1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

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.

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

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

Main article: 1991–92 Football League First Division

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C)	42	22	16	4	74	37	+37	82	Qualified for Champions League
2	Manchester United	42	21	15	6	63	33	+30	78	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	12	9	62	49	+13	75	Qualified for UEFA Cup
4	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	81	47	+34	72
5	Manchester City	42	20	10	12	61	48	+13	70

Source:
(C) League Champions.

Results

Leeds United's score comes first[2]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[lower-alpha 1]	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

Goalscorers

• Lee Chapman 16
• Rod Wallace 11
• Steve Hodge 7
• Gary Speed 6
• Mel Sterland 6
• Gary McAllister 5
• Gordon Strachan 4
• Tony Dorigo 3
• Eric Cantona 3
• David Batty 2
• Carl Shutt 2
• Chris Fairclough 2
• Jon Newsome 2
• Chris Whyte 1
• Mike Whitlow 1

FA Cup

Main article: 1991–92 FA Cup

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

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result[lower-alpha 1]	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, Chapman (2), Rod Wallace	25,467
Quarter-final	8 January 1992	Manchester United	H	1–3	Speed	28,886

Goalscorers

• Lee Chapman 4
• Gary Speed 3
• Mel Sterland 1
• Carl Shutt 1
• Rod Wallace 1

Full Members Cup

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

Goalscorers

• Rod Wallace 1

Squad

[3] 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 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

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.

Notes

1. Leeds United's score written first

References

1. Falkingham, Katie (8 February 2016). "24 years ago today: Eric Cantona makes Leeds United debut". Yorkshire Post. Retrieved 12 January 2018.
2. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
3. http://www.11v11.com/teams/leeds-united/tab/players/season/1992