1990–91 Coventry City F.C. season

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Coventry City
1990–91 season
Chairman John Poynton
Manager John Sillett
(until 14 November)
Terry Butcher
(from 14 November)
Stadium Highfield Road
First Division 16th
FA Cup Fourth round
League Cup Quarter finals
Full Members Cup Second round
(Northern Area)
Player of the Year Kevin Gallacher
Top goalscorer League: Gallacher (11)
All: Gallacher (16)
Highest home attendance 22,731 vs Tottenham Hotspur
(26 Dec 1990, First Division)
Lowest home attendance 6,193 vs Bolton Wanderers
(26 Sep 1990, League Cup)
Average home league attendance 13,794
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

During the 1990–91 English football season, Coventry City F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Season summary

In the 1990-91 season, Coventry's problems with league form returned and in November 1990 with the club sitting only two points above the relegation zone, Sillett was sacked by chairman John Poynton after five years in charge. Sillett received the news of his sacking whilst feeling unwell at home. He was replaced by Terry Butcher, the former England defender who was released from his contract with Rangers in a £350,000 deal. Butcher, aged 32, became player-manager and at the time was the youngest manager employed in English league football. From Boxing Day, Coventry's fortunes turned as they went on a great run by picking up 29 points from the next 17 league games (losing only four matches during this form) which prevented any chance of Coventry going down.

Final league table

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Main article: 1990-91 Football League
Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Arsenal 38 15 4 0 51 10 9 9 1 23 8 74 18 +56 83
2 Liverpool 38 14 3 2 42 13 9 4 6 35 27 77 40 +37 76
3 Crystal Palace 38 11 6 2 26 17 9 3 7 24 24 50 41 +9 69
4 Leeds United 38 12 2 5 46 23 7 5 7 19 24 65 47 +18 64
5 Manchester City 38 12 3 4 35 25 5 8 6 29 28 64 53 +11 62
6 Manchester United 38 11 4 4 34 17 5 8 6 24 28 58 45 +13 59
7 Wimbledon 38 8 6 5 28 22 6 8 5 25 24 53 46 +7 56
8 Nottingham Forest 38 11 4 4 42 21 3 8 8 23 29 65 50 +15 54
9 Everton 38 9 5 5 26 15 4 7 8 24 31 50 46 +4 51
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38 8 9 2 35 22 3 7 9 16 28 51 50 +1 49
11 Chelsea 38 10 6 3 33 25 3 4 12 25 44 58 69 – 11 49
12 Queens Park Rangers 38 8 5 6 27 22 4 5 10 17 31 44 53 – 9 46
13 Sheffield United 38 9 3 7 23 23 4 4 11 13 32 36 55 – 19 46
14 Southampton 38 9 6 4 33 22 3 3 13 25 47 58 69 – 11 45
15 Norwich City 38 9 3 7 27 32 4 3 12 14 32 41 64 – 23 45
16 Coventry City 38 10 6 3 30 16 1 5 13 12 33 42 49 – 7 44
17 Aston Villa 38 7 9 3 29 25 2 5 12 17 33 46 58 – 12 41
18 Luton Town 38 7 5 7 22 18 3 2 14 20 43 42 61 – 19 37
19 Sunderland 38 6 6 7 15 16 2 4 13 23 44 38 60 – 22 34
20 Derby County 38 3 8 8 25 36 2 1 16 12 39 37 75 – 38 24
  • Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
  • Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.
Key
League Champions, qualified for the European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated
Results Summary
Overall Home Away
Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts W D L GF GA GD W D L GF GA GD
38 11 11 16 42 49  −7 44 10 6 3 30 16  +14 1 5 13 12 33  −21

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38
Ground A H H A H A H A H A H A H H A A H A H H A A H A H H A H A H A H A A H A H A
Result L W D L D L W L L W L D L D L L D L W W D L W L D W L W L W D W D D W L D L
Position 19 8 7 11 15 17 12 14 16 12 16 14 15 16 17 18 18 18 16 16 16 16 15 15 16 16 17 14 16 15 15 12 11 11 9 14 14 16

Source: Statto.com
Ground: A = Away; H = Home. Result: D = Draw; L = Loss; W = Win; P = Postponed.

Results

Coventry City's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 Manchester United A 0–2 46,715
29 August 1990 Everton H 3–1 12,902 Dobson, Gallacher, Speedie
1 September 1990 Nottingham Forest H 2–2 12,630 Borrows (pen), Kilcline (pen)
8 September 1990 Aston Villa A 1–2 27,001 Borrows
15 September 1990 Wimbledon H 0–0 8,925
22 September 1990 Luton Town A 0–1 8,336
29 September 1990 Queens Park Rangers H 3–1 9,897 Livingstone (2), Gynn
6 October 1990 Manchester City A 0–2 26,198
20 October 1990 Southampton H 1–2 10,040 Borrows (pen)
27 October 1990 Sheffield United A 1–0 17,978 Borrows (pen)
3 November 1990 Arsenal H 0–2 15,336
10 November 1990 Sunderland A 0–0 20,101
17 November 1990 Liverpool H 0–1 22,571
24 November 1990 Leeds United H 1–1 16,183 Gallacher
1 December 1990 Crystal Palace A 1–2 17,052 Regis
8 December 1990 Everton A 0–1 17,472
15 December 1990 Manchester United H 2–2 17,106 Regis, Gallacher
22 December 1990 Chelsea A 1–2 16,317 Gallacher
26 December 1990 Tottenham Hotspur H 2–0 22,731 Gynn, Gallacher
29 December 1990 Norwich City H 2–0 12,039 Borrows (pen), Speedie
1 January 1991 Derby County A 1–1 15,741 Regis
12 January 1991 Nottingham Forest A 0–3 18,344
19 January 1991 Aston Villa H 2–1 15,751 Gynn, Speedie
2 February 1991 Wimbledon A 0–1 4,061
23 February 1991 Sunderland H 0–0 10,453
2 March 1991 Crystal Palace H 3–1 10,891 Kilcline (2), Peake
9 March 1991 Leeds United A 0–2 28,880
13 March 1991 Luton Town H 2–1 9,725 Borrows (pen), Pearce
16 March 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 0–1 9,510
23 March 1991 Manchester City H 3–1 13,198 Regis, Gynn, Gallacher
30 March 1991 Tottenham Hotspur A 2–2 29,033 Smith, Gallacher
1 April 1991 Chelsea H 1–0 14,272 Gynn
6 April 1991 Norwich City A 2–2 11,550 Gynn, Gallacher
9 April 1991 Liverpool A 1–1 31,063 Gynn
13 April 1991 Derby County H 3–0 11,961 Gallacher (2), Woods
20 April 1991 Southampton A 1–2 15,461 Gynn
4 May 1991 Sheffield United H 0–0 17,254
11 May 1991 Arsenal A 1–6 41,039 Gallacher

FA Cup

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Main article: 1990-91 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1991 Wigan Athletic H 1–1 10,802 Gynn
R3R 9 January 1991 Wigan Athletic A 1–0 7,429 Gynn
R4 26 January 1991 Southampton H 1–1 14,013 Kilcline
R4R 29 January 1991 Southampton A 0–2 17,001

League Cup

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Main article: 1990-91 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 26 September 1990 Bolton Wanderers H 4–2 6,193 Livingstone (2), Gynn, Gallacher
R2 2nd Leg 9 October 1990 Bolton Wanderers A 3–2 (won 7-4 on agg) 5,222 Regis (2), Gallacher
R3 31 October 1990 Hull City H 3–0 7,708 Regis, Livingstone, Speedie
R4 28 November 1990 Nottingham Forest H 6–4 16,304 Livingstone (2), Gallacher (3)
QF 23 January 1991 Sheffield Wednesday H 0–1 20,712

Full Members Cup

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Main article: 1990-91 Full Members Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
NR2 19 December 1990 Derby County A 0–1 7,270

Squad

[2] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No. Position Player
England GK Tim Clarke
England GK Steve Ogrizovic
England GK Steve Sutton (on loan from Nottingham Forest)
England GK Keith Waugh
England DF Peter Billing
England DF Martyn Booty
England DF Brian Borrows
England DF Terry Butcher (player-manager)
England DF Tony Dobson
England DF Paul Edwards
England DF Brian Kilcline
England DF Trevor Peake
England DF Andy Pearce
England DF Kenny Sansom
England DF David Titterton
England MF Howard Clark
England MF Dean Emerson
No. Position Player
England MF Terry Fleming
England MF Micky Gynn
England MF Lee Hurst
Scotland MF Kevin MacDonald
England MF Lloyd McGrath
England MF Craig Middleton
Uruguay MF José Perdomo
England MF Stewart Robson
England MF David Smith
England MF Keith Thompson
England MF Ray Woods
England FW Kevin Drinkell
Scotland FW Kevin Gallacher
England FW Steve Livingstone
England FW Cyrille Regis
England FW Robert Rosario
Scotland FW David Speedie

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
22 October 1990 GK Tim Clarke Halesowen Town £25,000
30 January 1991 FW Ray Woods Wigan Athletic £200,000

Out

Date Pos Name To Fee
1 July 1990 GK Dean Kiely York City Signed
3 August 1990 DF Greg Downs Birmingham City Transfer
17 January 1991 FW Steve Livingstone Blackburn Rovers £450,000
17 January 1991 DF Tony Dobson Blackburn Rovers £300,000
Transfers in: Decrease £225,000
Transfers out: Increase £750,000
Total spending: Increase £525,000

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