1990–91 Middlesbrough F.C. season

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Middlesbrough
1990–91 season
ChairmanColin Henderson
ManagerColin Todd
StadiumAyresome Park
Second Division7th
FA CupFourth round
League CupFourth round
Full Members' CupSecond round
Top goalscorerLeague: Slaven (16)
All: Slaven (19)

During the 1990–91 English football season, Middlesbrough F.C. competed in the Football League Second Division.

Season summary[]

In the 1990–91 season, Boro finished 7th in the Second Division on goal difference, qualifying for the end of season play-offs. However, they lost in the semi finals of the playoffs against Notts County.

Squad[]

Appearances and goals[]

Appearance and goalscoring records for all the players who were in the Middlesbrough F.C. first team squad during the 1990–91 season.[1]

No. Pos Nat Player Total Division 2 FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
GK England Stephen Pears 35 0 27 0 2 0 6 0
GK Wales Andy Dibble 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
GK England Kevin Poole 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF Republic of Ireland Alan Kernaghan 32 0 26 0 0 0 6 0
DF England Simon Coleman 23 1 21 1 2 0 0 0
DF England Colin Cooper 40 0 33 0 1 0 6 0
DF England Tony Mowbray 51 5 42 4 3 0 6 1
DF England Jimmy Phillips 55 3 46 3 3 0 6 0
DF England Gary Parkinson 12 1 10 1 2 0 0 0
DF England Owen McGee 9 1 8 1 1 0 0 0
MF England Paul Kerr 30 8 24 6 2 1 4 1
MF England Robbie Mustoe 50 8 42 5 2 0 6 3
MF England Jamie Pollock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF England Mark Proctor 21 0 20 0 1 0 0 0
MF England Trevor Putney 28 1 25 1 2 0 1 0
MF England Stuart Ripley 47 6 40 6 3 0 4 0
MF Republic of Ireland Martin Russell 14 2 12 2 0 0 2 0
MF Scotland Colin Walsh 13 1 12 1 1 0 0 0
MF Scotland John Wark 39 2 32 2 2 0 5 0
MF Scotland John Hendrie 52 4 43 3 3 0 6 1
FW England Ian Arnold 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW England Ian Baird 55 15 46 14 3 1 6 0
FW Republic of Ireland Bernie Slaven 56 19 48 16 3 0 5 3

Transfers[]

In[]

Date Player Previous Club Fee
July 1990 Scotland John Hendrie Leeds United £568,000
July 1990 England Robbie Mustoe Oxford United £396,000
July 1990 Scotland John Wark Ipswich Town Free
July 1990 Republic of Ireland Martin Russell Scarborough Free
January 1991 Scotland Colin Walsh Charlton Athletic Loan
February 1991 Wales Andy Dibble Manchester City Loan

Out[]

Date Player New Club Fee
July 1990 England Mark Brennan Manchester City £500,000
July 1990 England Peter Davenport Sunderland £394,000
October 1990 England Mark Burke Wolves Loan
March 1991 England Mark Burke Wolves £32,000
January 1990 England Kevin Poole Hartlepool United Loan

Final league table[]

Main article: 1990–91 Football League § Second Division
Pos Team
 Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion or relegation
5 Millwall 46 20 13 13 70 51 +19 73 Participated in play-offs
6 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 21 7 18 63 69 −6 70
7 Middlesbrough 46 20 9 17 66 47 +19 69
8 Barnsley 46 19 12 15 63 48 +15 69
9 Bristol City 46 20 7 19 68 71 −3 67
Source:[citation needed]

Results[]

Football League Second Division[]

Main article: 1990–91 Football League Second Division
25 August 1990 1 Middlesbrough 0–0 West Ham United Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 20,680
1 September 1990 2 Plymouth Argyle 1–1 Middlesbrough Plymouth
Bernie Slaven Goal Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 6,266
8 September 1990 3 Middlesbrough 1–0 Notts County Middlesbrough
Wark Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,301
15 September 1990 4 Swindon Town 1–3 Middlesbrough Swindon
Mustoe Goal
Slaven Goal Goal		 Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,127
17 September 1990 5 Port Vale 3–1 Middlesbrough Stoke
Russell Goal Stadium: Vale Park
Attendance: 7,880
22 September 1990 6 Middlesbrough 0–1 Oldham Athletic Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 19,363
29 September 1990 7 Middlesbrough 6–0 Leicester City Middlesbrough
Kerr Goal Goal
Baird Goal
Hendrie Goal
Phillips Goal
Slaven Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 16,237
3 October 1990 8 Newcastle United 0–0 Middlesbrough Newcastle
Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 17,023
6 October 1990 9 Watford 0–3 Middlesbrough Watford
Baird Goal Goal
Mowbray Goal		 Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,057
13 October 1990 10 Middlesbrough 2–1 Millwall Middlesbrough
Hendrie Goal
Goal og'		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 20,277
20 October 1990 11 Middlesbrough 1–2 Bristol Rovers Middlesbrough
Kerr Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,589
23 October 1990 12 Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–0 Middlesbrough Wolverhampton
Stadium: Molineux
Attendance: 17,285
27 October 1990 13 Brighton and Hove Albion 2–4 Middlesbrough Hove
Baird Goal
Slaven Goal Goal Goal		 Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 7,532
3 November 1990 14 Middlesbrough 1–0 Barnsley Middlesbrough
Kerr Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,470
6 November 1990 15 West Bromwich Albion 0–1 Middlesbrough West Bromwich
Slaven Goal Stadium: The Hawthorns
Attendance: 10,521
10 November 1990 16 Middlesbrough 1–2 Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough
Baird Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,998
17 November 1990 17 Portsmouth 0–3 Middlesbrough Portsmouth
Baird Goal
Slaven Goal
Goal (og)		 Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 8,433
24 November 1990 18 Oxford United 2–5 Middlesbrough Oxford
Baird Goal Goal (p) Goal
Mustoe Goal
Slaven Goal		 Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 5,262
1 December 1990 19 Middlesbrough 3–0 Hull City Middlesbrough
Kerr Goal
Baird Goal
Slaven Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,024
15 December 1990 20 West Ham United 0–0 Middlesbrough London
Stadium: Upton Park
Attendance: 23,705
22 December 1990 21 Middlesbrough 0–1 Blackburn Rovers Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,206
26 December 1990 22 Ipswich Town 0–1 Middlesbrough Portman Road
Stadium: Ipswich
Attendance: 12,508
29 December 1990 23 Bristol City 3–0 Middlesbrough Ashton Gate
Stadium: Bristol
Attendance: 14,023
1 January 1991 24 Middlesbrough 0–2 Sheffield Wednesday Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 22,869
12 January 1991 25 Middlesbrough 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,198
19 January 1991 26 Notts County 3–2 Middlesbrough Nottingham
Baird Goal
Ripley Goal		 Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 9,323
2 February 1991 27 Middlesbrough 2-0 Swindon Town Middlesbrough
Mustoe Goal
Slaven Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,588
19 February 1991 28 Middlesbrough 3-2 West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
Mustoe Goal
Slaven Goal
Goal (og)		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,334
23 February 1991 29 Charlton Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough London
Slaven Goal Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,510
26 February 1991 30 Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough Portsmouth
Parkinson Goal (p) Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 15,930
2 March 1991 31 Hull City 0-0 Middlesbrough Hull
Stadium: Boothferry Park
Attendance: 6,828
9 March 1991 32 Middlesbrough 0-0 Oxford United Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,029
12 March 1991 33 Middlesbrough 3-0 Newcastle United Middlesbrough
Walsh Goal
Slaven Goal Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,250
16 March 1991 34 Leicester City 4-3 Middlesbrough Leicester
James Goal
Walsh Goal
Oldfield Goal
Russell Goal		 McGee Goal
Phillips Goal
Putney Goal		 Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,324
20 March 1991 35 Millwall 2-2 Middlesbrough London
Mowbray Goal
Kerr Goal		 Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 10,371
23 March 1991 36 Middlesbrough 1-2 Watford Middlesbrough
Baird Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,583
30 March 1991 37 Middlesbrough 1-1 Ipswich Town Middlesbrough
Mowbray Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,410
1 April 1991 38 Blackburn Rovers 1-0 Middlesbrough Blackburn
Stadium: Ewood Park
Attendance: 8,925
6 April 1991 39 Middlesbrough 2-1 Bristol City Middlesbrough
Ripley Goal Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,846
9 April 1991 40 Middlesbrough 4-0 Port Vale Middlesbrough
Baird Goal
Ripley Goal
Russell Goal
Wark Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,053
13 April 1991 41 Sheffield Wednesday 2-0 Middlesbrough Sheffield
Stadium: Hillsborough Stadium
Attendance: 30,598
20 April 1991 42 Bristol Rovers 2-0 Middlesbrough Bristol
Stadium: Twerton Park
Attendance: 5,722
27 April 1991 43 Middlesbrough 2-0 Wolverhampton Wanderers Middlesbrough
Ripley Goal
Hendrie Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 16,447
4 May 1991 44 Middlesbrough 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Middlesbrough
Coleman Goal
Ripley Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,054
7 May 1991 45 Oldham Athletic 2-0 Middlesbrough Oldham
Stadium: Boundary Park
Attendance: 14,213
11 May 1991 46 Barnsley 1-0 Middlesbrough Barnsley
Stadium: Oakwell
Attendance: 14,494

Football League Second Division play offs[]

Main article: 1991 Football League play-offs § Second Division
19 May 1991 Middlesbrough 1–1 Notts County Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
12:00 Phillips Goal 86' Turner Goal 27' Attendance: 22,343
Referee: Tony Ward
22 May 1991 Notts County 1–0 Middlesbrough Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45 Harding Goal 78' Attendance: 18,249

Notts County won 2–1 on aggregate.

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1990-91 FA Cup
5 January 1991 Third round Middlesbrough 0–0 Plymouth Argyle Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
Attendance: 13,042
14 January 1991 Third round replay Plymouth Argyle 1–2 Middlesbrough Home Park, Plymouth
Kerr Goal
Baird Goal		 Attendance: 6,956
26 January 1991 Fourth round replay Cambridge United 2–0 Middlesbrough Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
Attendance: 9,531

League Cup[]

Main article: 1990–91 Football League Cup
28 August 1990 First round first leg Middlesbrough 1-1 Tranmere Rovers Middlesbrough
Mowbray Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 10,667
3 September 1990 First round second leg Tranmere Rovers 1-2
(2-3 agg.)		 Middlesbrough Birkenhead
Mustoe Goal
Slaven Goal		 Stadium: Prenton Park
Attendance: 6,135
25 September 1990 Second round first leg Middlesbrough 2-0 Newcastle United Middlesbrough
Mustoe Goal Goal Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,042
10 October 1990 Second round second leg Newcastle United 1-0
(1-2 agg.)		 Middlesbrough Newcastle
Anderson Goal Stadium: St James' Park
Attendance: 12,778
30 October 1990 Third round Middlesbrough 2-0 Norwich City Middlesbrough
Kerr Goal
Hendrie Goal		 Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,024
28 November 1990 Fourth round Aston Villa 3-2 Middlesbrough Birmingham
Daley Goal
Ormondroyd Goal
Platt Goal		 Slaven Goal Goal Stadium: Villa Park
Attendance: 17,317

Full Members' Cup[]

Main article: 1990–91 Full Members' Cup
20 November 1990 First Round Northern Section Middlesbrough 3-1 (a.e.t.) Hull City Middlesbrough
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 8,926
19 December 1990 Second Round Northern Section Manchester City 2-1 Middlesbrough Manchester
Stadium: Maine Road
Attendance: 6,406

References[]

  1. ^ "All Middlesbrough football club players: 1991". Statto. Retrieved 2017-11-09.
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