1991–92 Football League Cup

Football tournament season

1991–92 Football League CupLeague Cup, Rumbelows Cup

Tournament details
Country|  England
Wales
Teams| 93
Final positions
Champions| Manchester United
(1st title)
Runner-up| Nottingham Forest
Tournament statistics
Top goal scorer(s)| Dean Holdsworth (6)

<- 1990–91

1992–93 ->

The 1991–92 Football League Cup (known as the Rumbelows Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 32nd season of the Football League Cup, a knockout competition for England's top 92 association football clubs.

The competition began on 20 August 1991, and ended with the final on 12 April 1992 at the Old Wembley Stadium. The trophy was won by Manchester United for the first time.

## First round

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### First leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Barnet | 5–5 | Brentford | 20 August 1991
Blackburn Rovers | 1–1 | Hull City | 20 August 1991
Bolton Wanderers | 2–2 | York City | 20 August 1991
Cambridge United | 1–0 | Reading | 21 August 1991
Cardiff City | 3–2 | Bournemouth | 21 August 1991
Charlton Athletic | 4–2 | Fulham | 21 August 1991
Chester City | 1–0 | Lincoln City | 20 August 1991
Crewe Alexandra | 5–2 | Doncaster Rovers | 20 August 1991
Darlington | 1–0 | Huddersfield Town | 20 August 1991
Exeter City | 0–1 | Birmingham City | 21 August 1991
Halifax Town | 3–4 | Tranmere Rovers | 20 August 1991
Hartlepool United | 1–0 | Bury | 20 August 1991
Leicester City | 3–0 | Maidstone United | 21 August 1991
Leyton Orient | 5–0 | Northampton | 20 August 1991
Mansfield Town | 0–3 | Blackpool | 20 August 1991
Peterborough United | 3–1 | Aldershot | 20 August 1991
Portsmouth | 2–1 | Gillingham | 20 August 1991
Preston North End | 5–4 | Scarborough | 20 August 1991
Rochdale | 5–1 | Carlisle United | 20 August 1991
Rotherham United | 1–3 | Grimsby Town | 20 August 1991
Shrewsbury Town | 1–1 | Plymouth Argyle | 20 August 1991
Stockport County | 1–1 | Bradford City | 20 August 1991
Stoke City | 1–0 | Chesterfield | 21 August 1991
Swansea City | 2–2 | Walsall | 20 August 1991
Swindon Town | 2–0 | West Bromwich Albion | 20 August 1991
Torquay United | 2–0 | Hereford United | 20 August 1991
Watford | 2–0 | Southend United | 20 August 1991
Wigan Athletic | 3–1 | Burnley | 20 August 1991
Wrexham | 1–0 | Scunthorpe United | 20 August 1991

### Second leg

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Aldershot | 1–2 | Peterborough United | 27 August 1991 | 2–5
Birmingham City | 4–0 | Exeter City | 27 August 1991 | 5–0
Blackpool | 4–2 | Mansfield Town | 27 August 1991 | 7–2
Bournemouth | 4–1 | Cardiff City | 27 August 1991 | 6–4
Bradford City | 3–1[1] | Stockport County | 28 August 1991 | 4–2
Brentford | 3–1 | Barnet | 27 August 1991 | 8–6
Burnley | 2–3 | Wigan Athletic | 27 August 1991 | 3–6
Bury | 2–2 | Hartlepool United | 27 August 1991 | 2–3
Carlisle United | 1–1 | Rochdale | 27 August 1991 | 2–6
Chesterfield | 1–2 | Stoke City | 27 August 1991 | 1–3
Doncaster Rovers | 2–4 | Crewe Alexandra | 27 August 1991 | 4–9
Fulham | 1–1 | Charlton Athletic | 27 August 1991 | 3–5
Gillingham | 3–4 | Portsmouth | 27 August 1991 | 4–6
Grimsby Town | 1–0 | Rotherham United | 27 August 1991 | 4–1
Hereford United | 2–1 | Torquay United | 28 August 1991 | 2–3
Huddersfield Town | 4–0 | Darlington | 28 August 1991 | 4–1
Hull City | 1–0 | Blackburn Rovers | 27 August 1991 | 2–1
Lincoln City | 4–3[1][2] | Chester City | 28 August 1991 | 4–4
Maidstone United | 0–1 | Leicester City | 28 August 1991 | 0–4
Northampton | 2–0 | Leyton Orient | 10 September 1991 | 2–5
Plymouth Argyle | 2–2[1][3] | Shrewsbury Town | 27 August 1991 | 3–3
Reading | 0–3 | Cambridge United | 28 August 1991 | 0–4
Scarborough | 3–1[1] | Preston North End | 28 August 1991 | 7–6
Scunthorpe United | 3–0 | Wrexham | 27 August 1991 | 3–1
Southend United | 1–1 | Watford | 28 August 1991 | 1–3
Tranmere Rovers | 4–3[1] | Halifax Town | 27 August 1991 | 8–6
Walsall | 0–1 | Swansea City | 27 August 1991 | 2–3
West Bromwich Albion | 2–2 | Swindon Town | 28 August 1991 | 2–4
York City | 1–2 | Bolton Wanderers | 27 August 1991 | 3–4

## Second round

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### First leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Blackpool | 1–0 | Barnsley | 24 September 1991
Bradford City | 1–1 | West Ham United | 24 September 1991
Brentford | 4–1 | Brighton & Hove Albion | 24 September 1991
Bristol Rovers | 1–3 | Bristol City | 25 September 1991
Charlton Athletic | 0–2 | Norwich City | 25 September 1991
Chelsea | 1–1 | Tranmere Rovers | 25 September 1991
Coventry City | 4–0 | Rochdale | 25 September 1991
Crewe Alexandra | 3–4 | Newcastle United | 24 September 1991
Derby County | 0–0 | Ipswich Town | 25 September 1991
Everton | 1–0 | Watford | 24 September 1991
Grimsby Town | 0–0 | Aston Villa | 25 September 1991
Hartlepool United | 1–1 | Crystal Palace | 25 September 1991
Hull City | 0–3 | Queens Park Rangers | 24 September 1991
Leicester City | 1–1 | Arsenal | 25 September 1991
Leyton Orient | 0–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 24 September 1991
Liverpool | 2–2 | Stoke City | 25 September 1991
Luton Town | 2–2 | Birmingham City | 25 September 1991
Manchester City | 3–1 | Chester City | 25 September 1991
Manchester United | 3–0 | Cambridge United | 25 September 1991
Middlesbrough | 1–1 | Bournemouth | 24 September 1991
Millwall | 2–2 | Swindon Town | 25 September 1991
Nottingham Forest | 4–0 | Bolton Wanderers | 25 September 1991
Oldham Athletic | 7–1 | Torquay United | 24 September 1991
Port Vale | 2–1 | Notts County | 24 September 1991
Portsmouth | 0–0 | Oxford United | 24 September 1991
Scarborough | 1–3 | Southampton | 24 September 1991
Scunthorpe United | 0–0 | Leeds United | 24 September 1991
Sunderland | 1–2 | Huddersfield Town | 24 September 1991
Swansea City | 1–0 | Tottenham Hotspur | 25 September 1991
Wigan Athletic | 2–2 | Sheffield United | 24 September 1991
Wimbledon | 1–2 | Peterborough United | 24 September 1991
Wolverhampton Wanderers | 6–1 | Shrewsbury Town | 24 September 1991

### Second leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date  | Agg

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Arsenal | 2–0 | Leicester City | 8 October 1991 | 3–1
Aston Villa | 1–1[1][4] | Grimsby Town | 9 October 1991 | 1–1
Barnsley | 2–0[1] | Blackpool | 8 October 1991 | 2–1
Birmingham City | 3–2 | Luton Town | 8 October 1991 | 5–4
Bolton Wanderers | 2–5 | Nottingham Forest | 8 October 1991 | 2–9
Bournemouth | 1–2[1] | Middlesbrough | 8 October 1991 | 2–3
Brighton & Hove Albion | 4–2[1] | Brentford | 9 October 1991 | 5–6
Bristol City | 2–4[1][5] | Bristol Rovers | 8 October 1991 | 5–5
Cambridge United | 1–1 | Manchester United | 9 October 1991 | 1–4
Chester City | 0–3 | Manchester City | 8 October 1991 | 1–6
Crystal Palace | 6–1 | Hartlepool United | 8 October 1991 | 7–2
Huddersfield Town | 4–0 | Sunderland | 9 October 1991 | 6–1
Ipswich Town | 0–2 | Derby County | 8 October 1991 | 0–2
Leeds United | 3–0 | Scunthorpe United | 8 October 1991 | 3–0
Newcastle United | 1–0 | Crewe Alexandra | 9 October 1991 | 5–3
Norwich City | 3–0 | Charlton Athletic | 9 October 1991 | 5–0
Notts County | 3–2[1][6] | Port Vale | 9 October 1991 | 4–4
Oxford United | 0–1 | Portsmouth | 9 October 1991 | 0–1
Peterborough United | 2–2 | Wimbledon | 8 October 1991 | 4–3
Queens Park Rangers | 5–1 | Hull City | 9 October 1991 | 8–1
Rochdale | 1–0 | Coventry City | 8 October 1991 | 1–4
Sheffield United | 1–0 | Wigan Athletic | 8 October 1991 | 3–2
Sheffield Wednesday | 4–1 | Leyton Orient | 9 October 1991 | 4–1
Shrewsbury Town | 3–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 8 October 1991 | 4–7
Southampton | 2–2 | Scarborough | 9 October 1991 | 5–3
Stoke City | 2–3 | Liverpool | 9 October 1991 | 4–5
Swindon Town | 3–1 | Millwall | 8 October 1991 | 5–3
Torquay United | 0–2 | Oldham Athletic | 9 October 1991 | 1–9
Tottenham Hotspur | 5–1 | Swansea City | 9 October 1991 | 5–2
Tranmere Rovers | 3–1[1] | Chelsea | 8 October 1991 | 4–2
Watford | 1–2 | Everton | 8 October 1991 | 1–3
West Ham United | 4–0 | Bradford City | 9 October 1991 | 5–1

## Third round

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### Ties

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Birmingham City | 1–1 | Crystal Palace | 29 October 1991
Coventry City | 1–0 | Arsenal | 30 October 1991
Everton | 4–1 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 30 October 1991
Grimsby Town | 0–3 | Tottenham Hotspur | 29 October 1991
Huddersfield Town | 1–4 | Swindon Town | 29 October 1991
Leeds United | 3–1 | Tranmere Rovers | 29 October 1991
Liverpool | 2–2 | Port Vale | 29 October 1991
Manchester City | 0–0 | Queens Park Rangers | 29 October 1991
Manchester United | 3–1 | Portsmouth | 30 October 1991
Middlesbrough | 1–0 | Barnsley | 29 October 1991
Norwich City | 4–1 | Brentford | 30 October 1991
Nottingham Forest | 2–0 | Bristol Rovers | 30 October 1991
Oldham Athletic | 2–1 | Derby County | 29 October 1991
Peterborough United | 1–0 | Newcastle United | 29 October 1991
Sheffield United | 0–2 | West Ham United | 29 October 1991
Sheffield Wednesday | 1–1 | Southampton | 30 October 1991

### Replays

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Crystal Palace | 1–1[1] | Birmingham City | 19 November 1991
Port Vale | 1–4 | Liverpool | 20 November 1991
Queens Park Rangers | 1–3 | Manchester City | 20 November 1991
Southampton | 1–0 | Sheffield Wednesday | 20 November 1991

### 2nd Replay

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Crystal Palace | 2–1 | Birmingham City | 3 December 1991

## Fourth round

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### Ties

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Middlesbrough | 2–1 | Manchester City | 3 December 1991
Peterborough United | 1–0 | Liverpool | 3 December 1991
Coventry City | 1–2 | Tottenham Hotspur | 4 December 1991
Everton | 1–4 | Leeds United | 4 December 1991
Manchester United | 2–0 | Oldham Athletic | 4 December 1991
Norwich City | 2–1 | West Ham United | 4 December 1991
Nottingham Forest | 0–0 | Southampton | 4 December 1991
Swindon Town | 0–1 | Crystal Palace | 17 December 1991

### Replay

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Southampton | 0–1 | Nottingham Forest | 17 December 1991

## Fifth Round

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The draw was made at Trump Tower, New York and shown on ITV's Saint and Greavsie programme. Jimmy Greaves drew the home teams and Donald Trump drew the away teams.[7]

### Ties

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Peterborough United | 0–0 | Middlesbrough | 8 January 1992
Leeds United | 1–3 | Manchester United | 8 January 1992
Tottenham Hotspur | 2–1 | Norwich City | 8 January 1992
Crystal Palace | 1–1 | Nottingham Forest | 8 January 1992

### Replays

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Nottingham Forest F.C. | 4–2 | Crystal Palace | 5 February 1992
Middlesbrough | 1–0 | Peterborough United | 12 February 1992

## Semi-finals

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Four-time winners Nottingham Forest edged past Tottenham Hotspur to reach their sixth League Cup final in 15 years, while Manchester United overcame Middlesbrough to reach the final for the third time and be in a position to win it for the first time.

### First leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date

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Middlesbrough | 0–0 | Manchester United | 4 March 1992
Nottingham Forest | 1–1 | Tottenham Hotspur | 9 February 1992

### Second leg

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Home Team  | Score  | Away Team  | Date  | Agg

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Manchester United | 2–1[1] | Middlesbrough | 11 March 1992 | 2–1
Tottenham Hotspur | 1–2[1] | Nottingham Forest | 1 March 1992 | 2–3

## Final

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Main article: 1992 Football League Cup Final

12 April 1992

15:00 BST

Manchester United| 1–0| Nottingham Forest

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McClair 14' |  |

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 76,810

Referee: George Courtney (County Durham)

## References

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### General

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* "English League Cup 1991/1992". Soccerbase. Archived from the original on 5 January 2013. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
* "England League Cup Full Results 1960–1996". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
* "English League Cup 1991–1992 : Results". Statto. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 25 January 2012.

### Specific

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o After Extra Time
2. ^ Chester City won on the Away Goals Rule
3. ^ Shrewsbury Town won on the Away Goals Rule
4. ^ Grimsby Town won on the Away Goals Rule
5. ^ Bristol Rovers won on the Away Goals Rule
6. ^ Port Vale won on the Away Goals Rule
7. ^ Sachin, Nakrani (26 October 2016). "'Donald Trump had no idea what the Rumbelows Cup was. We didn't explain'". The Guardian. Retrieved 22 October 2023.

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