1991–92 Watford F.C. season

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

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 →

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 § Second Division

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
8	Swindon Town	46	18	15	13	69	55	+14	69
9	Portsmouth	46	19	12	15	65	51	+14	69
10	Watford	46	18	11	17	51	48	+3	65
11	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	18	10	18	61	54	+7	64
12	Southend United	46	17	11	18	63	63	0	62

Source: ^{[citation needed]}
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

Watford's score comes first^[1]

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

^[2]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 David James - GK   ENG Keith Waugh - DF   ENG Keith Dublin - DF   ENG Nigel Gibbs - DF   ENG Jason Drysdale - DF   ENG David Holdsworth - DF   ENG Darren Bazeley - DF   SCO Joe McLaughlin - DF   ENG Jason Soloman - DF   ENG Barry Ashby - DF   NIR Steve Morrow (on loan from Arsenal) - DF   ENG Gerard Lavin

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

References

1. . Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 18 November 2014.
2. "All Watford players: 1992".