1990–91 Middlesbrough F.C. season

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

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)

Season summary

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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 semifinals of the playoffs against Notts County.

Squad

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Appearances and goals

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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   ENG Stephen Pears 35 0 27 0 2 0 6 0
GK   WAL Andy Dibble 21 0 21 0 0 0 0 0
GK   ENG Kevin Poole 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
DF   IRL Alan Kernaghan 32 0 26 0 0 0 6 0
DF   ENG Simon Coleman 23 1 21 1 2 0 0 0
DF   ENG Colin Cooper 40 0 33 0 1 0 6 0
DF   ENG Tony Mowbray 51 5 42 4 3 0 6 1
DF   ENG Jimmy Phillips 55 3 46 3 3 0 6 0
DF   ENG Gary Parkinson 12 1 10 1 2 0 0 0
DF   ENG Owen McGee 9 1 8 1 1 0 0 0
MF   ENG Paul Kerr 30 8 24 6 2 1 4 1
MF   ENG Robbie Mustoe 50 8 42 5 2 0 6 3
MF   ENG Jamie Pollock 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
MF   ENG Mark Proctor 21 0 20 0 1 0 0 0
MF   ENG Trevor Putney 28 1 25 1 2 0 1 0
MF   ENG Stuart Ripley 47 6 40 6 3 0 4 0
MF   IRL Martin Russell 14 2 12 2 0 0 2 0
MF   SCO Colin Walsh 13 1 12 1 1 0 0 0
MF   SCO John Wark 39 2 32 2 2 0 5 0
MF   SCO John Hendrie 52 4 43 3 3 0 6 1
FW   ENG Ian Arnold 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
FW   ENG Ian Baird 55 15 46 14 3 1 6 0
FW   IRL Bernie Slaven 56 19 48 16 3 0 5 3

Transfers

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Date Player Previous Club Fee
July 1990   John Hendrie Leeds United £568,000
July 1990   Robbie Mustoe Oxford United £396,000
July 1990   John Wark Ipswich Town Free
July 1990   Martin Russell Scarborough Free
January 1991   Colin Walsh Charlton Athletic Loan
February 1991   Andy Dibble Manchester City Loan
Date Player New Club Fee
July 1990   Mark Brennan Manchester City £500,000
July 1990   Peter Davenport Sunderland £394,000
October 1990   Mark Burke Wolves Loan
March 1991   Mark Burke Wolves £32,000
January 1990   Kevin Poole Hartlepool United Loan

Final league table

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Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Qualification or relegation
5 Millwall 46 20 13 13 70 51 +19 73 Qualification for the Second Division 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]
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Goals scored

Results

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Football League Second Division

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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   Stadium: Home Park
Attendance: 6,266
8 September 1990 3 Middlesbrough 1–0 Notts County Middlesbrough
Wark   Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,301
15 September 1990 4 Swindon Town 1–3 Middlesbrough Swindon
Mustoe  
Slaven    
Stadium: County Ground
Attendance: 9,127
17 September 1990 5 Port Vale 3–1 Middlesbrough Stoke
Russell   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    
Baird  
Hendrie  
Phillips  
Slaven  
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    
Mowbray  
Stadium: Vicarage Road
Attendance: 8,057
13 October 1990 10 Middlesbrough 2–1 Millwall Middlesbrough
Hendrie  
  og'
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 20,277
20 October 1990 11 Middlesbrough 1–2 Bristol Rovers Middlesbrough
Kerr   Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,589
27 October 1990 13 Brighton and Hove Albion 2–4 Middlesbrough Hove
Baird  
Slaven      
Stadium: Goldstone Ground
Attendance: 7,532
3 November 1990 14 Middlesbrough 1–0 Barnsley Middlesbrough
Kerr   Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,470
10 November 1990 16 Middlesbrough 1–2 Charlton Athletic Middlesbrough
Baird   Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 17,998
17 November 1990 17 Portsmouth 0–3 Middlesbrough Portsmouth
Baird  
Slaven  
  (og)
Stadium: Fratton Park
Attendance: 8,433
24 November 1990 18 Oxford United 2–5 Middlesbrough Oxford
Baird     (p)  
Mustoe  
Slaven  
Stadium: Manor Ground
Attendance: 5,262
1 December 1990 19 Middlesbrough 3–0 Hull City Middlesbrough
Kerr  
Baird  
Slaven  
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  
Ripley  
Stadium: Meadow Lane
Attendance: 9,323
2 February 1991 27 Middlesbrough 2-0 Swindon Town Middlesbrough
Mustoe  
Slaven  
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,588
19 February 1991 28 Middlesbrough 3-2 West Bromwich Albion Middlesbrough
Mustoe  
Slaven  
  (og)
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,334
23 February 1991 29 Charlton Athletic 0-1 Middlesbrough London
Slaven   Stadium: Selhurst Park
Attendance: 5,510
26 February 1991 30 Portsmouth 2-1 Middlesbrough Portsmouth
Parkinson   (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  
Slaven    
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 18,250
16 March 1991 34 Leicester City 4-3 Middlesbrough Leicester
James  
Walsh  
Oldfield  
Russell  
McGee  
Phillips  
Putney  
Stadium: Filbert Street
Attendance: 8,324
20 March 1991 35 Millwall 2-2 Middlesbrough London
Mowbray  
Kerr  
Stadium: The Den
Attendance: 10,371
23 March 1991 36 Middlesbrough 1-2 Watford Middlesbrough
Baird   Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 14,583
30 March 1991 37 Middlesbrough 1-1 Ipswich Town Middlesbrough
Mowbray   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     Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 13,846
9 April 1991 40 Middlesbrough 4-0 Port Vale Middlesbrough
Baird  
Ripley  
Russell  
Wark  
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 15,053
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  
Hendrie  
Stadium: Ayresome Park
Attendance: 16,447
4 May 1991 44 Middlesbrough 2-0 Brighton and Hove Albion Middlesbrough
Coleman  
Ripley  
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 playoffs

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19 May 1991 Middlesbrough 1–1 Notts County Ayresome Park, Middlesbrough
12:00 Phillips   86' Turner   27' Attendance: 22,343
Referee: Tony Ward
22 May 1991 Notts County 1–0 Middlesbrough Meadow Lane, Nottingham
19:45 Harding   78' Attendance: 18,249

Notts County won 2–1 on aggregate.

FA Cup

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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  
Baird  
Attendance: 6,956
26 January 1991 Fourth round replay Cambridge United 2–0 Middlesbrough Abbey Stadium, Cambridge
Attendance: 9,531

League Cup

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

Full Members' Cup

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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

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  1. ^ "All Middlesbrough football club players: 1991". Statto. Retrieved 9 November 2017.