1991–92 Oldham Athletic A.F.C. season

During the 1991–92 English football season, Oldham Athletic A.F.C. competed in the Football League First Division, where they had last played in 1923. A 17th-place finish in the final table was enough for survival and a place in the new FA Premier League for the 1992–93 season.

Season summary

Oldham enjoyed a comfortable return to the top flight after 68 years and finished in 17th, nine points clear of relegation. Although the club only won away three times during the season, strong home form - Oldham only lost five times at home and notably took the scalps of eventual champions Leeds United and eventual third-placed Sheffield Wednesday - proved pivotal in keeping Oldham up.

The season was the first at Boundary Park for striker Graeme Sharp, who joined the club after a long and successful spell at Everton and finished as one of the division's top scorers with 16 goals. Following Sharp to Oldham was midfielder Mike Milligan, who had transferred in the opposite direction a year earlier.

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

Oldham Athletic's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Liverpool	A	1-2	38,841	Barrett
21 August 1991	Chelsea	H	3-0	14,997	Marshall, Holden, Currie
24 August 1991	Norwich City	H	2-2	13,584	Marshall, Barrett
28 August 1991	Manchester United	A	0-1	42,078
31 August 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	1-3	23,244	Marshall
3 September 1991	Coventry City	H	2-1	12,996	Adams, Henry
7 September 1991	Sheffield United	H	2-1	15,064	Snodin, Marshall
14 September 1991	Luton Town	A	1-2	9,005	Marshall
21 September 1991	Crystal Palace	H	2-3	13,391	Marshall, Holden
28 September 1991	Manchester City	A	2-1	31,271	Sharp (2)
5 October 1991	Southampton	H	1-1	13,133	Henry
19 October 1991	West Ham United	H	2-2	14,365	McDonald, Breacker (own goal)
26 October 1991	Leeds United	A	0-1	28,199
2 November 1991	Notts County	A	0-2	10,634
16 November 1991	Arsenal	H	1-1	15,681	Barlow
23 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	3-1	10,947	Henry, Palmer, Sharp
30 November 1991	Aston Villa	H	3-2	15,370	Sharp (2, 1 pen), Palmer
7 December 1991	Wimbledon	A	1-2	5,011	Marshall (pen)
14 December 1991	Everton	H	2-2	15,955	Palmer, Milligan
21 December 1991	Chelsea	A	2-4	15,136	Marshall (2)
26 December 1991	Manchester United	H	3-6	18,947	Sharp, Milligan, Bernard
28 December 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	2-1	16,496	Sharp, Bernard
1 January 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1-1	32,679	Adams
11 January 1992	Norwich City	A	2-1	12,986	Holden, Bernard
18 January 1992	Liverpool	H	2-3	18,952	Adams, Bernard
25 January 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0-0	21,843
1 February 1992	West Ham United	A	0-1	20,012
8 February 1992	Leeds United	H	2-0	18,409	Bernard, Barlow
15 February 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	2-1	13,092	Holden, Jobson
22 February 1992	Aston Villa	A	0-1	21,509
29 February 1992	Wimbledon	H	0-1	12,166
7 March 1992	Everton	A	1-2	25,014	Fleming
10 March 1992	Arsenal	A	1-2	23,096	Ritchie (pen)
14 March 1992	Notts County	H	4-3	12,125	Ritchie (2), Holden, Marshall
21 March 1992	Coventry City	A	1-1	13,840	Henry
28 March 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	3-0	16,897	Sharp, Jobson, Adams
4 April 1992	Sheffield United	A	0-2	20,843
11 April 1992	Luton Town	H	5-1	13,210	Sharp (4), Milligan
18 April 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0-0	13,267
20 April 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1-0	15,443	Henry
25 April 1992	Southampton	A	0-1	16,857
2 May 1992	Manchester City	H	2-5	18,558	Henry, Moulden

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Leyton Orient	H	1-1	12,606	Sharp
R3R	15 January 1992	Leyton Orient	A	2-4	11,152	Adams, Palmer

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Torquay United	H	7-1	7,250	Ritchie (4), Sharp, Henry, Milligan
R2 2nd leg	9 October 1991	Torquay United	A	2-0 (won 9-1 on agg)	1,955	Holden, Jobson
R3	29 October 1991	Derby County	H	2-1	11,219	Palmer, Sharp
R4	4 December 1991	Manchester United	A	0-2	38,550

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	1 October 1991	Everton	A	2-3	4,588	Holden, Milligan

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	Paul Gerrard
		GK	Jon Hallworth
		GK	John Keeley
		DF	Andy Barlow
		DF	Earl Barrett
		DF	Craig Fleming
		DF	Gunnar Halle
		DF	Andy Holden
		DF	Richard Jobson
		DF	Brian Kilcline
		DF	Chris Makin
		DF	Neil McDonald
		MF	Neil Adams
		MF	Paul Bernard
		MF	Nick Henry

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Rick Holden
		MF	Paul Kane
		MF	Mike Milligan (captain)
		MF	Neil Redfearn
		MF	Glynn Snodin (on loan from Leeds United)
		MF	Ian Thompstone
		FW	David Currie
		FW	Ian Marshall
		FW	Paul Moulden
		FW	Roger Palmer
		FW	Andy Ritchie
		FW	Graeme Sharp
		FW	Neil Tolson

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
17 July 1991	MF	Mike Milligan	Everton	£600,000
1 August 1991	DF	Brian Kilcline	Coventry City	£400,000
15 August 1991	DF	Craig Fleming	Halifax Town	£80,000
1 October 1991	DF	Neil McDonald	Everton	£500,000
24 March 1992	FW	Neil Tolson	Walsall	£150,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
5 September 1991	MF	Neil Redfearn	Barnsley	£150,000
5 September 1991	FW	David Currie	Barnsley	£250,000
22 November 1991	MF	Paul Kane	Aberdeen	£350,000
23 January 1992	MF	Ian Thompstone	Exeter City	Free transfer
19 February 1992	DF	Brian Kilcline	Newcastle United	£250,000
25 February 1992	DF	Earl Barrett	Aston Villa	£1,700,000

Transfers in:

£1,730,000

Transfers out:

£2,700,000

Total spending:

£970,000

References

Oldham Athletic Association Football Club
Players Managers Statistics Honours Seasons Current season
Related	A62 derby Boundary Park Chaddy the Owl Trust Oldham 1990 Football League Cup Final

Oldham Athletic A.F.C. seasons
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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
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2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10
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1991–92 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Graham Taylor
UEFA Euro 1992 (qualification – Group 7)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Cambridge United Charlton Athletic Derby County Grimsby Town Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Southend United Sunderland Swindon Town Tranmere Rovers Watford Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Chester City Darlington Exeter City Fulham Hartlepool United Huddersfield Town Hull City Leyton Orient Peterborough United Preston North End Reading Shrewsbury Town Stockport County Stoke City Swansea City Torquay United West Bromwich Albion Wigan Athletic
Fourth Division	Aldershot Barnet Blackpool Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Crewe Alexandra Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Mansfield Town Northampton Town Rochdale Rotherham United Scarborough Scunthorpe United Walsall Wrexham York City
Others	Colchester United Newport

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