1991–92 Southampton F.C. season

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

Southampton F.C.

1991–92 season
Chairman	Guy Askham
Manager	Ian Branfoot
Stadium	The Dell
First Division	16th
FA Cup	Quarter finals
Rumbelows Cup	Fourth Round
Full Members Cup	Runners-up
Top goalscorer	League: Shearer (13) All: Shearer (16)
Average home league attendance	14,070

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Ian Branfoot took over as Southampton boss but their fortunes fared no better and only managed to secure a 16th-place finish despite reaching the Full Members Cup final at Wembley only to lose 3–2 against Nottingham Forest.

During the summer of 1992, Branfoot became "the most popular manager in English football", as he took telephone calls from clubs "trying to bargain with players they don't want plus cash", conceding that he would be forced to sell 21-year-old top scorer Alan Shearer, following a season of speculation about Shearer's future, with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United being linked with Shearer's signature in the autumn of 1991. Despite this interest, Shearer decided to stay at Southampton until the end of the season before making a decision about his future.

Although Branfoot eventually accepted that a sale was inevitable, he claimed that "whatever happens, we are in the driving seat".[1] Eventually, Shearer was sold to newly promoted Blackburn Rovers for a national record fee of £3.6 million, with Blackburn's top scorer David Speedie reluctantly moving to The Dell as part of the deal. Despite Branfoot's claim to be "in the driving seat", Saints failed to include a "sell-on clause" in the contract.[2]

Squad

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No.	Nat.	Pos	Player	Games Played (League)	Goals Scored (League)	References
13		GK	Ian Andrews
1		GK	Tim Flowers	41	0	[N 1]
2		DF	Jason Dodd	28	0	[N 2]
5		DF	Richard Hall	26	3	[N 3]
15		DF	Francis Benali	22	0	[N 4]
26		DF	David Hughes	0	0	[N 5]
		DF	Jeff Kenna	14	0	[N 6]
		DF	Jon Gittens
12		DF	Stuart Gray
10		MF	Neil Maddison
		MF	Steve Wood
		MF	Barry Horne	34	1	[N 7]
		MF	David Lee
4		MF	Terry Hurlock	29	0	[N 8]
		MF	Tommy Widdrington	3	0	[N 9]
7		MF	Matthew Le Tissier	32	6	[N 10]
		MF	Danny Hoekman
		FW	Nicky Banger
		FW	Alan Shearer	41	13	[N 11]
9		FW	Iain Dowie	30	9	[N 12]

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In

Player	Nat.	Pos.	From	Transfer Fee
Danny Hoekman		MF	Manchester City	Free
Iain Dowie		FW	West Ham United	£528,000
David Lee		MF	Bury	£385,440
Steve Wood		MF	Millwall	£422,400
David Hughes		MF	Weymouth	Undisclosed
Terry Hurlock		MF	Rangers	Undisclosed

Out

Player	Nat.	Pos.	To	Transfer Fee
Paul Rideout		FW	Notts County	Undisclosed
Steve Davis		DF	Burnley	£626,560
Alan McLoughlin		MF	Portsmouth	£528,000
Gareth Taylor		FW	Bristol Rovers	Free
Jimmy Case		MF	Bournemouth	Free
Sergey Gotsmanov		MF	Hallescher FC	Undisclosed
Rod Wallace		FW	Leeds United	Undisclosed

Loaned Out

Player	Nat.	Pos.	To
Paul Tisdale		MF	Northampton Town
Jon Gittens		MF	Middlesbrough
Kevin Moore		DF	Bristol Rovers
Alan McLoughlin		MF	Aston Villa

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
14	Chelsea	42	13	14	15	50	60	−10	53
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	15	7	20	58	63	−5	52
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

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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First Division

16 August 1991 1	Southampton	2–3	Tottenham Hotspur	Southampton, Hampshire
	Hall Shearer	Report	Lineker Durie	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 18,581

20 August 1991 2	Notts County	1–0	Southampton	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
				Stadium: Meadow Lane

23 August 1991 3	Sheffield United	0–2	Southampton	Sheffield, Yorkshire
		Report	Shearer Le Tissier	Stadium: Bramall Lane

28 August 1991 4	Southampton	0–4	Leeds United	Southampton, Hampshire
			Speed Strachan	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,862

30 August 1991 5	Southampton	1–1	Aston Villa	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer	Report	Richardson	Stadium: The Dell

3 September 1991 6	Luton Town	2–1	Southampton	Luton, Bedfordshire
	Gray Harvey		Le Tissier (P)	Stadium: Kenilworth Road Attendance: 8,055

6 September 1991 7	Queens Park Rangers	2–2	Southampton	Shepherd's Bush, London
			Dowie Shearer	Stadium: Loftus Road Attendance: 9,237

14 September 1991 8	Southampton	0–1	Manchester United	Southampton, Hampshire
			Hughes  48'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 19,264

17 September 1991 9	Southampton	1–0	Wimbledon	Southampton, Hampshire
	Cockerill			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 11,280

20 September 1991 10	Sheffield Wednesday	2–0	Southampton	Sheffield, Yorkshire
				Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 27,291

28 September 1991 11	Southampton	0–4	Arsenal	Southampton, Hampshire
			Wright Rocastle	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 18,050

5 October 1991 12	Oldham Athletic	1–1	Southampton	Oldham, Greater Manchester
			Shearer	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 13,133

19 October 1991 13	Southampton	0–0	Norwich City	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 12,516

26 October 1991 14	Nottingham Forest	1–3	Southampton	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
	Black		Shearer Le Tissier (P)	Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 20,026

1 November 1991 15	Southampton	0–3	Manchester City	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 13,933

16 November 1991 16	Crystal Palace	1–0	Southampton	Selhurst, London
	Thomas			Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 15,861

23 November 1991 17	Southampton	1–0	Chelsea	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 14,933

29 November 1991 18	Coventry City	2–0	Southampton	Coventry, West Midlands
	Gallacher Pearce			Stadium: Highfield Road Attendance: 8,585

6 December 1991 19	Southampton	1–1	Liverpool	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer		Redknapp  74'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 10,053

20 December 1991 20	Southampton	1–1	Notts County	Southampton, Hampshire
	Dowie			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 11,054

26 December 1991 21	Leeds United	3–3	Southampton	Leeds, Yorkshire
	Hodge Speed		Dowie Shearer	Stadium: Elland Road Attendance: 22,805

28 December 1991 22	Aston Villa	2–1	Southampton	Witton, West Midlands
	Yorke Regis		Shearer	Stadium: Villa Park Attendance: 23,094

1 January 1992 23	Southampton	1–2	Everton	Southampton, Hampshire
	Adams		Ward Beardsley	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 16,546

10 January 1992 24	Southampton	2–4	Sheffield United	Southampton, Hampshire
	Le Tissier Hall			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 12,502

18 January 1992 25	Tottenham Hotspur	1–2	Southampton	Tottenham, London
	Linekar		Dowie Adams	Stadium: White Hart Lane Attendance: 23,191

31 January 1992 26	Norwich City	2–1	Southampton	Norwich, Norfolk
			Cockerill	Stadium: Carrow Road Attendance: 10,660

12 February 1992 27	Chelsea	1–1	Southampton	Fulham, London
	Townsend		Horne	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 7,148

21 February 1992 28	Southampton	0–0	Coventry City	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 13,719

28 February 1992 29	Liverpool	0–0	Southampton	Anfield, Merseyside
				Stadium: Anfield Attendance: 34,449

3 March 1992 30	Southampton	1–0	West Ham United	Southampton, Hampshire
	Dowie			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 14,548

11 March 1992 31	Southampton	1–0	Crystal Palace	Southampton, Hampshire
	Le Tissier			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 12,926

14 March 1992 32	Manchester City	0–1	Southampton	Moss Side, Greater Manchester
			Dowie	Stadium: Maine Road Attendance: 24,265

21 March 1992 33	Southampton	2–1	Luton Town	Southampton, Hampshire
	Dowie Shearer		Pembridge	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 14,192

1 April 1992 34	Everton	0–1	Southampton	Walton, Merseyside
			Cockerill	Stadium: Goodison Park Attendance: 15,201

3 April 1992 35	Southampton	2–1	Queens Park Rangers	Southampton, Hampshire
	Dowie Shearer (P)		Ferdinand	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 13,849

8 April 1992 36	Southampton	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Southampton, Hampshire
			Tiler	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 14,905

14 April 1992 37	West Ham United	0–1	Southampton	Upton Park, London
			Adams	Stadium: Boleyn Ground Attendance: 18,298

16 April 1992 38	Manchester United	1–0	Southampton	Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Kanchelskis  65'			Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 43,972

17 April 1992 39	Southampton	0–1	Sheffield Wednesday	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 17,715

19 April 1992 40	Wimbledon	0–1	Southampton	Selhurst, London
			Hall	Stadium: Selhurst Park Attendance: 4,025

24 April 1992 41	Southampton	1–0	Oldham Athletic	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 15,875

2 May 1992 42	Arsenal	5–1	Southampton	Highbury, London
	Wright Smith Campbell		Cockerill	Stadium: Highbury Attendance: 37,702

Round	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42
Ground	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	H	A	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	A	H	A	H	A
Result	L	L	W	L	D	L	D	L	W	L	L	D	D	W	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	L	L	L	W	L	D	D	D	W	W	W	W	W	W	L	W	L	L	W	W	L

Source: statto.com
A = Away; H = Home; W = Win; D = Draw; L = Loss

League Cup (Rumbelows Cup)

24 September 1991 R2 L1	Scarborough	1–3	Southampton	Scarborough, Yorkshire
				Stadium: McCain Stadium

9 October 1991 R2 L2	Southampton	2–2 (Agg: 5–3)	Scarborough	Southampton, Hampshire
	Cockerill Le Tissier			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 4,036

30 October 1991 R3	Sheffield Wednesday	1–1	Southampton	Sheffield, Yorkshire
				Stadium: Hillsborough

20 November 1991 R3R	Southampton	1–0	Sheffield Wednesday	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell

4 December 1991 R4	Nottingham Forest	0–0	Southampton	Nottingham, Nottinghamshire
				Stadium: City Ground Attendance: 17,939

17 December 1991 R4R	Southampton	0–1	Nottingham Forest	Southampton, Hampshire
			Gemmill	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 10,861

FA Cup

3 January 1992 R3	Southampton	2–0	Queens Park Rangers	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell

26 January 1992 R4	Southampton	0–0	Manchester United	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 19,506

4 February 1992 R4R	Manchester United	2–2 (AET) (2–4 on penalties)	Southampton	Old Trafford, Greater Manchester
	Kanchelskis  42' McClair  90'		Gray  8' Shearer  21'	Stadium: Old Trafford Attendance: 33,414

15 February 1992 R5	Bolton Wanderers	2–2	Southampton	Burnden, Greater Manchester
	Walker Green			Stadium: Burnden Park Attendance: 20,136

25 February 1992 R5R	Southampton	3–2 (AET)	Bolton Wanderers	Southampton, Hampshire
			Walker Darby	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 18,009

7 March 1992 R6	Southampton	0–0	Norwich City	Southampton, Hampshire
				Stadium: The Dell

18 March 1992 R6R	Norwich City	2–1	Southampton	Norwich, Norfolk
				Stadium: Carrow Road

Full Members Cup (Zenith Data Systems Cup)

22 October 1991 R2S	Bristol City	1–2	Southampton	Ashton Gate, Bristol
	Taylor  9'		Shearer  69' Le Tissier  84'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Stadium Attendance: 5,672

26 November 1991 R3S	Plymouth Argyle	0–1	Southampton	Plymouth, Devon
			Le Tissier  70'	Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 5,578

7 January 1992 SFS	Southampton	2–1	West Ham United	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer  67' Le Tissier  85'		Bishop  34'	Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 6,861

21 January 1992 FS L1	Southampton	2–0	Chelsea	Southampton, Hampshire
	Shearer  15' Hurlock  79'			Stadium: The Dell Attendance: 8,726

29 January 1992 FS L2	Chelsea	1–3 (Agg: 1–5)	Southampton	Fulham, London
	Wise  37' (pen)		Le Tissier  6', 20', 51'	Stadium: Stamford Bridge Attendance: 9,781

29 March 1992 F	Nottingham Forest	3–2 (AET)	Southampton	Wembley, London
	Gemmill  15', 112' Black  45'		Le Tissier  64' Moore  70'	Stadium: Wembley Stadium Attendance: 67,688

References

1. Quoted in Holley & Chalk (2003). In That Number. p. 224.
2. Holley & Chalk (2003). In That Number. p. 224.
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6. "Jason DODD". sportingheroes.net.
7. "Richard HALL". sportingheroes.net.
8. "Francis BENALI". sportingheroes.net.
9. "David HUGHES". sportingheroes.net.
10. "Jeff KENNA". sportingheroes.net.
11. "Barry HORNE". sportingheroes.net.
12. "Terry HURLOCK". sportingheroes.net.
13. "Tommy WIDDRINGTON". sportingheroes.net.
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18. http://www.11v11.com/teams/southampton/tab/opposingTeams