1991–92 Sheffield United F.C. season
# 1991–92 Sheffield United F.C. season

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

## Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, the Blades had a poor start to the season and were bottom of the table at the beginning of November with just 2 wins in their first 15 league games and were destined for relegation but from mid-January, Bassett's team went on an impressive run, losing only 2 of their next 15 league games, picking up 34 points from the possible 45 during that run which saw them rise from being relegation candidates to an impressive 9th-place finish. Their highlight of the season was doing the double over their rivals Sheffield Wednesday, who finished 3rd that season.

## Final league table

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7 | Aston Villa | 42 | 17 | 9 | 16 | 48 | 44 | +4 | 60 |
| 8 | Nottingham Forest | 42 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 60 | 58 | +2 | 59 |
| 9 | Sheffield United | 42 | 16 | 9 | 17 | 65 | 63 | +2 | 57 |
| 10 | Crystal Palace | 42 | 14 | 15 | 13 | 53 | 61 | −8 | 57 |
| 11 | Queens Park Rangers | 42 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 48 | 47 | +1 | 54 |

## Results

Sheffield United's score comes first

### Legend

| Win | Draw | Loss |
| - | - | - |

### Football League First Division

| Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Scorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 17 August 1991 | Norwich City | A | 2–2 | 16,380 | Deane, Hill |
| 20 August 1991 | West Ham United | H | 1–1 | 21,473 | Beesley |
| 24 August 1991 | Southampton | H | 0–2 | 18,029 | |
| 28 August 1991 | Coventry City | A | 1–3 | 12,594 | Bryson |
| 31 August 1991 | Crystal Palace | A | 1–2 | 15,507 | Hodges |
| 3 September 1991 | Chelsea | H | 0–1 | 20,588 | |
| 7 September 1991 | Oldham Athletic | A | 1–2 | 15,064 | Deane |
| 14 September 1991 | Everton | H | 2–1 | 19,817 | Hoyland, Bryson |
| 17 September 1991 | Notts County | H | 1–3 | 19,375 | Agana |
| 21 September 1991 | Arsenal | A | 2–5 | 30,244 | Agana, Mendonca |
| 28 September 1991 | Wimbledon | H | 0–0 | 16,062 | |
| 5 October 1991 | Leeds United | A | 3–4 | 28,694 | Hoyland, Agana, Bradshaw |
| 19 October 1991 | Nottingham Forest | H | 4–2 | 23,080 | Whitehouse, Agana, Bryson, Hoyland |
| 26 October 1991 | Manchester City | A | 2–3 | 25,495 | Gayle (2) |
| 2 November 1991 | Manchester United | A | 0–2 | 42,942 | |
| 17 November 1991 | Sheffield Wednesday | H | 2–0 | 31,832 | Whitehouse, Deane |
| 23 November 1991 | Tottenham Hotspur | A | 1–0 | 28,168 | Gage |
| 30 November 1991 | Luton Town | H | 1–1 | 21,804 | Bryson |
| 7 December 1991 | Queens Park Rangers | A | 0–1 | 10,106 | |
| 14 December 1991 | Aston Villa | H | 2–0 | 18,401 | Ward, McGrath (own goal) |
| 21 December 1991 | West Ham United | A | 1–1 | 19,287 | Deane |
| 26 December 1991 | Coventry City | H | 0–3 | 19,638 | |
| 28 December 1991 | Crystal Palace | H | 1–1 | 17,969 | Hoyland |
| 1 January 1992 | Liverpool | A | 1–2 | 35,993 | Deane |
| 11 January 1992 | Southampton | A | 4–2 | 12,502 | Ward, Lake (2), Marwood |
| 18 January 1992 | Norwich City | H | 1–0 | 17,549 | Bryson |
| 1 February 1992 | Nottingham Forest | A | 5–2 | 22,412 | Lake, Gannon, Bryson, Bradshaw, Deane |
| 8 February 1992 | Manchester City | H | 4–2 | 25,839 | Lake, Gayle, Deane, Whitehouse |
| 22 February 1992 | Luton Town | A | 1–2 | 9,003 | Bryson |
| 29 February 1992 | Queens Park Rangers | H | 0–0 | 17,958 | |
| 11 March 1992 | Sheffield Wednesday | A | 3–1 | 40,327 | Whitehouse, Davison (2) |
| 14 March 1992 | Manchester United | H | 1–2 | 30,183 | Deane |
| 21 March 1992 | Chelsea | A | 2–1 | 11,247 | Whitehouse (2) |
| 28 March 1992 | Liverpool | H | 2–0 | 26,943 | Deane (2) |
| 31 March 1992 | Aston Villa | A | 1–1 | 15,745 | Gage |
| 4 April 1992 | Oldham Athletic | H | 2–0 | 19,843 | Whitehouse, Hoyland |
| 11 April 1992 | Everton | A | 2–0 | 17,820 | Bryson, Cork |
| 14 April 1992 | Tottenham Hotspur | H | 2–0 | 21,526 | Deane (2) |
| 18 April 1992 | Arsenal | H | 1–1 | 25,034 | Davison |
| 20 April 1992 | Notts County | A | 3–1 | 12,605 | Beesley, Hodges, Davison |
| 26 April 1992 | Leeds United | H | 2–3 | 31,084 | Cork, Chapman (own goal) |
| 2 May 1992 | Wimbledon | A | 0–3 | 8,768 | |

### FA Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R3 | 4 January 1992 | Luton Town | H | 4–0 | 12,201 | Deane, Ward, Hodges, Gayle |
| R4 | 26 January 1992 | Charlton Athletic | A | 0–0 | 9,864 | |
| R4R | 5 February 1992 | Charlton Athletic | H | 3–1 | 11,428 | Deane, Gayle, Hodges |
| R5 | 15 February 1992 | Chelsea | A | 0–1 | 34,447 | |

### League Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 1st leg | 24 September 1991 | Wigan Athletic | A | 2–2 | 3,647 | Whitehouse (2) |
| R2 2nd leg | 8 October 1991 | Wigan Athletic | H | 1–0 (won 3–2 on agg) | 6,608 | Deane |
| R3 | 29 October 1991 | West Ham United | H | 0–2 | 11,144 | |

### Full Members Cup

| Round | Date | Opponent | Venue | Result | Attendance | Goalscorers |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| R2 | 22 October 1991 | Notts County | H | 3–3 (lost 1–2 on pens) | 3,291 | Whitehouse (2), Gayle |

## 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 (on loan from Leeds United) |
| — | GK | ENG | Phil Kite |
| — | GK | WAL | Mel Rees |
| — | GK | ENG | Simon Tracey |
| — | DF | ENG | David Barnes |
| — | DF | ENG | Carl Bradshaw |
| — | DF | ENG | Paul Beesley |
| — | DF | SCO | Tom Cowan |
| — | DF | ENG | Ashley Fickling |
| — | DF | ENG | Brian Gayle |
| — | DF | NIR | Colin Hill |
| — | DF | ENG | John Pemberton |
| — | DF | ENG | Dave Walton |
| — | DF | ENG | Chris Wilder |
| — | MF | ENG | Bob Booker |
| — | MF | SCO | Ian Bryson |
| — | MF | ENG | Kevin Gage |
| — | MF | ENG | John Gannon |
| — | MF | ENG | Charlie Hartfield |
| — | MF | WAL | Glyn Hodges |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| — | MF | ENG | Jamie Hoyland |
| — | MF | WAL | Vinnie Jones |
| — | MF | ENG | Mike Lake |
| — | MF | ENG | Brian Marwood |
| — | MF | ENG | John Reed |
| — | MF | ENG | Paul Rogers |
| — | MF | NIR | Mark Todd |
| — | MF | ENG | Mitch Ward |
| — | MF | ENG | Dane Whitehouse |
| — | FW | ENG | Tony Agana |
| — | FW | ENG | Alan Cork |
| — | FW | ENG | Bobby Davison (on loan from Leeds United) |
| — | FW | ENG | Brian Deane |
| — | FW | ENG | Peter Duffield |
| — | FW | ENG | Adrian Littlejohn |
| — | FW | ENG | Clive Mendonca |
| — | FW | ENG | Nathan Peel |
| — | FW | ENG | Paul Wood |

## Transfers

### In

| Date | Pos | Name | From | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 August 1991 | DF | Tom Cowan | Rangers | £350,000 |
| 1 August 1991 | FW | Clive Mendonca | Rotherham United | £110,000 |
| 1 August 1991 | FW | Nathan Peel | Preston North End | £50,000 |
| 6 August 1991 | FW | Adrian Littlejohn | Walsall | Free transfer |
| 6 August 1991 | MF | Charlie Hartfield | Arsenal | Free transfer |
| 17 September 1991 | DF | Brian Gayle | Ipswich Town | £750,000 |
| 15 November 1991 | MF | Kevin Gage | Aston Villa | £150,000 |
| 29 January 1992 | MF | Paul Rogers | Sutton United | £35,000 |

### Out

| Date | Pos | Name | To | Fee |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| 31 July 1991 | DF | Mark Morris | Bournemouth | £100,000 |
| 30 August 1991 | MF | Vinnie Jones | Chelsea | £575,000 |
| 11 September 1991 | MF | Mark Todd | Rotherham United | £35,000 |
| 3 October 1991 | FW | Paul Wood | Bournemouth | £40,000 |
| 12 November 1991 | FW | Tony Agana | Notts County | £750,000 |

    Transfers in: £1,445,000
    Transfers out: £1,500,000
    Total spending: £55,000
