1991–92 Sheffield United F.C. season

Sheffield United
1991–92 season
Chairman	Reg Brealey
Manager	Dave Bassett
Stadium	Bramall Lane
First Division	9th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Third round
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Deane (12)
Average home league attendance	22,097
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

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

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, the Blades had a poor start to the season and were bottom of the table at the beginning of November with just 2 wins in their first 15 league games and were destined for relegation but from mid-January, Bassett's team went on an impressive run, losing only 2 of their next 15 league games, picking up 34 points from the possible 45 during that run which saw them rise from being relegation candidates to an impressive 9th place finish. Their highlight of the season was doing the double over their rivals Sheffield Wednesday, who finished 3rd that season.

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

Sheffield United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Norwich City	A	2–2	16,380	Deane, Hill
20 August 1991	West Ham United	H	1–1	21,473	Beesley
24 August 1991	Southampton	H	0–2	18,029
28 August 1991	Coventry City	A	1–3	12,594	Bryson
31 August 1991	Crystal Palace	A	1–2	15,507	Hodges
3 September 1991	Chelsea	H	0–1	20,588
7 September 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	15,064	Deane
14 September 1991	Everton	H	2–1	19,817	Hoyland, Bryson
17 September 1991	Notts County	H	1–3	19,375	Agana
21 September 1991	Arsenal	A	2–5	30,244	Agana, Mendonca
28 September 1991	Wimbledon	H	0–0	16,062
5 October 1991	Leeds United	A	3–4	28,694	Hoyland, Agana, Bradshaw
19 October 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	4–2	23,080	Whitehouse, Agana, Bryson, Hoyland
26 October 1991	Manchester City	A	2–3	25,495	Gayle (2)
2 November 1991	Manchester United	A	0–2	42,942
17 November 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–0	31,832	Whitehouse, Deane
23 November 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	28,168	Gage
30 November 1991	Luton Town	H	1–1	21,804	Bryson
7 December 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	10,106
14 December 1991	Aston Villa	H	2–0	18,401	Ward, McGrath (own goal)
21 December 1991	West Ham United	A	1–1	19,287	Deane
26 December 1991	Coventry City	H	0–3	19,638
28 December 1991	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	17,969	Hoyland
1 January 1992	Liverpool	A	1–2	35,993	Deane
11 January 1992	Southampton	A	4–2	12,502	Ward, Lake (2), Marwood
18 January 1992	Norwich City	H	1–0	17,549	Bryson
1 February 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	5–2	22,412	Lake, Gannon, Bryson, Bradshaw, Deane
8 February 1992	Manchester City	H	4–2	25,839	Lake, Gayle, Deane, Whitehouse
22 February 1992	Luton Town	A	1–2	9,003	Bryson
29 February 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	17,958
11 March 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	3–1	40,327	Whitehouse, Davison (2)
14 March 1992	Manchester United	H	1–2	30,183	Deane
21 March 1992	Chelsea	A	2–1	11,247	Whitehouse (2)
28 March 1992	Liverpool	H	2–0	26,943	Deane (2)
31 March 1992	Aston Villa	A	1–1	15,745	Gage
4 April 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	2–0	19,843	Whitehouse, Hoyland
11 April 1992	Everton	A	2–0	17,820	Bryson, Cork
14 April 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	21,526	Deane (2)
18 April 1992	Arsenal	H	1–1	25,034	Davison
20 April 1992	Notts County	A	3–1	12,605	Beesley, Hodges, Davison
26 April 1992	Leeds United	H	2–3	31,084	Cork, Chapman (own goal)
2 May 1992	Wimbledon	A	0–3	8,768

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Luton Town	H	4–0	12,201
R4	26 January 1992	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	9,864
R4R	5 February 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	3–1	11,428	Deane, Gayle, Hodges
R5	15 February 1992	Chelsea	A	0–1	34,447

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Wigan Athletic	A	2–2	3,647
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Wigan Athletic	H	1–0 (won 3-2 on agg)	6,608
R3	29 October 1991	West Ham United	H	0–2	11,144

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	22 October 1991	Notts County	H	3–3 (lost 1-2 on pens)	3,291	Whitehouse (2), Gayle

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	Mervyn Day (on loan from Leeds United)
		GK	Phil Kite
		GK	Mel Rees
		GK	Simon Tracey
		DF	David Barnes
		DF	Carl Bradshaw
		DF	Paul Beesley
		DF	Tom Cowan
		DF	Ashley Fickling
		DF	Brian Gayle
		DF	Colin Hill
		DF	John Pemberton
		DF	Dave Walton
		DF	Chris Wilder
		MF	Bob Booker
		MF	Ian Bryson
		MF	Kevin Gage
		MF	John Gannon
		MF	Charlie Hartfield
		MF	Glyn Hodges

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Jamie Hoyland
		MF	Vinnie Jones
		MF	Mike Lake
		MF	Brian Marwood
		MF	John Reed
		MF	Paul Rogers
		MF	Mark Todd
		MF	Mitch Ward
		MF	Dane Whitehouse
		FW	Tony Agana
		FW	Alan Cork
		FW	Bobby Davison (on loan from Leeds United)
		FW	Brian Deane
		FW	Peter Duffield
		FW	Adrian Littlejohn
		FW	Clive Mendonca
		FW	Nathan Peel
		FW	Paul Wood

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
1 August 1991	DF	Tom Cowan	Rangers	£350,000
1 August 1991	FW	Clive Mendonca	Rotherham United	£110,000
1 August 1991	FW	Nathan Peel	Preston North End	£50,000
6 August 1991	FW	Adrian Littlejohn	Walsall	Free transfer
6 August 1991	MF	Charlie Hartfield	Arsenal	Free transfer
17 September 1991	DF	Brian Gayle	Ipswich Town	£750,000
15 November 1991	MF	Kevin Gage	Aston Villa	£150,000
29 January 1992	MF	Paul Rogers	Sutton United	£35,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
31 July 1991	DF	Mark Morris	Bournemouth	£100,000
30 August 1991	MF	Vinnie Jones	Chelsea	£575,000
11 September 1991	MF	Mark Todd	Rotherham United	£35,000
3 October 1991	FW	Paul Wood	Bournemouth	£40,000
12 November 1991	FW	Tony Agana	Notts County	£750,000

Transfers in:

£1,445,000

Transfers out:

£1,500,000

Total spending:

£55,000

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