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1991–92 Newcastle United F.C. season

Field	Value
club	Newcastle United
season	1991–92
manager	Osvaldo Ardiles
(until 5 February 1992)
Kevin Keegan
(from 5 February 1992)
chairman	Sir John Hall
stadium	St James' Park
league	Division Two
league result	20th
cup1	FA Cup
cup1 result	Third round
cup2	League Cup
cup2 result	Third round
cup3	Full Members Cup
cup3 result	First round
league topscorer	Peacock (16)
season topscorer	Peacock (19)
highest attendance	30,306
(vs. Sunderland)
lowest attendance	9,175
(vs. Crewe Alexandra)
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prevseason	1990–91
nextseason	1992–93

(until 5 February 1992) Kevin Keegan (from 5 February 1992) (vs. Sunderland) (vs. Crewe Alexandra)

During the 1991–92 season, English football team Newcastle United participated in the Football League Second Division.

The season started with much promise but quickly deteriorated into a relegation battle. Manager Ossie Ardiles struggled to add to his squad of talented youngsters due to lack of funds, the truth being the club was severely in debt. At one point it had looked like Newcastle would be relegated and could go out of business.

Sir John Hall had all but taken control of the club, and replaced Ardiles with Kevin Keegan on 5 February 1992. An improvement in form helped Newcastle to narrowly avoid relegation from the Second Division, with their survival only confirmed on the last day of the season. They finished 20th, two places above the relegation zone – the lowest League finish in the club's history.

Season synopsis

In a season that saw a change of manager, the club had three different chairmen: Gordon McKeag stepped down under pressure from the Magpie Group consortium, to be replaced by board member George Forbes, before Sir John Hall, the head of the Magpie Group since the late 1980s, replaced Forbes

Hall presided over a period of boardroom calm at the club, debts were restructured and the funds were made available for team strengthening. He chairman installed Kevin Keegan, a former Newcastle player, as the new manager on 5 February 1992, in place of Ardiles. In the last few weeks of the season Keegan led the team to safety and the possibility of relegation to the third division for the first time in the club's history.

Just as in the 1980s, Keegan's mere presence captivated the region. St James' Park was regularly packed to capacity again and United confirmed their Second Division survival with a 2–1 win at Leicester City on the last day of the season, after a last-minute own goal.

Even though the club had narrowly avoided relegation, the club's supporters were overjoyed with the choice of manager and the prospect of a bright new start.

League table

Main article: 1991–92 Football League#Second Division

Appearances, goals and cards

:(Substitute appearances in brackets)

Pos.	Name	League	FA Cup	League Cup	ZDS Cup	Total	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps
GK	NIR Tommy Wright	33	0	2	0	1	0	0	0	36	0
DF	ENG Matty Appleby	16 (2)	0	2	0	2 (1)	0	0	0	20 (3)	0
DF	WAL Paul Bodin	6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	6	0
DF	ENG Darren Bradshaw	17 (2)	0	1	0	2	0	1	0	21 (2)	0
DF	ENG Robbie Elliott	9	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	11	0
DF	ENG Steve Howey	13 (8)	1	0 (2)	0	1 (2)	1	0	0	14 (12)	2
DF	ENG Brian Kilcline	12	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	12	0
DF	DEN Bjørn Kristensen	1 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1 (1)	0
DF	ENG Darron McDonough	2 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2 (1)	0
DF	WAL Gavin Maguire	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0
DF	WAL Alan Neilson	16	0	0	0	2	0	1	0	19	0
DF	ENG Ray Ranson	5 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5 (1)	0
DF	ENG Kevin Scott	44	1	2	0	3	0	1	0	50	1
DF	ENG Mark Stimson	23 (1)	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	25 (1)	0
DF	ENG Steve Watson	23 (5)	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	25 (5)	1
DF	SCO Terry Wilson	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0
MF	ENG Kevin Brock	31 (4)	4	2	0	0	0	1	0	34 (4)	4
MF	ENG Franz Carr	12 (3)	2	0	0	1	0	0	0	13 (3)	2
MF	ENG Lee Clark	25 (4)	5	2	0	3	0	1	1	31 (4)	6
MF	SCO Archie Gourlay	0 (1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
MF	ENG Lee Makel	5 (4)	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	6 (4)	1
MF	IRE Liam O'Brien	40	4	2	0	3	0	4	0	46	4
MF	ENG Gavin Peacock	46	16	2	0	2	3	1	2	51	21
MF	ENG David Roche	18 (8)	0	1	0	2	0	0 (1)	0	21 (9)	0
MF	IRE Kevin Sheedy	13	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	13	1
MF	ENG Alan Thompson	12 (2)	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13 (2)	0
FW	ENG Justin Fashanu	0	0	0	0	0 (1)	0	0	0	0 (1)	0
FW	ENG Andy Hunt	21 (6)	9	2	2	3	1	1	0	27 (6)	12
FW	IRE David Kelly	25	11	1	0	0	0	0	0	26	11
FW	ENG Micky Quinn	18 (4)	7	0	0	1	0	1	3	20 (4)	10
FW	ENG David Robinson	0 (3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0 (3)	0
FW	SCO Andy Walker	2	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	0

Starting XI

These are the most used starting players (all competitions).

Coaching staff

Matches

Second Division

Leaburn Hunt Blissett Proctor Wilkinson O'Brien Quinn Marshall Malkin Thomas O'Brien Bull Hunt Ormondroyd [og] Clarke Clark Peacock (3) Ford Lewis White Howey Hunt Tilson Robinson Rammell

[[1991–92 FA Cup|FA Cup]]

Hunt Bond

[[1991–92 Football League Cup|Football League Cup]]

First Leg]] Callaghan Second Leg]]

[[1991–92 Full Members Cup|Zenith Data Systems Cup]]

Aldridge
Steel Martindale Peacock Clark

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