First Division 1991 1992 Leeds Norwich City Decisive

3 mai 1992

Elland Road

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Norwich City were guests to a party on the final day of Leeds United's championship-winning season. The Canaries became the unfortunate gooseberries on May 2, 1992 as a sell-out Elland Road crowd celebrated United's first top-flight title since 1974 and the era of Don Revie. The match had lost its relevance in a competitive sense after United sealed the title with a 3-2 win at Sheffield United a week earlier, putting Howard Wilkinson's team beyond the reach of Manchester United, but the visit of Norwich provided a memorable end to a remarkable season.

A presentation ceremony was held before kick-off with club chairman Leslie Silver collecting Barclays’ League prize money of £100,000 before United captain Gordon Strachan lifted the century-old championship trophy to the sound of "are you watching Manchester?" Norwich themselves were in celebratory mood having narrowly avoided relegation, but the script was written for a home win and United did not disappoint their capacity audience. Having raised the First Division trophy, Strachan was forced to take his place on the bench by a back problem which had troubled him increasingly during the closing weeks of the season.

The Scot was replaced by Eric Cantona, who marked the day by signing a three-year deal at Elland Road and David Batty assumed the captain's armband. The two clubs had contested an entertaining 2-2 draw earlier in the season, but City had been poor away from home throughout the campaign and they never recovered from Rod Wallace's first-half goal. United had seen a number of chances repelled, including a powerful volley from Cantona, when Wallace's brilliant individual effort ignited Elland Road. The forward collected the ball near the halfway line and tricked his way past Jeremy Goss before bearing down on goal. Two defenders were also bypassed as the forward broke into the box and his shot slid across goalkeeper Mark Walton and into the corner of the net. United's supporters erupted, including those who had failed to gain entry to Elland Road and who had positioned themselves in the small gap between the West Stand and the South Stand. The atmosphere was such that United's directors were moved to include themselves in the Mexican waves which swept round the stadium. Norwich threatened to ruin the party after half-time as United's performance dwindled but City's strikers lacked the finishing touch and the visitors slipped away quietly at full-time, leaving Leeds to a final round of celebrations.

Leeds United: Lukic; Newsome, Dorigo; Batty, Fairclough, Whyte; Cantona (Strachan), Rod Wallace, Chapman (Hodge), McAllister, Speed.

Norwich City: Walton; Culverhouse, Ullathorne (Woodthorpe); Blades, Polston, Goss; Fox, Fleck, Newman, Johnson, Phillips.