1991–92 FA Cup

1991–92 FA Cup
Tournament details
Country	Sunderland
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)	John Byrne (7)
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

The 1991–92 FA Cup was the 111th season of the world's oldest knockout

Sunderland

2–0 in the final to take their 5th FA Cup trophy.

The appearance in the Cup Final of Sunderland, a

1973 FA Cup Final

.

This was the first FA Cup competition to use

extra time in a replayed

match.

First round proper

2020-21 FA Cup

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Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Blackpool	2–1	Grimsby Town
2	Chester City	1–0	Guiseley
3	Darlington	2–1	Chesterfield
4	Bournemouth	3–1	Bromsgrove Rovers
5	Barnet	5–0	Tiverton Town
6	Burnley	1–1	Doncaster Rovers
Replay	Doncaster Rovers	1–3	Burnley
7	Bury	0–1	Bradford City
8	Yeovil Town	1–1	Walsall
Replay	Walsall	0–1	Yeovil Town
9	West Bromwich Albion	6–0	Marlow
10	Scarborough	0–2	Wigan Athletic
11	Wrexham	5–2	Winsford United
12	Tranmere Rovers	3–0	Runcorn
13	Stockport County	3–1	Lincoln City
14	Windsor & Eton	2–4	Woking
15	Kidderminster Harriers	0–1	Aylesbury United
16	Fulham	0–2	Hayes
17	Brentford	3–3	Gillingham
Replay	Gillingham	1–3	Brentford
18	Maidstone United	1–0	Sutton United
19	Carlisle United	1–1	Crewe Alexandra
Replay	Crewe Alexandra	5–3	Carlisle United
20	Witton Albion	1–1	Halifax Town
Replay	Halifax Town	1–2	Witton Albion
21	Scunthorpe United	1–1	Rotherham United
Replay	Rotherham United	3–3	Scunthorpe United
Rotherham United won 7–6 on penalties
22	Huddersfield Town	7–0	Lincoln United
23	Mansfield Town	0–1	Preston North End
24	Halesowen Town	2–2	Farnborough Town
Replay	Farnborough Town	4–0	Halesowen Town
25	Morecambe	0–1	Hull City
26	Torquay United	3–0	Birmingham City
27	Kettering Town	1–1	Wycombe Wanderers
Replay	Wycombe Wanderers	0–2	Kettering Town
28	Stoke City	0–0	Telford United
Replay	Telford United	2–1	Stoke City
29	Aldershot	0–1	Enfield
30	Peterborough United	7–0	Harlow Town
31	Colchester United	0–0	Exeter City
Replay	Exeter City	0–0	Colchester United
Exeter City won 4–2 on penalties
32	Leyton Orient	2–1	Welling United
33	Slough Town	3–3	Reading
Replay	Reading	2–1	Slough Town
34	Crawley Town	4–2	Northampton Town
35	Bridlington Town	1–2	York City
36	Swansea City	2–1	Cardiff City
37	Emley	0–3	Bolton Wanderers
38	Hartlepool United	3–2	Shrewsbury Town
39	Gretna	0–0	Rochdale
Replay	Rochdale	3–1	Gretna
40	Atherstone United	0–0	Hereford United
Replay	Hereford United	3–0	Atherstone United

Second round proper

The second round matches were played on the weekend between 7–9 December 1991, with replays played midweek on 17 December.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Enfield	1–4	Barnet
2	Blackpool	0–1	Hull City
3	Darlington	1–2	Hartlepool United
4	Bournemouth	2–1	Brentford
5	Burnley	2–0	Rotherham United
6	Preston North End	5–1	Witton Albion
7	Rochdale	1–2	Huddersfield Town
8	Woking	3–0	Yeovil Town
9	Bolton Wanderers	3–1	Bradford City
10	Crewe Alexandra	2–0	Chester City
11	Wrexham	1–0	Telford United
12	Aylesbury United	2–3	Hereford United
13	Maidstone United	1–2	Kettering Town
14	Exeter City	0–0	Swansea City
Replay	Swansea City	1–2	Exeter City
15	Torquay United	1–1	Farnborough Town
Replay	Farnborough Town	4–3	Torquay United
16	York City	1–1	Tranmere Rovers
Replay	Tranmere Rovers	2–1	York City
17	Hayes	0–2	Crawley Town
18	Wigan Athletic	2–0	Stockport County
19	Peterborough United	0–0	Reading
Replay	Reading	1–0	Peterborough United
20	Leyton Orient	2–1	West Bromwich Albion

Third round proper

Teams from the

Tranmere

) entered in this round. The third round matches were played on the weekend between 4–6 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 14 and 15 January. However, the Newcastle United-Bournemouth match was replayed on 22 January, while the Derby County-Burnley match was replayed on 25 January.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Bournemouth	0–0	Newcastle United
Replay	Newcastle United	2–2	Bournemouth
Bournemouth won 4–3 on penalties
2	Bristol City	1–1	Wimbledon
Replay	Wimbledon	0–1	Bristol City
3	Burnley	2–2	Derby County
Replay	Derby County	2–0	Burnley
4	Preston North End	0–2	Sheffield Wednesday
5	Southampton	2–0	Queens Park Rangers
6	Woking	0–0	Hereford United
Replay	Hereford United	2–1	Woking
7	Leicester City	1–0	Crystal Palace
8	Notts County	2–0	Wigan Athletic
9	Nottingham Forest	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers
10	Blackburn Rovers	4–1	Kettering Town
11	Aston Villa	0–0	Tottenham Hotspur
Replay	Tottenham Hotspur	0–1	Aston Villa
12	Bolton Wanderers	2–0	Reading
13	Crewe Alexandra	0–4	Liverpool
14	Middlesbrough	2–1	Manchester City
15	Sunderland	3–0	Port Vale
16	Everton	1–0	Southend United
17	Swindon Town	3–2	Watford
18	Wrexham	2–1	Arsenal
19	Sheffield United	4–0	Luton Town
20	Ipswich Town	1–1	Hartlepool United
Replay	Hartlepool United	0–2	Ipswich Town
21	Bristol Rovers	5–0	Plymouth Argyle
22	Coventry City	1–1	Cambridge United
Replay	Cambridge United	1–0	Coventry City
23	West Ham United	1–1	Farnborough Town
Replay	West Ham United	1–0	Farnborough Town
24	Brighton & Hove Albion	5–0	Crawley Town
25	Norwich City	1–0	Barnsley
26	Hull City	0–2	Chelsea
27	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Leyton Orient
Replay	Leyton Orient	4–2	Oldham Athletic
28	Exeter City	1–2	Portsmouth
29	Huddersfield Town	0–4	Millwall
30	Charlton Athletic	3–1	Barnet
31	Leeds United	0–1	Manchester United
32	Oxford United	3–1	Tranmere Rovers

Fourth round proper

The fourth round matches were played on the weekend between 25 and 27 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 4–5 February. However, the Bristol Rovers-Liverpool match was played on 5 February, and replayed on 11 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Southampton	0–0	Manchester United
Replay	Manchester United	2–2	Southampton
Southampton won 4–2 on penalties
2	Leicester City	1–2	Bristol City
3	Notts County	2–1	Blackburn Rovers
4	Nottingham Forest	2–0	Hereford United
5	Sheffield Wednesday	1–2	Middlesbrough
6	Bolton Wanderers	2–1	Brighton & Hove Albion
7	Derby County	3–4	Aston Villa
8	Ipswich Town	3–0	Bournemouth
9	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Liverpool
Replay	Liverpool	2–1	Bristol Rovers
10	Portsmouth	2–0	Leyton Orient
11	West Ham United	2–2	Wrexham
Replay	Wrexham	0–1	West Ham United
12	Norwich City	2–1	Millwall
13	Chelsea	1–0	Everton
14	Charlton Athletic	0–0	Sheffield United
Replay	Sheffield United	3–1	Charlton Athletic
15	Cambridge United	0–3	Swindon Town
16	Oxford United	2–3	Sunderland

Fifth round proper

The fifth round matches were played on the weekend between 15 and 16 February 1992, with replays played midweek on 26 February.

Tie no	Home team	Score	Away team
1	Nottingham Forest	4–1	Bristol City
2	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Southampton
Replay	Southampton	3–2	Bolton Wanderers
3	Sunderland	1–1	West Ham United
Replay	West Ham United	2–3	Sunderland
4	Swindon Town	1–2	Aston Villa
5	Ipswich Town	0–0	Liverpool
Replay	Liverpool	3–2	Ipswich Town
6	Portsmouth	1–1	Middlesbrough
Replay	Middlesbrough	2–4	Portsmouth
7	Norwich City	3–0	Notts County
8	Chelsea	1–0	Sheffield United

Sixth round proper

The sixth round matches were played on the weekend beginning 7–8 March 1992, with replays being played on 18 March.

Liverpool began to compensate for a sub-standard league season by eliminating Aston Villa and booking themselves a seemingly easy semi-final tie with a Portsmouth side who defeated League Cup finalists Nottingham Forest and ending their hopes of a unique FA Cup/League Cup double.

Norwich City reached the semi-finals for the second time in four seasons after beating Southampton in a replay.

Sunderland joined fellow Second Division side Portsmouth in the FA Cup semi-finals thanks to a 2–1 replay win over Chelsea after a 1–1 draw.

7 March 1992

Nottingham Forest
McLoughlin 2'

Fratton Park, Portsmouth

Referee: Stephen Lodge

7 March 1992

Southampton	0–0	Norwich City

The Dell, Southampton

8 March 1992

Aston Villa
Thomas 67'	[1]

Anfield, Liverpool

Attendance: 29,109

Referee: Philip Don

9 March 1992

Chelsea	1–1	Sunderland
Allen 37'		Byrne 82'

Stamford Bridge, West London

Attendance: 33,948

Referee: Terry Holbrook

Replays

18 March 1992

a.e.t.	Southampton
Newman 55' Sutton 116'		Ruddock 45'

Carrow Road, Norwich

18 March 1992

Sunderland	2–1	Chelsea
Davenport 20' Armstrong 88'		Wise 86'

Roker Park, Sunderland

Attendance: 26,039

Referee: Terry Holbrook

Semi-finals

The semi-finals were played on 5 April 1992. It was the first time that

Sunderland and First Division Norwich City who were competing for a place in the final. Sunderland went through with John Byrne scoring the only goal of the game to take the Wearsiders

to their first cup final since 1973.

Portsmouth held Liverpool to a 1–1 draw in the other semi-final at Highbury, with the replay being held at Villa Park, which went to penalties after a goalless draw. Liverpool emerged as victors in the shootout to reach the FA Cup final for the fourth time in seven seasons.

5 April 1992

Liverpool	1–1 (a.e.t)	Portsmouth
Whelan 116'	Report	Anderton 111'

Highbury, London

Attendance: 41,869

Referee: Martin Bodenham

5 April 1992

Norwich City	0–1	Sunderland
		Byrne 34'

Hillsborough, Sheffield

Attendance: 40,102

Referee: Neil Midgley (Bolton)

Replay

13 April 1992

Portsmouth	0–0 (a.e.t)	Liverpool
	Report

Villa Park, Birmingham

Attendance: 40,077

Referee: Martin Bodenham

Liverpool won 3–1 on penalties

Final

Liverpool won the FA Cup for the fifth time with a 2–0 victory to compensate for their worst league season (sixth place) for more than 20 years. Ian Rush scored his fifth goal in FA Cup Finals, a record.

9 May 1992
15:00 BST

Liverpool	2–0	Sunderland
Thomas 47' Rush 68'

Wembley, London

Attendance: 79,544

Referee: Philip Don (Hanworth Park, Middlesex)

Liverpool

Sunderland

Media coverage

For the fourth consecutive season in the United Kingdom, the BBC was the free to air broadcaster. For the first full season following its absorption of BSB's Sports Channel, Sky Sports was the subscription broadcaster.

The live matches on the BBC were:

•

Manchester United

(R3)

• Chelsea 1-0 Everton (R4)

•

Aston Villa

(R5)

•

Aston Villa

(QF)

• Liverpool 1-1 Portsmouth (SF)

•

Norwich City 0-1 Sunderland

(SF)

• Liverpool 2-0 Sunderland (Final)

The live matches on Sky Sports were:

•

Preston North End

(R1)

• Brentford 3-3 Gillingham (R1)

•

Preston North End

(R1 Replay)

•

Tranmere Rovers

(R2)

•

West Bromwich Albion

(R2)

•

Torquay United

(R2 Replay)

•

Crewe Alexandra 0-4 Liverpool

•

•

•

• Ipswich Town 0-0 Liverpool (R5)

• Liverpool 3-2 Ipswich Town (R5 Replay)

• Chelsea 1-1 Sunderland (QF)

• Sunderland 2-1 Chelsea (QF Replay)

• Portsmouth 0-0 Liverpool (SF Replay)

The first round match between

Preston North End was abandoned after 32 minutes due to heavy fog. The game was replayed 11 days later and it was shown live on Sky Sports

as planned after they previously showed the abandoned match.

The third round match between

Tottenham Hotspur

which had been played earlier in the day.

References

External links

The FA Cup at TheFA.com
FA Cup at BBC.co.uk
FA Cup news at Reuters.co.uk

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