1991–92 Manchester City F.C. season

The 1991–92 season was Manchester City's third consecutive season in the top tier of English football, the Football League First Division.

Manchester City

1991–92 season
Chairman	Peter Swales
Manager	Peter Reid (player-manager)
Stadium	Maine Road
First Division	5th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members' Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: White (19) All: White (22)
Highest home attendance	38,180 vs Manchester United 16 November 1991
Lowest home attendance	10,987 vs Chester City 25 September 1991
Average home league attendance	27,691 (7th highest in England)
Home colours Away colours
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Season summary

The 1991–92 season saw another solid campaign for Peter Reid's Manchester City side as they finished 5th in the top flight for a second season running.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	21	12	9	62	49	+13	75	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round and qualifcation for the FA Premier League[a]
4	Arsenal	42	19	15	8	81	46	+35	72	Qualification for the FA Premier League
5	Manchester City	42	20	10	12	61	48	+13	70
6	Liverpool	42	16	16	10	47	40	+7	64	Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round and qualification for the FA Premier League
7	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	48	44	+4	60	Qualification for the FA Premier League

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
Notes:

1. Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.^[1][2]

Results summary

Overall								Home						Away
Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD
42	20	10	12	61	48	+13	70	13	4	4	32	14	+18	7	6	8	29	34	−5

Source:

Results

Manchester City's score comes first^[3]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Coventry City	A	1–0	18,013	Quinn
21 August 1991	Liverpool	H	2–1	37,322	White (2)
24 August 1991	Crystal Palace	H	3–2	28,028	Brennan (2), White
28 August 1991	Norwich City	A	0–0	15,376
31 August 1991	Arsenal	A	1–2	35,009	I Brightwell
4 September 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	2–1	29,146	Hill, Quinn
7 September 1991	Leeds United	A	0–3	29,986
14 September 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–1	29,453
17 September 1991	Everton	H	0–1	27,509
21 September 1991	West Ham United	A	2–1	25,558	Hendry, Redmond
28 September 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	1–2	31,271	White
6 October 1991	Notts County	A	3–1	11,878	Allen (2), Sheron
19 October 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	30,502	Quinn
26 October 1991	Sheffield United	H	3–2	25,495	Hughes, Quinn, Sheron
2 November 1991	Southampton	A	3–0	13,933	Quinn, Sheron, Gittens (own goal)
16 November 1991	Manchester United	H	0–0	38,180
23 November 1991	Luton Town	A	2–2	10,031	Curle, White
30 November 1991	Wimbledon	H	0–0	22,429
7 December 1991	Aston Villa	A	1–3	26,265	White
14 December 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	21,437	Curle, White
21 December 1991	Liverpool	A	2–2	36,743	White (2)
26 December 1991	Norwich City	H	2–1	28,164	Quinn, White
28 December 1991	Arsenal	H	1–0	32,325	White
1 January 1992	Chelsea	A	1–1	18,196	Sheron
11 January 1992	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,766	Curle
18 January 1992	Coventry City	H	1–0	23,005	White
1 February 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–0	30,123	White
8 February 1992	Sheffield United	A	2–4	25,839	Curle, Hill
15 February 1992	Luton Town	H	4–0	22,137	White (2), Heath, Hill
22 February 1992	Wimbledon	A	1–2	5,082	Sheron
29 February 1992	Aston Villa	H	2–0	28,268	Quinn, White
7 March 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–4	10,791
15 March 1992	Southampton	H	0–1	24,265
21 March 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	0–2	24,115
28 March 1992	Chelsea	H	0–0	23,633
4 April 1992	Leeds United	H	4–0	30,239	Brennan, Hill, Quinn, Sheron
7 April 1992	Manchester United	A	1–1	46,781	Curle
11 April 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–2	32,138
18 April 1992	West Ham United	H	2–0	25,601	Clarke, Pointon
20 April 1992	Everton	A	2–1	21,101	Quinn (2)
25 April 1992	Notts County	H	2–0	23,426	Quinn, Simpson
2 May 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	5–2	18,588	White (3), Mike, Sheron

FA Cup

Main article: 1991–92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	21,174	Reid 25'

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Chester City	H	3–1	10,987	White (2), Quinn
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Chester City	A	3–0 (won 6–1 on agg)	4,146	Allen, Brennan, Sheron
R3	29 October 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	0–0	15,512
R3R	20 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–1	11,033	Heath (2), Quinn
R4	3 December 1991	Middlesbrough	A	1–2	17,286	White

Full Members' Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Full Members' Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	23 October 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	2–3	7,951	Hendry (2)

Squad

^[4] 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  ENG Tony Coton — GK  WAL Andy Dibble — GK  WAL Martyn Margetson — DF  ENG David Brightwell — DF  ENG Ian Brightwell — DF  ENG Keith Curle — DF  SCO Colin Hendry — DF  ENG Andy Hill — DF  NED Danny Hoekman — DF  ENG Steve Macauley — DF  WAL Mark Peters — DF  ENG Neil Pointon — DF  ENG Ray Ranson — DF  ENG Steve Redmond — DF  NED Michel Vonk — MF  ENG Mark Brennan — MF  ENG Garry Flitcroft — MF  NIR Michael Hughes

No. Pos. Nation Player — MF  SCO David Kerr — MF  ENG Paul Lake — MF  NIR Steve Lomas — MF  TRI Ronnie Mauge — MF  ENG Steve McMahon — MF  ENG Gary Megson — MF  ENG Mike Quigley — MF  ENG Peter Reid (player-manager) — MF  JAM Fitzroy Simpson — MF  ENG David White — FW  ENG Clive Allen — FW  ENG Jason Beckford — FW  ENG Wayne Clarke — FW  ENG Adrian Heath — FW  ENG Adie Mike — FW  IRL Niall Quinn — FW  ENG Mike Sheron

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
14 August 1991	DF	Keith Curle	Wimbledon	£2,500,000
24 December 1991	MF	Steve McMahon	Liverpool	£900,000
6 March 1992	MF	Fitzroy Simpson	Swindon Town	£500,000
11 March 1992	DF	Michel Vonk	SVV Dordrecht	£500,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
30 July 1991	FW	Ashley Ward	Leicester City	£80,000
12 August 1991	DF	Alan Harper	Everton	£200,000
12 August 1991	MF	Mark Ward	Everton	£1,100,000
8 November 1991	DF	Colin Hendry	Blackburn Rovers	£700,000
6 December 1991	FW	Clive Allen	Chelsea	£250,000
1 January 1992	DF	Steve Macauley	Fleetwood Town	Free transfer
2 January 1992	FW	Jason Beckford	Birmingham City	£50,000
27 March 1992	FW	Adrian Heath	Stoke City	£50,000

Transfers in: £4,400,000

Transfers out: £2,430,000

Total spending: £1,970,000