1991–92 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

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

Nottingham Forest
1991–92 season
ChairmanMaurice Rowarth
ManagerBrian Clough
StadiumCity Ground
First Division8th
FA CupSixth round
League CupRunners-up
Full Members' CupWinners
Top goalscorerLeague: Sheringham (13)
All: Sheringham (22)
Average home league attendance23,721

Season summary

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Nottingham Forest finished 8th for the second season running. They also reached the final of the League Cup, only to lose to that season's runners-up, Manchester United, and won the Full Members' Cup. A highlight of the season was a 4–0 win at neighbours Notts County, who were relegated at the end of the season.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
6 Liverpool 42 16 16 10 47 40 +7 64 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
7 Aston Villa 42 17 9 16 48 44 +4 60
8 Nottingham Forest 42 16 11 15 60 58 +2 59
9 Sheffield United 42 16 9 17 65 63 +2 57
10 Crystal Palace 42 14 15 13 53 61 −8 57
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Results

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Nottingham Forest's score comes first[1]

Results by round

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Round123456789101112131415161718192021222324252627282930313233343536373839404142
GroundHAAHHAAHAHAAHAHHAHAHAAHHAHHAAHHHAAHAAHAHHA
ResultWLWLWLLWLDWLLDWWLWLDWLDDDLDDWWWWDLLWLWWDDL
Position48364713813139121417131012101111891111111215151413117881081088778
Source: https://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/matches/season/1992/
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss;   = Champions, Qualified to the 1992-93 UEFA Champions League;   = Qualified to the 1992-93 UEFA Cup;   = Relegated to First Division

Football League First Division

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17 August 1991 1 Nottingham Forest 2–1 Everton Nottingham
Clough   60'
Jemson   87'
  37' (o.g.) Pearce Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,422
20 August 1991 2 Leeds United 1–0 Nottingham Forest Leeds
  Stadium: Elland Road
Attendance: 29,457
24 August 1991 3 Notts County 0–4 Nottingham Forest Nottingham
  55' Crosby
  64' Charles
  68' Sheringham
  74' Keane
Attendance: 21,044
28 August 1991 4 Nottingham Forest 1–3 Tottenham Hotspur Nottingham
Clough   10'   38' Lineker
  67' Durie
  89' Bergsson
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,018
31 August 1991 5 Nottingham Forest 3–1 Oldham Athletic Nottingham
Pearce  63'
Keane  41'
Gemmill   28'
  50' Marshall Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,244
4 September 1991 6 Manchester City 2–1 Nottingham Forest Moss Side
 
 
  Sheringham Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 29,146
7 September 1991 7 Sheffield Wednesday 2–1 Nottingham Forest Sheffield
Williams  19'
Francis   88'
  48' Crosby Stadium: Hillsborough
Attendance: 31,289
14 September 1991 8 Nottingham Forest 4–2 Wimbledon Nottingham
Keane   11',   47'
Black   44'
Elkins   62' (o.g.)
  2'McGee
  76' (pen)
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 19,707
21 September 1991 9 Aston Villa 1–3 Nottingham Forest Birmingham
Blake  48'
Richardson  62'
Yorke  63 '
  1' Black Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 28,506
Note: Some sources reclaim the 1' goal was an own goal by Teale.
28 September 1991 10 Nottingham Forest 2–2 West Ham United Nottingham
Woan   4'
Sheringham   77'
  17' Small
  44' (pen) Small
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 25,613
5 October 1991 11 Queens Park Rangers 0–2 Nottingham Forest Shepherd's Bush
  27',   68' Sheringham Stadium: Loftus Road
Attendance: 13,058
19 October 1991 12 Sheffield United 4–2 Nottingham Forest Sheffield
Whitehouse   14'
Agana   27'
Bryson   46'
Hoyland   86'
  28' Parker
  80' Chettle
Stadium: Bramall Lane
Attendance: 23,080
26 October 1991 13 Nottingham Forest 1–3 Southampton Nottingham
Black   84'   33',   70' (pen) Le Tissier
  71' Shearer
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,026
2 November 1991 14 Norwich City 0–0 Nottingham Forest Norwich
Stadium: Carrow Road
Attendance: 13,014
16 November 1991 15 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Coventry City Nottingham
Sheringham   19' Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 21,154
23 November 1991 16 Nottingham Forest 5–1 Crystal Palace Nottingham
Sheringham   6',   89' (pen)
Pearce   14'
Gemmill   49'
Woan   65'
  84' Thomas Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,387
30 November 1991 17 Chelsea 1–0 Nottingham Forest Fulham
15:00 GMT Dixon   46' Stadium: Stamford Bridge
Attendance: 19,420
Referee: Martin J Bodenham
8 December 1991 18 Nottingham Forest 3–2 Arsenal Nottingham
Sheringham, Woan, Gemmill Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,079
14 December 1991 19 Liverpool 2–0 Nottingham Forest Liverpool
 
 
Stadium: Anfield Road
Attendance: 35,285
22 December 1991 20 Nottingham Forest 0–0 Leeds United Nottingham
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 27,170
26 December 1991 21 Tottenham Hotspur 1–2 Nottingham Forest Tottenham
Stewart   60'   11' Clough
  90' Pearce
Stadium: White Hart Lane
Attendance: 31,079
28 December 1991 22 Oldham Athletic 2–1 Nottingham Forest Oldham
Sharp   44'
Bernard   48'
  28' Pearce Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 16,496
1 January 1992 23 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Luton Town Nottingham
Walker   90'   1' Pembridge Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,809
11 January 1992 24 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Notts County Nottingham
Black   3'   52' Harding Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 30,168
19 January 1992 25 Everton 1–1 Nottingham Forest Walton
   Gemmill Stadium: Goodison Park
Attendance: 17,717
1 February 1992 26 Nottingham Forest 2–5 Sheffield United Nottingham
Keane   18'
Pearce   73' (pen)
  11' Lake
  21' Gannon
  24' Bryson
  60' Bradshaw
  88' Deane
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,412
22 February 1992 27 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Chelsea Nottingham
Sheringham   1'   73' Allen Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,089
3 March 1992 28 Crystal Palace 0–0 Nottingham Forest Selhurst
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 12,608
11 March 1992 29 Coventry City 0–2 Nottingham Forest Coventry
  11' (o.g.) Smith
  41' Sheringham
Stadium: Highfield Road
Attendance: 11,158
14 March 1992 30 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Norwich City Nottingham
Keane   38'
Gemmill   41'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 20,721
18 March 1992 31 Nottingham Forest 1–0 Manchester United Nottingham
Clough   Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 28,062
21 March 1992 32 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Manchester City Nottingham
Crosby   64'
Keane   87'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 24,115
31 March 1992 33 Arsenal 3–3 Nottingham Forest London
 
 
 
  Clough
  Woan
  Keane
Stadium: Highbury
Attendance: 27,036
2 April 1992 34 Wimbledon 3–0 Nottingham Forest Selhurst
 
 
 
Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 3,542
4 April 1992 35 Nottingham Forest 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Nottingham
  30' Williams
  42' Hirst
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 26,105
8 April 1992 36 Southampton 0–1 Nottingham Forest Southampton
Stadium: The Dell
Attendance: 14,905
14 April 1992 37 Luton Town 2–1 Nottingham Forest Luton
 
 
 Black Stadium: Kenilworth Road
Attendance: 8,014
18 April 1992 38 Nottingham Forest 2–0 Aston Villa Nottingham
Gemmill   14'
Sheringham   61'
Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,800
20 April 1992 39 Manchester United 1–2 Nottingham Forest Manchester
McClair   36'   33' Woan
  80' Gemmill
Stadium: Old Trafford
Attendance: 47,576
22 April 1992 40 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Liverpool Nottingham
Sheringham   0' (pen)   Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 23,787
25 April 1992 41 Nottingham Forest 1–1 Queens Park Rangers Nottingham
Gemmill   78'   74' Allen Stadium: City Ground
Attendance: 22,228
2 May 1992 42 West Ham United 0–3 Nottingham Forest Upton Park
McAvennie   60',   81',   85' Stadium: Boleyn Ground
Attendance: 20,629

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Reference
R3 4 January 1992 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–0 27,068 Clough
R4 26 January 1992 Hereford United H 2–0 24,259 Pearce, Sheringham
R5 15 February 1992 Bristol City H 4–1 24,615 Llewellyn (own goal), Clough, Pearce, Sheringham (pen) [2]
QF 7 March 1992 Portsmouth A 0–1 25,402

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers References
R2 1st leg 25 September 1991 Bolton Wanderers H 4–0 19,936 Gaynor (2), Keane, Black
R2 2nd leg 8 October 1991 Bolton Wanderers A 5–2 (won 9–2 on agg) 5,469 Keane (2), Sheringham, Black, Gaynor
R3 30 October 1991 Bristol Rovers H 2–0 17,529 Glover, Gemmill
R4 4 December 1991 Southampton H 0–0 17,939
R4R 17 December 1991 Southampton A 1–0 10,861 Gemmill
R5 8 January 1992 Crystal Palace A 1–1 14,941 Clough
R5R 5 February 1992 Crystal Palace H 4–2 18,918 Sheringham (3, 1 pen), Pearce
SF 1st leg 9 February 1992 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–1 21,402 Sheringham 62'
SF 2nd leg 1 March 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–1 (won 3–2 on agg) 28,216 Keane, Glover
F 12 April 1992 Manchester United N 0–1 76,810

Full Members' Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers Reference
R2 22 October 1991 Leeds United A 3–1 6,145 Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Crosby
R3 19 November 1991 Aston Villa A 2–0 7,858 Pearce, Woan
S Area SF 10 December 1991 Tranmere Rovers A 2–0 8,034 Keane (2)
N Area F 12 February 1992 Leicester City A 1–1 19,537 Gemmill
N Area FR 26 February 1992 Leicester City H 2–0 (won 3–1 on agg) 21,562 Crosby, Wassall
F 29 March 1992 Southampton N 3–2 (a.e.t.) 67,688 Gemmill (2), Black

Squad

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[3] 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   WAL Mark Crossley
GK   WAL Andy Marriott
GK   ENG Steve Sutton
DF   ENG Craig Armstrong
DF   ENG Gary Charles
DF   ENG Steve Chettle
DF   ENG Chris Hope
DF   ENG Brian Laws
DF   ENG Stuart Pearce (captain)
DF   ENG Carl Tiler
DF   ENG Des Walker
DF   ENG Darren Wassall
DF   ENG Brett Williams
DF   SCO Terry Wilson
MF   NIR Kingsley Black
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Gary Crosby
MF   SCO Scot Gemmill
MF   ENG Bobby Howe
MF   IRL Roy Keane
MF   SCO Alan Mahood
MF   ISL Þorvaldur Örlygsson
MF   ENG Garry Parker
MF   ENG Steve Stone
MF   ENG Ian Woan
FW   ENG Nigel Clough
FW   IRL Tommy Gaynor
FW   SCO Lee Glover
FW   ENG Nigel Jemson
FW   ENG Teddy Sheringham

Transfers

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Date Pos Name From Fee
23 July 1991 FW Teddy Sheringham Millwall £2,000,000
2 September 1991 MF Kingsley Black Luton Town £1,500,000
Date Pos Name To Fee
13 June 1991 MF Franz Carr Newcastle United £250,000
11 July 1991 MF Neil Lyne Shrewsbury Town Signed
25 July 1991 MF Steve Hodge Leeds United £900,000
9 August 1991 MF Brian Rice Falkirk Signed
17 August 1991 FW Phil Starbuck Huddersfield Town Free transfer
17 September 1991 FW Nigel Jemson Sheffield Wednesday £800,000
29 November 1991 MF Garry Parker Aston Villa £650,000
10 January 1992 DF Phil Gilchrist Middlesbrough Free transfer
6 March 1992 GK Steve Sutton Derby County £300,000
23 March 1992 MF Alan Mahood Greenock Morton Signed
Transfers in:   £3,500,000
Transfers out:   £1,750,000
Total spending:   £1,750,000

Statistics

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No. Pos Nat Player Total Football League
Division One
Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK   WAL Mark Crossley 36 -50 36 -50
DF   ENG Gary Charles 29 1 29 1
DF   ENG Carl Tiler 26 1 24+2 1
DF   ENG Des Walker 33 0 32+1 0
DF   ENG Stuart Pearce 30 5 29+1 5
MF   ENG Gary Crosby 32 3 31+1 3
MF   IRL Roy Keane 39 8 35+4 8
MF   SCO Scot Gemmill 39 8 38+1 8
MF   NIR Kingsley Black 25 4 25 4
FW   ENG Nigel Clough 33 5 31+2 5
FW   ENG Teddy Sheringham 39 13 39 13
GK   WAL Andy Marriott 6 -8 6 -8
MF   ENG Ian Woan 21 5 20+1 5
DF   ENG Steve Chettle 22 1 17+5 1
FW   SCO Lee Glover 16 0 12+4 0
DF   ENG Brian Laws 15 0 10+5 0
DF   ENG Darren Wassall 14 0 10+4 0
DF   ENG Brett Williams 9 0 9 0
FW   ENG Nigel Jemson 6 1 6 1
MF   ENG Garry Parker 5 1 5 1
MF   ISL Þorvaldur Örlygsson 5 0 5 0
FW   IRL Tommy Gaynor 4 0 3+1 0
DF   SCO Terry Wilson 1 0 1 0
MF   ENG Steve Stone 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Kaminsky 0 0 0 0
GK   ENG Steve Sutton
DF   ENG Craig Armstrong
DF   ENG Chris Hope
MF   ENG Bobby Howe
MF   SCO Alan Mahood

References

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  1. ^ "Nottingham Forest results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Forest on course for two Wembley finals". New Straits Times. 16 February 1992. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
  3. ^ "All Nottingham Forest players: 1992".