1991–92 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion

1991–92 season
Manager	Barry Lloyd
Stadium	Goldstone Ground
Second Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	Gall (14)
Average home league attendance	8,002

During the 1991–92 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Brighton again sold their best players Mike Small and John Byrne, and lost the experienced Steve Gatting in defence. At least this time, the players were sold for a decent price, West Ham United paying £400,000 for Small and Sunderland laying out £235,000 for Byrne. Crowds fell again and the team plummeted for the second time they had sold all their best players and were relegated from Division Two to the New Division Two (after the formation of the Premier League). In the FA Cup Third Round, a capacity crowd of 18,031 against non-leaguers Crawley Town saw Brighton win 5-0 in what was a local derby. The dissatisfied fans formed the Brighton Independent Supporters Association and staged protests.

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

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2	9,679
20 August 1991	Bristol City	A	1–2	11,299	Bissett
24 August 1991	Barnsley	A	2–1	6,066	Wade, Barham
31 August 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–3	10,621	O'Reilly, Barham, Robinson
4 September 1991	Millwall	A	2–1	9,266	Byrne, Codner
7 September 1991	Portsmouth	A	0–0	10,567
14 September 1991	Watford	H	0–1	8,741
18 September 1991	Port Vale	H	3–1	5,790	Byrne, Meade, Robinson
21 September 1991	Derby County	A	1–3	12,004	Meade
28 September 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	3–1	6,392	Codner (2), Byrne
5 October 1991	Sunderland	A	2–4	15,119	Byrne, Robinson
12 October 1991	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	9,010	Byrne, Chivers
19 October 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	5,598
26 October 1991	Swindon Town	H	0–2	7,370
30 October 1991	Leicester City	H	1–2	6,424	Codner
2 November 1991	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	9,877
6 November 1991	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	4,420	Meade (2), Gall
9 November 1991	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	8,720	Gall
16 November 1991	Cambridge United	A	0–0	7,625
23 November 1991	Oxford United	A	1–3	4,563	Gall
30 November 1991	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	6,713	O'Reilly
7 December 1991	Southend United	A	1–2	6,303	Wade
14 December 1991	Newcastle United	H	2–2	7,658	O'Reilly, Farrington
21 December 1991	Millwall	H	3–4	7,598	Gall (2), Chapman
26 December 1991	Leicester City	A	1–2	16,767	Gallacher
28 December 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	13,606
1 January 1992	Bristol City	H	0–0	7,555
11 January 1992	Barnsley	H	3–1	6,107	Robinson, Wade, Chapman
17 January 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	7,179	Meade
1 February 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	8,870	Walker
8 February 1992	Swindon Town	A	1–2	9,127	Gall
15 February 1992	Oxford United	H	1–2	6,096	Robinson
22 February 1992	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	5,259	Gall
29 February 1992	Southend United	H	3–2	8,271	Meade, Codner, Munday
7 March 1992	Newcastle United	A	1–0	24,597	Gall
10 March 1992	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	4,583	Walker
14 March 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–3	10,845
21 March 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–4	13,054
28 March 1992	Cambridge United	H	1–1	7,702	Gall
31 March 1992	Watford	A	1–0	7,589	Meade
11 April 1992	Port Vale	A	1–2	6,441	Gall
15 April 1992	Derby County	H	1–2	8,159	Gall
20 April 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	1–4	6,092	Gall
25 April 1992	Sunderland	H	2–2	9,851	Gall, Codner
29 April 1992	Portsmouth	H	2–1	11,647	Robinson, Meade
2 May 1992	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	26,803	Meade

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Crawley Town	H	5–0	18,031	Gall, Walker, Chapman (2, 1 pen), Meade
R4	25 January 1992	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	12,635	Meade

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	24 September 1991	Brentford	A	1–4	4,927	Robinson
R2 2nd Leg	9 October 1991	Brentford	H	4–2 (lost 5-6 on agg)	28,580	Byrne (2), Codner, Meade

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	23 October 1991	Wimbledon	H	3–2	2,796	Barham, Robinson, Chivers
SQF	26 November 1991	West Ham United	A	0–2	8,146

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	Mark Beeney
-	GK	ENG	Perry Digweed
-	GK	USA	Juergen Sommer (on loan from Luton Town)
-	DF	ENG	Nicky Bissett
-	DF	ENG	Ian Chapman
-	DF	ENG	Gary Chivers
-	DF	ENG	John Crumplin
-	DF	SCO	Bernie Gallacher
-	DF	ROU	Ștefan Iovan
-	DF	EIR	Paul McCarthy
-	DF	ENG	Stuart Munday
-	DF	EIR	Greg O'Dowd
-	DF	EIR	Gary O'Reilly

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Mark Barham
-	MF	ENG	Les Briley
-	MF	AUS	David Clarkson
-	MF	ENG	Robert Codner
-	MF	WAL	John Robinson
-	MF	EIR	Dave Savage
-	MF	ENG	Clive Walker
-	MF	ENG	Dean Wilkins
-	FW	EIR	John Byrne
-	FW	ENG	Mark Farrington
-	FW	ENG	Simon Funnell
-	FW	ENG	Mark Gall
-	FW	ENG	Raphael Meade
-	FW	ENG	Bryan Wade