1990–91 Norwich City F.C. season

In the 1990-91 season, Norwich had a good run in the FA Cup, which includes a 'live TV' win over Manchester United, ends with a 1-0 home defeat to Nottingham Forest in the quarter finals. The Canaries also reached the Southern Area final of the Full Members Cup before losing to Crystal Palace over two legs. In the league, Norwich finished in a disappointing 15th place, but weren't in relegation danger for much of the season. Youngsters that made their mark that season included Daryl Sutch, Chris Sutton and Robert Ullathorne.

Final league table

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	F	A	GD	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	15	4	0	51	10	9	9	1	23	8	74	18	+56	83
2	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	42	13	9	4	6	35	27	77	40	+37	76
3	Crystal Palace	38	11	6	2	26	17	9	3	7	24	24	50	41	+9	69
4	Leeds United	38	12	2	5	46	23	7	5	7	19	24	65	47	+18	64
5	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	35	25	5	8	6	29	28	64	53	+11	62
6	Manchester United	38	11	4	4	34	17	5	8	6	24	28	58	45	+13	59
7	Wimbledon	38	8	6	5	28	22	6	8	5	25	24	53	46	+7	56
8	Nottingham Forest	38	11	4	4	42	21	3	8	8	23	29	65	50	+15	54
9	Everton	38	9	5	5	26	15	4	7	8	24	31	50	46	+4	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	9	2	35	22	3	7	9	16	28	51	50	+1	49
11	Chelsea	38	10	6	3	33	25	3	4	12	25	44	58	69	– 11	49
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	5	6	27	22	4	5	10	17	31	44	53	– 9	46
13	Sheffield United	38	9	3	7	23	23	4	4	11	13	32	36	55	– 19	46
14	Southampton	38	9	6	4	33	22	3	3	13	25	47	58	69	– 11	45
15	Norwich City	38	9	3	7	27	32	4	3	12	14	32	41	64	– 23	45
16	Coventry City	38	10	6	3	30	16	1	5	13	12	33	42	49	– 7	44
17	Aston Villa	38	7	9	3	29	25	2	5	12	17	33	46	58	– 12	41
18	Luton Town	38	7	5	7	22	18	3	2	14	20	43	42	61	– 19	37
19	Sunderland	38	6	6	7	15	16	2	4	13	23	44	38	60	– 22	34
20	Derby County	38	3	8	8	25	36	2	1	16	12	39	37	75	– 38	24

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; GD = Goal difference; Pts = Points
Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for the European Cup
	FA Cup winners, qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

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
38	13	6	19	41	64	−23	45	9	3	7	27	32	−5	4	3	12	14	32	−18

Source: Statto

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
Ground	H	A	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	H	H	A	H	A	A	A	H	H	A	H	H	H	A	A	H	A	A
Result	W	L	L	L	L	W	L	L	D	W	W	D	W	L	L	W	W	W	L	L	L	W	W	L	D	D	W	D	L	L	D	W	L	L	L	W	L	L
Position	5	8	15	17	17	16	17	17	17	16	12	12	9	11	13	10	10	9	9	9	11	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	11	13	13	10	13	15	16	13	13	15

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

Squad

^[1] Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.

No.		Position	Player
		GK	Bryan Gunn
		GK	Jon Sheffield
		GK	Mark Walton
		DF	Paul Blades
		DF	Mark Bowen
		DF	Ian Butterworth
		DF	Ian Culverhouse
		DF	Jason Minett
		DF	Adrian Pennock
		DF	John Polston
		DF	Daryl Sutch
		DF	Robert Ullathorne
		DF	Colin Woodthorpe
		MF	Steve Ball

No.		Position	Player
		MF	Ian Crook
		MF	Ruel Fox
		MF	Dale Gordon
		MF	Jeremy Goss
		MF	David Phillips
		MF	Tim Sherwood
		MF	David Smith
		FW	Robert Fleck
		FW	Henrik Mortensen
		FW	Lee Power
		FW	Robert Rosario
		FW	Chris Sutton
		FW	Robert Taylor

Transfers

In

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
17 July 1990	DF	Colin Woodthorpe	Chester City	£175,000
18 July 1990	DF	Paul Blades	Derby County	£700,000
24 July 1990	DF	John Polston	Tottenham Hotspur	£250,000
18 September 1990	MF	Steve Ball	Colchester United	Free transfer

Out

Date	Pos	Name	To	Fee
4 July 1990	DF	Andy Linighan	Arsenal	£1,250,000
5 July 1990	MF	Andy Townsend	Chelsea	£1,200,000
18 March 1991	GK	Jon Sheffield	Cambridge United	Free transfer
22 March 1991	FW	Robert Rosario	Coventry City	£600,000

Transfers in:

£1,125,000

Transfers out:

£2,050,000

Total spending:

£925,000

References

↑ http://www.11v11.com/teams/norwich-city/tab/players/season/1991

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FA competitions

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Related to national team

Graham Taylor
UEFA Euro 1992 (qualification – Group 7)

Club seasons
First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon
Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Swindon Town Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers
Third Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester City Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stoke City Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic
Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Northampton Town Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City
Others	Colchester United Newport

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