1991–92 Ipswich Town F.C. season

Ipswich Town
1991–92 season
Chairman	John Kerr
Manager	John Lyall
Stadium	Portman Road
Second Division	1st
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Third round
Top goalscorer	League: Chris Kiwomya (16); All: Chris Kiwomya (19)
Highest home attendance	26,803; (vs Brighton & Hove Albion, 2 May 1992, Second Division)
Lowest home attendance	5,750; (vs Luton Town, 22 October 1991, League Cup)
Average home league attendance	14,334
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season for Ipswich Town saw the team compete in the final season of the former Second Division, before it was renamed the First Division the following season. Ipswich Town won the league to become one of the forming teams for the new Premier League that was contested from the 1992–93 season onwards.

Season summary

John Lyall began his second season as Ipswich manager by watching his team draw 3–3 at Bristol Rovers on the opening day of the Second Division campaign. Three successive wins followed, ensuring that Ipswich finished August as leaders of the Second Division.

However, an eight-match winless run left Ipswich's promotion hopes fading by the middle of November. A 2–1 win at Wolves ended the long wait for victory, and Ipswich Town back in the heat of the race for automatic promotion to the new FA Premier League. They were up against big-spending clubs Blackburn Rovers and Derby County in the race for promotion, but also found themselves with some surprise rivals in the race in the shape of their distant local rivals Cambridge United and Southend United.

By the end of April, Ipswich had sealed promotion to the new Premier League and clinched the Second Division title, ending their six-year absence from the top flight. The season ended with a 3–1 home win over doomed Brighton.

First-team squad

Squad at end of season^[1]

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	CAN	Craig Forrest
—	GK	ENG	Phil Morgan
—	DF	ENG	David Linighan
—	DF	ENG	Steve Palmer
—	DF	ENG	Glenn Pennyfather
—	DF	ENG	Neil Thompson
—	DF	ENG	Phil Whelan
—	DF	CAN	Frank Yallop
—	DF	ENG	Eddie Youds
—	MF	NED	Romeo Zondervan (captain)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Jason Dozzell
—	MF	ENG	David Gregory
—	MF	ENG	Gavin Johnson
—	MF	ENG	Simon Milton
—	MF	ENG	Mick Stockwell
—	MF	SCO	John Wark
—	FW	ENG	Paul Goddard
—	FW	ENG	Chris Kiwomya
—	FW	ENG	Steve Whitton

Left club during season

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	DF	ENG	Tony Humes (to Wrexham)
—	MF	ENG	John Moncur (loan return to Tottenham Hotspur)


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	David Lowe (on loan to Port Vale)

Reserve 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
—	MF	ENG	Matt Weston


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	ZAM	Neil Gregory

Pre-season

During their pre-season travels, Ipswich travelled to Finland to face Rips Riihimaki, Kemin Palloseura and Kontulan Uheilsat where Ipswich were defeated in their opening two matches but managed to win their last. Ipswich returned to England to face Lincoln City, Peterborough United and Scunthorpe United which saw the Tractor Boys draw against Lincoln and Peterborough but were defeated when up against Scunthorpe.

Friendlies

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 July 1991	Rips Rihhimaki	A	0–1	Unknown
25 July 1991	Kemin Palloseura	A	1–2	Unknown	Unknown
27 July 1991	Kontulan Uheilsat	A	3–0	Unknown	Unknown (3)
31 July 1991	Lincoln City	A	1–1	Unknown	Unknown
2 August 1991	Peterborough United	A	3–3	Unknown	Unknown (3)
6 August 1991	Scunthorpe United	A	0–3	1,700

Competitions

Football League Second Division

League table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Town (C, P)	46	24	12	10	70	50	+20	84	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46	23	11	12	58	41	+17	80	Promotion to the Premier League
3	Derby County	46	23	9	14	69	51	+18	78	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Leicester City	46	23	8	15	62	55	+7	77
5	Cambridge United	46	19	17	10	65	47	+18	74

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (P) Promoted

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Ipswich Town's score comes first^[2]

Matches

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers^[3]
17 August 1991	Bristol Rovers	A	3–3	6,444	Dozzell, Goddard, Stockwell
20 August 1991	Port Vale	H	2–1	8,937	Kiwomya, Thompson
24 August 1991	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	9,822	Dozzell, Goddard
31 August 1991	Blackburn Rovers	A	2–1	8,898	Kiwomya, Goddard
3 September 1991	Swindon Town	H	1–4	11,002	Kiwomya
7 September 1991	Southend United	H	1–0	12,732	Thompson
14 September 1991	Barnsley	A	0–1	6,786
17 September 1991	Newcastle United	A	1–1	16,336	Kiwomya
21 September 1991	Bristol City	H	4–2	9,692	Thompson, Lininghan, Kiwomya, Goddard
28 September 1991	Grimsby Town	A	2–1	6,621	Lowe, Johnson
5 October 1991	Oxford United	H	2–1	9,922	Milton, Whitton
12 October 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–2	9,010	Milton, Dozzell
19 October 1991	Millwall	H	0–0	11,175
26 October 1991	Portsmouth	A	1–1	8,007	Milton
30 October 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	6,939	Whitton
2 November 1991	Leicester City	A	2–2	11,331	Wark, Johnson
5 November 1991	Sunderland	H	0–1	9,768
9 November 1991	Cambridge United	H	1–2	20,586	Stockwell
16 November 1991	Derby County	A	0–1	12,495
23 November 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	2–1	11,915	Linighan, Dozzell
30 November 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	4–0	11,072	Thompson, Wark, Milton, Linighan
7 December 1991	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	4,986
20 December 1991	Swindon Town	A	0–0	7,404
26 December 1991	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	13,826	Kiwomya (2)
28 December 1991	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	17,675	Dozzell, Johnson
1 January 1992	Port Vale	A	2–1	8,075	Kiwomya (2)
11 January 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–1	15,104
18 January 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	10,435	Milton
1 February 1992	Millwall	A	3–2	8,847	Dozzell, Thompson, Kiwomya
8 February 1992	Portsmouth	H	5–2	13,494	Awford (o.g.), Kiwomya (2), Dozzell
21 February 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–0	9,161	Milton
29 February 1992	Plymouth Argyle	H	2–0	12,852	Kiwomya, Whitton
7 March 1992	Watford	A	1–0	9,199	Whitton
14 March 1992	Leicester City	H	0–0	16,194
17 March 1992	Watford	H	1–2	12,484	Dozzell
21 March 1992	Cambridge United	A	1–1	9,166	Milton
28 March 1992	Derby County	H	2–1	15,305	Dozzell (2)
31 March 1992	Barnsley	H	2–0	14,148	Kiwomya (2)
4 April 1992	Southend United	A	2–1	10,003	Whelan, Thompson
7 April 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	2–1	17,379	Whelan, Whitton
11 April 1992	Newcastle United	H	3–2	20,000	Kiwomya, Wark, Whitton
14 April 1992	Sunderland	A	0–3	22,131
18 April 1992	Bristol City	A	1–2	16,941	Whitton
21 April 1992	Grimsby Town	H	0–0	22,393
25 April 1992	Oxford United	A	1–1	10,525	Johnson
2 May 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–1	26,803	Whitton (2), Johnson

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers	Reference
R3	4 January 1992	Hartlepool United	H	1–1	12,507	Dozzell	^[4]
R3R	15 January 1992	Hartlepool United	A	2–0	6,700	Dozzell, Milton	^[5]
R4	5 February 1992	Bournemouth	H	3–0	17,193	Dozzell, Whitton, Kiwomya
R5	16 February 1992	Liverpool	H	0–0	26,140		^[6]
R5R	26 February 1992	Liverpool	A	2–3	27,355	Johnson, Dozzell	^[7]

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R2 1st Leg	25 September 1991	Derby County	H	0–0	10,215
R2 2nd Leg	8 October 1991	Derby County	A	0–2	8,982

Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
R1	2 October 1991	Bristol Rovers	A	3–1	1,490	Dozzell, Lowe (2)
R2	22 October 1991	Luton Town	H	1–1 (won 2–1 on Penalties)	5,750	Lowe
R3	26 November 1991	Chelsea	A	2–2 (lost 3–4 on Penalties)	6,325	Kiwomya (2)

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee	Ref
1 July 1991	FW	Paul Goddard	Millwall	Free transfer	^[8]
21 September 1991	MF	John Wark	Middlesbrough	Free transfer	^[9]
15 November 1991	DF	Eddie Youds	Everton	£250,000	^[10]

Loans in

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
24 October 1991	MF	John Moncur	Tottenham Hotspur	1 January 1992	^[11]

Transfers out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee	Ref
1 July 1991	MF	Ian Redford	St Johnstone	Free transfer	^[12]
17 September 1991	DF	Brian Gayle	Sheffield United	£750,000	^[13]
27 March 1992	DF	Tony Humes	Wrexham	£40,000	^[14]

Loans out

Date from	Pos	Name	From	Date until	Ref
19 March 1992	MF	David Lowe	Port Vale	30 May 1992	^[15]

Awards

Player awards

Award	Player
Player of the Year	John Wark

PFA First Division Team of the Year

Player	Ref
David Linighan	^[16]

References

^ "All Ipswich Town players: 1992".
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/matches/season/1992 Match Record from 11vs11.com
^ "Ipswich Town: 1991–92 Season Results". Ipswich Town F.C. Retrieved 17 November 2004.
^ "Ipswich Town 1 Hartlepool United 1". inthemadcrowd. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Hartlepool United 0 Ipswich Town 2". inthemadcrowd. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Ipswich Town 0 Liverpool 0". Liverweb. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Liverpool 3 Ipswich Town 2". Liverweb. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.
^ "Paul Goddard Pride of Anglia profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
^ "John Wark at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "Eddie Youds at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "John Moncur at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
^ "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
^ "Brian Gayle at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 March 2020.
^ "Tony Humes at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ "David Lowe at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
^ Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.

[1] "All Ipswich Town players: 1992".

[2] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/ipswich-town/tab/matches/season/1992 Match Record from 11vs11.com

[3] "Ipswich Town: 1991–92 Season Results". Ipswich Town F.C. Retrieved 17 November 2004.

[4] "Ipswich Town 1 Hartlepool United 1". inthemadcrowd. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[5] "Hartlepool United 0 Ipswich Town 2". inthemadcrowd. Archived from the original on 14 August 2007. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[6] "Ipswich Town 0 Liverpool 0". Liverweb. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[7] "Liverpool 3 Ipswich Town 2". Liverweb. Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 24 June 2012.

[8] "Paul Goddard Pride of Anglia profile". Pride of Anglia. Retrieved 20 April 2020.

[9] "John Wark at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[10] "Eddie Youds at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[11] "John Moncur at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 6 February 2020.

[12] "Profile". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 January 2014.

[13] "Brian Gayle at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 2 March 2020.

[14] "Tony Humes at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[15] "David Lowe at Soccerbase". Soccerbase. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

[16] Lynch. The Official P.F.A. Footballers Heroes. p. 149.

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