1991–92 Football League

Football League, Third Division
Season	1991–92
Champions	Brentford (1st title)
Promoted	Birmingham City,; Peterborough United
Relegated	Bury,; Darlington,; Shrewsbury Town,; Torquay United
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,435 (2.6 per match)
Top goalscorer	Dean Holdsworth (Brentford), 24;; Iwan Roberts (Huddersfield Town) 24
Biggest home win	Shrewsbury Town 6–1 Exeter City; (31 August 1991); Reading 6–1 Torquay United; (11 April 1992); Stockport 5–0 Swansea City; (17 August 1991); Stockport 5–0 Bournemouth; (13 March 1992)
Biggest away win	Stockport 0–4 Chester City; (18 October 1991); Hartlepool United 0–4 Bolton Wanderers; (3 March 1992)
Highest scoring	Bradford City 4–6 Swansea City; (23 November 1991)
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Football League, Second Division
Season	1991–92
Champions	Ipswich Town (3rd title)
Promoted	Blackburn Rovers,; Middlesbrough
Relegated	Brighton & Hove Albion,; Plymouth Argyle,; Port Vale
Matches played	552
Goals scored	1,418 (2.57 per match)
Top goalscorer	Duncan Shearer (Swindon Town / Blackburn Rovers), 23;; David Speedie (Blackburn Rovers), 23
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Football League, First Division
Season	1991–92
Champions	Leeds United (3rd English title)
Relegated	Luton Town; Notts County; West Ham United
Champions League	Leeds United
Cup Winners' Cup	Liverpool
UEFA Cup	Manchester United; Sheffield Wednesday
Matches played	462
Goals scored	1,166 (2.52 per match)
Top goalscorer	Ian Wright (Crystal Palace and Arsenal), 29
Biggest home win	Arsenal 7–1 Sheffield Wednesday (15 Feb 1992)
Biggest away win	Sheffield Wednesday 1–6 Leeds United (12 Jan 1992)
Highest scoring	Oldham Athletic 3–6 Manchester United (26 Dec 1991)
Longest winning run	Southampton (6 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Arsenal (17 games)
Longest losing run	Norwich City (6 games)
	← 1990–91 Premier League 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was the 93rd completed season of The Football League.

First Division

The last-ever First Division before the creation of the Premier League was won by Leeds United, who overhauled Manchester United thanks to the efforts of players like Gordon Strachan, Lee Chapman, David Batty and Gary McAllister. After runners-up Manchester United came newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday, despite suffering the first division's heaviest defeats both home and away.

Defending champions Arsenal slipped to fourth place and never made a serious threat to retain their title. The previous season’s runners-up, Liverpool, slipped to sixth in their first full season under the management of Graeme Souness.

Newly promoted West Ham United were relegated in bottom place, with another newly promoted side – Notts County – following days later. The last day of the season saw Luton Town lose their top-flight status after ten seasons. Seventeen years later, they would fall out of the Football League and into the Conference, the fifth tier of the English football system.

Second Division

The Second Division title was won by Ipswich Town, John Lyall thus taking the Suffolk club back to the top flight after a six-year absence. Middlesbrough were also automatically promoted as runners-up, but it was play-off winners Blackburn Rovers whose promotion made the biggest headlines. Bankrolled by millionaire chairman Jack Walker and managed by former Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish, Rovers beat Leicester City 1–0 in the play-off final to end a 26-year exile from the top flight.

The relegation places were occupied by Port Vale, Plymouth Argyle and Brighton & Hove Albion – the latter team had been play-off finalists the previous season, but their fortunes had been ruined by financial problems.

Third Division

To the surprise of many, new manager Phil Holder guided Brentford to the Third Division title, while Terry Cooper’s Birmingham City occupied runners-up spot and the play-offs were won by Chris Turner’s Peterborough United.

The relegation places were occupied by Shrewsbury Town, Bury, Torquay United and Darlington.

Fourth Division

Burnley won the Fourth Division title to join Wolverhampton Wanderers as champions of all four divisions of the Football League. Also promoted were Rotherham United, Mansfield Town and play-off winners Blackpool.

On 25 March 1992, Aldershot were declared bankrupt and obliged to resign from the Football League – their record was expunged. The successor club, Aldershot Town, restored league football to the Hampshire town sixteen years later. Carlisle United eventually finished bottom, but there was no relegation from the Football League in 1991–92 – although Conference champions Colchester United were still promoted, returning to the league after a two-year absence.

Final league tables and results

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The tables and results below are reproduced here in the exact form that they can be found at The Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation website,^[2] with home and away statistics separated.

First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leeds United	42	13	8	0	38	13	9	8	4	36	24	74	37	+37	82	1992–93 UEFA Champions League First round
2	Manchester United	42	12	7	2	34	13	9	8	4	29	20	63	33	+30	78	1992–93 UEFA Cup First Round ^{[notes 1]}
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	39	24	8	7	6	23	25	62	49	+13	75	1992–93 UEFA Cup First Round
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	1992–93 European Cup Winners' Cup First round
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

^ Manchester United qualified as League Cup winners, so the UEFA Cup berth from the league was passed down.

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

First Division results

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Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Ipswich Town	46	16	3	4	42	22	8	9	6	28	28	70	50	+20	84
2	Middlesbrough	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	+13	77
5	Cambridge United	46	10	9	4	34	19	9	8	6	31	28	65	47	+18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers	46	14	5	4	41	21	7	6	10	29	32	70	53	+17	74	^{[notes2 1]}
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	53	+8	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	45	57	−12	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	−18	48
23	Brighton & Hove Albion	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

Semi-finals 1st leg – 10 May; 2nd leg – 13 May 1992			Final at Wembley 25 May 1992

3rd	Derby County	2

6th	Blackburn Rovers	4
			6th	Blackburn Rovers	1

			4th	Leicester City	0
4th	Leicester City	1

5th	Cambridge United	1

Semi-finals 1st leg – 10/11 May; 2nd leg – 13/14 May 1992			Final at Wembley 1 June 1992

3rd	Huddersfield Town	2

6th	Peterborough United	2
			6th	Peterborough United	2

			5th	Stockport County	1
4th	Stoke City	0

5th	Stockport County	1

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Burnley	42	14	4	3	42	16	11	4	6	37	27	79	43	+36	83
2	Rotherham United	42	12	6	3	38	16	10	5	6	32	21	70	36	+34	77
3	Mansfield Town	42	13	4	4	43	26	10	4	7	32	27	75	53	+22	77
4	Blackpool	42	17	3	1	48	13	5	7	9	23	32	71	45	+36	76
5	Scunthorpe United	42	14	5	2	39	18	7	4	10	25	41	63	59	+4	72
6	Crewe Alexandra	42	12	6	3	33	20	8	4	9	33	31	66	51	+15	70
7	Barnet	42	16	1	4	48	23	5	5	11	33	38	81	61	+20	69
8	Rochdale	42	12	6	3	34	22	6	7	8	23	31	57	53	+4	67
9	Cardiff City	42	13	3	5	42	26	4	12	5	24	27	64	53	+11	66	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
10	Lincoln City	42	9	5	7	21	24	8	6	7	29	20	50	44	+6	62
11	Gillingham	42	12	5	4	41	19	3	7	11	22	34	63	53	+10	57
12	Scarborough	42	12	5	4	39	28	3	7	11	25	40	64	68	−4	57
13	Chesterfield	42	6	7	8	26	28	8	4	9	23	33	49	61	−12	53
14	Wrexham	42	11	4	6	31	26	3	5	13	21	47	52	73	−21	51
15	Walsall	42	5	10	6	28	26	7	3	11	20	32	48	62	−14	49
16	Northampton	42	5	9	7	25	23	6	4	11	21	34	46	56	−10	46
17	Hereford United	42	9	4	8	31	24	3	4	14	13	33	44	57	−13	44
18	Maidstone United	42	6	9	6	24	22	2	9	10	21	34	45	56	−11	42
19	York City	42	6	9	6	26	23	2	7	12	16	35	42	58	−16	40
20	Halifax Town	42	7	5	9	23	35	3	3	15	11	40	44	75	−31	38
21	Doncaster Rovers	42	6	2	13	21	35	3	6	12	19	30	40	65	−25	35
22	Carlisle United	42	5	9	7	24	27	2	4	15	17	40	41	67	−26	34
23	Aldershot																expelled from the Football League but immediately refounded as Aldershot Town

First Division

Second Division

Third Division

Fourth Division

Final league tables and results

First Division

First Division results

First Division maps

Second Division

Second Division results

Second Division play-offs

Second Division maps

Third Division

Third Division results

Third Division play-offs

Third Division maps

Fourth Division

Fourth Division results

Fourth Division play-offs

Fourth Division maps

See also

References