1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Leeds United

1991–92 season
Chairman	Leslie Silver
Manager	Howard Wilkinson
Stadium	Elland Road
First Division	1st (champions)
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fifth round
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Chapman (16) All: Chapman (20)
Highest home attendance	32,673 vs Norwich City (2 May 1992, First Division)
Lowest home attendance	6,495 vs Nottingham Forest (22 Oct 1991, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	27,668
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season was Leeds United A.F.C.'s 73rd season in their history, their 37th in the top tier of English football and their 2nd consecutive and final season in the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League.

Season summary

Having finished fourth the previous season, this time round Leeds clinched the First Division title, ahead of archrivals Manchester United, in only their second consecutive season as First Division club. As champions of the Football League, United qualified for the European Cup, which would be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League for the next season. They lost just four league games all season, were held to 1-1 draws by Manchester United (who also knocked them out of both domestic cups) and clinched the title in the penultimate game of the season with a 3-2 win at Sheffield United. The winning goal that day was scored by striker Rod Wallace, who had joined Leeds the previous summer from Southampton.

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

Leeds United's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
20 August 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	29,457	McAllister
24 August 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	30,260	Hodge
28 August 1991	Southampton	A	4–0	15,862	Speed (2), Strachan (2)
31 August 1991	Manchester United	A	1–1	43,778	Chapman
3 September 1991	Arsenal	H	2–2	29,396	Chapman, Strachan
7 September 1991	Manchester City	H	3–0	29,986	Batty, Dorigo, Strachan
14 September 1991	Chelsea	A	1–0	23,439	Shutt
18 September 1991	Coventry City	A	0–0	15,488
21 September 1991	Liverpool	H	1–0	32,917	Hodge
28 September 1991	Norwich City	A	2–2	15,828	Speed, Dorigo
1 October 1991	Crystal Palace	A	0–1	18,298
5 October 1991	Sheffield United	H	4–3	28,362	Hodge (2), Sterland (2)
19 October 1991	Notts County	A	4–2	12,964	Hodge, Whyte, Chapman, McAllister
26 October 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	28,199	Kilcline (own goal)
2 November 1991	Wimbledon	A	0–0	7,025
16 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	27,087	Sterland, Rod Wallace
24 November 1991	Aston Villa	A	4–1	23,713	Chapman (2), Sterland, Rod Wallace
30 November 1991	Everton	H	1–0	30,043	Rod Wallace
7 December 1991	Luton Town	A	2–0	11,550	Speed, Rod Wallace
14 December 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	31,404	Speed
22 December 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	0–0	27,170
26 December 1991	Southampton	H	3–3	22,805	Hodge (2), Speed
29 December 1991	Manchester United	H	1–1	32,638	Sterland
1 January 1992	West Ham United	A	3–1	21,766	Chapman (2), McAllister
12 January 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	6–1	32,228	Dorigo, Chapman (3), Whitlow, Rod Wallace
18 January 1992	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	27,717	Fairclough
1 February 1992	Notts County	H	3–0	27,224	Batty, Sterland, Wallace
8 February 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	18,409
23 February 1992	Everton	A	1–1	19,248	Shutt
29 February 1992	Luton Town	H	2–0	28,231	Cantona, Chapman
3 March 1992	Aston Villa	H	0–0	28,896
7 March 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–1	27,622	Newsome, McAllister, Rod Wallace
11 March 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–4	14,641	Speed
14 March 1992	Wimbledon	H	5–1	26,760	Cantona, Chapman (3), Rod Wallace
22 March 1992	Arsenal	A	1–1	27,844	Chapman
28 March 1992	West Ham United	H	0–0	31,101
4 April 1992	Manchester City	A	0–4	30,239
11 April 1992	Chelsea	H	3–0	31,363	Cantona, Chapman, Rod Wallace
18 April 1992	Liverpool	A	0–0	37,186
20 April 1992	Coventry City	H	2–0	26,582	Fairclough, McAllister (pen)
26 April 1992	Sheffield United	A	3–2	32,000	Gayle (own goal), Newsome, Rod Wallace
2 May 1992	Norwich City	H	1–0	32,673	Rod Wallace

Goalscorers

• Lee Chapman 16
• Rod Wallace 11
• Steve Hodge 7
• Gary Speed 6
• Mel Sterland 6
• Gary McAllister 5
• Gordon Strachan 4
• Tony Dorigo 3
• Eric Cantona 3
• David Batty 2
• Carl Shutt 2
• Chris Fairclough 2
• Jon Newsome 2
• Chris Whyte 1
• Mike Whitlow 1

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	15 January 1992	Manchester United	H	0–1	31,819

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0	8,392
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Scunthorpe United	H	3–0 (won 3-0 on agg)	14,558	Speed, Chapman, Sterland
R3	29 October 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	18,266	Shutt, Chapman (2)
R4	4 December 1991	Everton	A	4–1	25,467	Speed, Chapman, Rod Wallace
QF	8 January 1992	Manchester United	H	1–3	28,886	Speed

Goalscorers

• Lee Chapman 4
• Gary Speed 3
• Mel Sterland 1
• Carl Shutt 1
• Rod Wallace 1

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	22 October 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–3	6,495	Rod Wallace

Goalscorers

• Rod Wallace 1

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 Mervyn Day GK Neil Edwards GK John Lukic GK Paul Pettinger DF Rob Bowman DF Tony Dorigo DF Chris Fairclough DF Gary Kelly DF Dylan Kerr DF John McClelland DF Jon Newsome DF Mel Sterland DF Ray Wallace DF David Wetherall DF Mike Whitlow DF Chris Whyte MF David Batty MF Simon Grayson

No. Position Player MF Steve Hodge MF Chris Kamara MF Gary McAllister MF Scott Sellars MF Glynn Snodin MF Gary Speed MF Gordon Strachan (captain) MF Mark Tinkler MF Andy Williams FW Tony Agana (on loan from Notts County) FW Lee Chapman FW Bobby Davison FW Carl Shutt FW Imre Varadi FW Rod Wallace FW Noel Whelan FW Eric Cantona

Transfers

In

• Rod Wallace - Southampton, £1,600,000, 1991^†
• Ray Wallace - Southampton, £100,000, 1991
• Tony Dorigo - Chelsea, £1,300,000, 1991
• Steve Hodge - Nottingham Forest, £900,000, 1991
• David Wetherall - Sheffield Wednesday, £137,500, 1991
• Jon Newsome - Sheffield Wednesday, £137,500, 1991
• Eric Cantona - Nîmes, £900,000, 1992

^†Club record transfer fee at the time.

Out

• John Pearson - Barnsley, £135,000, 1991
• Neil Edwards - Stockport County, £5,000, 1991
• Peter Haddock - retired, 1991
• Jim Beglin - retired, 1991
• Chris Kamara - Luton Town, £150,000, 1992
• Simon Grayson - Leicester City, £25,000, 1992
• Mike Whitlow - Leicester City, £25,000, 1992

Transfers in: £5,075,000

Transfers out: £340,000

Total spending: £4,735,000

Loaned out

• Glynn Snodin - Oldham Athletic
• Dylan Kerr - Doncaster Rovers
• Bobby Davison - Derby County
• Mervyn Day - Luton Town
• Andy Williams - Port Vale
• Imre Varadi - Luton Town
• Ray Wallace - Swansea City

Awards

At the end of the season, left-back Tony Dorigo was named the club's Player of the Year.