1991–92 Birmingham City F.C. season

The 1991–92 Football League season was Birmingham City Football Club's 89th season in the Football League and 3rd in the Third Division. They finished in second place in the 24-team division, so were promoted back to the second tier for the 1992–93 season. They entered the 1991–92 FA Cup in the first round proper and lost in that round to Torquay United, eliminated Exeter City and Luton Town from the League Cup before losing to Crystal Palace after two replays, and failed to progress past the preliminary round of the Football League Trophy.

Nigel Gleghorn was the club's top goalscorer, with 17 goals in the league, and 22 in all competitions.

After Lou Macari had quit as manager at the end of the 1990–91 season, and caretaker Bill Coldwell had persuaded all the out-of-contract players apart from Vince Overson to renew, Terry Cooper was appointed manager in August, only a week before the playing season started.^[1]

Football League Third Division

Main article: 1989–90 Football League

Date	League position	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
17 August 1991	6th	Bury	H	W	3–2	Gleghorn, Gayle, Okenla	9,033
24 August 1991	3rd	Fulham	A	W	1–0	Rodgerson	4,762
31 August 1991	1st	Darlington	H	W	1–0	Sturridge	8,768
3 September 1991	1st	Hull City	A	W	2–1	Sturridge, Rodgerson	4,801
7 September 1991	2nd	Reading	A	D	1–1	Sturridge	6,649
14 September 1991	1st	Peterborough United	H	D	1–1	Cooper	9,408
17 September 1991	1st	Chester City	H	W	3–2	Sturridge, Frain (pen.), Gleghorn	8,154
21 September 1991	2nd	Hartlepool United	A	L	0–1		4,643
28 September 1991	2nd	Preston North End	H	W	3–1	Matthewson, Gleghorn, Rodgerson	8,260
5 October 1991	2nd	Shrewsbury Town	A	D	1–1	Gleghorn	7,035
12 October 1991	1st	Stockport County	H	W	3–0	Cooper, Drinkell, Donowa	12,364
19 October 1991	2nd	Wigan Athletic	H	D	3–3	Sturridge, Gleghorn, Rodgerson	9,662
26 October 1991	1st	West Bromwich Albion	A	W	1–0	Drinkell	26,168
2 November 1991	1st	Torquay United	H	W	3–0	Gleghorn (pen.), Sturridge, Donowa	9,408
6 November 1991	1st	Brentford	A	D	2–2	Sturridge, Cooper	8,798
9 November 1991	2nd	Huddersfield Town	A	L	2–3	Gleghorn, Matthewson	11,688
23 November 1991	2nd	Exeter City	H	W	1–0	Gleghorn	11,319
30 November 1991	2nd	Bradford City	H	W	2–0	Peer, Gleghorn	10,468
14 December 1991	2nd	Bournemouth	A	L	1–2	Paskin	6,048
21 December 1991	1st	Fulham	H	W	3–1	Gleghorn, Rodgerson 2	8,877
26 December 1991	2nd	Darlington	A	D	1–1	Rodgerson	4,422
28 December 1991	3rd	Bury	A	L	0–1		4,253
1 January 1992	2nd	Hull City	H	D	2–2	Paskin, Gleghorn	12,983
4 January 1992	2nd	Stoke City	A	L	1–2	Beckford	19,096
11 January 1992	3rd	Leyton Orient	H	D	2–2	Cooper, Paskin	10,445
18 January 1992	2nd	Swansea City	A	W	2–0	Rodgerson, Rowbotham	4,147
8 February 1992	4th	West Bromwich Albion	H	L	0–3		27,508
11 February 1992	4th	Bradford City	A	W	2–1	Gleghorn, Sturridge	7,008
15 February 1992	5th	A.F.C. Bournemouth	H	L	0–1		10,898
22 February 1992	6th	Leyton Orient	A	D	0–0		6,025
29 February 1992	5th	Stoke City	H	D	1–1	Frain (pen.)	22,162
3 March 1992	5th	Swansea City	H	D	1–1	Rowbotham	9,475
10 March 1992	5th	Brentford	H	W	1–0	Matthewson	13,290
17 March 1992	6th	Bolton Wanderers	A	D	1–1	Rodgerson	7,329
21 March 1992	6th	Huddersfield Town	H	W	2–0	Sturridge, Gleghorn	12,482
24 March 1992	2nd	Torquay United	A	W	2–1	Rowbotham, Matthewson	2,446
28 March 1992	3rd	Exeter City	A	L	1–2	Hicks	5,210
31 March 1992	3rd	Peterborough United	A	W	3–2	Frain (pen.), Sturridge, Matthewson	12,085
4 April 1992	2nd	Reading	H	W	2–0	Rowbotham, Frain (pen.)	12,229
11 April 1992	2nd	Chester City	A	W	1–0	Gleghorn	4,895
14 April 1992	1st	Bolton Wanderers	H	W	2–1	Frain (pen.), Rennie	14,440
18 April 1992	1st	Hartlepool United	H	W	2–1	Matthewson, Gleghorn	13,698
21 April 1992	1st	Preston North End	A	L	2–3	Gleghorn, Rennie	7,740
25 April 1992	1st	Shrewsbury Town	H	W	1–0	Gleghorn	19,868
28 April 1992	1st	Wigan Athletic	A	L	0–3		5,950
2 May 1992	2nd	Stockport County	A	L	0–2	Gayle	7,840

League table (part)

Final Third Division table (part)
Pos	Club	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	GD	Pts
1st	Brentford	46	25	7	14	81	55	26	82
2nd	Birmingham City	46	23	12	11	69	52	17	81
3rd	Huddersfield Town	46	22	12	12	59	38	21	78
4th	Stoke City	46	21	14	11	69	49	20	77
5th	Stockport County	46	22	10	14	75	51	24	76
Key	Pos = League position; Pld = Matches played; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Source	^[2]

FA Cup

Main article: 1991–92 FA Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round	16 November 1991	Torquay United	A	L	0–3		4,123

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
First round 1st leg	20 August 1991	Exeter City	A	W	1–0	Rodgerson	4,071
First round 2nd leg	27 August 1991	Exeter City	H	W	4–0	Hicks, Yates, Peer, Gleghorn	6,177
Second round 1st leg	25 September 1991	Luton Town	A	D	2–2	Rodgerson, Gleghorn	6,315
Second round 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Luton Town	H	W	3–2	Peer, Gleghorn 2	13,252
Third round	29 October 1991	Crystal Palace	H	D	1–1	Sturridge	17,270
Third round replay	19 November 1991	Crystal Palace	A	D	1–1 (aet)	Gleghorn	10,698
Third round 2nd replay	3 December 1991	Crystal Palace	A	L	1–2	Peer	11,384

Football League Trophy

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Trophy

Round	Date	Opponents	Venue	Result	Score F–A	Scorers	Attendance
Preliminary round	18 December 1991	Stoke City	A	L	1–3	Tait	5,932
Preliminary round	7 January 1992	Walsall	H	L	0–1		5,239

Appearances and goals

Numbers in parentheses denote appearances as substitute.

Players with name struck through and marked

left the club during the playing season.

Players with names in italics and marked * were on loan from another club for the whole of their season with Birmingham.

Players included in matchday squads
Pos.	Nat.	Name	League		FA Cup		League Cup		League Trophy		Total
Pos.	Nat.	Name	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
GK	ENG	Tim Carter*	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0
GK	ENG	~~John Cheesewright~~	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	2	0
GK	ENG	Kevin Dearden*	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
GK	ENG	Alan Miller*	15	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	16	0
GK	ENG	Martin Thomas	16	0	1	0	6	0	0	0	23	0
DF	ENG	Ian Atkins	5 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	6 (3)	0
DF	ENG	Ian Clarkson	42	0	1	0	7	0	2	0	52	0
DF	ENG	John Frain	44	5	1	0	7	0	2	0	54	5
DF	ENG	Martin Hicks	41 (1)	1	1	0	5 (1)	1	2	0	49 (2)	2
DF	WAL	Paul Mardon	31 (4)	0	1	0	7	0	1	0	40 (4)	0
DF	ENG	Trevor Matthewson	35 (1)	6	1	0	5	0	1	0	42 (1)	6
MF	ENG	Mark Cooper	27 (6)	4	1	0	0	0	2	0	30 (1)	4
MF	IRL	~~Eamonn Dolan~~	1 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	3 (1)	0
MF	ENG	Louie Donowa	20 (6)	2	1	0	5	0	0	0	26 (6)	2
MF	ENG	David Foy	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	ENG	Paul Jones	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (2)	0
MF	NGR	Foley Okenla	2 (5)	1	0	0	1	0	1 (1)	0	4 (6)	1
MF	ENG	Dean Peer	18 (3)	1	0 (1)	0	7	3	2	0	27 (4)	4
MF	SCO	David Rennie	17 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	17 (0)	0
MF	ENG	Ian Rodgerson	36 (1)	9	1	0	6	2	2	0	45 (1)	11
MF	ENG	Paul Tait	10 (2)	0	0	0	2	0	1	1	13 (2)	1
MF	ENG	~~Mark Yates~~	1 (1)	0	0	0	2	1	0	0	3 (1)	1
FW	ENG	~~Trevor Aylott~~	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
FW	ENG	Jason Beckford	2 (2)	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	3 (2)	1
FW	ENG	Kevin Drinkell*	5	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	2
FW	ENG	Sean Francis	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
FW	ENG	John Gayle	2 (1)	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	1
FW	ENG	Nigel Gleghorn	46	17	1	0	7	5	2	0	56	22
FW	IRL	Eric Hogan	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0 (2)	0
FW	IRL	Alan O'Neill	2 (2)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (2)	0
FW	RSA	John Paskin*	8 (2)	3	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	8 (3)	3
FW	ENG	Darran Rowbotham	21 (1)	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	21 (1)	4
FW	ENG	Mark Sale	2 (4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (4)	0
FW	ENG	Simon Sturridge	38 (2)	10	1	0	7	1	0	0	46 (2)	11

References

General

Matthews, Tony (1995). Birmingham City: A Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-010-9.
Matthews, Tony (2010). Birmingham City: The Complete Record. Derby: DB Publishing. ISBN 978-1-85983-853-2.
Source for match dates, league positions and results: "Birmingham City 1991–1992: Results". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 12 June 2013.
Source for lineups, appearances, goalscorers and attendances: Matthews (2010), Complete Record, pp. 418–19, 481.

Specific

↑ Matthews (1995), p. 48.
↑ "Birmingham City 1991–1992: English Division Three (old) Table". Statto Organisation. Retrieved 17 January 2012.

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