# 1991–92 Leeds United A.F.C. season

The 1991–1992 season saw Leeds United competing in the final season of the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League, doing so by being crowned champions.

## Season summary

Having finished fourth the previous season, this time round Leeds clinched the First Division title, ahead of archrivals Manchester United, in only their second consecutive season as a First Division club. As champions of the Football League, United qualified for the European Cup, which would be rebranded as the UEFA Champions League for the next season. They lost just four league games all season, and were held to 1–1 draws both home and away by Manchester United (who also knocked them out of both domestic cups). Eric Cantona signed for the club in mid-season, making his debut at Oldham Athletic on 8 February 1992, and scored three goals in the remainder of the season. Leeds clinched the title in the penultimate game of the season with a 3–2 win at Sheffield United. The first goal that day was scored by striker Rod Wallace, who had joined Leeds the previous summer from Southampton.

## Transfers
### Transfers in

| Date | Position | Name | From | Fee |
| 6 June 1991 | DF | Tony Dorigo | Chelsea | £1,300,000$^†$ |
| 11 June 1991 | DF | Jon Newsome | Sheffield Wednesday | £150,000 |
| 1 July 1991 | FW | Rod Wallace | Southampton | £1,600,000$^†$ |
| 1 July 1991 | DF | Ray Wallace | Southampton | £100,000 |
| 1 July 1991 | MF | Steve Hodge | Nottingham Forest | £900,000 |
| 15 July 1991 | DF | David Wetherall | Sheffield Wednesday | £137,500 |
| 4 February 1992 | FW | Eric Cantona | Nîmes | £900,000 |
$^†$Club record transfer fee at the time.

### Transfers out

| Date | Position | Name | To | Fee |
| 1 June 1991 | DF | Peter Haddock | Retired | — |
| 1 June 1991 | DF | Jim Beglin | Retired | — |
| 1 July 1991 | FW | John Pearson | Barnsley | £135,000 |
| 3 September 1991 | GK | Neil Edwards | Stockport County | £5,000 |
| 1 November 1991 | DF | Chris Kamara | Luton Town | £150,000 |
| 1 February 1992 | MF | Andy Williams | Notts County | £115,000 |
| 13 March 1992 | MF | Simon Grayson | Leicester City | £50,000 |
| 27 March 1992 | DF | Mike Whitlow | Leicester City | £250,000 |

### Loans in

| Start date | Position | Name | From | End date |
| 22 February 1992 | FW | Tony Agana | Notts County | 1 June 1992 |

### Loans out

| Start date | Position | Name | To | End date |
| 1 August 1991 | DF | Glynn Snodin | Oldham Athletic | 1 January 1992 |
| 1 August 1991 | DF | Dylan Kerr | Doncaster Rovers | 1 December 1991 |
| 1 September 1991 | FW | Bobby Davison | Derby County | 1 February 1992 |
| 1 December 1991 | MF | Andy Williams | Port Vale | 1 January 1992 |
| 1 December 1991 | DF | Dylan Kerr | Blackpool | 1 June 1992 |
| 1 February 1992 | MF | Imre Varadi | Luton Town | 1 March 1992 |
| 1 February 1992 | DF | Glynn Snodin | Rotherham United | 1 June 1992 |
| 1 March 1992 | FW | Bobby Davison | Sheffield United | 1 June 1992 |
| 1 March 1992 | GK | Mervyn Day | Luton Town | 1 April 1992 |
| 1 March 1992 | DF | John McClelland | Notts County | 1 June 1992 |
| 1 March 1992 | DF | Ray Wallace | Swansea City | 1 June 1992 |
| 1 April 1992 | GK | Mervyn Day | Luton Town | 1 June 1992 |

## First-team squad

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 | ENG | Mervyn Day |
| — | GK | WAL | Neil Edwards |
| — | GK | ENG | John Lukic |
| — | GK | ENG | Paul Pettinger |
| — | DF | ENG | Rob Bowman |
| — | DF | ENG | Tony Dorigo |
| — | DF | ENG | Chris Fairclough |
| — | DF | IRL | Gary Kelly |
| — | DF | MLT | Dylan Kerr |
| — | DF | NIR | John McClelland |
| — | DF | ENG | Jon Newsome |
| — | DF | ENG | Mel Sterland |
| — | DF | ENG | Ray Wallace |
| — | DF | ENG | David Wetherall |
| — | DF | ENG | Mike Whitlow |
| — | DF | ENG | Chris Whyte |
| — | MF | ENG | David Batty |
| — | MF | ENG | Simon Grayson |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Steve Hodge |
| — | MF | ENG | Chris Kamara |
| — | MF | SCO | Gary McAllister |
| — | MF | ENG | Scott Sellars |
| — | MF | ENG | Glynn Snodin |
| — | MF | WAL | Gary Speed |
| — | MF | SCO | Gordon Strachan (captain) |
| — | MF | ENG | Mark Tinkler |
| — | MF | ENG | Andy Williams |
| — | FW | ENG | Tony Agana (on loan from Notts County) |
| — | FW | ENG | Lee Chapman |
| — | FW | ENG | Bobby Davison |
| — | FW | ENG | Carl Shutt |
| — | FW | ENG | Imre Varadi |
| — | FW | ENG | Rod Wallace |
| — | FW | ENG | Noel Whelan |
| — | FW | FRA | Eric Cantona |

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 1 | Leeds United (C) | 42 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 74 | 37 | +37 | 82 | Qualification for the UEFA Champions League first round |
| 2 | Manchester United | 42 | 21 | 15 | 6 | 63 | 33 | +30 | 78 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 3 | Sheffield Wednesday | 42 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 62 | 49 | +13 | 75 | Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round |
| 4 | Arsenal | 42 | 19 | 15 | 8 | 81 | 46 | +35 | 72 | |
| 5 | Manchester City | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 61 | 48 | +13 | 70 | |
* ↑ Manchester United also won the League Cup – that UEFA Cup qualifying place was passed down to the third-placed League team.

## Results

Leeds United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| 20 August 1991 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–0 | McAllister | 29,457 |
| 24 August 1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–1 | Hodge | 30,260 |
| 28 August 1991 | Southampton | A | 4–0 | Speed (2), Strachan (2) | 15,862 |
| 31 August 1991 | Manchester United | A | 1–1 | Chapman | 43,778 |
| 3 September 1991 | Arsenal | H | 2–2 | Chapman, Strachan | 29,396 |
| 7 September 1991 | Manchester City | H | 3–0 | Batty, Dorigo, Strachan | 29,986 |
| 14 September 1991 | Chelsea | A | 1–0 | Shutt | 23,439 |
| 18 September 1991 | Coventry City | A | 0–0 | — | 15,488 |
| 21 September 1991 | Liverpool | H | 1–0 | Hodge | 32,917 |
| 28 September 1991 | Norwich City | A | 2–2 | Speed, Dorigo | 15,828 |
| 1 October 1991 | Crystal Palace | A | 0–1 | — | 18,298 |
| 5 October 1991 | Sheffield United | H | 4–3 | Hodge (2), Sterland (2) | 28,362 |
| 19 October 1991 | Notts County | A | 4–2 | Hodge, Whyte, Chapman, McAllister | 12,964 |
| 26 October 1991 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–0 | Kilcline (own goal) | 28,199 |
| 2 November 1991 | Wimbledon | A | 0–0 | — | 7,025 |
| 16 November 1991 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 2–0 | Sterland, Wallace | 27,087 |
| 24 November 1991 | Aston Villa | A | 4–1 | Chapman (2), Sterland, Wallace | 23,713 |
| 30 November 1991 | Everton | H | 1–0 | Wallace | 30,043 |
| 7 December 1991 | Luton Town | A | 2–0 | Speed, Wallace | 11,550 |
| 14 December 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 1–1 | Speed | 31,404 |
| 22 December 1991 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–0 | — | 27,170 |
| 26 December 1991 | Southampton | H | 3–3 | Hodge (2), Speed | 22,805 |
| 29 December 1991 | Manchester United | H | 1–1 | Sterland (pen) | 32,638 |
| 1 January 1992 | West Ham United | A | 3–1 | Chapman (2), McAllister | 21,766 |
| 12 January 1992 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 6–1 | Dorigo, Chapman (3), Whitlow, Wallace | 32,228 |
| 18 January 1992 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–1 | Fairclough | 27,717 |
| 1 February 1992 | Notts County | H | 3–0 | Batty, Sterland, Wallace | 27,224 |
| 8 February 1992 | Oldham Athletic | A | 0–2 | — | 18,409 |
| 23 February 1992 | Everton | A | 1–1 | Shutt | 19,248 |
| 29 February 1992 | Luton Town | H | 2–0 | Cantona, Chapman | 28,231 |
| 3 March 1992 | Aston Villa | H | 0–0 | — | 28,896 |
| 7 March 1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 3–1 | Newsome, McAllister, Wallace | 27,622 |
| 11 March 1992 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 1–4 | Speed | 14,641 |
| 14 March 1992 | Wimbledon | H | 5–1 | Cantona, Chapman (3), Wallace | 26,760 |
| 22 March 1992 | Arsenal | A | 1–1 | Chapman | 27,844 |
| 28 March 1992 | West Ham United | H | 0–0 | — | 31,101 |
| 4 April 1992 | Manchester City | A | 0–4 | — | 30,239 |
| 11 April 1992 | Chelsea | H | 3–0 | Cantona, Chapman, Wallace | 31,363 |
| 18 April 1992 | Liverpool | A | 0–0 | — | 37,186 |
| 20 April 1992 | Coventry City | H | 2–0 | Fairclough, McAllister (pen) | 26,582 |
| 26 April 1992 | Sheffield United | A | 3–2 | Gayle (own goal), Newsome, Wallace | 32,000 |
| 2 May 1992 | Norwich City | H | 1–0 | Wallace | 32,673 |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| Third round | 15 January 1992 | Manchester United | H | 0–1 | — | 31,819 |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Scorers | Attendance |
| Second round first leg | 24 September 1991 | Scunthorpe United | A | 0–0 | — | 8,392 |
| Second round second leg | 8 October 1991 | Scunthorpe United | H | 3–0 (won 3–0 on agg) | Speed, Chapman, Sterland | 14,558 |
| Third round | 29 October 1991 | Tranmere Rovers | H | 3–1 | Shutt, Chapman (2) | 18,266 |
| Fourth round | 4 December 1991 | Everton | A | 4–1 | Speed 27', Chapman 39', Rod Wallace 54', 55' | 25,467 |
| Quarter-final | 8 January 1992 | Manchester United | H | 1–3 | Speed 17' | 28,886 |

### Full Members Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Goalscorers | Attendance |
| Second round | 22 October 1991 | Nottingham Forest | H | 1–3 | Rod Wallace | 6,495 |

## Awards

At the end of the season, left-back Tony Dorigo was named the club's Player of the Year.