During the 1991–92 season, English football team Newcastle United participated in the Football League Second Division.

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Newcastle United

1991–92 season
Chairman	Sir John Hall
Manager	Osvaldo Ardiles (until 5 February 1992) Kevin Keegan (from 5 February 1992)
Stadium	St James' Park
Division Two	20th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Third round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Peacock (16) All: Peacock (19)
Highest home attendance	30,306 (vs. Sunderland)
Lowest home attendance	9,175 (vs. Crewe Alexandra)
Home colours Away colours
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

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The season started with much promise but quickly deteriorated into a relegation battle. Manager Ossie Ardiles struggled to add to his squad of talented youngsters due to lack of funds, the truth being the club was severely in debt. At one point it had looked like Newcastle would be relegated and could go out of business.

Sir John Hall had all but taken control of the club, and replaced Ardiles with Kevin Keegan on 5 February 1992. An improvement in form helped Newcastle to narrowly avoid relegation from the Second Division, with their survival only confirmed on the last day of the season. They finished 20th, two places above the relegation zone – the lowest League finish in the club's history.

In a season that saw a change of manager, the club had three different chairmen: Gordon McKeag stepped down under pressure from the Magpie Group consortium, to be replaced by board member George Forbes, before Sir John Hall, the head of the Magpie Group since the late 1980s, replaced Forbes

Hall presided over a period of boardroom calm at the club, debts were restructured and the funds were made available for team strengthening. He chairman installed Kevin Keegan, a former Newcastle player, as the new manager on 5 February 1992, in place of Ardiles. In the last few weeks of the season Keegan led the team to safety and the possibility of relegation to the third division for the first time in the club's history.

Just as in the 1980s, Keegan's mere presence captivated the region.^{[citation needed]} St James' Park was regularly packed to capacity again and United confirmed their Second Division survival with a 2–1 win at Leicester City on the last day of the season, after a last-minute own goal.^{[citation needed]}

Even though the club had narrowly avoided relegation, the club's supporters were overjoyed with the choice of manager and the prospect of a bright new start.^{[citation needed]}

(Substitute appearances in brackets)

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Pos.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		ZDS Cup		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	Tommy Wright	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
DF	Matty Appleby	16 (2)	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	20 (3)	0
DF	Paul Bodin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF	Darren Bradshaw	17 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	21 (2)	0
DF	Robbie Elliott	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
DF	Steve Howey	13 (8)	1	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	1	0	0	14 (12)	2
DF	Brian Kilcline	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
DF	Bjørn Kristensen	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
DF	Darron McDonough	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
DF	Gavin Maguire	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	Alan Neilson	16	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
DF	Ray Ranson	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0
DF	Kevin Scott	44	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	50	1
DF	Mark Stimson	23 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	25 (1)	0
DF	Steve Watson	23 (5)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25 (5)	1
DF	Terry Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	Kevin Brock	31 (4)	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	34 (4)	4
MF	Franz Carr	12 (3)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	13 (3)	2
MF	Lee Clark	25 (4)	5	2	0	3	0	1	1	31 (4)	6
MF	Archie Gourlay	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	Lee Makel	5 (4)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6 (4)	1
MF	Liam O'Brien	40	4	2	0	3	0	4	0	46	4
MF	Gavin Peacock	46	16	2	0	2	3	1	2	51	21
MF	David Roche	18 (8)	0	1	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	21 (9)	0
MF	Kevin Sheedy	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
MF	Alan Thompson	12 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13 (2)	0
FW	Justin Fashanu	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
FW	Andy Hunt	21 (6)	9	2	2	3	1	1	0	27 (6)	12
FW	David Kelly	25	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	11
FW	Micky Quinn	18 (4)	7	0	0	1	0	1	3	20 (4)	10
FW	David Robinson	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
FW	Andy Walker	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0

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Starting XI

These are the most used starting players (all competitions).

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No.	Pos.	Nat.	Name	MS	Notes
1	GK		Wright	36
5	LB		Stimson	25
3	CB		Scott	21	Alan Neilson had 21 starts
6	CB		Bradshaw	50
27	RB		Watson	25
14	DM		O'Brien	46
8	AM		Peacock	51
22	AM		Brock	34
4	AM		Clark	31	David Roche had 21 starts
18	ST		Hunt	27
9	ST		Kelly	26	Mick Quinn had 20 starts

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• Flirting with Relegation: Newcastle United 1991/92 Season, James Williams, Leazes Terrace