1990–91 Wimbledon F.C. season

Wimbledon
1990–91 season
Chairman	Sam Hammam
Manager	Ray Harford
Stadium	Plough Lane
First Division	8th
FA Cup	Fourth round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	Second round ; (Southern Area)
Top goalscorer	Fashanu (20)
Highest home attendance	13,733 vs Arsenal ; (25 Aug 1990, First Division)
Lowest home attendance	1,787 vs Ipswich Town ; (12 Dec 1990, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance	7,631
	Home colours
	Home colours
	← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

Season summary

In the 1990–91 season under Harford's first full campaign in charge, Warren Barton was purchased for £300,000 whilst in the league, Wimbledon had another strong season, finishing in 7th place.

Nothing came of the plans for a new ground and at the end of the season, Wimbledon's board decided that Plough Lane was beyond redevelopment to meet the new FA rule requiring all-seater stadiums.^[1] Consequently, the club moved to Selhurst Park before the start of next season, ground-sharing with Crystal Palace.

Final league table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification or relegation
1	Arsenal (C)	38	24	13	1	74	18	+56	83^[a]	Qualification for the European Cup first round
2	Liverpool	38	23	7	8	77	40	+37	76	Qualification for the UEFA Cup first round
3	Crystal Palace	38	20	9	9	50	41	+9	69
4	Leeds United	38	19	7	12	65	47	+18	64
5	Manchester City	38	17	11	10	64	53	+11	62
6	Manchester United	38	16	12	10	58	45	+13	59^[a]	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup first round
7	Wimbledon	38	14	14	10	53	46	+7	56
8	Nottingham Forest	38	14	12	12	65	50	+15	54
9	Everton	38	13	12	13	50	46	+4	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	16	11	51	50	+1	49	Qualification for the Cup Winners' Cup qualifying round
11	Chelsea	38	13	10	15	58	69	−11	49
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	12	10	16	44	53	−9	46
13	Sheffield United	38	13	7	18	36	55	−19	46
14	Southampton	38	12	9	17	58	69	−11	45
15	Norwich City	38	13	6	19	41	64	−23	45
16	Coventry City	38	11	11	16	42	49	−7	44
17	Aston Villa	38	9	14	15	46	58	−12	41
18	Luton Town	38	10	7	21	42	61	−19	37
19	Sunderland (R)	38	8	10	20	38	60	−22	34	Relegation to the Second Division
20	Derby County (R)	38	5	9	24	37	75	−38	24	Relegation to the Second Division

Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(C) Champions; (R) Relegated
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.

Results

Wimbledon's score comes first^[2]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League First Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	Arsenal	H	0–3	13,733
29 August 1990	Queens Park Rangers	A	1–0	9,762	Fashanu
1 September 1990	Derby County	A	1–1	12,469	Cotterill
8 September 1990	Liverpool	H	1–2	12,364	Cork
15 September 1990	Coventry City	A	0–0	8,925
22 September 1990	Sunderland	H	2–2	6,143	Kruszyński, Scales
29 September 1990	Manchester City	H	1–1	6,158	Gayle
6 October 1990	Sheffield United	A	2–1	17,650	Fairweather, Fashanu
20 October 1990	Aston Villa	H	0–0	6,646
27 October 1990	Crystal Palace	A	3–4	17,220	Fashanu, McGee
3 November 1990	Southampton	H	1–1	5,485	Flowers (own goal)
10 November 1990	Tottenham Hotspur	A	2–4	28,769	McGee, Cork
17 November 1990	Chelsea	H	2–1	10,773	Nicholas (own goal), Gibson
24 November 1990	Everton	H	2–1	6,411	Barton, Gibson
1 December 1990	Norwich City	A	4–0	12,324	Fashanu (2), Barton, Scales
8 December 1990	Queens Park Rangers	H	3–0	5,358	McGee, Fashanu (2)
15 December 1990	Arsenal	A	2–2	30,163	Kruszyński, Fashanu
22 December 1990	Manchester United	H	1–3	9,744	Fashanu
26 December 1990	Nottingham Forest	A	1–2	16,221	Fashanu
29 December 1990	Leeds United	A	0–3	29,292
1 January 1991	Luton Town	H	2–0	4,521	Fashanu, Cork
12 January 1991	Derby County	H	3–1	4,724	Gibson, Fashanu (2)
19 January 1991	Liverpool	A	1–1	35,030	Barton
2 February 1991	Coventry City	H	1–0	4,061	Gibson
16 February 1991	Chelsea	A	0–0	13,378
23 February 1991	Tottenham Hotspur	H	5–1	10,303	McGee, Curle, Gibson, Fashanu, Cork
2 March 1991	Norwich City	H	0–0	4,041
16 March 1991	Manchester City	A	1–1	21,089	Fashanu
23 March 1991	Sheffield United	H	1–1	7,031	Cork
30 March 1991	Nottingham Forest	H	3–1	6,392	Fashanu, McGee, Clarke
2 April 1991	Manchester United	A	1–2	36,660	Clarke
6 April 1991	Leeds United	H	0–1	6,800
10 April 1991	Everton	A	2–1	14,590	Fashanu, Clarke
13 April 1991	Luton Town	A	1–0	8,219	Fashanu
20 April 1991	Aston Villa	A	2–1	17,001	Fashanu, Newhouse
23 April 1991	Sunderland	A	0–0	24,036
4 May 1991	Crystal Palace	H	0–3	10,002
11 May 1991	Southampton	A	1–1	17,052	Fashanu

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1991	Aston Villa	A	1–1	19,305	McGee
R3R	9 January 1991	Aston Villa	H	1–0 (a.e.t.)	7,382	Cork
R4	26 January 1991	Shrewsbury Town	A	0–1	8,269

League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg	25 September 1990	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–1	4,506
R2 2nd Leg	10 October 1990	Plymouth Argyle	H	0–2 (lost 0–3 on agg)	3,473

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
SR2	12 December 1990	Ipswich Town	H	0–2	1,787

Squad

^[3] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	GK	NED	Hans Segers
—	GK	SCO	Neil Sullivan
—	DF	ENG	Warren Barton
—	DF	ENG	Dean Blackwell
—	DF	ENG	Keith Curle
—	DF	ENG	Gary Elkins
—	DF	IRL	Scott Fitzgerald
—	DF	ENG	Roger Joseph
—	DF	SCO	Brian McAllister
—	DF	IRL	Terry Phelan
—	DF	ENG	John Scales
—	MF	ENG	Neal Ardley
—	MF	ENG	Mickey Bennett
—	MF	JAM	Robbie Earle


No.	Pos.	Nation	Player
—	MF	ENG	Carlton Fairweather
—	MF	POL	Zbigniew Kruszyński
—	MF	IRL	Paul McGee
—	MF	ENG	Paul Miller
—	MF	ENG	Vaughan Ryan
—	MF	NIR	Lawrie Sanchez
—	FW	ENG	Steve Anthrobus
—	FW	ENG	Andy Clarke
—	FW	ENG	Alan Cork
—	FW	ENG	Steve Cotterill
—	FW	ENG	John Fashanu
—	FW	ENG	John Gayle
—	FW	ENG	Terry Gibson
—	FW	ENG	Aidan Newhouse

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	From	Fee
7 June 1990	DF	Warren Barton	Maidstone United	£300,000
20 August 1990	DF	Gary Elkins	Fulham	£20,000
21 February 1991	FW	Andy Clarke	Barnet	£250,000

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
3 July 1990	MF	Dennis Wise	Chelsea	£1,600,000
15 August 1990	DF	Eric Young	Crystal Palace	£850,000
21 November 1990	FW	John Gayle	Birmingham City	£175,000

Transfers in:

£570,000

Transfers out:

£2,625,000

Total spending:

£2,055,000

References

^ "A hard lesson to learn". BBC. 15 April 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2009.
^ "Wimbledon results for the 1990-1991 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
^ "Wimbledon". Playmaker.

[table_hth_ARS0.53996636790222-2] Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.

[1] "A hard lesson to learn". BBC. 15 April 1999. Retrieved 4 June 2009.

[3] "Wimbledon results for the 1990-1991 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2015.

[4] "Wimbledon". Playmaker.

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