1990–91 Full Members' Cup

1990–91 Full Members' Cup

Tournament details
Country	England
Teams	39
Final positions
Champions	Crystal Palace (1st title)
Runner-up	Everton
Semifinalists	Leeds United Norwich City
Tournament statistics
Matches played	40
Goals scored	130 (3.25 per match)

The 1990–91 Full Members' Cup, known as the Zenith Data Systems Cup for sponsorship reasons, was the 6th staging of a knock-out competition for English football clubs in the First and Second Division. The winners were Crystal Palace and the runners-up were Everton.

The competition began on 20 November 1990 and ended with the final on 7 April 1991 at Wembley Stadium.

In the first round, there were two sections: North and South. In the following rounds each section gradually eliminates teams in knock-out fashion until each has a winning finalist. At this point, the two winning finalists face each other in the combined final for the honour of the trophy.

Arsenal, Liverpool. Tottenham, Manchester United and Aston Villa opted out of this competition.

First round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 27 November Leicester City 0–1 Wolverhampton Wanderers 20 November Middlesbrough 3–1[1] Hull City 20 November Notts County 1–0 Port Vale 21 November West Bromwich Albion 3–5 Barnsley

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 21 November Oxford United 3–2[1] Bristol City 20 November Plymouth Argyle 0–0[1] Brighton & Hove Albion Brighton & Hove Albion won 3–1 on penalties 20 November Watford 1–2 Bristol Rovers

Second round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 18 December Blackburn Rovers 1–4 Everton 19 December Derby County 1–0 Coventry City 19 December Manchester City 2–1 Middlesbrough 21 November Nottingham Forest 2–1 Newcastle United 11 December Notts County 2–2[1] Sunderland Sunderland won 5–3 on penalties 11 December Sheffield United 7–2 Oldham Athletic 18 December Sheffield Wednesday 3–3[1] Barnsley Barnsley won 4–3 on penalties 19 December Wolverhampton Wanderers 1–2 Leeds United

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 19 December Brighton & Hove Albion 3–1 Charlton Athletic 12 December Chelsea 1–0 Swindon Town 18 December Crystal Palace 2–1 Bristol Rovers 19 December Luton Town 5–1 West Ham United 19 December Norwich City 1–1[1] Millwall Norwich City won 6–5 on penalties 12 December Oxford United 1–0 Portsmouth 20 November Southampton 4–0 Queens Park Rangers 12 December Wimbledon 0–2 Ipswich Town

Third round

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 30 January Barnsley 2–1 Nottingham Forest 22 January Everton 4–1 Sunderland 22 January Leeds United 2–1 Derby County 22 January Sheffield United 0–2 Manchester City

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 18 February Brighton & Hove Albion 0–2[1] Crystal Palace 18 February Chelsea 1–1[1] Luton Town Luton Town won 4–1 on penalties 22 January Ipswich Town 2–1 Oxford United 20 February Norwich City 2–1 Southampton

Area semi-finals

Northern Section Date Home team Score Away team 13 March Barnsley 0–1 Everton 20 February Leeds United 2–0[1] Manchester City

Southern Section Date Home team Score Away team 26 February Crystal Palace 3–1 Luton Town 27 February Norwich City 2–0 Ipswich Town

Area finals

Northern Area final Date Home team Score Away team 19 March Leeds United 3–3 Everton 21 March Everton 3–1 Leeds United Everton beat Leeds United 6–4 on aggregate.

Southern Area final Date Home team Score Away team 5 March Norwich City 1–1 Crystal Palace 19 March Crystal Palace 2–0 Norwich City Crystal Palace beat Norwich City 3–1 on aggregate.

Final

Main article: 1991 Full Members' Cup Final

1991-04-07

15:00 BST

Crystal Palace	4–1 (a.e.t.)	Everton
Thomas 67' Wright 101', 115' Salako 113'		Warzycha 69'

Wembley Stadium, London

Attendance: 52,460

Notes

1. after extra time

External links

• When Saturday Comes Article on the Full Members' Cup
• Full Results