1991–92 Coventry City F.C. season

Second round

Top goalscorer	League: Gallacher (8) All: Gallacher (10)
Average home league attendance	13,876
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During the 1991–92 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

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.

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Final league table

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
	UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Coventry City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

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	Smith
24 August 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–1	9,393	Gynn
28 August 1991	Sheffield United	H	3–1	12,594	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	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

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

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

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR2	23 October 1991	Aston Villa	H	0–2	6,447

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 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

In

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

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