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 second 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.

Transfers

Transfers in

Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
6 June 1991	DF	Tony Dorigo	Chelsea	£1,300,000^†
11 June 1991	DF	Jon Newsome	Sheffield Wednesday	£150,000
1 July 1991	FW	Rod Wallace	Southampton	£1,600,000^†
1 July 1991	DF	Ray Wallace	Southampton	£100,000
1 July 1991	MF	Steve Hodge	Nottingham Forest	£900,000
15 July 1991	DF	David Wetherall	Sheffield Wednesday	£137,500
4 February 1992	FW	Eric Cantona	Nîmes	£900,000

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Transfers out

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 June 1991	DF	Peter Haddock	Retired	—
1 June 1991	DF	Jim Beglin	Retired	—
1 July 1991	FW	John Pearson	Barnsley	£135,000
3 September 1991	GK	Neil Edwards	Stockport County	£5,000
1 November 1991	DF	Chris Kamara	Luton Town	£150,000
1 February 1992	MF	Andy Williams	Notts County	£115,000
13 March 1992	MF	Simon Grayson	Leicester City	£50,000
27 March 1992	DF	Mike Whitlow	Leicester City	£250,000

Loans in

Start date	Position	Name	From	End date
22 February 1992	FW	Tony Agana	Notts County	1 June 1992

Loans out

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
1 August 1991	DF	Glynn Snodin	Oldham Athletic	1 January 1992
1 August 1991	DF	Dylan Kerr	Doncaster Rovers	1 December 1991
1 September 1991	FW	Bobby Davison	Derby County	1 February 1992
1 December 1991	MF	Andy Williams	Port Vale	1 January 1992
1 December 1991	DF	Dylan Kerr	Blackpool	1 June 1992
1 February 1992	MF	Imre Varadi	Luton Town	1 March 1992
1 February 1992	DF	Glynn Snodin	Rotherham United	1 June 1992
1 March 1992	FW	Bobby Davison	Sheffield United	1 June 1992
1 March 1992	GK	Mervyn Day	Luton Town	1 April 1992
1 March 1992	DF	John McClelland	Notts County	1 June 1992
1 March 1992	DF	Ray Wallace	Swansea City	1 June 1992
1 April 1992	GK	Mervyn Day	Luton Town	1 June 1992

First-team squad

^[2] 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	IRL	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

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.^[3]^[4]

Results

Leeds United's score comes first^[5]

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division


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

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Scorers	Attendance
Third round	15 January 1992	Manchester United	H	0–1	—	31,819

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^[a]	Scorers	Attendance
Second round first leg	24 September 1991	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0	—	8,392
Second round second leg	8 October 1991	Scunthorpe United	H	3–0 (won 3–0 on agg)	Speed, Chapman, Sterland	14,558
Third round	29 October 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	Shutt, Chapman (2)	18,266
Fourth round	4 December 1991	Everton	A	4–1	Speed 27', Chapman 39', Rod Wallace 54', 55'	25,467
Quarter-final	8 January 1992	Manchester United	H	1–3	Speed 17'	28,886

Full Members Cup


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

Awards

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

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Leeds United's score written first

References

^ Falkingham, Katie (8 February 2016). "24 years ago today: Eric Cantona makes Leeds United debut". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
^ "All Leeds United players: 1992". www.11v11.com.
^ "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)

[table_note_res_UC1R0.61919669789225-5] Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.^[3]^[4]

[score-7] Leeds United's score written first

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

[2] "All Leeds United players: 1992". www.11v11.com.

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

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

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

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