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
Chairman	Robert Chase
Manager	Dave Stringer (until 1 May) David Williams (caretaker from 1 May)
First Division	18th
FA Cup	Semi-finals
League Cup	Quarter-finals
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	Fleck (11)
Average home league attendance	13,858
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

Season summary

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

Main article: 1991–92 Football League First Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
16	Southampton	42	14	10	18	39	55	−16	52	Qualification for the FA Premier League
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	Relegation to the First Division[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

Norwich City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

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

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

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

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

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

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup

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

Squad

^[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 - DF  ENG Adrian Pennock - GK  IRL Gerry Peyton (on loan from Everton) - FW  DEN Henrik Mortensen

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
14 June 1991	FW	Darren Beckford	Port Vale	£925,000
15 July 1991	DF	Rob Newman	Bristol City	£600,000

Out

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