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| Tournament details | |
|---|---|
| Country |  England Wales Scotland |
| Defending champions | Tottenham Hotspur |
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Liverpool (5th title) |
| Runner-up | Sunderland |
| Tournament statistics | |
| Top goal scorer(s) | John Byrne (7) |
The 1991–92 FA Cup was the 111th season of the world's oldest knockout football competition, The Football Association Challenge Cup, or FA Cup for short. Liverpool beat Sunderland 2–0 in the final to take their 5th FA Cup trophy.
The appearance in the Cup Final of Sunderland, a Level 2 team, marked the first time in 10 years that a team outside Level 1 of the English football pyramid appeared in the final game. Sunderland is one of only eight non-Level 1 teams to win the FA Cup, a mark they achieved in the 1973 FA Cup Final.
This was the first FA Cup competition to use penalties to decide games still tied after extra time in a replayed match.
First round proper
Grimsby Town and Tranmere Rovers from the Football League Second Division entered in this round along with all the Football League Third and Fourth Division teams plus three non-league clubs were given byes to this round: Wycombe Wanderers, Kidderminster Harriers and Woking. The first round matches were played on the weekend between 15 and 17 November 1991, with replays played midweek between 26 and 27 November. The tie between Huddersfield Town and Lincoln United was the largest gap in league places between two teams in the FA Cup until Marine and Tottenham Hotspur during the 2020-21 FA Cup.
Second round proper
The second round matches were played on the weekend between 7–9 December 1991, with replays played midweek on 17 December.
| Tie no | Home team | Score | Away team |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Enfield | 1–4 | Barnet |
| 2 | Blackpool | 0–1 | Hull City |
| 3 | Darlington | 1–2 | Hartlepool United |
| 4 | AFC Bournemouth | 2–1 | Brentford |
| 5 | Burnley | 2–0 | Rotherham United |
| 6 | Preston North End | 5–1 | Witton Albion |
| 7 | Rochdale | 1–2 | Huddersfield Town |
| 8 | Woking | 3–0 | Yeovil Town |
| 9 | Bolton Wanderers | 3–1 | Bradford City |
| 10 | Crewe Alexandra | 2–0 | Chester City |
| 11 | Wrexham | 1–0 | Telford United |
| 12 | Aylesbury United | 2–3 | Hereford United |
| 13 | Maidstone United | 1–2 | Kettering Town |
| 14 | Exeter City | 0–0 | Swansea City |
| Replay | Swansea City | 1–2 | Exeter City |
| 15 | Torquay United | 1–1 | Farnborough Town |
| Replay | Farnborough Town | 4–3 | Torquay United |
| 16 | York City | 1–1 | Tranmere Rovers |
| Replay | Tranmere Rovers | 2–1 | York City |
| 17 | Hayes | 0–2 | Crawley Town |
| 18 | Wigan Athletic | 2–0 | Stockport County |
| 19 | Peterborough United | 0–0 | Reading |
| Replay | Reading | 1–0 | Peterborough United |
| 20 | Leyton Orient | 2–1 | West Bromwich Albion |
Third round proper
Teams from the Football League First and Second Division (except Grimsby Town and Tranmere Rovers) entered in this round. The third round matches were played on the weekend between 4 and 6 January 1992, with replays played midweek between 14 and 15 January. However, the Newcastle United–AFC Bournemouth match was replayed on 22 January, while the Derby County–Burnley match was replayed on 25 January.