During the 1991–92 English football season, Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.
Season summary In the 1991–92 season, Brighton again sold their best players Mike Small and John Byrne, and lost the experienced Steve Gatting in defence. At least this time, the players were sold for a decent price, West Ham United paying £400,000 for Small and Sunderland laying out £235,000 for Byrne. Crowds fell again and the team plummeted for the second time they had sold all their best players and were relegated from Division Two to the New Division Two (after the formation of the Premier League). In the FA Cup third round, a capacity crowd of 18,031 against non-leaguers Crawley Town saw Brighton win 5–0 in what was a local derby. The dissatisfied fans formed the Brighton Independent Supporters Association and staged protests.
Final league table
Results Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first
Legend WinDrawLoss
Football League Second Division DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers 17 August 1991 Tranmere RoversH0–29,679 20 August 1991 Bristol CityA1–211,299Bissett 24 August 1991 BarnsleyA2–16,066Wade, Barham 31 August 1991 Wolverhampton WanderersH3–310,621O'Reilly, Barham, Robinson 4 September 1991 MillwallA2–19,266Byrne, Codner 7 September 1991 PortsmouthA0–010,567 14 September 1991 WatfordH0–18,741 18 September 1991 Port ValeH3–15,790Byrne, Meade, Robinson 21 September 1991 Derby CountyA1–312,004Meade 28 September 1991 Bristol RoversH3–16,392Codner (2), Byrne 5 October 1991 SunderlandA2–415,119Byrne, Robinson 12 October 1991 Ipswich TownH2–29,010Byrne, Chivers 19 October 1991 Charlton AthleticA0–25,598 26 October 1991 Swindon TownH0–27,370 30 October 1991 Leicester CityH1–26,424Codner 2 November 1991 Blackburn RoversA0–19,877 6 November 1991 Grimsby TownH3–04,420Meade (2), Gall 9 November 1991 MiddlesbroughH1–18,720Gall 16 November 1991 Cambridge UnitedA0–07,625 23 November 1991 Oxford UnitedA1–34,563Gall 30 November 1991 Plymouth ArgyleH1–06,713O'Reilly 7 December 1991 Southend UnitedA1–26,303Wade 14 December 1991 Newcastle UnitedH2–27,658O'Reilly, Farrington 21 December 1991 MillwallH3–47,598Gall (2), Chapman 26 December 1991 Leicester CityA1–216,767Gallacher 28 December 1991 Wolverhampton WanderersA0–213,606 1 January 1992 Bristol CityH0–07,555 11 January 1992 BarnsleyH3–16,107Robinson, Wade, Chapman 17 January 1992 Tranmere RoversA1–17,179Meade 1 February 1992 Charlton AthleticH1–28,870Walker 8 February 1992 Swindon TownA1–29,127Gall 15 February 1992 Oxford UnitedH1–26,096Robinson 22 February 1992 Plymouth ArgyleA1–15,259Gall 29 February 1992 Southend UnitedH3–28,271Meade, Codner, Munday 7 March 1992 Newcastle UnitedA1–024,597Gall 10 March 1992 Grimsby TownA1–04,583Walker 14 March 1992 Blackburn RoversH0–310,845 21 March 1992 MiddlesbroughA0–413,054 28 March 1992 Cambridge UnitedH1–17,702Gall 31 March 1992 WatfordA1–07,589Meade 11 April 1992 Port ValeA1–26,441Gall 15 April 1992 Derby CountyH1–28,159Gall 20 April 1992 Bristol RoversA1–46,092Gall 25 April 1992 SunderlandH2–29,851Gall, Codner 29 April 1992 PortsmouthH2–111,647Robinson, Meade 2 May 1992 Ipswich TownA1–326,803Meade
FA Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR34 January 1992 Crawley TownH5–018,031Gall, Walker, Chapman (2, 1 pen), MeadeR425 January 1992 Bolton WanderersA1–212,635Meade
League Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersR2 1st Leg 24 September 1991 BrentfordA1–44,927RobinsonR2 2nd Leg 9 October 1991 BrentfordH4–2 (lost 5–6 on agg)28,580Byrne (2), Codner, Meade
Full Members Cup
+RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorersSR223 October 1991 WimbledonH3–22,796Barham, Robinson, ChiversSQF26 November 1991 West Ham UnitedA0–28,146
Squad
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