Football League Second Division 1990/91

Football League Second Division 1990/91
master	Oldham Athletic
Climbers	Oldham Athletic, West Ham United , Sheffield Wednesday , Notts County (as play-off winners)
Relegated	West Bromwich Albion , Hull City
Teams	24
Games	552
Gates	1,481  (ø 2.68 per game)
Top scorer	Teddy Sheringham ( Millwall FC )
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The Football League Second Division 1990/91 was the 88th season of the Football League Second Division as the second highest English football league . It began on August 25, 1990 and ended on May 11, 1991.

Second division champions were Oldham Athletic and the second and third placed West Ham United and Sheffield Wednesday rose in the Football League First Division, which was expanded from 20 to 22 . In addition, Notts County prevailed in the play-off games against Middlesbrough FC and in the final against Brighton & Hove Albion , becoming the fourth promoted team. From the First Division, the two first division clubs AFC Sunderland and Derby County, which are ranked in the table below, took free places in the following second division season 1991/92 . West Bromwich Albion and Hull City had to relegate from the Second Division to the Football League Third Division . In the following season 1991/92 there were four teams from the third division with third division winners Cambridge United , runners-up Southend United , third Grimsby Town and play-off winner Tranmere Rovers .

Closing table

Pl.	society	Sp.	S.	U	N	Gates	Diff.	Points
1.	Oldham Athletic	46	25th	13	8th	083:530	+30	88
2.	West Ham United	46	24	15th	7th	060:340	+26	87
3.	Sheffield Wednesday (A)	46	22nd	16	8th	080:510	+29	82
4th	Notts County (N)	46	23	11	12	076:550	+21	80
5.	Millwall FC (A)	46	20th	13	13	070:510	+19	73
6th	Brighton & Hove Albion	46	21st	7th	18th	063:690	−6	70
7th	Middlesbrough FC	46	20th	9	17th	066:470	+19	69
8th.	Barnsley FC	46	19th	12	15th	063:480	+15	69
9.	Bristol City (N)	46	20th	7th	19th	068:710	−3	67
10.	Oxford United	46	14th	19th	13	069:660	+3	61
11.	Newcastle United	46	14th	17th	15th	049:560	−7	59
12.	Wolverhampton Wanderers	46	13	19th	14th	063:630	± 0	58
13.	Bristol Rovers (N)	46	15th	13	18th	056:590	−3	58
14th	Ipswich Town	46	13	18th	15th	060:680	−8	57
15th	Port Vale	46	15th	12	19th	056:640	−8	57
16.	Charlton Athletic (A)	46	13	17th	16	057:610	−4	56
17th	Portsmouth FC	46	14th	11	21st	058:700	−12	53
18th	Plymouth Argyle	46	12	17th	17th	054:680	−14	53
19th	Blackburn Rovers	46	14th	10	22nd	051:660	−15	52
20th	Watford FC	46	12	15th	19th	045:590	−14	51
21st	Swindon Town	46	12	14th	20th	065:730	−8	50
22nd	Leicester City	46	14th	8th	24	060:830	−23	50
23.	West Bromwich Albion	46	10	18th	18th	052:610	−9	48
24.	Hull City	46	10	15th	21st	057:850	−28	45

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

Second division champion and promoted to the Football League First Division 1990/91

Promoted to the Football League First Division 1990/91

Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League First Division in 1990/91

defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the First Division

Relegation from the Football League Second Division

(A)	Relegated from the Football League First Division 1989/90
(N)	Newcomers from the Football League Third Division 1989/90

Results table

The home teams are listed in the left column.

1990/91	BAR	BLA	BHA	BRC	BRR	CHA	HUL	IPS	LEI	MID	Mil	NEW	NOC	OLD	OXF	PLY	PVA	POR	SHW	SWI	WAT	WBA	WHU	WOL
Barnsley FC		0: 1	2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	3: 1	5: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 2	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	3-0	1-0	1: 1	4-0	1: 1	5: 1	2: 1	1: 1	1-0	1: 1
Blackburn Rovers	1: 2		1: 2	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2	2: 1	0: 1	4: 1	1-0	1-0	0: 1	0: 1	2-0	1: 3	0-0	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	0: 2	0: 3	3: 1	1: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1-0	1-0		0: 1	0: 1	3: 2	3: 1	2: 1	3-0	2: 4	0-0	4: 2	0-0	1: 2	0: 3	3: 2	1: 2	3: 2	0: 4	3: 3	3-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1
Bristol City	1-0	4: 2	3: 1		1-0	0: 1	4: 1	4: 2	1-0	3-0	1: 4	1-0	3: 2	1: 2	3: 1	1: 1	1: 1	4: 1	1: 1	0: 4	3: 2	2-0	1: 1	1: 1
Bristol Rovers	2: 1	1: 2	1: 3	3: 2		2: 1	1: 1	1-0	0-0	2-0	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	1-0	0-0	2-0	1: 2	0: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1: 1	0: 1	1: 1
Charlton Athletic	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	2: 2		2: 1	1: 1	1: 2	0: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	3: 3	0: 1	0: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 2	1: 2	2-0	1: 1	1-0
Hull City	1: 2	3: 1	0: 1	1: 2	2-0	2: 2		3: 3	5: 2	0-0	1: 1	2: 1	1: 2	2: 2	3: 3	2-0	3: 2	0: 2	0: 1	1: 1	1: 1	1: 1	0-0	1: 2
Ipswich Town	2-0	2: 1	1: 3	1: 1	2: 1	4: 4	2-0		3: 2	0: 1	0: 3	2: 1	0-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3-0	2: 2	0: 2	1: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 1	0-0
Leicester City	2: 1	1: 3	3-0	3-0	3: 2	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2		4: 3	1: 2	5: 4	2: 1	0-0	1-0	3: 1	1: 1	2: 1	2: 4	2: 2	0-0	2: 1	1: 2	1-0
Middlesbrough FC	1-0	0: 1	2-0	2: 1	1: 2	1: 2	3-0	1: 1	6-0		2: 1	3-0	1-0	0: 1	0-0	0-0	4-0	1: 2	0: 2	2-0	1: 2	3: 2	0-0	2-0
Millwall FC	4: 1	2: 1	3-0	1: 2	1: 1	3: 1	3: 3	1: 1	2: 1	2: 2		0: 1	1: 2	0-0	1: 2	4: 1	1: 2	2-0	4: 2	1-0	0: 2	4: 1	1: 1	2: 1
Newcastle United	0-0	1-0	0-0	0-0	0: 2	1: 3	1: 2	2: 2	2: 1	0-0	1: 2		0: 2	3: 2	2: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 1	1-0	1: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 1	0-0
Notts County	2: 3	4: 1	2: 1	3: 2	3: 2	2: 2	2: 1	3: 1	0: 2	3: 2	0: 1	3-0		2-0	3: 1	4-0	1: 1	2: 1	0: 2	0-0	1-0	4: 3	0: 1	1: 1
Oldham Athletic	2-0	1: 1	6: 1	2: 1	2-0	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2-0	2-0	1: 1	1: 1	2: 1		3-0	5: 3	2-0	3: 1	3: 2	3: 2	4: 1	2: 1	1: 1	4: 1
Oxford United	2-0	0-0	3-0	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	1-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 5	0-0	0-0	3: 3	5: 1		0-0	5: 2	1-0	2: 2	2: 4	0: 1	1: 3	2: 1	1: 1
Plymouth Argyle	1: 1	4: 1	2-0	1-0	2: 2	2-0	4: 1	0-0	2-0	1: 1	3: 2	0: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 2		2-0	1: 1	1: 1	3: 3	1: 1	2-0	0: 1	1-0
Port Vale	0: 1	3-0	0: 1	3: 2	3: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2-0	3: 1	0: 2	0: 1	0: 1	1-0	1-0	5: 1		3: 2	1: 1	3: 1	0-0	1: 2	0: 1	1: 2
Portsmouth FC	0-0	3: 2	1-0	4: 1	3: 1	0: 1	5: 1	1: 1	3: 1	0: 3	0-0	0: 1	2: 1	1: 4	1: 1	3: 1	2: 4		2-0	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	0: 1	0-0
Sheffield Wednesday	3: 1	3: 1	1: 1	3: 1	2: 1	0-0	5: 1	2: 2	0-0	2-0	2: 1	2: 2	2: 2	2: 2	0: 2	3-0	1: 1	2: 1		2: 1	2-0	1-0	1: 1	2: 2
Swindon Town	1: 2	1: 1	1: 3	0: 1	0: 2	1: 1	3: 1	1-0	5: 2	1: 3	0-0	3: 2	1: 2	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 2	3-0	2: 1		1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	1-0
Watford FC	0-0	0: 3	0: 1	2: 3	1: 1	2: 1	0: 1	1: 1	1-0	0: 3	1: 2	1: 2	1: 3	1: 1	1: 1	2-0	2: 1	0: 1	2: 2	2: 2		1: 1	0: 1	3: 1
West Bromwich Albion	1: 1	2-0	1: 1	2: 1	3: 1	1-0	1: 1	1: 2	2: 1	0: 1	0: 1	1: 1	2: 2	0-0	2-0	1: 2	1: 1	0-0	1: 2	2: 1	1: 1		0-0	1: 1
West Ham United	3: 2	1-0	2: 1	1-0	1-0	2: 1	7: 1	3: 1	1-0	0-0	3: 1	1: 1	1: 2	2-0	2-0	2: 2	0-0	1: 1	1: 3	2-0	1-0	3: 1		1: 1
Wolverhampton Wanderers	0: 5	2: 3	2: 3	4-0	1: 1	3-0	0-0	2: 2	2: 1	1-0	4: 1	2: 1	0: 2	2: 3	3: 3	3: 1	3: 1	3: 1	3: 2	1: 2	0-0	2: 2	2: 1

Play-off games

	Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total)							Final at Wembley Stadium
	4th	Notts County	1	1	2
	7th	Middlesbrough FC	1	0	1
								4th	Notts County	3
								6th	Brighton & Hove Albion	1
	5	Millwall FC	1	1	2
	6th	Brighton & Hove Albion	1	2	3

List of goalscorers

	player	society	Gates
1	Teddy Sheringham	Millwall FC	38

Web links

• England 1990-91 (RSSSF)

References and footnotes

1. ↑ English League Leading Goalscorers (RSSSF)
2. ↑ 1990/91 season. In: wildstat.com. Retrieved April 12, 2018 .