1990–91 Football League First Division

Football League First Division
Season	1990–91
Champions	Arsenal (10th English title)
Relegated	Derby County Sunderland
European Cup 1991–92	Arsenal
FA Cup winners European Cup Winners' Cup 1991–92	Tottenham Hotspur (8th FA Cup title) Manchester United (defending champions)
UEFA Cup 1991–92	Liverpool ^[1]
Matches played	380
Goals scored	1051 (2.77 per match)
Top goalscorer	Alan Smith (Arsenal), 22 ^[2]
Biggest home win	Nottingham Forest – Chelsea 7–0 (20 Apr 1991)
Biggest away win	Derby County – Liverpool 1–7 (23 Mar 1991)
Highest scoring	Derby County – Chelsea 4–6 (15 Dec 1990)
Longest winning run	Liverpool (8 games)
Longest unbeaten run	Arsenal (23 games)
Longest losing run	Queens Park Rangers (8 games)
← 1989–90 1991–92 →

Statistics of Football League First Division in the 1990-91 season.

Overview

Arsenal took their second league title in three seasons despite a season during which it often looked as though the good points would be outnumbered by the bad points. A player brawl in a league fixture against Manchester United in October saw Arsenal have two points deducted, and a few weeks later captain Tony Adams was given a four-month prison sentence for drink-driving (he ended up serving 8 weeks). But Arsenal managed to keep up a great run of form throughout the season and were crowned league champions having lost just one league game all season long.

On May 6, 1991, Arsenal were crowned champions after beating Manchester United 3-1 and hearing the news that their title challengers Liverpool who finished 2nd, lost 2-1 to Nottingham Forest. Liverpool had led the table for much of the first half of the season but were shell-shocked in February by the sudden resignation of manager Kenny Dalglish. Rangers boss Graeme Souness was brought in as his successor but was unable to bring a major trophy to Anfield. Third place in the league went to Crystal Palace, who occupied their highest-ever finish, but were denied qualification for the UEFA Cup due to Liverpool being readmitted to European competition a year earlier than anticipated.

Newly promoted Leeds United had a good season back in the First Division as they finished fourth but never really looked like challenging for the title. They did, however, reach the semi-finals of the League Cup, where they lost to Manchester United.

Down at the bottom end of the table, Derby County finished bottom with just five wins all season despite the 17 league goals of Welsh striker Dean Saunders, who was then sold to Liverpool. Their relegation was confirmed on April 20, 1991 after losing 2-1 at Manchester City. The final relegation place went to Sunderland on the last day of the season who lost 3-2 to Manchester City which meant that Luton Town stayed up by beating already-relegated Derby County 2-0.

League standings

London

London teams

Arsenal
Chelsea
Crystal Palace
QPR Tottenham Hotspur
Wimbledon

Locations of the Premier League 1992–93 teams

Arsenal

Chelsea

Crystal Palace

QPR

Tottenham Hotspur

Wimbledon

Greater London Premier League football clubs

Pos	Club	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	W	D	L	GF	GA	Pts
1	Arsenal	38	15	4	0	51	10	9	9	1	23	8	83
2	Liverpool	38	14	3	2	42	13	9	4	6	35	27	76
3	Crystal Palace	38	11	6	2	26	17	9	3	7	24	24	69
4	Leeds United	38	12	2	5	46	23	7	5	7	19	24	64
5	Manchester City	38	12	3	4	35	25	5	8	6	29	28	62
6	Manchester United	38	11	4	4	34	17	5	8	6	24	28	59
7	Wimbledon	38	8	6	5	28	22	6	8	5	25	24	56
8	Nottingham Forest	38	11	4	4	42	21	3	8	8	23	29	54
9	Everton	38	9	5	5	26	15	4	7	8	24	31	51
10	Tottenham Hotspur	38	8	9	2	35	22	3	7	9	16	28	49
11	Chelsea	38	10	6	3	33	25	3	4	12	25	44	49
12	Queens Park Rangers	38	8	5	6	27	22	4	5	10	17	31	46
13	Sheffield United	38	9	3	7	23	23	4	4	11	13	32	46
14	Southampton	38	9	6	4	33	22	3	3	13	25	47	45
15	Norwich City	38	9	3	7	27	32	4	3	12	14	32	45
16	Coventry City	38	10	6	3	30	16	1	5	13	12	33	44
17	Aston Villa	38	7	9	3	29	25	2	5	12	17	33	41
18	Luton Town	38	7	5	7	22	18	3	2	14	20	43	37
19	Sunderland	38	6	6	7	15	16	2	4	13	23	44	34
20	Derby County	38	3	8	8	25	36	2	1	16	12	39	24

Pld = Matches ; W = Matches won; D = Matches drawn; L = Matches lost; F = Goals for; A = Goals against; Pts = Points
Arsenal deducted two points; Manchester United deducted one point due to a brawl in a game between both teams.

Key
	League Champions, qualified for the European Cup
	Qualified for the Cup Winners' Cup
	Qualified for UEFA Cup
	Relegated

First Division Results

Home ╲ Away	Arsenal !ARS	Aston Villa !AST	Chelsea !CHE	Coventry City !COV	Crystal Palace !CRY	Derby County !DER	Everton !EVE	Leeds United !LEE	Liverpool !LIV	Luton Town !LUT	Manchester City !MCI	Manchester United !MUN	Norwich City !NOR	Nottingham Forest !NOT	Queens Park Rangers !QPR	Sheffield United !SHU	Southampton !SOU	Sunderland !SUN	Tottenham Hotspur !TOT	Wimbledon !WDN
Arsenal !Arsenal		5–0	4–1	6–1	4–0	3–0	1–0	2–0	3–0	2–1	2–2	3–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	4–1	4–0	1–0	0–0	2–2
Aston Villa !Aston Villa	0–0		2–2	2–1	2–0	3–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	1–2	1–5	1–1	2–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–0	3–2	1–2
Chelsea !Chelsea	2–1	1–0		2–1	2–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	4–2	3–3	1–1	3–2	1–1	0–0	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–2	3–2	0–0
Coventry City !Coventry City	0–2	2–1	1–0		3–1	3–0	3–1	1–1	0–1	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–2	3–1	0–0	1–2	0–0	2–0	0–0
Crystal Palace !Crystal Palace	0–0	0–0	2–1	2–1		2–1	0–0	1–1	1–0	1–0	1–3	3–0	1–3	2–2	0–0	1–0	2–1	2–1	1–0	4–3
Derby County !Derby County	0–2	0–2	4–6	1–1	0–2		2–3	0–1	1–7	2–1	1–1	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–1	1–1	6–2	3–3	0–1	1–1
Everton !Everton	1–1	1–0	2–2	1–0	0–0	2–0		2–3	2–3	1–0	2–0	0–1	1–0	0–0	3–0	1–2	3–0	2–0	1–1	1–2
Leeds United !Leeds United	2–2	5–2	4–1	2–0	1–2	3–0	2–0		4–5	2–1	1–2	0–0	3–0	3–1	2–3	2–1	2–1	5–0	0–2	3–0
Liverpool !Liverpool	0–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	3–0	2–0	3–1	3–0		4–0	2–2	4–0	3–0	2–0	1–3	2–0	3–2	2–1	2–0	1–1
Luton Town !Luton Town	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–0	3–1		2–2	0–1	0–1	1–0	1–2	0–1	3–4	1–2	0–0	0–1
Manchester City !Manchester City	0–1	2–1	2–1	2–0	0–2	2–1	1–0	2–3	0–3	3–0		3–3	2–1	3–1	2–1	2–0	3–3	3–2	2–1	1–1
Manchester United !Manchester United	0–1	1–1	2–3	2–0	2–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	4–1	1–0		3–0	0–1	3–1	2–0	3–2	3–0	1–1	2–1
Norwich City !Norwich City	0–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	0–3	2–1	1–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	0–3		2–6	1–0	3–0	3–1	3–2	2–1	0–4
Nottingham Forest !Nottingham Forest	0–2	2–2	7–0	3–0	0–1	1–0	3–1	4–3	2–1	2–2	1–3	1–1	5–0		1–1	2–0	3–1	2–0	1–2	2–1
Queens Park Rangers !Queens Park Rangers	1–3	2–1	1–0	1–0	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	6–1	1–0	1–1	1–3	1–2		1–2	2–1	3–2	0–0	0–1
Sheffield United !Sheffield United	0–2	2–1	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0	0–0	0–2	1–3	2–1	1–1	2–1	2–1	3–2	1–0		4–1	0–2	2–2	1–2
Southampton !Southampton	1–1	1–1	3–3	2–1	2–3	0–1	3–4	2–0	1–0	1–2	2–1	1–1	1–0	1–1	3–1	2–0		3–1	3–0	1–1
Sunderland !Sunderland	0–0	1–3	1–0	0–0	2–1	1–2	2–2	0–1	0–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	1–2	1–0	0–1	0–1	1–0		0–0	0–0
Tottenham Hotspur !Tottenham Hotspur	0–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	3–0	3–3	0–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	0–0	4–0	2–0	3–3		4–2
Wimbledon !Wimbledon	0–3	0–0	2–1	1–0	0–3	3–1	2–1	0–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–0	3–1	3–0	1–1	1–1	2–2	5–1

Source:
1 ^{^} The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Top scorers

Rank	Player	Club	Goals
1	Alan Smith	Arsenal	22
2	Lee Chapman	Leeds United	21
3	Niall Quinn	Manchester City	20
=	John Fashanu	Wimbledon	20
5	Matt Le Tissier	Southampton	19
=	David Platt	Aston Villa	19
7	Roy Wegerle	Queens Park Rangers	18
8	Dean Saunders	Derby County	17
9	Ian Rush	Liverpool	16
=	John Barnes	Liverpool	16

References

↑ Because of the 1985 UEFA ban, no English clubs played european matches between the 1985/86 and 1989/90 season, and England was therefore ranked as 33rd for the 1991/92-season in Europe which gave England only 1 spot in UEFA Cup.
↑ "English League Leading Goalscorers". RSSSF. Retrieved 2010-10-31.

RSSSF

Football League First Division

First Level	1888–89 1889–90 1890–91 1891–92 1892–93 1893–94 1894–95 1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–1900 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 First World War 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 Second World War 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92

Second Level	1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04

1990–91 in English football

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FA competitions

Football League

Lower leagues

European competitions

Related to national team

Graham Taylor
UEFA Euro 1992 (qualification – Group 7)

Club seasons

First Division	Arsenal Aston Villa Chelsea Coventry City Crystal Palace Derby County Everton Leeds United Liverpool Luton Town Manchester City Manchester United Norwich City Nottingham Forest Queens Park Rangers Sheffield United Southampton Sunderland Tottenham Hotspur Wimbledon

Second Division	Barnsley Blackburn Rovers Brighton & Hove Albion Bristol City Bristol Rovers Charlton Athletic Hull City Ipswich Town Leicester City Middlesbrough Millwall Newcastle United Notts County Oldham Athletic Oxford United Plymouth Argyle Port Vale Portsmouth Sheffield Wednesday Swindon Town Watford West Bromwich Albion West Ham United Wolverhampton Wanderers

Third Division	Birmingham City Bolton Wanderers Bournemouth Bradford City Brentford Bury Cambridge United Chester City Crewe Alexandra Exeter City Fulham Grimsby Town Huddersfield Town Leyton Orient Mansfield Town Preston North End Reading Rotherham United Shrewsbury Town Southend United Stoke City Swansea City Tranmere Rovers Wigan Athletic

Fourth Division	Aldershot Blackpool Burnley Cardiff City Carlisle United Chesterfield Darlington Doncaster Rovers Gillingham Halifax Town Hartlepool United Hereford United Lincoln City Maidstone United Northampton Town Peterborough United Rochdale Scarborough Scunthorpe United Southport Stockport County Torquay United Walsall Wrexham York City

Others	Colchester United Newport

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