The 1991–92 season saw Leeds United competing in the final season of the Football League First Division before its rebranding as the FA Premier League, doing so by being crowned champions.
Season summary Having finished fourth the previous season, Leeds clinched the First Division title in the 1991-1992 campaign, finishing ahead of archrivals Manchester United, which was only their second consecutive season as a First Division club. As champions of the Football League, Leeds United qualified for the European Cup, which was rebranded as the UEFA Champions League the next season. They lost just four league games all season, and were held to 1–1 draws both home and away by Manchester United (who also knocked them out of both domestic cups). Eric Cantona signed for the club mid-season, making his debut against Oldham Athletic on 8 February 1992, and scored three goals in the remainder of the season. Leeds clinched the title in the penultimate game of the season with a 3–2 win over Sheffield United. The first goal that day was scored by striker Rod Wallace, who had joined Leeds the previous summer from Southampton.
Transfers
Transfers in DatePositionNameFromFee 6 June 1991 DF Tony Dorigo Chelsea £1,300,000† 11 June 1991 DF Jon Newsome Sheffield Wednesday £150,000 1 July 1991 FW Rod Wallace Southampton £1,600,000† 1 July 1991 DF Ray Wallace Southampton £100,000 1 July 1991 MF Steve Hodge Nottingham Forest £900,000 15 July 1991 DF David Wetherall Sheffield Wednesday £137,500 4 February 1992 FW Eric Cantona Nîmes £900,000 †Club record transfer fee at the time.
Transfers out DatePositionNameToFee 1 June 1991 DF Peter Haddock Retired — 1 June 1991 DF Jim Beglin Retired — 1 July 1991 FW John Pearson Barnsley £135,000 3 September 1991 GK Neil Edwards Stockport County £5,000 1 November 1991 DF Chris Kamara Luton Town £150,000 1 February 1992 MF Andy Williams Notts County £115,000 13 March 1992 MF Simon Grayson Leicester City £50,000 27 March 1992 DF Mike Whitlow Leicester City £250,000
Loans in Start datePositionNameFromEnd date 22 February 1992 FW Tony Agana Notts County 1 June 1992
Loans out Start datePositionNameToEnd date 1 August 1991 DF Glynn Snodin Oldham Athletic 1 January 1992 1 August 1991 DF Dylan Kerr Doncaster Rovers 1 December 1991 1 September 1991 FW Bobby Davison Derby County 1 February 1992 1 December 1991 MF Andy Williams Port Vale 1 January 1992 1 December 1991 DF Dylan Kerr Blackpool 1 June 1992 1 February 1992 MF Imre Varadi Luton Town 1 March 1992 1 February 1992 DF Glynn Snodin Rotherham United 1 June 1992 1 March 1992 FW Bobby Davison Sheffield United 1 June 1992 1 March 1992 GK Mervyn Day Luton Town 1 April 1992 1 March 1992 DF John McClelland Notts County 1 June 1992 1 March 1992 DF Ray Wallace Swansea City 1 June 1992 1 April 1992 GK Mervyn Day Luton Town 1 June 1992
First-team squad
Final league table
Results Leeds United's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League First Division +DateOpponentVenueResultLeeds United's score written firstScorersAttendance 20 August 1991 Nottingham ForestH1–0McAllister29,457 24 August 1991 Sheffield WednesdayH1–1Hodge30,260 28 August 1991 SouthamptonA4–0Speed (2), Strachan (2)15,862 31 August 1991 Manchester UnitedA1–1Chapman43,778 3 September 1991 ArsenalH2–2Chapman, Strachan29,396 7 September 1991 Manchester CityH3–0Batty, Dorigo, Strachan29,986 14 September 1991 ChelseaA1–0Shutt23,439 18 September 1991 Coventry CityA0–0—15,488 21 September 1991 LiverpoolH1–0Hodge32,917 28 September 1991 Norwich CityA2–2Speed, Dorigo15,828 1 October 1991 Crystal PalaceA0–1—18,298 5 October 1991 Sheffield UnitedH4–3Hodge (2), Sterland (2)28,362 19 October 1991 Notts CountyA4–2Hodge, Whyte, Chapman, McAllister12,964 26 October 1991 Oldham AthleticH1–0Kilcline (own goal)28,199 2 November 1991 WimbledonA0–0—7,025 16 November 1991 Queens Park RangersH2–0Sterland, Wallace27,087 24 November 1991 Aston VillaA4–1Chapman (2), Sterland, Wallace23,713 30 November 1991 EvertonH1–0Wallace30,043 7 December 1991 Luton TownA2–0Speed, Wallace11,550 14 December 1991 Tottenham HotspurH1–1Speed31,404 22 December 1991 Nottingham ForestA0–0—27,170 26 December 1991 SouthamptonH3–3Hodge (2), Speed22,805 29 December 1991 Manchester UnitedH1–1Sterland (pen)32,638 1 January 1992 West Ham UnitedA3–1Chapman (2), McAllister21,766 12 January 1992 Sheffield WednesdayA6–1Dorigo, Chapman (3), Whitlow, Wallace32,228 18 January 1992 Crystal PalaceH1–1Fairclough27,717 1 February 1992 Notts CountyH3–0Batty, Sterland, Wallace27,224 8 February 1992 Oldham AthleticA0–2—18,409 23 February 1992 EvertonA1–1Shutt19,248 29 February 1992 Luton TownH2–0Cantona, Chapman28,231 3 March 1992 Aston VillaH0–0—28,896 7 March 1992 Tottenham HotspurA3–1Newsome, McAllister, Wallace27,622 11 March 1992 Queens Park RangersA1–4Speed14,641 14 March 1992 WimbledonH5–1Cantona, Chapman (3), Wallace26,760 22 March 1992 ArsenalA1–1Chapman27,844 28 March 1992 West Ham UnitedH0–0—31,101 4 April 1992 Manchester CityA0–4—30,239 11 April 1992 ChelseaH3–0Cantona, Chapman, Wallace31,363 18 April 1992 LiverpoolA0–0—37,186 20 April 1992 Coventry CityH2–0Fairclough, McAllister (pen)26,582 26 April 1992 Sheffield UnitedA3–2Gayle (own goal), Newsome, Wallace32,000 2 May 1992 Norwich CityH1–0Wallace32,673
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendanceThird round5 January 1992 Manchester UnitedH0–1—31,819
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultScorersAttendance24 September 1991 Scunthorpe UnitedA0–0—8,3928 October 1991 Scunthorpe UnitedH3–0 (won 3–0 on agg)Speed, Chapman, Sterland14,55829 October 1991 Tranmere RoversH3–1Shutt, Chapman (2)18,2664 December 1991 EvertonA4–1Speed 27', Chapman 39', Rod Wallace 54', 55'25,4678 January 1992 Manchester UnitedH1–3Speed 17'28,886
Full Members Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultGoalscorersAttendanceSecond round22 October 1991 Nottingham ForestH1–3Rod Wallace6,495
Awards At the end of the season, left-back Tony Dorigo was named the club's Player of the Year.
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