Season 1891/92
William Rose
By Badge32
November 30 2016
Part five of Wolves seasons takes us to the 1891/92 season which saw two new clubs join the league giving us a 26 match season. Darwen made their debut in the football league while Stoke City returned after a one year absence. Wolves had a mixed season due to a poor first half that saw them win just three times in thirteen matches. Then a 5-1 victory over Everton and a 6-1 win over Blackburn a week later started a change of fortune that saw them win eight of the final thirteen games. In the F.A.Cup they again fell in round three after losing to Villa.
League Table
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sunderland | 26 | 21 | 0 | 5 | 93 | 36 | 57 | 42 |
| 2 | Preston North End | 26 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 61 | 31 | 21 | 37 |
| 3 | Bolton Wanderers | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 51 | 37 | 14 | 36 |
| 4 | Aston Villa | 26 | 15 | 0 | 11 | 89 | 56 | 33 | 30 |
| 5 | Everton | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 49 | 49 | 0 | 28 |
| 6 | Wolverhampton Wanderers | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 59 | 46 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | Burnley | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 49 | 45 | 4 | 26 |
| 8 | Notts County | 26 | 11 | 4 | 11 | 55 | 51 | 4 | 26 |
| 9 | Blackburn Rovers | 26 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 65 | -7 | 24 |
| 10 | Derby County | 26 | 10 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 52 | -6 | 24 |
| 11 | Accrington | 26 | 8 | 4 | 14 | 40 | 78 | -38 | 20 |
| 12 | West Bromwich Albion | 26 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 51 | 58 | -7 | 18 |
| 13 | Stoke City | 26 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 61 | -23 | 14 |
| 14 | Darwen | 26 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 38 | 112 | -74 | 11 |
Fixtures & Results
| Date | Comp. | Opponents | H/A | Score | Scorers | Att. | Pos |
| 05/09/91 | EFL | Sunderland | A | 2-5 | Allen, Wykes | 4,000 | 10 |
| 12/09/91 | EFL | Stoke City | A | 3-1 | Allen, Baker, Booth | 5,000 | 8 |
| 15/09/91 | EFL | Accrington | H | 5-0 | Allen, Baker. Devey, Heath(2) | 3,500 | 3 |
| 19/09/91 | EFL | WBA | A | 3-4 | Heath, Booth(2) | 10,000 | 5 |
| 26/09/91 | EFL | Derby County | H | 1-3 | Devey | 3,000 | 7 |
| 28/09/91 | EFL | Darwen | H | 2-2 | Devey, Topham | 1,400 | 4 |
| 03/10/91 | EFL | Preston North End | A | 0-2 | 6,000 | 9 | |
| 10/10/91 | EFL | Blackburn Rovers | A | 0-2 | 5,000 | 10 | |
| 17/10/91 | EFL | Notts County | H | 2-1 | Topham, Bowdler | 900 | 8 |
| 24/10/91 | EFL | Accrington | A | 2-3 | Wykes, Baker | 3,000 | 11 |
| 31/10/91 | EFL | Derby County | A | 1-2 | Baker | 5,000 | 11 |
| 07/11/91 | EFL | Burnley | H | 0-0 | 1,200 | 10 | |
| 14/11/91 | EFL | Notts County | A | 2-2 | Topham, Devey | 3,000 | 10 |
| 21/11/91 | EFL | Everton | H | 5-1 | Wykes,Topham(2),Devey, Booth | 5,000 | 8 |
| 28/11/91 | EFL | Blackburn Rovers | H | 6-1 | Wykes(2), Topham(3), Devey | 900 | 8 |
| 05/12/91 | EFL | Bolton Wanderers | A | 0-3 | 5,000 | 8 | |
| 12/12/91 | EFL | Everton | A | 1-2 | Devey | 10,000 | 10 |
| 19/12/91 | EFL | Aston Villa | H | 2-0 | Wykes, Devey | 8,000 | 7 |
| 26/12//91 | EFL | Sunderland | H | 1-3 | Topham | 20,000 | 8 |
| 28/12/91 | EFL | WBA | H | 2-1 | Topham, Devey | 7,200 | 6 |
| 02/01/92 | EFL | Stoke City | H | 4-1 | Wykes, Heath, Wood(2) | 7,200 | 5 |
| 16/01/92 | FAC1 | Crewe Alexandra | H | 2-2aet | Wykes, Devey | 3,500 | - |
| 23/01/92 | FAC1R | Crewe Alexandra | A | 3-1 | Wykes, Baker(2) | 3,500 | - |
| 30/01/92 | FAC2 | Sheffield United | H | 3-1 | Topham, Baker(2) | 4,000 | - |
| 13/02/92 | FAC3 | Aston Villa | H | 1-3 | Topham | 22,000 | - |
| 01/03/92 | EFL | Darwen | A | 4-1 | Baker, Devey, Wood, Booth | 3,000 | 6 |
| 26/03/92 | EFL | Burnley | A | 1-1 | Wykes | 4,000 | 8 |
| 02/04/92 | EFL | Preston North End | H | 3-0 | Devey, Wood, Johnston | 6,000 | 7 |
| 16/04/92 | EFL | Bolton Wanderers | H | 1-2 | Wood | 1,200 | 9 |
| 18/04/92 | EFL | Aston Villa | A | 6-3 | Devey, Wood(3), Johnston(2) | 8,000 | 6 |
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Home games in Bold
aet = After Extra Time
All stats and Pictures we use in these pages are from the book The Wolves: An encyclopaedia of Wolverhampton Wanderers by Tony Matthews (With Les Smith). We would like to thank the author Tony Matthews for granting us permission to use the items that are featured. I would also like to thank Pat Quirke (Wolves Musuem) and John Hendley (Wolves FC Match Day Editor) for granting permission to use Wolves FC Related pictures and stats.
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