Football League Third Division 1990/91

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Football League Third Division 1990/91
Football League logo between 1988 and 2004
master Cambridge United
European
Cup Winners' Cup		 Swansea City (as Welsh Cup Winner)
Climbers Cambridge United
Southend United
Grimsby Town
Tranmere Rovers (as play-off winner)
Relegated Crewe Alexandra
Rotherham United
Mansfield Town
Teams 24
Games 552
Gates 1,381  (ø 2.5 per game)
Top scorer Luther Blissett ( Bournemouth AFC )
Tony Philliskirk ( Bolton Wanderers )
← Football League Third Division 1989/90
^ Football League Second Division 1990/91

The Football League Third Division 1990/91 was the 64th season of the Football League Third Division as the third highest English football league . Cambridge United became third division champions and the second and third placed Southend United and Grimsby Town as well as, after play-off successes against Brentford FC and Bolton Wanderers , the Tranmere Rovers also rose to the Football League Second Division . For the four promoted teams in the following third division season 1991/92, the second division clubs West Bromwich Albion and Hull City, which are ranked in the table below, only took two of the places (caused by the expansion of the Football League First Division from 20 to 22 participating clubs). Crewe Alexandra , Rotherham United and Mansfield Town had to relegate from the Third Division to the Football League Fourth Division . Instead of these three clubs, the fourth division champions FC Darlington and behind them Stockport County and Hartlepool United took the vacant positions in the following season 1991/92 . In addition there were fourth-placed Peterborough United and the play-off winner Torquay United for the third and fourth promoted to the third division.

Closing table

Pl. society Sp. S. U N Gates Diff. Points
 1. Cambridge United (N)  46  25th  11  10 075:450 +30 86
 2. Southend United (N)  46  26th  7th  13 067:510 +16 85
 3. Grimsby Town (N)  46  24  11  11 066:340 +32 83
 4th Bolton Wanderers  46  24  11  11 064:500 +14 83
 5. Tranmere Rovers  46  23  9  14th 064:460 +18 78
 6th Brentford FC  46  21st  13  12 059:470 +12 76
 7th Bury FC  46  20th  13  13 067:560 +11 73
 8th. Bradford City (A)  46  20th  10  16 062:540  +8 70
 9. Bournemouth AFC (A)  46  19th  13  14th 058:580  ± 0 70
10. Wigan Athletic  46  20th  9  17th 071:540 +17 69
11. Huddersfield Town  46  18th  13  15th 057:510  +6 67
12. Birmingham City  46  16  17th  13 045:490  −4 65
13. Leyton Orient  46  18th  10  18th 055:580  −3 64
14th Stoke City (A)  46  16  12  18th 055:590  −4 60
15th Reading FC  46  17th  8th  21st 053:660 −13 59
16. Exeter City (N)  46  16  9  21st 058:520  +6 57
17th Preston North End  46  15th  11  20th 054:670 −13 56
18th Shrewsbury Town  46  14th  10  22nd 061:680  −7 52
19th Chester City  46  14th  9  23 046:580 −12 51
20th WalesFlag of Wales (1959 – present) .svg Swansea City  46  13  9  24 049:720 −23 48
21st Fulham FC  46  10  16  20th 041:560 −15 46
22nd Crewe Alexandra  46  11  11  24 062:800 −18 44
23. Rotherham United  46  10  12  24 050:870 −37 42
24. Mansfield Town  46  8th  14th  24 042:630 −21 38

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

  • Third division champion and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1991/92
  • Promoted to the Football League Second Division 1991/92
  • Winner of the play-off round and promoted to the Football League Second Division 1991/92
  • defeated participants of the play-off round to participate in the Football League Second Division 1991/92
  • Participation in the 1991/92 European Cup Winners' Cup as Welsh Cup winner
  • Relegation to the Football League Fourth Division 1991/92
    • (A) Relegated from the Football League Second Division 1989/90
    (N) Newcomers from the Football League Fourth Division 1989/90

    Results table

    The home teams are listed in the left column.

    BIR BOL BOU BRA BRE BUY CAM CHE CRE EXE FUL GRI HUD LEY MFT PNE REA RED SHR SEU STK SWA TRA TIG
    Birmingham City 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 0: 2 1-0 0: 3 1-0 0: 2 1: 1 2-0 0-0 1: 2 3: 1 0-0 1: 1 1: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 1-0 0-0
    Bolton Wanderers 3: 1 4: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 3 2: 2 1-0 3: 2 1-0 3-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 3: 1 0-0 1-0 1-0 0: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1
    Bournemouth AFC 1: 2 1-0 3: 1 2-0 1: 1 0: 1 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 3-0 2: 1 3: 1 2: 2 0-0 0-0 2-0 4: 2 3: 2 3: 1 1: 1 1-0 1-0 0: 3
    Bradford City 2-0 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 3: 1 0: 1 2: 1 2-0 3-0 0-0 0: 2 2: 2 4-0 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 2: 4 2: 1 1: 2 0: 1 1: 2 2: 1
    Brentford FC 2: 2 4: 2 0-0 6: 1 2: 2 0: 3 0: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 2 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 2-0 1-0 1: 2 3-0 0: 1 0: 4 2-0 0: 2 1-0
    Bury FC 0: 1 2: 2 2: 4 0-0 1: 1 3: 1 2: 1 1: 3 3: 1 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 3: 1 2: 1 3: 1 2: 1 0: 1 1: 1 1-0 3-0 2: 2
    Cambridge United 0: 1 2: 1 4-0 2: 1 0-0 2: 2 1: 1 3: 4 1-0 1-0 1-0 0-0 1-0 2: 1 1: 1 3-0 4: 1 3: 1 1: 4 3-0 2-0 3: 1 2: 3
    Chester City 0: 1 0: 2 0-0 4: 2 1: 2 1-0 0: 2 3: 1 1: 2 1-0 1: 2 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 1: 2 3: 2 1-0 1: 1 2: 1 0: 2 1: 2
    Crewe Alexandra 1: 1 1: 3 0: 2 0-0 3: 3 2: 2 3: 1 1: 3 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 1 3: 3 3-0 2: 2 1-0 3: 1 1: 2 0: 2 1: 2 3-0 2: 3 1-0
    Exeter City 0: 2 2: 1 2-0 2: 2 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 3-0 0: 1 0-0 2: 2 2-0 2-0 4-0 1: 3 2-0 3-0 1: 2 2-0 2-0 0-0 1-0
    Fulham FC 2: 2 0: 1 1: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 0: 2 4: 1 2: 1 3: 2 0-0 0-0 1: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 2-0 4-0 0: 3 0: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1: 2
    Grimsby Town 0-0 0: 1 5-0 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1-0 2-0 0: 1 2: 1 3-0 4-0 2: 2 2-0 4: 1 3-0 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1-0 0: 1 4: 3
    Huddersfield Town 0: 1 4-0 1: 3 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 1 1: 1 3: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 2 1-0 0: 2 4-0 2: 1 1: 2 3-0 1: 2 2: 1 1-0
    Leyton Orient 1: 1 0: 1 2-0 2: 1 1: 2 1-0 0: 3 1-0 3: 2 1-0 1-0 0: 2 1-0 2: 1 1-0 4-0 3-0 3: 2 0: 1 0: 2 3-0 4-0 1: 1
    Mansfield Town 1: 2 4-0 1: 1 0: 1 0: 2 0: 1 2: 2 1-0 1: 3 0: 2 1: 1 1: 1 0-0 3: 3 0: 1 2-0 1: 2 2: 1 0: 1 0-0 2-0 0: 2 1: 1
    Preston North End 2-0 1: 2 0-0 0: 3 1: 1 1: 1 0: 2 0-0 5: 1 1-0 1-0 1: 3 1: 1 2: 1 3: 1 1: 2 1: 2 4: 3 2: 1 2-0 2-0 0: 4 2: 1
    Reading FC 2: 2 0: 1 2: 1 1: 2 1: 2 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 2: 1 1-0 1-0 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 2: 1 3: 3 2-0 1: 2 2: 4 1-0 0-0 1-0 3: 1
    Rotherham United 1: 1 2: 2 1: 1 0: 2 2: 2 0: 3 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2: 4 3: 1 1: 4 1: 3 0-0 1: 1 1-0 0: 2 2: 2 0: 1 0-0 2: 3 1: 1 5: 1
    Shrewsbury Town 4: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1-0 1: 1 1: 1 1: 2 1-0 1-0 2: 2 2: 2 1: 2 0-0 3-0 0: 3 0: 1 5: 1 0-0 0: 1 2-0 1: 2 0: 1 0-0
    Southend United 2: 1 1: 1 2: 1 1: 1 0: 1 2: 1 0-0 1: 1 3: 2 2: 1 1: 1 2-0 0: 1 1: 1 2: 1 3: 2 1: 2 2: 1 2: 1 1-0 4: 1 1-0 0: 2
    Stoke City 0: 1 2: 2 1: 3 2: 1 2: 2 2: 2 1: 1 2: 3 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 0-0 2-0 1: 2 3: 1 0: 1 0: 1 3: 1 1: 3 4-0 2: 2 1: 1 2-0
    Swansea City 2-0 1: 2 1: 2 0: 2 2: 2 1: 2 0-0 1-0 3: 1 0: 3 2: 2 0-0 1-0 0-0 1: 2 3: 1 3: 1 5-0 0: 1 1: 4 2: 1 1: 1 1: 6
    Tranmere Rovers 1-0 1: 1 1-0 2: 1 2: 1 1: 2 2-0 1: 2 2-0 1-0 1: 1 1: 2 2-0 3-0 6: 2 2: 1 0-0 1: 2 1: 1 3: 1 1: 2 2: 1 1: 1
    Wigan Athletic 1: 1 2: 1 2-0 3-0 1-0 1: 2 0: 1 2-0 1-0 4: 1 2-0 2-0 1: 1 1: 2 0: 2 2: 1 1-0 2-0 2: 2 4: 1 4-0 2: 4 0: 1

    Play-off games for participation in the Second Division

      Semi-finals (first leg / second leg / total) Final at Wembley Stadium
                         
    4th  Bolton Wanderers 1 1 2    
    7th  Bury FC 1 0 1  
    4th  Bolton Wanderers 0
      5  Tranmere Rovers ( n.V. ) 1
    5  Tranmere Rovers 2 1 3
    6th  Brentford FC 2 0 2  

    List of goalscorers

    player society Gates
    1 EnglandEngland Luther Blissett Bournemouth AFC 19th
    = EnglandEngland Tony Philliskirk Bolton Wanderers =
    3 EnglandEngland Dion Dublin Cambridge United 16
    = EnglandEngland Jimmy Gilligan Swansea City =
    5 EnglandEngland Brett Angell Southend United 15th
    = EnglandEngland David Lee Bury FC =
    = EnglandEngland Trevor Senior Reading FC =

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    References and footnotes

    1. ↑ Jack Rollin (Ed.): Rothmans Football Yearbook 1991-92 . Queen Anne Press, London 1991, ISBN 0-356-19198-2 , pp. 599 .