1991–92 Southampton F.C. season

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Southampton F.C.
1991–92 season
Chairman	Guy Askham
Manager	Ian Branfoot
Stadium	The Dell
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
Rumbelows Cup	Fourth Round
Full Members Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Shearer (13) All: Shearer (16)
Average home league attendance	14,070
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

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

In the 1991–92 season, Ian Branfoot took over as Southampton boss but their fortunes fared no better and only managed to secure a 16th-place finish despite reaching the Full Members Cup final at Wembley only to lose 3–2 against Nottingham Forest.

During the summer of 1992, Branfoot became "the most popular manager in English football", as he took telephone calls from clubs "trying to bargain with players they don't want plus cash". Although Branfoot accepted that a sale was inevitable, he claimed that "whatever happens, we are in the driving seat".^[1] Eventually, Shearer was sold to Blackburn Rovers for a fee of £3.6 million, with David Speedie reluctantly moving to The Dell as part of the deal. Despite Branfoot's claim to be "in the driving seat", Saints failed to include a "sell-on clause" in the contract.^[2]

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No.	Pos	Player	Games Played (League)	Goals Scored (League)	References
13	GK	Ian Andrews
1	GK	Tim Flowers	41	0	^{[N 1]}
2	DF	Jason Dodd	28	0	^{[N 2]}
5	DF	Richard Hall	26	3	^{[N 3]}
15	DF	Francis Benali	22	0	^{[N 4]}
26	DF	David Hughes	0	0	^{[N 5]}
	DF	Jeff Kenna	14	0	^{[N 6]}
	DF	Jon Gittens
12	DF	Stuart Gray
10	MF	Neil Maddison
	MF	Steve Wood
	MF	Barry Horne	34	1	^{[N 7]}
	MF	David Lee
4	MF	Terry Hurlock	29	0	^{[N 8]}
	MF	Tommy Widdrington	3	0	^{[N 9]}
7	FW	Matthew Le Tissier	32	6	^{[N 10]}
	FW	Nicky Banger
	FW	Danny Hoekman
	FW	Alan Shearer	41	13	^{[N 11]}
9	FW	Iain Dowie	30	9	^{[N 12]}

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Player	Pos.	From	Transfer Fee
Danny Hoekman	MF	Manchester City	Free
Iain Dowie	FW	West Ham United	£528,000
David Lee	MF	Bury	£385,440
Steve Wood	MF	Millwall	£422,400
David Hughes	MF	Weymouth	Undisclosed
Terry Hurlock	MF	Rangers	Undisclosed

Player	Pos.	To	Transfer Fee
Paul Rideout	FW	Notts County	Undisclosed
Steve Davis	DF	Burnley	£626,560
Alan McLoughlin	MF	Portsmouth	£528,000
Gareth Taylor	FW	Bristol Rovers	Free
Jimmy Case	MF	Bournemouth	Free
Sergey Gotsmanov	MF	Hallescher	Undisclosed
Rod Wallace	FW	Leeds United	Undisclosed

Player	Pos.	To
Paul Tisdale	MF	Northampton Town
Jon Gittens	MF	Middlesbrough
Kevin Moore	DF	Bristol Rovers
Alan McLoughlin	MF	Aston Villa

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts	Notes
1	Leeds United	42	13	8	0	38	13	9	8	4	36	24	74	37	+37	82	UEFA Champions League 1992–93 First round
2	Manchester United	42	12	7	2	34	13	9	8	4	29	20	63	33	+30	78	UEFA Cup 1992–93 First Round ^{[notes 1]}
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	39	24	8	7	6	23	25	62	49	+13	75	UEFA Cup 1992–93 First Round
4	Arsenal	42	12	7	2	51	23	7	8	6	30	24	81	47	+34	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	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
7	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	31	16	4	6	11	17	28	48	34	+14	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	54	61	– 7	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	37	63	– 26	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	39	71	– 42	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

↑ Manchester United were this season's League Cup winners.

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
	Southampton

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1 16 August 1991	Southampton	2−3	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton, Hampshire
	Hall Shearer	Report	Linekar Durie	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 18,581

5 30 August 1991	Southampton	1−1	Aston Villa	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer	Report	Richardson	Stadium: The Dell

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L

Last updated: 4 June 2013.
Source: statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

2 20 August 1991

Notts County

Southampton

Nottingham, Nottinghamshire

Stadium: Meadow Lane

↑ Quoted in Holley & Chalk (2003). In That Number. p. 224.
↑ Holley & Chalk (2003). In That Number. p. 224.
↑ "Southampton FC - Kader 1991/1992". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
↑ "Football photographic encyclopedia". sportingheroes.net. Retrieved 24 April 2013.
↑ "Tim FLOWERS". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Jason DODD". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Richard HALL". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Francis BENALI". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "David HUGHES". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Jeff KENNA". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Barry HORNE". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Terry HURLOCK". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Tommy WIDDRINGTON". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Matthew LE TISSIER". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Alan SHEARER". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Iain DOWIE". sportingheroes.net.
↑ "Southampton FC .:. Dates & results 1991/1992". worldfootball.net.
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/opposingTeams

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