1991–92 Full Members' Cup

The 1991–92 Full Members' Cup, known as the Zenith Data Systems Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th and final staging of a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the First and Second Division. The winners were Nottingham Forest and the runners-up were Southampton.

1991–92 Full Members' Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	41
Final positions
Champions	Nottingham Forest (2nd title)
Runners-up	Southampton
Semifinalists	Chelsea Leicester City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
← 1990–91

The competition began on 1 October 1991 and ended with the final on 29 March 1992 at Wembley Stadium. The competition was then cancelled after seven seasons, when the Premier League arose from the old Football League First Division and reduced the Football League to three divisions.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.

Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham and Sunderland opted out of this competition.

First round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 1 October Grimsby Town 1–0 Wolverhampton Wanderers 2 October Leicester City 4–3 a.e.t. Barnsley 1 October Port Vale 1–0 Blackburn Rovers 1 October Tranmere Rovers 6–6 a.e.t. Newcastle United Tranmere Rovers won 3–2 on penalties

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 2 October Bristol Rovers 1–3 Ipswich Town 2 October Cambridge United 1–1 a.e.t. Charlton Athletic Cambridge United won 4–2 on penalties 1 October Plymouth Argyle 1–0 Portsmouth 1 October Swindon Town 3–3 a.e.t. Oxford United Swindon Town won 4–3 on penalties 2 October Watford 0–1 Southend United

Second round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 23 October Coventry City 0–2 Aston Villa 1 October Everton 3–2 Oldham Athletic 22 October Leeds United 1–3 Nottingham Forest 23 October Leicester City 4–0 Port Vale 22 October Middlesbrough 4–2 a.e.t. Derby County 22 October Sheffield United 3–3 a.e.t. Notts County Notts County won 2–1 on penalties 23 October Sheffield Wednesday 3–2 Manchester City 22 October Tranmere Rovers 5–1 Grimsby Town

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 23 October Brighton & Hove Albion 3–2 Wimbledon 22 October Bristol City 1–2 Southampton 23 October Chelsea 1–0 Swindon Town 22 October Crystal Palace 4–2 a.e.t. Southend United 22 October Ipswich Town 1–1 a.e.t. Luton Town Ipswich Town won 2–1 on penalties 23 October Norwich City 1–2 Queens Park Rangers 22 October Plymouth Argyle 4–0 Millwall 22 October West Ham United 2–1 Cambridge United

Third round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 19 November Aston Villa 0–2 Nottingham Forest 27 November Leicester City 2–1 Everton 26 November Middlesbrough 0–1 Tranmere Rovers 26 November Notts County 1–0 Sheffield Wednesday

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 26 November Chelsea 2–2 a.e.t. Ipswich Town Chelsea won 4–3 on penalties 26 November Plymouth Argyle 0–1 Southampton 26 November Queens Park Rangers 2–3 Crystal Palace 26 November West Ham United 2–0 Brighton & Hove Albion

Area semi-finals

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 8 January Notts County 1–2 a.e.t. Leicester City 10 December Tranmere Rovers 0–2 Nottingham Forest

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 10 December Crystal Palace 0–1 Chelsea 7 January Southampton 2–1 West Ham United

Area finals

Northern Area final Date Home team Score Away team 12 February Leicester City 1–1 Nottingham Forest 26 February Nottingham Forest 2–0 Leicester City Nottingham Forest beat Leicester City 3–1 on aggregate.

Southern Area final Date Home team Score Away team 21 January Southampton 2–0 Chelsea 29 January Chelsea 1–3 Southampton Southampton beat Chelsea 5–1 on aggregate.

Final

See also: 1992 Full Members' Cup Final

1992-03-29

15:00 BST

Nottingham Forest	3–2 (a.e.t.)	Southampton
Gemmill 15', 115' Black 45'		Le Tissier 64' Moore 70'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 67,688

External links

• When Saturday Comes - Article on the Full Members' Cup