1991–92 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers

1991–92 season
Chairman	Bill Fox (until 9 December) Robert Coar
Manager	Don Mackay (until 2 September) Tony Parkes (caretaker from 2 September - 12 October) Kenny Dalglish (from 12 October)
Stadium	Ewood Park
Second Division	6th (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Full Members Cup	First round
Average home league attendance	13,250

During the 1991–92 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Blackburn Rovers began with Don Mackay still manager, but he was soon sacked to make way for Kenny Dalglish. Dalglish made several substantial signings during the season. After his appointment Blackburn climbed up the league table, but later lost six games in a row, causing them to fall out of the play-off places, but Blackburn fought back and a 3–1 victory at Plymouth got Rovers to the final play off place. The club reached the play-off final at Wembley where they beat Leicester City 1–0 thanks to a Mike Newell penalty.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	GF	GA		W	D	L	GF	GA		GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town (C)	46		16	3	4	42	22		8	9	6	28	28		70	50	+ 20	84
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46		15	6	2	37	13		8	5	10	21	28		58	41	+ 17	80
3	Derby County	46		11	4	8	35	24		12	5	6	34	27		69	51	+ 18	78
4	Leicester City	46		14	4	5	41	24		9	4	10	21	31		62	55	+ 7	77
5	Cambridge United	46		10	9	4	34	19		9	8	6	31	28		65	47	+ 18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers (P)	46		14	5	4	41	21		7	6	10	29	32		70	53	+ 17	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46		9	7	7	25	23		11	4	8	29	25		54	48	+ 6	71
8	Swindon Town	46		15	3	5	38	22		3	12	8	31	33		69	55	+ 14	69
9	Portsmouth	46		15	6	2	41	12		4	6	13	24	39		65	51	+ 14	69
10	Watford	46		9	5	9	25	23		9	6	8	26	25		51	48	+ 3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	36	24		7	4	12	25	30		61	54	+ 7	64
12	Southend United	46		11	5	7	37	26		6	6	11	26	37		61	61	± 0	62
13	Bristol Rovers	46		11	9	3	43	29		5	5	13	17	34		60	63	– 3	62
14	Tranmere Rovers	46		9	9	5	37	32		5	10	8	19	24		56	56	± 0	61
15	Millwall	46		10	4	9	32	32		7	6	10	32	39		64	71	– 7	61
16	Barnsley	46		11	4	8	27	25		5	7	11	19	32		46	57	– 11	59
17	Bristol City	46		10	8	5	30	24		3	7	13	25	47		55	71	– 16	54
18	Sunderland	46		10	8	5	36	23		4	3	16	25	42		61	65	– 4	53
19	Grimsby Town	46		7	5	11	25	28		7	6	10	22	34		47	62	– 15	53
20	Newcastle United	46		9	8	6	38	30		4	5	14	28	54		66	84	– 18	52
21	Oxford United	46		10	6	7	39	30		3	5	15	27	43		66	73	– 7	50
22	Plymouth Argyle	46		11	5	7	26	26		2	4	17	16	38		42	64	– 22	48
23	Brighton & HA	46		7	7	9	36	37		5	4	14	20	40		56	77	– 21	47
24	Port Vale	46		7	8	8	23	25		3	7	13	19	34		42	59	– 17	45

NB Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

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	Bobby Mimms
-	GK	ENG	Matt Dickins
-	DF	ENG	Richard Brown
-	DF	ENG	Rob Dewhurst
-	DF	ENG	Tony Dobson
-	DF	ENG	Mike Duxbury
-	DF	SCO	Colin Hendry
-	DF	ENG	Keith Hill
-	DF	ENG	David May
-	DF	EIR	Kevin Moran
-	DF	SCO	Stuart Munro
-	DF	ENG	Chris Price
-	DF	ENG	Nicky Reid
-	DF	ENG	Chris Sulley
-	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
-	MF	ENG	Steve Agnew
-	MF	ENG	Mark Atkins
-	MF	ENG	Peter Baah

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Russell Beardsmore (on loan from Manchester United)
-	MF	ENG	Gordon Cowans
-	MF	SCO	Alan Irvine
-	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose
-	MF	ENG	Lee Richardson
-	MF	ENG	Scott Sellars
-	MF	ENG	Paul Shepstone
-	MF	ENG	Tim Sherwood
-	MF	ENG	Craig Skinner
-	MF	ENG	Jason Wilcox
-	FW	ENG	Simon Garner
-	FW	ENG	Howard Gayle
-	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone
-	FW	ENG	Mike Newell
-	FW	SCO	Duncan Shearer
-	FW	SCO	David Speedie
-	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne
-	FW	USA	Roy Wegerle