1990–91 Southampton F.C. season

Southampton F.C.
1990–91 season
Chairman Guy Askham
Manager Chris Nicholl
Stadium The Dell
First Division 14th
FA Cup Fifth round
League Cup Quarter finals
Full Members Cup Quarter finals
(Southern Area)
Player of the Year Alan Shearer
Top goalscorer League: Le Tissier (19)
All: Le Tissier (23)
Highest home attendance 21,405 vs Tottenham Hotspur
(29 Dec 1990, First Division)
Lowest home attendance 5,071 vs QPR
(20 Nov 1990, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance 15,413

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

Season summary

In the 1990-91 season, Southampton had a bit of a disappointing campaign by finding themselves at the bottom half of the table for most of the season and on 16 March after losing 4-3 at home to Everton, they sat only four points clear of the relegation places and were on the brink of slipping into the bottom two, but four wins from their final nine league games of the season saved them from relegation. At the end of the season though, Nicholl was sacked and was replaced by Ian Branfoot, who was assistant to Steve Coppell at Crystal Palace.

Final league table

Pos Team Pld W D L F A W D L F A F A GD Pts
1 Arsenal 38154051109912387418+5683
2 Liverpool 381432421394635277740+3776
3 Crystal Palace 381162261793724245041+969
4 Leeds United 381225462375719246547+1864
5 Manchester City 381234352558629286453+1162
6 Manchester United 381144341758624285845+1359
7 Wimbledon 38865282268525245346+756
8 Nottingham Forest 381144422138823296550+1554
9 Everton 38955261547824315046+451
10 Tottenham Hotspur 38892352237916285150+149
11 Chelsea 3810633325341225445869– 1149
12 Queens Park Rangers 388562722451017314453– 946
13 Sheffield United 389372323441113323655– 1946
14 Southampton 389643322331325475869– 1145
15 Norwich City 389372732431214324164– 2345
16 Coventry City 3810633016151312334249– 744
17 Aston Villa 387932925251217334658– 1241
18 Luton Town 387572218321420434261– 1937
19 Sunderland 386671516241323443860– 2234
20 Derby County 383882536211612393775– 3824
Key
League Champions, qualified for the European Cup
FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
Qualified for UEFA Cup
Relegated
Results Summary
OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
38 12 9 17 58 69 −11 45 9 6 4 33 22 +11 3 3 13 25 47 −22

Source: Statto

Results by round
Round1234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132333435363738
GroundAHHAHAAHAHAHAHAAHAHHAAHAAHAHHAAHAHHHAH
Result D W L L W L L D W L D W L L L L D L W W L W D L L W L D L W D W L D W W L D
Position 8 6 10 14 10 11 15 15 13 14 15 8 11 12 15 17 14 14 14 13 15 12 13 14 14 13 15 16 18 16 17 15 16 15 15 12 15 14

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

Results

Southampton's score comes first[1]

Legend

Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

DateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceScorers
25 August 1990 Aston VillaA1–129,542Le Tissier
28 August 1990 Norwich CityH1–017,206Polston (own goal)
1 September 1990 Luton TownH1–213,538Rideout
8 September 1990 Nottingham ForestA1–318,559Rod Wallace
15 September 1990 Sheffield UnitedH2–014,340Le Tissier, Rod Wallace
22 September 1990 Manchester UnitedA2–341,228Rod Wallace, Rideout
29 September 1990 EvertonA0–323,093
6 October 1990 ChelseaH3–316,911Shearer, Rod Wallace, Ruddock
20 October 1990 Coventry CityA2–110,040Billing (own goal), Le Tissier
27 October 1990 Derby CountyH0–116,328
3 November 1990 WimbledonA1–35,485Le Tissier (pen)
10 November 1990 Queens Park RangersH3–114,970Le Tissier, Rod Wallace, Rideout
17 November 1990 ArsenalA0–436,229
24 November 1990 Crystal PalaceH2–315,851Rideout, Shaw (own goal)
1 December 1990 Leeds UnitedA1–229,341Rideout
8 December 1990 Norwich CityA1–311,705Le Tissier
15 December 1990 Aston VillaH1–116,604Le Tissier
22 December 1990 LiverpoolA2–331,894Rod Wallace (2)
26 December 1990 Manchester CityH2–116,029Le Tissier, Horne
29 December 1990 Tottenham HotspurH3–021,405Le Tissier (2), Rod Wallace
1 January 1991 SunderlandA0–119,757
12 January 1991 Luton TownA4–39,021Le Tissier (2), Rod Wallace (2)
19 January 1991 Nottingham ForestH1–116,044Walker (own goal)
2 February 1991 Sheffield UnitedA1–416,887Moore
23 February 1991 Queens Park RangersA1–211,009Le Tissier (pen)
2 March 1991 Leeds UnitedH2–016,585Cockerill, Rideout
9 March 1991 Crystal PalaceA1–214,529Cockerill
13 March 1991 Manchester UnitedH1–115,701Ruddock
16 March 1991 EvertonH3–415,410Newell (own goal), Shearer, Ruddock
23 March 1991 ChelseaA2–013,391Shearer, Le Tissier (pen)
30 March 1991 Manchester CityA3–323,163Le Tissier, McLoughlin, Osman
1 April 1991 LiverpoolH1–020,255Le Tissier
6 April 1991 Tottenham HotspurA0–224,291
9 April 1991 ArsenalH1–121,200Le Tissier
13 April 1991 SunderlandH3–116,812Shearer, Le Tissier (pen), Rod Wallace
20 April 1991 Coventry CityH2–115,461Rod Wallace (2)
4 May 1991 Derby CountyA2–611,680Le Tissier (pen), Rod Wallace
11 May 1991 WimbledonH1–117,052Case

FA Cup

Main article: 1990-91 FA Cup
RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R35 January 1991 Ipswich TownH3–215,101Shearer, Le Tissier (2)
R426 January 1991 Coventry CityA1–114,013Shearer (pen)
R4R29 January 1991 Coventry CityH2–017,001Case, Rod Wallace
R525 February 1991 Nottingham ForestH1–118,512Ruddock
R5R4 March 1991 Nottingham ForestA1–326,633Rod Wallace

League Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
R2 1st Leg 25 September 1990 RochdaleA5–03,855Shearer (2), Rod Wallace, Horne, Ruddock
R2 2nd Leg 9 October 1990 RochdaleH3–0 (won 8-0 on agg)6,754Banger (3)
R330 October 1990 Ipswich TownA2–015,573Le Tissier, Rod Wallace
R427 November 1990 Crystal PalaceH2–013,765Shearer, Le Tissier
QF16 January 1991 Manchester UnitedH1–121,011Shearer
QFR23 January 1991 Manchester UnitedA2–341,093Shearer (2, 1 pen)

Full Members Cup

RoundDateOpponentVenueResultAttendanceGoalscorers
SR220 November 1990 Queens Park RangersH4–05,071Shearer (2), Horne, Law (own goal)
SQF20 February 1991 Norwich CityA1–25,920Ruddock

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 Ian Andrews
England GK Tim Flowers
England DF Micky Adams
England DF Francis Benali
Soviet Union DF Oleksiy Cherednyk
England DF Andy Cook
England DF Steve Davis
England DF Jason Dodd
England DF Jon Gittens
England DF Richard Hall
Republic of Ireland DF Jeff Kenna
England DF Kevin Moore
England DF Russell Osman
England DF Neil Ruddock
England DF Ray Wallace
No. Position Player
England MF Jimmy Case
England MF Glenn Cockerill
Wales MF Barry Horne
England MF Matt Le Tissier
England MF Neil Maddison
Republic of Ireland MF Alan McLoughlin
Wales MF Lee Powell
England MF Tommy Widdrington
England FW Nicky Banger
Belarus FW Sergey Gotsmanov
England FW Paul Rideout
England FW Alan Shearer
Wales FW Gareth Taylor
England FW Rod Wallace

Transfers

In

Date Pos Name From Fee
13 December 1990 MF Alan McLoughlin Swindon Town £1,000,000
13 February 1991 DF Richard Hall Scunthorpe United £200,000
28 March 1991 DF Jon Gittens Swindon Town £400,000

Out

Transfers in: Decrease £1,600,000
Transfers out: Increase £0
Total spending: Decrease £1,600,000

References

  1. "Southampton results for the 1990-1991 season". Statto.com. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
  2. "All Southampton players: 1991". 11v11.com. 2015-09-20. Retrieved 2015-11-04.
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