1990–91 Derby County F.C. season

During the 1990–91 English football season, Derby County F.C. competed in the Football League First Division.

Derby County
1990–91 season
ChairmanRobert Maxwell
ManagerArthur Cox
StadiumBaseball Ground
First Division20th (relegated)
FA CupThird round
League CupFourth round
Full Members CupQuarter finals
(Northern Area)
Player of the YearDean Saunders
Top goalscorerLeague: Dean Saunders (17)
All: Dean Saunders (21)
Highest home attendance21,729 vs Nottingham Forest
(24 Nov 1990, First Division)
Lowest home attendance7,270 vs Coventry City
(19 Dec 1990, Full Members Cup)
Average home league attendance16,257

Season summary

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In the 1990–91 season, the Rams endured an even worse season than the one before. Between December 1990 and April 1991, Derby went a club record 20 games without a win and equalled the worst ever home league defeat when they crashed 7–1 at home to Liverpool. Gates dropped to 11,000 from an opening match crowd of 18,011 against Sheffield United and the team looked a shadow of the one that had finished fifth two years before as they were relegated and finished bottom of the table with just 5 wins and 24 points from 38 games, a massive 13 points from safety.

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
16 Coventry City 38 11 11 16 42 49 −7 44
17 Aston Villa 38 9 14 15 46 58 −12 41
18 Luton Town 38 10 7 21 42 61 −19 37
19 Sunderland (R) 38 8 10 20 38 60 −22 34 Relegation to the Second Division
20 Derby County (R) 38 5 9 24 37 75 −38 24
Source: World Football
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored
(R) Relegated

Results

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Derby County's score comes first[1]

Legend

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Win Draw Loss

Football League First Division

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Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 Chelsea A 1–2 24,652 Saunders
29 August 1990 Sheffield United H 1–1 18,011 Saunders
1 September 1990 Wimbledon H 1–1 12,469 Saunders (pen)
8 September 1990 Tottenham Hotspur A 0–3 29,614
15 September 1990 Aston Villa H 0–2 19,024
22 September 1990 Norwich City A 1–2 13,258 Patterson
29 September 1990 Crystal Palace H 0–2 15,202
6 October 1990 Liverpool A 0–2 37,076
20 October 1990 Manchester City H 1–1 17,884 Saunders
27 October 1990 Southampton A 1–0 16,328 Harford
3 November 1990 Luton Town H 2–1 15,008 Callaghan, Saunders (pen)
10 November 1990 Manchester United H 0–0 21,115
17 November 1990 Leeds United A 0–3 27,868
24 November 1990 Nottingham Forest H 2–1 21,729 Ramage, Saunders
1 December 1990 Sunderland A 2–1 21,212 Saunders, Harford
15 December 1990 Chelsea H 4–6 15,057 Hebberd, Micklewhite, Saunders (2)
23 December 1990 Queens Park Rangers H 1–1 16,429 Saunders
26 December 1990 Arsenal A 0–3 25,538
29 December 1990 Everton A 0–2 25,361
1 January 1991 Coventry City H 1–1 15,741 Harford
12 January 1991 Wimbledon A 1–3 4,724 Harford
20 January 1991 Tottenham Hotspur H 0–1 17,747
26 January 1991 Sheffield United A 0–1 18,390
2 February 1991 Aston Villa A 2–3 21,852 Harford, Sage
23 February 1991 Norwich City H 0–0 14,102
2 March 1991 Sunderland H 3–3 16,027 Saunders (3, 1 pen)
16 March 1991 Crystal Palace A 1–2 14,752 Micklewhite
23 March 1991 Liverpool H 1–7 20,531 Saunders
30 March 1991 Arsenal H 0–2 18,397
1 April 1991 Queens Park Rangers A 1–1 12,036 Harford
10 April 1991 Nottingham Forest A 0–1 25,109
13 April 1991 Coventry City A 0–3 11,961
16 April 1991 Manchester United A 1–3 32,776 P Williams
20 April 1991 Manchester City A 1–2 24,037 Harford
23 April 1991 Leeds United H 0–1 12,666
4 May 1991 Southampton H 6–2 11,680 Phillips, Saunders (2), P Williams (3, 1 pen)
8 May 1991 Everton H 2–3 12,403 Saunders, Harford (pen)
11 May 1991 Luton Town A 0–2 12,889

FA Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1991 Newcastle United A 0–2 19,584

League Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st Leg 26 September 1990 Carlisle United A 1–1 7,628 Saunders
R2 2nd Leg 10 October 1990 Carlisle United H 1–0 (won 2–1 on agg) 12,253 Saunders
R3 31 October 1990 Sunderland H 6–0 16,422 Harford (3), Bennett (own goal), Ramage (2)
R4 28 November 1990 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–1 25,649 Saunders
R4R 12 December 1990 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–2 17,050 Micklewhite

Full Members Cup

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Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
NR2 19 December 1990 Coventry City H 1–0 7,270 Callaghan
NQF 22 January 1991 Leeds United A 1–2 6,642 Saunders

Squad

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

No. Pos. Nation Player
GK   ENG Scott Cooksey
GK   ENG Peter Shilton
GK   ENG Martin Taylor
DF   ENG Robbie Briscoe
DF   ENG Jonathan Davidson
DF   ENG Michael Forsyth
DF   ENG Jason Kavanagh
DF   ENG Mark Patterson
DF   ENG Justin Phillips
DF   WAL Mel Sage
DF   ENG Alex Watson (on loan from Liverpool)
DF   ENG Paul Williams
DF   ENG Mark Wright
MF   ENG Nigel Callaghan (on loan from Aston Villa)
MF   ENG Martyn Chalk
No. Pos. Nation Player
MF   ENG Steve Cross
MF   ENG Steve Hayward
MF   ENG Trevor Hebberd
MF   SCO Ted McMinn
MF   ENG Gary Micklewhite
MF   ENG Nick Pickering
MF   ENG Craig Ramage
MF   WAL Geraint Williams
MF   SCO Ian Wilson
FW   ENG Bobby Davison (on loan from Leeds United)
FW   SKN Kevin Francis
FW   ENG Phil Gee
FW   ENG Mick Harford
FW   WAL Dean Saunders
FW   ENG Jason White

Transfers

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Date Pos Name To Fee
18 July 1990 DF Paul Blades Norwich City £700,000
7 February 1991 GK Scott Cooksey Shrewsbury Town Free transfer
21 February 1991 FW Kevin Francis Stockport County £45,000
Transfers in:   £0
Transfers out:   £745,000
Total spending:   £745,000

References

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  1. ^ Ltd, Statto Organisation. "Derby County results for the 1990-1991 season - Statto.com". Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
  2. ^ "All Derby County players: 1991". Retrieved 12 September 2016.