1991–92 Notts County F.C. season

Notts County

1991–92 season
Chairman	Derek Pavis
Manager	Neil Warnock
Stadium	Meadow Lane
First Division	21st (relegated)
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Semi finals
Top goalscorer	League: T. Johnson (9) All: T. Johnson (12)
Average home league attendance	10,987
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

During the 1991–92 English football season, Notts County competed in the Football League First Division, having won promotion, via the play-offs, from the Second Division the previous season. It was Notts County's first season at this level since 1984, but ended in relegation after just one season and deprived the club of a place in the new FA Premier League.

Season summary

Notts County were unable to extend their stay in the First Division beyond the single season and were relegated from English football's top flight, along with West Ham United and Luton Town; to County's credit, they managed to steer clear of the relegation zone until late in March. However, County still remained in the First Division: due to the restructuring of the Football League as a result of the formation of the FA Premier League, the Second Division was renamed the First Division.

County's first game of the season saw them take on eventual runners-up Manchester United at Old Trafford; County lost 2–0. However, in the home match against United, in January, County managed to scrape a 1–1 draw.

Kit

Notts County retained their kit manufacturing deal with Matchwinner, who introduced a new home kit for the season. Nottingham-based brewers Home Bitter remained as kit sponsors, but for home games only; away from home Notts County wore kits sponsored by Edinburgh-based brewers McEwan's Lager.

Final league table

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

Notts County's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Manchester United	A	0–2	46,278
20 August 1991	Southampton	H	1–0	9,613	Yates
24 August 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	0–4	21,044
28 August 1991	Chelsea	A	2–2	15,847	Johnson, Bartlett
31 August 1991	West Ham United	A	2–0	20,093	Bartlett (2)
3 September 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–1	12,297	Johnson (2, 1 pen)
7 September 1991	Liverpool	H	1–2	16,051	Johnson
14 September 1991	Coventry City	A	0–1	10,685
17 September 1991	Sheffield United	A	3–1	19,375	Bartlett (2), Rideout
21 September 1991	Norwich City	H	2–2	9,488	Rideout, Bowen (own goal)
28 September 1991	Luton Town	A	1–1	7,629	Johnson (pen)
6 October 1991	Manchester City	H	1–3	11,878	Thomas
19 October 1991	Leeds United	H	2–4	12,964	Lund, Johnson
26 October 1991	Arsenal	A	0–2	30,011
2 November 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	7,634	Rideout, Johnson
16 November 1991	Aston Villa	A	0–1	23,020
23 November 1991	Everton	A	0–1	24,230
30 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–1	7,901
7 December 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–2	23,364	Short
20 December 1991	Southampton	A	1–1	11,054	Slawson
26 December 1991	Chelsea	H	2–0	11,933	Yates, Johnson
28 December 1991	West Ham United	H	3–0	11,163	Turner, Harding, Agana
1 January 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	14,202
11 January 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	30,168	Dryden
18 January 1992	Manchester United	H	1–1	21,055	Johnson (pen)
1 February 1992	Leeds United	A	0–3	27,224
8 February 1992	Arsenal	H	0–1	11,221
22 February 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	8,300	Bartlett
25 February 1992	Wimbledon	H	1–1	6,198	Short
7 March 1992	Wimbledon	A	0–2	4,196
10 March 1992	Aston Villa	H	0–0	8,389
14 March 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	3–4	12,125	Draper, Williams, Lund
17 March 1992	Everton	H	0–0	7,480
21 March 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–1	23,910
28 March 1992	Crystal Palace	H	2–3	7,674	Short, Wilson
31 March 1992	Liverpool	A	0–4	25,457
7 April 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	0–2	9,205
11 April 1992	Coventry City	H	1–0	6,665	Sansom (own goal)
18 April 1992	Norwich City	A	1–0	12,100	Matthews
20 April 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–3	12,605	Bartlett
25 April 1992	Manchester City	A	0–2	23,426
2 May 1992	Luton Town	H	2–1	11,380	Matthews (2)

FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1992	Wigan Athletic	H	2–0	5,913	Johnson, Turner
R4	4 February 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	12,173	Lund, Draper
R5	15 February 1992	Norwich City	A	0–3	14,511

League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Port Vale	A	1–2	4,722	Johnson
R2 2nd leg	9 October 1991	Port Vale	H	3–2 (lost on away goals)	4,419	Bartlett (2), Johnson (pen)

Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	22 October 1991	Sheffield United	A	3–3 (won 2-1 on pens)	3,291	Draper, Bartlett, Slawson
NQF	26 November 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–0	4,118	Harding
NSF	8 January 1992	Leicester City	H	1–2	11,559	Short

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player GK Kevin Blackwell GK Steve Cherry GK Jimmy Walker DF Steve Blatherwick DF John Brough DF Paul Cox DF Richard Dryden DF Michael Johnson DF John McClelland (on loan from Leeds United) DF Charlie Palmer DF Alan Paris DF Chris Short DF Craig Short DF Phil Turner DF Richard Walker DF Dean Yates MF Paul Devlin MF Mark Draper

No. Position Player MF Paul Harding MF Don O'Riordan MF Phil Robinson MF Dean Thomas MF Phil Turner MF Mark Wells MF Andy Williams FW Tony Agana FW Kevin Bartlett FW Gary Chapman FW Frank Farina (on loan from Bari) FW Tommy Johnson FW Gary Lund FW Rob Matthews FW Dave Regis FW Paul Rideout FW Steve Slawson FW Kevin Wilson

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
9 August 1991	DF	Richard Dryden	Exeter City	£250,000
16 September 1991	FW	Paul Rideout	Southampton	£250,000
12 November 1991	FW	Tony Agana	Sheffield United	£750,000
4 February 1992	MF	Andy Williams	Port Vale	£115,000
22 February 1992	MF	Paul Devlin	Stafford Rangers	£40,000
26 March 1992	FW	Rob Matthews	Loughborough University	Free transfer
27 March 1992	FW	Kevin Wilson	Chelsea	£225,000
1 May 1992	FW	Gavin Worboys	Doncaster Rovers	£100,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
19 July 1991	DF	Nick Platnauer	Leicester City	Free transfer
16 August 1991	MF	Dave Norton	Hull City	£80,000
7 November 1991	FW	Dave Regis	Plymouth Argyle	£200,000
10 January 1992	FW	Paul Rideout	Rangers	£500,000
12 March 1992	FW	Tommy Johnson	Derby County	£1,300,000

Transfers in: £1,730,000

Transfers out: £2,080,000

Total spending: £350,000

References

Notts County Football Club The club Seasons Players Managers Grounds Castle Ground Trent Bridge Meadow Lane Matches 1891 FA Cup Final 1894 FA Cup Final 1996 Second Division play-off Final Other Nottingham derby Notts County Ladies

Notts County F.C. seasons 1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 99–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 99–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012–13 2013–14 2014–15

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