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: ; Lee Chapman (16); All: ; Lee Chapman (20)
Highest home attendance	32,673 vs Norwich City ; (2 May 1992, First Division)
Lowest home attendance	6,495 vs Nottingham Forest ; (22 October 1991, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	27,668
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

1991–92 season of Leeds United

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 second consecutive and final season in the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League. Leeds were crowned champions with a total of 82 points.

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Date	Position	Name	From	Fee
6 June 1991	DF	Tony Dorigo	Chelsea	£1,300,000^†
11 June 1991	DF	Jon Newsome	Sheffield Wednesday	£150,000
1 July 1991	FW	Rod Wallace	Southampton	£1,600,000^†
1 July 1991	DF	Ray Wallace	Southampton	£100,000
1 July 1991	MF	Steve Hodge	Nottingham Forest	£900,000
15 July 1991	DF	David Wetherall	Sheffield Wednesday	£137,500
4 February 1992	FW	Eric Cantona	Nîmes	£900,000

Date	Position	Name	To	Fee
1 June 1991	DF	Peter Haddock	Retired	—
1 June 1991	DF	Jim Beglin	Retired	—
1 July 1991	FW	John Pearson	Barnsley	£135,000
3 September 1991	GK	Neil Edwards	Stockport County	£5,000
1 November 1991	DF	Chris Kamara	Luton Town	£150,000
1 February 1992	MF	Andy Williams	Notts County	£115,000
13 March 1992	MF	Simon Grayson	Leicester City	£50,000
27 March 1992	DF	Mike Whitlow	Leicester City	£250,000

Start date	Position	Name	To	End date
1 August 1991	DF	Glynn Snodin	Oldham Athletic	1 January 1992
1 August 1991	DF	Dylan Kerr	Doncaster Rovers	1 December 1991
1 September 1991	FW	Bobby Davison	Derby County	1 February 1992
1 December 1991	MF	Andy Williams	Port Vale	1 January 1992
1 December 1991	DF	Dylan Kerr	Blackpool	1 June 1992
1 February 1992	MF	Imre Varadi	Luton Town	1 March 1992
1 February 1992	DF	Glynn Snodin	Rotherham United	1 June 1992
1 March 1992	FW	Bobby Davison	Sheffield United	1 June 1992
1 March 1992	GK	Mervyn Day	Luton Town	1 April 1992
1 March 1992	DF	John McClelland	Notts County	1 June 1992
1 March 1992	DF	Ray Wallace	Swansea City	1 June 1992
1 April 1992	GK	Mervyn Day	Luton Town	1 June 1992

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Leeds United (C)	42	22	16	4	74	37	+37	82	Qualification for the UEFA Champions League first round
2	Manchester United	42	21	15	6	63	33	+30	78	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round^{[lower-alpha 1]}
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	12	9	62	49	+13	75
4	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	81	46	+35	72
5	Manchester City	42	20	10	12	61	48	+13	70

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

1991–92_Leeds_United_A.F.C._season

1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

Season summary

Transfers

Transfers in

Transfers out

Loans in

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Squad

Final league table

Results

Legend

Football League First Division

FA Cup

League Cup

Full Members Cup

Awards

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Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result^{[lower-alpha 1]}	Scorers	Attendance
Second round first leg	24 September 1991	Scunthorpe United	A	0–0	—	8,392
Second round second leg	8 October 1991	Scunthorpe United	H	3–0 (won 3–0 on agg)	Speed, Chapman, Sterland	14,558
Third round	29 October 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	3–1	Shutt, Chapman (2)	18,266
Fourth round	4 December 1991	Everton	A	4–1	Speed 27', Chapman 39', Rod Wallace 54', 55'	25,467
Quarter-final	8 January 1992	Manchester United	H	1–3	Speed 17'	28,886