1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1991–1992 season saw Leeds United competing in the final season of the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League, doing so by being crowned champions.

Leeds United
1991–92 season
ChairmanLeslie Silver
ManagerHoward Wilkinson
StadiumElland Road
First Division1st (champions)
FA CupThird round
League CupFifth round
Full Members CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague:
Lee Chapman (16)

All:
Lee Chapman (20)
Highest home attendance32,673 vs Norwich City
(2 May 1992, First Division)
Lowest home attendance6,495 vs Nottingham Forest
(22 October 1991, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance27,668

Season summary

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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 a 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

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Transfers in

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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

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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

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

Loans out

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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

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[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 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

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


Results

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Leeds United's score comes first[5]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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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, Wallace 27,087
24 November 1991 Aston Villa A 4–1 Chapman (2), Sterland, Wallace 23,713
30 November 1991 Everton H 1–0 Wallace 30,043
7 December 1991 Luton Town A 2–0 Speed, 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, 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, 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), 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, 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, Wallace 32,000
2 May 1992 Norwich City H 1–0 Wallace 32,673

FA Cup

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

League Cup

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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

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

Awards

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

Notes

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

References

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  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.
  5. ^ "Leeds United 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 7 September 2011. Retrieved 3 September 2012.