1991–92 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

Blackburn Rovers

1991–92 season
Owner	Jack Walker
Chairman	Bill Fox (until 9 December) Robert Coar
Manager	Don Mackay (until 2 September) Tony Parkes (caretaker from 2 September - 12 October) Kenny Dalglish (from 12 October)
Stadium	Ewood Park
Second Division	6th (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Full Members Cup	First round
Average home league attendance	13,250
Home colours

During the 1991–92 English football season, Blackburn Rovers F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Blackburn Rovers began with Don Mackay still manager, but he was soon sacked to make way for Kenny Dalglish. Dalglish made several substantial signings during the season. After his appointment Blackburn climbed up the league table, but later lost six games in a row, causing them to fall out of the play-off places, but Blackburn fought back and a 3–1 victory at Plymouth got Rovers to the final play off place. The club reached the play-off final at Wembley where they beat Leicester City 1–0 thanks to a Mike Newell penalty.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Ipswich Town (C, P)	46	24	12	10	70	50	+20	84	Promotion to the Premier League
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46	23	11	12	58	41	+17	80
3	Derby County	46	23	9	14	69	51	+18	78	Qualification for the Second Division play-offs
4	Leicester City	46	23	8	15	62	55	+7	77
5	Cambridge United	46	19	17	10	65	47	+18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers (O, P)	46	21	11	14	70	53	+17	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46	20	11	15	54	48	+6	71
8	Swindon Town	46	18	15	13	69	55	+14	69
9	Portsmouth	46	19	12	15	65	51	+14	69
10	Watford	46	18	11	17	51	48	+3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	10	18	61	54	+7	64
12	Southend United	46	17	11	18	63	63	0	62
13	Bristol Rovers	46	16	14	16	60	63	−3	62
14	Tranmere Rovers	46	14	19	13	56	56	0	61
15	Millwall	46	17	10	19	64	71	−7	61
16	Barnsley	46	16	11	19	46	57	−11	59
17	Bristol City	46	13	15	18	55	71	−16	54
18	Sunderland	46	14	11	21	61	65	−4	53
19	Grimsby Town	46	14	11	21	47	62	−15	53
20	Newcastle United	46	13	13	20	66	84	−18	52
21	Oxford United	46	13	11	22	66	73	−7	50
22	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	13	9	24	42	64	−22	48	Relegated
23	Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	12	11	23	56	77	−21	47
24	Port Vale (R)	46	10	15	21	42	59	−17	45

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (O) Play-off winners; (P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Results

Blackburn Rovers' score comes first

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Portsmouth	H	1–1	11,118	Moran
24 August 1991	Bristol City	A	0–1	11,317
31 August 1991	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	8,898	Speedie
4 September 1991	Derby County	A	2–0	12,078	Speedie, Wilcox
7 September 1991	Sunderland	A	1–1	17,043	Speedie
14 September 1991	Port Vale	H	1–0	10,225	Speedie
17 September 1991	Watford	H	1–0	9,542	Richardson
21 September 1991	Leicester City	A	0–3	13,287
28 September 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	11,449
5 October 1991	Millwall	A	3–1	8,026	Johnrose, Speedie, Garner
12 October 1991	Plymouth Argyle	H	5–2	10,830	Moran, Speedie (2), Garner (2)
19 October 1991	Swindon Town	A	1–2	10,717	Speedie
26 October 1991	Grimsby Town	H	2–1	11,096	Garner, Atkins
2 November 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	1–0	9,877	Livingstone
5 November 1991	Southend United	A	0–3	4,860
9 November 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	2–0	7,114	Speedie, Sellars
16 November 1991	Barnsley	H	3–0	13,797	Wilcox, Speedie, Newell
23 November 1991	Newcastle United	A	0–0	23,639
30 November 1991	Middlesbrough	H	2–1	15,541	Atkins, Newell
7 December 1991	Oxford United	A	3–1	5,924	Cowans, Garner, Sellars
14 December 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	3–0	12,295	Sellars, Atkins (2)
26 December 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–0	18,277
28 December 1991	Ipswich Town	A	1–2	17,675	Wright
1 January 1992	Cambridge United	H	2–1	15,001	Speedie, Reid
11 January 1992	Bristol City	H	4–0	12,964	Speedie, (own goal), Newell (2)
18 January 1992	Portsmouth	A	2–2	20,106	Speedie (2)
1 February 1992	Swindon Town	H	2–1	14,887	Speedie, Hendry
8 February 1992	Grimsby Town	A	3–2	10,014	Price, Sellars, Wilcox
11 February 1992	Derby County	H	2–0	15,350	Price, Atkins
15 February 1992	Newcastle United	H	3–1	19,511	Speedie (3)
22 February 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–0	19,353
25 February 1992	Cambridge United	A	1–2	7,857	Hendry
29 February 1992	Oxford United	H	1–1	13,917	Sellars
7 March 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	0–3	6,313
10 March 1992	Southend United	H	2–2	14,404	Price, Speedie
14 March 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	3–0	10,845	Hendry, Speedie, Wegerle
21 March 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	0–2	14,844
28 March 1992	Barnsley	A	1–2	13,346	Shearer
31 March 1992	Port Vale	A	0–2	10,384
11 April 1992	Watford	A	1–2	10,552	Wegerle
14 April 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–2	14,114	Sellars
18 April 1992	Leicester City	H	0–1	18,075
20 April 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	2–2	13,705
25 April 1992	Millwall	H	2–1	12,820	Newell, Atkins
29 April 1992	Sunderland	H	2–2	15,079	Hendry, Sellars
2 May 1992	Plymouth Argyle	A	3–1	17,459	Speedie (3)

Second Division play-offs

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SF 1st Leg	10 May 1992	Derby County	H	4–2	19,677	Sellars, Newell, Speedie (2)
SF 2nd Leg	13 May 1992	Derby County	A	1–2 (won 5-4 on agg)	22,920	Moran
F	25 May 1992	Leicester City	N	1–0	68,147	Newell (pen)

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Kettering Town	H	4–1	13,821	Cowans, Speedie, Newell (2)
R4	4 February 1992	Notts County	A	1–2	12,173	Newell 89'

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1991	Hull City	H	1–1	6,308	(own goal)
R1 2nd Leg	27 August 1991	Hull City	A	0–1 (lost 1-2 on agg)	3,227

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
NR1	1 October 1991	Port Vale	A	0–1	2,355

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	Bobby Mimms
-	GK	ENG	Matt Dickins
-	DF	ENG	Richard Brown
-	DF	ENG	Rob Dewhurst
-	DF	ENG	Tony Dobson
-	DF	ENG	Mike Duxbury
-	DF	SCO	Colin Hendry
-	DF	ENG	Keith Hill
-	DF	ENG	David May
-	DF	IRL	Kevin Moran
-	DF	SCO	Stuart Munro
-	DF	ENG	Chris Price
-	DF	ENG	Nicky Reid
-	DF	ENG	Chris Sulley
-	DF	ENG	Alan Wright
-	MF	ENG	Steve Agnew
-	MF	ENG	Mark Atkins
-	MF	ENG	Peter Baah

No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
-	MF	ENG	Russell Beardsmore (on loan from Manchester United)
-	MF	ENG	Gordon Cowans
-	MF	SCO	Alan Irvine
-	MF	ENG	Lenny Johnrose
-	MF	ENG	Lee Richardson
-	MF	ENG	Scott Sellars
-	MF	ENG	Paul Shepstone
-	MF	ENG	Tim Sherwood
-	MF	ENG	Craig Skinner
-	MF	ENG	Jason Wilcox
-	FW	ENG	Simon Garner
-	FW	ENG	Howard Gayle
-	FW	ENG	Steve Livingstone
-	FW	ENG	Mike Newell
-	FW	SCO	Duncan Shearer
-	FW	SCO	David Speedie
-	FW	ENG	Peter Thorne
-	FW	USA	Roy Wegerle