1991–92 Crystal Palace F.C. season

The 1991–92 season for Crystal Palace was somewhat anticlimactic football-wise, but controversial in another way. A statement by Ron Noades, which he claimed was reported out of context, stunned Palace's many black players. Noades had apparently claimed that black players didn't play hard enough in winter, but that they made up for it at the end of the season. Although he later stated that he was describing a general attitude amongst managers in earlier decades, and that this was not his own opinion, many of Palace's black players began planning to leave, the most notable departure being that of Ian Wright to Arsenal for £2.5 million (a record for both clubs) in September.

Palace finished 10th in the First Division, having never looked in danger of relegation, but they never challenged the leading pack and would be among the 22 founder members of the new FA Premier League for the 1992-93 season. However, they would be without the services of another key player - Mark Bright - who was sold to Sheffield Wednesday. The Yorkshire club had just finished third in the league and qualified for the UEFA Cup, and were looking more likely to be chasing honours than a Palace side who were now looking like a thin shadow of what they had been a year or two earlier.

Final league table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Leeds United	42	13	8	0	38	13	9	8	4	36	24	74	37	+37	82
2	Manchester United	42	12	7	2	34	13	9	8	4	29	20	63	33	+30	78
3	Sheffield Wednesday	42	13	5	3	39	24	8	7	6	23	25	62	49	+13	75
4	Arsenal	42	12	7	2	51	23	7	8	6	30	24	81	46	+35	72
5	Manchester City	42	13	4	4	32	14	7	6	8	29	34	61	48	+13	70
6	Liverpool	42	13	5	3	34	17	3	11	7	13	23	47	40	+7	64
7	Aston Villa	42	13	3	5	31	16	4	6	11	17	28	48	44	+4	60
8	Nottingham Forest	42	10	7	4	36	27	6	4	11	24	31	60	58	+2	59
9	Sheffield United	42	9	6	6	29	23	7	3	11	36	40	65	63	+2	57
10	Crystal Palace	42	7	8	6	24	25	7	7	7	29	36	53	61	– 8	57
11	Queens Park Rangers	42	6	10	5	25	21	6	8	7	23	26	48	47	+1	54
12	Everton	42	8	8	5	28	19	5	6	10	24	32	52	51	+1	53
13	Wimbledon	42	10	5	6	32	20	3	9	9	21	33	53	53	±0	53
14	Chelsea	42	7	8	6	31	30	6	6	9	19	30	50	60	– 10	53
15	Tottenham Hotspur	42	7	3	11	33	35	8	4	9	25	28	58	63	– 5	52
16	Southampton	42	7	5	9	17	28	7	5	9	22	27	39	55	– 16	52
17	Oldham Athletic	42	11	5	5	46	36	3	4	14	17	31	63	67	– 4	51
18	Norwich City	42	8	6	7	29	28	3	6	12	18	35	47	63	– 16	45
19	Coventry City	42	6	7	8	18	15	5	4	12	17	29	35	44	– 9	44
20	Luton Town	42	10	7	4	25	17	0	5	16	14	54	38	71	– 33	42
21	Notts County	42	7	5	9	24	29	3	5	13	16	33	40	62	– 22	40
22	West Ham United	42	6	6	9	22	24	3	5	13	15	35	37	59	– 22	38

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points

Key
	League Champions, qualified for Champions League
	FA Cup winners, qualified for Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	League Cup winners, qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

Results

Crystal Palace's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
24 August 1991	Manchester City	A	2–3	28,028	Thomas, Bright
27 August 1991	Wimbledon	H	3–2	16,736	Bright, Gray (pen), Wright
31 August 1991	Sheffield United	H	2–1	15,507	Thomas, Wright
4 September 1991	Aston Villa	A	1–0	20,740	Wright
7 September 1991	Everton	A	2–2	21,065	Gray (pen), Bright
14 September 1991	Arsenal	H	1–4	24,228	Bright
17 September 1991	West Ham United	H	2–3	21,363	Salako, Wright
21 September 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	3–2	13,391	Salako, Wright, Bright
28 September 1991	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	15,372	Bright, Collymore
1 October 1991	Leeds United	H	1–0	18,298	Bright
5 October 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–4	26,230	Bright
19 October 1991	Coventry City	A	2–1	10,591	Bright, Gabbiadini
26 October 1991	Chelsea	H	0–0	21,841
2 November 1991	Liverpool	A	2–1	34,231	Gabbiadini, Thomas
16 November 1991	Southampton	H	1–0	15,861	Thomas
23 November 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	1–5	22,387	Thomas
30 November 1991	Manchester United	H	1–3	29,017	Mortimer
7 December 1991	Norwich City	A	3–3	12,667	Newman (own goal), McGoldrick, Osborn
22 December 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	1–2	22,491
26 December 1991	Wimbledon	A	1–1	15,009	Gabbiadini
28 December 1991	Sheffield United	A	1–1	17,969	Gabbiadini
1 January 1992	Notts County	H	1–0	14,202	Gabbiadini
11 January 1992	Manchester City	H	1–1	14,766	Bright
18 January 1992	Leeds United	A	1–1	27,717	Thomas
1 February 1992	Coventry City	H	0–1	13,818
8 February 1992	Chelsea	A	1–1	17,810	Whyte
16 February 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	1–0	19,834	McGoldrick
22 February 1992	Manchester United	A	0–2	46,347
25 February 1992	Luton Town	H	1–1	12,109	Bright
29 February 1992	Norwich City	H	3–4	14,201	Bright (2), Osborn
3 March 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	0–0	12,608
7 March 1992	Luton Town	A	1–1	8,591	McGoldrick
11 March 1992	Southampton	A	0–1	12,926
14 March 1992	Liverpool	H	1–0	23,680	Young
21 March 1992	Aston Villa	H	0–0	15,368
28 March 1992	Notts County	A	3–2	7,674	Coleman, Bright, Mortimer
4 April 1992	Everton	H	2–0	14,338	Coleman, Bright (pen)
11 April 1992	Arsenal	A	1–4	36,016	Coleman
18 April 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	12,267
20 April 1992	West Ham United	A	2–0	17,710	Bright, Coleman
25 April 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–1	21,573	Bright
2 May 1992	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–1	14,903

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Leicester City	A	0–1	19,613

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	25 September 1991	Hartlepool United	A	1–1	6,697	Bright
R2 2nd leg	8 October 1991	Hartlepool United	H	6–1 (won 7-2 on agg)	9,153
R3	29 October 1991	Birmingham City	A	1–1	17,270	Gray
R3R	19 November 1991	Birmingham City	H	1–1	10,698
R3R2	3 December 1991	Birmingham City	H	2–1	11,384	Gray (pen), Thorn
R4	17 December 1991	Swindon Town	A	1–0	10,044	Gray
QF	8 January 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	1–1	14,941
QFR	5 February 1992	Nottingham Forest	A	2–4	18,918

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance
R2	22 October 1991	Southend United	H	4–2 (a.e.t.)	7,185
R3	26 November 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	3–2	4,492
S Area SF	10 December 1991	Chelsea	H	0–1	8,416

Squad

^[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Jimmy Glass
		GK	Nigel Martyn
		GK	Perry Suckling
		GK	Neil Sullivan (on loan from Wimbledon)
		GK	Andy Woodman
		DF	Paul Bodin
		DF	Chris Coleman
		DF	Dean Gordon
		DF	Rudi Hedman
		DF	Jeff Hopkins
		DF	John Humphrey
		DF	Richard Shaw
		DF	Lee Sinnott
		DF	Gareth Southgate (captain)
		DF	Andy Thorn
		DF	Eric Young^[3]
		MF	Bobby Bowry

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Andy Gray
		MF	Eddie McGoldrick
		MF	Paul Mortimer
		MF	Ricky Newman
		MF	Simon Osborn
		MF	Alan Pardew
		MF	Simon Rodger
		MF	John Salako
		MF	Geoff Thomas
		FW	Andy Barnes
		FW	Mark Bright
		FW	Stan Collymore
		FW	Marco Gabbiadini
		FW	Jamie Moralee
		FW	David Whyte
		FW	Ian Wright

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
19 July 1991	DF	Chris Coleman	Swansea City	£275,000
8 August 1991	DF	Lee Sinnott	Bradford City	£300,000
1 October 1991	FW	Marco Gabbiadini	Sunderland	£1,800,000
18 October 1991	MF	Paul Mortimer	Aston Villa	£500,000
18 October 1991	MF	Bobby Bowry	Queens Park Rangers	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
25 July 1991	MF	Phil Barber	Millwall	£100,000
19 August 1991	FW	Garry Thompson	Queens Park Rangers	£125,000
19 August 1991	DF	Tony Witter	Queens Park Rangers	£125,000
24 September 1991	FW	Ian Wright	Arsenal	£2,500,000
21 November 1991	MF	Alan Pardew	Charlton Athletic	Free transfer
10 January 1992	DF	Paul Bodin	Swindon Town	£225,000
31 January 1992	FW	Marco Gabbiadini	Derby County	£1,000,000
5 March 1992	DF	Jeff Hopkins	Bristol Rovers	Free transfer
27 May 1992	MF	Andy Gray	Tottenham Hotspur	£700,000

Transfers in:

£2,875,000

Transfers out:

£4,775,000

Total spending:

£1,900,000

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/crystal-palace/1991-1992/results
↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/crystal-palace/tab/players/season/1992
↑ Young was born in Singapore, but qualified to represent any of the Home Nations internationally as he was a British passport holder.

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First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Notts County Oldham Athletic Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Sheffield Wednesday Southampton Tottenham Hotspur West Ham United Wimbledon

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