1990–91 Leicester City F.C. season

Leicester City
1990–91 season
Chairman	Terry Shipman (until January 1991) Martin George (from January 1991)
Manager	David Pleat (until January 1991) Gordon Lee (caretaker manager from January 1991)
Football League Second Division	22nd
FA Cup	Third round
League Cup	Second round
Full Members Cup	First round
Top goalscorer	League: David Kelly (14) All: Kelly (15)
Average home league attendance	11,546
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

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

Season summary

David Pleat oversaw one of Leicester's most unsuccessful periods in its history during the 1990–91 season. He was sacked in January 1991 after a 3-1 defeat at home to Blackburn Rovers left Leicester fourth from bottom. Gordon Lee was put in charge of the club until the end of the season. Leicester won their final game of the season which guided them clear of relegation to the third tier of the Football League at the expense of West Bromwich Albion.

Final league table

Main article: 1990–91 Football League

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	GF	GA	GD	Pts
1	Oldham Athletic (C)	46	17	5	1	55	21	8	8	7	28	32	83	53	+ 30	88
2	West Ham United (P)	46	15	6	2	41	18	9	9	5	19	16	60	34	+ 26	87
3	Sheffield Wednesday (P)	46	12	10	1	43	23	10	6	7	37	28	80	51	+ 29	82
4	Notts County (P)	46	14	4	5	45	28	9	7	7	31	27	76	55	+ 21	80
5	Millwall	46	11	6	6	43	28	9	7	7	27	23	70	51	+ 19	73
6	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	12	4	7	37	31	9	3	11	26	38	63	69	– 6	70
7	Middlesbrough	46	12	4	7	36	17	8	5	10	30	30	66	47	+ 13	69
8	Barnsley	46	13	7	3	39	16	6	5	12	24	32	63	48	+ 15	69
9	Bristol City	46	14	5	4	44	28	6	2	15	24	43	68	71	– 3	67
10	Oxford United	46	10	9	4	41	29	4	10	9	28	37	69	66	+ 3	61
11	Newcastle United	46	8	10	5	24	22	6	7	10	25	34	49	56	– 7	59
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	11	6	6	45	35	2	13	8	18	28	63	63	± 0	58
13	Bristol Rovers	46	11	7	5	29	20	4	6	13	27	39	56	59	– 3	58
14	Ipswich Town	46	9	8	6	32	28	4	10	9	28	40	60	68	– 8	57
15	Port Vale	46	10	4	9	32	24	5	8	10	24	40	56	64	– 8	57
16	Charlton Athletic	46	8	7	8	27	25	5	10	8	30	36	57	61	– 4	56
17	Portsmouth	46	10	6	7	34	27	4	5	14	24	43	58	70	– 12	53
18	Plymouth Argyle	46	10	10	3	36	20	2	7	14	18	48	54	78	– 24	53
19	Blackburn Rovers	46	8	6	9	26	27	6	4	13	25	39	51	66	– 15	52
20	Watford	46	5	8	10	24	32	7	7	9	21	27	45	59	– 14	51
21	Swindon Town	46	8	6	9	31	30	4	8	11	34	43	65	73	– 7	50
22	Leicester City	46	12	4	7	41	33	2	4	17	19	50	60	83	– 23	50
23	West Bromwich Albion (R)	46	7	11	5	26	21	3	7	13	26	40	52	61	– 9	48
24	Hull City (R)	46	6	10	7	35	32	4	5	14	22	53	57	85	– 28	45

Key
Promoted to Division One
Qualified for the promotion playoff (not promoted)
Relegated to Division Three

NB In the Football League goals scored (F) takes precedence over goal difference

Results

Leicester City's score comes first^[1]

Legend

Win	Draw	Loss

Football League Second Division

Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Scorers
25 August 1990	Bristol Rovers	H	3–2	13,648	Kelly, Wright, Alexander (own goal)
28 August 1990	Oldham Athletic	A	0–2	13,099
1 September 1990	Port Vale	A	0–2	8,840
8 September 1990	West Ham United	H	1–2	14,605	Mills
15 September 1990	Plymouth Argyle	A	0–2	6,336
18 September 1990	Blackburn Rovers	A	1–4	5,682	Oldfield
22 September 1990	Sheffield Wednesday	H	2–4	16,156	Oldfield, Kelly
29 September 1990	Middlesbrough	A	0–6	16,178
3 October 1990	Bristol City	H	3–0	9,815	James, Kelly (2)
6 October 1990	Notts County	H	2–1	13,597	Oldfield, Kelly
13 October 1990	Charlton Athletic	A	2–1	6,000	James, Balmer (own goal)
20 October 1990	Portsmouth	A	1–3	9,286	Mills
24 October 1990	Swindon Town	H	2–2	9,592	Mauchlen, North
27 October 1990	Ipswich Town	H	1–2	11,053	Kelly (pen)
3 November 1990	Oxford United	A	2–2	5,371	Wright, Kelly
10 November 1990	Barnsley	A	1–1	8,581	Wright
17 November 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	1–0	16,574	Kelly
23 November 1990	Hull City	A	2–5	5,855	North, Reid
1 December 1990	Newcastle United	H	5–4	11,045	Fenwick, Kelly (3, 1 pen), Oldfield
15 December 1990	Bristol Rovers	A	0–0	5,791
23 December 1990	Watford	H	0–0	16,920
26 December 1990	Millwall	A	1–2	6,686	Oldfield
1 January 1991	West Bromwich Albion	H	2–1	12,210	Walsh, James
12 January 1991	Port Vale	H	1–1	9,307	Oldfield
19 January 1991	West Ham United	A	0–1	21,652
26 January 1991	Blackburn Rovers	H	1–3	8,167	Kelly
2 February 1991	Plymouth Argyle	H	3–1	8,172	Wright, Kelly, James
20 February 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	A	0–3	6,455
23 February 1991	Barnsley	H	2–1	9,027	James, Peake
2 March 1991	Newcastle United	A	1–2	13,575	Wright
5 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A	1–2	15,707	Gibson
9 March 1991	Hull City	H	0–1	8,386
12 March 1991	Bristol City	A	0–1	13,297
16 March 1991	Middlesbrough	H	4–3	8,324	Oldfield, Walsh, Russell, Phillips (own goal)
20 March 1991	Charlton Athletic	H	1–2	8,363	Mortimer (own goal)
23 March 1991	Notts County	A	2–0	11,532	Mills, Russell
30 March 1991	Millwall	H	1–2	10,783	Kelly
1 April 1991	Watford	A	0–1	10,078
6 April 1991	Brighton & Hove Albion	H	3–0	8,444	Wright, Russell, Mills
10 April 1991	Oldham Athletic	H	0–0	11,846
13 April 1991	West Bromwich Albion	A	1–2	13,991	Russell
20 April 1991	Portsmouth	H	2–1	10,509	Walsh, Russell
24 April 1991	Sheffield Wednesday	A	0–0	31,308
27 April 1991	Swindon Town	A	2–5	10,404	James, Wright
4 April 1991	Ipswich Town	A	2–3	11,347	Reid, Mills (pen)
11 May 1991	Oxford United	H	1–0	19,011	James

FA Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R3	5 January 1991	Millwall	A	1–2	10,766	James

League Cup

Main article: 1990–91 Football League Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R2 First Leg	26 September 1990	Leeds United	H	1–0	13,744	Kelly (pen)
R2 Second Leg	10 October 1990	Leeds United	A	0–3	19,090

Full Members Cup


Round	Date	Opponent	Venue	Result	Attendance	Goalscorers
R1	27 November 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	H	0–1	4,705

Squad

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

No.	Position	Player
-	GK	Carl Muggleton
-	MF	Gary Mills
-	DF	Rob Johnson
-	MF	Ali Mauchlen (captain)
-	DF	Steve Walsh
-	DF	Alan Paris
-	MF	Tommy Wright
-	FW	Marc North
-	MF	David Oldfield
-	FW	David Kelly
-	DF	Tony James
-	MF	Ricky Hill
-	MF	Paul Reid
-	FW	Paul Kitson

No.	Position	Player
-	MF	Paul Ramsey
-	GK	Martin Hodge
-	DF	Tony Spearing
-	GK	Mike Hooper (on loan from Liverpool)
-	DF	Des Linton
-	FW	Pat Gavin
-	DF	Terry Fenwick
-	MF	Jason Peake
-	MF	Colin Gibson
-	DF	Lawrie Madden (on loan from Sheffield Wed)
-	DF	Richard Smith
-	FW	Kevin Russell
-	MF	Scott Oakes
-	MF	Gary Hyde

Left club during season

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

No.		Position	Player
-		DF	Simon Morgan (to Fulham)
-		MF	Billy Davies (to Dunfermline Athletic)

No.		Position	Player
-		GK	Paul O'Connor (to Nuneaton Borough)

References

↑ http://www.statto.com/football/teams/leicester-city/1990-1991

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