# 1991–92 Norwich City F.C. season

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

## Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Norwich's form for most of the season was satisfying which saw them by 21 March sitting in 13th, but afterwards things started to go downhill with a poor run which saw the Canaries lose 7 of their final 8 league games, collecting only one point which saw Norwich finish in a disappointing 18th place and one day before final game of the season, Dave Stringer handed in his resignation. Their cup form that season though was excellent where they reached the FA Cup semi finals where they ended up losing 1–0 to Sunderland, and also reached the League Cup quarter finals where they lost 2–1 at Tottenham Hotspur.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 16 | Southampton | 42 | 14 | 10 | 18 | 39 | 55 | −16 | 52 | |
| 17 | Oldham Athletic | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 63 | 67 | −4 | 51 | |
| 18 | Norwich City | 42 | 11 | 12 | 19 | 47 | 63 | −16 | 45 | |
| 19 | Coventry City | 42 | 11 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 44 | −9 | 44 | |
| 20 | Luton Town (R) | 42 | 10 | 12 | 20 | 38 | 71 | −33 | 42 | Relegated |
* ↑ From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, and the second tier, then known as the Second Division, was renamed to the First Division.

## Results

Norwich City's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| 17 August 1991 | Sheffield United | H | 2–2 | 16,380 | Fleck (2) |
| 21 August 1991 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 2–0 | 10,626 | Gordon, Newman |
| 24 August 1991 | Oldham Athletic | A | 2–2 | 6,944 | Crook, Newman |
| 28 August 1991 | Manchester City | H | 0–0 | 15,376 | |
| 31 August 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 0–1 | 19,460 | |
| 3 September 1991 | Everton | A | 1–1 | 19,197 | Phillips |
| 7 September 1991 | Manchester United | A | 0–3 | 44,946 | |
| 14 September 1991 | West Ham United | H | 2–1 | 15,348 | Fox, Gordon |
| 18 September 1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 1–0 | 12,503 | Fleck (pen) |
| 21 September 1991 | Notts County | A | 2–2 | 9,488 | Ullathorne, Bowen (pen) |
| 28 September 1991 | Leeds United | H | 2–2 | 15,828 | Gordon (2) |
| 5 October 1991 | Wimbledon | A | 1–3 | 3,531 | Beckford |
| 19 October 1991 | Southampton | A | 0–0 | 12,516 | |
| 26 October 1991 | Luton Town | H | 1–0 | 10,514 | Newman |
| 2 November 1991 | Nottingham Forest | H | 0–0 | 13,014 | |
| 16 November 1991 | Chelsea | A | 3–0 | 15,755 | Fleck (2), Bowen |
| 23 November 1991 | Coventry City | H | 3–2 | 12,056 | Bowen, Fleck, Sutton |
| 30 November 1991 | Liverpool | A | 1–2 | 34,881 | Beckford |
| 7 December 1991 | Crystal Palace | H | 3–3 | 12,667 | Own Goal, Beckford, Newman |
| 21 December 1991 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–1 | 11,436 | |
| 26 December 1991 | Manchester City | A | 1–2 | 28,164 | Newman |
| 28 December 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 0–3 | 27,969 | |
| 1 January 1992 | Aston Villa | H | 2–1 | 15,318 | Fleck (pen), Ullathorne |
| 11 January 1992 | Oldham Athletic | H | 1–2 | 10,986 | Beckford |
| 18 January 1992 | Sheffield United | A | 0–1 | 17,549 | |
| 1 February 1992 | Southampton | H | 2–1 | 10,660 | Ullathorne, Fleck |
| 8 February 1992 | Luton Town | A | 0–2 | 8,554 | |
| 11 February 1992 | Arsenal | A | 1–1 | 22,352 | Fox |
| 22 February 1992 | Liverpool | H | 3–0 | 20,411 | Woodthorpe, Fleck (2) |
| 29 February 1992 | Crystal Palace | A | 4–3 | 14,201 | Sutton, Newman, Polston, Goss |
| 4 March 1992 | Coventry City | A | 0–0 | 8,549 | |
| 11 March 1992 | Chelsea | H | 0–1 | 13,413 | |
| 14 March 1992 | Nottingham Forest | A | 0–2 | 20,721 | |
| 21 March 1992 | Everton | H | 4–3 | 11,900 | Newman, Beckford (3) |
| 28 March 1992 | Aston Villa | A | 0–1 | 16,985 | |
| 31 March 1992 | Manchester United | H | 1–3 | 17,489 | Power |
| 8 April 1992 | Arsenal | H | 1–3 | 12,971 | Butterworth |
| 11 April 1992 | West Ham United | A | 0–4 | 16,896 | |
| 18 April 1992 | Notts County | H | 0–1 | 12,100 | |
| 20 April 1992 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 0–2 | 27,362 | |
| 25 April 1992 | Wimbledon | H | 1–1 | 11,061 | Fleck |
| 2 May 1992 | Leeds United | A | 0–1 | 32,673 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R3 | 4 January 1992 | Barnsley | H | 1–0 | 12,189 | |
| R4 | 5 February 1992 | Millwall | H | 2–1 | 17,010 | Bowen, Fleck |
| R5 | 15 February 1992 | Notts County | H | 3–0 | 14,511 | Sutton (2), Phillips |
| QF | 7 March 1992 | Southampton | A | 0–0 | 20,088 | |
| QFR | 18 March 1992 | Southampton | H | 2–1 (a.e.t.) | 21,017 | Newman, Sutton |
| SF | 5 April 1992 | Sunderland | N | 0–1 | 40,102 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| R2 1st Leg | 25 September 1991 | Charlton Athletic | A | 2–0 | 2,886 | Gordon, Newman |
| R2 2nd Leg | 9 October 1991 | Charlton Athletic | H | 3–0 (won 5–0 on agg) | 5,507 | Fleck ??', 35', Beckford 69' |
| R3 | 30 October 1991 | Brentford | H | 4–1 | 7,394 | Fox 50', Fleck 51', Beckford 74', 85' |
| R4 | 4 December 1991 | West Ham United | H | 2–1 | 16,325 | Fleck ??', pen 90+3' |
| R5 | 8 January 1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–2 | 29,471 | Fleck |

### Full Members Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| SR2 | 23 October 1991 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 1–2 | 4,436 | Beckford |

## Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | GK | SCO | Bryan Gunn |
| - | DF | ENG | Ian Culverhouse |
| - | DF | ENG | Ian Butterworth |
| - | DF | ENG | Robert Ullathorne |
| - | DF | WAL | Mark Bowen |
| - | MF | ENG | Ian Crook |
| - | MF | WAL | David Phillips |
| - | MF | ENG | Ruel Fox |
| - | MF | WAL | Jeremy Goss |
| - | FW | SCO | Robert Fleck |
| - | FW | ENG | Chris Sutton |
| - | DF | ENG | Daryl Sutch |
| - | GK | WAL | Mark Walton |
| - | DF | ENG | John Polston |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| - | DF | ENG | Colin Woodthorpe |
| - | MF | ENG | Tim Sherwood |
| - | FW | ENG | Darren Beckford |
| - | DF | ENG | Rob Newman |
| - | FW | IRL | Lee Power |
| - | MF | ENG | Dale Gordon |
| - | MF | WAL | Andy Johnson |
| - | DF | ENG | Paul Blades |
| - | MF | ENG | David Smith |
| - | MF | ENG | Jason Minett |
| - | MF | ENG | Steve Ball |
| - | DF | ENG | Adrian Pennock |
| - | GK | IRL | Gerry Peyton (on loan from Everton) |
| - | FW | DEN | Henrik Mortensen |

## Transfers
### In

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| 14 June 1991 | FW | Darren Beckford | Port Vale | £925,000 |
| 15 July 1991 | DF | Rob Newman | Bristol City | £600,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| 31 August 1991 | FW | Rob Taylor | Birmingham City | Signed |
| 8 November 1991 | MF | Dale Gordon | Rangers | £1,200,000 |
| 12 February 1992 | MF | Tim Sherwood | Blackburn Rovers | £500,000 |
    Transfers in: £1,525,000
    Transfers out: £1,700,000
    Total spending: £175,000