League Cup 1990/91

The League Cup 1990/91 was the 31st edition of the English League Cup , which had existed since 1960 .

The competition started on August 27, 1990 with the first round and ended on April 21, 1991 with the final at Wembley . The title went to Sheffield Wednesday with a 1-0 final over Manchester United . The second division from Sheffield won the league cup for the first time and crowned the season shortly afterwards with promotion to the first division. The defeated finalist from Manchester consoled himself just under a month later by winning the European Cup Winners' Cup in 1990/91 .

First round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Birmingham City	1: 2	Bournemouth AFC	0: 1	1: 1
Bradford City	4: 3	Bury FC	2-0	2: 3 a.d.
Brentford FC	2: 1	Hereford United	2-0	0: 1
Brighton & Hove Albion	1: 3	Northampton Town	0: 2	1: 1
Bristol Rovers	2: 3	Torquay United	1: 2	1: 1
Carlisle United	2: 1	Scunthorpe United	1-0	1: 1
Chesterfield FC	3: 4	Hartlepool United	1: 2	2: 2
Darlington FC	1: 1	Blackpool FC	0-0	1: 1 a.d.
Doncaster Rovers	3: 8	Rotherham United	2: 6	1: 2
Exeter City	1: 2	Notts County	1: 1	0: 1
Fulham FC	1: 4	Peterborough United	1: 2	0: 2
Gillingham FC	1: 2	Shrewsbury Town	1-0	0: 2
Grimsby Town	(a)2: 2 ( a )	Crewe Alexandra	2: 1	0: 1 a.d.
Halifax Town	2: 1	Lincoln City FC	2-0	0: 1
Huddersfield Town	1: 5	Bolton Wanderers	0: 3	1: 2
Maidstone United	3: 6	Leyton Orient	2: 2	1: 4
Mansfield Town	1: 4	Cardiff City	1: 1	0: 3
Middlesbrough FC	3: 2	Tranmere Rovers	1: 1	2: 1
Preston North End	3: 5	Chester City	2-0	1: 5 a.d.
Reading FC	1: 3	Oxford United	0: 1	1: 2
Rochdale AFC	7: 3	Scarborough FC	4-0	3: 3
Southend United	4: 3	Aldershot Town	2: 1	2: 2
Stockport County	1: 2	Burnley FC	0: 2	1-0
Stoke City	1-0	Swansea City	0-0	1-0
Walsall FC	5: 4	Cambridge United	4: 2	1: 2
West Bromwich Albion	2: 3	Bristol City	2: 2	0: 1 a.d.
Wigan Athletic	1: 1 (3: 4 on account)	Barnsley FC	0: 1	1: 0 a.d.
York city	0: 3	Wrexham FC	0: 1	0: 2

Second round

	total		First leg	Return leg
Aston Villa	2-0	Barnsley FC	1-0	1-0
Bournemouth AFC	1: 2	Millwall FC	0-0	1: 2
Cardiff City	2: 5	Portsmouth FC	1: 1	1: 3 a.d.
Carlisle United	1: 2	Derby County	1: 1	0: 1
Charlton Athletic	2: 3	Leyton Orient	2: 2	0: 1
Chester City	0: 6	Arsenal FC	0: 1	0: 5
Coventry City	7: 4	Bolton Wanderers	4: 2	3: 2
Crystal Palace	10: 10	Southend United	8-0	2: 1
Darlington FC	3: 4	Swindon Town	3-0	0: 4
Halifax Town	2: 5	Manchester United	1: 3	1: 2
Hull City	1: 1	Wolverhampton Wanderers	0-0	1: 1 a.d.
Leicester City	1: 3	Leeds United	1-0	0: 3
Liverpool FC	9: 2	Crewe Alexandra	5: 1	4: 1
Luton Town	2: 2 (4: 5 on account)	Bradford City	1: 1	1: 1 a.d.
Middlesbrough FC	2: 1	Newcastle United	2-0	0: 1
Northampton Town	1: 3	Sheffield United	0: 1	1: 2
Norwich City	5-0	Watford FC	2-0	3-0
Nottingham Forest	5: 1	Burnley FC	4: 1	1-0
Notts County	3: 5	Oldham Athletic	1-0	2: 5 a.d.
Plymouth Argyle	3-0	Wimbledon FC	1-0	2-0
FC Port Vale	0: 2	Oxford United	0: 2	0-0
Queens Park Rangers	4: 1	Peterborough United	3: 1	1: 1
Rochdale AFC	0: 8	Southampton FC	0: 5	0: 3
Rotherham United	1: 2	Blackburn Rovers	1: 1	0: 1
Sheffield Wednesday	4: 2	Brentford FC	2: 1	2: 1
Shrewsbury Town	1: 4	Ipswich Town	1: 1	0: 3
Sunderland FC	6: 2	Bristol City	0: 1	6: 1
Torquay United	0: 4	Manchester City	0: 4	0-0
Tottenham Hotspur	7: 1	Hartlepool United	5-0	2: 1
Walsall FC	1: 9	Chelsea FC	0: 5	1: 4
West Ham United	5: 1	Stoke City	3-0	2: 1
Wrexham FC	00:11	Everton FC	0: 5	0: 6

Third round

	Result
Aston Villa	2-0	Millwall FC
Chelsea FC	0-0	Portsmouth FC
Coventry City	3-0	Hull City
Crystal Palace	0-0	Leyton Orient
Derby County	6-0	Sunderland FC
Ipswich Town	0: 2	Southampton FC
Leeds United	2-0	Oldham Athletic
Manchester City	1: 2	Arsenal FC
Manchester United	3: 1	Liverpool FC
Middlesbrough FC	2-0	Norwich City
Oxford United	2: 1	West Ham United
Plymouth Argyle	1: 2	Nottingham Forest
Queens Park Rangers	2: 1	Blackburn Rovers
Sheffield United	2: 1	Everton FC
Sheffield Wednesday	0-0	Swindon Town
Tottenham Hotspur	2: 1	Bradford City

Replay games

	Result
Portsmouth FC	2: 3	Chelsea FC
Leyton Orient	0: 1	Crystal Palace
Swindon Town	0: 1	Sheffield Wednesday

Fourth round

	Result
Arsenal FC	2: 6	Manchester United
Aston Villa	3: 2	Middlesbrough FC
Coventry City	5: 4	Nottingham Forest
Oxford United	1: 2	Chelsea FC
Queens Park Rangers	0: 3	Leeds United
Sheffield United	0: 2	Tottenham Hotspur
Sheffield Wednesday	1: 1	Derby County
Southampton FC	2-0	Crystal Palace