1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United
1991–92 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
First Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Lee Chapman (16); All: Lee Chapman (20)
Highest home attendance	32,673 vs Norwich City ; (2 May 1992, First Division)
Lowest home attendance	6,495 vs Nottingham Forest ; (22 Oct 1991, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	27,668
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was Leeds United A.F.C.'s 73rd season in their history, their 37th in the top tier of English football and their 2nd consecutive and final season in the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Having finished fourth the previous season, this time round Leeds clinched the First Division title, ahead of archrivals Manchester United, in only their second consecutive season as First Division club. As champions of the Football League, United qualified for the European Cup, which would be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League for the next season. They lost just four league games all season, and were held to 1-1 draws both home and away by Manchester United (who also knocked them out of both domestic cups). Eric Cantona signed for the club in mid-season, making his debut at Oldham Athletic on 8 February 1992,^[1] and scored three goals in the remainder of the season. Leeds clinched the title in the penultimate game of the season with a 3-2 win at Sheffield United. The first goal that day was scored by striker Rod Wallace, who had joined Leeds the previous summer from Southampton.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C)	42	22	16	4	74	37	+37	82	Qualification for the UEFA Champions League first round
2	Manchester United	42	21	15	6	63	33	+30	78	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	12	9	62	49	+13	75	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^[a]
4	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	81	46	+35	72
5	Manchester City	42	20	10	12	61	48	+13	70

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions
Notes:

^ Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.^[2]^[3]

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[4]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	29,457	McAllister
24 August 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	30,260	Hodge
28 August 1991	Southampton	A	4–0	15,862	Speed (2), Strachan (2)
31 August 1991	Manchester United	A	1–1	43,778	Chapman
3 September 1991	Arsenal	H	2–2	29,396	Chapman, Strachan
7 September 1991	Manchester City	H	3–0	29,986	Batty, Dorigo, Strachan
14 September 1991	Chelsea	A	1–0	23,439	Shutt
18 September 1991	Coventry City	A	0–0	15,488
21 September 1991	Liverpool	H	1–0	32,917	Hodge
28 September 1991	Norwich City	A	2–2	15,828	Speed, Dorigo
1 October 1991	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	18,298
5 October 1991	Sheffield United	H	4–3	28,362	Hodge (2), Sterland (2)
19 October 1991	Notts County	A	4–2	12,964	Hodge, Whyte, Chapman, McAllister
26 October 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	28,199	Kilcline (own goal)
2 November 1991	Wimbledon	A	0–0	7,025
16 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	27,087	Sterland, Rod Wallace
24 November 1991	Aston Villa	A	4–1	23,713	Chapman (2), Sterland, Rod Wallace
30 November 1991	Everton	H	1–0	30,043	Rod Wallace
7 December 1991	Luton Town	A	2–0	11,550	Speed, Rod Wallace
14 December 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	31,404	Speed
22 December 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	27,170
26 December 1991	Southampton	H	3–3	22,805	Hodge (2), Speed
29 December 1991	Manchester United	H	1–1	32,638	Sterland
1 January 1992	West Ham United	A	3–1	21,766	Chapman (2), McAllister
12 January 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	6–1	32,228	Dorigo, Chapman (3), Whitlow, Rod Wallace
18 January 1992	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	27,717	Fairclough
1 February 1992	Notts County	H	3–0	27,224	Batty, Sterland, Wallace
8 February 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	18,409
23 February 1992	Everton	A	1–1	19,248	Shutt
29 February 1992	Luton Town	H	2–0	28,231	Cantona, Chapman
3 March 1992	Aston Villa	H	0–0	28,896
7 March 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–1	27,622	Newsome, McAllister, Rod Wallace
11 March 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–4	14,641	Speed
14 March 1992	Wimbledon	H	5–1	26,760	Cantona, Chapman (3), Rod Wallace
22 March 1992	Arsenal	A	1–1	27,844	Chapman
28 March 1992	West Ham United	H	0–0	31,101
4 April 1992	Manchester City	A	0–4	30,239
11 April 1992	Chelsea	H	3–0	31,363	Cantona, Chapman, Rod Wallace
18 April 1992	Liverpool	A	0–0	37,186
20 April 1992	Coventry City	H	2–0	26,582	Fairclough, McAllister (pen)
26 April 1992	Sheffield United	A	3–2	32,000	Gayle (own goal), Newsome, Rod Wallace
2 May 1992	Norwich City	H	1–0	32,673	Rod Wallace

Goalscorers

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	15 January 1992	Manchester United	H	0–1	31,819

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0	8,392
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Scunthorpe United	H	3–0 (won 3-0 on agg)	14,558	Speed, Chapman, Sterland
R3	29 October 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	18,266	Shutt, Chapman (2)
R4	4 December 1991	Everton	A	4–1	25,467	Speed, Chapman (2), Rod Wallace
QF	8 January 1992	Manchester United	H	1–3	28,886	Speed

Goalscorers

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	22 October 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–3	6,495	Rod Wallace

Goalscorers

Rod Wallace 1

Squad

^[5] 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	ENG	Mervyn Day
—	GK	WAL	Neil Edwards
—	GK	ENG	John Lukic
—	GK	ENG	Paul Pettinger
—	DF	ENG	Rob Bowman
—	DF	ENG	Tony Dorigo
—	DF	ENG	Chris Fairclough
—	DF	EIR	Gary Kelly
—	DF	MLT	Dylan Kerr
—	DF	NIR	John McClelland
—	DF	ENG	Jon Newsome
—	DF	ENG	Mel Sterland
—	DF	ENG	Ray Wallace
—	DF	ENG	David Wetherall
—	DF	ENG	Mike Whitlow
—	DF	ENG	Chris Whyte
—	MF	ENG	David Batty
—	MF	ENG	Simon Grayson


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Steve Hodge
—	MF	ENG	Chris Kamara
—	MF	SCO	Gary McAllister
—	MF	ENG	Scott Sellars
—	MF	ENG	Glynn Snodin
—	MF	WAL	Gary Speed
—	MF	SCO	Gordon Strachan (captain)
—	MF	ENG	Mark Tinkler
—	MF	ENG	Andy Williams
—	FW	ENG	Tony Agana (on loan from Notts County)
—	FW	ENG	Lee Chapman
—	FW	ENG	Bobby Davison
—	FW	ENG	Carl Shutt
—	FW	ENG	Imre Varadi
—	FW	ENG	Rod Wallace
—	FW	ENG	Noel Whelan
—	FW	FRA	Eric Cantona

Transfers and loans

Transfers in

Date	P	Player	From club	Transfer fee
6 Jun 1991	DF	Tony Dorigo	Chelsea	£1,300,000^†
11 Jun 1991	DF	Jon Newsome	Sheffield Wednesday	£150,000
1 Jul 1991	FW	Rod Wallace	Southampton	£1,600,000^†
1 Jul 1991	DF	Ray Wallace	Southampton	£100,000
1 Jul 1991	MF	Steve Hodge	Nottingham Forest	£900,000
15 Jul 1991	DF	David Wetherall	Sheffield Wednesday	£137,500
4 Feb 1992	FW	Eric Cantona	Nîmes	£900,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out

Date	P	Player	To club	Transfer fee
1 Jun 1991	DF	Peter Haddock	Retired	—
1 Jun 1991	DF	Jim Beglin	Retired	—
1 Jul 1991	FW	John Pearson	Barnsley	£135,000
3 Sep 1991	GK	Neil Edwards	Stockport County	£5,000
1 Nov 1991	DF	Chris Kamara	Luton Town	£150,000
1 Feb 1992	MF	Andy Williams	Notts County	£115,000
13 Mar 1992	MF	Simon Grayson	Leicester City	£50,000
27 Mar 1992	DF	Mike Whitlow	Leicester City	£250,000

Total spending: £4,382,500

Loaned in

Start date	End date	P	Player	From club
22 Feb 1992	1 Jun 1992	FW	Tony Agana	Notts County

Loaned out

Start date	End date	P	Player	To club
1 Aug 1991	1 Jan 1992	DF	Glynn Snodin	Oldham Athletic
1 Aug 1991	1 Dec 1991	DF	Dylan Kerr	Doncaster Rovers
1 Sep 1991	1 Feb 1992	FW	Bobby Davison	Derby County
1 Dec 1991	1 Jan 1992	MF	Andy Williams	Port Vale
1 Dec 1991	1 Jun 1992	DF	Dylan Kerr	Blackpool
1 Feb 1992	1 Mar 1992	MF	Imre Varadi	Luton Town
1 Feb 1992	1 Jun 1992	DF	Glynn Snodin	Rotherham
1 Mar 1992	1 Jun 1992	FW	Bobby Davison	Sheffield United
1 Mar 1992	1 Apr 1992	GK	Mervyn Day	Luton Town
1 Mar 1992	1 Jun 1992	DF	John McClelland	Notts County
1 Mar 1992	1 Jun 1992	DF	Ray Wallace	Swansea
1 Apr 1992	1 Jun 1992	GK	Mervyn Day	Luton Town

Awards

At the end of the season, left-back Tony Dorigo was named the club's Player of the Year.

References

^ Falkingham, Katie (8 February 2016). "24 years ago today: Eric Cantona makes Leeds United debut". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "The Competition – EFL". English Football League.
^ "European qualification for UEFA competitions explained". premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2022.
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1992

[table_note_res_UC1R0.82962746211776-4] Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.^[2]^[3]

[1] Falkingham, Katie (8 February 2016). "24 years ago today: Eric Cantona makes Leeds United debut". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.

[2] "The Competition – EFL". English Football League.

[3] "European qualification for UEFA competitions explained". premierleague.com. Archived from the original on 25 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2022.

[5] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[6] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1992

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