1991–92 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon
1991–92 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Ray Harford (until 7 October); Peter Withe (from 7 October - 19 January); Joe Kinnear (from 19 January)
Stadium	Selhurst Park
First Division	13th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: ; All: John Fashanu (20)
Average home league attendance	6,905
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

During the 1991–92 English football season, Wimbledon competed in the Football League First Division. They finished the season 13th in the First Division and secured a place in the new FA Premier League for the 1992–93 season.

Season summary

Wimbledon had three different managers during this season. The season began with Ray Harford as manager, but Harford resigned on 7 October 1991. He was succeeded by Peter Withe, who was in charge for just over three months before being replaced by Joe Kinnear on 19 January 1992.

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
6	Liverpool	42	16	16	10	47	40	+7	64	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	48	44	+4	60
8	Nottingham Forest	42	16	11	15	60	58	+2	59
9	Sheffield United	42	16	9	17	65	63	+2	57
10	Crystal Palace	42	14	15	13	53	61	−8	57
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	12	18	12	48	47	+1	54
12	Everton	42	13	14	15	52	51	+1	53
13	Wimbledon	42	13	14	15	53	53	0	53
14	Chelsea	42	13	14	15	50	60	−10	53
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	58	63	−5	52
16	Southampton	42	14	10	18	39	55	−16	52
17	Oldham Athletic	42	14	9	19	63	67	−4	51
18	Norwich City	42	11	12	19	47	63	−16	45
19	Coventry City	42	11	11	20	35	44	−9	44
20	Luton Town (R)	42	10	12	20	38	71	−33	42	Relegated^[b]
21	Notts County (R)	42	10	10	22	40	62	−22	40
22	West Ham United (R)	42	9	11	22	37	59	−22	38

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

^ Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.^[1]^[2]
^ From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, and the second tier, then known as the Second Division, was renamed to the First Division.

Results

Wimbledon's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Chelsea	A	2–2	22,574	Fashanu, Earle
24 August 1991	West Ham United	H	2–0	10,081	Earle, Fashanu
27 August 1991	Crystal Palace	A	2–3	16,736	Fashanu, Earle
31 August 1991	Coventry City	A	1–0	9,469	Cork
3 September 1991	Manchester United	H	1–2	13,824	Fashanu
7 September 1991	Luton Town	H	3–0	3,231	Clarke, Ryan (2)
14 September 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	2–4	19,707	Fashanu, McGee
18 September 1991	Southampton	A	0–1	11,280
21 September 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	3–5	11,927	Fashanu, Cork, Bennett
28 September 1991	Sheffield United	A	0–0	16,062
2 October 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	3,121	Blackwell, Newhouse
5 October 1991	Norwich City	H	3–1	3,531	Fitzgerald, Fashanu, Clarke
19 October 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	4,133
26 October 1991	Aston Villa	A	1–2	16,928	Fashanu
2 November 1991	Leeds United	H	0–0	7,025
16 November 1991	Everton	A	0–2	18,762
23 November 1991	Liverpool	H	0–0	13,373
30 November 1991	Manchester City	A	0–0	22,429
7 December 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	2–1	4,011	Earle (2)
21 December 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–2	20,574
26 December 1991	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	15,009	Barton
28 December 1991	Coventry City	H	1–1	3,270	Earle
1 January 1992	Arsenal	A	1–1	26,339	Miller
11 January 1992	West Ham United	A	1–1	18,485	Sanchez
18 January 1992	Chelsea	H	1–2	8,413	Earle
1 February 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	9,194	Fashanu
8 February 1992	Aston Villa	H	2–0	5,534	Fashanu, Phelan
22 February 1992	Manchester City	H	2–1	5,802	Fashanu, Earle
25 February 1992	Notts County	A	1–1	6,192	Fashanu (pen)
29 February 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	1–0	12,166	McGee
7 March 1992	Notts County	H	2–0	4,196	Fashanu, Earle
10 March 1992	Everton	H	0–0	3,569
14 March 1992	Leeds United	A	1–5	26,760	Miller
21 March 1992	Manchester United	A	0–0	45,428
28 March 1992	Arsenal	H	1–3	11,299	Earle
2 April 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	3,542	Earle, Fashanu (2)
4 April 1992	Luton Town	A	1–2	7,753	Fashanu
8 April 1992	Liverpool	A	3–2	26,134	Sanchez, Clarke, Fashanu (pen)
18 April 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–3	23,934	Earle, Sanchez
20 April 1992	Southampton	H	0–1	4,025
25 April 1992	Norwich City	A	1–1	11,061	Elkins
2 May 1992	Sheffield United	H	3–0	8,768	Earle (2), Fashanu

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Bristol City	A	1–1	12,679	Fashanu
R3R	14 January 1992	Bristol City	H	0–1	3,747

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Peterborough United	H	1–2	2,081
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Peterborough United	A	2–2 (lost 3–4 on agg)	5,939

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	23 October 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–3	3,291

Squad

^[4] 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	NED	Hans Segers
-	GK	ENG	Neil Sullivan
-	DF	ENG	Dean Blackwell
-	DF	ENG	Gary Elkins
-	DF	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald
-	DF	ENG	Roger Joseph
-	DF	SCO	Brian McAllister
-	DF	ENG	Chris Perry
-	DF	ENG	Terry Phelan
-	DF	ENG	John Scales
-	MF	ENG	Neal Ardley
-	MF	ENG	Warren Barton
-	MF	ENG	Mickey Bennett
-	MF	ENG	Stewart Castledine
-	MF	ENG	Gerald Dobbs
-	MF	JAM	Robbie Earle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Carlton Fairweather
-	MF	ENG	Martin Hayes (on loan from Celtic)
-	MF	POL	Zbigniew Kruszyński
-	MF	IRL	Paul McGee
-	MF	ENG	Paul Miller
-	MF	ENG	Vaughan Ryan
-	MF	NIR	Lawrie Sanchez
-	MF	ENG	Steve Talboys
-	FW	ENG	Steve Anthrobus
-	FW	ENG	Andy Clarke
-	FW	ENG	Alan Cork
-	FW	ENG	Steve Cotterill
-	FW	ENG	John Fashanu
-	FW	ENG	Terry Gibson
-	FW	ENG	Aidan Newhouse

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
19 July 1991	MF	Robbie Earle	Port Vale	£775,000
10 January 1992	MF	Steve Talboys	Gloucester City	£10,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
14 August 1991	DF	Keith Curle	Manchester City	£2,500,000

Transfers in:

£785,000

Transfers out:

£2,500,000

Total spending:

£1,715,000

References

^ "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.
^ "Wimbledon results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
^ AFC Wimbledon: 1977/78 - 2003/04 & 2011/12-2013/14

[table_note_res_UC1R0.17311289216071-3] Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.^[1]^[2]

[table_note_res_REL0.17311289216071-4] From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, and the second tier, then known as the Second Division, was renamed to the First Division.

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

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

[5] "Wimbledon results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 25 November 2014.

[6] AFC Wimbledon: 1977/78 - 2003/04 & 2011/12-2013/14

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