| Club: | Southampton F.C. |
| Season: | 1991–92 |
| Manager: | Ian Branfoot |
| Chairman: | Guy Askham |
| Stadium: | The Dell |
| League: | First Division |
| League Result: | 16th |
| Cup1: | FA Cup |
| Cup1 Result: | Quarter finals |
| Cup2: | Rumbelows Cup |
| Cup2 Result: | Fourth Round |
| Cup3: | Full Members Cup |
| Cup3 Result: | Runners-up |
| League Topscorer: | Shearer (13) |
| Season Topscorer: | Shearer (16) |
| Average Attendance: | 14,070 |
| Prevseason: | 1990–91 |
| Nextseason: | 1992–93 |
During the 1991–92 English football season, Southampton F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.
In the 1991–92 season, Ian Branfoot took over as Southampton boss but their fortunes fared no better and only managed to secure a 16th-place finish despite reaching the Full Members Cup final at Wembley only to lose 3–2 against Nottingham Forest.
During the summer of 1992, Branfoot became "the most popular manager in English football", as he took telephone calls from clubs "trying to bargain with players they don't want plus cash", conceding that he would be forced to sell 21-year-old top scorer Alan Shearer, following a season of speculation about Shearer's future, with the likes of Liverpool and Manchester United being linked with Shearer's signature in the autumn of 1991. Despite this interest, Shearer decided to stay at Southampton until the end of the season before making a decision about his future.
Although Branfoot eventually accepted that a sale was inevitable, he claimed that "whatever happens, we are in the driving seat".[1] Eventually, Shearer was sold to newly promoted Blackburn Rovers for a national record fee of £3.6 million, with Blackburn's top scorer David Speedie reluctantly moving to The Dell as part of the deal. Despite Branfoot's claim to be "in the driving seat", Saints failed to include a "sell-on clause" in the contract.[2]
| No. | Nat. | Pos | Player | Games Played (League) | Goals Scored (League) | References |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13 | GK | Ian Andrews | ||||
| 1 | GK | Tim Flowers | 41 | 0 | ||
| 2 | DF | Jason Dodd | 28 | 0 | ||
| 5 | DF | Richard Hall | 26 | 3 | ||
| 15 | DF | Francis Benali | 22 | 0 | ||
| 26 | DF | David Hughes | 0 | 0 | ||
| DF | Jeff Kenna | 14 | 0 | |||
| DF | Jon Gittens | |||||
| 12 | DF | Stuart Gray | ||||
| 10 | MF | Neil Maddison | ||||
| MF | Steve Wood | |||||
| MF | Barry Horne | 34 | 1 | |||
| MF | David Lee | |||||
| 4 | MF | Terry Hurlock | 29 | 0 | ||
| MF | Tommy Widdrington | 3 | 0 | |||
| 7 | MF | Matthew Le Tissier | 32 | 6 | ||
| MF | Danny Hoekman | |||||
| FW | Nicky Banger | |||||
| FW | Alan Shearer | 41 | 13 | |||
| 9 | FW | Iain Dowie | 30 | 9 | ||
| Player | Nat. | Pos. | From | Transfer Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Danny Hoekman | MF | Manchester City | Free | |
| Iain Dowie | FW | West Ham United | £528,000 | |
| David Lee | MF | Bury | £385,440 | |
| Steve Wood | MF | Millwall | £422,400 | |
| David Hughes | MF | Weymouth | Undisclosed | |
| Terry Hurlock | MF | Rangers | Undisclosed | |
| Player | Nat. | Pos. | To | Transfer Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Rideout | FW | Notts County | Undisclosed | |
| Steve Davis | DF | Burnley | £626,560 | |
| Alan McLoughlin | MF | Portsmouth | £528,000 | |
| Gareth Taylor | FW | Bristol Rovers | Free | |
| Jimmy Case | MF | Bournemouth | Free | |
| Sergey Gotsmanov |  | MF | Hallescher FC | Undisclosed |
| Rod Wallace | FW | Leeds United | Undisclosed | |
| Player | Nat. | Pos. | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| Paul Tisdale | MF | Northampton Town | |
| Jon Gittens | MF | Middlesbrough | |
| Kevin Moore | DF | Bristol Rovers | |
| Alan McLoughlin | MF | Aston Villa | |