4 September 1991 Aston Villa A 1–0 20,740 Wright
7 September 1991 Everton A 2–2 21,065 Gray (pen), Bright
14 September 1991 Arsenal H 1–4 24,228 Bright
17 September 1991 West Ham United H 2–3 21,363 Salako, Wright
21 September 1991 Oldham Athletic A 3–2 13,391 Salako, Wright, Bright
28 September 1991 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 15,372 Bright, Collymore
1 October 1991 Leeds United H 1–0 18,298 Bright
5 October 1991 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–4 26,230 Bright
19 October 1991 Coventry City A 2–1 10,591 Bright, Gabbiadini
26 October 1991 Chelsea H 0–0 21,841
2 November 1991 Liverpool A 2–1 34,231 Gabbiadini, Thomas
16 November 1991 Southampton H 1–0 15,861 Thomas
23 November 1991 Nottingham Forest A 1–5 22,387 Thomas
30 November 1991 Manchester United H 1–3 29,017 Mortimer
7 December 1991 Norwich City A 3–3 12,667 Newman (own goal), McGoldrick, Osborn
22 December 1991 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 22,491
26 December 1991 Wimbledon A 1–1 15,009 Gabbiadini
28 December 1991 Sheffield United A 1–1 17,969 Gabbiadini
1 January 1992 Notts County H 1–0 14,202 Gabbiadini
11 January 1992 Manchester City H 1–1 14,766 Bright
18 January 1992 Leeds United A 1–1 27,717 Thomas
1 February 1992 Coventry City H 0–1 13,818
8 February 1992 Chelsea A 1–1 17,810 Whyte
16 February 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 19,834 McGoldrick
22 February 1992 Manchester United A 0–2 46,347
25 February 1992 Luton Town H 1–1 12,109 Bright
29 February 1992 Norwich City H 3–4 14,201 Bright (2), Osborn
3 March 1992 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 12,608
7 March 1992 Luton Town A 1–1 8,591 McGoldrick
11 March 1992 Southampton A 0–1 12,926
14 March 1992 Liverpool H 1–0 23,680 Young
21 March 1992 Aston Villa H 0–0 15,368
28 March 1992 Notts County A 3–2 7,674 Coleman, Bright, Mortimer
4 April 1992 Everton H 2–0 14,338 Coleman, Bright (pen)
11 April 1992 Arsenal A 1–4 36,016 Coleman
18 April 1992 Oldham Athletic H 0–0 12,267
20 April 1992 West Ham United A 2–0 17,710 Bright, Coleman
25 April 1992 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–1 21,573 Bright
2 May 1992 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 14,903

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 1992 Leicester City A 0–1 19,613

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 25 September 1991 Hartlepool United A 1–1 6,697 Bright
R2 2nd leg 8 October 1991 Hartlepool United H 6–1 (won 7–2 on agg) 9,153
R3 29 October 1991 Birmingham City A 1–1 17,270 Gray
R3R 19 November 1991 Birmingham City H 1–1 10,698
R3R2 3 December 1991 Birmingham City H 2–1 11,384 Gray (pen), Thorn
R4 17 December 1991 Swindon Town A 1–0 10,044 Gray
QF 8 January 1992 Nottingham Forest H 1–1 14,941
QFR 5 February 1992 Nottingham Forest A 2–4 18,918

Full Members Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 22 October 1991 Southend United H 4–2 (a.e.t.) 7,185
R3 26 November 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 3–2 4,492
S Area SF 10 December 1991 Chelsea H 0–1 8,416

Squad

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[2] 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 England ENG Jimmy Glass
GK England ENG Nigel Martyn
GK England ENG Perry Suckling
GK England ENG Neil Sullivan (on loan from Wimbledon)
GK England ENG Andy Woodman
DF Wales WAL Paul Bodin
DF Wales WAL Chris Coleman
DF England ENG Dean Gordon
DF England ENG Rudi Hedman
DF Wales WAL Jeff Hopkins
DF England ENG John Humphrey
DF England ENG Richard Shaw
DF England ENG Lee Sinnott
DF England ENG Gareth Southgate (captain)
DF England ENG Andy Thorn
DF Wales WAL Eric Young[3]
MF Saint Kitts and Nevis SKN Bobby Bowry
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Andy Gray
MF England ENG Eddie McGoldrick
MF England ENG Paul Mortimer
MF England ENG Ricky Newman
MF England ENG Simon Osborn
MF England ENG Alan Pardew
MF England ENG Simon Rodger
MF England ENG John Salako
MF England ENG Geoff Thomas
FW England ENG Andy Barnes
FW England ENG Mark Bright
FW England ENG Stan Collymore
FW England ENG Marco Gabbiadini
FW England ENG Jamie Moralee
FW England ENG David Whyte
FW England ENG Ian Wright

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos Name From Fee
19 July 1991 DF Chris Coleman Swansea City £275,000
8 August 1991 DF Lee Sinnott Bradford City £300,000
1 October 1991 FW Marco Gabbiadini Sunderland £1,800,000
18 October 1991 MF Paul Mortimer Aston Villa £500,000
18 October 1991 MF Bobby Bowry Queens Park Rangers Free transfer

Out

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Date Pos Name To Fee
25 July 1991 MF Phil Barber Millwall £100,000
19 August 1991 FW Garry Thompson Queens Park Rangers £125,000
19 August 1991 DF Tony Witter Queens Park Rangers £125,000
24 September 1991 FW Ian Wright Arsenal £2,500,000
21 November 1991 MF Alan Pardew Charlton Athletic Free transfer
10 January 1992 DF Paul Bodin Swindon Town £225,000
31 January 1992 FW Marco Gabbiadini Derby County £1,000,000
5 March 1992 DF Jeff Hopkins Bristol Rovers Free transfer
27 May 1992 MF Andy Gray Tottenham Hotspur £700,000
Transfers in: Decrease £2,875,000
Transfers out: Increase £4,775,000
Total spending: Increase £1,900,000

References

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  1. ^ "Crystal Palace 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 16 March 2010. Retrieved 7 September 2012.
  2. ^ "All Crystal Palace players: 1992".
  3. ^ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the Home Nations internationally as he was a British passport holder.