1991–92 FA Cup

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 beat Sunderland 2–0 in the final to take the cup. This was the first FA Cup competition to use penalties to decide games still tied after extra time in a replayed match.

First Round Proper

The first round matches were played on the weekend between 15–17 November 1991, with replays played midweek between 26–27 November.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackpool	2–1	Grimsby Town
2	Chester City	1–0	Guiseley
3	Darlington	2–1	Chesterfield
4	Bournemouth	3–1	Bromsgrove Rovers
5	Barnet	5–0	Tiverton Town
6	Burnley	1–1	Doncaster Rovers
Replay	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Burnley
7	Bury	0–1	Bradford City
8	Yeovil Town	1–1	Walsall
Replay	Walsall	0–1	Yeovil Town
9	West Bromwich Albion	6–0	Marlow
10	Scarborough	0–2	Wigan Athletic
11	Wrexham	5–2	Winsford United
12	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Runcorn
13	Stockport County	3–1	Lincoln City
14	Windsor & Eton	2–4	Woking
15	Kidderminster Harriers	0–1	Aylesbury United
16	Fulham	0–2	Hayes
17	Brentford	3–3	Gillingham
Replay	Gillingham	1–3	Brentford
18	Maidstone United (1)	1–0	Sutton United
19	Carlisle United	1–1	Crewe Alexandra
Replay	Crewe Alexandra	5–3	Carlisle United
20	Witton Albion	1–1	Halifax Town
Replay	Halifax Town	1–2	Witton Albion
21	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Rotherham United
Replay	Rotherham United	3–3	Scunthorpe United
Rotherham United won 7–6 on penalties
22	Huddersfield Town	7–0	Lincoln United
23	Mansfield Town	0–1	Preston North End
24	Halesowen Town	2–2	Farnborough Town
Replay	Farnborough Town	4–0	Halesowen Town
25	Morecambe	0–1	Hull City
26	Torquay United	3–0	Birmingham City
27	Kettering Town	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers
Replay	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Kettering Town
28	Stoke City	0–0	Telford United
Replay	Telford United	2–1	Stoke City
29	Aldershot	0–1	Enfield
30	Peterborough United	7–0	Harlow Town
31	Colchester United	0–0	Exeter City
Replay	Exeter City	0–0	Colchester United
Exeter City won 4–2 on penalties
32	Leyton Orient	2–1	Welling United
33	Slough Town	3–3	Reading
Replay	Reading	2–1	Slough Town
34	Crawley Town	4–2	Northampton Town
35	Bridlington Town	1–2	York City
36	Swansea City	2–1	Cardiff City
37	Emley	0–3	Bolton Wanderers
38	Hartlepool United	3–2	Shrewsbury Town
39	Gretna	0–0	Rochdale
Replay	Rochdale	3–1	Gretna
40	Atherstone United	0–0	Hereford United
Replay	Hereford United	3–0	Atherstone 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.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Enfield	1–4	Barnet
2	Blackpool	0–1	Hull City
3	Darlington	1–2	Hartlepool United
4	Bournemouth	2–1	Brentford
5	Burnley	2–0	Rotherham United
6	Preston North End	5–1	Witton Albion
7	Rochdale	1–2	Huddersfield Town
8	Woking	3–0	Yeovil Town
9	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Bradford City
10	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Chester City
11	Wrexham	1–0	Telford United
12	Aylesbury United	2–3	Hereford United
13	Maidstone United (1)	1–2	Kettering Town
14	Exeter City	0–0	Swansea City
Replay	Swansea City	1–2	Exeter City
15	Torquay United	1–1	Farnborough Town
Replay	Farnborough Town	4–3	Torquay United
16	York City	1–1	Tranmere Rovers
Replay	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	York City
17	Hayes	0–2	Crawley Town
18	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Stockport County
19	Peterborough United	0–0	Reading
Replay	Reading	1–0	Peterborough United
20	Leyton Orient	2–1	West Bromwich Albion

Third Round Proper

The third round matches were played on the weekend between 4–6 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 14–15 January. However, the Newcastle United-Bournemouth match was replayed on 22 January, while the Derby County-Burnley match was replayed on 25 January.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Bournemouth	0–0	Newcastle United
Replay	Newcastle United	2–2	Bournemouth
Bournemouth won 4–3 on penalties
2	Bristol City	1–1	Wimbledon
Replay	Wimbledon	0–1	Bristol City
3	Burnley	2–2	Derby County
Replay	Derby County	2–0	Burnley
4	Preston North End	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday
5	Southampton	2–0	Queens Park Rangers
6	Woking	0–0	Hereford United
Replay	Hereford United	2–1	Woking
7	Leicester City	1–0	Crystal Palace
8	Notts County	2–0	Wigan Athletic
9	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Kettering Town
11	Aston Villa	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Aston Villa
12	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Reading
13	Crewe Alexandra	0–4	Liverpool
14	Middlesbrough	2–1	Manchester City
15	Sunderland	3–0	Port Vale
16	Everton	1–0	Southend United
17	Swindon Town	3–2	Watford
18	Wrexham	2–1	Arsenal
19	Sheffield United	4–0	Luton Town
20	Ipswich Town	1–1	Hartlepool United
Replay	Hartlepool United	0–2	Ipswich Town
21	Bristol Rovers	5–0	Plymouth Argyle
22	Coventry City	1–1	Cambridge United
Replay	Cambridge United	1–0	Coventry City
23	West Ham United	1–1	Farnborough Town
Replay	West Ham United	1–0	Farnborough Town
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	Crawley Town
25	Norwich City	1–0	Barnsley
26	Hull City	0–2	Chelsea
27	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Leyton Orient
Replay	Leyton Orient	4–2	Oldham Athletic
28	Exeter City	1–2	Portsmouth
29	Huddersfield Town	0–4	Millwall
30	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Barnet
31	Leeds United	0–1	Manchester United
32	Oxford United	3–1	Tranmere Rovers

Fourth Round Proper

The fourth round matches were played on the weekend between 25–27 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 4–5 February. However, the Bristol Rovers-Liverpool match was played on 5 February, and replayed on February 11.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Southampton	0–0	Manchester United
Replay	Manchester United	2–2	Southampton
Southampton won 4–2 on penalties
2	Leicester City	1–2	Bristol City
3	Notts County	2–1	Blackburn Rovers
4	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Hereford United
5	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Middlesbrough
6	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
7	Derby County	3–4	Aston Villa
8	Ipswich Town	3–0	Bournemouth
9	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Liverpool
Replay	Liverpool	2–1	Bristol Rovers
10	Portsmouth	2–0	Leyton Orient
11	West Ham United	2–2	Wrexham
Replay	Wrexham	0–1	West Ham United
12	Norwich City	2–1	Millwall
13	Chelsea	1–0	Everton
14	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Sheffield United
Replay	Sheffield United	3–1	Charlton Athletic
15	Cambridge United	0–3	Swindon Town
16	Oxford United	2–3	Sunderland

Fifth Round Proper

The fifth round matches were played on the weekend between 15–16 February 1992, with replays played midweek on 26 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Nottingham Forest	4–1	Bristol City
2	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Southampton
Replay	Southampton	3–2	Bolton Wanderers
3	Sunderland	1–1	West Ham United
Replay	West Ham United	2–3	Sunderland
4	Swindon Town	1–2	Aston Villa
5	Ipswich Town	0–0	Liverpool
Replay	Liverpool	3–2	Ipswich Town
6	Portsmouth	1–1	Middlesbrough
Replay	Middlesbrough	2–4	Portsmouth
7	Norwich City	3–0	Notts County
8	Chelsea	1–0	Sheffield 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.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Liverpool	1–0	Aston Villa
2	Southampton	0–0	Norwich City
replay	Norwich City	2–1	Southampton
3	Portsmouth	1–0	Nottingham Forest
4	Chelsea	1–1	Sunderland
replay	Sunderland	2–1	Chelsea

Semi-Finals

The semi-final matches were played on 5 April 1992.

Sunderland beat Norwich City (a side yet to reach the FA Cup final) 1–0 to reach the final of the competition for the first time since their 1973 triumph over Leeds United.

Portsmouth came close to setting the piece for a unique "non top division" FA Cup final, but their luck ran out in the FA Cup semi-final where they lost to Liverpool on penalties in the replay.

1992-04-05

Liverpool	1–1	Portsmouth

1992-04-13

Portsmouth	0–0	Liverpool

Liverpool won 3–1 on penalties

1992-04-05

Norwich City	0–1	Sunderland

Final

Liverpool gained their fifth FA Cup triumph to date with a 2–0 win to compensate for their worst league season (sixth place) for more than 20 years, at the expense of a Sunderland side which had been disappointing in the Second Division but somehow conjured up excellent form in the FA Cup.

1992-05-09
15:00 BST

Liverpool	2 – 0	Sunderland
Thomas 47' Rush 68'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 79,544

Referee: Philip Don (South Yorkshire)

Liverpool

Sunderland

References

External links

The FA Cup at TheFA.com
FA Cup at BBC.co.uk
FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk

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