1990–91 West Ham United F.C. season

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West Ham United
1990–91 season
ChairmanMartin Cearns
ManagerBilly Bonds
StadiumBoleyn Ground
Second Division2nd (promoted)
FA CupSemi-finals
League CupThird round
Top goalscorerLeague: Trevor Morley (12)
All: Morley (17)
Highest home attendance26,551 (v Notts County, 11 May 1991)
Lowest home attendance15,870 (v Stoke City, 26 September 1990)
Average home league attendance22,565

For the 1990–91 West Ham United F.C. season in English football, West Ham United finished 2nd in the league.

Season summary[]

Billy Bonds in his first full season as manager guided West Ham back to the top flight of The Football League as the team finished second in the Second Division, one point behind Oldham Athletic, who pipped them to the title on the last day of the season. Oldham were the season's top scorers in the division with 83 goals.[1]

West Ham finished the season with the meanest defence, conceding 34 goals. The second meanest defence belonged to 7th place Middlesbrough, containing Colin Cooper and Tony Mowbray, which conceded 47 goals. West Ham's two games against Middlesbrough ended in 0–0 draws.[1]

West Ham also enjoyed their best FA Cup run since the triumph of 1980, reaching the semi-finals where they were beaten 4–0 by Nottingham Forest, denying them a Wembley final with local rivals Tottenham Hotspur who went on to win the trophy.

Trevor Morley was West Ham's leading scorer for 1990–91, with 12 goals in the league and 17 in all competitions, while Frank McAvennie showed full fitness after a long term injury by scoring 10 goals in the league (11 in all competitions) to finish the campaign as the club's second top scorer.[1]

Results[]

West Ham United's score comes first

Football League First Division[]

Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Scorers
25 August 1990 Middlesbrough A 0–0 20,680
29 August 1990 Portsmouth H 1–1 20,835 McAvennie
1 September 1990 Watford H 1–0 19,872 Dicks (pen)
8 September 1990 Leicester City A 2–1 14,605 James (o.g.), Morley
15 September 1990 Wolverhampton Wanderers H 1–1 23,241 Martin
19 September 1990 Ipswich Town H 3–1 18,764 Bishop, Quinn, Morley
22 September 1990 Newcastle United A 1–1 25,462 Morley
29 September 1990 Sheffield Wednesday A 1–1 28,786 Dicks
3 October 1990 Oxford United H 2–0 18,125 Foster, Morley
6 October 1990 Hull City H 7–1 19,472 Quinn (2), Potts, Dicks (2; 1 pen), Parris, Morley
13 October 1990 Bristol City A 1–1 16,838 McAvennie
20 October 1990 Swindon Town A 1–0 13,658 McAvennie
24 October 1990 Blackburn Rovers H 1–0 20,003 Bishop
27 October 1990 Charlton Athletic H 2–1 24,019 Allen (2)
3 November 1990 Notts County A 1–0 10,871 Morley
10 November 1990 Millwall A 1–1 20,591 McAvennie
17 November 1990 Brighton & Hove Albion H 2–1 24,019 Slater, Foster
24 November 1990 Plymouth Argyle A 1–0 11,490 McAvennie
1 December 1990 West Bromwich Albion H 3–1 24,753 Parris, Morley, McAvennie
8 December 1990 Portsmouth A 1–0 12,045 Morley
15 December 1990 Middlesbrough H 0–0 23,705
22 December 1990 Barnsley A 0–1 10,348
26 December 1990 Oldham Athletic H 2–0 24,950 Morley, Slater
28 December 1990 Port Vale H 0–0 23,603
1 January 1991 Bristol Rovers A 1–0 7,932 Quinn
12 January 1991 Watford A 1–0 17,172 Morley
19 January 1991 Leicester City H 1–0 21,652 Parris
2 February 1991 Wolverhampton Wanderers A 1–2 19,454 McAvennie
24 February 1991 Millwall H 3–1 20,503 McAvennie (2), Morley
2 March 1991 West Bromwich Albion A 0–0 16,089
5 March 1991 Plymouth Argyle H 2–2 18,933 Marker (o.g.), Breacker
13 March 1991 Oxford United A 1–2 8,225 Quinn
16 March 1991 Sheffield Wednesday H 1–3 26,182 Quinn
20 March 1991 Bristol City H 1–0 22,951 Gale
23 March 1991 Hull City A 0–0 9,558
29 March 1991 Oldham Athletic A 1–1 16,932 Bishop (p)
1 April 1991 Barnsley H 3–2 24,607 McAvennie, Dowie, Foster
6 April 1991 Port Vale A 1–0 9,658 Bishop
10 April 1991 Brighton & Hove Albion A 0–1 11,904
17 April 1991 Ipswich Town A 1–0 20,290 Morley
20 April 1991 Swindon Town H 2–0 25,944 Parris, Dowie
24 April 1991 Newcastle United H 1–1 24,195 Dowie
27 April 1991 Blackburn Rovers A 1–3 10,808 Dowie
4 May 1991 Charlton Athletic A 1–1 16,137 Allen
8 May 1991 Bristol Rovers H 1–0 23,054 Slater
11 May 1991 Notts County H 1–2 26,551 Parris

FA Cup[]

Main article: 1990-91 FA Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R3 5 January 1991 Aldershot A 0–0 22,929
R3R 16 January 1991 Aldershot H 6–1 21,484 Morley (2), Slater, Parris, Bishop, Quinn
R4 26 January 1991 Luton Town A 1–1 12,087 Parris
R4R 30 January 1991 Luton Town H 5–0 25,659 Parris, Bishop, McAvennie, Morley (2)
R5 15 February 1991 Crewe Alexandra H 1–0 25,298 Quinn
R6 11 March 1991 Everton H 2–1 28,161 Foster, Slater
SF 14 April 1991 Nottingham Forest N 0–4 40,041

League Cup[]

Main article: 1990–91 Football League Cup
Round Date Opponent Venue Result Attendance Goalscorers
R2 1st leg 26 September 1990 Stoke City H 3–0 15,870 Dicks (pen), Keen, Quinn
R2 2nd leg 10 October 1990 Stoke City A 2–1 (won 5–1 on agg) 8,411 Allen (2)
R3 31 October 1990 Oxford United A 1–2 7,528 Morley

Squad[]

Number Player Position Lge Apps Lge Gls FAC Apps FAC Gls LC Apps LC Gls Date Signed Previous Club
West Ham United 1990–91 First XI
1 Czechoslovakia Ludek Miklosko
(Hammer of the Year) 		GK 46 7 3 February 1990 Banik Ostrava
2 England Steve Potts RB 36(1) 1 7 2 May 1984 Academy
3 England George Parris LM 37(7) 5 7 3 2 (1) 1985 Academy
4 England Tony Gale CB 23(1) 1 7 0 (1) August 1983 Fulham
5 England Colin Foster CB 36 3 3 1 3 1989 Nottingham Forest
6 Republic of Ireland Chris Hughton LB 32 7 1990 Tottenham
7 England Ian Bishop (Captain) CM 40 4 5 (1) 2 3 December 1989 Manchester City
8 Scotland Frank McAvennie CF 24(10) 10 3 (1) 1 0 (1) March 1989 Celtic
9 England Stuart Slater RM 37(3) 3 7 2 2 1987 Academy
10 England Kevin Keen CM 36(4) 6 (1) 3 1 1986 Academy
11 England Trevor Morley CF 38 12 6 4 3 1 December 1989 Manchester City
Important Players
10 England Martin Allen M 28(12) 3 2 3 2 August 1989 Queens Park Rangers
8 Northern Ireland Jimmy Quinn CF 16(10) 6 3 (2) 2 3 1 December 1989 Bradford City
2 England Tim Breacker RB 23(1) 1 6 October 1990 Luton Town
5 England Alvin Martin CB 20 1 3 July 1976 Academy
3 England Julian Dicks LB 13 4 2 1 March 1988 Birmingham City
9 Northern Ireland Iain Dowie CF 12 4 March 1991 Luton Town
Other Players
5 Scotland Ray Stewart RB 5 0 (1) September 1979 Dundee United
9 England Matthew Rush W 2 (3) 1 1990 Academy
9 England Franz Carr F 1 (2) March 1991 Nottingham Forest
9 England Simon Livett M 1 0 (1) 1990 Academy
14 England Leroy Rosenior CF 0 (2) March 1988 Fulham
12 England Simon Clarke F 0 (1) 1990 Academy
5 England Stewart Robson M 0 (1) 1 January 1987 Arsenal

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "2nd Division 1990-91". www.westhamstats.info. Retrieved 13 March 2012.
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