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Nottingham Forest
1991–92 season
ChairmanMaurice Rowarth
ManagerBrian Clough
StadiumCity Ground
First Division8th
FA CupSixth round
League CupRunners-up
Full Members CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Sheringham (13)
All: Sheringham (22)
Average home league attendance23,721

During the 1991–92 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Nottingham Forest finished 8th for the second season running. They also reached the final of the League Cup, only to lose to that season's runners-up, Manchester United, and won the Full Members Cup. A highlight of the season was a 4-0 win at neighbours Notts County, who were relegated at the end of the season.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Leeds United 42 13 8 0 38 13 9 8 4 36 24 74 37 +37 82
2 Manchester United 42 12 7 2 34 13 9 8 4 29 20 63 33 +30 78
3 Sheffield Wednesday 42 13 5 3 39 24 8 7 6 23 25 62 49 +13 75
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
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
Key
League Champions, qualified for Champions League
FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers Reference
17 August 1991 Everton H 2–1 24,422 Clough, Jemson
20 August 1991 Leeds United A 0–1 29,457
24 August 1991 Notts County A 4–0 21,044 Keane, Crosby, Sheringham, Charles
28 August 1991 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–3 24,018 Clough
31 August 1991 Oldham Athletic H 3–1 23,244 Pearce, Keane, Gemmill
4 September 1991 Manchester City A 1–2 29,146 Sheringham
7 September 1991 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–2 31,289 Crosby
14 September 1991 Wimbledon H 4–2 19,707 Keane (2), Black, Elkins (own goal)
21 September 1991 Aston Villa A 1–3 28,506 Black
28 September 1991 West Ham United H 2–2 25,613 Woan, Sheringham
5 October 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 2–0 13,058 Sheringham (2)
19 October 1991 Sheffield United A 2–4 23,080 Parker, Chettle
26 October 1991 Southampton H 1–3 20,026 Black
2 November 1991 Norwich City A 0–0 13,014
16 November 1991 Coventry City H 1–0 21,154 Sheringham
23 November 1991 Crystal Palace H 5–1 22,387 Woan, Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Pearce, Gemmill
30 November 1991 Chelsea A 0–1 19,420
8 December 1991 Arsenal H 3–2 22,079 Sheringham, Woan, Gemmill
14 December 1991 Liverpool A 0–2 35,285
22 December 1991 Leeds United H 0–0 27,170
26 December 1991 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 31,079 Pearce, Clough
28 December 1991 Oldham Athletic A 1–2 16,496 Pearce
1 January 1992 Luton Town H 1–1 23,809 Walker
11 January 1992 Notts County H 1–1 30,168 Black
19 January 1992 Everton A 1–1 17,717 Gemmill
1 February 1992 Sheffield United H 2–5 22,412 Keane, Pearce (pen)
22 February 1992 Chelsea H 1–1 24,089 Sheringham
3 March 1992 Crystal Palace A 0–0 12,608
11 March 1992 Coventry City A 2–0 11,158 Sheringham, (own goal)
14 March 1992 Norwich City H 2–0 20,721 Keane, Gemmill
18 March 1992 Manchester United H 1–0 28,062 Clough
21 March 1992 Manchester City H 2–0 24,115 Crosby, Keane
31 March 1992 Arsenal A 3–3 27,036 Clough, Woan, Keane
2 April 1992 Wimbledon A 0–3 3,542
4 April 1992 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–2 26,105
8 April 1992 Southampton A 1–0 14,905 Tiler
14 April 1992 Luton Town A 1–2 8,014 Black
18 April 1992 Aston Villa H 2–0 22,800 Gemmill, Sheringham
20 April 1992 Manchester United A 2–1 47,576 Woan, Gemmill
22 April 1992 Liverpool H 1–1 23,787 Sheringham (pen)
25 April 1992 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 22,228 Gemmill
2 May 1992 West Ham United A 0–3 20,629

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Reference
R3 4 January 1992 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 27,068 Clough
R4 26 January 1992 Hereford United H 2–0 24,259 Pearce, Sheringham
R5 15 February 1992 Bristol City H 4–1 24,615 Llewellyn (own goal), Clough, Pearce, Sheringham (pen) [2]
QF 7 March 1992 Portsmouth A 0–1 25,402

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers References
R2 1st leg 25 September 1991 Bolton Wanderers H 4–0 19,936 Gaynor (2), Keane, Black
R2 2nd leg 8 October 1991 Bolton Wanderers A 5–2 (won 9-2 on agg) 5,469 Keane (2), Sheringham, Black, Gaynor
R3 30 October 1991 Bristol Rovers H 2–0 17,529 Glover, Gemmill
R4 4 December 1991 Southampton H 0–0 17,939
R4R 17 December 1991 Southampton A 1–0 10,861 Gemmill
R5 8 January 1992 Crystal Palace A 1–1 14,941 Clough
R5R 5 February 1992 Crystal Palace H 4–2 18,918 Sheringham (3, 1 pen), Pearce
SF 1st leg 9 February 1992 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 21,402 Sheringham
SF 2nd leg 1 March 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 (won 3-2 on agg) 28,216 Keane, Glover
F 12 April 1992 Manchester United N 0–1 76,810

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Reference
R2 22 October 1991 Leeds United A 3–1 6,145 Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Crosby
R3 19 November 1991 Aston Villa A 2–0 7,858 Pearce, Woan
S Area SF 10 December 1991 Tranmere Rovers A 2–0 8,034 Keane (2)
N Area F 12 January 1992 Leicester City A 1–1 19,537 Gemmill
N Area FR 26 January 1992 Leicester City H 2–0 (won 3-1 on agg) 21,562 Crosby, Wassall
F 29 March 1992 Southampton N 3–2 (a.e.t.) 67,688 Gemmill (2), Black

Squad

[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Pos. Nation Player
— GK Wales WAL Mark Crossley
— GK Wales WAL Andy Marriott
— GK England ENG Steve Sutton
— DF England ENG Craig Armstrong
— DF England ENG Gary Charles
— DF England ENG Steve Chettle
— DF England ENG Chris Hope
— DF England ENG Brian Laws
— DF England ENG Stuart Pearce (captain)
— DF England ENG Carl Tiler
— DF England ENG Des Walker
— DF England ENG Darren Wassall
— DF England ENG Brett Williams
— DF Scotland SCO Terry Wilson
— MF Northern Ireland NIR Kingsley Black
No. Pos. Nation Player
— MF England ENG Gary Crosby
— MF Scotland SCO Scot Gemmill
— MF England ENG Bobby Howe
— MF Republic of Ireland IRL Roy Keane
— MF Scotland SCO Alan Mahood
— MF Iceland ISL Þorvaldur Örlygsson
— MF England ENG Garry Parker
— MF England ENG Steve Stone
— MF England ENG Ian Woan
— FW England ENG Nigel Clough
— FW Republic of Ireland IRL Tommy Gaynor
— FW Scotland SCO Lee Glover
— FW England ENG Nigel Jemson
— FW England ENG Teddy Sheringham

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
23 July 1991 FW Teddy Sheringham Millwall £2,000,000
2 September 1991 MF Kingsley Black Luton Town £1,500,000

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
13 June 1991 MF Franz Carr Newcastle United £250,000
11 July 1991 MF Neil Lyne Shrewsbury Town Signed
25 July 1991 MF Steve Hodge Leeds United £900,000
9 August 1991 MF Brian Rice Falkirk Signed
17 August 1991 FW Phil Starbuck Huddersfield Town Free transfer
17 September 1991 FW Nigel Jemson Sheffield Wednesday £800,000
29 November 1991 MF Garry Parker Aston Villa £650,000
10 January 1992 DF Phil Gilchrist Middlesbrough Free transfer
6 March 1992 GK Steve Sutton Derby County £300,000
23 March 1992 MF Alan Mahood Greenock Morton Signed
Transfers in: Decrease £3,500,000
Transfers out: Increase £1,750,000
Total spending: Decrease £1,750,000

References

  1. ^ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/nottingham-forest/1991-1992/results
  2. ^ "Forest on course for two Wembley finals". New Straits Times. 16 February 1992. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1992
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