1990–91 West Ham United F.C. season
1990–91 season of West Ham United
West Ham United 1990–91 football season
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
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
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 43'
R4R
30 January 1991
Luton Town
H
5–0
25,659
Parris 45', Bishop 53', McAvennie 54', Morley (2) 68', 83'
R5
15 February 1991
Crewe Alexandra
H
1–0
25,298
Quinn
R6
11 March 1991
Everton
H
2–1
28,161
Foster 33', Slater 60'
SF
14 April 1991
Nottingham Forest
N
0–4
40,041
League Cup
Squad
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