1991–92 Tottenham Hotspur F.C. season

Tottenham Hotspur

1991–92 season
Chairman	Alan Sugar
Manager	Peter Shreeves
Stadium	White Hart Lane
First Division	15th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Semi-finals
FA Community Shield	Shared
UEFA Cup Winners' Cup	Quarter-finals
Top goalscorer	League: Lineker (28) All: Lineker (35)
Average home league attendance	27,761
← 1990-91 1992-93 →

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

Season summary

In the 1991-92 season, Terry Venables became chief executive, with Peter Shreeves again taking charge of first-team duties. Tottenham were competing in Europe that season, in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup, reaching the quarter-final where they were edged out by Dutch side Feyenoord. Gary Lineker, who in November confirmed that he would be leaving Tottenham at the end of the season to play in Japan, scored 28 goals and was voted Football Writers' Footballer of the Year, but these goals were not enough to prevent Tottenham from under-performing throughout the campaign, losing 20 games as they finished 15th.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	F	A		W	D	L	F	A		F	A	GD		Pts
1	Leeds United	42		13	8	0	38	13		9	8	4	36	24		74	37	+37		82
2	Manchester United	42		12	7	2	34	13		9	8	4	29	20		63	33	+30		78
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42		13	5	3	39	24		8	7	6	23	25		62	49	+13		75
4	Arsenal	42		12	7	2	51	23		7	8	6	30	24		81	46	+35		72
5	Manchester City	42		13	4	4	32	14		7	6	8	29	34		61	48	+13		70
6	Liverpool	42		13	5	3	34	17		3	11	7	13	23		47	40	+7		64
7	Aston Villa	42		13	3	5	31	16		4	6	11	17	28		48	44	+4		60
8	Nottingham Forest	42		10	7	4	36	27		6	4	11	24	31		60	58	+2		59
9	Sheffield United	42		9	6	6	29	23		7	3	11	36	40		65	63	+2		57
10	Crystal Palace	42		7	8	6	24	25		7	7	7	29	36		53	61	– 8		57
11	Queens Park Rangers	42		6	10	5	25	21		6	8	7	23	26		48	47	+1		54
12	Everton	42		8	8	5	28	19		5	6	10	24	32		52	51	+1		53
13	Wimbledon	42		10	5	6	32	20		3	9	9	21	33		53	53	±0		53
14	Chelsea	42		7	8	6	31	30		6	6	9	19	30		50	60	– 10		53
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42		7	3	11	33	35		8	4	9	25	28		58	63	– 5		52
16	Southampton	42		7	5	9	17	28		7	5	9	22	27		39	55	– 16		52
17	Oldham Athletic	42		11	5	5	46	36		3	4	14	17	31		63	67	– 4		51
18	Norwich City	42		8	6	7	29	28		3	6	12	18	35		47	63	– 16		45
19	Coventry City	42		6	7	8	18	15		5	4	12	17	29		35	44	– 9		44
20	Luton Town	42		10	7	4	25	17		0	5	16	14	54		38	71	– 33		42
21	Notts County	42		7	5	9	24	29		3	5	13	16	33		40	62	– 22		40
22	West Ham United	42		6	6	9	22	24		3	5	13	15	35		37	59	– 22		38

• Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for Champions League
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Tottenham Hotspur's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Southampton	A	3–2	18,581	Lineker (2), Durie
24 August 1991	Chelsea	H	1–3	34,645	Lineker
28 August 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	3–1	24,018	Durie, Lineker, Bergsson
31 August 1991	Norwich City	A	1–0	19,460	Lineker
7 September 1991	Aston Villa	A	0–0	33,096
14 September 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–0	30,059	Lineker (2)
21 September 1991	Wimbledon	A	5–3	11,927	Samways, Lineker (4, 1 pen)
28 September 1991	Manchester United	H	1–2	35,087	Durie
5 October 1991	Everton	A	1–3	29,505	Lineker
19 October 1991	Manchester City	H	0–1	30,502
26 October 1991	West Ham United	A	1–2	23,946	Lineker
2 November 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	31,573
16 November 1991	Luton Town	H	4–1	27,543	Lineker (2), Houghton (2)
23 November 1991	Sheffield United	H	0–1	28,168
1 December 1991	Arsenal	A	0–2	38,892
7 December 1991	Notts County	H	2–1	23,364	Mabbutt, Walsh
14 December 1991	Leeds United	A	1–1	31,404	Howells
18 December 1991	Liverpool	H	1–2	27,434	Walsh
22 December 1991	Crystal Palace	A	2–1	22,491	Lineker, Walsh
26 December 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2	31,079	Stewart
28 December 1991	Norwich City	H	3–0	27,969	Lineker, Allen, Nayim
1 January 1992	Coventry City	A	2–1	19,639	Stewart, Lineker
11 January 1992	Chelsea	A	0–2	28,628
18 January 1992	Southampton	H	1–2	23,191	Lineker
25 January 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	20,843
1 February 1992	Manchester City	A	0–1	30,123
16 February 1992	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	19,834
22 February 1992	Arsenal	H	1–1	33,124	Stewart
7 March 1992	Leeds United	H	1–3	27,622	Allen
11 March 1992	Luton Town	A	0–0	11,494
14 March 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	0–2	23,027
21 March 1992	Liverpool	A	1–2	39,968	Stewart
28 March 1992	Coventry City	H	4–3	22,744	Durie (3), Lineker
1 April 1992	West Ham United	H	3–0	31,809	Lineker (3)
4 April 1992	Aston Villa	H	2–5	26,370	Lineker, Teale (own goal)
7 April 1992	Notts County	A	2–0	9,205	Lineker
11 April 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	2–1	20,678	Gray, Durie
14 April 1992	Sheffield United	A	0–2	21,526
18 April 1992	Wimbledon	H	3–2	23,934	Lineker (2), Hendry
20 April 1992	Oldham Athletic	A	0–1	15,443
25 April 1992	Everton	H	3–3	36,340	Stewart, Minton, Allen
2 May 1992	Manchester United	A	1–3	44,585	Lineker

FA Charity Shield

Main article: 1991 FA Charity Shield

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
10 August 1991	Arsenal	N	0–0	65,483

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1992	Aston Villa	A	0–0	29,316
R3R	14 January 1992	Aston Villa	H	0–1	25,462

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Swansea City	A	0–1	11,416
R2 2nd leg	9 October 1991	Swansea City	H	5–1 (won 5-2 on agg)	4,146	Stewart, Samways, Lineker (pen), Allen, Brazil (own goal)
R3	29 October 1991	Grimsby Town	A	3–0	17,017	Howells, Durie, Lineker
R4	4 December 1991	Coventry City	A	2–1	20,095	Durie, Allen
R5	8 January 1992	Norwich City	H	2–1	29,471	Lineker, Walsh
SF 1st leg	9 February 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	1–1	21,402	Lineker (pen)
SF 2nd leg	1 March 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	1–2 (a.e.t.)	28,216	Lineker

European Cup Winners' Cup

Main article: 1991-92 European Cup Winners' Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
Preliminary 1st leg	21 August 1991	SV Stockerau	A	1–0	15,500	Durie
Preliminary 2nd leg	4 September 1991	SV Stockerau	H	1–0 (won 2-0 on agg)	28,072	Mabbutt
R1 1st leg	17 September 1991	Hajduk Split	A	0–1	7,000
R1 2nd leg	2 October 1991	Hajduk Split	H	2–0 (won 2-1 on agg)	24,297	Durie, Tuttle
R2 1st leg	23 October 1991	FC Porto	H	3–1	23,621	Durie, Lineker (2)
R2 2nd leg	7 November 1991	FC Porto	A	0–0 (won 3-1 on agg)	45,000
QF 1st leg	4 March 1992	Feyenoord	A	0–1	44,000
QF 2nd leg	18 March 1992	Feyenoord	H	0–0 (lost 0-1 on agg)	29,834

Squad

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

No. Position Player GK Kevin Dearden GK Erik Thorstvedt GK Ian Walker DF Guðni Bergsson DF Jason Cundy DF Justin Edinburgh DF Terry Fenwick DF Ian Hendon DF Gary Mabbutt DF Stuart Nethercott DF Neil Ruddock DF Steve Sedgley DF Brian Statham DF Dave Tuttle DF Pat Van Den Hauwe DF Neil Young MF Paul Allen MF Nick Barmby MF Darren Caskey MF Peter Garland

No. Position Player MF Paul Gascoigne MF Andy Gray MF Micky Hazard MF Lee Hodges MF Scott Houghton MF David Howells MF Jeff Minton MF John Moncur MF Nayim MF Mark Robson MF Vinny Samways MF Neil Smith MF Paul Stewart MF Andy Turner FW Gordon Durie FW John Hendry FW Gary Lineker FW Paul Moran FW Paul Walsh

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
16 August 1991	FW	Gordon Durie	Chelsea	£2,200,000
27 May 1992	MF	Andy Gray	Crystal Palace	£700,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
7 August 1991	DF	Mitchell Thomas	West Ham United	£525,000
16 August 1991	FW	Phil Gray	Luton Town	£275,000
20 August 1991	DF	Mark Hall	Southend United	Free transfer
17 October 1991	MF	Neil Smith	Gillingham	£40,000
28 February 1992	DF	Brian Statham	Brentford	£70,000
24 March 1992	MF	Peter Garland	Newcastle United	£35,000
30 March 1992	MF	John Moncur	Swindon Town	£80,000

Transfers in: £2,900,000

Transfers out: £1,025,000

Total spending: £1,875,000