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1991–92 Coventry City F.C. season

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

Coventry City
1991–92 season
ChairmanPeter Robins
ManagerTerry Butcher (until 6 January)
Don Howe (from 7 January)
StadiumHighfield Road
First Division19th
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Full Members CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Gallacher (8)
All: Gallacher (10)
Average home league attendance13,876

Season summary edit

In the 1991–92 season, Coventry had a poor start to the season and Butcher was sacked in January 1992 after just one year in charge. Don Howe took over as interim manager until the end of the season and managed to keep Coventry narrowly away from relegation and the club took its place in the inaugural FA Premier League.

Final league table edit

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 edit

Coventry City's score comes first[1]

Legend edit

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division edit

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1991 Manchester City H 0–1 18,013
21 August 1991 Luton Town H 5–0 9,848 Gallacher (2), Rosario, Furlong, Smith
24 August 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 9,393 Gynn
28 August 1991 Sheffield United H 3–1 12,594 Rosario, Furlong, Smith
31 August 1991 Wimbledon H 0–1 9,469
3 September 1991 Oldham Athletic A 1–2 12,996 Furlong
7 September 1991 Arsenal A 2–1 28,142 Dixon (own goal), Ndlovu
14 September 1991 Notts County H 1–0 10,685 Furlong
18 September 1991 Leeds United H 0–0 15,488
21 September 1991 Everton A 0–3 20,542
28 September 1991 Aston Villa H 1–0 17,851 Ndlovu
5 October 1991 West Ham United A 1–0 21,817 Gallacher
19 October 1991 Crystal Palace H 1–2 10,591 Gynn (pen)
26 October 1991 Liverpool A 0–1 33,339
2 November 1991 Chelsea H 0–1 11,343
16 November 1991 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 21,154
23 November 1991 Norwich City A 2–3 12,056 Gallacher (2)
30 November 1991 Southampton H 2–0 8,585 Gallacher, Pearce
7 December 1991 Manchester United A 0–4 42,549
20 December 1991 Luton Town A 0–1 7,533
26 December 1991 Sheffield United A 3–0 19,638 Billing, Flynn, Robson
28 December 1991 Wimbledon A 1–1 3,270 Robson
1 January 1992 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 19,639 Rosario
11 January 1992 Queens Park Rangers H 2–2 12,003 Gallacher, Rosario
18 January 1992 Manchester City A 0–1 23,005
1 February 1992 Crystal Palace H 1–0 13,818 Smith
8 February 1992 Liverpool H 0–0 21,540
22 February 1992 Southampton A 0–0 13,719
29 February 1992 Manchester United H 0–0 23,967
4 March 1992 Norwich City H 0–0 8,549
7 March 1992 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–1 23,959 Gallacher
11 March 1992 Nottingham Forest H 0–2 11,158
14 March 1992 Chelsea A 1–0 10,962 Robson
21 March 1992 Oldham Athletic H 1–1 12,840 Pearce
28 March 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 3–4 22,744 McGrath, Flynn, Smith
4 April 1992 Arsenal H 0–1 14,133
8 April 1992 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–0 13,293
11 April 1992 Notts County A 0–1 6,655
18 April 1992 Everton H 0–1 14,669
20 April 1992 Leeds United A 0–2 26,582
25 April 1992 West Ham United H 1–0 15,392 Gynn
2 May 1992 Aston Villa A 0–2 31,984

FA Cup edit

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 4 January 1992 Cambridge United H 1–1 11,428 Borrows (pen)
R3R 14 January 1992 Cambridge United A 0–1 9,864

League Cup edit

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 25 September 1991 Rochdale H 4–0 5,982 Rosario (2), Gallacher, McGrath
R2 2nd leg 8 October 1991 Rochdale A 0–1 (won 4–1 on agg) 22,888
R3 30 October 1991 Arsenal H 1–0 15,337 Gallacher
R4 4 December 1991 Tottenham Hotspur H 1–2 20,095 Furlong

Full Members Cup edit

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
NR2 23 October 1991 Aston Villa H 0–2 6,447

Squad edit

[2] 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   ENG Steve Ogrizovic
— DF   ENG Brian Borrows
— DF   ENG Andy Pearce
— DF   ENG Peter Atherton
— DF   ENG Kenny Sansom
— MF   ENG Lloyd McGrath
— MF   ENG Stewart Robson
— MF   ENG David Smith
— FW   SCO Kevin Gallacher
— FW   ENG Paul Furlong
— DF   ENG Peter Billing
— MF   ENG Micky Gynn
— FW   ENG Robert Rosario
— GK   ENG Paul Heald
— MF   ENG Sean Flynn
— MF   ENG Dean Emerson
No. Pos. Nation Player
— FW   ZIM Peter Ndlovu
— MF   ENG Lee Hurst
— MF   ENG Ray Woods
— DF   ENG Paul Edwards
— GK   ENG Les Sealey
— DF   ENG Martyn Booty
— DF   ENG Chris Greenman
— MF   ENG Craig Middleton
— FW   ENG Kevin Drinkell
— DF   ENG Trevor Peake
— GK   ENG Clive Baker
— DF   SCO Gary Gillespie
— MF   IRL Tony Sheridan
— MF   ENG Terry Fleming
— DF   ENG David Busst

Transfers edit

In edit

Date Pos Name From Fee
31 July 1991 FW Paul Furlong Enfield £130,000
16 August 1991 FW Peter Ndlovu Highlanders £10,000
23 August 1991 DF Peter Atherton Wigan Athletic £300,000
3 December 1991 MF Sean Flynn Halesowen Town £20,000
14 January 1992 DF David Busst Moor Green Free transfer

Out edit

Date Pos Name To Fee
2 July 1991 FW Cyrille Regis Aston Villa Free transfer
22 July 1991 GK Tim Clarke Huddersfield Town £15,000
1 August 1991 DF Brian Kilcline Oldham Athletic £400,000
27 August 1991 DF Trevor Peake Luton Town £100,000
16 December 1991 MF Howard Clark Shrewsbury Town Free transfer
Transfers in:   £460,000
Transfers out:   £515,000
Total spending:   £55,000

References edit

  1. ^ "Coventry City results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 6 September 2015. Retrieved 20 September 2012.
  2. ^ "All Coventry City players: 1992".
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