1991–92 Nottingham Forest F.C. season

Nottingham Forest
1991–92 season
Chairman	Maurice Rowarth
Manager	Brian Clough
Stadium	City Ground
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Sixth round
League Cup	Runners-up
Full Members' Cup	Winners
Top goalscorer	League: Sheringham (13); All: Sheringham (22)
Average home league attendance	23,721

During the 1991–92 English football season, Nottingham Forest F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

Nottingham Forest finished 8th for the second season running. They also reached the final of the League Cup, only to lose to that season's runners-up, Manchester United, and won the Full Members' Cup. A highlight of the season was a 4-0 win at neighbours Notts County, who were relegated at the end of the season.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
6	Liverpool	42	16	16	10	47	40	+7	64	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
7	Aston Villa	42	17	9	16	48	44	+4	60
8	Nottingham Forest	42	16	11	15	60	58	+2	59
9	Sheffield United	42	16	9	17	65	63	+2	57
10	Crystal Palace	42	14	15	13	53	61	−8	57

Source:

Results

Nottingham Forest's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Everton	H	2–1	24,422	Clough, Jemson
20 August 1991	Leeds United	A	0–1	29,457
24 August 1991	Notts County	A	0-4	21,044	Keane, Crosby, Sheringham, Charles
28 August 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–3	24,018	Clough
31 August 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	3–1	23,244	Pearce, Keane, Gemmill
4 September 1991	Manchester City	A	1–2	29,146	Sheringham
7 September 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	31,289	Crosby
14 September 1991	Wimbledon	H	4–2	19,707	Keane (2), Black, Elkins (own goal)
21 September 1991	Aston Villa	A	1–3	28,506	Black
28 September 1991	West Ham United	H	2–2	25,613	Woan, Sheringham
5 October 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–0	13,058	Sheringham (2)
19 October 1991	Sheffield United	A	2–4	23,080	Parker, Chettle
26 October 1991	Southampton	H	1–3	20,026	Black
2 November 1991	Norwich City	A	0–0	13,014
16 November 1991	Coventry City	H	1–0	21,154	Sheringham
23 November 1991	Crystal Palace	H	5–1	22,387	Woan, Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Pearce, Gemmill
30 November 1991	Chelsea	A	0–1	19,420
8 December 1991	Arsenal	H	3–2	22,079	Sheringham, Woan, Gemmill
14 December 1991	Liverpool	A	0–2	35,285
22 December 1991	Leeds United	H	0–0	27,170
26 December 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1	31,079	Pearce, Clough
28 December 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	1–2	16,496	Pearce
1 January 1992	Luton Town	H	1–1	23,809	Walker
11 January 1992	Notts County	H	1–1	30,168	Black
19 January 1992	Everton	A	1–1	17,717	Gemmill
1 February 1992	Sheffield United	H	2–5	22,412	Keane, Pearce (pen)
22 February 1992	Chelsea	H	1–1	24,089	Sheringham
3 March 1992	Crystal Palace	A	0–0	12,608
11 March 1992	Coventry City	A	2–0	11,158	Sheringham, (own goal)
14 March 1992	Norwich City	H	2–0	20,721	Keane, Gemmill
18 March 1992	Manchester United	H	1–0	28,062	Clough
21 March 1992	Manchester City	H	2–0	24,115	Crosby, Keane
31 March 1992	Arsenal	A	3–3	27,036	Clough, Woan, Keane
2 April 1992	Wimbledon	A	0–3	3,542
4 April 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	26,105
8 April 1992	Southampton	A	1–0	14,905	Tiler
14 April 1992	Luton Town	A	1–2	8,014	Black
18 April 1992	Aston Villa	H	2–0	22,800	Gemmill, Sheringham
20 April 1992	Manchester United	A	2–1	47,576	Woan, Gemmill
22 April 1992	Liverpool	H	1–1	23,787	Sheringham (pen)
25 April 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	1–1	22,228	Gemmill
2 May 1992	West Ham United	A	0–3	20,629

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers	Reference
R3	4 January 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	27,068	Clough
R4	26 January 1992	Hereford United	H	2–0	24,259	Pearce, Sheringham
R5	15 February 1992	Bristol City	H	4–1	24,615	Llewellyn (own goal), Clough, Pearce, Sheringham (pen)	[2]
QF	7 March 1992	Portsmouth	A	0–1	25,402

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Bolton Wanderers	H	4–0	19,936	Gaynor (2), Keane, Black
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Bolton Wanderers	A	5–2 (won 9-2 on agg)	5,469	Keane (2), Sheringham, Black, Gaynor
R3	30 October 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	2–0	17,529	Glover, Gemmill
R4	4 December 1991	Southampton	H	0–0	17,939
R4R	17 December 1991	Southampton	A	1–0	10,861	Gemmill
R5	8 January 1992	Crystal Palace	A	1–1	14,941	Clough
R5R	5 February 1992	Crystal Palace	H	4–2	18,918	Sheringham (3, 1 pen), Pearce
SF 1st leg	9 February 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–1	21,402	Sheringham
SF 2nd leg	1 March 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–1 (won 3-2 on agg)	28,216	Keane, Glover
F	12 April 1992	Manchester United	N	0–1	76,810

Full Members' Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	22 October 1991	Leeds United	A	3–1	6,145	Sheringham (2, 1 pen), Crosby
R3	19 November 1991	Aston Villa	A	2–0	7,858	Pearce, Woan
S Area SF	10 December 1991	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–0	8,034	Keane (2)
N Area F	12 January 1992	Leicester City	A	1–1	19,537	Gemmill
N Area FR	26 January 1992	Leicester City	H	2–0 (won 3-1 on agg)	21,562	Crosby, Wassall
F	29 March 1992	Southampton	N	3–2 (a.e.t.)	67,688	Gemmill (2), Black

Squad

[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Mark Crossley
		GK	Andy Marriott
		GK	Steve Sutton
		DF	Craig Armstrong
		DF	Gary Charles
		DF	Steve Chettle
		DF	Chris Hope
		DF	Brian Laws
		DF	Stuart Pearce (captain)
		DF	Carl Tiler
		DF	Des Walker
		DF	Darren Wassall
		DF	Brett Williams
		DF	Terry Wilson
		MF	Kingsley Black

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Gary Crosby
		MF	Scot Gemmill
		MF	Bobby Howe
		MF	Roy Keane
		MF	Alan Mahood
		MF	Þorvaldur Örlygsson
		MF	Garry Parker
		MF	Steve Stone
		MF	Ian Woan
		FW	Nigel Clough
		FW	Tommy Gaynor
		FW	Lee Glover
		FW	Nigel Jemson
		FW	Teddy Sheringham

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
23 July 1991	FW	Teddy Sheringham	Millwall	£2,000,000
2 September 1991	MF	Kingsley Black	Luton Town	£1,500,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
13 June 1991	MF	Franz Carr	Newcastle United	£250,000
11 July 1991	MF	Neil Lyne	Shrewsbury Town	Signed
25 July 1991	MF	Steve Hodge	Leeds United	£900,000
9 August 1991	MF	Brian Rice	Falkirk	Signed
17 August 1991	FW	Phil Starbuck	Huddersfield Town	Free transfer
17 September 1991	FW	Nigel Jemson	Sheffield Wednesday	£800,000
29 November 1991	MF	Garry Parker	Aston Villa	£650,000
10 January 1992	DF	Phil Gilchrist	Middlesbrough	Free transfer
6 March 1992	GK	Steve Sutton	Derby County	£300,000
23 March 1992	MF	Alan Mahood	Greenock Morton	Signed

Transfers in:

£3,500,000

Transfers out:

£1,750,000

Total spending:

£1,750,000

References

"Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
"Forest on course for two Wembley finals". New Straits Times. 16 February 1992. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
http://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1992

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[1] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2016. Retrieved 5 September 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[2] "Forest on course for two Wembley finals". New Straits Times. 16 February 1992. Retrieved 28 May 2013.

[3] ttp://www.11v11.com/teams/nottingham-forest/tab/players/season/1992