1991–92 Swindon Town F.C. season

Swindon Town

1991–92 season
Chairman	Ray Hardman
Manager	Glenn Hoddle (player-manager)
Stadium	County Ground
Second Division	8th
FA Cup	Fifth round
League Cup	Fourth round
Full Members Cup	Second round
Top goalscorer	League: Shearer (22) All: Shearer (32)
Average home league attendance	10,009
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

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

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Hoddle's first full season in charge saw a complete change in fortune where in November Swindon were at the top of the table. Unfortunately though, a run of two defeats and then six draws on the bounce saw Swindon slip out of the play-off places, and though they made their way back up the table, four defeats in early March put them just off the pace. Blackburn then attempted to put a huge dent in Swindon's promotion push - making an offer of £800,000 for 32-goal Shearer - and it was an offer that cash-strapped Swindon couldn't afford to refuse. Shearer left, and Swindon managed just seven goals in the nine games following his departure, finishing in eighth place.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld		W	D	L	GF	GA		W	D	L	GF	GA		GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Ipswich Town (C)	46		16	3	4	42	22		8	9	6	28	28		70	50	+ 20	84
2	Middlesbrough (P)	46		15	6	2	37	13		8	5	10	21	28		58	41	+ 17	80
3	Derby County	46		11	4	8	35	24		12	5	6	34	27		69	51	+ 18	78
4	Leicester City	46		14	4	5	41	24		9	4	10	21	31		62	55	+ 7	77
5	Cambridge United	46		10	9	4	34	19		9	8	6	31	28		65	47	+ 18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers (P)	46		14	5	4	41	21		7	6	10	29	32		70	53	+ 17	74
7	Charlton Athletic	46		9	7	7	25	23		11	4	8	29	25		54	48	+ 6	71
8	Swindon Town	46		15	3	5	38	22		3	12	8	31	33		69	55	+ 14	69
9	Portsmouth	46		15	6	2	41	12		4	6	13	24	39		65	51	+ 14	69
10	Watford	46		9	5	9	25	23		9	6	8	26	25		51	48	+ 3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46		11	6	6	36	24		7	4	12	25	30		61	54	+ 7	64
12	Southend United	46		11	5	7	37	26		6	6	11	26	37		61	61	± 0	62
13	Bristol Rovers	46		11	9	3	43	29		5	5	13	17	34		60	63	– 3	62
14	Tranmere Rovers	46		9	9	5	37	32		5	10	8	19	24		56	56	± 0	61
15	Millwall	46		10	4	9	32	32		7	6	10	32	39		64	71	– 7	61
16	Barnsley	46		11	4	8	27	25		5	7	11	19	32		46	57	– 11	59
17	Bristol City	46		10	8	5	30	24		3	7	13	25	47		55	71	– 16	54
18	Sunderland	46		10	8	5	36	23		4	3	16	25	42		61	65	– 4	53
19	Grimsby Town	46		7	5	11	25	28		7	6	10	22	34		47	62	– 15	53
20	Newcastle United	46		9	8	6	38	30		4	5	14	28	54		66	84	– 18	52
21	Oxford United	46		10	6	7	39	30		3	5	15	27	43		66	73	– 7	50
22	Plymouth Argyle	46		11	5	7	26	26		2	4	17	16	38		42	64	– 22	48
23	Brighton & HA	46		7	7	9	36	37		5	4	14	20	40		56	77	– 21	47
24	Port Vale	46		7	8	8	23	25		3	7	13	19	34		42	59	– 17	45

NB Goal difference then goals scored applies when teams are level on points

Results

Swindon Town's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Leicester City	H	0–0	12,426
24 August 1991	Cambridge United	A	2–3	6,232	Shearer, Hazard (pen)
31 August 1991	Barnsley	H	3–1	7,449	White, Ling, Shearer
3 September 1991	Ipswich Town	A	4–1	11,002	White, Calderwood, Taylor, Hazard
7 September 1991	Port Vale	A	2–2	7,168	White, MacLaren
14 September 1991	Sunderland	H	5–3	11,417	White, Simpson, Hazard (2, 1 pen), Shearer
17 September 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	11,391	Jones
21 September 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	15,219	White
28 September 1991	Watford	H	3–1	8,863	Shearer, Simpson, Taylor
5 October 1991	Plymouth Argyle	A	4–0	6,208	Shearer (4)
12 October 1991	Derby County	H	1–2	11,883	Hazard (pen)
19 October 1991	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	10,717	White, Calderwood
26 October 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	2–0	7,370	Shearer (2)
2 November 1991	Newcastle United	H	2–1	10,731	Calderwood, White
6 November 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	0–0	5,398
9 November 1991	Southend United	A	2–3	7,709	White, Shearer
16 November 1991	Portsmouth	H	1–0	10,738	White (2)
22 November 1991	Tranmere Rovers	A	0–0	9,585
30 November 1991	Grimsby Town	H	1–1	8,397	Simpson
7 December 1991	Middlesbrough	A	2–2	13,300	Simpson, Shearer
20 December 1991	Ipswich Town	H	0–0	7,404
26 December 1991	Bristol City	A	1–1	14,636	Shearer
28 December 1991	Barnsley	A	1–1	8,357	Shearer
1 January 1992	Millwall	H	3–1	9,746	Shearer (2), Ling
11 January 1992	Cambridge United	H	0–2	10,878
18 January 1992	Leicester City	A	1–3	14,226	Bodin
28 January 1992	Oxford United	H	2–1	8,926	Kerslake, Shearer
1 February 1992	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–2	14,887	Mitchell
4 February 1992	Bristol City	H	2–0	9,627	Jones, Shearer
8 February 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–1	9,127	Calderwood (2)
22 February 1992	Grimsby Town	A	0–0	6,817
29 February 1992	Middlesbrough	H	0–1	10,379
7 March 1992	Oxford United	A	3–5	7,795	Close, Mitchell (2)
10 March 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	7,196	Shearer
14 March 1992	Newcastle United	A	1–3	23,138	Mitchell
17 March 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	2–0	6,780	Shearer (2)
21 March 1992	Southend United	H	3–1	8,628	Shearer, Bodin (pen), Mitchell
28 March 1992	Portsmouth	A	1–1	16,007	Jones
4 April 1992	Port Vale	H	1–0	8,014	Jones
8 April 1992	Millwall	A	1–1	6,722	Gibson
12 April 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	6,905	Taylor
18 April 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	10,863	Ling
20 April 1992	Watford	A	0–0	9,911
25 April 1992	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	10,463	Taylor
27 April 1992	Sunderland	A	0–0	16,716
2 May 1992	Derby County	A	1–2	22,608	Hazard

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Watford	H	3–2	10,133	Shearer (2), Mitchell
R4	25 January 1992	Cambridge United	A	3–0	7,428	Calderwood, Shearer (2)
R5	16 February 1992	Aston Villa	H	1–2	16,402	Mitchell

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 First Leg	20 August 1991	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–0	6,611	Mitchell, Hazard
R1 Second Leg	28 August 1991	West Bromwich Albion	A	2–2 (won 4-2 on agg)	8,522	Shearer (2)
R2 First Leg	25 September 1991	Millwall	A	2–2	6,048	White (2)
R2 Second Leg	8 October 1991	Millwall	H	3–1 (won 5-3 on agg)	7,137	Shearer (2), White
R3	29 October 1991	Huddersfield Town	A	4–1	10,088	Shearer (2), Summerbee, Taylor
R4	17 December 1991	Crystal Palace	H	0–1	10,044

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	1 October 1991	Oxford United	H	3–3 (won 4-3 on pens)	5,868	White (2), MacLaren
SR2	23 October 1991	Chelsea	A	0–1	5,784

Squad

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player - GK Nick Hammond - GK Fraser Digby - DF Colin Calderwood - DF Shaun Taylor - DF David Kerslake - DF Glenn Hoddle (player-manager) - DF Paul Bodin - DF Adrian Viveash - DF Néstor Lorenzo - MF Micky Hazard - MF Tom Jones - MF Ross MacLaren - MF Fitzroy Simpson

No. Position Player - MF Nicky Summerbee - MF Martin Ling - MF Steve Foley - MF Gary Waddock (on loan from QPR) - MF John Moncur - MF Dave Bennett - MF Paul Trollope - FW Duncan Shearer - FW Dave Mitchell - FW Steve White - FW Terry Gibson (on loan from Wimbledon) - FW Shaun Close - FW Paul Hunt