1991–92 Full Members' Cup
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The 1991–92
Full Members' Cup The Full Members' Cup was an association football cup competition held in English football from 1985 to 1992. It was also known under its sponsored names of the Simod Cup from 1987 to 1989 and the Zenith Data Systems Cup from 1989 to 1992. Th ...
, known as the Zenith Data Systems Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 7th and final staging of a knock-out competition for
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clubs in the
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and Second Division. The winners were
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and the runners-up were
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. The competition began on 1 October 1991 and ended with the final on 29 March 1992 at
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. The competition was then cancelled after seven seasons, when the
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arose from the old
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and reduced the Football League to three divisions. In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy. Liverpool, Arsenal, Manchester United, Tottenham and Sunderland opted out of this competition.


First round


Northern Section


Southern Section


Second round


Northern Section


Southern Section


Third round


Northern Section


Southern Section


Area semi-finals


Northern Section


Southern Section


Area finals


Northern Area final

''Nottingham Forest beat Leicester City 3–1 on aggregate.''


Southern Area final

''Southampton beat Chelsea 5–1 on aggregate.''


Final


External links


When Saturday Comes - Article on the Full Members' Cup
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