1991–92 Norwich City F.C. season

During the 1991–92 English football season, Norwich City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Norwich City
1991–92 season
ChairmanRobert Chase
ManagerDave Stringer (until 1 May)
David Williams (caretaker from 1 May)
First Division18th
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupQuarter-finals
Full Members CupSecond round
Top goalscorerFleck (11)
Average home league attendance13,858

Season summary

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In the 1991–92 season, Norwich's form for most of the season was satisfying which saw them by 21 March sitting in 13th, but afterwards things started to go downhill with a poor run which saw the Canaries lose 7 of their final 8 league games, collecting only one point which saw Norwich finish in a disappointing 18th place and one day before final game of the season, Dave Stringer handed in his resignation. Their cup form that season though was excellent where they reached the FA Cup semi finals where they ended up losing 1–0 to Sunderland, and also reached the League Cup quarter finals where they lost 2–1 at Tottenham Hotspur.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Southampton 42 14 10 18 39 55 −16 52
17 Oldham Athletic 42 14 9 19 63 67 −4 51
18 Norwich City 42 11 12 19 47 63 −16 45
19 Coventry City 42 11 11 20 35 44 −9 44
20 Luton Town (R) 42 10 12 20 38 71 −33 42 Relegated[a]
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated
Notes:
  1. ^ From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, and the second tier, then known as the Second Division, was renamed to the First Division.


Results

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Norwich City's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1991 Sheffield United H 2–2 16,380 Fleck (2)
21 August 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 2–0 10,626 Gordon, Newman
24 August 1991 Oldham Athletic A 2–2 6,944 Crook, Newman
28 August 1991 Manchester City H 0–0 15,376
31 August 1991 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 19,460
3 September 1991 Everton A 1–1 19,197 Phillips
7 September 1991 Manchester United A 0–3 44,946
14 September 1991 West Ham United H 2–1 15,348 Fox, Gordon
18 September 1991 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–0 12,503 Fleck (pen)
21 September 1991 Notts County A 2–2 9,488 Ullathorne, Bowen (pen)
28 September 1991 Leeds United H 2–2 15,828 Gordon (2)
5 October 1991 Wimbledon A 1–3 3,531 Beckford
19 October 1991 Southampton A 0–0 12,516
26 October 1991 Luton Town H 1–0 10,514 Newman
2 November 1991 Nottingham Forest H 0–0 13,014
16 November 1991 Chelsea A 3–0 15,755 Fleck (2), Bowen
23 November 1991 Coventry City H 3–2 12,056 Bowen, Fleck, Sutton
30 November 1991 Liverpool A 1–2 34,881 Beckford
7 December 1991 Crystal Palace H 3–3 12,667 Own Goal, Beckford, Newman
21 December 1991 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 11,436
26 December 1991 Manchester City A 1–2 28,164 Newman
28 December 1991 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–3 27,969
1 January 1992 Aston Villa H 2–1 15,318 Fleck (pen), Ullathorne
11 January 1992 Oldham Athletic H 1–2 10,986 Beckford
18 January 1992 Sheffield United A 0–1 17,549
1 February 1992 Southampton H 2–1 10,660 Ullathorne, Fleck
8 February 1992 Luton Town A 0–2 8,554
11 February 1992 Arsenal A 1–1 22,352 Fox
22 February 1992 Liverpool H 3–0 20,411 Woodthorpe, Fleck (2)
29 February 1992 Crystal Palace A 4–3 14,201 Sutton, Newman, Polston, Goss
4 March 1992 Coventry City A 0–0 8,549
11 March 1992 Chelsea H 0–1 13,413
14 March 1992 Nottingham Forest A 0–2 20,721
21 March 1992 Everton H 4–3 11,900 Newman, Beckford (3)
28 March 1992 Aston Villa A 0–1 16,985
31 March 1992 Manchester United H 1–3 17,489 Power
8 April 1992 Arsenal H 1–3 12,971 Butterworth
11 April 1992 West Ham United A 0–4 16,896
18 April 1992 Notts County H 0–1 12,100
20 April 1992 Sheffield Wednesday A 0–2 27,362
25 April 1992 Wimbledon H 1–1 11,061 Fleck
2 May 1992 Leeds United A 0–1 32,673

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 1992 Barnsley H 1–0 12,189
R4 5 February 1992 Millwall H 2–1 17,010 Bowen, Fleck
R5 15 February 1992 Notts County H 3–0 14,511 Sutton (2), Phillips
QF 7 March 1992 Southampton A 0–0 20,088
QFR 18 March 1992 Southampton H 2–1 (a.e.t.) 21,017 Newman, Sutton
SF 5 April 1992 Sunderland N 0–1 40,102

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 25 September 1991 Charlton Athletic A 2–0 2,886 Gordon, Newman
R2 2nd Leg 9 October 1991 Charlton Athletic H 3–0 (won 5–0 on agg) 5,507 Fleck ??', 35', Beckford 69'
R3 30 October 1991 Brentford H 4–1 7,394 Fox 50', Fleck 51', Beckford 74', 85'
R4 4 December 1991 West Ham United H 2–1 16,325 Fleck ??', pen 90+3'
R5 8 January 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–2 29,471 Fleck

Full Members Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SR2 23 October 1991 Queens Park Rangers H 1–2 4,436 Beckford

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
- GK   SCO Bryan Gunn
- DF   ENG Ian Culverhouse
- DF   ENG Ian Butterworth
- DF   ENG Robert Ullathorne
- DF   WAL Mark Bowen
- MF   ENG Ian Crook
- MF   WAL David Phillips
- MF   ENG Ruel Fox
- MF   WAL Jeremy Goss
- FW   SCO Robert Fleck
- FW   ENG Chris Sutton
- DF   ENG Daryl Sutch
- GK   WAL Mark Walton
- DF   ENG John Polston
No. Pos. Nation Player
- DF   ENG Colin Woodthorpe
- MF   ENG Tim Sherwood
- FW   ENG Darren Beckford
- DF   ENG Rob Newman
- FW   IRL Lee Power
- MF   ENG Dale Gordon
- MF   WAL Andy Johnson
- DF   ENG Paul Blades
- MF   ENG David Smith
- MF   ENG Jason Minett
- MF   ENG Steve Ball
- FW   USA Casey Carden
- DF   ENG Adrian Pennock
- GK   IRL Gerry Peyton (on loan from Everton)
- FW   DEN Henrik Mortensen

Transfers

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Date Pos Name From Fee
14 June 1991 FW Darren Beckford Port Vale £925,000
28 June 1991 FW Casey Carden RAF Lakenheath-USAF £Free
15 July 1991 DF Rob Newman Bristol City £600,000
Date Pos Name To Fee
31 August 1991 FW Rob Taylor Birmingham City Signed
8 November 1991 MF Dale Gordon Rangers £1,200,000
12 February 1992 MF Tim Sherwood Blackburn Rovers £500,000
Transfers in:   £1,525,000
Transfers out:   £1,700,000
Total spending:   £175,000

References

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  1. ^ "Norwich City 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 22 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  2. ^ "All Norwich City players: 1992".