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
← 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

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

Wimbledon's score comes first

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

Main article: 1991-92 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

Main article: 1991–92 Football 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

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup

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

Squad

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

No. Position Player - GK Hans Segers - GK Neil Sullivan - DF Dean Blackwell - DF Gary Elkins - DF Scott Fitzgerald - DF Roger Joseph - DF Brian McAllister - DF Chris Perry - DF Terry Phelan - DF John Scales - MF Neal Ardley - MF Warren Barton - MF Mickey Bennett - MF Stewart Castledine - MF Gerald Dobbs - MF Robbie Earle

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