1991–92 Brighton & Hove Albion F.C. season

Brighton & Hove Albion
1991–92 season
Manager	Barry Lloyd
Stadium	Goldstone Ground
Second Division	23rd (relegated)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Quarter finals
Top goalscorer	Gall (14)
Average home league attendance	8,002
	← 1990–91 1992–93 →

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

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
20	Newcastle United	46	13	13	20	66	84	−18	52	Qualification for the First Division^[a]
21	Oxford United	46	13	11	22	66	73	−7	50	Qualification for the First Division^[a]
22	Plymouth Argyle (R)	46	13	9	24	42	64	−22	48	Relegation to the Second Division^[a]
23	Brighton & Hove Albion (R)	46	12	11	23	56	77	−21	47
24	Port Vale (R)	46	10	15	21	42	59	−17	45

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

1 2 From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, the second tier - then known as the Second Division - was renamed to the First Division, and the third tier - then known as the Third Division - was renamed to the Second Division.

Results

Brighton & Hove Albion's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Tranmere Rovers	H	0–2	9,679
20 August 1991	Bristol City	A	1–2	11,299	Bissett
24 August 1991	Barnsley	A	2–1	6,066	Wade, Barham
31 August 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	3–3	10,621	O'Reilly, Barham, Robinson
4 September 1991	Millwall	A	2–1	9,266	Byrne, Codner
7 September 1991	Portsmouth	A	0–0	10,567
14 September 1991	Watford	H	0–1	8,741
18 September 1991	Port Vale	H	3–1	5,790	Byrne, Meade, Robinson
21 September 1991	Derby County	A	1–3	12,004	Meade
28 September 1991	Bristol Rovers	H	3–1	6,392	Codner (2), Byrne
5 October 1991	Sunderland	A	2–4	15,119	Byrne, Robinson
12 October 1991	Ipswich Town	H	2–2	9,010	Byrne, Chivers
19 October 1991	Charlton Athletic	A	0–2	5,598
26 October 1991	Swindon Town	H	0–2	7,370
30 October 1991	Leicester City	H	1–2	6,424	Codner
2 November 1991	Blackburn Rovers	A	0–1	9,877
6 November 1991	Grimsby Town	H	3–0	4,420	Meade (2), Gall
9 November 1991	Middlesbrough	H	1–1	8,720	Gall
16 November 1991	Cambridge United	A	0–0	7,625
23 November 1991	Oxford United	A	1–3	4,563	Gall
30 November 1991	Plymouth Argyle	H	1–0	6,713	O'Reilly
7 December 1991	Southend United	A	1–2	6,303	Wade
14 December 1991	Newcastle United	H	2–2	7,658	O'Reilly, Farrington
21 December 1991	Millwall	H	3–4	7,598	Gall (2), Chapman
26 December 1991	Leicester City	A	1–2	16,767	Gallacher
28 December 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	0–2	13,606
1 January 1992	Bristol City	H	0–0	7,555
11 January 1992	Barnsley	H	3–1	6,107	Robinson, Wade, Chapman
17 January 1992	Tranmere Rovers	A	1–1	7,179	Meade
1 February 1992	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	8,870	Walker
8 February 1992	Swindon Town	A	1–2	9,127	Gall
15 February 1992	Oxford United	H	1–2	6,096	Robinson
22 February 1992	Plymouth Argyle	A	1–1	5,259	Gall
29 February 1992	Southend United	H	3–2	8,271	Meade, Codner, Munday
7 March 1992	Newcastle United	A	1–0	24,597	Gall
10 March 1992	Grimsby Town	A	1–0	4,583	Walker
14 March 1992	Blackburn Rovers	H	0–3	10,845
21 March 1992	Middlesbrough	A	0–4	13,054
28 March 1992	Cambridge United	H	1–1	7,702	Gall
31 March 1992	Watford	A	1–0	7,589	Meade
11 April 1992	Port Vale	A	1–2	6,441	Gall
15 April 1992	Derby County	H	1–2	8,159	Gall
20 April 1992	Bristol Rovers	A	1–4	6,092	Gall
25 April 1992	Sunderland	H	2–2	9,851	Gall, Codner
29 April 1992	Portsmouth	H	2–1	11,647	Robinson, Meade
2 May 1992	Ipswich Town	A	1–3	26,803	Meade

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Crawley Town	H	5–0	18,031	Gall, Walker, Chapman (2, 1 pen), Meade
R4	25 January 1992	Bolton Wanderers	A	1–2	12,635	Meade

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	24 September 1991	Brentford	A	1–4	4,927	Robinson
R2 2nd Leg	9 October 1991	Brentford	H	4–2 (lost 5–6 on agg)	28,580	Byrne (2), Codner, Meade

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	23 October 1991	Wimbledon	H	3–2	2,796	Barham, Robinson, Chivers
SQF	26 November 1991	West Ham United	A	0–2	8,146

Squad

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


Pos.	Nation	Player
GK	ENG	Mark Beeney
GK	ENG	Perry Digweed
GK	USA	Juergen Sommer (on loan from Luton Town)
DF	ENG	Nicky Bissett
DF	ENG	Ian Chapman
DF	ENG	Gary Chivers
DF	ENG	John Crumplin
DF	SCO	Bernie Gallacher
DF	ROU	Ștefan Iovan
DF	IRL	Paul McCarthy
DF	ENG	Stuart Munday
DF	IRL	Greg O'Dowd
DF	IRL	Gary O'Reilly


Pos.	Nation	Player
MF	ENG	Mark Barham
MF	ENG	Les Briley
MF	AUS	David Clarkson
MF	ENG	Robert Codner
MF	WAL	John Robinson
MF	IRL	Dave Savage
MF	ENG	Clive Walker
MF	ENG	Dean Wilkins
FW	IRL	John Byrne
FW	ENG	Mark Farrington
FW	ENG	Simon Funnell
FW	ENG	Mark Gall
FW	ENG	Raphael Meade
FW	ENG	Bryan Wade

References

↑ "Brighton and Hove Albion 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
↑ "All Brighton and Hove Albion players: 1992".

[table_note_res_QUA0.35210952970763-1] 1 2 From the 1992–93 season, the first tier became the Premier League, the second tier - then known as the Second Division - was renamed to the First Division, and the third tier - then known as the Third Division - was renamed to the Second Division.

[2] "Brighton and Hove Albion 1991-1992 Results - statto.com". Archived from the original on 29 November 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.

[3] "All Brighton and Hove Albion players: 1992".

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