1991–92 Watford F.C. season

Watford

1991–92 season
Chairman	Jack Petchey
Manager	Steve Perryman
Stadium	Vicarage Road
Second Division	10th
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: Blissett (9) All: Blissett (12)
Average home league attendance	8,511
← 1990–91 1992–93 →

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

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Watford had a poor first half of the campaign and by Christmas were only above the relegation places on goal difference with their home form dragging them down the league with 7 defeats from the first 12 league matches at home. By the middle of March, the Hornets were still near the relegation zone and at that point one of the big contenders by many to go down but an amazing run of one defeat from their final 13 league games which included 8 wins, secured safety and finished in a satisfying 10th 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

Watford's score comes first

Legend

Win

Draw

Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–2	13,547
24 August 1991	Newcastle United	A	2–2	22,440	Nicholas, Blissett
31 August 1991	Cambridge United	H	1–3	8,902	Blissett
3 September 1991	Barnsley	A	3–0	6,500	Bazeley, Blissett, Kennedy
7 September 1991	Middlesbrough	H	1–2	8,715	McLaughlin
14 September 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	1–0	8,741	Butler
17 September 1991	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	9,542
21 September 1991	Charlton Athletic	H	2–0	8,459	Butler, Hessenthaler
28 September 1991	Swindon Town	A	1–3	8,863	Porter
5 October 1991	Grimsby Town	H	2–0	6,970	Hessenthaler, Putney
12 October 1991	Bristol City	A	0–1	7,882
19 October 1991	Southend United	H	1–2	6,862	Porter (pen)
26 October 1991	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–0	4,090	Bazeley
29 October 1991	Millwall	H	0–2	7,366
2 November 1991	Sunderland	A	1–3	12,790	Porter
6 November 1991	Oxford United	H	2–0	4,785	Bazeley, Porter (pen)
9 November 1991	Leicester City	H	0–1	9,271
16 November 1991	Bristol Rovers	A	1–1	5,064	Blissett
23 November 1991	Portsmouth	H	2–1	8,135	Blissett (2)
30 November 1991	Port Vale	A	1–2	5,777	Porter
7 December 1991	Derby County	H	1–1	8,302	Blissett
22 December 1991	Barnsley	H	1–1	7,522	Nogan
26 December 1991	Millwall	A	4–0	9,237	Porter, Butler (2), Drysdale
29 December 1991	Cambridge United	A	1–0	8,439	Butler
1 January 1992	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–0	9,892
11 January 1992	Newcastle United	H	2–2	9,811	Holdsworth, Porter (pen)
18 January 1992	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–3	14,175
24 January 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	6,187	Butler
1 February 1992	Southend United	A	0–1	7,581
8 February 1992	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	7,260	Blissett
22 February 1992	Port Vale	H	0–0	6,602
29 February 1992	Derby County	A	1–3	14,052	Nogan
7 March 1992	Ipswich Town	H	0–1	9,199
11 March 1992	Oxford United	A	0–0	5,808
14 March 1992	Sunderland	H	1–0	8,091	Porter (pen)
17 March 1992	Ipswich Town	A	2–1	12,484	Drysdale (2)
21 March 1992	Leicester City	A	2–1	14,519	Butler, Nogan
28 March 1992	Bristol Rovers	H	1–0	7,496	Drysdale (pen)
31 March 1992	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	0–1	7,589
4 April 1992	Middlesbrough	A	2–1	13,669	Butler, Holdsworth
11 April 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	2–1	10,522	Bazeley (2)
18 April 1992	Charlton Athletic	A	1–1	7,477	Nogan
20 April 1992	Swindon Town	H	0–0	9,911
22 April 1992	Portsmouth	A	0–0	14,417
25 April 1992	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	6,483	Nogan
2 May 1992	Bristol City	H	5–2	10,582	Blissett, Putney, Bazeley, Gibbs, Drysdale

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Swindon Town	A	2–3	9,817	Blissett (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1 1st Leg	20 August 1991	Southend United	H	2–0	6,231	Porter, Blissett
R1 2nd Leg	28 August 1991	Southend United	A	1–1 (won 3-1 on agg)	3,802	Kennedy
R2 1st Leg	24 September 1991	Everton	A	0–1	8,284
R2 2nd Leg	8 October 1991	Everton	H	1–2 (lost 1-3 on agg)	11,561	Bazeley

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Full Members Cup

Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR1	2 October 1991	Southend United	H	0–1	1,700

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 David James - GK Keith Waugh - DF Keith Dublin - DF Nigel Gibbs - DF Jason Drysdale - DF David Holdsworth - DF Darren Bazeley - DF Joe McLaughlin - DF Jason Soloman - DF Barry Ashby - DF Steve Morrow (on loan from Arsenal) - DF Gerard Lavin

No. Position Player - MF Andy Hessenthaler - MF Gary Porter - MF Trevor Putney - MF Peter Nicholas - MF Rod Thomas - MF Richard Johnson - MF Alan Devonshire - FW Luther Blissett - FW Steve Butler - FW Lee Nogan - FW Andy Kennedy - FW Alex Inglethorpe