Football League First Division 1990/91

Football League First Division 1990/91
master	Arsenal FC
European Cup of National Champions	Arsenal FC
Uefa cup	Liverpool FC
Cup winners	Tottenham Hotspur
European Cup Winners' Cup	Manchester United (defending champions), Tottenham Hotspur (qualifying)
Relegated	Sunderland AFC , Derby County
Teams	20th
Games	380
Gates	1,049  (ø 2.76 per game)
Top scorer	Alan Smith ( Arsenal FC )
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Football League Second Division 1990/91 ↓

The Football League First Division 1990/91 was the 92nd season of the highest English football league . It began on August 25, 1990 and ended on May 20, 1991.

Despite a deduction of two points, Arsenal FC won their tenth championship and distanced defending champions Liverpool by seven points. Of the promoted Leeds United , Sheffield United , AFC Sunderland only the club from Sunderland could not hold and relegated straight back to the Second Division . Due to a subsequent league expansion from 20 to 22 teams for the 1991/92 season, Derby County, bottom of the table, had only one other team to say goodbye; new to this should come from the Second Division Oldham Athletic , West Ham United , Sheffield Wednesday and Notts County .

A total of 467 players were used, with Arsenal having the fewest with 19 and Coventry City with 30 the most players in league games. 103 newcomers opposed 91 footballers, who last came into play in the 1990/91 season. 33 players were able to play all 38 league games of their club.

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points	EgS
1.	Arsenal FC 1	38	24	13	1	074:180	+56	83	19th
2.	Liverpool FC (M)	38	23	7th	8th	077:400	+37	76	21st
3.	Crystal Palace	38	20th	9	9	050:410	+9	69	21st
4th	Leeds United (N)	38	19th	7th	12	065:470	+18	64	20th
5.	Manchester City	38	17th	11	10	064:530	+11	62	21st
6th	Manchester United 2 (P)	38	16	12	10	058:450	+13	59	25th
7th	Wimbledon FC	38	14th	14th	10	053:460	+7	56	25th
8th.	Nottingham Forest (L)	38	14th	12	12	065:500	+15	54	23
9.	Everton FC	38	13	12	13	050:460	+4	51	22nd
10.	Tottenham Hotspur	38	11	16	11	051:500	+1	49	24
11.	Chelsea FC	38	13	10	15th	058:690	−11	49	26th
12.	Queens Park Rangers	38	12	10	16	044:530	−9	46	25th
13.	Sheffield United (N)	38	13	7th	18th	036:550	−19	46	29
14th	Southampton FC	38	12	9	17th	058:690	−11	45	25th
15th	Norwich City	38	13	6th	19th	041:640	−23	45	23
16.	Coventry City	38	11	11	16	042:490	−7	44	30th
17th	Aston Villa	38	9	14th	15th	046:580	−12	41	21st
18th	Luton Town	38	10	7th	21st	042:610	−19	37	21st
19th	Sunderland AFC (N)	38	8th	10	20th	038:600	−22	34	27
20th	Derby County	38	5	9	24	037:750	−38	24	26th

Placement criteria: 1st points - 2nd goal difference - 3rd goals scored

¹ Arsenal FC were deducted two points after violent scenes in the October 20, 1990 match against Manchester United.

² Manchester United was deducted a point after violent scenes in the game on October 20, 1990 against Arsenal.

English champion and participation in the 1991/92 European Cup

Participation in the 1991/92 UEFA Cup

Participation in the European Cup Winners' Cup 1991/92 as defending champion

FA Cup winner and participation in the 1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup

Relegation to the Football League Second Division

(M)	reigning English champion
(P)	reigning FA Cup winner
(L)	reigning league cup winner
(N)	Newcomers last season
EgS	used players

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

	ARS	AST	CHE	COV	CRY	OF THE	EVE	LEE	LIV	LUT	MNC	MNU	NOR	NOF	QPR	SHU	SOT	SUN	DEAD	WIM
Arsenal FC		5-0	4: 1	6: 1	4-0	3-0	1-0	2-0	3-0	2: 1	2: 2	3: 1	2-0	1: 1	2-0	4: 1	4-0	1-0	0-0	2: 2
Aston Villa	0-0		2: 2	2: 1	2-0	3: 2	2: 2	0-0	0-0	1: 2	1: 5	1: 1	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	2: 1	1: 1	3-0	3: 2	1: 2
Chelsea FC	2: 1	1-0		2: 1	2: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	4: 2	3: 3	1: 1	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	2-0	2: 2	0: 2	3: 2	3: 2	0-0
Coventry City	0: 2	2: 1	1-0		3: 1	3-0	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	2: 2	2-0	2: 2	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	0-0	2-0	0-0
Crystal Palace	0-0	0-0	2: 1	2: 1		2: 1	0-0	1: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 3	3-0	1: 3	2: 2	0-0	1-0	2: 1	2: 1	1-0	4: 3
Derby County	0: 2	0: 2	4: 6	1: 1	0: 2		2: 3	0: 1	1: 7	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	1: 1	6: 2	3: 3	0: 1	1: 1
Everton FC	1: 1	1-0	2: 2	1-0	0-0	2-0		2: 3	2: 3	1-0	2-0	0: 1	1-0	0-0	3-0	1: 2	3-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 2
Leeds United	2: 2	5: 2	4: 1	2-0	1: 2	3-0	2-0		4: 5	2: 1	1: 2	0-0	3-0	3: 1	2: 3	2: 1	2: 1	5-0	0: 2	3-0
Liverpool FC	0: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	3-0	2-0	3: 1	3-0		4-0	2: 2	4-0	3-0	2-0	1: 3	2-0	3: 2	2: 1	2-0	1: 1
Luton Town	1: 1	2-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	1-0	3: 1		2: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	1: 2	0: 1	3: 4	1: 2	0-0	0: 1
Manchester City	0: 1	2: 1	2: 1	2-0	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	2: 3	0: 3	3-0		3: 3	2: 1	3: 1	2: 1	2-0	3: 3	3: 2	2: 1	1: 1
Manchester United	0: 1	1: 1	2: 3	2-0	2-0	3: 1	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	4: 1	1-0		3-0	0: 1	3: 1	2-0	3: 2	3-0	1: 1	2: 1
Norwich City	0-0	2-0	1: 3	2: 2	0: 3	2: 1	1-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 3	1: 2	0: 3		2: 6	1-0	3-0	3: 1	3: 2	2: 1	0: 4
Nottingham Forest	0: 2	2: 2	7-0	3-0	0: 1	1-0	3: 1	4: 3	2: 1	2: 2	1: 3	1: 1	5-0		1: 1	2-0	3: 1	2-0	1: 2	2: 1
Queens Park Rangers	1: 3	2: 1	1-0	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	6: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 3	1: 2		1: 2	2: 1	3: 2	0-0	0: 1
Sheffield United	0: 2	2: 1	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 1	3: 2	1-0		4: 1	0: 2	2: 2	1: 2
Southampton FC	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3	2: 1	2: 3	0: 1	3: 4	2-0	1-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	2-0		3: 1	3-0	1: 1
Sunderland AFC	0-0	1: 3	1-0	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	1-0		0-0	0-0
Tottenham Hotspur	0-0	2: 1	1: 1	2: 2	1: 1	3-0	3: 3	0-0	1: 3	2: 1	3: 1	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1	0-0	4-0	2-0	3: 3		4: 2
Wimbledon FC	0: 3	0-0	2: 1	1-0	0: 3	3: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 3	0-0	3: 1	3-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 2	5: 1

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates	Sp
1	Alan Smith	Arsenal FC	22nd	37
2	Lee Chapman	Leeds United	21st	38
3	Niall Quinn	Manchester City	20th	=
4th	John Fashanu	Wimbledon	19th	35
=	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	=	=
=	David Platt	Aston Villa	=	=
7th	Roy Wegerle	Queens Park Rangers	18th	=
8th	Dean Saunders	Derby Country	17th	38
9	Ian Rush	Liverpool FC	16	37
=	John Barnes	Liverpool FC	=	35
=	David White	Manchester City	=	38

The Arsenal FC championship team

The following list lists all players who played in a league game for Arsenal FC during the 1990/91 season. It must be noted that in English football a minimum number of games is usually required in order to receive the official championship medal. Since there was uncertainty about the specific regulation before the introduction of the Premier League, all players who presumably did not receive a championship medal due to their low contribution were marked with an asterisk (*). The number of missions and the goals scored are given in brackets.

1.

Arsenal FC

Goal: David Seaman (38 / -) Defense: Lee Dixon (38/5); Steve Bould (38 / -); Nigel Winterburn (38 / -); Tony Adams (30/1); David O'Leary (21/1); Andy Linighan (10 / -); Colin Pates * (1 / -) Midfield: Paul Merson (37/13); Paul Davis (37/3); Anders Limpar (34/11); Perry Groves (32/3); Michael Thomas (31/2); David Rocastle (16/2); David Hillier (16 / -); Sigurður Jónsson * (2 / -) Forward: Alan Smith (37/22); Kevin Campbell (22/9); Andy Cole * (1 / -) Coach: George Graham

literature

• Barry J. Hugman (Ed.): The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-1998. 5th edition. Queen Anne Press, Harpenden 1998, ISBN 1-85291-585-4 .
• Fred Ollier: Arsenal A Complete Record. 4th edition. Breedon, Derby 1995, ISBN 1-85983-011-0 .

References and footnotes

1. ^ Cross table of the English Football League First Division 1990/1991 (Fussballdaten.de)