1990-91 Season

Season Overview

Division: Barclays League Division Three
Final Position: 2 (Runners up)
Chairman: Vic Jobson
FA Cup: R1
League Cup: R2
Leyland Daf Cup: LDaf R3

Manager

Dave Webb — from 20 November 1988 to 8 May 1992

Runners up

Final League Table

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Cambridge United	46	25	11	10	75	45	30	86	pr
2	Southend United	46	26	7	13	67	51	16	85	pr
3	Grimsby Town	46	24	11	11	66	34	32	83	pr
4	Bolton Wanderers	46	24	11	11	64	50	14	83	pl
5	Tranmere Rovers	46	23	9	14	64	46	18	78	ppl
6	Brentford	46	21	13	12	59	47	12	76	pl
7	Bury	46	20	13	13	67	56	11	73	pl
8	Bradford City	46	20	10	16	62	54	8	70
9	Bournemouth	46	19	13	14	58	58	0	70
10	Wigan Athletic	46	20	9	17	71	54	17	69
11	Huddersfield Town	46	18	13	15	57	51	6	67
12	Birmingham City	46	16	17	13	45	49	-4	65
13	Leyton Orient	46	18	10	18	55	58	-3	64
14	Stoke City	46	16	12	18	55	59	-4	60
15	Reading	46	17	8	21	53	66	-13	59
16	Exeter City	46	16	9	21	58	52	6	57
17	Preston North End	46	15	11	20	54	67	-13	56
18	Shrewsbury Town	46	14	10	22	61	68	-7	52
19	Chester City	46	14	9	23	46	58	-12	51
20	Swansea City	46	13	9	24	49	72	-23	48
21	Fulham	46	10	16	20	41	56	-15	46	r
22	Crewe Alexandra	46	11	11	24	62	80	-18	44	r
23	Rotherham United	46	10	12	24	50	87	-37	42	r
24	Mansfield Town	46	8	14	24	42	63	-21	38	r

Matches

Date		Opponent		Score		Att.
30 July 1990	Away	Basildon Utd	Friendly	1–0	W	0	→
2 August 1990	Away	Dover Athletic	Friendly	1–3	L	0	→
4 August 1990	Away	St Albans City	Friendly	1–1	D	0	→
6 August 1990	Away	Aylesbury	Friendly	1–3	L	0	→
8 August 1990	Away	Colchester United	Friendly	1–3	L	0	→
10 August 1990	Home	West Ham United	Friendly	2–3	L	0	→
14 August 1990	Home	Ipswich Town	Friendly	3–1	W	0	→
20 August 1990	Home	Tottenham Hotspur	Friendly	1–4	L	0	→
25 August 1990	Away	Huddersfield Town	League	2–1	W	2519	→
28 August 1990	Home	Aldershot	Trophy	2–1	W	2254	→
1 September 1990	Home	Crewe Alexandra	League	3–2	W	2994	→
4 September 1990	Away	Aldershot	Trophy	2–2	D	2400	→
9 September 1990	Away	Cambridge United	League	4–1	W	4790	→
14 September 1990	Home	Preston North End	League	3–2	W	4614	→
18 September 1990	Home	Shrewsbury Town	League	2–1	W	5100	→
22 September 1990	Away	Stoke City	League	0–4	L	11901	→
25 September 1990	Away	Crystal Palace	Trophy	0–8	L	9653	→
29 September 1990	Away	Mansfield Town	League	1–0	W	2120	→
2 October 1990	Home	Swansea City	League	4–1	W	3635	→
5 October 1990	Home	AFC Bournemouth	League	2–1	W	5255	→
9 October 1990	Home	Crystal Palace	Trophy	1–2	L	5199	→
12 October 1990	Away	Birmingham City	League	1–1	D	9333	→
19 October 1990	Away	Wigan A	League	1–4	L	2691	→
23 October 1990	Home	Exeter City	League	2–1	W	4280	→
27 October 1990	Home	Bury	League	2–1	W	4001	→
4 November 1990	Away	Brentford	League	1–0	W	8021	→
6 November 1990	Home	Aldershot	Trophy	10–1	W	1281	→
10 November 1990	Home	Fulham	League	1–1	D	5808	→
17 November 1990	Away	Leyton Orient	FA Cup	2–3	L	6095	→
24 November 1990	Away	Reading	League	4–2	W	3927	→
1 December 1990	Away	Rotherham United	League	1–0	W	3465	→
7 December 1990	Away	Reading	Trophy	4–1	W	1472	→
15 December 1990	Home	Grimsby Town	League	2–0	W	8126	→
22 December 1990	Away	Chester City	League	0–1	L	1532	→
26 December 1990	Home	Bolton Wanderers	League	1–1	D	7539	→
28 December 1990	Home	Bradford City	League	1–1	D	6767	→
1 January 1991	Away	Tranmere Rovers	League	1–3	L	7214	→
8 January 1991	Home	Maidstone United	Trophy	2–0	W	1849	→
12 January 1991	Away	Crewe Alexandra	League	2–0	W	3595	→
19 January 1991	Home	Huddersfield Town	League	0–1	L	5509	→
26 January 1991	Away	Preston North End	League	1–2	L	4351	→
2 February 1991	Away	Shrewsbury Town	League	1–0	W	4377	→
5 February 1991	Home	Stoke City	League	1–0	W	5164	→
13 February 1991	Away	Tonbridge Angels	Friendly	0–0	D	0	→
19 February 1991	Home	Reading	League	1–2	L	4588	→
23 February 1991	Away	Fulham	League	3–0	W	5113	→
26 February 1991	Home	Torquay United	Trophy	7–0	W	2273	→
1 March 1991	Home	Rotherham United	League	2–1	W	5622	→
5 March 1991	Home	Brentford	Trophy	0–3	L	3937	→
9 March 1991	Away	Grimsby Town	League	0–1	L	9689	→
12 March 1991	Away	Swansea City	League	4–1	W	2712	→
15 March 1991	Home	Mansfield Town	League	2–1	W	5400	→
18 March 1991	Home	Birmingham City	League	2–1	W	6328	→
23 March 1991	Away	AFC Bournemouth	League	1–3	L	7421	→
30 March 1991	Away	Bolton Wanderers	League	0–1	L	10666	→
2 April 1991	Home	Chester City	League	1–1	D	6190	→
6 April 1991	Away	Bradford City	League	1–2	L	5846	→
9 April 1991	Away	Leyton Orient	League	1–0	W	6306	→
12 April 1991	Home	Tranmere Rovers	League	1–0	W	8622	→
19 April 1991	Home	Wigan A	League	0–2	L	7550	→
27 April 1991	Away	Exeter City	League	2–1	W	4941	→
30 April 1991	Home	Cambridge United	League	0–0	D	10664	→
4 May 1991	Away	Bury	League	1–0	W	4254	→
7 May 1991	Home	Leyton Orient	League	1–1	D	8760	→
11 May 1991	Home	Brentford	League	0–1	L	9666	→