1990–91 Wolverhampton Wanderers F.C. season

Wolverhampton Wanderers

1990–91 season
Chairman	Jack Harris
Manager	Graham Turner
Second Division	12th
FA Cup	3rd Round
League Cup	2nd Round
Full Members Cup	2nd round
Top goalscorer	League: Steve Bull (26) All: Steve Bull (27)
Highest home attendance	22,982 (vs West Brom, 6 April 1991)
Lowest home attendance	9,313 (vs Hull, 20 April 1991)
Average home league attendance	15,834 (league only)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

The 1990–91 season was the 92nd season of competitive league football in the history of English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. They played in the second tier of the English football system, the Football League Second Division. The team finished in 12th place after a poor run of form at the end of the season brought only two victories from the final fifteen matches.

This was the first season – of an eventual seventeen – for the club under the ownership of Sir Jack Hayward, who had purchased it in May 1990 for £2.1 million.^[1]

Results

Football League Second Division

A total of 24 teams competed in the Football League Second Division in the 1990–91 season. Each team played every other team twice: once at their stadium, and once at the opposition's. Three points were awarded to teams for each win, one point per draw, and none for defeats.

1 25 August 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Oldham Athletic	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Bull  6', 48'		Marshall  11', 81', 82'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 20,864

2 28 August 1990	Port Vale	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Burslem
19:30 BST	Beckford  7' (pen.)		Bellamy  23' Bull  43'	Stadium: Vale Park Attendance: 12,349

3 1 September 1990	Brighton & Hove Albion	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Hove
15:00 BST	Small  65' (pen.)		Cook  23'	Stadium: Goldstone Ground Attendance: 9,820

4 8 September 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1	Bristol Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Dennison  5'		Holloway  37'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 17,912

5 15 September 1990	West Ham United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
15:00 BST	Martin  2'		Bull  72'	Stadium: Upton Park Attendance: 23,241

6 18 September 1990	Swindon Town	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Swindon
19:30 BST	Simpson  61'			Stadium: County Ground Attendance: 12,228

7 22 September 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Plymouth Argyle	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Bull  35', 43' Mutch  44'		Turner  25'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,137

8 29 September 1990	Oxford United	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oxford
15:00 BST	Simpson  3'		Dennison  10'	Stadium: Manor Ground Attendance: 7,418

9 2 October 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–0	Charlton Athletic	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Bull  12', 89' Thompson  58'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 14,363

10 6 October 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–0	Bristol City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Thompson  3' Bull  16', 67', 80'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 17,891

11 13 October 1990	Notts County	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Nottingham
15:00 BST	Thomas  89'		Westley  31'	Stadium: Meadow Lane Attendance: 12,872

12 20 October 1990	Hull City	1–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kingston upon Hull
15:00 BST	Payton  63'		Bull  7' Dennison  56'	Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 7,144

13 23 October 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–0	Middlesbrough	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Bull  61'			Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 17,285

14 27 October 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Blackburn Rovers	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Cook  58' Steele  71'		Stapleton  5', 13', 77'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 17,776

15 3 November 1990	Portsmouth	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Portsmouth
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Fratton Park Attendance: 14,574

16 10 November 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Newcastle United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Steele  2' Bellamy  53'		Clark  27'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,721

17 17 November 1990	Leicester City	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
15:00 GMT	Kelly  38'			Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 16,574

18 24 November 1990	Barnsley	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Barnsley
15:00 GMT	Saville  31'		Cook  36'	Stadium: Oakwell Attendance: 9,267

19 1 December 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	Ipswich Town	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Bull  4', 78'		Dozzell  41' Redford  44'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,803

20 15 December 1990	Oldham Athletic	4–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Oldham
15:00 GMT	Barrett  44' Ritchie  59' Palmer  64', 87'		Thompson  16'	Stadium: Boundary Park Attendance: 11,587

21 22 December 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	4–1	Millwall	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Bellamy  4' Bull  43' Taylor  74', 83'		Sheringham  22'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 14,504

22 26 December 1990	Sheffield Wednesday	2–2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Sheffield
15:00 GMT	McCall  6' Palmer  25'		Cook  72' Bull  84'	Stadium: Hillsborough Attendance: 29,686

23 29 December 1990	West Bromwich Albion	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	West Bromwich
15:00 GMT	Bannister  57'		Hindmarch  90'	Stadium: The Hawthorns Attendance: 28,497

24 1 January 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Watford	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,159

25 12 January 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–3	Brighton & Hove Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Bull  18' Mutch  76'		Wade  17' Codner  33' Barham  81'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 12,688

26 19 January 1991	Bristol Rovers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bath
15:00 GMT	Saunders  25'		Twentyman  21' (o.g.)	Stadium: Twerton Park Attendance: 6,042

27 2 February 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	West Ham United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Birch  44' Bull  48'		McAvennie  57'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 19,454

28 23 February 1991	Newcastle United	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Newcastle upon Tyne
15:00 GMT				Stadium: St James' Park Attendance: 18,612

29 26 February 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Port Vale	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Bull  30', 42' Mutch  70'		Earle  20'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,919

30 2 March 1991	Ipswich Town	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Ipswich
15:00 GMT				Stadium: Portman Road Attendance: 13,350

31 5 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–1	Leicester City	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Bull  5' Mutch  61'		Gibson  17'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,707

32 9 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–5	Barnsley	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT			Saville  5' Rammell  19' Stancliffe  25' (o.g.) Agnew  49' Robinson  86'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,671

33 12 March 1991	Charlton Athletic	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:30 GMT	Grant  75'			Stadium: The Valley Attendance: 6,853

34 16 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–3	Oxford United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Bull  10', 15', 23'		Melville  52' Stein  88' Simpson  89'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 11,357

35 19 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–2	Notts County	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT			Johnson  35' Bartlett  40'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 12,375

36 23 March 1991	Bristol City	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Bristol
15:00 GMT	Bryant  54'		Dennison  62'	Stadium: Ashton Gate Attendance: 15,499

37 30 March 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–2	Sheffield Wednesday	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT	Mutch  1', 12' Bull  71'		Pearson  54', 86'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 18,011

38 3 April 1991	Millwall	2–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	London
19:30 BST	Stevens  28' Sheringham  72'		Cook  13'	Stadium: The Den Attendance: 13,708

39 6 April 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	2–2	West Bromwich Albion	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Dennison  15' Mutch  75'		Goodman  35' Ford  65'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 22,982

40 9 April 1991	Plymouth Argyle	1–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Plymouth
19:30 BST	Hodges  64'			Stadium: Home Park Attendance: 7,618

41 13 April 1991	Watford	3–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Watford
15:00 BST	Wilkinson  19', 66', 89'		Cook  77' (pen.)	Stadium: Vicarage Road Attendance: 12,014

42 16 April 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Swindon Town	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Hindmarch  15'		Shearer  38' Hazard  79'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 9,799

43 20 April 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–0	Hull City	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST				Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 9,313

44 27 April 1991	Middlesbrough	2–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Middlesbrough
15:00 BST	Ripley  11' Hendrie  82'			Stadium: Ayresome Park Attendance: 16,447

45 4 May 1991	Blackburn Rovers	1–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Blackburn
15:00 BST	Livingstone  30'		Paskin  42'	Stadium: Ewood Park Attendance: 9,560

46 11 May 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	3–1	Portsmouth	Wolverhampton
15:00 BST	Birch  37' Mutch  68' Downing  89'		Clarke  75'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 12,570

Final table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
7	Middlesbrough	46	20	9	17	66	47	+19	69
8	Barnsley	46	19	12	15	63	48	+15	69
9	Bristol City	46	20	7	19	68	71	0–3	67
10	Oxford United	46	14	19	13	69	66	0+3	61
11	Newcastle United	46	14	17	15	49	56	0–7	59
12	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	19	14	63	53	00	58
13	Bristol Rovers	46	15	13	18	56	59	0–3	58

Source: Statto.com

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
46	13	19	14	63	63	0	58	11	6	6	45	35	+10	2	13	8	18	28	−10

Source: Statto.com

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	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46
Result	L	W	D	D	D	L	W	D	W	W	D	W	W	L	D	W	L	D	D	L	W	D	D	D	L	D	W	D	W	D	W	L	L	D	L	D	W	L	D	L	L	L	D	L	D	W
Position	15	10	8	12	13	17	13	12	8	6	7	5	4	5	6	5	5	5	5	6	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	9	8	8	5	7	8	9	10	10	10	10	10	10	12	12	13	14	15	12

Source: Statto.com

FA Cup

R3 5 January 1991	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0–1	Cambridge United	Wolverhampton
15:00 GMT			Leadbitter  76'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 15,100

League Cup

R2.1 25 September 1990	Hull City	0–0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Kingston upon Hull
19:30 BST				Stadium: Boothferry Park Attendance: 5,283

R2.2 9 October 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–1 (aet) (1–1 agg.)	Hull City	Wolverhampton
19:30 BST	Steele  12'		Swan  30'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 14,954

Hull City won on away goals.

Full Members Cup

R1 27 November 1990	Leicester City	0–1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Leicester
19:35 GMT			Bull  9'	Stadium: Filbert Street Attendance: 4,705

R2 19 December 1990	Wolverhampton Wanderers	1–2	Leeds United	Wolverhampton
19:30 GMT	Cook  60'		Varadi  21' McAllister  74'	Stadium: Molineux Attendance: 11,080

Players

Key

      ‡ On loan from another club       * First appearance(s) for the club

# = Squad number Pos = Playing position P = Number of games played G = Number of goals scored

GK = Goalkeeper DF = Defender MF = Midfielder FW = Forward

= Yellow cards = Red cards † Permanent player left club during the season ¤ Loaned to another club for part or all of season

Correct as of end of season. Starting appearances are listed first, followed by substitute appearances in parentheses where applicable.

Pos	Name	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G	P	G			Notes
		League		FA Cup		League Cup		Other		Total		Discipline
01 !GK	Bartram, VinceVince Bartram ¤	04 !4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	04 !4	0	0	0
01 !GK	Lange, TonyTony Lange ¤	03 !3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	03 !3	0	0	0
01 !GK	Stowell, MikeMike Stowell	39	0	1	0	2	0	2	0	44	0	0	0
02 !DF	Ashley, KevinKevin Ashley	15.5 !15(1)	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	16.5 !15(2)	0	0	1
02 !DF	Bellamy, GaryGary Bellamy	26	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	31	3	0	0
02 !DF	Clarke, NickyNicky Clarke	13.5 !10(4)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	13.5 !10(4)	0	0	0
02 !DF	Hindmarch, RobRob Hindmarch	40	2	1	0	2	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	43.5 !43(1)	2	0	0
02 !DF	Roberts, BrianBrian Roberts	20.5 !17(4)	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	23.5 !20(4)	0	0	0
02 !DF	Stancliffe, PaulPaul Stancliffe ‡	17	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	20	0	0	0
02 !DF	Thompson, AndyAndy Thompson	43.5 !43(1)	3	1	0	2	0	2	0	48.5 !48(1)	3	0	0
02 !DF	Venus, MarkMark Venus	06 !6	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06 !6	0	0	0
02 !DF	Westley, ShaneShane Westley	05 !5	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	07 !7	1	0	0
03 !MF	Bennett, TomTom Bennett	25.5 !24(2)	0	1	0	2	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	29.5 !27(3)	0	0	0
03 !MF	Birch, PaulPaul Birch	20	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	20	2	0	0
03 !MF	Blake, MarkMark Blake ‡	02 !2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	02 !2	0	0	0
03 !MF	Burke, MarkMark Burke	05.5 !3(3)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	05.5 !3(3)	0	0	0
03 !MF	Cook, PaulPaul Cook	42	6	0	0	2	0	2	1	46	7	0	1
03 !MF	Dennison, RobbieRobbie Dennison	41.5 !41(1)	5	1	0	1.5 !1(1)	0	2	0	46.5 !45(2)	5	0	0
03 !MF	Downing, KeithKeith Downing	31	1	0	0	2	0	2	0	35	1	0	0
03 !MF	Jones, PaulPaul Jones	00.5 !0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	00.5 !0(1)	0	0	0
03 !MF	Steele, TimTim Steele	27.5 !22(6)	2	1	0	2	1	2	0	32.5 !27(6)	3	0	0
03 !MF	Todd, MarkMark Todd ‡	06.5 !6(1)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	06.5 !6(1)	0	0	0
FW	Bull, SteveSteve Bull	43	26	1	0	2	0	2	1	48	27	0	0
FW	McLoughlin, PaulPaul McLoughlin	05.5 !2(4)	0	0	0	0.5 !0(1)	0	0	0	06.5 !2(5)	0	0	0
FW	Mutch, AndyAndy Mutch	29	8	0.5 !0(1)	0	0	0	0	0	29.5 !29(1)	8	0	0
FW	Paskin, JohnJohn Paskin	14.5 !10(5)	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	16.5 !12(5)	1	0	0
FW	Taylor, ColinColin Taylor	14.5 !6(9)	2	0	0	1.4 !0(2)	0	2	0	18.5 !8(11)	2	0	0

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record^[2]

Transfers

In

Date	Player	From	Fee
June 1990	Brian Roberts	Birmingham City	Free
19 June 1990	Rob Hindmarch	Derby County	£325,000
28 June 1990	Mike Stowell	Everton	£250,000
13 September 1990	Kevin Ashley	Birmingham City	£500,000
December 1990	Paul Stancliffe	Sheffield United	Free
1 February 1991	Paul Birch	Aston Villa	£400,000
14 March 1991	Mark Burke	Middlesbrough	£25,000

Out

Date	Player	To	Fee
May 1990	Mark Kendall	Swansea City	Free
May 1990	Floyd Streete	Reading	Free
June 1990	Ally Robertson	Released	Free
July 1990	Nigel Vaughan	Hereford United	Free

Loans in

Start date	Player	From	End date
November 1990	Paul Stancliffe	Sheffield United	December 1990
17 January 1991	Mark Blake	Aston Villa
March 1991	Mark Todd	Sheffield United

Loans out

Start date	Player	To	End date
?	Tony Lange	Aldershot
20 February 1991	Vince Bartram	West Bromwich Albion	8 April 1991

Management and coaching staff

Position	Name
Manager	Graham Turner
Coach	Garry Pendrey, Barry Powell
Club Doctors	Dr Tweddell and Dr Peter Bekenn
Club Physio	Paul Darby

References

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