1991–92 Blackburn Rovers F.C. season

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

Blackburn Rovers

1991–92 season
Owner	Jack Walker
Chairman	Bill Fox (until 9 December) Robert Coar
Manager	Don Mackay (until 2 September) Tony Parkes (caretaker from 2 September - 12 October) Kenny Dalglish (from 12 October)
Stadium	Ewood Park
Second Division	6th (promoted)
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	First round
Full Members Cup	First round
Average home league attendance	13,250
Home colours

Season summary

In the 1991–92 season, Blackburn Rovers began with Don Mackay still manager, but he was soon sacked to make way for Kenny Dalglish. Dalglish made several substantial signings during the season. After his appointment Blackburn climbed up the league table, but later lost six games in a row, causing them to fall out of the play-off places, but Blackburn fought back and a 3–1 victory at Plymouth got Rovers to the final play off place. The club reached the play-off final at Wembley where they beat Leicester City 1–0 thanks to a Mike Newell penalty.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Promotion or relegation
4	Leicester City	46	23	8	15	62	55	+7	77	Participated in play-offs
5	Cambridge United	46	19	17	10	65	47	+18	74
6	Blackburn Rovers	46	21	11	14	70	53	+17	74	Promoted through play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
7	Charlton Athletic	46	20	11	15	54	48	+6	71
8	Swindon Town	46	18	15	13	69	55	+14	69

Source:
Notes:

1. Blackburn Rovers won the play-offs and were promoted.

Results

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League

17 August 1991, 15:00 Round 1	Blackburn	1 – 1	Portsmouth	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Moran		Anderton	Attendance: 11,118

24 August 1991, 15:00 Round 2	Bristol City	1 – 0	Blackburn	Ashton Gate Stadium, Bristol
	Allison		Dobson	Attendance: 11,317

31 August 1991, 15:00 Round 3	Blackburn	1 – 2	Ipswich	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Speedie		Kiwomya Goddard	Attendance: 8,898

4 September 1991, 19:45 Round 4	Derby	0 – 2	Blackburn	Baseball Ground, Derby
			Wilcox Speedie	Attendance: 12,078

7 September 1991, 15:00 Round 5	Sunderland	1 – 1	Blackburn	Roker Park, Sunderland
	Atkinson		Speedie	Attendance: 17,043

14 September 1991, 15:00 Round 6	Blackburn	1 – 0	Port Vale	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Speedie			Attendance: 10,225

17 September 1991, 19:45 Round 7	Blackburn	1 – 0	Watford	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Richardson			Attendance: 9,542

21 September 1991, 15:00 Round 8	Leicester	3 – 2	Blackburn	Filbert Street, Leicester
	Walsh Kitson Gordon			Attendance: 13,287

28 September 1991, 15:00 Round 9	Blackburn	0 – 0	Tranmere	Ewood Park, Blackburn
				Attendance: 11,449

5 October 1991, 15:00 Round 10	Millwall	1 – 3	Blackburn	The Den, London
	Cooper		Speedie Johnrose Garner	Attendance: 8,026

12 October 1991, 15:00 Round 11	Blackburn	5 – 2	Plymouth	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Moran Garner Speedie  pen.'		???? ????	Attendance: 10,830

19 October 1991, 15:00 Round 12	Swindon	2 – 1	Blackburn	County Ground, Swindon
	White Cooper		Speedie	Attendance: 10,717

26 October 1991, 15:00 Round 13	Blackburn	2 – 1	Grimsby	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Garner Atkins		Childs	Attendance: 11,096

2 November 1991, 15:00 Round 14	Blackburn	1 – 0	Brighton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Livingstone  pen.'		O'Reilly Beeney	Attendance: 9,877

5 November 1991, 19:45 Round 15	Southend	3 – 0	Blackburn	Roots Hall, Southend-on-Sea
	???? ???? ????			Attendance: 4,860

9 November 1991, 15:00 Round 16	Charlton	0 – 2	Blackburn	Upton Park, London
			Speedie Sellars	Attendance: 7,114

16 November 1991, 15:00 Round 17	Blackburn	3 – 0	Barnsley	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Wilcox Speedie Newell			Attendance: 13,797

23 November 1991, 15:00 Round 18	Newcastle	0 – 0	Blackburn	St James' Park, Newcastle upon Tyne
				Attendance: 23,639

30 November 1991, 15:00 Round 19	Blackburn	2 – 1	Middlesbrough	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Newell  pen.' Atkins		Slaven  pen.'	Attendance: 15,541

7 December 1991, 15:00 Round 20	Oxford	1 – 3	Blackburn	Manor Ground, Oxford
	????		Sellars Cowans Garner	Attendance: 5,924

14 December 1991, 15:00 Round 21	Blackburn	3 – 0	Bristol Rovers	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Atkins Sellars			Attendance: 12,295

26 December 1991, 15:00 Round 22	Wolves	0 – 0	Blackburn	Molineux Stadium, Wolverhampton
				Attendance: 18,277

28 December 1991, 15:00 Round 23	Ipswich	2 – 1	Blackburn	Portman Road, Ipswich
	Dozzell Johnson		Wright	Attendance: 17,675

1 January 1992, 15:00 Round 24	Blackburn	2 – 1	Cambridge	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Speedie Reid		O'Shea Chapple	Attendance: 15,001

11 January 1992, 15:00 Round 25	Blackburn	4 – 0	Bristol City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Newell Scott  O.G.' Speedie			Attendance: 12,964

18 January 1992, 15:00 Round 26	Portsmouth	2 – 2	Blackburn	Fratton Park, Portsmouth
	Beresford Whittingham		Speedie	Attendance: 20,106

1 February 1992, 15:00 Round 27	Blackburn	2 – 1	Swindon	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Hendry Speedie		Mitchell	Attendance: 14,887

8 February 1992, 15:00 Round 28	Grimsby	2 – 3	Blackburn	Blundell Park, Grimsby
	Hendry Speedie		Price Sellars Wilcox	Attendance: 10,014

11 February 1992, 19:45 Round 29	Blackburn	2 – 0	Derby	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Price Atkins			Attendance: 15,350

15 February 1992, 15:00 Round 30	Blackburn	3 – 1	Newcastle	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Speedie		Kelly	Attendance: 19,511

22 February 1992, 15:00 Round 31	Middlesbrough	0 – 0	Blackburn	Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
				Attendance: 19,353

25 February 1992, 15:00 Round 32	Cambridge	2 – 1	Blackburn	Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
	???? ????		Hendry	Attendance: 7,857

29 February 1992, 15:00 Round 33	Blackburn	1 – 1	Oxford	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sellars  pen.'		Durnin	Attendance: 13,917

7 March 1992, 15:00 Round 34	Bristol Rovers	3 – 0	Blackburn	Twerton Park, Bristol
	???? ???? ????			Attendance: 6,313

10 March 1992, 19:45 Round 35	Blackburn	2 – 2	Southend	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Price Speedie		Ansah Angel	Attendance: 14,404

14 March 1992, 15:00 Round 36	Brighton	0 – 3	Blackburn	Goldstone Ground, Brighton and Hove
			Speedie Hendry Wegerle	Attendance: 10,845

21 March 1992, 15:00 Round 37	Blackburn	0 – 2	Charlton	Ewood Park, Blackburn
			Lee Leaburn	Attendance: 14,844

28 March 1992, 15:00 Round 38	Barnsley	2 – 1	Blackburn	Oakwell, Barnsley
	???? ????		D. Shearer	Attendance: 13,346

31 March 1992, 19:45 Round 39	Port Vale	2 – 0	Blackburn	Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
	van der Laan Foyle			Attendance: 10,384

11 April 1992, 15:00 Round 40	Watford	2 – 1	Blackburn	Vicarage Road, Watford
	Bazeley		Wegerle	Attendance: 10,552

14 April 1992, 19:45 Round 41	Blackburn	1 – 2	Wolves	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sellars  23'		Bull  54' Birch  90'	Attendance: 14,114

18 April 1992, 15:00 Round 42	Blackburn	0 – 1	Leicester	Ewood Park, Blackburn
			Russell	Attendance: 18,075

20 April 1992, 15:00 Round 43	Tranmere	2 – 2	Blackburn	Prenton Park, Birkenhead
	???? ????		Wilcox Newell  pen.'	Attendance: 13,705

25 April 1992, 15:00 Round 44	Blackburn	2 – 1	Millwall	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Newell Atkins		????	Attendance: 12,820

29 April 1992, 19:45 Round 45	Blackburn	2 – 2	Sunderland	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Hendry Sellars		Davenport Armstrong	Attendance: 15,079

2 May 1992, 15:00 Round 46	Plymouth	1 – 3	Blackburn	Home Park, Plymouth
	Smith		Speedie	Attendance: 17,459 (2,000 away)

Play-Offs

10 May 1992, 15:00 Semi Final, 1st Leg	Blackburn	4 – 2	Derby	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Sellars  35' Newell  44' Speedie  66', 70'		Gabbiadini  2' Johnson  14'	Attendance: 19,677 Referee: Keith Hackett

13 May 1992, 19:45 Semi Final, 2nd Leg	Derby	2 – 1	Blackburn	Baseball Ground, Derby
	Comyn  23' McMinn  74'		Moran  49'	Attendance: 22,920 Referee: David Elleray

25 May 1992, 15:00 Final	Leicester	0 – 1	Blackburn	Wembley Stadium, London
			Newell  27' (pen.)	Attendance: 68,147 Referee: George Courtney

FA Cup

4 January 1992, 15:00 Round 3	Blackburn	4 – 1	Kettering	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Newell Speedie Cowans		Brown	Attendance: 13,821

4 February 1992, 15:00 Round 4	Notts County	2 – 1	Blackburn	Meadow Lane, Nottingham
	???? ????		Newell	Attendance: 12,173

League Cup

20 August 1991, 19:45 Round 1, Leg 1	Blackburn	1 – 1	Hull City	Ewood Park, Blackburn
	Buckley  O.G.'		Payton	Attendance: 6,300

27 August 1991, 19:45 Round 1, Leg 2	Hull City	1 – 0	Blackburn	Boothferry Park, Kingston upon Hull
	Jenkinson			Attendance: 3,227

Full Members Cup

1 October 1991, 19:45 Round 1	Port Vale	1 – 0	Blackburn	Vale Park, Stoke-on-Trent
	Foyle			Attendance: 2,355

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 Bobby Mimms - GK  ENG Matt Dickins - DF  ENG Richard Brown - DF  ENG Rob Dewhurst - DF  ENG Tony Dobson - DF  ENG Mike Duxbury - DF  SCO Colin Hendry - DF  ENG Keith Hill - DF  ENG David May - DF  IRL Kevin Moran - DF  SCO Stuart Munro - DF  ENG Chris Price - DF  ENG Nicky Reid - DF  ENG Chris Sulley - DF  ENG Alan Wright - MF  ENG Steve Agnew - MF  ENG Mark Atkins - MF  ENG Peter Baah

No. Pos. Nation Player - MF  ENG Russell Beardsmore (on loan from Manchester United) - MF  ENG Gordon Cowans - MF  SCO Alan Irvine - MF  ENG Lenny Johnrose - MF  ENG Lee Richardson - MF  ENG Scott Sellars - MF  ENG Paul Shepstone - MF  ENG Tim Sherwood - MF  ENG Craig Skinner - MF  ENG Jason Wilcox - FW  ENG Simon Garner - FW  ENG Howard Gayle - FW  ENG Steve Livingstone - FW  ENG Mike Newell - FW  SCO Duncan Shearer - FW  SCO David Speedie - FW  ENG Peter Thorne - FW  USA Roy Wegerle

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. http://www.11v11.com/teams/blackburn-rovers/tab/players/season/1992