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1991–92 Aston Villa F.C. season

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Aston Villa
1991–92 season
ChairmanDoug Ellis
ManagerRon Atkinson
StadiumVilla Park
First Division7th
FA CupQuarter finals
League CupSecond round
Full Members CupQuarter finals
Top goalscorerLeague: Regis/Yorke (11)
All: Yorke (16)
Average home league attendance24,818

During the 1991–92 English football season, Aston Villa competed in the Football League First Division. Ron Atkinson took charge of the team taking over from Josef Venglos.

Aston Villa improved on the previous season's poor 17th-place finish to finish 7th, under new manager Ron Atkinson. This came despite an horrendous run of form from New Year's Day, which saw them win just one game and score only two goals in twelve league matches.

Villa's new manager made many new signings in the months following his June 1991 arrival at Villa Park, including new goalkeeper Les Sealey, teenage defender Ugo Ehiogu, striker Dalian Atkinson and mid-season signing Earl Barrett. Other debuts included Steve Staunton, Shaun Teale, Paul Mortimer, Kevin Richardson, Cyrille Regis, Dariusz Kubicki, Bryan Small, Alan McLoughlin, Neil Cox, Stefan Beinlich, Martin Carruthers, Garry Parker, Steve Froggatt, Matthias Breitkreutz and Mark Bosnich.[1]

Top scorer was Trinidadian striker Dwight Yorke, who scored 11 times in the First Division and 17 times in all competitions.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Manchester City 42 20 10 12 61 48 +13 70
6 Liverpool 42 16 16 10 47 40 +7 64 Qualification for the European Cup Winners' Cup first round
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
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored


Results

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Aston Villa's score comes first[2]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
17 August 1991 Sheffield Wednesday A 3–2 36,749 Atkinson 42', Regis 51', Staunton 85'
21 August 1991 Manchester United H 0–1 39,995
24 August 1991 Arsenal H 3–1 29,684 Staunton (pen) 40', Penrice 53', Daley 76'
28 August 1991 West Ham United A 1–3 23,644 Daley 49'
31 August 1991 Southampton A 1–1 16,161 Richardson 2'
4 September 1991 Crystal Palace H 0–1 20,740
7 September 1991 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 33,096
14 September 1991 Liverpool A 1–1 38,400 Richardson 25'
18 September 1991 Chelsea A 0–2 17,182
21 September 1991 Nottingham Forest H 3–1 28,506 Blake 48', Richardson 62', Yorke 63'
28 September 1991 Coventry City A 0–1 17,851
5 October 1991 Luton Town H 4–0 18,722 Richardson 3', Regis 46', Yorke 59', Mortimer 80'
19 October 1991 Everton A 2–0 27,688 Regis 32', Daley 66'
26 October 1991 Wimbledon H 2–1 16,928 Olney 9', Yorke 29'
2 November 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 1–0 10,642 Yorke 44'
16 November 1991 Notts County H 1–0 23,020 Yorke 29'
24 November 1991 Leeds United H 1–4 23,713 Yorke 67'
30 November 1991 Oldham Athletic A 2–3 15,370 Blake 10', Regis 58'
7 December 1991 Manchester City H 3–1 26,265 Regis 26', Yorke 40', Daley 70'
14 December 1991 Sheffield United A 0–2 18,401
26 December 1991 West Ham United H 3–1 31,959 Yorke 33', Daley 42', Richardson 90'
28 December 1991 Southampton H 2–1 23,094 Regis 16', Yorke 87'
1 January 1992 Norwich City A 1–2 15,318 Regis 74'
11 January 1992 Arsenal A 0–0 31,413
18 January 1992 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–1 28,036
22 January 1992 Manchester United A 0–1 45,022
2 February 1992 Everton H 0–0 17,451
8 February 1992 Wimbledon A 0–2 5,534
22 February 1992 Oldham Athletic H 1–0 20,509 Regis 52'
29 February 1992 Manchester City A 0–2 28,268
3 March 1992 Leeds United A 0–0 28,896
10 March 1992 Notts County A 0–0 8,389
14 March 1992 Queens Park Rangers H 0–1 19,630
21 March 1992 Crystal Palace A 0–0 15,368
28 March 1992 Norwich City H 1–0 16,985 Staunton 79'
31 March 1992 Sheffield United H 1–1 15,745 Regis 89'
4 April 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 5–2 26,370 Richardson 20', Olney 31', Yorke 58', Daley 86', Regis 90'
11 April 1992 Liverpool H 1–0 35,755 Daley 65'
18 April 1992 Nottingham Forest A 0–2 22,800
20 April 1992 Chelsea H 3–1 19,269 Staunton 32', McGrath 64', Parker 89'
25 April 1992 Luton Town A 0–2 11,178
2 May 1992 Coventry City H 2–0 31,984 Regis 1', Yorke 36'

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1992 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–0 29,316
R3R 14 January 1992 Tottenham Hotspur A 1–0 25,462 Yorke 11'
R4 5 February 1992 Derby County A 4–3 22,452 Yorke 8', 19', 40', Parker 23'
R5 16 February 1992 Swindon Town A 2–1 16,402 Yorke 39', Froggatt 63'
QF 8 March 1992 Liverpool A 0–1 29,109

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 25 September 1991 Grimsby Town A 0–0 13,835
R2 2nd leg 9 October 1991 Grimsby Town H 1–1 (lost on away goals) 15,338 Teale 70'

Full Members Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
SR2 23 October 1991 Coventry City A 2–0 6,447 Olney 52', Yorke 62'
SQF 26 November 1991 Nottingham Forest H 0–2 7,858

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK Australia AUS Mark Bosnich
GK England ENG Les Sealey
GK England ENG Nigel Spink
DF England ENG Earl Barrett
DF England ENG Neil Cox
DF England ENG Ugo Ehiogu
DF Poland POL Dariusz Kubicki
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Paul McGrath
DF England ENG Chris Price
DF England ENG Bryan Small
DF Republic of Ireland IRL Steve Staunton
MF Germany GER Stefan Beinlich
MF England ENG Trevor Berry
MF England ENG Mark Blake
MF Germany GER Matthias Breitkreutz
MF England ENG Tony Daley
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG David Farrell
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Gareth Farrelly
MF England ENG Steve Froggatt
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Ray Houghton
MF Republic of Ireland IRL Alan McLoughlin
MF England ENG Garry Parker
MF England ENG Kevin Richardson (captain)
MF England ENG Shaun Teale
FW England ENG Dalian Atkinson
FW England ENG Martin Carruthers
FW England ENG Neil Davis
FW England ENG Graham Fenton
FW England ENG Ian Olney
FW England ENG Cyrille Regis
FW Trinidad and Tobago TRI Dwight Yorke

Left club during season

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
DF England ENG Derek Mountfield (to Wolves)
DF Denmark DEN Kent Nielsen (to AGF)
MF England ENG Gordon Cowans (to Blackburn Rovers)
MF England ENG Kevin Gage (to Sheffield United)
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Paul Mortimer (to Crystal Palace)
FW England ENG Ian Ormondroyd (to Derby County)
FW England ENG Gary Penrice (to Queen's Park Rangers)

Reserve squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK England ENG Michael Oakes
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF England ENG Lee Williams

Transfers

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In

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Date Pos Name From Fee
2 July 1991 FW Cyrille Regis Coventry City Free transfer
11 July 1991 FW Dalian Atkinson Real Sociedad £1,600,000
12 July 1991 DF Ugo Ehiogu West Bromwich Albion £40,000
19 July 1991 GK Les Sealey Manchester United Free transfer
24 July 1991 MF Paul Mortimer Charlton Athletic £350,000
25 July 1991 MF Shaun Teale Bournemouth £300,000
6 August 1991 MF Kevin Richardson Real Sociedad £450,000
7 August 1991 DF Steve Staunton Liverpool £1,100,000
28 August 1991 DF Dariusz Kubicki Legia Warsaw £200,000
29 November 1991 MF Garry Parker Nottingham Forest £650,000
6 January 1992 MF David Farrell Redditch United £45,000
25 February 1992 DF Earl Barrett Oldham Athletic £1,700,000
28 February 1992 GK Mark Bosnich Manchester United Free transfer
3 April 1992 MF Trevor Berry Bournemouth £50,000

Out

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Date Pos Name To Fee
18 July 1991 FW Tony Cascarino Celtic £1,100,000
20 July 1991 MF David Platt Bari £5,500,000
22 July 1991 GK Lee Butler Barnsley £165,000
1 August 1991 DF Craig Liddle Blyth Spartans Free transfer
6 August 1991 MF Gareth Williams Barnsley £200,000
8 August 1991 DF Andy Comyn Derby County £200,000
19 September 1991 FW Ian Ormondroyd Derby County £350,000
18 October 1991 MF Paul Mortimer Crystal Palace £500,000
29 October 1991 FW Gary Penrice Queens Park Rangers £625,000
7 November 1991 DF Derek Mountfield Wolverhampton Wanderers £150,000
15 November 1991 MF Kevin Gage Sheffield United £150,000
28 November 1991 MF Gordon Cowans Blackburn Rovers £200,000
Transfers in: Decrease £2,290,000
Transfers out: Increase £9,140,000
Total spending: Increase £7,150,000

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Aston Villa's Seasons". AVFC History.
  2. ^ "Aston Villa results for the 1991-1992 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 26 November 2014.
  3. ^ "All Aston Villa players: 1992".
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