Football League play-offs
Season1991–92
ChampionsBlackburn Rovers
(Second Division)
Peterborough United
(Third Division)
Blackpool
(Fourth Division)
Matches played15
Goals scored41 (2.73 per match)
Biggest home winLeicester 5–0 Cambridge
(Second Division)
Biggest away winHuddersfield 1–2 Peterborough
(Third Division)
Highest scoringBlackburn 4–2 Derby
(6 goals)
Highest attendance68,147 – Blackburn v Leicester
(Second Division final)
Lowest attendance5,629 – Barnet v Blackpool
(Fourth Division semi-final)
Average attendance18,510
← 1991
1993 →

The Football League play-offs for the 1991–92 season were held in May 1992, with the finals taking place at Wembley Stadium. The play-off semi-finals were also played over two legs and were contested by the teams who finished in 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place in the Football League Second Division, the 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th placed teams in the Football League Third Division and the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th place teams in the Football League Fourth Division table. The winners of the semi-finals progressed through to the finals, with the winner of these matches gaining promotion for the following season.

Second Division

The Second Division season finished with Ipswich Town as champions and Middlesbrough as runners-up gaining automatic promotion to the new FA Premier League. This left Derby County and Blackburn Rovers, the two biggest spending teams in the division, facing each other in the one playoff semi-final, while the other was contested between Leicester City and a Cambridge United side who successful style of long ball play had taken them to the brink of a unique third successive promotion, while Leicester had made their first serious promotion challenge since being relegated from the First Division five years earlier.

Blackburn won the first leg 4-2 at Ewood Park, and Derby's 2-1 win in the return leg at the Baseball Ground was not enough to prevent the Lancastrian side from going through to the final. In the other semi-final, Cambridge held Leicester to a 1-1 draw at the Abbey Stadium before losing the return leg 5-0 at Filbert Street.

The final - and a place in the new Premier League - was settled by a single goal as Blackburn beat Leicester thanks to a penalty by former Leicester striker Mike Newell, securing Blackburn's return to the top flight of English football after 26 years away.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Derby County 46239146951+1878
4Leicester City 46238156255+777
5Cambridge United 461917106547+1874
6Blackburn Rovers 462111147053+1774

Semi-finals

First leg
Cambridge United1–1Leicester City
O'Shea 76' Russell 44'
Attendance: 9,225
Referee: John Martin
Blackburn Rovers4–2Derby County
Sellars 35'
Newell 44'
Speedie 66', 70'		 Gabbiadini 2'
Johnson 14'
Attendance: 19,677
Referee: Keith Hackett
Second leg
Derby County2–1Blackburn Rovers
Comyn 23'
McMinn 74'		 Moran 49'
Attendance: 22,920
Referee: David Elleray

Blackburn Rovers won 5–4 on aggregate.

Leicester City5–0Cambridge United
Wright 29', 60'
Thompson 35'
Russell 59'
Ormondroyd 64'
Attendance: 21,024

Leicester City won 6–1 on aggregate.

Final

Blackburn Rovers1–0Leicester City
Newell 45' (pen.)
Attendance: 68,147

Third Division

Huddersfield Town's fourth season in the Third Division since relegation in 1988 saw their most serious promotion challenge in that time, but a third-place finish meant that they had to navigate a playoff semi-final clash with a Peterborough United side in the hunt for a second successive promotion. Peterborough went through, while Stockport County overcame Stoke City in the other semi-final to set up a playoff final clash between two teams who had both been promoted from the Fourth Division only a year earlier. Peterborough won the final 2-1 to reach the second tier of English football for the first time in their history; they were still among the newest ten clubs in the Football League having joined in 1960.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
3Huddersfield Town 462212125938+2178
4Stoke City 462114116949+2077
5Stockport County 462210147551+2476
6Peterborough United 462014126558+774

Semi-finals

First leg
Stockport County1–0Stoke City
Ward 41'
Attendance: 7,537
Peterborough United2–2Huddersfield Town
Charlery 46'
Halsall 88'		 Onuora 28'
Robinson 68' (o.g.)
Attendance: 11,751
Referee: David Elleray
Second leg
Stoke City1–1Stockport County
Stein 81' Beaumont 1'
Attendance: 16,170

Stockport County won 2–1 on aggregate.

Huddersfield Town1–2Peterborough United
Starbuck 2' Sterling 69'
Cooper 86'
Attendance: 16,167

Peterborough United won 4–3 on aggregate.

Final

Peterborough United2–1Stockport County
Charlery 51', 89' Francis 87'
Attendance: 35,087

Fourth Division

A year after losing the Fourth Division playoff final on penalties to Torquay United, Blackpool returned to Wembley for a showdown with Scunthorpe United and this time were the winning side as they triumphed on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The Seasiders had overcome league newcomers Barnet in their semi-final, with Scunthorpe overcoming Crewe Alexandra in the other semi-final.

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
4Blackpool 422210107145+2674
5Scunthorpe United 42219126459+572
6Crewe Alexandra 422010126651+1570
7Barnet 42216158161+2069

Semi-finals

First leg
Barnet1–0Blackpool
Carter 29'
Attendance: 5,629
Crewe Alexandra2–2Scunthorpe United
Hignett 6'
Naylor 39'		 Helliwell 17', 35'
Attendance: 6,063
Second leg
Blackpool2–0Barnet
Groves 41'
Garner 57' (pen.)
Attendance: 7,588

Blackpool won 2–1 on aggregate.

Scunthorpe United2–0Crewe Alexandra
Martin 83'
Hamilton 89'
Attendance: 7,938

Scunthorpe United won 4–2 on aggregate.

Final

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