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

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.

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 –3 67
10 Oxford United 46 14 19 13 69 66 +3 61
11 Newcastle United 46 14 17 15 49 56 –7 59
12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 46 13 19 14 63 53 0 58
13 Bristol Rovers 46 15 13 18 56 59 –3 58

Source: Statto.com

Results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
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

Round12345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
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

League Cup

Hull City won on away goals.

Full Members Cup

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

A yellow card = Yellow cards

A red card = 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 A yellow card A red card Notes
League FA Cup League Cup Other Total Discipline
GKEngland Bartram, VinceVince Bartram ¤ 400000004000
GKEngland Lange, TonyTony Lange ¤ 300000003000
GKEngland Stowell, MikeMike Stowell 39010202044000
DFEngland Ashley, KevinKevin Ashley 15(1)00(1)0000015(2)001
DFEngland Bellamy, GaryGary Bellamy 26310202031300
DFEngland Clarke, NickyNicky Clarke 10(4)000000010(4)000
DFEngland Hindmarch, RobRob Hindmarch 40210200(1)043(1)200
DFEngland Roberts, BrianBrian Roberts 17(4)010002020(4)000
DFEngland Stancliffe, PaulPaul Stancliffe 17010002020000
DFEngland Thompson, AndyAndy Thompson 43(1)310202048(1)300
DFEngland Venus, MarkMark Venus 600000006000
DFEngland Westley, ShaneShane Westley 510020007100
MFScotland Bennett, TomTom Bennett 24(2)010200(1)027(3)000
MFEngland Birch, PaulPaul Birch 20200000020200
MFEngland Blake, MarkMark Blake 200000002000
MFEngland Burke, MarkMark Burke 3(3)00000003(3)000
MFEngland Cook, PaulPaul Cook 42600202146701
MFNorthern Ireland Dennison, RobbieRobbie Dennison 41(1)5101(1)02045(2)500
MFEngland Downing, KeithKeith Downing 31100202035100
MFEngland Jones, PaulPaul Jones 0(1)00000000(1)000
MFEngland Steele, TimTim Steele 22(6)210212027(6)300
MFNorthern Ireland Todd, MarkMark Todd 6(1)00000006(1)000
FWEngland Bull, SteveSteve Bull 4326102021482700
FWEngland McLoughlin, PaulPaul McLoughlin 2(4)0000(1)0002(5)000
FWEngland Mutch, AndyAndy Mutch 2980(1)0000029(1)800
FWSouth Africa Paskin, JohnJohn Paskin 10(5)110100012(5)100
FWEngland Taylor, ColinColin Taylor 6(9)2000(2)0208(11)200

Source: Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record[2]

Transfers

In

Date Player From Fee
June 1990England Brian RobertsBirmingham CityFree
19 June 1990England Rob HindmarchDerby County£325,000
28 June 1990England Mike StowellEverton£250,000
13 September 1990England Kevin AshleyBirmingham City£500,000
December 1990England Paul StancliffeSheffield UnitedFree
1 February 1991England Paul BirchAston Villa£400,000
14 March 1991England Mark BurkeMiddlesbrough£25,000

Out

Date Player To Fee
May 1990Wales Mark KendallSwansea CityFree
May 1990Jamaica Floyd StreeteReadingFree
June 1990Scotland Ally RobertsonReleasedFree
July 1990Wales Nigel VaughanHereford UnitedFree

Loans in

Start date Player From End date
November 1990England Paul StancliffeSheffield UnitedDecember 1990
17 January 1991England Mark BlakeAston Villa
March 1991Northern Ireland Mark ToddSheffield United

Loans out

Start date Player To End date
?England Tony LangeAldershot
20 February 1991England Vince BartramWest Bromwich Albion8 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

  1. "Rich List Profiles: Sir Jack Hayward". Birmingham Post. 23 January 2011.
  2. Matthews, Tony (2008). Wolverhampton Wanderers: The Complete Record. Derby: Breedon Books. ISBN 978-1-85983-632-3.