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First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

The last-ever league championship before the creation of the Premier League

FA Premier League

The Premier League is an English professional league for association football clubs. At the top of the English football league system, it is the country's primary football competition. Contested by 20 clubs, it operates on a system of promotion and relegation with The Football League. The Premier...

was won by Leeds United who overhauled Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...

thanks to the efforts of, among others, Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan

Gordon David Strachan OBE is a Scottish football manager and former player. He is currently without a club, having last managed Middlesbrough. Strachan played for Dundee, Aberdeen, Manchester United, Leeds United and Coventry City, as well as the Scotland national team. Prior to Middlesbrough,...

, Lee Chapman

Lee Chapman

Lee Chapman is an English former footballer who scored almost 200 first-team goals as a striker. He was best known for his spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United...

, David Batty

David Batty

David Batty is an English retired professional footballer, who played as a defensive midfielder....

, Gary Speed

Gary Speed

Gary Andrew Speed, MBE was a Welsh football player and manager. He was captain of the Wales national football team until he retired from international football in 2004 and he remains the most capped outfield player for Wales and the second overall, having appeared 85 times at senior level between...

and Gary McAllister

Gary McAllister

Gary McAllister MBE is a Scottish former professional footballer.McAllister played primarily as a midfielder, in a successful career spanning over nineteen years. He started his career at local side Motherwell before moving south of the border to Leicester City at the age of 20...

. After runners-up Manchester United came newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...

, who were quickly emerging as one of the most feared sides in England.

Defending champions Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...

slipped to fourth place in the 1991–92 season and never made a serious threat to retain their title. The previous season's runners-up Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...

slipped to sixth in their first full season under the management of Graeme Souness.

Newly promoted West Ham United

West Ham United F.C.

West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...

were relegated in bottom place, with another newly promoted side – Notts County

Notts County F.C.

Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...

– following days later. The last day of the season saw Luton Town

Luton Town F.C.

Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...

lose their top flight status after 10 seasons.

Second Division
Football League Second Division
From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

John Lyall took Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02....

back to the First Division after a six-year absence for the Suffolk club. The Tractor Boys were followed up by runners-up Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...

, but it was playoff winners Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....

whose promotion made the biggest headlines. Bankrolled by millionaire chairman Jack Walker

Jack Walker

Jack Walker was a British industrialist and businessman, from Blackburn, Lancashire. Walker invested tens of millions of pounds in Blackburn Rovers football club after amassing a personal fortune of £600 million...

and managed by former Liverpool boss Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

Kenneth Mathieson "Kenny" Dalglish MBE is a Scottish former footballer and the current manager of Liverpool F.C.. In a 22-year playing career, he played for two club teams, Celtic and Liverpool, winning numerous honours with both. He is the most capped Scottish player, with 102 appearances, and...

, Rovers beat Leicester 1–0 in the playoff final to end a 26-year exile from the top flight.

The Second Division relegation places were occupied by Port Vale

Port Vale F.C.

Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...

, Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...

and Brighton & Hove Albion

Brighton & Hove Albion F.C.

Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....

– the latter team had been playoff losing finalists just 12 months before going down, but their fortunes had been ruined by financial problems.

Third Division
Football League Third Division
The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

New manager Phil Holder

Phil Holder

Philip "Phil" Holder is an English former association football player and manager. As player, he made more than 150 appearances in the Football League representing Tottenham Hotspur, Crystal Palace and A.F.C. Bournemouth, and played in the North American Soccer League for the Memphis Rogues...

guided Brentford

Brentford F.C.

Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One....

to a surprise Third Division championship success, while Terry Cooper's Birmingham occupied runners-up spot and the playoffs were won by Chris Turner's Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...

.

The Third Division drop zone was occupied by Shrewsbury Town

Shrewsbury Town F.C.

Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...

, Bury

Bury F.C.

Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...

, Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...

and Darlington

Darlington F.C.

Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

Fourth Division
Football League Fourth Division
The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

Burnley

Burnley F.C.

Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888...

won the Fourth Division title to join Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...

as champions of all four divisions of the Football League. Also going up were Rotherham United

Rotherham United F.C.

Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...

, Mansfield Town

Mansfield Town F.C.

Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...

and play-off winners Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...

.

On 25 March 1992, Aldershot

Aldershot F.C.

Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...

were declared bankrupt and obliged to resign from the Football League – their record was expunged. There was no relegation from the Football League in 1991–92. Carlisle United

Carlisle United F.C.

Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....

finished bottom, and Conference champions Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

Colchester United Football Club is an English football club based in Colchester. The club was formed in 1937, and briefly shared their old Layer Road home with now defunct side Colchester Town who had previously used the ground from 1910....

returned to the league after a two-year absence.

FA Cup
FA Cup
The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

Liverpool's Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness

Graeme James Souness is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.Souness was the captain of the successful Liverpool team of the early 1980s and player-manager of Rangers in the late 1980s as well as captain of the Scottish national team. He also played for Tottenham Hotspur,...

compensated for a disappointing first season as manager in the league by steering the Reds to a 2–0 FA Cup

FA Cup

The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...

victory over Second Division underdogs Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

League Cup
Football League Cup
The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

Manchester United missed out on the league title but achieved success in the League Cup

Football League Cup

The Football League Cup, commonly known as the League Cup or, from current sponsorship, the Carling Cup, is an English association football competition. Like the FA Cup, it is played on a knockout basis...

with a 1–0 triumph against Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

in the final.

First Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

Pos	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	W	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Leeds United	42	13	8	0	38	13	9	8	4	36	24	74	37	+37	82	UEFA Champions League 1992–93 First round
2	Manchester United Manchester United F.C. Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...	42	12	7	2	34	13	9	8	4	29	20	63	33	+30	78	UEFA Cup 1992–93 First Round
3	Sheffield Wednesday Sheffield Wednesday F.C. Sheffield Wednesday Football Club are a football club based in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, England, who are currently competing in the Football League One in the 2011-12 season, in England. Sheffield Wednesday are one of the oldest professional clubs in the world and the fourth oldest in the...	42	13	5	3	39	24	8	7	6	23	25	62	49	+13	75	UEFA Cup 1992–93 First Round
4	Arsenal Arsenal F.C. Arsenal Football Club is a professional English Premier League football club based in North London. One of the most successful clubs in English football, it has won 13 First Division and Premier League titles and 10 FA Cups...	42	12	7	2	51	23	7	8	6	30	24	81	47	+34	72
5	Manchester City Manchester City F.C. Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...	42	13	4	4	32	14	7	6	8	29	34	61	48	+13	70
6	Liverpool Liverpool F.C. Liverpool Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Liverpool, Merseyside. Liverpool has won eighteen League titles, second most in English football, seven FA Cups and a record seven League Cups...	42	13	5	3	34	17	3	11	7	13	23	47	40	+7	64	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
7	Aston Villa Aston Villa F.C. Aston Villa Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Witton, Birmingham. The club was founded in 1874 and have played at their current home ground, Villa Park, since 1897. Aston Villa were founder members of The Football League in 1888. They were also founder...	42	13	3	5	31	16	4	6	11	17	28	48	34	+14	60
8	Nottingham Forest Nottingham Forest F.C. Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...	42	10	7	4	36	27	6	4	11	24	31	60	58	+2	59
9	Sheffield United Sheffield United F.C. Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...	42	9	6	6	29	23	7	3	11	36	40	65	63	+2	57
10	Crystal Palace Crystal Palace F.C. Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...	42	7	8	6	24	25	7	7	7	29	36	54	61	–7	57
11	Queens Park Rangers Queens Park Rangers F.C. Queens Park Rangers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in White City, Hammersmith and Fulham, west London. As the 2010-11 Football League Championship champions, they now play in the top tier of English football the Premier League, for the first time in 15 years...	42	6	10	5	25	21	6	8	7	23	26	48	47	+1	54
12	Everton Everton F.C. Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...	42	8	8	5	28	19	5	6	10	24	32	52	51	+1	53
13	Wimbledon Wimbledon F.C. Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...	42	10	5	6	32	20	3	9	9	21	33	53	53	±0	53
14	Chelsea Chelsea F.C. Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...	42	7	8	6	31	30	6	6	9	19	30	50	60	–10	53
15	Tottenham Hotspur Tottenham Hotspur F.C. Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....	42	7	3	11	33	35	8	4	9	25	28	58	63	–5	52
16	Southampton Southampton F.C. Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...	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 Norwich City F.C. Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...	42	8	6	7	29	28	3	6	12	18	35	47	63	–16	45
19	Coventry City Coventry City F.C. Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...	42	6	7	8	18	15	5	4	12	17	29	35	44	–9	44
20	Luton Town Luton Town F.C. Luton Town Football Club is an English professional football club based since 1905 at Kenilworth Road, Luton, Bedfordshire. The club currently competes in the fifth tier of English football, the Conference National, for the third consecutive season during the 2011–12 season.Formed in 1885, it was...	42	10	7	4	25	17	0	5	16	14	54	39	71	–32	42
21	Notts County Notts County F.C. Notts County Football Club are an English professional football club based in Nottingham. They are the oldest of all the clubs in the world that are now professional, having been formed in 1862. They currently play in League One of The Football League, the third tier of the English football system...	42	7	5	9	24	29	3	5	13	16	33	40	62	–22	40
22	West Ham United West Ham United F.C. West Ham United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Upton Park, Newham, East London. They play in The Football League Championship. The club was founded in 1895 as Thames Ironworks FC and reformed in 1900 as West Ham United. In 1904 the club relocated to their current...	42	6	6	9	22	24	3	5	13	15	35	37	59	–22	38

Second Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

Pos	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	W	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Ipswich Town Ipswich Town F.C. Ipswich Town Football Club are an English professional football team based in Ipswich, Suffolk. As of 2011, they play in the Football League Championship, having last appeared in the Premier League in 2001–02.... (C)	46	16	3	4	42	22	8	9	6	28	28	70	50	+20	84
2	Middlesbrough Middlesbrough F.C. Middlesbrough Football Club , also known as Boro, are an English football club based in Middlesbrough, who play in the Football League Championship. Formed in 1876, they have played at the Riverside Stadium since August 1995, their third ground since turning professional in 1889...	46	15	6	2	37	13	8	5	10	21	28	58	41	+17	80
3	Derby County Derby County F.C. Derby County Football Club is an English football based in Derby. the club play in the Football League Championship and is notable as being one of the twelve founder members of the Football League in 1888 and is, therefore, one of only ten clubs to have competed in every season of the English...	46	11	4	8	35	24	12	5	6	34	27	69	51	+18	78
4	Leicester City Leicester City F.C. Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...	46	14	4	5	41	24	9	4	10	21	31	62	55	+ 7	77
5	Cambridge United Cambridge United F.C. Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...	46	10	9	4	34	19	9	8	6	31	28	65	47	+18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers Blackburn Rovers F.C. Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....	46	14	5	4	41	21	7	6	10	29	32	70	53	+17	74
7	Charlton Athletic Charlton Athletic F.C. Charlton Athletic Football Club is an English professional football club based in Charlton, in the London Borough of Greenwich. They compete in Football League One, the third tier of English football. The club was founded on 9 June 1905, when a number of youth clubs in the southeast London area,...	46	9	7	7	25	23	11	4	8	29	25	54	48	+ 6	71
8	Swindon Town Swindon Town F.C. Swindon Town Football Club are a team based in Swindon, Wiltshire. Currently in League Two, Swindon have been managed by Paolo Di Canio since 23 May 2011...	46	15	3	5	38	22	3	12	8	31	33	69	55	+14	69
9	Portsmouth Portsmouth F.C. Portsmouth Football Club is an English football club based in the city of Portsmouth. The club is nicknamed Pompey. Portsmouth's home matches have been played at Fratton Park since the club's formation in 1898. The team currently play in the Football League Championship after being relegated from...	46	15	6	2	41	12	4	6	13	24	39	65	51	+14	69
10	Watford Watford F.C. Watford Football Club is an English professional football club based in Watford, Hertfordshire. It is often referred to as Watford F.C., Watford, or by the team's nickname The Hornets . Watford Rovers, Founded in 1881, entered the FA Cup for the first time in 1886, and the Southern League a decade...	46	9	5	9	25	23	9	6	8	26	25	51	48	+ 3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. Wolverhampton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club that represents the city of Wolverhampton in the West Midlands region. They are members of the Premier League, the highest level of English football. The club was founded in 1877 and since 1889 has played at...	46	11	6	6	36	24	7	4	12	25	29	61	53	+ 8	64
12	Southend United Southend United F.C. Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...	46	11	5	7	37	26	6	6	11	26	37	61	61	± 0	62
13	Bristol Rovers Bristol Rovers F.C. Bristol Rovers Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Bristol, that competes in Football League Two. The team plays its home matches at the Memorial Stadium, in the Horfield area of the city....	46	11	9	3	43	29	5	5	13	17	34	60	63	– 3	62
14	Tranmere Rovers Tranmere Rovers F.C. Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...	46	9	9	5	37	32	5	10	8	19	24	56	56	± 0	61
15	Millwall Millwall F.C. Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...	46	10	4	9	32	32	7	6	10	32	39	64	71	– 7	61
16	Barnsley Barnsley F.C. Barnsley Football Club are a professional English football club based in the town of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. Nicknamed the Tykes, they were founded in 1887 under the name Barnsley St. Peter's...	46	11	4	8	26	25	5	7	11	19	32	45	57	–12	59
17	Bristol City Bristol City F.C. Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...	46	10	8	5	30	24	3	7	13	25	47	55	71	–16	54
18	Sunderland	46	10	8	5	36	23	4	3	16	25	42	61	65	– 4	53
19	Grimsby Town Grimsby Town F.C. Grimsby Town Football Club is an English football club based in the seaside town of Cleethorpes, in North East Lincolnshire, England, who compete in the Conference National. They were formed in 1878 as Grimsby Pelham and later became Grimsby Town...	46	7	5	11	25	28	7	6	10	22	34	47	62	–15	53
20	Newcastle United Newcastle United F.C. Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...	46	9	8	6	38	30	4	5	14	28	54	66	84	–18	52
21	Oxford United Oxford United F.C. Oxford United Football Club is an English association football club based in Oxford, Oxfordshire. The club play in League Two, following promotion from the Conference National in May 2010. The club had been a non-League side since their relegation from the Football League in the 2005–06 season. The...	46	10	6	7	39	30	3	5	15	27	43	66	73	– 7	50
22	Plymouth Argyle Plymouth Argyle F.C. Plymouth Argyle Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Plymouth, Devon, that plays in Football League Two.Since becoming professional in 1903, the club has won five Football League titles, five Southern League titles and one Western League title. The 2009–10 season was the...	46	11	5	7	26	26	2	4	17	16	38	42	64	–22	48
23	Brighton & HA Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. Brighton & Hove Albion Football Club are an English association football club based in the coastal city of Brighton & Hove, East Sussex. They currently play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system....	46	7	7	9	36	37	5	4	14	20	40	56	77	–21	47
24	Port Vale Port Vale F.C. Port Vale Football Club is an English football club currently playing in Football League Two. They are based in Burslem, Staffordshire — one of six towns that make up the city of Stoke-on-Trent. The club's traditional rivals in the city are Stoke City, and games between the two clubs are known as...	46	7	8	8	23	25	3	7	13	19	34	42	59	–17	45

Third Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

Pos	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	W	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Brentford Brentford F.C. Brentford Football Club are a professional English football club based in Brentford in the London Borough of Hounslow. They are currently playing in Football League One.... (C)	46	17	2	4	55	29	8	5	10	26	26	81	55	+26	82
2	Birmingham City Birmingham City F.C. Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...	46	15	6	2	42	22	8	6	9	27	30	69	52	+17	81
3	Huddersfield Town Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...	46	15	4	4	36	15	7	8	8	23	23	59	38	+21	78
4	Stoke City Stoke City F.C. Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...	46	14	5	4	45	24	7	9	7	24	25	69	49	+20	77
5	Stockport County Stockport County F.C. Stockport County Football Club is an English football club based in Stockport, Greater Manchester. The club formed in 1883 as Heaton Norris Rovers, shortly afterwards merging with Heaton Norris F.C., and adopted the current name on 24 May 1890 on the creation of the County Borough of Stockport...	46	15	5	3	47	19	7	5	11	28	32	75	49	+26	76
6	Peterborough United Peterborough United F.C. Peterborough United Football Club are a professional English football club based in Peterborough. Peterborough United formed in 1934 and played in the old Midland League, which they won six times; eventually being admitted to the Football League in 1960, replacing Gateshead. Their home ground is...	46	13	7	3	38	20	7	7	9	27	38	65	58	+13	74
7	West Bromwich Albion West Bromwich Albion F.C. West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...	46	12	6	5	45	25	7	8	8	19	24	64	49	+15	71
8	Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth A.F.C. Bournemouth is an English football club currently playing in Football League One. The club plays at Dean Court in Kings Park, Boscombe, Bournemouth, Dorset and have been in existence since 1899....	46	13	4	6	33	18	7	7	9	19	30	52	48	+ 4	71
9	Fulham Fulham F.C. Fulham Football Club is a professional English Premier League club based in southwest London Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Founded in 1879, they play in the Premier League, their 11th current season...	46	11	7	5	29	16	8	6	9	28	37	57	53	+ 4	70
10	Leyton Orient Leyton Orient F.C. Leyton Orient F.C. are an English professional football club in East London. They currently play in Football League One and are known to their fans as the O's.Leyton Orient have spent one season in the top flight of English football, in 1962–63...	46	12	7	4	36	18	6	4	13	26	34	62	52	+10	65
11	Hartlepool United Hartlepool United F.C. Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...	46	12	5	6	30	21	6	6	11	27	36	57	57	± 0	65
12	Reading Reading F.C. Reading Football Club is an English association football club based in the town of Reading, Berkshire who currently play in the Championship...	46	9	8	6	33	27	7	5	11	26	35	59	62	– 3	61
13	Bolton Wanderers Bolton Wanderers F.C. Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....	46	10	9	4	26	19	4	8	11	31	37	57	56	+ 1	59
14	Hull City Hull City A.F.C. Hull City Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, founded in 1904. The club participates in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football...	46	9	4	10	28	23	7	7	9	26	31	54	54	± 0	59
15	Wigan Athletic Wigan Athletic F.C. Wigan Athletic Football Club is an English Premier League Association football club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester, having been promoted from the Championship in 2005. Wigan's current spell in the Premier League is the only top flight run in the club's history.They have played at the DW...	46	11	6	6	33	21	4	8	11	25	43	58	64	– 6	59
16	Bradford City	46	8	10	5	36	30	5	9	9	26	31	62	61	+ 1	58
17	Preston North End Preston North End F.C. Preston North End Football Club is an English professional football club located in the Deepdale area of the city of Preston, Lancashire, currently playing in the third tier of English league football, League One...	46	12	7	4	42	32	3	5	15	19	40	61	72	–11	57
18	Chester City Chester City F.C. Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...	46	10	6	7	34	29	4	8	11	22	30	56	59	– 3	56
19	Swansea City	46	10	9	4	35	24	4	5	14	20	41	55	65	–10	56
20	Exeter City Exeter City F.C. Exeter City Football Club is an English football club, based in Exeter, which is owned by its fans through the Exeter City Supporters Trust.The club was a member of the Football League from 1920 to 2003...	46	11	7	5	34	25	3	4	16	23	55	57	80	–23	53
21	Bury Bury F.C. Bury Football Club is an association football team based in Bury, Greater Manchester. The team currently play in League One. The club's nickname is The Shakers which was bestowed upon them by club chairman JT Ingham, an industrialist and ironmonger of the late 1890s.-Formation of the club and the...	46	8	7	8	31	31	5	5	13	24	43	55	74	–19	51
22	Shrewsbury Town Shrewsbury Town F.C. Shrewsbury Town Football Club is an English Association football club based in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, who play in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club was formed in 1886 and has played in all the bottom three divisions in various guises since being elected into the Football...	46	7	7	9	30	31	5	4	14	23	37	53	68	–15	47
23	Torquay United Torquay United F.C. Torquay United Football Club, nicknamed the Gulls, are an English association football club based in the tourist resort town of Torquay, Devon. They played in the Conference National in 2008–09, but were promoted to Football League Two after a 2–0 win over Cambridge United on 17 May 2009 at Wembley...	46	13	3	7	29	19	0	5	18	13	49	42	68	–26	47
24	Darlington Darlington F.C. Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...	46	5	5	13	31	39	5	2	16	25	51	56	90	–34	37

Fourth Division
Football League First Division
The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

Pos	Team	Pld	D	L	GF	GA	W	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	Pts	Notes
1	Burnley Burnley F.C. Burnley Football Club are a professional English Football League club based in Burnley, Lancashire. Nicknamed the Clarets, due to the dominant colour of their home shirts, they were founder members of the Football League in 1888... (C)	42	14	4	3	42	16	11	4	6	37	27	79	43	+36	83
2	Rotherham United Rotherham United F.C. Rotherham United Football Club are an English professional football club based in Rotherham, South Yorkshire, who compete in League Two, the fourth tier of English football. The club's colours have traditionally been red and white, although these have evolved through history...	42	12	6	3	38	16	10	5	6	32	21	70	36	+34	77
3	Mansfield Town Mansfield Town F.C. Mansfield Town Football Club is an English football club from the former mining town of Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. The club was formed in 1897 as Mansfield Wesleyans and changed its name to Mansfield Wesley in 1906 before settling on Mansfield Town in 1910...	42	13	4	4	43	26	10	4	7	32	27	75	53	+22	77
4	Blackpool Blackpool F.C. Blackpool Football Club are an English football club founded in 1887 from the Lancashire seaside town of Blackpool. They are competing in the 2011–12 season of the The Championship, the second tier of professional football in England, having been relegated from the Premier League at the end of the...	42	17	3	1	48	13	5	7	9	23	32	71	45	+26	76
5	Scunthorpe United Scunthorpe United F.C. Scunthorpe United Football Club is an English association football team based in the town of Scunthorpe, North Lincolnshire, who play in the Football League One....	42	14	5	2	38	18	7	4	10	25	41	63	59	+ 4	72
6	Crewe Alexandra Crewe Alexandra F.C. Crewe Alexandra Football Club is an English professional football club based in Crewe, Cheshire. Nicknamed The Railwaymen due to the town's links with the rail industry, they currently play in Football League Two, the fourth tier of English football, and are based at the Alexandra Stadium.The club...	42	12	6	3	33	20	8	4	9	33	31	66	51	+15	70
7	Barnet Barnet F.C. Barnet Football Club is an English football team from High Barnet, London, England, currently playing in Football League Two. The ground is in the town of Barnet within the London Borough of Barnet....	42	16	1	4	48	23	5	5	11	33	38	81	61	+20	69
8	Rochdale	42	12	6	3	34	22	6	7	8	23	31	57	53	+ 4	67
9	Cardiff City Cardiff City F.C. Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...	42	13	3	5	42	26	4	12	5	24	27	64	53	+11	66	UEFA Cup Winners' Cup 1992–93 First round
10	Lincoln City Lincoln City F.C. Lincoln City Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Lincoln, Lincolnshire. The club are currently members of the Conference National in 2011–12 following relegation from the Football League....	42	9	5	7	21	24	8	6	7	29	20	50	44	+ 6	62
11	Gillingham Gillingham F.C. Gillingham Football Club is an English professional football club based in the town of Gillingham, Kent. The only Kent-based club in the Football League, they play their home matches at the Priestfield Stadium...	42	12	5	4	41	19	3	7	11	22	34	63	53	+10	57
12	Scarborough Scarborough F.C. Scarborough Football Club was an English football club based in the seaside resort of Scarborough, North Yorkshire. They were one of the oldest football clubs in England, formed in 1879, before they were wound up on 20 June 2007, with debts of £2.5 million.In the 2006–07 season...	42	12	5	4	39	28	3	7	11	25	40	64	68	– 4	57
13	Chesterfield Chesterfield F.C. Chesterfield Football Club is an English football club based in Chesterfield, Derbyshire. The club currently plays in Football League One, the third tier of English football. Despite being the fourth oldest Football League club in England, they have spent most of their existence in the lower...	42	6	7	8	26	28	8	4	9	23	33	49	61	–12	53
14	Wrexham	42	11	4	6	31	26	3	5	13	21	47	52	73	–21	51
15	Walsall Walsall F.C. Walsall Football Club are an English association football club based in Walsall, West Midlands. They currently play in League One. The club was founded in 1888 as Walsall Town Swifts, an amalgamation of Walsall Town F.C. and Walsall Swifts F.C. The club was one of the founder members of the Second...	42	5	10	6	28	26	7	3	11	20	32	48	62	–14	49
16	Northampton Northampton Town F.C. Northampton Town Football Club are an English professional football club based in Northampton, Northamptonshire. They currently play in Football League Two, the lowest league division, after being relegated from League One on the last day of the 2008–09 season...	42	5	9	7	25	23	6	4	11	21	33	46	56	–10	46
17	Hereford United Hereford United F.C. Hereford United Football Club is an English professional football club based in the city of Hereford. Founded in 1924, they are competing in Football League Two in the 2011–12 season. Hereford have played at Edgar Street for their entire history and are nicknamed 'The Whites' or 'The Lilywhites',...	42	9	4	8	31	24	3	4	14	13	33	44	57	–13	44
18	Maidstone United Maidstone United F.C. (1897) The original Maidstone United was an English football club that existed from 1897 to 1992. The club played in the Football League Fourth Division from 1989 until their demise in 1992. During their time in the Football League Maidstone played their games at Dartford's Watling Street Ground...	42	6	9	6	24	22	2	9	10	21	34	45	56	–11	42
19	York City York City F.C. York City Football Club is an English football club based in York, North Yorkshire. The club participates in the Conference National, the fifth tier of English football. Founded in 1922, they joined the Football League in 1929, and have spent most of their history in the lower divisions...	42	6	9	6	26	23	2	7	12	16	35	42	58	–16	40
20	Halifax Town F.C. Halifax Town Football Club Halifax Town, otherwise known as FC Halifax Town are an English football team who currently play in the Conference North. The club replaced Halifax Town A.F.C. who went into administration during the 2007–08 season.-Formation:...	42	7	5	9	23	35	3	3	15	11	40	34	75	–41	38
21	Doncaster Rovers Doncaster Rovers F.C. Doncaster Rovers Football Club is an English football club, based at the Keepmoat Stadium in Doncaster, South Yorkshire. The team currently competes in the Football League Championship, after being promoted via the League One play-offs in 2008, and have remained there since.The club was founded in...	42	6	2	13	21	35	3	6	12	19	30	40	65	–25	35
22	Carlisle United Carlisle United F.C. Carlisle United F.C. is an English football club based in Carlisle, Cumbria, where they play at Brunton Park. Formed in 1904, the club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system....	42	5	9	7	24	27	2	4	15	17	40	41	67	–26	34
23	Aldershot Aldershot F.C. Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...																Expelled. Later refounded as Aldershot Town Aldershot Town F.C. Aldershot Town Football Club is an association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot Football Club...

Premier League gets go-ahead

1991–92 was the last season of the four-division Football League. For 1992–93

1992-93 in English football

The 1992–1993 season was the 113th season of competitive football in England.-Overview:This season saw the birth of the FA Premier League. This meant a break-up of the 104-year-old Football League that had operated until then with four divisions....

, the First Division

Football League First Division

The First Division was a division of The Football League between 1888 and 2004 and the highest division in English football until the creation of the Premier League in 1992. The secondary tier in English football has since become known as the Championship....

would become the breakaway FA Premier League

FA Premier League

, and the Football League would contain just three divisions. The new league was seen as the last chance to maintain interest in a sport which had been blighted in recent years by numerous incidents of hooliganism and images of decay at football grounds which had contributed to the Bradford Fire Disaster and the Hillsborough Disaster.

Leeds grab title a decade after relegation

Leeds United won the last-ever league championship after a decade of relegation and before the creation of the F.A Premier League, two years after returning to the top flight. Driving force in the title triumph was experienced midfielder Gordon Strachan, who helped Leeds overtake Strachan's former club Manchester United in the title race.

Dalglish makes comeback to deliver promised land to Blackburn

Blackburn Rovers, managed by former Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

manager Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

, won promotion to the new F.A Premier League to end a 26-year exile from the top flight of English football. Their triumph was sealed with a 1–0 win over Leicester City in the playoff final, thanks to a penalty from Mike Newell – a former Leicester striker.

Aldershot go bust

Aldershot

Aldershot F.C.

, who had been plagued with financial problems for two years, finally went out of business on 25 March. Their Fourth Division record was expunged and their place in the Football League was taken over by Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

for the 1992–93 season. A new club Aldershot Town

Aldershot Town F.C.

Aldershot Town Football Club is an association football club based in Aldershot, Hampshire, England, founded in the spring of 1992 just after the closure of debt-ridden Fourth Division club Aldershot Football Club...

was formed almost immediately, and joined the Third Division of the Isthmian League for the following season.

Maidstone follow

After only three seasons in the Football League Maidstone United

Maidstone United F.C. (1897)

The original Maidstone United was an English football club that existed from 1897 to 1992. The club played in the Football League Fourth Division from 1989 until their demise in 1992. During their time in the Football League Maidstone played their games at Dartford's Watling Street Ground...

resigned their membership at the end of the season, passing out of existence. The club were not replaced, ending the 93 team Football League after just one year.

League Cup win at last for United

Manchester United won the League Cup

Football League Cup

for the first time in their history after Brian McClair

Brian McClair

Brian John McClair is a former Scottish international football player who played as a forward, notable for his near 11-year spell at Manchester United, as well as important tenures at Scottish clubs Celtic and Motherwell...

scored the only goal of the game in a 1–0 win over Nottingham Forest at Wembley. It was some consolation for their failed title challenge.

Souness delivers Cup glory for Reds

Liverpool won the FA Cup

FA Cup

for the fifth time in their first full season under the management of Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness

, beating Second Division underdogs Sunderland 2–0 in the final at Wembley. Ian Rush set a new record for scoring in FA Cup Finals at Wembley with his 5th goal.

Burnley enter the history books

Burnley

Burnley F.C.

won the last ever Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division

The Fourth Division of The Football League was the fourth-highest division in the English football league system from the 1958–59 season until the creation of the Premier League prior to the 1992–93 season...

championship to join Wolves as only the second English team to have been champions of all four divisions of the English league. It was Burnley's first successful season after a period of misery which had almost seen them relegated to the Conference in 1987.

The Owls make an impressive comeback

Newly promoted Sheffield Wednesday finished third in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

The UEFA Europa League is an annual association football cup competition organised by UEFA since 1971 for eligible European football clubs. It is the second most prestigious European club football contest after the UEFA Champions League...

, confounding suggestions that 37-year-old player-manager Trevor Francis was too inexperienced to keep the Owls in the top flight.

Euro final returns to Wembley

Wembley hosted the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

The UEFA Champions League, known simply the Champions League and originally known as the European Champion Clubs' Cup or European Cup, is an annual international club football competition organised by the Union of European Football Associations since 1955 for the top football clubs in Europe. It...

final for the first time in 14 years. Barcelona

FC Barcelona

Futbol Club Barcelona , also known as Barcelona and familiarly as Barça, is a professional football club, based in Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain....

of Spain beat Sampdoria of Italy 1–0.

Keegan rescues Newcastle

Newcastle United sacked manager Ossie Ardiles, just 36 hours after being told by chairman John Hall

John Hall (businessman)

Sir John Hall is a property developer in North East England. He is also life president and former chairman of Newcastle United.-Biography:...

that his job was safe. Hall appointed former striker Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan

Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....

as manager in hope of staving off relegation from the Second Division

Football League Second Division

From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...

– and he succeeded.

Successful players

In his last season at Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

before joining Nagoya Grampus Eight

Nagoya Grampus Eight

are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...

of Japan, Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker

Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...

was voted FWA Footballer of the Year

Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year

The Football Writers' Association Footballer of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football...

after scoring 28 goals in all competitions during the 1991–92 season.

The PFA Player of the Year

PFA Players' Player of the Year

The Professional Footballers' Association Players' Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player who is adjudged to have been the best of the year in English football...

award went to Manchester United's rock solid and ultra reliable central defender Gary Pallister

Gary Pallister

Gary Andrew Pallister is an English former footballer, most noted for his nine-year spell at Manchester United from 1989 until 1998...

.

The PFA voted Manchester United's exciting 18-year-old winger Ryan Giggs

Ryan Giggs

Ryan Joseph Giggs OBE is a Welsh professional footballer who plays for Manchester United. Giggs made his first appearance for the club during the 1990–91 season and has been a regular player since the 1991–92 season...

as Young Player of the Year

PFA Young Player of the Year

The Professional Footballers' Association Young Player of the Year is an annual award given to the player aged 23 or under at the start of the season who is adjudged to have been the best of the season in English football...

beating three other emerging young talents to the award in Steve McManaman

Steve McManaman

Steven McManaman is a retired English footballer who played as a midfielder, winger and playmaker. Having spent his playing career at two of European football's most successful clubs of the 20th century, Liverpool and Real Madrid, as well as a spell at Manchester City, McManaman is the most...

, Nick Barmby

Nick Barmby

Nicholas Jon "Nick" Barmby is an English footballer who plays for Hull City as a midfielder, where he is also caretaker manager. At his peak he earned a total of 23 caps for England between 1995 and 2001...

and team mate Lee Sharpe

Lee Sharpe

Lee Stuart Sharpe is an English former footballer. Predominantly a left winger, Sharpe joined Manchester United from Torquay United as a youngster in 1988, playing for the club up until 1996...

to the award. Giggs also picked up a League Cup

Football League Cup

winner's medal, but just missed out on the league title.

Veteran Scottish

Scottish people

The Scottish people , or Scots, are a nation and ethnic group native to Scotland. Historically they emerged from an amalgamation of the Picts and Gaels, incorporating neighbouring Britons to the south as well as invading Germanic peoples such as the Anglo-Saxons and the Norse.In modern use,...

midfielder Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan

, now in his 35th year, had another brilliant season as he proved the driving force in Leeds United's championship glory.

Little known Danish goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

quickly established himself as one of the most feared shot-stoppers in Europe in his first season with Manchester United, helping them win the League Cup and come within a shout of championship glory.

Sheffield Wednesday

Sheffield Wednesday F.C.

striker David Hirst

David Hirst (footballer)

David Eric Hirst is an English former professional footballer, an exciting but injury prone striker who played for Sheffield Wednesday for much of his career.-Playing career:...

earned himself an England

England national football team

The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

call-up after helping his side finish third in the league and earn their first European qualification since the 1960s.

Mike Newell

Mike Newell (footballer)

Michael Colin "Mike" Newell is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player he notably was a member of the Blackburn Rovers team which won the Premier League in 1995, as well also playing for Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic, Luton Town, Leicester City, Everton,...

made a stylish comeback from injury to score a winning penalty for Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

in the Second Division playoff final, pipping his old club Leicester

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

to a place in the new Premier League.

Successful managers

Leeds United manager Howard Wilkinson

Howard Wilkinson

Howard Wilkinson is a former English football player and manager, and has recently stepped down as a Non-Executive Director at Sheffield Wednesday after formerly relinquishing the chairman role to Milan Mandaric...

brought the league championship trophy to Elland Road

Elland Road

Elland Road is an all-seater football stadium in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. It has been the permanent residence of Leeds United A.F.C...

just two seasons after they gained promotion to the First Division.

Manchester United's Alex Ferguson

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

added another trophy to the Old Trafford

Old Trafford (football)

Old Trafford is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 75,811, Old Trafford is the second-largest football stadium in England after Wembley, the third-largest in the United Kingdom and the eleventh-largest in Europe...

boardroom, this time the club's first-ever League Cup.

Graeme Souness marked his first full season as Liverpool manager with an FA Cup triumph.

Trevor Francis had a successful first season as player-manager of Sheffield Wednesday, who finished third in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup to end a 28-year absence from European competitions.

John Lyall

John Lyall

John Angus Lyall was an English footballer and manager of Scottish descent. His mother, Catherine, was from the Isle of Lewis, his father, James, was from Kirriemuir. He was born in Ilford, Essex.- Youth team career :...

brought First Division football back to Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

for the first time since 1985–86

1985-86 in English football

The 1985–86 season was the 106th season of competitive football in England.- First Division :The championship crown went to Liverpool for the 16th time in their history at the end of their first season under the management of Kenny Dalglish, but they had to fight off some very stiff competition to...

.

Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

put together an impressive squad to win promotion to the new FA Premier League

FA Premier League

for fallen giant Blackburn Rovers

Blackburn Rovers F.C.

.

Brian Little

Brian Little (footballer)

Brian Little is an English former football player and manager who is currently without a job after being relieved of his duties as manager of Gainsborough Trinity on 22 August 2011. Little has previously managed Darlington, Leicester City, Aston Villa, Stoke City, West Bromwich Albion, Hull City,...

transformed Leicester City from relegation candidates the previous season into promotion contenders, reaching the play-off final in his first season in charge.

Phil Holder had a successful first season in management by winning the Third Division title with Brentford.

Chris Turner guided Peterborough United to a second successive promotion as they won the Third Division playoffs to claim a place in the second tier of the English league for the first time in their history.

Jimmy Mullen won the last-ever Fourth Division title with Burnley, who joined Wolverhampton Wanderers in the distinction of having been champions of all four divisions of the English league.

Roy McDonough steered Colchester United to title success in the Conference to return the club to the Football League after a two-year exile.

Second Division

Duncan Shearer
Duncan Shearer
Duncan Nichol Shearer is a former Scottish footballer and the brother of fellow former player Dave Shearer. He played shinty as well as football as a youth.-Playing career:...

(Swindon Town/Blackburn Rovers)/David Speedie
David Speedie
David Robert Speedie is a retired Scottish footballer who played for several clubs in England during the 1980s and 1990s, most notably Chelsea, Coventry City, Liverpool and Blackburn Rovers. He accumulated more than 500 football league appearances and scored almost 150 goals in a 14 year...

(Blackburn Rovers) – 23 goals

Third Division

Dean Holdsworth
Dean Holdsworth
Dean Christopher Holdsworth is an English former professional football player, now manager. As a striker he scored 193 goals in 610 league games over a 22 year career. Despite playing for 16 clubs in 19 spells the majority of his goals and appearances came at Brentford, Wimbledon, and Bolton...

(Brentford)/Iwan Roberts
Iwan Roberts
Iwan Wyn Roberts is a Welsh former professional footballer who played as a striker for a number of English league clubs. The most notable period of his club career was with Norwich City...

(Huddersfield Town) – 24 goals

Fourth Division

Dave Bamber
Dave Bamber
John David Bamber is an English former professional footballer.His nicknames included Bambs and Dipper Bamber, the latter for the way in which he lurched forward to head the ball....

(Blackpool)/Phil Stant
Phil Stant
Philip Richard "Phil" Stant was a professional footballer who played as a striker notably for Cardiff City and Lincoln City...

(Mansfield Town) – 26 goals

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European qualifiers

Leeds United were rewarded for their championship success with a place in the European Cup

UEFA Champions League

for the 1992–93

1992-93 in English football

season.

Runners-up Manchester United and third-placed Sheffield Wednesday were England's entrants for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

.

England's place in the Cup Winners Cup went to Liverpool.

Biggest rise

Blackburn Rovers won promotion to the new Premier League to end their 26-year spell outside the top flight.

Biggest fall

Brighton & Hove Albion were relegated to the league's third tier (Division Two next season) just one year after narrowly missing out on promotion to the top flight and eight years after being FA Cup finalists.

Famous debutants

29 January 1992: Ray Parlour

Ray Parlour

Raymond "Ray" Parlour , is a retired English footballer. He spent his career playing for Arsenal, Middlesbrough and Hull City. During his Arsenal career he was nicknamed "The Romford Pelé"; although the nickname was given with an ironic sense of humour, on account of his solid performance but...

, 18-year-old midfielder, makes his debut for Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

in their 2–0 league defeat against Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

.

2 May 1992: Eddie Newton

Eddie Newton

Edward John Ikem 'Eddie' Newton is a former English footballer who played most notably for Chelsea as a defensive midfielder...

, 20-year-old midfielder, comes on and scores as a substitute on his debut for Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

Chelsea Football Club are an English football club based in West London. Founded in 1905, they play in the Premier League and have spent most of their history in the top tier of English football. Chelsea have been English champions four times, FA Cup winners six times and League Cup winners four...

in the final game of the league season as they lose 2–1 to Everton

Everton F.C.

Everton Football Club are an English professional association football club from the city of Liverpool. The club competes in the Premier League, the highest level of English football...

Notable retirements

John Bailey
John Bailey (footballer born 1957)
John Bailey is a retired English professional footballer who played in the 1984 FA Cup Final with Everton.-Career:...

, left-back who was part of Everton's 1984 FA Cup winning team
1984 FA Cup Final
The 1984 FA Cup Final was contested by Everton and Watford at Wembley. Everton won 2–0, with one goal by Graeme Sharp and a particularly memorable goal from Andy Gray. He was adjudged by many to have fouled the Watford goalkeeper Steve Sherwood by heading the ball from Sherwood's hands....

, retired in January while playing for Bristol City in the Second Division.
Alan Devonshire
Alan Devonshire
Alan Devonshire is a retired English footballer and manager of Conference National club Braintree Town. He was a wide midfielder who made his name in the late 1970s playing for West Ham United . He won eight caps for England between 1980 and 1983...

, midfielder who was influential in West Ham United's successes between 1976 and 1990, retired at the end of the season after completing his career with a two-season spell at Watford.
Brian Talbot
Brian Talbot
Brian Ernest Talbot is an English football manager and former player. His son is Daniel Talbot.-Playing career:...

, 38-year-old former Arsenal and England midfielder, played his final league game as player-manager of Aldershot in the autumn.
Dave Bennett
Dave Bennett
David Anthony Bennett is an English former Association football player. He is most famous for playing in two FA Cup Finals; 1981 for Manchester City, when he finished on the losing side, and 1987, when he produced a Man of the Match performance as Coventry City beat Tottenham Hotspur 3-2.-Playing...

, FA Cup winner with Coventry City in 1987 and runner-up with Manchester City in 1981, retired from professional football after breaking his leg while on loan at Shrewsbury Town from Swindon Town, although he returned to playing at non-league with Nuneaton Borough.

Diary of the season

3 July 1991 - After a year in Spain

Spain

Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...

with Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...

, former Sheffield Wednesday striker Dalian Atkinson

Dalian Atkinson

Dalian Robert Atkinson is an English former footballer who played as a striker in the Football League and Premier League for Ipswich Town, Sheffield Wednesday, Aston Villa and Manchester City, in La Liga for Real Sociedad, in Ligue 1 for Metz, in the Turkish Super League for Fenerbahçe, in Saudi...

returns to England in a £1.6million move to Aston Villa. Mike Milligan

Mike Milligan (footballer)

Michael Milligan is a former English footballer of Irish descent.He left school in 1983 and signed for Oldham Athletic, establishing himself as a regular midfielder in the later part of the 1980s and helping them reach the FA Cup semi-final and Football League Cup final in the 1989-90...

ends his unsuccessful year-long spell at Everton and returns to Oldham Athletic for £600,000.

8 July 1991 - Chelsea pay Celtic £1.4million for defender Paul Elliott.

9 July 1991 - Leeds United sign striker Rod Wallace

Rod Wallace

Rodney Seymour "Rod" Wallace is a retired English footballer.Wallace played predominantly as a striker or part of an attacking forward line. He started his career at Southampton in 1988 playing 128 league games scoring 45 goals. This form earned him a transfer to Leeds where he won the first...

from Southampton for £1.6million and defender Tony Dorigo

Tony Dorigo

Anthony Robert Dorigo is a retired English football player who played for Aston Villa, Chelsea, Leeds United and the England national side as a left-back.-Career:...

from Chelsea for £1.3million.

10 July 1991 - Lennie Lawrence

Lennie Lawrence

Robin Michael Lawrence, commonly known as Lennie Lawrence, is a British football manager who is assistant manager of Crystal Palace. He has managed a number of English clubs and one Welsh club in a coaching career spanning over 30 years...

ends nine years as manager of Charlton Athletic to become the new manager of Middlesbrough in place of Colin Todd

Colin Todd

Colin Todd is an English football manager and former player. As a player, he made more than 600 appearances in the Football League, playing for Sunderland, Derby County, Everton, Birmingham City, Nottingham Forest, Oxford United and Luton Town, and also played in the North American Soccer League...

. Graeme Sharp

Graeme Sharp

Graeme Marshall Sharp is a former footballer. He started his playing career at Dumbarton before signing for Everton for £120,000 in 1980....

, Everton striker, ends 11 years at the club to sign for Oldham Athletic in a £500,000 deal, with Paul Warhurst

Paul Warhurst

Paul Warhurst is an English former football player. He was primarily as a defender, but has also played in midfield or as a striker at various points in his career...

heading out of Boundary Park

Boundary Park

Boundary Park is the main sports stadium of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with the towns of Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively, giving rise to the name Boundary Park....

in a £750,000 move to Sheffield Wednesday.

11 July 1991 – Former Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

striker John Aldridge

John Aldridge

John William Aldridge is a former Republic of Ireland international footballer and football manager...

returns to England in a £250,000 move to Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

, becoming their record signing after spending two years in Spain with Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...

.

12 July 1991 – Ron Atkinson looks to the future when he signs 18-year-old defender Ugo Ehiogu

Ugo Ehiogu

Ugochuku "Ugo" Ehiogu is an English former footballer who played as a centre back, most recently for Sheffield United...

for Aston Villa from West Bromwich Albion

West Bromwich Albion F.C.

West Bromwich Albion Football Club, also known as West Brom, The Baggies, The Throstles, Albion or WBA, are an English Premier League association football club based in West Bromwich in the West Midlands...

for £40,000. Former Tottenham Hotspur manager Peter Shreeves

Peter Shreeves

Peter Shreeves is a Welsh former football player, manager and coach.-Career:Shreeves was born in Neath in South Wales where his mother had been evacuated to during the early stages of World War II, but was brought up in Islington, London. He began his career with non-league Finchley from where he...

leaves Watford to return to White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane

White Hart Lane is an all-seater football stadium in Tottenham, London, England. Built in 1899, it is the home of Tottenham Hotspur and, after numerous renovations, the stadium has a capacity of 36,230....

as a coach, having worked at Vicarage Road

Vicarage Road

Vicarage Road, a stadium in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, is the home of the football club Watford and their tenants, the Saracens rugby union club. An all-seater stadium, its current capacity is 17,477.-History:...

on the coaching staff of former Tottenham player Steve Perryman

Steve Perryman

Stephen John "Steve" Perryman MBE is a former English international football player and current manager who is best remembered for his successes with Tottenham Hotspur during the 1970s and early 1980s...

.

15 July 1991 – Mark Wright moves from Derby County to Liverpool for £2.2million. Denmark

Denmark national football team

The Denmark national football team represents Denmark in association football and is controlled by the Danish Football Association , the governing body for the football clubs which are organized under DBU...

goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel

Peter Schmeichel

Peter Bolesław Schmeichel MBE is a retired Danish professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and was voted the "World's Best Goalkeeper" in 1992 and 1993...

joins Manchester United for £550,000.

19 July 1991 – Liverpool break the national transfer record by paying Derby County £2.9million for striker Dean Saunders

Dean Saunders

Dean Nicholas Saunders is a former Wales international footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He is the manager of Doncaster Rovers....

.

20 July 1991 – Aston Villa sell David Platt to A.S. Bari

A.S. Bari

Associazione Sportiva Bari is an Italian football club founded in 1908, they are based in Bari, Apulia and plays in Serie B. The club have spent many seasons bouncing between the top two divisions in Italian football, Serie A and Serie B....

of Italy for £6.5million – the most expensive fee for a British player, and more than double the latest record paid by a British club.

23 July 1991 – Nottingham Forest

Nottingham Forest F.C.

Nottingham Forest Football Club is an English Association Football club based in West Bridgford, Nottingham, that plays in the Football League Championship...

pay a club record £2million for Millwall's

Millwall F.C.

Millwall Football Club is an English professional football club based in South Bermondsey, south east London, that plays in the Football League Championship, the second tier of English football. Founded as Millwall Rovers in 1885, the club has retained its name despite having last played in the...

striker Teddy Sheringham

Teddy Sheringham

Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...

, who was the Football League's top goalscorer last season. Amstrad

Amstrad

Amstrad is a British electronics company, now wholly owned by BSkyB. As of 2006, Amstrad's main business is manufacturing Sky Digital interactive boxes....

computer tycoon Alan Sugar

Alan Sugar

Alan Michael Sugar, Baron Sugar is a British entrepreneur, media personality and political advisor. From humble origins in the East End of London, Sugar now has an estimated fortune of £770m , and was ranked 89th in the Sunday Times Rich List 2011...

joines forces with Tottenham Hotspur manager Terry Venables

Terry Venables

Terence Frederick "Terry" Venables , often referred to as "El Tel", is a former football player and manager, as well as being a media pundit. During the 1960s and 70s, he played for various clubs including Chelsea, Tottenham Hotspur and Queens Park Rangers, and gained two caps for England...

to take the club over; Venables becomes chief executive and hands over management of the first team to Peter Shreeves, who only returned to the club as a coach 11 days ago.

25 July 1991 – 37-year-old midfielder Jimmy Case

Jimmy Case

James Robert Case is a retired English football player who shot to fame with the all-conquering Liverpool side of the 1970s and became known as a player with one of the hardest shots in the game.-Early life:...

moves from Southampton

Southampton F.C.

Southampton Football Club is an English football team, nicknamed The Saints, based in the city of Southampton, Hampshire. The club gained promotion to the Championship from League One in the 2010–2011 season after being relegated in 2009. Their home ground is the St Mary's Stadium, where the club...

on a free transfer to AFC Bournemouth, who sell defender Shaun Teale

Shaun Teale

Shaun Teale is a former English professional footballer. He is perhaps most famous for being in the League Cup winning team of Aston Villa in 1994.-Playing career:...

to Aston Villa for £300,000. Middlesbrough prepare for a Second Division promotion challenge by signing striker Paul Wilkinson

Paul Wilkinson (footballer)

Paul Wilkinson is a retired English football striker currently working as the reserve team manager for Cardiff City.-Career:He started his career with Grimsby Town before moving to Everton in March 1985...

from Watford for £500,000.

26 July 1991 - Joe Royle

Joe Royle

Joseph "Joe" Royle is an English football manager. In his club career, he played for Everton , Manchester City, Bristol City, Norwich City, and the England national team...

further boosts Oldham Athletic's squad, ready for their first top flight season in almost 70 years, with a £400,000 move for Coventry City captain Brian Kilcline

Brian Kilcline

Brian Kilcline is an English former centre-half with Coventry City, Newcastle United, Notts County, Oldham Athletic, Swindon Town, Mansfield Town and Halifax Town, famous for his long hair and moustache....

.

30 July 1991 - The Football Association wins High Court

High Court

The term High Court usually refers to the superior court of a country or state. In some countries, it is the highest court . In others, it is positioned lower in the hierarchy of courts The term High Court usually refers to the superior court (or supreme court) of a country or state. In some...

approval, ahead of the Football League, to launch the new Premier League

FA Premier League

from next season.

31 July 1991 – Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

pay £130,000 for 22-year-old striker Paul Furlong

Paul Furlong

Paul Furlong is an English professional footballer, currently playing for St Albans City in a player/coach role.-Career:...

from Isthmian League

Isthmian League

The Isthmian League is a regional football league covering London and South East England featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. It is sponsored by Ryman, and therefore officially known as the Ryman League. It was founded in 1905 by amateur clubs in the London area...

side Enfield

Enfield F.C.

Enfield F.C. is a football club, formed in June 2007 after Enfield F.C. ceased to exist....

.

1 August 1991 – Liverpool sell Peter Beardsley

Peter Beardsley

Peter Andrew Beardsley MBE is an English former footballer who played between 1979 and 1999. He once set a record transfer fee in the game and represented his country 59 times between 1986 and 1996, once as captain...

to Everton for £1million. Tottenham Hotspur defender Mitchell Thomas

Mitchell Thomas

Mitchell Thomas is a retired English football defender. Whilst at Tottenham Hotspur he started in the 1987 FA Cup Final.-Playing career:...

moves to Luton Town for £500,000, and announce that injured midfielder Paul Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

Paul John Gascoigne , commonly referred to as Gazza, is a retired English professional footballer.Playing in the position of midfield, Gascoigne's career included spells at Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur, Lazio, Rangers, Middlesbrough, Everton and Gansu Tianma, where he scored at least a goal...

is set to move to Italian

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

club Lazio at the end of the season.

6 August 1991 – Keith Curle

Keith Curle

Keith Curle is an English former professional football player, who is currently first team coach at Queens Park Rangers.As a player, he was capped three times by England at senior level.-Playing career:...

becomes the most expensive defender in Britain when he joins Manchester City from Wimbledon for £2.5million. Kevin Richardson

Kevin Richardson (footballer)

Kevin Richardson is an English former footballer who made more than 500 appearances in the Football League and Premier League, playing for Everton, Watford, Arsenal, Aston Villa, Coventry City, Southampton, Barnsley and Blackpool, and also spent a season in La Liga with Real Sociedad. He was...

becomes the third player to leave Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad

Real Sociedad de Fútbol, S.A.D. is a Spanish football club based in the city of San Sebastián, Basque Country, founded on 7 September 1909...

for an English club this summer when he is sold to Aston Villa for £450,000.

7 August 1991 – Liverpool sell Steve Staunton

Steve Staunton

Stephen "Steve" Staunton is an Irish association football manager and former professional footballer, who was most recently manager of Darlington...

to Aston Villa for £1.1million. Terry Cooper resigns as manager of Third Division club Exeter City and is replaced by Alan Ball.

9 August 1991 - Within 48 hours of leaving Exeter City, Terry Cooper is named as the new Birmingham City manager.

10 August 1991 - League champions Arsenal and FA Cup winners Tottenham Hotspur share the FA Charity Shield

FA Community Shield

The Football Association Community Shield is English football's annual match contested between the champions of the previous Premier League season and the holders of the FA Cup at Wembley Stadium. If the Premier League champions also won the FA Cup then the league runners-up provide the opposition...

with a goalless draw at Wembley.

13 August 1991 – Mark Walters

Mark Walters

Mark Everton Walters is a retired professional footballer from Birmingham, England.-Aston Villa:Walters began his career as an apprentice at Aston Villa on leaving school in the summer of 1980, turning the professional a year later - just after Villa's Football League First Division title triumph...

follows his former Rangers manager Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness

to Liverpool in a £1.25million deal. Don Howe's brief return to Wimbledon's coaching staff ends when he announces his decision to leave the club with immediate effect, in response to manager Ray Harford's

Ray Harford

Raymond Thomas Harford was an English footballer, better known for his successes as a coach and manager than as a player. He is considered to have been one of the top coaches of his generation.-Playing career:...

decision to resign from the club within the next six months. West Ham United prepare for their First Division comeback by signing striker Mike Small from Brighton for £400,000.

14 August 1991 – Manchester City

Manchester City F.C.

Manchester City Football Club is an English Premier League football club based in Manchester. Founded in 1880 as St. Mark's , they became Ardwick Association Football Club in 1887 and Manchester City in 1894...

set a new national record for a defender by paying Wimbledon

Wimbledon F.C.

Wimbledon Football Club was an English professional association football club from Wimbledon, south-west London. Founded in 1889 as Wimbledon Old Central Football Club, the club spent most of its history in amateur and semi-professional non-League football before being elected to the Football...

£2.5million for Keith Curle

Keith Curle

. Chelsea reject a £1million offer from Tottenham Hotspur for striker Kerry Dixon

Kerry Dixon

Kerry Michael Dixon is a retired English professional footballer who played most notably for Chelsea and England.-Early years:...

.

15 August 1991 – Sheffield Wednesday preprare for their return to the First Division by paying a club record £1.2million for Rangers and England goalkeeper Chris Woods

Chris Woods

Christopher 'Chris' Charles Eric Woods is a former England international football goalkeeper, who played in the Football League and Premier League for Queens Park Rangers, Norwich City, Sheffield Wednesday, Reading, Southampton and Burnley, in the Scottish Football League for Rangers, and in Major...

, while Liverpool sell defender Gary Gillespie

Gary Gillespie

Gary Thompson Gillespie was a defender who played football for Liverpool through much of their dominant period of the 1980s.-Early career:...

to Celtic for £925,000 and Everton's Stuart McCall

Stuart McCall

Andrew Stuart Murray McCall , usually known as Stuart McCall, is a former footballer who played in central midfield. He played a total of 763 league games during his career, the 13th highest of all British footballers...

heads to Rangers for £1.2million. England winger Trevor Steven

Trevor Steven

Trevor McGregor Steven is a football talent scout. He was formerly an England footballer who shot to fame with the successful Everton side of the 1980s....

, formerly of Everton, becomes the most expensive English footballer in a £5million move to French

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

league champions Marseille

Marseille

Marseille , known in antiquity as Massalia , is the second largest city in France, after Paris, with a population of 852,395 within its administrative limits on a land area of . The urban area of Marseille extends beyond the city limits with a population of over 1,420,000 on an area of...

, where he will play alongside fellow England international Chris Waddle

Chris Waddle

Christopher Roland "Chris" Waddle is a former footballer from England. He played for a number of clubs in the 1980s and 90s, including Newcastle United, Tottenham Hotspur and Sheffield Wednesday in England, and Olympique de Marseille in France...

.

16 August 1991 – Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

pay a club record £2.2million for Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

and Scotland striker Gordon Durie

Gordon Durie

Gordon Scott Durie , known as Jukebox after the TV programme 'Jukebox Jury', is a Scottish former professional footballer, a utility player who usually played as a striker.- Playing career :...

, while Coventry City pay a tiny fraction of that fee when signing Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe is a landlocked country located in the southern part of the African continent, between the Zambezi and Limpopo rivers. It is bordered by South Africa to the south, Botswana to the southwest, Zambia and a tip of Namibia to the northwest and Mozambique to the east. Zimbabwe has three...

an striker Peter Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu

Peter Ndlovu is a Zimbabwean footballer, who plays as a striker.-Coventry City:Ndlovu was originally spotted by John Sillett, prior to his official signing from Highlanders by Terry Butcher in July 1991...

from Highlanders for £10,000.

17 August 1991 – The Football League season begins. Arsenal begin their defence of the First Division title with a 1–1 home draw against Queen's Park Rangers. Manchester United beat newly promoted Notts County 2–0 at Old Trafford

Old Trafford

Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...

. Barnet begin their Football League career with a 7-4 home defeat to Crewe Alexandra in the Fourth Division.

19 August 1991 – Cardiff City

Cardiff City F.C.

Cardiff City Football Club are a Welsh professional football club based in Cardiff, Wales. The club competes in the English football pyramid and is currently playing in the Football League Championship. Cardiff City is the best supported football club in Wales, averaging approximately 22,500 for...

pay a Fourth Division record fee of £100,000 for Chester City

Chester City F.C.

Chester City Football Club was an English football team from Chester. The club was founded as Chester F.C., and joined the Football League in 1931, spending most of their time in the lower divisions. They changed their name to Chester City in 1983. Chester won their first league title in 2004, the...

striker Carl Dale

Carl Dale

Carl Dale is a Welsh former professional footballer. He remains a cult favourite among the fans of his former teams.-Club career:...

.

21 August 1991 – 19-year-old midfielder Steve McManaman

Steve McManaman

scores his first goal for Liverpool in his fourth appearance for them – a 2–1 defeat against Manchester City at Maine Road

Maine Road

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...

in the league.

22 August 1991 - Charlton Athletic announce that they will stay at Upton Park

Boleyn Ground

The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...

until at least January due to delays on the renovation of The Valley, where they last played in September 1985.

28 August 1991 – Leeds United win 4–0 at Southampton in the league, with Gary Speed

Gary Speed

and Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan

both scoring twice from midfield.

29 August 1991 - Ian Porterfield boosts the Chelsea midfield with a £575,000 move for Sheffield United's Vinnie Jones

Vinnie Jones

Vincent Peter "Vinnie" Jones is an English film actor and retired Welsh footballer.Born in Hertfordshire, England, Jones represented and captained the Welsh national football team, having qualified via a Welsh grandparent. He also previously played for Chelsea and Leeds United. As a member of the...

.

30 August 1991 – Former Tottenham Hotspur

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

full-back Cyril Knowles

Cyril Knowles

Cyril Barry Knowles was a footballer who played full-back for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He was the brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Knowles.- Early career :...

dies of cancer aged 47. Three months ago he retired as manager of Hartlepool United shortly after taking them to promotion to the Third Division

Football League Third Division

The Football League Third Division was the 3 tier of English Football from 1920 until 1992 when after the formation of the Football Association Premier League saw the league renamed The Football League Division Two...

.

31 August 1991 – August draws to a close with Manchester United top of the First Division with 11 points from their first five games. Liverpool, Manchester City, Nottingham Forest and Tottenham Hotspur occupy the next four places, while winless Sheffield United, Queens Park Rangers and Luton occupy the bottom three places in the top flight. Ipswich Town

Ipswich Town F.C.

lead the way in the Second Division, with Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

second. The playoff zone is occupied by Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...

, Tranmere Rovers

Tranmere Rovers F.C.

Tranmere Rovers Football Club are an English team based in Birkenhead, Wirral. The club currently compete in League One, the third tier of the English football league system...

, Wolverhampton Wanderers

Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C.

and Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

.Nottingham Forest sign winger Kingsley Black

Kingsley Black

Kingsley Black is an English-born Northern Ireland former professional footballer. He notably played for Luton Town, Nottingham Forest and Grimsby Town...

from Luton Town for £1.5million.

2 September 1991 – Don Mackay

Don Mackay

Donald Mackay is a Scottish former professional football player and manager.-As player:He was a goalkeeper and played for Forfar Athletic and made 104 appearances. He was then signed for Dundee United by Jerry Kerr, for whom he made 170 appearances...

becomes the first managerial casualty of the season when he is sacked by Blackburn Rovers after more than four years in charge. Coach Tony Parkes

Tony Parkes

Anthony "Tony" Parkes is an English former professional footballer. After retiring, he became a coach. He was most recently caretaker manager at Blackpool. It was the seventh such role of his coaching career, having performed the role on six occasions for...

is appointed caretaker manager. Within hours of his dismissal, Graham Carr

Graham Carr

William Graham Carr is an English former professional footballer and football club manager. He is currently Head Scout at Newcastle United.-Club career:...

resigns from Fourth Division side Maidstone United (deep in debt and reportedly at threat of closure in only their third season as a Football League club) after eight months at the helm.

7 September 1991 – 17-year-old winger Ryan Giggs

Ryan Giggs

scores his first league goal of the season in Manchester United's 3–0 home win over Norwich City. A mere 3,231 fans watch Wimbledon's home game against Luton Town - the lowest postwar attendance at a First Division game.

11 September 1991 - A year into his reign as England manager, Graham Taylor sees the national side lose for the first time when they go down 1-0 to a reunified Germany

Germany national football team

The Germany national football team is the football team that has represented Germany in international competition since 1908. It is governed by the German Football Association , which was founded in 1900....

side in a Euro 92 qualifier at Wembley.

14 September 1991 – Arsenal beat a Crystal Palace side containing their transfer target Ian Wright 4–1 in the league at Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park

Selhurst Park is an English football stadium located in the London suburb of South Norwood in the Borough of Croydon. It is the current home ground of Crystal Palace Football Club. Its present capacity is 26,309.-History:...

. Kevin Campbell

Kevin Campbell (footballer)

Kevin Joseph Campbell is an English former football player who played as a striker.-Playing career:Campbell began his career as a trainee with Arsenal, joining the club on schoolboy forms in 1985...

scores twice.

16 September 1991 - Nigel Jemson

Nigel Jemson

Nigel Jemson is an English footballer, who represented his country at the Under-21 level and was the manager of Ilkeston Town, until May 2008...

, the striker whose goal won the League Cup for Nottingham Forest 17 months ago

1990 Football League Cup Final

The 1990 Littlewoods Cup Final took place at Wembley Stadium on 29 April 1990, and was contested between Nottingham Forest and Oldham Athletic. A single Nigel Jemson goal gave Forest the cup, equalling Liverpool's then-record of four wins....

, moves to Sheffield Wednesday for £800,000.

18 September 1991 – Dean Saunders

Dean Saunders

Dean Nicholas Saunders is a former Wales international footballer who played as a striker in a professional career which lasted from 1982 until 2001. He is the manager of Doncaster Rovers....

becomes the first player to score four goals in a European game for Liverpool as they defeat Kuusysi Lahti 6–1 at Anfield

Anfield

Anfield is an association football stadium in the district of Anfield, Liverpool, England, with a seating capacity of 45,522. It has been the home of Liverpool F.C. since their formation in 1892 and was originally the home of Everton F.C. from 1884 to 1892, before they moved to Goodison Park...

in the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

first round first leg. Alan Smith of Arsenal also scores four in a 6-1 European win - at home to Austria Vienna in the European Cup first round first leg. There is misery for Liverpool, however, as John Barnes suffers an achilles injury and is ruled out until the new year.

20 September 1991 – Tottenham

Tottenham Hotspur F.C.

Tottenham Hotspur Football Club , commonly referred to as Spurs, is an English Premier League football club based in Tottenham, north London. The club's home stadium is White Hart Lane....

defender Terry Fenwick

Terry Fenwick

Terence William 'Terry' Fenwick is an English football coach and former player. He is the current head coach for San Juan Jabloteh of the TT Pro League in Trinidad and Tobago.- Player :...

, 31, is sentenced to four months in prison for drink-driving.

23 September 1991 – Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

pay a club record £2.5million for Crystal Palace

Crystal Palace F.C.

Crystal Palace Football Club are an English Football league club based in South Norwood, London. The team plays its home matches at Selhurst Park, where they have been based since 1924. The club currently competes in the second tier of English Football, The Championship.Crystal Palace was formed in...

striker Ian Wright

Ian Wright

Ian Edward Wright, MBE is a retired English footballer turned television and radio personality.Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he has lifted the Premier League title and both major...

. Palace manager Steve Coppell

Steve Coppell

Stephen James "Steve" Coppell is an English former footballer and manager, currently without a club.As a player, he was a highly regarded right winger known for his speed and work rate. He won domestic honours with Manchester United and represented England at the World Cup...

uses the windfall from the transfer to pay Palace's record fee of £1.8million for Sunderland striker Marco Gabbiadini

Marco Gabbiadini

Marco Gabbiadini is an English former footballer whose career lasted 18 years from 1985 to 2003. He totalled nearly £3 million in transfer fees and played for 12 different clubs, scoring a total of 226 league goals.-York City:...

.

30 September 1991 – Manchester United lead the First Division with a six-point margin over second-placed Leeds United as September draws to a close. Also in contention are Arsenal, Sheffield Wednesday (newly promoted), Chelsea, Coventry City and Tottenham Hotpsur, while Sheffield United are bottom of the table having only just achieved their first league win of the season. The Second Division is being led by a thriving Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough F.C.

side in their first season under the management of Lennie Lawrence

Lennie Lawrence

. Ipswich Town occupy second place. Swindon Town, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Leicester City and Cambridge United occupy the playoff zone.

3 October 1991 - John McGrath, the former Preston North End manager, becomes Halifax Town's 23rd manager in 45 years as successor to Jim McCalliog

Jim McCalliog

James "Jim" McCalliog is a Scottish former footballer who played for Sheffield Wednesday, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Manchester United and Southampton....

.

4 October 1991 – Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

sign 19-year-old Welsh-born right back Rob Jones from then fourth division Crewe Alexandra for £300,000.

5 October 1991 – Leeds United get their title challenge back on track with a thrilling 4–3 home win over struggling Sheffield United. Steve Hodge

Steve Hodge

Stephen Brian Hodge is a retired English footballer who enjoyed a high-profile club and international career in the 1980s and 1990s.- Playing career :...

and Mel Sterland

Mel Sterland

Melvyn "Mel" Sterland is an English former professional footballer who played in the Football League for Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United and in the Scottish Football League Premier Division for Rangers, and was capped once for England.-Playing career:Sterland's career is distinctly in two...

both score twice.

7 October 1991 – Ray Harford

Ray Harford

leaves Wimbledon and is replaced by Aston Villa's reserve team coach Peter Withe

Peter Withe

Peter Withe is a much-travelled English footballer who played as a striker, between 1971 and 1990...

.

8 October 1991 – John Impey

John Impey

John E. Impey is an English former professional football player and manager. As player, he made 461 appearances in the Football League representing Cardiff City, A.F.C. Bournemouth, Torquay United and Exeter City, and spent a season in the North American Soccer League with the Seattle Sounders...

, who won promotion to the Third Division with Torquay United

Torquay United F.C.

just weeks after his appointment as manager last season, is sacked after six months in the job after his side lost seven out of eight games in the league. 28-year-old player Wes Saunders

Wes Saunders

Wes Saunders is an English former professional footballer and football club manager.Saunders was born in Sunderland and brought up in Boldon Colliery, attending Boldon Comprehensive school...

is appointed caretaker manager – making him the youngest manager in the Football League. Winger Jimmy Carter

Jimmy Carter

James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr. is an American politician who served as the 39th President of the United States and was the recipient of the 2002 Nobel Peace Prize, the only U.S. President to have received the Prize after leaving office...

moves from Liverpool to Arsenal for £500,000.

11 October 1991 – Paul Gascoigne

Paul Gascoigne

, out of action since injuring his knee in Tottenham's FA Cup final victory five months ago, declares that he is targeting a return to action in April as he attempts to meet the deadline to prove his fitness to Lazio

S.S. Lazio

Società Sportiva Lazio, commonly referred to as Lazio, is a professional Italian football club based in Rome. The team, founded in 1900, play in the Serie A and have spent most of their history in the top tier of Italian football...

, who are attempting to sign him at the end of this season.

12 October 1991 – Eight months after his controversial resignation from Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

, Kenny Dalglish

Kenny Dalglish

returns to management with Blackburn Rovers in the Second Division

Football League Second Division

. The 40-year-old Scotsman accepted an offer from chairman Jack Walker

Jack Walker

, who sees Dalglish as the man to bring top flight football back to one of the country's most historic sides. Dalglish has a dream start to his Blackburn career as his new team crush struggling Plymouth Argyle

Plymouth Argyle F.C.

5–2. Ray Harford, who walked out on Wimbledon five days ago, has dropped down a division and a level of responsibility to become Dalglish's assistant.

16 October 1991 – England beat Turkey

Turkey national football team

The Turkey national football team represents Turkey in association football and is controlled by the Turkish Football Federation, the governing body for football in Turkey. They are affiliated with UEFA...

1–0 at Wembley in their penultimate Euro 92 qualifying game. Wales lose 4-1 to Germany in a game where Dean Saunders is sent off and Ryan Giggs, still not 18 until the end of next month, becomes their youngest full international.

17 October 1991 – Everton buy 20-year-old defender Matthew Jackson from Luton Town for £600,000.

19 October 1991 – Arsenal's four-match winning run in the league ends with a 1–1 draw against leaders Manchester United at Old Trafford

Old Trafford

, denting their own hopes of retaining the league title.

24 October 1991 – Justin Fashanu

Justin Fashanu

Justinus Soni "Justin" Fashanu was an English footballer who played for a variety of clubs between 1978 and 1997. He was known by his early clubs to be homosexual, and came out to the press later in his career, to become the first professional footballer to be openly gay...

signs a trial contract with Newcastle United, who are battling against relegation from the Second Division. Kenny Dalglish makes his first signing for Blackburn Rovers, signing defender Alan Wright

Alan Wright

Alan Geoffrey Wright is an English professional footballer. He is a coach in the Centre of Excellence at his first club, Blackpool, a role he assumed in June 2011....

from Blackpool for £500,000 - a record fee for a Fourth Division player.

26 October 1991 – The last unbeaten start in the First Division ends when Manchester United lose their 13th game of the season 3–2 at Sheffield Wednesday. They also surrender their leadership of the First Division, which is taken by Leeds United after their 1-0 win at Oldham Athletic - the first time that Leeds have led the English league since they won the league title in Don Revie's

Don Revie

Donald George 'Don' Revie, OBE, , was an English footballer who played for Leicester City, Hull City, Sunderland, Manchester City and Leeds United as a deep-lying centre forward. After managing Leeds United he managed England from 1974 until 1977...

last season as manager

1973-74 in English football

The 1973–74 season was the 94th season of competitive football in England.-First Division:Don Revie marked his last season as Leeds United's manager by guiding them to league championship glory, before taking over from Sir Alf Ramsey as the England national football team manager, with England...

in 1974.

31 October 1991 – Leeds United have leapfrogged Manchester United as First Division leaders as October draws to a close, but Alex Ferguson's men are just one point behind with a game in hand. Manchester City, Arsenal and Sheffield Wednesday are currently the only the other teams posing a real threat to the top two, while Sheffield United remain bottom of the table with only two wins so far this season. The Second Division promotion race is still led by Middlesbrough, but second place is now occupied by a Cambridge United side who are in the hunt for a unique third successive promotion and First Division football for the first time in their history. The playoff zone is occupied by Charlton Athletic, Swindon Town, Ipswich Town and Derby County.

2 November 1991 – Billy Bremner

Billy Bremner

William John "Billy" Bremner was a Scottish professional footballer, most noted for his captaincy of the Leeds United team of the 1960s and 1970s. He has since been voted Leeds United's greatest player of all time and has a statue outside the South East corner of Elland Road...

, the Leeds United legend, is sacked as manager of Fourth Division strugglers Doncaster Rovers. Bremner, 48, has had two spells as manager of the South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire

South Yorkshire is a metropolitan county in the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England. It has a population of 1.29 million. It consists of four metropolitan boroughs: Barnsley, Doncaster, Rotherham, and City of Sheffield...

club, at either side of his three-year spell as manager of Leeds that ended in 1988.

4 November 1991 - Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson

Bryan Robson OBE is an English football manager and a former player. He is best known for playing in midfield for Manchester United, where he was the longest serving captain in club history. He was the manager of Sheffield United, being relieved of his first team duties at the club in February 2008...

announces his retirement from international football after 90 full caps for England.

5 November 1991 – Benfica, the Portugese

Portugal

Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...

champions, join the race to sign Paul Gascoigne and table a £6million bid for him.

6 November 1991 - Arsenal's European Cup quest is ended by Benfica, as is Manchester United's defence of the European Cup Winners' Cup by Atletico Madrid.

8 November 1991 – Kenny Dalglish's spending spree at Blackburn Rovers begins with a £700,000 (joint club record) move to bring defender Colin Hendry

Colin Hendry

Edward Colin Hendry is a retired Scottish footballer and manager, who played as a defender. Hendry started his career with Dundee in 1983 and spent spells at Blackburn Rovers, Manchester City, Rangers, Coventry City, Bolton Wanderers and Blackpool...

back to the club from Manchester City.

9 November 1991 – Cambridge United

Cambridge United F.C.

, in the Second Division

Football League Second Division

after two successive promotions, start to look capable of achieving a unique third promotion in a row after going top of the Second Division. In the Fourth Division, league newcomers Barnet go top of the table.

12 November 1991 – First Division strugglers Notts County

Notts County F.C.

pay a club record £750,000 for Sheffield United

Sheffield United F.C.

Sheffield United Football Club is a professional English football club based in the city of Sheffield, South Yorkshire.They were the first sporting team to use the name 'United' and are nicknamed 'The Blades', thanks to Sheffield's worldwide reputation for steel production...

striker Tony Agana

Tony Agana

Patrick Anthony Olazinka "Tony" Agana is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.After starting his career in non-league football, he became a professional with Watford...

.

13 November 1991 – England secure Euro 92 qualification by drawing 1–1 with Poland

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

in Poznań

Poznan

Poznań is a city on the Warta river in west-central Poland, with a population of 556,022 in June 2009. It is among the oldest cities in Poland, and was one of the most important centres in the early Polish state, whose first rulers were buried at Poznań's cathedral. It is sometimes claimed to be...

.

14 November 1991 - Blackburn Rovers pay a club record £1.1million for Everton striker Mike Newell

Mike Newell (footballer)

. The Football Association confirms that the Premier League will open next season with 22 clubs.

16 November 1991 – The Manchester derby

Manchester derby

The Manchester derby is the name given to football matches between Manchester City and Manchester United. The local derby centres on the City of Manchester and Greater Manchester with approximately four miles separating the clubs with City based in east Manchester at the City of Manchester Stadium...

ends in a goalless draw at Maine Road

Maine Road

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...

.

17 November 1991 – Gary Lineker

Gary Lineker

Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...

announces that he will retire from international football after Euro 92. Lineker, 31 at the end of this month, is now England's second highest goalscorer of all time. The first top flight Steel City derby

Steel City derby

The Steel City Derby is a local derby that takes place between Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday, the two professional football league teams based in the city of Sheffield, England...

for almost a quarter of a century sees Sheffield United beat Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 at Bramall Lane

Bramall Lane

-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...

.

18 November 1991 – Everton sign Rangers striker Mo Johnston

Mo Johnston

Maurice John Giblin "Mo" Johnston is a former football striker.Johnston began his football career with Partick Thistle in 1981 before moving to Watford in 1983. With Watford Johnston scored 23 league goals, made his international debut, and helped the team reach the 1984 FA Cup Final...

for £1.5million.

20 November 1991 – Gary Lineker agrees to join Nagoya Grampus Eight

Nagoya Grampus Eight

are a Japanese association football club that play in the J. League. Based in Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture and originally founded as the company team of the Toyota Motor Corp...

of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

for £1million on a two-year contract at the end of the season.

23 November 1991 – Justin Fashanu signs for Torquay United as manager Wes Saunders looks to boost his side's hopes of Third Division survival.

28 November 1991 – Gordon Cowans

Gordon Cowans

Gordon Sidney Cowans is an English retired football player and coach.Cowans started his career at Aston Villa as an apprentice in 1974, and signed as a professional in 1976...

leaves Aston Villa for the second time, this time signing for Blackburn Rovers in a £200,000 deal. His place in the Villa midfield is filled by Garry Parker

Garry Parker

Garry Parker is an English former footballer who played as a midfielder for Luton Town, Hull City, Nottingham Forest, Aston Villa and Leicester City, mostly in the top division of English football, in the 1980s and 1990s. He was capped by his country at under-21 and B international level...

from Nottingham Forest for £650,000.

30 November 1991 – As happened at the end of last month, Leeds United finish this month as First Division leaders with Manchester United one point behind and with a game in hand. The threat from other clubs is becoming weaker, with third placed Manchester City now eight points adrift of top place. Sheffield United, meanwhile, have improved this month to climb off bottom place and are now just one place and two points adrift of safety, while Luton Town are bottom and Southampton are second from bottom. Cambridge United remain top of the Second Division, with Middlesbrough in second place. Derby County, Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town and Leicester City occupy the playoff zone. Another newly promoted side, Southend United, are also looking to emulate Cambridge United's surprise promotion challenge as they stand just one point short of the playoff zone.

3 December 1991 – Liverpool suffered a shock fourth round exit from the League Cup to Third Division Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

, who beat them 1–0 at London Road

London Road

-England:There are countless London Roads in the UK. Only those significant outside their local area are listed here:* London Road, Brighton; for which a railway station is named* London Road, Guildford; for which a railway station is named...

.

4 December 1991 – Ossie Ardiles pays Leicester City

Leicester City F.C.

Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...

£250,000 to bring Irish

Republic of Ireland national football team

The Republic of Ireland national football team represents Ireland in association football. It is run by the Football Association of Ireland and currently plays home fixtures at Aviva Stadium in Dublin, which opened in May 2010....

international striker David Kelly

David Kelly (footballer)

David Thomas Kelly is a retired footballer and former assistant manager of Nottingham Forest. As a child, Kelly suffered from Perthes Disease, but recovered to forge a long and successful career in professional football.-Playing career:Kelly turned out for Walsall, West Ham United, Leicester City,...

to Newcastle United

Newcastle United F.C.

Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...

, who are battling against relegation from a Second Division in which Ardiles had boasted that he could get the club promoted.

5 December 1991 - With their hopes of an immediate return to the First Division fading fast, Sunderland pay a club record £900,000 for West Bromwich Albion striker Don Goodman

Don Goodman

Don Goodman is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker.-Career:Born in Leeds, Goodman played for Bradford City, West Bromwich Albion, Sunderland, Wolverhampton Wanderers, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Barnsley, Motherwell, Walsall, Exeter City, Doncaster Rovers and Stafford...

.

6 December 1991 – Chelsea

Chelsea F.C.

sign striker Clive Allen

Clive Allen

Clive Darren Allen is a retired English footballer, a prolific scorer for a number of clubs.Allen is the son of ex-Tottenham Hotspur forward Les Allen, who was a member of the legendary team which won the First Division title and FA Cup "double" in 1961...

from Manchester City for £250,000.

7 December 1991 – Manchester United return to the top of the First Division with a 4–0 home win over Coventry City.

9 December 1991 - Bill Fox

Bill Fox

Bill Fox was the lead singer and guitarist of the three-piece Cleveland, Ohio, garage pop band The Mice, which existed from January 1985 to 1988. They released two albums, For Almost Ever and Scooter , and were a major influence on the burgeoning Ohio power pop scene, including Dayton's Guided by...

, president of the Football League and chairman of Blackburn Rovers, dies after a short illness at the age of 63. Former Manchester United and Arsenal striker Frank Stapleton

Frank Stapleton

Francis Anthony "Frank" Stapleton is an Irish former football player and manager. He is best remembered for his time at Arsenal, Manchester United and as a pivotal player for the Republic of Ireland...

moves into management as player-manager of Third Division side Bradford City.

11 December 1991 – Millwall receive the go-ahead to relocate to a new 20,000-seat stadium at Bermondsey

Bermondsey

Bermondsey is an area in London on the south bank of the river Thames, and is part of the London Borough of Southwark. To the west lies Southwark, to the east Rotherhithe, and to the south, Walworth and Peckham.-Toponomy:...

. Construction work is expected to begin within the next few months and chairman Reg Burr is hoping to have his team playing in their new stadium for the 1993–94 season.

13 December 1991 - Liverpool pay Arsenal £1.5million for midfielder Michael Thomas - the player whose last minute goal ironically deprived them of the league title in May 1989.

14 December 1991 - Kenny Dalglish takes Blackburn Rovers to the top of the Second Division.

18 December 1991 – Paul Gascoigne's move to Lazio could take place within the next few weeks following further talks between himself and the club's owners.

21 December 1991 – Ian Wright scores all four of Arsenal's goals as they beat Everton 4–2 in the league at Highbury

Arsenal Stadium

Arsenal Stadium was a football stadium in Highbury, North London, which was the home ground of Arsenal Football Club between 6 September 1913 and 7 May 2006...

.

23 December 1991 – Manchester City pay Liverpool £900,000 for winger Steve McMahon

Steve McMahon

Stephen Joseph McMahon is an English former football midfielder who most notably played for Liverpool in the late 1980s...

.

26 December 1991 –

- – Southend United
  Southend United F.C.
  Southend United Football Club is an English football club based at Roots Hall Stadium, Prittlewell, Southend-on-Sea, Essex, who play in Football League Two. Their home ground is Roots Hall, and the club plan to move into a new 22,000-seater stadium located at Fossetts Farm.-Stadium:The club has had...
  
  displace Cambridge United
  Cambridge United F.C.
  Cambridge United Football Club is a professional football club from Cambridge, England. They are currently playing the 2011-2012 season in the Conference National, the fifth tier of the English league system, where they have competed since 2005 following their relegation from the Football League...
  
  at the top of the Second Division in their first season at this level, but within hours are displaced by Blackburn Rovers.
  - – The most thrilling game in the First Division undoubtedly comes at Boundary Park
    Boundary Park
    Boundary Park is the main sports stadium of Oldham, in Greater Manchester, England. It lies at the northwestern extremity of Oldham, with the towns of Royton and Chadderton lying immediately north and west respectively, giving rise to the name Boundary Park....
    
    , where Manchester United defeat Oldham Athletic 6–3. Denis Irwin, who joined United from Oldham 18 months ago, scores twice, as does Brian McClair. Fellow title hopefuls Arsenal do their own title hopes no favours with a 1–0 defeat at struggling Luton.

29 December 1991 – Manchester United remain top of the First Division with a 1–1 draw at home to their nearest rivals Leeds United, who have now gone four league games without a win.

30 December 1991 – Denis Smith is sacked after nearly five years at Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

, where Malcolm Crosby

Malcolm Crosby

Malcolm Crosby is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in South Shields, Tyne and Wear, Crosby played his football for Aldershot, making 258 appearances between 1971 and 1980 and netting 21 goals. In an exchange deal involving Ian MacDonald he moved to York City and was a...

takes over as caretaker manager.

31 December 1991–1991 draws to a close with Manchester United – fresh from a 6–3 win over Oldham Athletic at Boundary Park

Boundary Park

– top of the table by two points and with two games in hand over second placed Leeds United. The threat from other clubs is becoming even more distant, with Sheffield Wednesday and Manchester City both nine points behind the leaders and having played more games. Sheffield United have now climbed out of the relegation zone which is now occupied by Luton Town, West Ham United and Southampton. In the Second Division, Cambridge United have restored their lead of the division but are level on points with Blackburn Rovers, Ipswich Town and Middlesbrough. Southend United and Leicester City, just one point behind them, complete the top six. Portsmouth, Derby County, Swindon Town and Charlton Athletic are just outside the playoff zone.

1 January 1992 – Manchester United suffer a shock 4–1 home defeat to Queen's Park Rangers, with Dennis Bailey scoring a hat-trick. Leeds United overtake them at the top of the First Division with a 3–1 away win over relegation threatened West Ham United. Gary Lineker receives an OBE and Tom Finney

Tom Finney

Sir Thomas Finney, OBE is a former English footballer, famous for his loyalty to his league club, Preston North End, and for his performances in the English national side....

receives an MBE

MBE

MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...

in the New Year's Honours.

4 January 1992 – Arsenal

Arsenal F.C.

, defending league champions, lose 2–1 at Wrexham

Wrexham

Wrexham is a town in Wales. It is the administrative centre of the wider Wrexham County Borough, and the largest town in North Wales, located in the east of the region. It is situated between the Welsh mountains and the lower Dee Valley close to the border with Cheshire, England...

, who finished bottom of the Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division

last season, in the FA Cup third round. Meanwhile, Manchester United defeat Leeds United to cancel out their opposition's chances of winning the double, and sparking their own challenge for a unique domestic treble.

6 January 1992 – Terry Butcher

Terry Butcher

Terence Ian "Terry" Butcher is an English football manager and former player. He was a highly successful football player and made his name as an uncompromising defender with Ipswich Town and Rangers in the 1980s. He was also a captain of England and won 77 caps in a ten-year international career...

, at 33 still the youngest manager in the First Division, is sacked by Coventry City

Coventry City F.C.

Coventry City Football Club, otherwise known as the Sky Blues owing to the traditional colour of their strip, are a professional English Football league club based in Coventry...

and replaced by his 56-year-old assistant Don Howe.

10 January 1992 – Notts County sell Paul Rideout

Paul Rideout

Paul Rideout is a retired English professional football player who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He is a youth coach with Sporting Kansas City, heading their U-16, U-17 and U-18 teams.-Playing career:...

to Glasgow Rangers for £500,000.

11 January 1992 - Defender Gary Ablett makes the controversial move

Merseyside derby

The Merseyside derby is the name given to any football match contested between Everton and Liverpool football clubs, the two most successful clubs from the city of Liverpool in England...

across Stanley Park

Stanley Park

Stanley Park is a 404.9 hectare urban park bordering downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It was opened in 1888 by David Oppenheimer in the name of Lord Stanley of Preston, the Governor-General of Canada....

to join Everton from Liverpool for £750,000.

12 January 1992 – Lee Chapman

Lee Chapman

Lee Chapman is an English former footballer who scored almost 200 first-team goals as a striker. He was best known for his spells at Sheffield Wednesday and Leeds United...

boosts Leeds United's title challenge with a hat-trick against his old club Sheffield Wednesday in a 6–1 win at Hillsborough

Hillsborough Stadium

Hillsborough Stadium is the home of Sheffield Wednesday football club, Sheffield, England. Football has been played at the ground since it was opened on 2 September 1899, when Wednesday moved from their original ground at Olive Grove. Today it is a 39,812 capacity all-seater stadium, making it the...

.

19 January 1992 – Wimbledon sack Peter Withe

Peter Withe

Peter Withe is a much-travelled English footballer who played as a striker, between 1971 and 1990...

after three months as manager and replace him with reserve team manager Joe Kinnear

Joe Kinnear

Joseph Patrick "Joe" Kinnear is an Irish football manager and former player. He was most recently the manager of Newcastle United....

.

22 January 1992 – Bolton Wanderers

Bolton Wanderers F.C.

Bolton Wanderers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the area of Horwich in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester. They began their current spell in the Premier League in 2001....

sign 19-year-old midfielder Jason McAteer

Jason McAteer

Jason Wynne McAteer is a retired Irish footballer, who represented the Republic of Ireland at international level. He announced his retirement from professional football on 12 June 2007,...

from Northern Premier League

Northern Premier League

The Northern Premier League, is one of the regional English football leagues which sits directly below the Football Conference featuring semi-professional and amateur clubs. Geographically, the league covers all of Northern England, and the northern areas of the Midlands. Originally just one...

side Marine

Marine F.C.

Marine Football Club is an English football club in Crosby, Merseyside. The club, which was founded in 1894, is a member of both the Liverpool County and Lancashire County Football Associations, and currently plays in the Northern Premier League Premier Division.Marine is notable for having the...

.

30 January 1992 - Derby County pay a club record £1.2million for striker Marco Gabbiadini, after just four months at Crystal Palace.

31 January 1992 – Manchester United are still top of the First Division as January ends, with a two-point lead over Leeds United and a game in hand. Liverpool's recent good run of form has taken them to third place, but they are still 11 points off top place and are not looking like serious title contenders, although they are still in contention for the UEFA Cup

UEFA Cup

and FA Cup

FA Cup

. West Ham United, Southampton and Luton Town still occupy the bottom three places. The Second Division promotion race is being led by Blackburn Rovers, while Southend United's unlikely promotion challenge continues as they occupy second place in a division that they had never played in until this season. Ipswich Town, Middlesbrough, Leicester City and Cambridge United occupy the playoff zone.

5 February 1992 –

- – Swansea City winger Alan Davies
  Alan Davies (footballer)
  Alan Davies was an English-born Welsh international footballer whose regular position was on the right wing, although he could also play on the left. Davies began his football career with Manchester United, before spending time with Newcastle United, Charlton Athletic, Carlisle United, Swansea...
  
  , 30, is found dead in his car near his home in South Wales
  South Wales
  South Wales is an area of Wales bordered by England and the Bristol Channel to the east and south, and Mid Wales and West Wales to the north and west. The most densely populated region in the south-west of the United Kingdom, it is home to around 2.1 million people and includes the capital city of...
  
  . Davies played for Manchester United
  Manchester United F.C.
  Manchester United Football Club is an English professional football club, based in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, that plays in the Premier League. Founded as Newton Heath LYR Football Club in 1878, the club changed its name to Manchester United in 1902 and moved to Old Trafford in 1910.The 1958...
  
  in the 1983 FA Cup
  FA Cup
  The Football Association Challenge Cup, commonly known as the FA Cup, is a knockout cup competition in English football and is the oldest association football competition in the world. The "FA Cup" is run by and named after The Football Association and usually refers to the English men's...
  
  final, and later played for Newcastle United
  Newcastle United F.C.
  Newcastle United Football Club is an English professional association football club based in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne and Wear. The club was founded in 1892 by the merger of Newcastle East End and Newcastle West End, and has played at its current home ground, St James' Park, since the merger...
  
  and Bradford City.
  - – Teddy Sheringham
    Teddy Sheringham
    Edward Paul "Teddy" Sheringham MBE is a retired English footballer, and the father of footballer Charlie Sheringham. Sheringham played as a striker, and had a successful career at the club level, winning almost every domestic honour available with his clubs, most notably the Treble with Manchester...
    
    scores a hat-trick for Nottingham Forest as they beat Crystal Palace 4–2 in the League Cup quarter-final at the City Ground
    City Ground
    The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....
    
    .

4 February 1992 - Manchester United sell out-of-favour goalkeeper Jim Leighton

Jim Leighton

James "Jim" Leighton MBE is a Scottish former football goalkeeper. Among the clubs he played for are Aberdeen , Manchester United, Arsenal, Dundee and Hibernian.-Club:...

, who has played for the first team just once in the last 18 months, to Dundee

Dundee F.C.

Dundee Football Club, founded in 1893, are a football club based in the city of Dundee, Scotland. They are nicknamed The Dee or The Dark Blues and play their home matches at Dens Park. Their shirt colour is dark blue. Dundee currently play in the Scottish First Division, having been relegated from...

for £250,000.

6 February 1992 – Newcastle United, second from bottom in the Second Division

Football League Second Division

sack manager Ossie Ardiles after 11 months in charge and replace him with former striker Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan

Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....

. Frenchman

France

Eric Cantona

Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...

signs for Leeds United from Nîmes

Nîmes

Nîmes is the capital of the Gard department in the Languedoc-Roussillon region in southern France. Nîmes has a rich history, dating back to the Roman Empire, and is a popular tourist destination.-History:...

in a £900,000 deal after turning down a contract with Sheffield Wednesday.

7 February 1992 – Former Liverpool and England midfielder Terry McDermott

Terry McDermott

Terence "Terry" McDermott is a former football midfielder and current coach. He is currently the assistant manager at League One side Huddersfield Town.He is the father of Newcastle United player Greg McDermott and Marsaxlokk player Neale McDermott-Early career:McDermott joined Bury as a youngster...

is appointed as Kevin Keegan's assistant. Liverpool legend Bob Paisley

Bob Paisley

Robert "Bob" Paisley OBE was an English football half back turned manager. His association with Liverpool was to span nearly half a century including his contribution to the club, first as a player, then as a physiotherapist and coach, and finally as manager.In nine years as manager between 1974...

resigns from the board of directors, ending a 53-year association with the club which began when he joined them as a player just before the outbreak of World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

.

8 February 1992 –

- – Kevin Keegan start his managerial career on a high note as Newcastle beat Bristol City
  Bristol City F.C.
  Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...
  
  3–0 at home.
  - – Arsenal end their seven-match winless run in the league with a 1–0 win at Notts County.
    - – Leeds United's title bid takes a blow when they suffer a surprise 2–0 defeat at Oldham Athletic.

13 February 1992 – Torquay United appoint Ivan Golac

Ivan Golac

Ivan Golac is a former Yugoslav football player and manager.A Yugoslav international right back, he is best known as a player and manager of FK Partizan, of Belgrade...

as manager, with striker Justin Fashanu as assistant manager, with Wes Saunders reverting to playing duties only after four months in charge, while Second Division strugglers Plymouth Argyle sack David Kemp

David Kemp (footballer)

David Michael Kemp is a former English professional footballer and manager. He is currently Assistant Manager at Stoke City.-Playing career:...

and are reportedly interested in appointing Ossie Ardiles as his successor.

15 February 1992 –

- – Nottingham Forest move closer to a second successive FA Cup final (and a unique cup double) by thrashing Bristol City 4–1 at the City Ground
  City Ground
  The City Ground is a football stadium in the West Bridgford area of Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, on the banks of the River Trent. It has been home to Nottingham Forest Football Club since 1898, and has a capacity of 30,602 ....
  
  in the fifth round. On the same day, Liverpool's challenge is hit by a major block as they draw 0–0 at Ipswich Town.
  - – Arsenal keep their fading title hopes alive with a 7–1 home win over fellow outsiders Sheffield Wednesday at Highbury.

19 February 1992 - Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer

Alan Shearer OBE, DL is a retired English footballer. He played as a striker in the top level of English league football for Southampton, Blackburn Rovers, Newcastle United and for the England national team...

scores on his full England debut in a 2-0 friendly win over France

France national football team

The France national football team represents the nation of France in international football. It is fielded by the French Football Federation , the governing body of football in France, and competes as a member of UEFA, which encompasses the countries of Europe...

at Wembley. Also making his debut is Liverpool's Rob Jones, who began the season in the Fourth Division with Crewe.

20 February 1992 – The Football Association

The Football Association

The Football Association, also known as simply The FA, is the governing body of football in England, and the Crown Dependencies of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man. It was formed in 1863, and is the oldest national football association...

confirms that the top 19 clubs in the First Division and the three newly promoted Second Division clubs will break away from the Football League

The Football League

The Football League, also known as the npower Football League for sponsorship reasons, is a league competition featuring professional association football clubs from England and Wales. Founded in 1888, it is the oldest such competition in world football...

and form a new FA Premier League

FA Premier League

of 22 clubs for next season.

21 February 1992 - Aston Villa pay a club record £1.7million for Oldham Athletic defender Earl Barrett

Earl Barrett

Earl Delisser Barrett is an English former footballer who played in the Football League and Premier League for Manchester City, Chester City, Oldham Athletic, Aston Villa, Everton, Sheffield United and Sheffield Wednesday. He played mainly at right back though could also adapt to a central...

.

23 February 1992 – Everton hold Leeds United to a 1–1 draw at Goodison Park

Goodison Park

Goodison Park is a football stadium located in Walton, Liverpool, England. The stadium has been home to Everton F.C. since its completion in 1892 and is one of the world's first purpose-built football grounds...

, another result which puts the West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire

West Yorkshire is a metropolitan county within the Yorkshire and the Humber region of England with a population of 2.2 million. West Yorkshire came into existence as a metropolitan county in 1974 after the passage of the Local Government Act 1972....

side's title hopes on ice.

25 February 1992 – Aston Villa sign defender Earl Barrett

Earl Barrett

from Oldham Athletic for £1.7million.

26 February 1992 – The FA Cup fifth round replays see Southampton beat Bolton Wanderers 3–2 at The Dell, Sunderland beat West Ham United 3–2 at Upton Park

Boleyn Ground

The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...

, Liverpool beat Ipswich Town 3–2 at Anfield

Anfield

and Portsmouth beat Middlesbrough 4–2 at Ayresome Park

Ayresome Park

-External links:**-References:...

.

28 February 1992 – 20-year-old Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

n goalkeeper Mark Bosnich

Mark Bosnich

Mark Bosnich is a retired Australian football player and football pundit. He represented Australia 17 times and played for English Premier League clubs Aston Villa, Manchester United and Chelsea.-Manchester United :...

joins Aston Villa from Manchester United on a free transfer – just seven months after fellow United goalkeeper Les Sealey

Les Sealey

Leslie Jesse "Les" Sealey was an English footballer who played as a goalkeeper for, among others, Coventry City, Luton Town, Manchester United, Aston Villa and West Ham United...

moved to Villa Park

Villa Park

Villa Park may mean:United Kingdom* Villa Park, an association football stadium in Birmingham, EnglandUnited States* Villa Park, California, a small city in Orange County* Villa Park, Illinois, a suburb of Chicago in DuPage County...

. After a loan spell, Norwich City midfielder Tim Sherwood

Tim Sherwood

Timothy "Tim" Sherwood is an English former professional footballer who was captain of Blackburn Rovers' Premiership title-winning side...

makes his move to Blackburn Rovers permanent for £500,000.

29 February 1992 – February draws to a close with Manchester United still leaders with a two-point margin over second placed Leeds United, while Liverpool's good run of form has taken a slight setback leaving Manchester City and Sheffield Wednesday as the nearest (distant) title contenders. The bottom three teams remain unchanged from the previous two month-ends. The race for a place in the new Premier League is still being dominated by Kenny Dalglish's Blackburn Rovers, while Ipswich Town are second to them in the league. The playoff zone is occupied by Cambridge United, Southend United, Middlesbrough and Derby County. In the Third Division, referee Roger Wiseman is assaulted by a spectator during the Birmingham City

Birmingham City F.C.

Birmingham City Football Club is a professional association football club based in the city of Birmingham, England. Formed in 1875 as Small Heath Alliance, they became Small Heath in 1888, then Birmingham in 1905, finally becoming Birmingham City in 1943.They were relegated at the end of the...

-Stoke City

Stoke City F.C.

Stoke City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire that plays in the Premier League. Founded in 1863, it is the oldest club in the Premier League, and considered to be the second oldest professional football club in the world, after Notts...

promotion clash at St Andrew's, a game which was also marred by a pitch invasion.

2 March 1992 – Peter Shilton

Peter Shilton

Peter Leslie Shilton OBE is a former English footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He currently holds the record for playing more games for England than anyone else, earning 125 caps....

, at 42 the oldest player in the Football League, departs from Derby County after nearly five years to become player-manager of Plymouth Argyle. Birmingham City chairman Samesh Kumar vows to impose life bans on anyone convicted of taking part in the pitch invasion two days ago.

4 March 1992 - Welsh international midfielder Joey Jones

Joey Jones

For other persons named Joey Jones, see Joey Jones.For other similarly named people, see Joseph Jones or Joe Jones.Joseph Patrick "Joey" Jones is a former Wales international football full-back who played for Liverpool for three seasons, including the 1977 season, in which they chased "the...

, who plays for Wrexham at club level and turned out for Liverpool earlier in his career, announces his retirement as a player on his 37th birthday.

7 March 1992 – Liverpool's bid for a fifth FA Cup triumph remains on track as they beat Aston Villa 1–0 at Anfield. Nottingham Forest's hopes of a unique cup double are ended as they are surprisingly beaten 1–0 by Portsmouth at Fratton Park

Fratton Park

Fratton Park is a football stadium in the English city-port of Portsmouth. It has been the home of professional club Portsmouth F.C. since its construction in 1898.-Description:...

. Sunderland are starting to look like surprise FA Cup contenders under their interim manager Malcolm Crosby

Malcolm Crosby

after holding Chelsea to a 1–1 draw at Stamford Bridge

Stamford Bridge (stadium)

Stamford Bridge is a football stadium in Fulham, in the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, West London, and is the home of Chelsea Football Club. The stadium is located within the Moore Park Estate also known as Walham Green and is often referred to as simply The Bridge...

.

9 March 1992 - Caretaker manager Joe Kinnear is placed in charge of Wimbledon on a permanent basis.

11 March 1992 –

- – Derby County's spending spree continues with a £1.3million move for Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
  striker Paul Kitson
  Paul Kitson
  For the English footballer who spent most of his career in the United States, see Paul Kitson .Paul Kitson is an English former professional footballer who played as a striker...
  
  , while Manchester City beef up their defence with a £500,000 move for Dutch defender Michel Vonk
  Michel Vonk
  Michel Vonk is a football coach and former player from The Netherlands, currently in charge as head coach of Eerste Divisie club Sparta Rotterdam.-Playing career:...
  
  for HVV
  HVV Den Haag
  HVV is an amateur football club in The Hague in the Netherlands. It was founded in 1883 as an extension of HCC, the Hague Cricket Club...
  
  .
  - – Queen's Park Rangers inflict another 4–1 defeat on a title chasing side, this time Leeds United at Loftus Road
    Loftus Road
    Loftus Road is a football stadium in Shepherd's Bush, London. It is home to the English football team Queens Park Rangers of the Premier League and has a capacity of around 18,500. The four stands are called the Loftus Road End , Ellerslie Road Stand, South Africa Road Stand and the School End,...
    
    .

12 March 1992 – Within 24 hours of signing Paul Kitson for £1.3million, Derby County spend the same fee on another striker – this time Tommy Johnson

Tommy Johnson (footballer born 1971)

Thomas "Tommy" Johnson is a retired footballer who played as a striker for clubs including Notts County, Celtic and Aston Villa.-Notts County:...

from Notts County, while Arsenal sell 20-year-old striker Andy Cole

Andy Cole

Andrew Alexander Cole is a retired English footballer. He is most well known by the name Andy Cole , but in 2000, he reputedly asked to be known as Andrew Cole...

to Bristol City

Bristol City F.C.

Bristol City Football Club is one of two football league clubs in Bristol, England . They play at Ashton Gate, located in the south-west of the City...

for £500,000 after a loan spell.

14 March 1992 –

- – Kevin Keegan is reported by some media sources to have resigned as Newcastle United manager after just 37 days in charge; however his position remains unconfirmed.
  - – Lee Chapman scores another hat-trick as Leeds United get their title challenge back on track with a 5–1 home win over Wimbledon.
    - – Manchester United remain firmly in command in the title challenge as they beat Sheffield United 2–1 at Bramall Lane
      Bramall Lane
      -Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...
      
      .

15 March 1992 – Newcastle United chairman John Hall

John Hall (businessman)

Sir John Hall is a property developer in North East England. He is also life president and former chairman of Newcastle United.-Biography:...

confirms that Kevin Keegan is still the club's manager.

18 March 1992 –

- – The FA Cup quarter-final replays see Norwich City beat Southampton 2–1 and Sunderland beat Chelsea 2–1. Bruce Rioch
  Bruce Rioch
  Bruce David Rioch is an English-born football manager and former player. He was manager of Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga, until his sacking on 23 October 2008....
  
  resigns after two years as Millwall manager to be replaced in the manager's seat by 35-year-old defender Mick McCarthy
  Mick McCarthy
  Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....
  
  .
  - – In the Fourth Division, bottom club Aldershot
    Aldershot F.C.
    Aldershot Football Club was an English Football League club, which was wound up in the High Court in March 1992. They became the first Football League club since Accrington Stanley to resign from the League during the course of a season. The club was nicknamed the Shots for both the last syllable...
    
    are wound up in the High Court
    High Court
    The term High Court usually refers to the superior court of a country or state. In some countries, it is the highest court . In others, it is positioned lower in the hierarchy of courts The term High Court usually refers to the superior court (or supreme court) of a country or state. In some...
    
    with debts in excess of £1million, but are given seven days to appeal against the verdict and have been allowed to continue in the Football League.
    - – Liverpool's UEFA Cup quest ends in a 4–0 aggregate semi-final defeat by Genoa
      Genoa
      Genoa |Ligurian]] Zena ; Latin and, archaically, English Genua) is a city and an important seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria....
      
      of Italy
      Italy
      Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
      
      , who beat them 2–0 in both legs.

20 March 1992 - Derby County break their transfer record again by signing Notts County striker Tommy Johnson

Tommy Johnson (footballer born 1971)

Thomas "Tommy" Johnson is a retired footballer who played as a striker for clubs including Notts County, Celtic and Aston Villa.-Notts County:...

for £1.3million after a loan spell.

21 March 1992 – Manchester United's title hopes are jeopardised by a goalless home draw against struggling Wimbledon.

23 March 1992 - Kenny Dalglish takes his Blackburn Rovers spending to £5million in five months with a £750,000 move for Swindon Town striker Duncan Shearer

Duncan Shearer

Duncan Nichol Shearer is a former Scottish footballer and the brother of fellow former player Dave Shearer. He played shinty as well as football as a youth.-Playing career:...

.

25 March 1992 – Fourth Division

Football League Fourth Division

side Aldershot

Aldershot F.C.

, finally go out of business and forced to resign from the Football League

The Football League

.

27 March 1992 – Clive Allen's three-month spell at Chelsea ends with a £275,000 move to relegation-threatened West Ham United.

29 March 1992 – Newcastle United's Second Division survival bid is given a major boost when they beat local rivals Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

1–0 at home. In the last-ever Full Members Cup

Full Members Cup

The Full Members Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992....

final, Nottingham Forest beat Southampton 3-2 in extra time at Wembley, but lose defender Stuart Pearce

Stuart Pearce

Stuart Pearce OBE is an English football manager and former player. He is currently the manager of the England national under-21 team and the Great Britain and Northern Ireland Olympic football team...

for the rest of the season - including the League Cup final - with a knee injury.

31 March 1992 – March draws to a close with Manchester United still top of the league, now one point ahead of Leeds United and with a game in hand after two Paul Ince

Paul Ince

Paul Emerson Carlyle Ince is an English football manager and a former professional player. He has managed Blackburn Rovers, Milton Keynes Dons and Macclesfield Town...

goals help them beat Norwich City 3–1 at Carrow Road

Carrow Road

Carrow Road is a football stadium in Norwich, England, and is the home of Norwich City Football Club. The stadium is located toward the easterly end of the city, not far from Norwich railway station and the River Wensum....

. Luton Town and West Ham United remain in the relegation zone but Southampton have climbed out of it at the expense of Notts County. Ipswich Town have displaced Blackburn Rovers at the top of the Second Division, with the playoff zone being occupied by Cambridge United, Middlesbrough, Leicester City and Charlton Athletic.

3 April 1992 - Just over a week after Aldershot's demise, there are fears that another Football League club could go out of business when Northampton Town go into receivership with debts of £1million; the club's administrators sack manager Theo Foley

Theo Foley

Theo Foley is an Irish former footballer and football manager.-Playing career:During his footballing career, he played as a defender for Home Farm F.C., before moving to England to pursue a career beginning with Burnley F.C., then moving to Exeter City F.C., Northampton Town F.C., then Charlton...

.

4 April 1992 – Leeds United suffer another blow in their title challenge with a 4–0 defeat by Manchester City at Maine Road

Maine Road

Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...

.

5 April 1992 – Sunderland beat Norwich City 1–0 to reach their first FA Cup final since the 1973 triumph, while Portsmouth's hopes setting the piece for a unique non top division FA Cup final are put on hold as they can only manage a 1–1 draw with Liverpool, whose manager Graeme Souness

Graeme Souness

is rushed to hospital just hours after the game to undergo an emergency heart operation.

7 April 1992 – Ryan Giggs scores against Manchester City in the Manchester derby at Old Trafford for the second season running, but this time United fail to take all the points as their neighbours hold them to a 1–1 draw.

11 April 1992 – Paul Merson

Paul Merson

Paul Charles Merson is a retired English football player, and former player-manager of Walsall. His playing career has included spells at Arsenal, Middlesbrough, Aston Villa, Portsmouth and finishing his playing career at Tamworth. He also played for England 21 times...

scores a hat-trick in Arsenal's 4–1 home win over Crystal Palace – the first game that Ian Wright, who failed to score, has played against his old club. Leeds United boost their title bid with a 3–0 home win over Chelsea.

12 April 1992 – Manchester United collect a piece of silverware for the third season running by defeating Nottingham Forest 1–0 in the League Cup final thanks to a Brian McClair

Brian McClair

goal, and they are still fighting a two-horse race with Leeds United for the league title.

13 April 1992 – Liverpool defeat Portsmouth on penalties after the FA Cup semi-final replay ends in a goalless draw. Justin Fashanu

Justin Fashanu

receives a £265 fine and a 28-day driving ban for speeding and failing to produce his driving licence.

15 April 1992 – Graeme Souness gives a newspaper interview to The Sun

The Sun (newspaper)

The Sun is a daily national tabloid newspaper published in the United Kingdom and owned by News Corporation. Sister editions are published in Glasgow and Dublin...

as he recovers from heart surgery in hospital. Photographs of him kissing his girlfriend are also published in the article, sparking widespread anger from Liverpool fans due to The Sun's controversial reporting of the Hillsborough disaster

Hillsborough disaster

The Hillsborough disaster was a human crush that occurred on 15 April 1989 at Hillsborough, a football stadium, the home of Sheffield Wednesday F.C. in Sheffield, England, resulting in the deaths of 96 people, and 766 being injured, all fans of Liverpool F.C....

and the fact that the article was published on the tragedy's third anniversary. The article had originally been scheduled to appear in yesterday's edition of the newspaper, but missed the deadline for the 14 April edition due to the game's late finish.

16 April 1992 – Manchester United's title hopes are still very much alive after an Andrei Kanchelskis

Andrei Kanchelskis

Andrei Antanasovich Kanchelskis is a Ukrainian-born Russian football manager and former association footballer who played as a right winger. Kanchelskis is the only player in history to have scored in each of the Glasgow, Merseyside and Manchester local derbies.Currently, he is managing FC...

goal gives them a 1–0 home win over Southampton.

18 April 1992 – Liverpool hold Leeds United to a goalless draw at Anfield

Anfield

, keeping the title race wide open. However, Manchester United fail to take advantage as they can only manage a 1–1 draw at Luton, whose survival hopes are boosted by the point they hold on for.

19 April 1992 - Defender Mick McCarthy

Mick McCarthy

Michael Joseph "Mick" McCarthy is an English-born former Irish international footballer who is currently the manager of Premier League club Wolverhampton Wanderers, where he has been in charge since July 2006....

becomes player-manager of Millwall in place of Bruce Rioch

Bruce Rioch

Bruce David Rioch is an English-born football manager and former player. He was manager of Aalborg BK in the Danish Superliga, until his sacking on 23 October 2008....

.

20 April 1992 – Ian Wright scores twice as Arsenal beat Liverpool 4–0 in the league at Highbury. Leeds United are one point ahead of Manchester United, who have a game in hand, after a 2–0 home win over relegation threatened Coventry City, while Alex Ferguson's

Alex Ferguson

Sir Alexander Chapman "Alex" Ferguson, CBE is a Scottish association football manager and former player, currently managing Manchester United, where he has been in charge since 1986...

team lose 2–1 at home to Nottingham Forest.

21 April 1992 - Businessman Max Griggs

Max Griggs

Max Griggs is the president of the R Griggs Group, current owner of the Dr. Martens shoe company, and one of largest shoe manufacturers in the United Kingdom. The company moved all factories etc...

forms a new team, Rushden & Diamonds

Rushden & Diamonds F.C.

Rushden & Diamonds Football Club was an association football club based in Irthlingborough, Northamptonshire, England. Formed by a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds in 1992, the club played in the Conference National following a short spell in the Football League at the start of...

, from a merger of Rushden Town and Irthlingborough Diamonds, to play in the Midland Division of the Southern League next season.

22 April 1992 – Manchester United's title hopes are left hanging by a thread when they lose 1–0 to West Ham United at Upton Park

Boleyn Ground

The Boleyn Ground, more commonly referred to as Upton Park due to its location in Upton Park, London is the football stadium of West Ham United.-History:...

. They are still just one point behind leaders Leeds United with two games remaining, but Man United have a tough challenge in their next match – Liverpool at Anfield – while Leeds have a relatively easy opposition in the shape of Sheffield United.

25 April 1992 - Newly promoted West Ham United and Notts County are both relegated from the First Division.

26 April 1992 – Leeds United

Leeds United A.F.C.

Leeds United Association Football Club are an English professional association football club based in Beeston, Leeds, West Yorkshire, who play in the Football League Championship, the second tier of the English football league system...

are confirmed as league champions for the first time in 18 years, and just 2 years after winning promotion, thanks to Manchester United

Manchester United F.C.

's 2–0 defeat at Liverpool

Liverpool F.C.

.

29 April 1992 - After guiding unfashionable Sunderland to the FA Cup final, caretaker manager Malcolm Crosby

Malcolm Crosby

receives the manager's job on a permanent basis.

30 April 1992 – With Leeds United confirmed as champions, there is one game remaining and Manchester United's seemingly unassaible position in the top two is now under threat from Sheffield Wednesday, while Luton Town have to win their final game of the season to avoid losing the top flight place they have held since 1982. Notts County and West Ham United, meanwhile, have both had their relegation confirmed just one season after promotion. Ipswich Town have sealed promotion to the new Premier League as Second Division champions, ending six years outside the top flight. Leicester City, who this time last year narrowly avoided relegation to the Third Division, occupy the second automatic promotion place, but face competition from Derby County and Middlesbrough. Cambridge United and Charlton Athletic complete the top six, but the South London

South London

South London is the southern part of London, England, United Kingdom.According to the 2011 official Boundary Commission for England definition, South London includes the London boroughs of Bexley, Bromley, Croydon, Greenwich, Kingston, Lambeth, Lewisham, Merton, Southwark, Sutton and...

ers could be leapfrogged by Blackburn Rovers at the weekend.

1 May 1992 – Dave Stringer

Dave Stringer

Dave Stringer , is a former player and manager of Norwich City football club.As a player, he won the fans' vote to be Norwich City player of the year in 1972 and made a total of 499 appearances for the club. He ended his playing career with Cambridge United before returning to Norwich city to coach...

resigns as manager of Norwich City

Norwich City F.C.

Norwich City Football Club is an English professional football club based in Norwich, Norfolk. As of the 2011–12 season, Norwich City are again playing in the Premier League after a six-year absence, having finished as runner up in the Championship in 2010–11 and winning automatic promotion.The...

. Stringer, 48, had been in charge at Carrow Road

Carrow Road

for five seasons and had taken the club to the FA Cup semi finals twice as well as a club-best finish of fourth place in 1989. Youth team coach Mike Walker is announced as Stringer's successor.

2 May 1992 –

- – Manchester United finish second in the league after beating Tottenham Hotspur 3–1, with Gary Lineker
  Gary Lineker
  Gary Winston Lineker, OBE , is a former English footballer, who played as a striker. He is a sports broadcaster for the BBC, Al Jazeera Sports and Eredivisie Live...
  
  scoring a consolation goal for the North London
  North London
  North London is the northern part of London, England. It is an imprecise description and the area it covers is defined differently for a range of purposes. Common to these definitions is that it includes districts located north of the River Thames and is used in comparison with South...
  
  side to finish the season with 28 league goals. It is the last game to be played in front of the Stretford End terrace before it is replaced by an all-seater stand.
Ian Wright
Ian Wright
Ian Edward Wright, MBE is a retired English footballer turned television and radio personality.Wright enjoyed success with London clubs Crystal Palace and Arsenal, spending six years with the former and seven years with the latter. With Arsenal he has lifted the Premier League title and both major...

leapfrogs Lineker as the First Division's top scorer on 29 goals by scoring a hat-trick against Southampton in a 5–1 win for Arsenal at Highbury, in the last game to be played in front of the North Bank before its rebuild.
- - – Luton Town's final game of the season ends in defeat and their 10-year stay in the top flight is at an end.
    - – In his final game for West Ham United, Frank McAvennie
      Frank McAvennie
      Francis "Frank" McAvennie is a former Scottish football striker best known as a player with West Ham United and Celtic, having had two spells with both of these clubs.-Early life:...
      
      scores a hat-trick for the relegated East London
      East End of London
      The East End of London, also known simply as the East End, is the area of London, England, United Kingdom, east of the medieval walled City of London and north of the River Thames. Although not defined by universally accepted formal boundaries, the River Lea can be considered another boundary...
      
      side in their 4–0 home win over Nottingham Forest.
      - – Leeds United finish their title winning campaign with a 1–0 home win over Norwich City, with the only goal being scored by Rod Wallace
        Rod Wallace
        Rodney Seymour "Rod" Wallace is a retired English footballer.Wallace played predominantly as a striker or part of an attacking forward line. He started his career at Southampton in 1988 playing 128 league games scoring 45 goals. This form earned him a transfer to Leeds where he won the first...
        
        .
        
        -Middlesbrough beat Derby County and Leicester City to the second automatic promotion place in the Second Division. Blackburn Rovers have crept into the playoffs at the expense of Charlton Athletic, while Plymouth Argyle, Brighton and Port Vale have all been relegated. Meanwhile, in the Second Division, Newcastle United are left needing only a win from their final game of the season to be sure of survival after they beat Leicester City
        Leicester City F.C.
        Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
        
        (who have qualified for the playoffs) 2–1 at Filbert Street
        Filbert Street
        Filbert Street, in Leicester, England, was a football stadium, and the home of Leicester City from 1891 to 2002. Although officially titled "The City Business Stadium" in the early 1990s, it remained known almost exclusively by its address, like many English football stadia.- Early years :The club,...
        
        .
        
        - Brentford seal the Third Division title.
        
        - After helping Leeds United win the league title, French striker Eric Cantona
        Eric Cantona
        Eric Daniel Pierre Cantona is a French actor and former French international footballer. He played for Auxerre, Martigues, Marseille, Bordeaux, Montpellier, Nîmes and Leeds United before ending his professional footballing career at Manchester United, where he won four Premier League titles in...
        
        makes his loan move from Nimes permanent for a fee of £900,000.

3 May 1992 - Gordon Strachan

Gordon Strachan

announces his retirement from international action with Scotland.

5 May 1992 –

- – It is announced that England will host the 1996 UEFA European Football Championships.
  - – Bobby Gould
    Bobby Gould
    Robert Anthony "Bobby" Gould is an English former footballer and manager.-Playing career:Born in Coventry, Gould started his career at Coventry City, making his debut for the club whilst still an apprentice at the age of 16. He did not sign professional until June 1964...
    
    is sacked as manager of West Bromwich Albion after they just missed out on the Third Division playoffs in their first season at this level.

7 May 1992 - Defender Des Walker

Des Walker

Desmond Sinclair "Des" Walker is a former England international footballer who is best remembered for his spells with Nottingham Forest and Sheffield Wednesday...

moves from Nottingham Forest to Sampdoria of Italy for £1.5million.

8 May 1992 – Phil Neal

Phil Neal

Philip George "Phil" Neal is a former footballer who was, at one time, the most successful player in English football history. He played for Liverpool 650 times over an eleven year period and is the only player to have appeared in the first five of their European Cup finals, winning four of them...

, the former Liverpool captain, is sacked after more than six years as manager of Bolton Wanderers. Neal, 41, oversaw Bolton's relegation to the Fourth Division in 1987 but won them promotion after just one season, and last season he took them to the brink of promotion to the Second Division. However, he could only manage them to 13th place in this season's Third Division. Ossie Ardiles returns to management with West Bromwich Albion.

9 May 1992 – Liverpool lift the FA Cup for the fifth time in their history thanks to a 2–0 win over Sunderland

Sunderland A.F.C.

Sunderland Association Football Club is an English association football club based in Sunderland, Tyne and Wear who currently play in the Premier League...

at Wembley. The first goal of the game comes from Michael Thomas, who famously denied them the league title three years ago with a last-minute goal when playing for Arsenal. The second goal comes from Ian Rush, who has missed much of the season due to a spate of injuries.

10 May 1992 – Mike Masters becomes the first American to score at Wembley for Colchester United

Colchester United F.C.

in the F.A Trophy Final.

11 May 1992 - Former England manager Bobby Robson

Bobby Robson

Sir Robert William "Bobby" Robson, CBE was an English footballer and manager, who coached seven European clubs and the England national team during his career....

ends two years with PSV Eindhoven in Holland to manage Sporting Lisbon of Portugal

Portugal

.

15 May 1992 – Rob Jones, the young Liverpool defender who excelled this season after his move from Crewe Alexandra, pulls out of contention for a place in England's Euro 92 squad due to shin splints. Peter Shreeves is dismissed as team manager of Tottenham Hotspur after one disappointing season back at the helm.

18 May 1992 – Graham Taylor announces England's 20-man squad for Euro 92.

19 May 1992 – Portsmouth accept a £700,000 offer from Liverpool for defender John Beresford

John Beresford (footballer)

John Beresford is a former English football player who played as a defender, who is currently a pundit for ITV Tyne Tees and ESPN.-Football career:...

.

21 May 1992 – Having secured Newcastle's survival in the Second Division (which will be known as Division one from next season), Kevin Keegan signs a three-year contract to become manager on a permanent basis.

23 May 1992 – Aldershot Town

Aldershot Town F.C.

are formed in place of the bankrupt Aldershot FC, and are applying for a place in next season's Isthmian League

Isthmian League

Third Division. Blackpool

Blackpool F.C.

become the first team to win promotion on penalties when they defeat Scunthorpe United 4–3 on penalties after a 1–1 draw in the Fourth Division playoff final.

25 May 1992 –

- – Blackburn Rovers
  Blackburn Rovers F.C.
  Blackburn Rovers Football Club is an English professional association football club based in the town of Blackburn, Lancashire. The team currently competes in the Premier League, the top tier of English football....
  
  return to the top flight of English football after a 26-year exile after beating Leicester City
  Leicester City F.C.
  Leicester City Football Club , also known as The Foxes, is an English professional football club based at the King Power Stadium in Leicester...
  
  in the Second Division
  Football League Second Division
  From 1892 until 1992, the Football League Second Division was the second highest division overall in English football.This ended with the creation of the FA Premier League, prior to the start of the 1992–93 season, which caused an administrative split between The Football League and the teams...
  
  playoff final. The only goal of the game was a penalty by striker Mike Newell
  Mike Newell (footballer)
  Michael Colin "Mike" Newell is an English football manager and former professional footballer. As a player he notably was a member of the Blackburn Rovers team which won the Premier League in 1995, as well also playing for Crewe Alexandra, Wigan Athletic, Luton Town, Leicester City, Everton,...
  
  , ironically a former Leicester player.
  - – Lee Dixon
    Lee Dixon
    Lee Michael Dixon is a former English professional footballer born in Manchester.He formed part of the Arsenal defence from the late 1980s, through till 2002. He was capped 22 times for England, scoring once....
    
    becomes the second right-back to pull out of the England squad due to a knee injury suffered at home, causing Graham Taylor to call upon the Glasgow Rangers
    Rangers F.C.
    Rangers Football Club are an association football club based in Glasgow, Scotland, who play in the Scottish Premier League. The club are nicknamed the Gers, Teddy Bears and the Light Blues, and the fans are known to each other as bluenoses...
    
    defender Gary Stevens
    Gary Stevens
    Gary Michael Stevens is a retired English footballer who is best remembered playing in defence for a successful Everton side of the 1980s, as well as for the England national football team....
    
    .

26 May 1992 – Peterborough United

Peterborough United F.C.

win the Third Division playoff final with a 2–1 win over Stockport County to become founder members of the new Division One and reach the second tier of the English league for the first time in their 32 years as a Football League side.

27 May 1992 – Bobby Gould is appointed joint manager of Coventry City alongside Don Howe, who was his assistant when he managed Wimbledon to FA Cup glory in 1988.Derby County, who missed out on a place in the new Premier League after defeat in the playoffs, prepare for another promotion push by signing midfielder Mark Pembridge

Mark Pembridge

Mark Anthony Pembridge is a former footballer whose favoured position was the left side of midfield. He won numerous caps for Wales. He is currently a coach at the academy for Fulham.-Club career:...

from Luton Town for £1.25million. Tottenham Hotspur announce that Doug Livermore

Doug Livermore

Douglas Ernest Livermore is a former professional footballer and manager.-Playing career:Livermore began his career with Liverpool where he came through the youth system to eventually sign professional forms on the 1 November 1965 as an 18 year old...

will be taking charge of the first team from next season with Ray Clemence

Ray Clemence

Raymond Neal "Ray" Clemence, MBE is one of English and European football's most decorated goalkeepers ever and was part of the Liverpool team of the 1970s.-Scunthorpe United:...

as his assistant, while chief executive Terry Venables will be involved in the coaching side of the club again.

29 May 1992 – Bruce Rioch returns to football as manager of Bolton Wanderers.

1 June 1992 – Tottenham Hotspur sign 19-year-old winger Darren Anderton

Darren Anderton

Darren Robert Anderton is a retired English footballer who spent most of his career with Tottenham Hotspur as a midfielder. He played 30 times for the England national football team, scoring 7 goals.-Career:...

from Portsmouth for £1.7million.

2 June 1992 - Demolition work begins on Manchester United's famous Stretford End, to make way for an all-seater replacement which will cost £12million to build and be completed next year.

3 June 1992 – England lose a third right-back when Gary Stevens suffers a stress fracture in a 2–1 friendly win over Finland

Finland national football team

The Finland national football team represents Finland in international football competitions and is controlled by the Football Association of Finland....

in Helsinki

Helsinki

Helsinki is the capital and largest city in Finland. It is in the region of Uusimaa, located in southern Finland, on the shore of the Gulf of Finland, an arm of the Baltic Sea. The population of the city of Helsinki is , making it by far the most populous municipality in Finland. Helsinki is...

. Their left winger John Barnes

John Barnes (footballer)

John Charles Bryan Barnes MBE is an English football manager and former player.During his playing career, Barnes had successful periods at Watford and Liverpool in the 1980s and 1990s, winning the First Division twice, the FA Cup twice, and playing for England 79 times...

ruptures his Achilles

Achilles

In Greek mythology, Achilles was a Greek hero of the Trojan War, the central character and the greatest warrior of Homer's Iliad.Plato named Achilles the handsomest of the heroes assembled against Troy....

tendon and is also ruled out of Euro 92.

5 June 1992 – England are given special permission to make additions to their Euro 92 squad after the official deadline, selecting Manchester City defender Keith Curle

Keith Curle

and QPR winger Andy Sinton

Andy Sinton

Andrew "Andy" Sinton born 19 March 1966 in Cramlington, Northumberland, is an English former professional footballer and current manager of A.F.C. Telford United...

as late additions to his squad.

9 June 1992 - England midfielder David Platt leaves Bari after one year and agrees to join their Italian league rivals Juventus for £6.5million. Harry Redknapp

Harry Redknapp

Henry James "Harry" Redknapp is a former English footballer who has enjoyed a long career in football management starting in 1983 with Bournemouth. He is the current manager of Tottenham Hotspur....

ends eight years as manager of Bournemouth and is succeeded by coach Tony Pulis

Tony Pulis

Anthony Richard "Tony" Pulis is a Welsh former football player and is currently the manager of Stoke City. Pulis obtained his FA coaching badge at the age of 19, followed by his UEFA 'A' licence aged 21 – making him one of the youngest professional players ever to have obtained the qualification...

. Aston Villa assistant manager Andy Gray resigns from the position to become a full-time pundit for Sky Sports

Sky Sports

Sky Sports is the brand name for a group of sports-oriented television channels operated by the UK and Ireland's main satellite pay-TV company, British Sky Broadcasting. Sky Sports is the dominant subscription television sports brand in the United Kingdom and Ireland...

in their coverage of the new Premier League.

10 June 1992 - More than a year after first trying to sign him, Lazio finally sign Paul Gascoigne from Tottenham Hotspur for a fee of £6.5million - a record sale for an English club and the joint highest fee for an English player following David Platt's transfer between two Italian clubs yesterday.

11 June 1992 – England begin their Euro 92 campaign with a goalless draw with Denmark

Denmark national football team

in Malmö

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

.

12 June 1992 – England are refused permission to make a further addition to their Euro 92 squad, after Mark Wright was ruled out by injury and manager Graham Taylor had wanted to select Tony Adams

Tony Adams (footballer)

Tony Alexander Adams, MBE is an English football manager and former player.Adams spent his entire playing career of 22 years as a defender at Arsenal. He is considered one of the greatest Arsenal players of all time by the club's own fans and was included in the Football League 100 Legends...

in his place.

13 June 1992 - England hooligans

Football hooliganism

Football hooliganism, sometimes referred to by the British media as the English Disease, is unruly and destructive behaviour—such as brawls, vandalism and intimidation—by association football club fans...

riot in Malmo

Malmö

Malmö , in the southernmost province of Scania, is the third most populous city in Sweden, after Stockholm and Gothenburg.Malmö is the seat of Malmö Municipality and the capital of Skåne County...

.

14 June 1992 – England draw 0–0 with France

France national football team

in their second Euro 92 group game, leaving them needing to win their next game against host nation Sweden

Sweden national football team

The Swedish national football team represents Sweden in association football and is controlled by the Swedish Football Association, the governing body for Football in Sweden. Sweden's home ground is Råsunda Stadium in Stockholms län and their head coach is Erik Hamrén. Sweden made their first...

to stand any chance of reaching the semi-finals.

16 June 1992 – Kevin Keegan

Kevin Keegan

Joseph Kevin Keegan, OBE is a former international footballer and former manager of the England national football team and several English clubs, most notably Newcastle United....

continues to plot Newcastle United's revival bid by signing midfielder Paul Bracewell

Paul Bracewell

Paul Bracewell , in Heswall, Merseyside), but was brought up in Newport, Shropshire, is an English former international footballer who played as a midfielder, although his career was hampered by injuries as the years went by.-Career:...

from Sunderland for £250,000.

17 June 1992 – Despite taking an early lead thanks to David Platt, England bow out of Euro 92 after two second-half goals put them 2–1 down to Sweden in Stockholm

Stockholm

Stockholm is the capital and the largest city of Sweden and constitutes the most populated urban area in Scandinavia. Stockholm is the most populous city in Sweden, with a population of 851,155 in the municipality , 1.37 million in the urban area , and around 2.1 million in the metropolitan area...

.

21 June 1992 – Chris Waddle

Chris Waddle

rejects an offer to join Leeds United from Olympique Marseille. He is now expected to join Sheffield Wednesday for £900,000.

24 June 1992 – Don Howe resigns as joint manager of Coventry City, leaving Bobby Gould in sole charge.

Deaths

30 August 1991 – Cyril Knowles
Cyril Knowles
Cyril Barry Knowles was a footballer who played full-back for Tottenham Hotspur and England. He was the brother of fellow professional footballer Peter Knowles.- Early career :...

, 47, who played at left back for Tottenham and England
England national football team
The England national football team represents England in association football and is controlled by the Football Association, the governing body for football in England. England is the joint oldest national football team in the world, alongside Scotland, whom they played in the world's first...

during the late 1960s and early 1970s, died of brain cancer. Achieved Fourth Division promotion success with Darlington
Darlington F.C.
Darlington Football Club is a professional association football club based in Darlington, County Durham, currently playing in the Conference National. The club was founded in 1883, and originally played its games at Feethams, before moving to the Darlington Arena in 2003...

in 1985 and Hartlepool United
Hartlepool United F.C.
Hartlepool United Football Club is an English professional football club based in Hartlepool that currently play in League One. The team won promotion to League One in the 2006–07 season...

in 1991.
27 September 1991 – Joe Hulme
Joe Hulme
Joseph Harold Anthony "Joe" Hulme was an English footballer and cricketer.-Football career:Born in Stafford, Staffordshire Hulme usually played as a right-winger...

, 87, was a right-winger for Arsenal in Herbert Chapman
Herbert Chapman
Herbert Chapman was an English association football player and manager. Though he had an undistinguished playing career, he went on to become one of the most successful and influential managers in early 20th century English football, before his sudden death in 1934.As a player, Chapman played for...

's great interwar team. After the war, he was the manager of Tottenham Hotspur for four years.
5 November 1991 – Robert Maxwell
Robert Maxwell
Ian Robert Maxwell MC was a Czechoslovakian-born British media proprietor and former Member of Parliament , who rose from poverty to build an extensive publishing empire...

, 68, Former Chairman of Oxford United & Derby County & Media Proprietor. Died after presumably falling overboard his luxury Yacht Lady Ghislaine.
4 December 1991 – Cliff Bastin
Cliff Bastin
Clifford Sydney Bastin was an English football player.Born in Heavitree near Exeter, Bastin started his career at Exeter City, making his debut for the club in 1928, at the age of 16...

, 79, played centre-forward during Arsenal's hugely successful pre Second World War side and set a goalscoring record for the club which would be unbroken for some 60 years. Had played for Exeter City early in his career and a new stand at the club's St James Park ground was named after him.
13 January 1992 – Mick Leach
Mick Leach
Michael 'Mick' Leach was a footballer with Queens Park Rangers in the 1960s and 1970s.Leach signed professional forms in 1964 and made his debut in 1965 in a 5-0 win against Colchester United...

, 44, played more than 300 games for Queens Park Rangers between 1965 and 1979. He helped them achieve their highest-ever league finish when they finished runners-up in the league title race at the end of the 1975–76 season, and continued at the club for the next three seasons before finishing his career with Cambridge United.
4 February 1992 – Alan Davies
Alan Davies (footballer)
Alan Davies was an English-born Welsh international footballer whose regular position was on the right wing, although he could also play on the left. Davies began his football career with Manchester United, before spending time with Newcastle United, Charlton Athletic, Carlisle United, Swansea...

, 30, who played on the left wing for Manchester United in their 1983 FA Cup triumph, was found dead in his car in South Wales. He had committed suicide. At the time of his death, Davies was employed by Swansea City and his other clubs had included Newcastle United and Bradford City.
18 March 1992 – Jack Kelsey
Jack Kelsey
Alfred John "Jack" Kelsey was a Welsh international football goalkeeper, who also played for Arsenal. He is regarded as one of the greatest goalkeepers to play for Wales.- Early career :...

, 63, kept goal for Arsenal and Wales during the postwar years and played until his career was ended by a back injury suffered against Brazil in 1962.
April 1992 – Tommy Wilson
Tommy Wilson (footballer born 1930)
Tommy Wilson was an English professional footballer who played for Nottingham Forest and Walsall....

, 61, scored for Nottingham Forest in their second FA Cup victory – when they beat Luton Town in the 1959 final at Wembley.
25 May 1992 – Daniel Yorath, 15, son of Wales manager Terry
Terry Yorath
Terence Charles Yorath is a former footballer and has been a manager at both club and international level. He is also the father of television presenter Gabby Logan....

, collapsed and died as a result of a rare heart condition, just after joining the Leeds United youth team.

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