1991–92 Coventry City F.C. season

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

Coventry City

1991–92 season
Chairman	Peter Robins
Manager	Terry Butcher (until 6 January) Don Howe (from 7 January)
Stadium	Highfield Road
First Division	19th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Gallacher (8) All: Gallacher (10)
Average home league attendance	13,876

Season summary

In the 1991-92 season, Coventry had a poor start to the season and Butcher was sacked in January 1992 after just one year in charge. Don Howe took over as interim manager until the end of the season and managed to keep Coventry narrowly away from relegation and the club took its place in the inaugural FA Premier League.

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

Coventry City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Manchester City	H	0–1	18,013
21 August 1991	Luton Town	H	5–0	9,848	Gallacher (2), Rosario, Furlong, Smith
24 August 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	9,393	Gynn
28 August 1991	Sheffield United	H	3–1	12,594	Rosario, Furlong, Smith
31 August 1991	Wimbledon	H	0–1	9,469
3 September 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	12,996	Furlong
7 September 1991	Arsenal	A	2–1	28,142	Dixon (own goal), Ndlovu
14 September 1991	Notts County	H	1–0	10,685	Furlong
18 September 1991	Leeds United	H	0–0	15,488
21 September 1991	Everton	A	0–3	20,542
28 September 1991	Aston Villa	H	1–0	17,851	Ndlovu
5 October 1991	West Ham United	A	1–0	21,817	Gallacher
19 October 1991	Crystal Palace	H	1–2	10,591	Gynn (pen)
26 October 1991	Liverpool	A	0–1	33,339
2 November 1991	Chelsea	H	0–1	11,343
16 November 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	0–1	21,154
23 November 1991	Norwich City	A	2–3	12,056	Gallacher (2)
30 November 1991	Southampton	H	2–0	8,585	Gallacher, Pearce
7 December 1991	Manchester United	A	0–4	42,549
20 December 1991	Luton Town	A	0–1	7,533
26 December 1991	Sheffield United	A	3–0	19,638	Billing, Flynn, Robson
28 December 1991	Wimbledon	A	1–1	3,270	Robson
1 January 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	19,639	Rosario
11 January 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	12,003	Gallacher, Rosario
18 January 1992	Manchester City	A	0–1	23,005
1 February 1992	Crystal Palace	H	1–0	13,818	Smith
8 February 1992	Liverpool	H	0–0	21,540
22 February 1992	Southampton	A	0–0	13,719
29 February 1992	Manchester United	H	0–0	23,967
4 March 1992	Norwich City	H	0–0	8,549
7 March 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–1	23,959	Gallacher
11 March 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	0–2	11,158
14 March 1992	Chelsea	A	1–0	10,962	Robson
21 March 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	1–1	12,840	Pearce
28 March 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–4	22,744	McGrath, Flynn, Smith
4 April 1992	Arsenal	H	0–1	14,133
8 April 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–0	13,293
11 April 1992	Notts County	A	0–1	6,655
18 April 1992	Everton	H	0–1	14,669
20 April 1992	Leeds United	A	0–2	26,582
25 April 1992	West Ham United	H	1–0	15,392	Gynn
2 May 1992	Aston Villa	A	0–2	31,984

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Cambridge United	H	1–1	11,428	Borrows (pen)
R3R	14 January 1992	Cambridge United	A	0–1	9,864

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Rochdale	H	4–0	5,982	Rosario (2), Gallacher, McGrath
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Rochdale	A	0–1 (won 4-1 on agg)	22,888
R3	30 October 1991	Arsenal	H	1–0	15,337	Gallacher
R4	4 December 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	20,095	Furlong

Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	23 October 1991	Aston Villa	H	0–2	6,447

Squad

[2] 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  ENG Steve Ogrizovic — DF  ENG Brian Borrows — DF  ENG Andy Pearce — DF  ENG Peter Atherton — DF  ENG Kenny Sansom — MF  ENG Lloyd McGrath — MF  ENG Stewart Robson — MF  ENG David Smith — FW  SCO Kevin Gallacher — FW  ENG Paul Furlong — DF  ENG Peter Billing — MF  ENG Micky Gynn — FW  ENG Robert Rosario — GK  ENG Paul Heald — MF  ENG Sean Flynn — MF  ENG Dean Emerson

No. Pos. Nation Player — FW  ZIM Peter Ndlovu — MF  ENG Lee Hurst — MF  ENG Ray Woods — DF  ENG Paul Edwards — GK  ENG Les Sealey — DF  ENG Martyn Booty — DF  ENG Chris Greenman — MF  ENG Craig Middleton — FW  ENG Kevin Drinkell — DF  ENG Trevor Peake — GK  ENG Clive Baker — DF  SCO Gary Gillespie — MF  IRL Tony Sheridan — MF  ENG Terry Fleming — DF  ENG David Busst

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
31 July 1991	FW	Paul Furlong	Enfield	£130,000
16 August 1991	FW	Peter Ndlovu	Highlanders	£10,000
23 August 1991	DF	Peter Atherton	Wigan Athletic	£300,000
3 December 1991	MF	Sean Flynn	Halesowen Town	£20,000
14 January 1992	DF	David Busst	Moor Green	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
2 July 1991	FW	Cyrille Regis	Aston Villa	Free transfer
22 July 1991	GK	Tim Clarke	Huddersfield Town	£15,000
1 August 1991	DF	Brian Kilcline	Oldham Athletic	£400,000
27 August 1991	DF	Trevor Peake	Luton Town	£100,000
16 December 1991	MF	Howard Clark	Shrewsbury Town	Free transfer

Transfers in: £460,000

Transfers out: £515,000

Total spending: £55,000

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.11v11.com/teams/coventry-city/tab/players/season/1992