1991–92 West Ham United F.C. season

However, their return to the First Division lasted just one season and they were relegated in bottom place, missing out on a place in the new FA Premier League, which would be created for the 1992-93 season. Their chances of survival were not helped by the fact that key players Trevor Morley and Julian Dicks missed large stretches of the season due to injury.

The few bright spots of the season came in the final stages - ironically after relegation was confirmed - in the shape of a 1-0 win over Manchester United which effectively ended the opposition's title hopes, and then came a 3-0 demolition of eighth-placed Nottingham Forest in which striker Frank McAvennie ended his second spell at Upton Park by scoring a hat-trick. The season could have ended very differently for the Hammers had they been able to show such fine form on a more regular basis.

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

West Ham United's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
17 August 1991	Luton Town	H	0–0	25,079
20 August 1991	Sheffield United	A	1–1	21,463	Small
24 August 1991	Wimbledon	A	0–2	10,081
28 August 1991	Aston Villa	H	3–1	23,644	Small, Rosenior, Brown
31 August 1991	Notts County	H	0–2	20,093
4 September 1991	Queens Park Rangers	A	0–0	16,616
7 September 1991	Chelsea	H	1–1	18,875	Small
14 September 1991	Norwich City	A	1–2	15,348	Small
17 September 1991	Crystal Palace	A	3–2	21,363	Morley, Thomas, Small
21 September 1991	Manchester City	H	1–2	25,558	Brown
28 September 1991	Nottingham Forest	A	2–2	25,613	Small (2)
5 October 1991	Coventry City	H	0–1	21,817
19 October 1991	Oldham Athletic	A	2–2	14,365	Small, McAvennie
26 October 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	2–1	23,946	Thomas, Small
2 November 1991	Arsenal	A	1–0	33,539	Small
17 November 1991	Liverpool	H	0–0	23,569
23 November 1991	Manchester United	A	1–2	47,185	McAvennie
30 November 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	H	1–2	24,116	Breacker
7 December 1991	Everton	A	0–4	21,563
21 December 1991	Sheffield United	H	1–1	19,287	Dicks (pen)
26 December 1991	Aston Villa	A	1–3	31,959	McAvennie
28 December 1991	Notts County	A	0–3	11,163
1 January 1992	Leeds United	H	1–3	21,766	Dicks (pen)
11 January 1992	Wimbledon	H	1–1	18,485	Morley
18 January 1992	Luton Town	A	1–0	11,088	Small
1 February 1992	Oldham Athletic	H	1–0	19,012	Thomas
22 February 1992	Sheffield Wednesday	A	1–2	24,150	Small
29 February 1992	Everton	H	0–2	20,976
3 March 1992	Southampton	A	0–1	14,548
11 March 1992	Liverpool	A	0–1	30,821
14 March 1992	Arsenal	H	0–2	22,640
21 March 1992	Queens Park Rangers	H	2–2	20,401	Breacker, Small
28 March 1992	Leeds United	A	0–0	31,101
1 April 1992	Tottenham Hotspur	A	0–3	31,809
4 April 1992	Chelsea	A	1–2	20,684	C Allen
11 April 1992	Norwich City	H	4–0	16,896	Bishop, Rush (2), Dicks (pen)
14 April 1992	Southampton	H	0–1	18,298
18 April 1992	Manchester City	A	0–2	25,601
20 April 1992	Crystal Palace	H	0–2	17,710
22 April 1992	Manchester United	H	1–0	24,197	Brown
25 April 1992	Coventry City	A	0–1	15,398
2 May 1992	Nottingham Forest	H	3–0	20,629	McAvennie (3)

FA Cup

Main article: 1991-92 FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	4 January 1992	Farnborough Town	A	1–1	23,449	Dicks
R3R	14 January 1992	Farnborough Town	H	1–0	23,869	Morley
R4	25 January 1992	Wrexham	H	2–2	24,712	Morley, Dicks
R4R	4 February 1992	Wrexham	A	1–0	17,995	Foster
R5	15 February 1992	Sunderland	A	1–1	25,475	Small
R5R	26 February 1992	Sunderland	H	2–3	25,830	M Allen (2)

League Cup

Main article: 1991–92 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st leg	24 September 1991	Bradford City	A	1–1	7,034	Small
R2 2nd leg	9 October 1991	Bradford City	H	4–0 (won 5-1 on agg)	17,232	Small, Morley, Keen, Parris
R3	29 October 1991	Sheffield United	A	2–0	11,144	McAvennie, Small (pen)
R4	4 December 1991	Norwich City	A	1–2	16,325	Small

Full Members Cup

Main article: 1991-92 Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2	22 October 1991	Cambridge United	H	2–1	7,812	McAvennie, Parris
R3	26 November 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	2–0	8,146	McAvennie (2)
S Area SF	7 January 1992	Southampton	A	1–2	6,861	Bishop

Squad

^[2]

Number	Player	Position	Lge Apps	Lge Gls	FAC Apps	FAC Gls	LC Apps	LC Gls	Date signed	Previous club
1991-92 West Ham United First XI
1	Ludek Miklosko	GK	36		3		4		February 1990	Banik Ostrava
2	Kenny Brown	D	25(2)	3	4		1		August 1991	Plymouth Argyle
3	Julian Dicks (Hammer of the Year)	D	23	3	6	2			March 1988	Birmingham City
4	Tim Breacker	D	33(1)	1	6		4		October 1990	Luton Town
5	Steve Potts	D	34		5		3		May 1984	Academy
6	Mitchell Thomas	D	34(1)	3	4		4		1991	Tottenham Hotspur
7	Ian Bishop (captain)	M	41	1	3		4		December 1989	Manchester City
8	Frank McAvennie	F	16(4)	6	4		2 (1)	1	March 1989	Celtic
9	Mike Small	F	37(3)	13	4 (1)	1	4	4	1991	Brighton
10	Kevin Keen	M	20(9)		5		2	1	1986	Academy
11	Stuart Slater	M	41		6		4		1987	Academy
Important Players
4	Tony Gale	CB	24(1)		2		3 (1)		August 1983	Fulham
5	Colin Foster	CB	24		5	1	2		1989	Nottingham Forest
6	George Parris	D/M	20(1)				4	1	1985	Academy
11	Trevor Morley	CF	13(11)	2	2 (3)	2	2	1	December 1989	Manchester City
10	Martin Allen	M	14(5)		2	2	1 (1)		August 1989	Queens Park Rangers
8	Matthew Rush	M	3 (7)	2					1990	Academy
Other Players
10	Leroy Rosenior	CF	5 (4)	1					March 1988	Fulham
5	Alvin Martin	CB	7						July 1976	Academy
1	Tony Parks	GK	6		3				1991	Fulham
10	Clive Allen	CF	4	1					March 1992	Chelsea
6	Ray Atteveld	CB	1						February 1992	Everton
10	Dean Martin	CF	1 (1)		0 (1)				1991	Fisher Athletic
12	Simon Clarke	F	0 (1)						1990	Academy
14	Chris Hughton	LB	0 (1)						1990	Tottenham Hotspur

Reserve squad

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

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Steve Banks
		MF	Kevin Horlock

No.		Position	Player
		FW	Tony Cottee
		FW	Iain Dowie

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
3 June 1991	MF	Dean Martin	Fisher Athletic	£25,000
2 August 1991	DF	Kenny Brown	Plymouth Argyle	£175,000
7 August 1991	DF	Mitchell Thomas	Tottenham Hotspur	£525,000
27 March 1992	FW	Clive Allen	Chelsea	£275,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
5 August 1991	FW	Jimmy Quinn	Bournemouth	£40,000
3 September 1991	FW	Iain Dowie	Southampton	£500,000
1 January 1992	FW	Mike Macari	Stoke City	Signed

Transfers in:

£1,000,000

Transfers out:

£540,000

Total spending:

£460,000

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