1991–92 Bolton Wanderers F.C. season

Bolton Wanderers

1991–92 season
Chairman	Gordon Hargreaves
Manager	Phil Neal (until 8 May 1992) Bruce Rioch (from 29 May 1992)
Stadium	Burnden Park
Third Division	13th
FA Cup	5th Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Associate Members Cup	Northern Section 1st Round
Top goalscorer	League: Andy Walker (15) All: Tony Philliskirk (19)
Highest home attendance	20,136 v Southampton 16 February 1992
Lowest home attendance	1,507 v Rochdale 10 December 1991
Home colours

The 1991–1992 season was the 113th season in Bolton Wanderers F.C.'s existence, and their fourth successive season in the Football League Third Division. It covers the period from 1 July 1991 to 30 June 1992.

Results

Football League Division Three

Date	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 1991	Huddersfield Town	H	1–1	Philliskirk	7,606
24 August 1991	Swansea City	A	1–1	Reeves	3,578
31 August 1991	Leyton Orient	H	1–0	Reeves	5,058
3 September 1991	Darlington	A	2–3	Philliskirk, Reeves	3,385
7 September 1991	West Bromwich Albion	H	3–0	Philliskirk (2), M. Brown	7,980
14 September 1991	Bournemouth	A	2–1	Reeves, P. Brown	5,690
17 September 1991	Bradford City	A	4–4	Darby (2), Reeves, Patterson	5,669
19 September 1991	Bournemouth	H	1–1	Philliskirk	4,623
21 September 1991	Wigan Athletic	H	1–1	Darby	6,9,23
28 September 1991	Brentford	A	2–3	Reeves, Darby	5,658
5 October 1991	Torquay United	H	1–0	Green	5,092
12 October 1991	Stoke City	A	0–2		12,420
19 October 1991	Fulham	H	0–3		5,152
26 October 1991	Chester City	A	1–0	Darby	1,867
2 November 1991	Reading	H	1–1	Philliskirk	3,632
5 November 1991	Stockport County	A	2–2	Philliskirk (2) (1pen)	5,036
9 November 1991	Bury	A	1– 1	M. Brown	5,886
23 November 1991	Preston North End	H	1–0	Reeves	7,033
30 November 1991	Shrewsbury Town	A	3–1	Philliskirk (pen), Kelly, Reeves	3,937
14 December 1991	Hull City	H	1–0	Philliskirk (pen)	5,273
26 December 1991	Leyton Orient	A	1–2	Green	4,896
28 December 1991	Huddersfield Town	A	0–1		11,884
1 January 1992	Darlington	H	2–0	Philliskirk, Fisher	5,841
11 January 1992	Exeter City	A	2–2	Philliskirk, Walker	3,336
18 January 1992	Hartlepool United	H	2–2	Walker, Darby	6,129
1 February 1992	Fulham	A	1–1	Walker	3,814
8 February 1992	Chester City	H	0–0		6,609
11 February 1992	Shrewsbury Town	H	1–0	Walker	5,276
22 February 1992	Exeter City	H	1–2	Walker	5,631
29 February 1992	Peterborough United	A	0–1		6,270
3 March 1992	Hartlepool United	A	4–0	Walker (2), Kelly, M. Brown	2,244
10 March 1992	Stockport County	H	0–0		7,635
14 March 1992	Reading	A	0–1		3,515
17 March 1992	Birmingham City	H	1–1	P. Brown	7,329
21 March 1992	Bury	H	2–1	Walker (2)	7,619
24 March 1992	Peterborough United	H	2–1	Walker, Charlery (og)	5,421
28 March 1992	Preston North End	A	1–2	Philliskirk	7,327
31 March 1992	Bournemouth	H	0–2		4,955
4 April 1992	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2	Walker, Stubbs	10,287
7 April 1992	Swansea City	H	0–0		3,535
11 April 1992	Bradford City	H	1–1	Walker	4,892
14 April 1992	Birmingham City	H	1–2	Walker	4,892
18 April 1992	Wigan Athletic	A	1–1	Spooner	3,357
20 April 1992	Brentford	H	1–2	Walker	4,382
25 April 1992	Torquay United	A	0–2		2,178
29 April 1992	Hull City	A	0–2		3,997
2 May 1992	Stoke City	H	3–1	Patterson, Seagraves, Walker	10,000

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
11	Hartlepool United	46	18	11	17	57	57	0	65
12	Reading	46	16	13	17	59	62	−3	61
13	Bolton Wanderers	46	14	17	15	57	56	+1	59
14	Hull City	46	16	11	19	54	54	0	59
15	Wigan Athletic	46	15	14	17	58	64	−6	59

Source:

F.A. Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 November 1991	Round 1	Emley	A	3–0	Reeves (2), Philliskik	9,035
7 December 1992	Round 2	Bradford City	H	3–1	Burke, Reeves, Philliskirk	7,129
4 January 1992	Round 3	Reading	H	2–0	Philliskirk (2)	7,301
25 January 1992	Round 4	Brighton	H	2–1	Walker 51', Philliskirk (pen) 71'	12,635
16 February 1992	Round 5	Southampton	H	2–2	Walker 79', Green 87'	20,136
26 February 1992	Round 5 replay	Southampton	A	2–3 (a.e.t.)	Walker 30', Darby 90'	18,009

Rumbelows Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
20 August 1991	Round 1 First Leg	York City	H	2–2	Philliskirk, Darby	3,017
27 August 1991	Round 1 Second Leg	York City	A	2–1 4–3 (agg)	Darby, Patterson	2,757
25 September 1991	Round 2 First Leg	Nottingham Forest	A	0–4		19,936
8 October 1991	Round 2 Second Leg	Nottingham Forest	H	2–5 2–9 (agg)	Darby, Kelly	5,469

Associate Members Cup

Date	Round	Opponents	H / A	Result F–A	Scorers	Attendance
19 November 1991	Group Stage Game One	Preston North End	A	1–0	Reeves	2,709
10 December 1991	Group Stage Game Two	Rochdale	H	4–1	Reeves (3), Philliskirk	3,278
19 January 1993	Northern Section Round 1	Crewe Alexandra	A	0–2		2,155

Top scorers

P	Player	Position	FL	FAC	LC	AMC	Total
1	Tony Philliskirk	Striker	12	5	1	1	19
2	Andy Walker	Striker	15	3	0	0	18
3	David Reeves	Striker	08	3	0	4	15
4	Julian Darby	Midfielder	06	1	3	0	10