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
Home colours
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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[]

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^[1]

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[]

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[]

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[]

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

Squad[]

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

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

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

References[]