1991–92 Chelsea F.C. season

Chelsea
1991–92 season
Chairman	Ken Bates
Manager	Ian Porterfield
Stadium	Stamford Bridge
First Division	14th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Southern Area final
Top goalscorer	Wise (14)
Average home league attendance	18,686
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 season saw Chelsea F.C. compete in the last season of the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League.

Season summary

In the summer of 1991, Bobby Campbell was succeeded as team manager by first team coach Ian Porterfield. The 1991–92 season looked promising for Chelsea and were in 6th place at the beginning of February with a possible destination of European football but only three wins in their final 15 league games of the season saw Chelsea finish in 14th place.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
12	Everton	42	13	14	15	52	51	+1	53
13	Wimbledon	42	13	14	15	53	53	0	53
14	Chelsea	42	13	14	15	50	60	−10	53
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	58	63	−5	52
16	Southampton	42	14	10	18	39	55	−16	52

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

Results

Chelsea's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Wimbledon	H	2–2	22,574	Elliott, Allon
21 August 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	0–3	14,997
24 August 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	3–1	34,645	Dixon, Wilson, Townsend
28 August 1991	Notts County	H	2–2	15,847	Elliott, Allon
31 August 1991	Luton Town	H	4–1	17,457	Le Saux, Townsend, Dixon, Wise
3 September 1991	Sheffield United	A	1–0	17,400	Wise
7 September 1991	West Ham United	A	1–1	18,875	Dixon
14 September 1991	Leeds United	H	0–1	23,439
18 September 1991	Aston Villa	H	2–0	17,182	Jones, Townsend
21 September 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–2	19,579	Townsend, Wise
28 September 1991	Everton	H	2–2	19,038	Wilson, Wise
5 October 1991	Arsenal	A	2–3	42,074	Le Saux, Wise
19 October 1991	Liverpool	H	2–2	30,230	Jones, Myers
26 October 1991	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	21,841
2 November 1991	Coventry City	A	1–0	11,343	Le Saux
16 November 1991	Norwich City	H	0–3	15,755
23 November 1991	Southampton	A	0–1	14,933
30 November 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–0	19,420	Dixon
7 December 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–3	27,383
15 December 1991	Manchester United	H	1–3	23,120	Allen
21 December 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	4–2	13,136	Wise (pen), Allen (2), Elliott
26 December 1991	Notts County	A	0–2	11,933
28 December 1991	Luton Town	A	0–2	10,738
1 January 1992	Manchester City	H	1–1	18,196	Allen
11 January 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–0	28,628	Allen, Wise
18 January 1992	Wimbledon	A	2–1	8,413	Townsend, Allen
1 February 1992	Liverpool	A	2–1	38,681	Jones, Wise
8 February 1992	Crystal Palace	H	1–1	17,810	Cascarino
12 February 1992	Southampton	H	1–1	7,148	Townsend
22 February 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	24,095	Allen
26 February 1992	Manchester United	A	1–1	44,872	Donaghy (own goal)
29 February 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–3	17,538
11 March 1992	Norwich City	A	1–0	13,430	Dixon
14 March 1992	Coventry City	H	0–1	10,962
21 March 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–2	11,247	Cundy
28 March 1992	Manchester City	A	0–0	23,633
4 April 1992	West Ham United	H	2–1	20,684	Wise, Cascarino
11 April 1992	Leeds United	A	0–3	31,363
18 April 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–1	18,952	Clarke, Wise (pen)
20 April 1992	Aston Villa	A	1–3	19,269	Sinclair
25 April 1992	Arsenal	H	1–1	26,003	Wise
2 May 1992	Everton	A	1–2	20,163	Newton

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Hull City	A	2–0	13,580	Jones, Wise
R4	26 January 1992	Everton	H	1–0	21,152	Allen
R5	15 February 1992	Sheffield United	H	1–0	34,447	Stuart
QF	9 March 1992	Sunderland	H	1–1	33,948	Allen
QFR	18 March 1992	Sunderland	A	1–2	26,039	Wise

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	1–1	11,311	Townsend
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–3 (lost 2–4 on agg)	11,165	Wise

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	23 October 1991	Swindon Town	H	1–0	5,784	Jones
R3	26 November 1991	Ipswich Town	H	2–2 (won 4–3 on pens)	6,325	Jones, Allon
Area SF	10 December 1991	Crystal Palace	A	1–0	8,416	Dixon
S Area F 1st leg	21 January 1992	Southampton	A	0–2	8,726
S Area F 2nd leg	29 January 1992	Southampton	H	1–3 (lost 1–5 on agg)	9,781	Wise (pen) 37'

Squad

^[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	Kevin Hitchcock
—	DF	SCO	Steve Clarke
—	DF	ENG	Paul Elliott
—	DF	NED	Ken Monkou
—	DF	ENG	Graeme Le Saux
—	MF	ENG	Dennis Wise
—	MF	IRL	Andy Townsend
—	MF	WAL	Vinnie Jones
—	FW	ENG	Kerry Dixon
—	FW	ENG	Kevin Wilson
—	FW	ENG	Clive Allen
—	DF	SCO	Tom Boyd
—	MF	ENG	Graham Stuart
—	GK	ENG	Dave Beasant
—	DF	ENG	Jason Cundy
—	DF	WAL	Gareth Hall


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	FW	IRL	Tony Cascarino
—	DF	ENG	Andy Myers
—	DF	JAM	Frank Sinclair
—	MF	ENG	Alan Dickens
—	MF	SCO	Craig Burley
—	DF	NOR	Erland Johnsen
—	MF	ENG	Damian Matthew
—	FW	ENG	Joe Allon
—	DF	WAL	Darren Barnard
—	DF	ENG	David Lee
—	GK	WAL	Roger Freestone
—	DF	ENG	Ian Pearce
—	MF	ENG	Eddie Newton
—	MF	ENG	Michael Gilkes
—	MF	ENG	Nigel Spackman

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
27 June 1991	DF	Tom Boyd	Motherwell	£800,000
14 August 1991	FW	Joe Allon	Hartlepool United	£250,000
30 August 1991	MF	Vinnie Jones	Sheffield United	£575,000
6 December 1991	FW	Clive Allen	Manchester City	£250,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
6 June 1991	DF	Tony Dorigo	Leeds United	£1,300,000
13 August 1991	MF	Kevin McAllister	Falkirk	£225,000
16 August 1991	FW	Gordon Durie	Tottenham Hotspur	£2,200,000
5 September 1991	GK	Roger Freestone	Swansea City	£45,000
6 February 1992	DF	Tom Boyd	Celtic	£750,000
27 March 1992	FW	Clive Allen	West Ham United	£275,000
27 March 1992	FW	Kevin Wilson	Notts County	£225,000

Transfers in:

£1,875,000

Transfers out:

£5,020,000

Total spending:

£3,145,000

References

^ "Chelsea 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.
^ "All Chelsea players: 1992".

[1] "Chelsea 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 25 August 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2012.

[2] "All Chelsea players: 1992".

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